So I state an opinion, and I am called a "racist" and "dumb".

I just don't get any of this on either side. I recently read some comments from Kareem Abdul Jabbar on this and I think he pretty much nailed it. This Sterling is a turd. But he's been a turd for decades. He should be rolled out for real reasons. What exactly is the right to privacy and what can we say and not say…

Sterling probably has the right to sue her under California wiretapping laws (California is a 2-party state).

I think what JCO wrote was eminently reasonable. All the 1st amendment nonsense is nonsense - it protects you from prosecution not public backlash - but it was a private convo and Sterling did not shout those opinions atop a mountain nor at a KKK rally.

But did the clippers players have a problem cashing their checks the last 20 years? The shit he said was obviously bigoted, but who gives a shit. When it comes down to it it's his money. If I was working for someone who hated white people (who was known for it) I'd fucking leave. Jesse Jackson can rage against white…

The scary thing is that they're all true.

This shit drives me crazy, just because someone doesn't agree with the punishment of a racist doesn't also make them a racist. I have gone back and forth on whether or not I think they should be allowed to force him to sell the team. I have decided that because its a group of investors that are voting to oust a…

you take your WAR and your extrapolation and go to hell. i can read a player's soul just from his RBI alone.

The clean-shaven trend of the 20th century is the historical aberration, not the current bearded era. They may become less trendy, but it's never going to be the 1950s again. And that's what you anti-beardites are arguing for, you know. The 1950s.

"I was." - John Kruk

gendered marketing is not BS. We as a people want gendered marketing. Whether it's race or sex or age, we like to identify with the products we use, it helps define us. We don't want to use products that have mass appeal (if a product like that even existed).

Hey, that's neat. Since this 13-year-old girl is such an expert on publishing, maybe she can also explain how to sell surf mags that don't focus on ultra-high performance, which, fair or not, typically is male-dominated. She could perhaps do some research into the fact that women's surf mags have historically failed.

You're right, there are absolutely ZERO women's magazines out there.

The editor responding, noting (among other things) that his first three pieces as a journalist all involved female surfers; that they strive to give equal coverage to women's competitions; that they tried (and failed) to get backing to launch a women-facing surf magazine last year; and that they generally get v few…