Holy shit. This is as thorough a thing as I have ever seen in sportswriting without being ponderous and boring. Great piece.

I have to imagine football descends slowly to hockey-like levels - a small hardcore fanbase in a few key cities, and a bunch of indifferently supported teams scattered around them.

You’ve got to brown the butter first.

Gonna be a fun year for the Golden Boot in the Premier, that’s for damn sure.

Something’s terribly wrong. This piece says nice things about Spurs. Clearly the editors were asleep at the switch. COYS

Let’s not pretend that Ligue 1 is a league on par with the Prem. There’s PSG with oil billions, Monaco with it’s tax haven status, and 18 other clubs that range from Swansea City to Hull City. It’s a big step up, and while I think Lacazette is talented, I don’t think he’s as plug-n-play as Gooners hope.

And MLS’s march to be NFL, Jr. continues.

How do you know someone doesn’t own a TV?

What about our stupid other bird, Poe? http://www.baltimoreravens.com/ravenstown/mascots/poes-player-page.html

If a show about 15 British people on the edge of a quiet but completely shattering nervous breakdown doesn’t sound like quality TV, you’re wrong. It’s amazing TV.

How do we feel about Katy Perry’s new edgy soccer mom look?

ooh, top bantz.

I don’t see why the NFL doesn’t just replace Thurdsay Night Football with Tuesday Night Football.

I assume that Assange is at this very moment packing his belongings and getting ready to turn himself over to US officials.

The determination of a fair/foul ball that has touched the ground can’t happen until the ball passes 3rd/1st base, or until someone touches it, or it comes to a stop.

The NFL really is the 4th branch of the government now.

This is such an Office Space “we fixed the glitch” solution. I can’t believe that someone at Twitter got paid to write:

Of all the souls I ever encountered......his was the most......hooman. Err, human. Human. I meant human.

Hey, HamNo!

I couldn’t disagree with you more, Mr Finger!