On one hand, a guy hasn’t been convicted or even charged if anything. He’s free to seek employment and teams are free to draft him.

A team with two playoff wins in the last 20 years versus a team with zero super bowl wins. I only wish Shakespeare were alive to witness what a real rivalry looks like.

Philly is my Stalin and the Cowboys are Hitler.

Rick Barry is reading this and nodding, knowing that he has the answer nobody ever wants to hear.

How is this an honest mistake? It was done with intent to harm. While trivial, it undermines the public’s trust in the NYT. This plays right into the conservative agenda.

This article is bad and you should feel bad. This has the potential to be an incredible tool and Ballmer could have just bought the data to make another billion. Instead, he’s giving it away so people can learn if they choose. How are you snarky about this?

All things considered this is actually pretty cool and good?

That’s bearly amusing.

Patience, Coach Fizdale - you said you are a “rookie coach.” Respect will have to wait until you’re a grizzlied veteran.

There was probably a time that baseball could have gone this way (it was never even discussed as far as I know, but the sheer number of teams and the organized levels of play would have made it a natural fit). But when the farm system came into being, that pretty much ended any hope of that.

I don’t care at all about soccer and this had me cheering. Good for these guys!

Very cool wrinkle, that relegation. I have no idea how it could apply in one of the top four ball/puck sports here, but I think it would be endlessly fascinating.

Or, conversely, Zeke did it to themself by applying for the show in the first place.

I agree, but it’s not fair that he got fired and CBS gets to go wild basking in the coverage, including news segments about this guy getting fired. Ridiculous

I’ve been thinking about CBS’s culpability in this, and have come to the conclusion that Zeke probably decided to have them air the segment.

Little do they know Silver has frozen the Lakers envelope...

But the Lakers’ pick goes to the Sixers if it falls out of the top 3, no ifs, and, buts or Brandon Knight trades about it. I don’t see how you could be anything but happy that your team’s chances of getting a better pick are helped by this. As a Sixers fan, I am happy because we actually do get the pick if it lands…

“Having already shut down essentially every player of value this season”

I can’t wait for the 30 for 30 on this Lakers winning streak. “What if I told you: the only way to lose... was to win.” I’m thinking Metta Fiction for the title, but I’m open to suggestions.

I have zero problem with this. Qatar openly bribed their way to what’s going to be an absolute disaster, why shouldn’t we do likewise? At least there won’t be slave labor used to build stadiums or weather that’s going to force the tournament to be held in the winter.

This is a good time to be in the “money bag emblazoned with a giant ‘$’ sign” industry.