At this point, it’s worth rooting for a 4th place finish, followed by a home-and-away with Australia/Syria. At least that would be meaningful, competitive soccer.

That’s a great move by Maddon.
How did Martin only face 5 batters if he pitched in the 8th, finished the game and allowed 2 runs?

Also in the newsday article: Collins was “surprised” by the diagnosis. Either he’s lying, he didn’t know his pitcher’s arm was swelling, or he believes arms swell up all the time and it’s nbd. Any guesses?

Thank you. I have often browsed my spice rack asking “Cumin is fucking great, but where would I use it in my normal cooking routine?” The answer, I now see, is every dang savory dish I ever make.

Does USA Today get its MLB press access revoked for three days as well? If Joe West gets suspended for answering a question that necessarily gets him in trouble, it’s only fair that the press gets in trouble for asking it.

Haven’t we established by now that “grit” and “motor” are vastly over-rated in sports? Jay Cutler is choosing football over an easier job that he already was offered, how much more convincing do you need that he’s ready to play?

If you get new talent in James’ final year, the Cavs home games will sell. They will make the playoffs. They will not win the Finals. Overall, the expected “cost” of new players vs. veterans will be a week and a half of playoff shine.

On the other hand, you will not have to pay the luxury tax in consecutive years. You…

This is a fair comment on John McCain - he has the mindset of a military man, and his principles reflect that. But you make it sound as if he’s just following orders without thinking about how it affects actual people. He respected the Code of Conduct for Prisoners of War because violating that Code undermines trust…

People want to know how the world’s greatest QB stays effective at 40, and Greg Bishop is giving you the QB’s answer. He’s not being a shill, he’s just not going to great lengths to trash the QB’s answer.

You wouldn’t trade Lebron because Gilbert has been given an extraordinary 2nd chance to maintain a good relationship with the best player of this generation. You want him to show up to a % of NBA Finals Games in Cavs gear for the next 40 years more than you want Carmelo Anthony and Porzingis in 2017-2020.

I think Lebron’s decision is based more on personal stability. He would rather not be traded to a city for a year just to move to his preferred city in 2018. He’d rather just live with Cleveland’s disfunction for a year and make a permanent move. I think I’d do the same if I had similar options.

The victim was punched in the face, pushed to the ground and was uninjured?

That’s the Jaguars D for you...

“You can’t hit that ceiling. It was designed by scientists so you couldn’t hit the ceiling”
“Yeah, well those scientists better check their hypotenuses”

Great article! Not finishing your food is more like taking a road trip and not actually visiting the destination you road tripped for.

Interesting! It looks like the “BsR/PA vs Sprint Speed” is better fit as a parabola than a straight line - the fastest players all seem to be well above the regression curve. The “UBR/PA vs Sprint Speed” regression seems to be a well-behaved line.

If that’s correct, that would imply that effectively stealing bases is…

So this salary cap just doesn’t exist anymore for the Cavs, huh?

To be fair, that’s the whole point of having a mouthpiece - Phil Jackson can sell other NBA GMs on Porzingis while his mouthpiece convinces the guy by the vending machines that Porzingis is bad (unsuccessfully, but still).

I’d argue Stephen A. Smith is regaining his god damned mind over Phil Jackson. He’s making way more sense than usual.

“Everything in politics cannot be solved by compromise. Abortion is legal, or it’s not. That awful Supreme Court justice is confirmed, or he’s not. Pollution is properly regulated, or it’s not. Our tax system is sufficiently progressive, or it’s not. We go to war, or we don’t.”

4 out of 5 of these examples are not…

Hmmm, yes, but I would apply that to their football team first.