“Mr. Gilbert, Lebron has opted out of the last year of his deal with us.”

No, but I remember when the Cubs were garbage and way too much Chicago sports radio airtime was devoted to someone with name recognition who was relevant again.

I’m not saying they’re the same person, but I’ve never seen that woman and Rajon Rondo in the same room at the same time.

“Slumgoat Millionaire: is he a goat or is he the GOAT?”

“Tanzania’s Goat Races Are Decadent And Depraved”

My two favorite things are the NBA and housing discrimination. And kicking puppies - Donald Sterling

All I ever wanted, all I ever needed is here, in this post.

Home Plate Ump: Fight me, Lester!

This film contributes to the greater good.

Sobbing Knicks child was not the star. He was an annoying kid mugging for his Instagram selfies.

Pretty easy to suspend the freshman third-string QB indefinitely when you’ve got a returning senior *and* a senior transfer from ND.

10. Rachel Dolezal (she identifies as a good basketball player).

because Karl said when hired he would not be involved in personnel

And then you can look forward to an application of your 6th Amendment.

Oooh, so brave with your misogyny. Really standing up for your principles there big guy—defending the giant mega business of men’s sports which have benefitted from centuries of investment and segregation. Women get this tiny little corner so it is very important to rush over to that tiny corner and shit all over it…

“it is by no means the normal pundit hyperbole to call him one of the best young players in Europe”

Sterling put himself in this mess. Many players leave clubs purely for money and do so in a way that doesn’t ostracize themselves from the clubs they are leaving. This is entirely his fault.

Great piece but I’ve got an aside:

The statue of Francis Marion is there because he was a hero of the American Revolution against the British. He’s a South Carolinian who kept the British from pushing forward from the captured city of Charleston north to Virginia where they would have attacked George Washington from…

I went to school in Charleston in the early 90s.

@NBAcatwatch I don’t have any but I felt like I was herding them all fucking year.