Yeah, from that angle that hit could only help The Packer get yardage(or injure him), even if there was no helmet contact and the play wasn’t whistled. Additionally it had a very good chance of injuring his own teammates. The football play is to try to strip the ball. He’ll probably say he was trying to knock the ball…

How dare anyone insinuate the Red Sox were first pitch swinging to deny a milestone instead of playing to win the game! They were first-pitch swinging to get the hell out of there as fast as possible instead of playing to win the game. 1,2,3... Cancun!

Even if everything Gladwell says is true, it does not make the point about Paterno he wants to make. A brilliant explanation for WHY Paterno and Penn State screwed up does not mean that they DID NOT screw up. Everyone investigating and judging that case understands fully that people try to rationalize away the…

yes, I am pretty sure if a woman member of a women’s team unintentionally showed a naked woman teammate on a live stream, Deadspin and Deadspin commenters would not have treated the incident like a paparazzo taking thousands of low angle shots of women exiting cars trying to get nipslips and full vaj-upskirts.

There is no such thing as “gathering.” The ball is either gathered or it is not. A ball can either be dribbled again, or it cannot. The actual rule is simple, but the term “gather” has become confusing through imprecise usage. Here is how the rule on picking up a dribble should be stated (this construction does not…

Good point. Are they Communist Fuckers of Mothers, or Fuckers of Communist Mothers? I demand precision.

I believe the preferred term in Berkeley these days is “Socialist.” So it should be “Fuck You, Socialist Mother Fuckers.” It is important to refer to people with their preferred identifiers. Show some respect.

Isn’t there a time run-off for a review with a running clock? So if the officials reviewed the play and determined the ball never crossed the goal line while in possession, the clock could have run out (this came up very recently in a Saints game where the refs screwed it up but NFL rules may be different). Ole Miss…

I love the commentary. When 55 starts flipping the male commentator says “Mama Mia!” and the woman says “Ay Yi Yi!” Classic.

Much Stupider. Don’t forget they also wear FC Barcelona colors to make the Spanish Soccer cosplay complete, and completely non-sensical.

Nothing in particular, He and several guests complain about aggregators mis-reporting their musings and opinions as sourced facts and reportage. He once said last season that the Thunder’s only trade asset was Steven Adams and they had to consider trading him to have any chance to improve. The next day, New Zealand…

If a QB captained your team to 2 upset Championships, you’d think he was an all time great, but the rest of the country doesn’t have to play along. But Eli played in New York City, so the whole country IS FORCED to play along. The Joe Namath comparison is a good one. If you do something amazing in New York, It is the…

Their entire situation depends on little master George Crawley as heir. If something were to happen to him, Downton would pass on to yet another rando heir. So in the new movie George gets Leukemia and some cockney fifteen year-old chimney sweep fifth cousin looks to become the new heir. Violet, Robert and Cora plot…

Vinatieri’s HOF case is BECAUSE of his playoff resume, especially the 2001 playoffs (tying then winning the tuck-rule game in the snow, then winning the super bowl as time expired). Morten Andersen almost missed the HOF because he doesn’t have a lot of post-season moments— in the playoffs he’s most famous for being…

Because the top 2 seeds get double Byes into the semifinals and Seeds 3 and 4 get a single Bye into the quarterfinals. The first two rounds are single elimination and the semifinals and finals are best-of-five (2-2-1). Teams are re-seeded after each round (like in the NFL playoffs).

If that is an 8 foot rim, he isn’t 7 feet tall. At 6'6" with a 6'6" wingspan you can dunk a 8 foot rim one-handed without jumping. He has a super long neck and a shortish torso, so I’d call him about 6'7” with a 6'10” wingspan. (those other kids look younger than 12, and I don’t get why 12 year-olds would play on a…

This is the first time in 25 years Mackey Sasser has been discussed without mentioning his problems throwing the ball back to the mound. His dentist talks about it when looking at his x-rays. It is the subject of every Sasser child’s parent-teacher conference. His New York Times obituary will start by discussing his…

I don’t see how this gives California schools an advantage. Imagine UCLA’s star freshman WR makes $20K signing posters, gets caught, and the NCAA makes an example out of him by making him permanently ineligible. By law, UCLA then has to keep him on scholarship for 3 seasons while he earns his degree while waiting for…

...raised without coherent moral frameworks

But Wade Boggs’ soul died in 1993.