the pitches are much smaller than in the top leagues

False equivalencies all over the place in this thread. Neither football or boxing is safe. Arguing that one is safer based on a comparison to the other is pointless.

Boxing’s ultimate goal is in fact to deliver a brain injury to the opponent, euphemistically called a “knockout”. Adding thick, padded boxing gloves…

So, not really.

The strangest part of this is that he was given a blood test.

Decent comeback but no MVDP at the Amstel Gold race.

Well, college football is doing quite well for itself, with free labour and fall Saturdays all to itself. The NFL has no reason to mess with that system, they profit handsomely from the free player development arm the NCAA provides.

Giannis is the gyro we need right now.

Kids are fun to fuck with but you gotta keep it on this side of the line.  I told my niece that, because I’m a lawyer, I had asked a judge to legally change her dogs’ names to Dog 1 and Dog 2 and it was illegal to call them anything else.  That provided humor for a solid year with no obvious psychological scars.

I think we’re at the stage of the origin story where the whole of Gotham loves the Penguin.

He’s a gyro to his people.

The Yankees Are Struggling To Put Butts In Seats

That’s why it’s not called the teethbrush.

small businesses around america say they need help to survive in an increasingly hostile business environment, but let me ask my small business owner friends this: why haven’t you injected your employees with steroids and forced them to battle each other on top of ladders while wearing thongs?

Context for those who may not follow skateboarding - BA coming out is sort of like if Kevin Garnett came out. He’s got a super long track record of doing amazing things, and is almost universally beloved at this point.