The father probably didn’t even realize that the ticket had to be transferred. Additionally, normal and reasonable people make exceptions to “the rules” every day because life doesn’t always follow “the rules”. Things happen, especially when it comes to young children, and as people who want others to deal with us…

Pretty much. After having gone through the years of ever more-draconian security in airports and shoddier customer service on airlines because of living on the West Coast and far away from family and business, I am so happy that I can just drive to nearly all of my relatives and clients within eight-to-10 hours.

Also depends on the risk of said white folks being beat up by black folks present for saying racist stuff. Given that plenty of black people attend Nationals and Capitals games, the risk of such beat downs is high.

Pretty much. New York City is as segregated as Boston and Chicago, and even the unrepentant bigot greaseballs in Howard Beach and Ozone Park will admit that they pretty much hate black people. This never happens in Boston.

Popovich was initially the Spurs General Manager; he had taken the job in 1994 after Pete Holt bought the team. He then became head coach in 1996 after firing Bob Hill. Six years later, Pop handed the GM role to Buford, who was his colleague in 1988 when both were hired by Larry Brown to serve on the Spurs’ coaching…

Which to me was some nerve. Neil Smith constructed one of the best teams of the 1990s with the ‘94 Rangers (which won the Stanley Cup after decades of drought), and kept them competitive throughout that period. Milbury never won anything and was also a terrible head coach for the Islanders alongside being a shitty…

Pretty much. Which is why my wife and I are looking for timeshare openings in Vegas; kid gets to see Grand Canyon, wife gets to shop, I get to chant “Let’s Go, Rangers!”.

People are buying BMWs made in the United States, in South Carolina of all places. Methinks Ultimate Driving Machines from Mexico will do just fine.

I see plenty of Enclaves around the D.C. metropolitan area. The brand has also increased sales by 28 percent between 2012 and 2016. It is starting from a low base. But the goal probably isn’t to grow the base so much as to rebrand it as a Mazda-like tweener brand between the low-end Chevy and the higher-end Cadillac.

The headline was probably written by someone else. Tends to happen that way even with edited blogs.

Pretty much: Tom writes for Deadspin, Jalopnik’s sister publication, and does a much-better job with analyzing sports statistics in the context of breaking news. This wasn’t Tom’s best work.

What next? Tom Izzo “retires” after rape allegations against players are revealed? [Answer: Probably.]

Gisele is only an ethnic German; her family has been in Brazil for generations. Therefore her name is jiz-el, as she pronounces it. Besides, it’s her name, and she can pronounce it anyway she likes.

I haven’t forgotten. I’m a Michigan fan and can remember most of my fellow fans screaming for Henson. I looked at the stats, saw the wins, and rooted for Brady. Because I care about winning — and Brady won.

Defenses have to react. They don’t have set plays.

Pretty much. Drew’s just mad because the Vikings did exactly as even he thought the Vikings would do.

Agreed. I’m happy for the Patriots, the same way I would have been happy for the Falcons. Ultimately, it’s just a kids’ game played by grown men-children.

So is Matt LeBlanc, given all that good Friends residuals and past money he got.

Redskins fans just smile. Of course, we would rather lose a Super Bowl than miss the playoffs.

All great catches are ultimately “right place, right time”. As is so much of life. Both catches deserve to be on the highlight reels for decades to come.