Apropos of nothing, the popularization and mainstreaming of the “lots of people are saying” rhetorical tic is just one of the myriad sins Trump has visited on this country.

IF ONLY THERE WERE OTHER CHOICES TO FIND A CENTER FOR ONE YEAR AT THE MLE WHO MIGHT POSSIBLY WANT TO PLAY WITH JOHN WALL.

Yes.

And the other 50% are caused by alcohol and poor math skills.

Vegas did dominate play in the 2nd period, even if they were aided by two power plays from a borderline Tripping call on Carlson and a Being Named Tom Wilson call on Wilson. The only reasons Washington got out of that period with a 4-0 lead were a) Holtby was standing on his head (even the two goals in the third…

He’s the greatest I’ve ever seen (I grew up watching Jordan) in my book and has been since coming back from 3-1 down to beat the 73 win Warriors in the finals. People point to rings but Bill Russell had 11 of them and he never gets into these discussions. Lebron’s body of individual achievement is greater and its not…

My favorite moment was the Pittsburgh fan next to me who said “this is what happens when you have an expansion draft...”

Seems to me like the manager in baseball can have a small positive effect or a large negative effect. The best managers consistently put their players in positions to succeed and occasionally make genius decisions. The worst overwork their pitchers and destroy locker room cohesion.

The Name of the Year tournament is down to the elite eight. A lot of chalk, but not exclusively so. The Salami Blessing-Jimbob Ghostkeeper matchup looks like it could be the real final. [NOTY]

“This is one of the worst cases of baserunning I’ve ever seen.”

Every time I see that header gif, I’m reminded of this:

Gandalf Hernandez is this year’s Loyola Chicago. You heard it here first

Did his girlfriend own a horse?

I’ve always thought that a dystopian future in which we’re all confined to our homes would be the result of nuclear holocaust. Now, I’m beginning to think it’ll be due to the erosion of social discourse and interaction; eventually, everyone will be too afraid to say or do anything for fear of retribution, right or…

When two of these teams play, they should switch sides of the court so the teams are shooting at the wrong basket. Then they could play a normal basketball game, except the winner would actually be the loser.

Yeah, the silver lining is that now the Knicks are finally forced to tank this year AND next year. What’s been amazing about the Knicks’ awful stretch since 2001 is that they’ve had a Top 5 pick exactly once - which is when the got Porzingis.

think about this, trevor hoffman, yes he is worthy! he played one inning 70 times a season!