I know, it’s like hockey players and curlers from Canada, football players from the U.S., cricketers from India, badminton and ping pong players from China, cross-country skiers from Scandinavian countries, and soccer players from Latin America. That a given sport (i) is the only sport, or one of only a handful of…

Let’s meet back here in four years to see how this fucking bet pays off.

Among starting pitchers he ranks 27th in JAWS, 26th in bWAR, 22nd in fWAR, 18th in WPA, 17th in adjusted pitching wins, 46th in ERA+, 15th in Ks (3,116), 25th in K/9 (8.600), 3rd in K/BB (4.383), and 3rd in seasons (3) with 300+ Ks. Among all players he ranks 63rd in bWAR and 60th in fWAR. Unless somebody is really…

Pfffft, facts, who needs ‘em? It’s a lot more fun imagining these guys as diehard Packer fans who chug beers, sport cheddar heads to games, and wear hunting gear to Lambeau in January.

Nothing with Reid in an end-of-game scenario would surprise me. I could sincerely see this back-and-forth occurring between Reid and a reporter at a post-game press conference following a one-score loss in the AFC Championship:

Whoa, whoa, whoa. I take issue with your hypothetical conversation. It would be way more likely for the conversation to start off with, “Hi, I’m interested in purchasing that 1993 Chevy Trailblazer with the camouflage paint job.” These guys are deranged Packers fans, after all.

I know the Chiefs do not have an explosive offense, but Reid manages the end-game with all the urgency of somebody watching paint dry. The Chiefs’ final possession went 13 plays and took 7:06. The next longest drive that either team had was a 14-play, 6:30 drive by the Steelers in the 1st half. Down 8 in the 4th…

You would be pissed too if you had a head coach who, for what seems like the umpteenth time in his career, had his team run a 4th-quarter drive that took longer than 7 minutes while losing by more than 7 points and then kick-off deep while trailing with less than 3 minutes remaining and holding only one timeout.

What an original logo, I’ve never seen anything quite lik-

Some might argue that taking a hardline with Russia is infinitely better than either (i) publicly denying objective evidence from our intelligence agencies that Russia engaged in cyberwarfare to directly influence our GD presidential election, or (ii) allegedly having people within your camp actively attempt to…

Or as I otherwise affectionately refer to it, “Wednesday.”

Though Watson and Williams looked nearly unstoppable in 2nd half, when Clemson was sitting at Bama’s 30-yard line, Dabo was probably thinking about how ‘Bama’s defense has forced an ungodly number of turnovers this year and how he didn’t want to blow Clemson’s chances of forcing OT by risking a turnover while trying…

I honestly cannot decide which is worse: Cleveland or Atlanta.

When asked what Mixon is doing to ensure he has changed, Schaffer said they had “a fantastic plan and program in place” but gave no details on what that plan or program might include.

Eric is referring to the “annual additions limit” for employer-sponsored qualified defined contributions plans under Internal Revenue Code Section 415(c)(1). Though you are reading Eric’s post correctly, he misstates how the limit is applied.

Employers are now allowed to contribute up to $54,000 in matching contributions (up from $53,000 last year).

Where is Jim Irsay and what is going on with the Colts?

I absolutely loved Vizquel and I had an interesting email exchange with Jonah Keri a few years back about his HOF potential. I argued that if the Wizard of Oz was a no-doubt, first ballot HOFer, then Vizquel, as the premier defensive shortstop of his day, deserved to get in as well.

As of 2013, the 1% held almost 50% of the nation’s investments in stocks and mutual funds (with the top-10% having held 91.0% of the nation’s investments in stocks and mutual funds). Yes, it is incredibly confusing how having one of the worst declines in the financial markets being followed by a big bull market could…

The Bills really don’t need to dump a truckload of cash at the feet of a free agent QB who may not be a long-term solution for the team. Though the Bills have enough talent to be a playoff team if they can clean things up a bit on the defensive side of the ball, stay healthy, and get better play from their QB, one…