As a couple of other people have noted, this isn't just a lacrosse thing, it's not even a a sports or prep school thing. I have a daughter in first grade in a public school in California, and lots of parents are holding their kids back because they think it will help them be more successful in all aspects of life,…

Huh. I thought his vocals were fine. He certainly didn't give a great performance. I mean, he doesn't look like he wants to be up there. But I wouldn't call it tone deaf.

Drew, this was a really good, thoughtful article. As someone who endured his share of bullying in elementary school and high school, I thought you did a great job explaining why we can't always fight back (or at least think we can't).

If you didn't find this at least slightly amusing, you are a self-important, humorless prig.

Me too. I was thinking, if this were on Jezebel, they'd be accusing him of rape.

What are you talking about? Carolina has faced 4 of the top 7 rushing offenses: Seattle - 3rd, 146.2 yds/game; Buffalo - 4th, 139.2 yds/game; Minnesota - 6th, 132.8 yds/game; San Fran - 7th, 130.8 yds/game.

Billionaire owners imposed a salary cap on themselves so they could justify paying lower salaries to the millionaire players that make them billionaires. Kobe is just saying players should not feel guilty if their salary forces teams to pay a luxury tax the teams imposed on themselves.

I like Parker, and I hope he does well this year and goes on to be a star, but if I were a GM, I’d be very worried about his defense. I counted 4 or 5 times where he got caught watching the ball and Ellis or someone else slipped behind him for an easy lay-up. He also got burned multiple times trying to front his man…

I didn't read it as being the chart to end all charts either. I guess I'm just wondering how useful it is at all. I'm always suspicious of stats that are biased toward things that happen at the end of the game. What if Gibson comes up in the bottom of the first with his team down 1-0 and hits a two-run homer that…

Worth .37 less (assuming I have my percentages right)? I don't know. Anyway, maybe that's not the best example. My point is just that this stat seems flawed and not very helpful in determining whether someone is one of the all-time great world series hitters because it gives too much weight to those late-inning…

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I'm cool with most advanced stats (though I'm certainly no sabermetrician), but this WPA feels flawed to me. What if someone hits a HR in the bottom of the 9th inning of a 0-0 game. If I'm understanding this stat correctly, that walk-off would only be worth a .5 WPA (before the hit, his team had a 50% chance of…