That’s not really a very good comparison, because the whole reason we remember Ali the way we do is because Frazier was there at the same time, and beat him once.

I can think of worse reasons for a guy not to get a job as a head coach than “he’s a homophobe, ” “he coached a team that went on a legendary run as soon as he was replaced to early playoff exits,” and “he tried to get all his bosses fired and to replace them doing their job, in addition to the one he was doing a…

It’s actually the better move. People don’t realize it because basketball revenue and football revenue are so different, but there’s a lot of money that comes from being in a top college basketball conference. It’s all needlessly complicated, but your conference gets its cut from the NCAA march madness TV deal based…

I mean no disrespect but there’s no real good reason for the Big 12 to do that. The only move that makes sense for the Big 12 would be adding UCF/USF and maybe Cincy/Houston to go to 14. Adding UConn is really not worth it for them, especially if they have to take Temple to make the geography fit 

Man I want someone to do a deep dive report on what the hell UMass was thinking moving to FBS. it’s one of the most deranged things anyone has done in college athletics in the last 10 years. 

They were actually invited to the ACC for about three hours after Maryland left and Clemson/Florida State/BC pulled rank and forced the conference to pick Louisville instead. Tobacco Road schools wanted UConn for basketball and because academically the other choices were so bad, but Clemson/FSU said they’d leave if…

I mean SNY doesn’t show UConn games because it’s funny to them

This is a pretty no brainer decision for everyone involved. Big East needs UConn because of its fanbase in the NYC metro area, UConn needs to stop pretending there’s any future in being the other New England football program in an area that produces like 2 four star or better recruits per year.

What killed the Big East was that it was a conference built by cable TV with schools that had almost no history with each other before it was created just to make money off college basketball regular season rights and create marquee matchups. If you want to blame anyone, blame whoever it was responsible for adding…

Take a look at what European nobility looked like by 1800 or so. You give someone a ton of wealth and influence because they help you win the Battle of Hastings, great good they fought hard. Then the subsequent generations have to actually have the skill and sense to hold their lands from other nobles, so the idiots…

I mean Kyrie is example #1 for this right? He left busted ass Cleveland for a significantly bigger TV market in Boston and he’s less well known and less of a star now than when he was competing for titles alongside LeBron in the factory of sadness.

The other old classic is you take your before pictures after you’ve been recovering from a broken arm or broken leg or some other similar injury that prevented you from doing your normal workout routine for an extended period and then bang, one month later after returning to your old workout habits you look like…

Trying to use a definition of legitimate as we understand it now to describe events happening 2000 years ago is foolish. They had a coronation, everyone was there, they all clapped. When the whole society acknowledges you as the rightful ruler with a divine family lineage, you’re as legitimate as you can be.

Look we can’t keep splitting hairs forever. They had the coronation and everything and said he’s the emperor. He probably did his job okay. He was assassinated because moving the capital to Alexandria would have been the final death blow for the Senate, and after they did it they invented a lot of blatant nonsense to…

Same for Caligula. Wildly popular with the Roman public of the time, hated by the wealthy classes and was assassinated while in the process of moving his court to Alexandria.

Honestly I’m a sucker for Jerry Lawler versus Some Guy with Three Teeth wrestling matches during Grizzlies games.

Oh man he screwed the suburban St Louis people harder? This is getting better and better.

I’m with Kroenke because the people he fucked hardest were people from St Louis, and fuck St Louis. 

This feels like a turning point for ol’ Musky. His fans, ludicrous as they are, seem to be having a scales from their eyes moment with this. It’s such a colossally stupid idea. 

You’re right that they’re making a ton of money right now, but it just feels like they’re 10 or so years away from horror times. They’re milking a certain demo for every cent they have, and then what? There’s a real Outback Steakhouse vibe to MLB these days to me.