Bullshit. I remember the lean days, and Cards fans still turned out in astronomical numbers. They ARE the best fans. Yeah, even I will admit it's annoying to hear it all the time. But it's true.

Verb-ing the word "son," as used disrespectfully in slang, is something that I've noticed terrible and stupid people doing of late.

Bill Belichick doesn't coach basketball.

"How are you feeling, Bob? Are you feeling better? And how do you think it would feel to bury your oldest child?"

-Christin Cooper

My point isn't that Nawrocki is some sort of genius. Before this article, I've never heard of the guy and I frankly don't care one bit about him. It's simply that work ethic does matter, a lot. It's something that many of the great players have in common. Are there players with outstanding work ethic that fail? …

Tom, on Ryan Leaf:

Maybe Nawrocki is unfair in some of his conclusions, but Tom's insinuation that off the field issues should be ignored is ridiculous. Work ethic and receptibility to coaching are just as, if not more, important than anything measured at the combine.

Counterpoint: hockey is a team sport. AT least the NHL version keeps the team concept in the shoot out. TJ Oshie going six times just makes a mockery of the prior 65 mins.

NHL shootout is bad. This rule that a player can go more than once makes the international one even worse.

Easy dude, easy. The author uses three words to describe the drugs Sharper used and two of them refer to Ambien. And I didn't read anything about liquid morphine. Sounds like you could probably use some downers, yourself.

Jesus Christ, Daedalus, let it go.

Fucking Icarus, just can't let things go.

Please oh please don't compare an NFL locker room to your email reply-to-alls.

anybody want a peanut?

This is 1000% what I believe.

Coocoo Kacha. Coocoo Kacha.

is this guy a prospect? id like to see how he fares at the "next level"

This is just a product of the overall sports/AAU culture in the US. Most of these top flight athletes are poached when they are 10-13 years old, and are told that they are the next LeBron/Tom Brady. It is at this age where most psychological/educational development comes to a near halt, as 80% of their time is…

Deadspin: It is cool to be a complete jerk but make sure you are the right kind of jerk because if you pick incorrectly we will write an article about why you are the type of jerk that is ruining the world.