They told Rob Manfred that they were going to “discourage” the racist elements of their brand before the season, so I guess he signed off on this plan.

Atlanta maybe should have spent less time figuring out how to sorry-not-sorry Ryan Helsley and more time figuring out how to get to the game on time.

Ol’ Toothless is still the reigning Alpha Dickhead in the Pacific Division. Doughty wishes he had the crown, and Tkachuk is an up-and-coming rival; but they’re both still looking up at this guy:

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Congratulations on successfully resolving the Wirch Hunt. Maybe Twitter can go ahead and ban its troll now.

 Nearly 300 predictably opinionated and decently heated comments on the Vardon story appear to be archived here

Like the football factory, the yogurt factory is also cursed.

The NHL tag still doesn’t accept “Edmonton Oilers” as valid.

You can win the Cup once with Milan Lucic’s leadership.

Oh, snap!

Adam Silver looks like if Nosferatu and Uncle Fester had a kid.

Dick Ebersol: [fires Charles Rocket]

CAPTION: In this undated photo, Sean Astin Glover-McFly recalls the harrowing tale of the time he helped wrest the One Ring away from President Biff and his tiny, pudgy fingers.

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Brewer-specific request:  I’d like for Boulevard to stop making “Bob’s ‘47 Oktoberfest” and go back to making “Bob’s ‘47 Munich Lager”.  No, it’s not the same recipe, go back to the original.

Maybe even tens!

Kid Me wanted either IBC first, then A&W, then whatever was actually available.

Phife Dawg, Heavy D, Jam Master Jay.

The modern GOP would push Heinlein all the way back to his pre-WW2 Socialist roots.

I was hoping I’d find Woody Guthrie’s name in here somewhere. He once lived at one of Fred Trump’s properties, and even wrote a song about it. I’m sure he’d write a sequel about Donnie.