Cyclist here. Just wanted to laud my fellow two-wheelers for the great attitude and good humor. Such a stark difference from what we experience from autos! As for why he’s going so fast: because he can, and because he’s comfortable doing so. And a little competition! Plus, unlike cars or motorcycles, once we slow…

Which team is Slytherin again?

Ah, let’s be a bit more descriptive, and correct according to the Laws: you may not, in the tackle, allow the tackled player’s legs to go above horizontal

Then how do you explain the Japan loss?

Ohmygod, you’re a total fucking dumbshit. Sorry to be harsh, but...it is comical how wrong you are

Hard to say what’s more incredible: the 53.4 last lap by Lagat, or the fact that Gatlin hasn’t been popped for PEDs again

Watergate

I recently printed out DFW’s essay in Esquire about the Canadian player. It is going on vacation with me.

I’m a huge cyclist and an even huger fan of Lael’s. This is a monumental victory. But just as an FYI; it is common (across gender lines) to finish a race of this length in a combined effort. I’ve seen it happen multiple times in multi-day adventure races (which are co-ed)

Great article Sarah.

You’re a damn hero. And as a History major making more than Mr. Engineer up there, I’d like to point out that I may understand more about the books I buy from Amazon, thanks to my liberal arts background.

The genius of baseball is that it is perfectly acceptable to drill the guy coming up after this douche. Which in turn leads his teammates to tell this guy to cool it. And BC should drill him, too. It’s not a penalty for “succeeding,” it’s for showboating.

Yes

It’s super-simple. Just beat the Warriors 4 out of the next 5 games and THEY WIN! Sure, two of those games will be at Oracle, but yeah, make the Warriors go 1/5 in the next week or two and they’re set.

Pat dry with....what again?

I’ve been watching his videos for about six months now and never articulated what you nailed: the meditative satisfaction you get from watching them. It isn’t aspirational — I’m certainly not going to go out in the mud and build a hut — but it is somehow soothing to watch this humble guy do his thing with such…

If you groove one to a hitter and he takes it deep, that’s on you.

That is a stunning achievement, everything considered. And also one of the most well-written adventure tales I’ve read in a long, long time. Does Gawker submit stuff for anthologies?

Jesus, who shit in your Wheaties?

“It bounces off his fly!” — gotta love Jon Miller