Great read. The Louzon/Gomi fight stands in stark contrast to Herb Dean’s stoppage in the McGregor/Mendes fight. Plenty of folks were pretty sore with him or at least felt like he shoulda given Mendes a few more seconds (or just let it go altogether since the round was virtually over). Definitely damned if he do and…

Bob Arum much?

Not sure what was worse: the officiating, USMNT back line, or those USMNT PKs.

See, when I heard this exact snippet of the audio, I felt there was a joke about an ass summit somewhere in there... When I scrolled to the comments and read the beginning of your quote, I was REALLY hoping you had breathed life into this comedic setup. I was only slightly disappointed, tho. Carry on.

I wonder if there’s some type of official memo making the rounds at their offices entitled “In re: appropriate handling of bare asses” making the rounds in an office memo...

Now, that’s the type of lineup I'm talking about! Not a huge fan of Jamele, but that's more a byproduct of her constant raining on my Spurs parade.

Volley? I think Wild Bill Haisley would beg to differ...

Also, interestingly enough, it appears Jimmer would in fact have a chance in hell once the fullness of time has elapsed... You know, once Christ has subdued all enemies under his feet, and has his work perfected.

“For my nickel, that’s the best thing the latter day Spurs have to offer to the league . . .”

+1 goddammit... hot takes are all about getting there first...

Maybe if the act is carried out by someone who is a real mensch? Although, I guess you can’t really intend to maim or disfigure someone without having at least a little malice in your heart...

“If any person maliciously shoot, stab, cut, or wound any person . . .”

Deadspin had juuuuuuust started following my previous burner... Then I got locked out of it. Such is life :(

I’m am exposed and ashamed

Well, which mugshot belongs to bad dad who drove to (not Temecula) to fight other bad dad?

OKC is a real dark horse, if only because they were crippled by injury last season and we don’t really know exactly how* good they are. Looming big in the west, for sure.

While it’s possible my memory is failing me, the Rockets didn’t make any major upgrades, did they? I mean, it’s at least as reasonable to argue that LAC wasn’t necessarily a worse team, but rather suffered that rare 3-1 to 3-4 collapse. They looked the better team through 4 games and, IMO, we’re just too battered and…

We all just need to take a moment to appreciate this man while we have him. Who knows how much longer we’ll get to enjoy these little golden nuggets he provides us. Once he hangs up his cleats, I'd imagine he's likely to just disappear into the ether.

Trying to work it into the popular American lexicon... Help a brother out.

“. . . art of *speaking properly.”