He continued flapping during the line-dance. True commitment. Nice to see they invested in a new costume, too, since I recall thinking several years ago that the Hawk seemed to have mascot mange.

Also because the Indians had a really good 1998 team (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_Cleveland_Indians_season) that lost to the Yankees in the ALCS in 6 which marked the beginning of the Yankees late 90's/early 00's success. So close...

I could be mistaken, but I don’t think obstruction of justice attaches to a Title IX investigation unless there’s also a criminal investigation going on. I think it is more likely that destroying evidence in a Title IX case would constitute spoliation of evidence and could lead to a court or tribunal taking a negative…

The athletic department is a community within the larger college community. Not uncommon (with social media, probably the norm) for coaches and administrators to know their players’ significant others through team events or college/community-outreach events or at least by reputation/gossip. Particularly in this case.

I think Highsmith took the coach’s deference to the girlfriend as a big “no comment.” If you’re a coach and you think one of your player’s boyfriend/girlfriend - who is also an athlete, so you probably know them, too - was great, it would be easy to compliment him/her to a stranger you meet in the airport. Even if…

Could Zimmer be referring to the margins involved in finding an advantage using video? A good coach would only nominally improve, but a bad coach could close the gap considerably in the midst of the game.

Aside from Donte, the numbers that jump out on the box score are Spellman’s 11 rebounds. He gave the Cat’s what they needed. \\//

Can we let Tony Romo take a shot at this? Considering that skiing is really just controlled falling and I think his “ooooohhhhhhaaaaaaaaa, ohmygodohmygod, could it beeee, nope, its an incomplete pass” style of commentating could be really fun for downhill and Super G. 

James Harrison approves of Hooverball, but asks why stop at 6 lbs?

Discovered it in January and it made for a nice run-up to the Olympics. We were watching World Cup luge, bobsled, and ski jumping while the kids ate breakfast. Had all the components my son loves: cool gear, action, cheering, and a ton of cow bells.

The ex-wife filed the petition, likely without consulting the attorney in advance. There is an ethical duty not to file something which you know to be false and you can argue that the attorney’s statement serves two purposes: 1) confirms that he was not involved and did not run afoul of any rules of professional…

The reports about James Harrison being a bad teammate are interesting because he sounds like every other 40-ish guy in a young industry: he gets tired in afternoons and likes a good nap; gets irritated by his millennial co-workers and feels isolated from them socially and politically; and he has an increasingly low…

Topical Recommendation: go see the Army/Navy game when it is in Philadelphia (Baltimore and Meadowlands are poor comparisons). This city might be at its best when the Midshipmen and Cadets are in town. Everyone is in a good mood and the game itself is an incredible experience that cuts through politics and gives you a…

PSU’s damages aren’t limited to just the liquidated damages; they’ll ask the jury to award treble damages (aka punitive damages/triple damages) and positioning the argument to show the flagrant breach of the repayment term. I love that schools never sue each other for tortious interference of contract (PSU would have…

Former Eagle great Brian Westbrook was Dematha’s PG and led an intermural basketball squad w/ Falcons WR Brian Finneran (and his twin brother) that was arguably better than Villanova’s ‘97/98 varsity team.

That’s immediately going into the holiday playlist, right after Christmas Wrapping by the Waitresses and right before Christmas in Hollis. Great job ladies.

I’m from his wife’s home town (so I’m a Browns fan - assume I’ve already heard your bye week joke) and lived in Phila when he played for the Eagles. I don’t think either city can complain about the Garcias as people. No pretension and no one could argue Jeff was in it for a paycheck; he really played hard. Garcia is a…

The Angel’s Landing hike they have the video clip of is amazing. Its is plenty exposed, but the camera angle makes it seem a little less room than there actually is.

Love Glacier and was there for a short visit over July 4th. Parts of many trails still closed due to snow. Hiked to Granite Park Chalet and Swiftcurrent Pass (too windy to actually go to overlook, but truly awesome) and ran into a grizzly on the trial (25 yards away or so) 2 miles from the finish of Siyad Pass hike on…

As a lawyer (me, too!), I suspect the term “uncontested-to” was the term the university panel used in expelling him and the attorney is trying to highlight that the university panel charged with determining whether or not a sexual assault occurred didn’t call it “rape.” If that’s the case, I think victim advocates…