This story gets considerably more heartwarming when you remember that in 2013, you were dealing with the predecessor to Tronc.

Us being awful doesn’t make anyone like you more.

No, definitely two of the most famous people ever are Christian figures and the other three either lived or worked in America in the 20th century. 

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Yeah, Gloomhaven as a board game is great, but sometimes collapses under its own weight as things get complicated and players get tipsy. I’d definitely give it a spin.

Caps are bad for players. In the NBA, the max salary is good for most players, in that it redistributes money that would probably get consolidated by the top few stars to many more (less good) stars and to the middle class. Instead of LeBron getting $70 million and the rest of the team getting $5 million, he gets $35…

Players, as a whole, always get 49 to 51 percent of all basketball-related income from the league, depending on if BRI came in higher or lower than projected. If the salaries on the books don’t add up to their share, the league writes them a check for the difference. If the salaries on the books add up to more than…

Thank you — this is a great summary of the actual issues at play here. It makes me feel crazy when people don’t realize the max salary is an income redistribution tool for the middle class as much as anything else.

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The problem with this is that how much money the players get paid has nothing to do with a soft cap or the luxury tax — or even how much teams choose to spend. It is a collectively bargained fixed percentage, between 49% and 51% of the league’s income, depending on exactly how much money comes in.

If salaries are…

Head-to-head is tricky because their primes barely overlapped. At Federer’s peak, Novak was 19. When Novak made his first great run in 2011, Federer was 31. In Novak’s best stretch in 2015-2016, Federer was older than almost any man who’s ever won a major.

As a fellow Fed superfan, two thoughts: First, it’s not just the major count that makes Fed the GOAT (although it helps!). It’s the body of work — the weeks at No. 1, the semifinal and quarterfinal streaks, the five consecutive Wimbledons and US Opens, the longevity across generations, etc.

If my only same-day choice is economy, I’m leaving tomorrow unless there’s an extremely good reason, and I just have regular-person money. If I have Cam Newton money, I’m waiting as long as it takes.

Giannis isn’t LeBron and Kawhi sure as hell isn’t DeRozan.

That’s kind of refreshing!

It’s a silly claim and a good way to start dumb arguments about Ichiro rather than celebrate him. Then again, Ichiro was known to start dumb arguments with, say, the city of Cleveland, so maybe it’s appropriate.

RE: the Pro Bowl, wouldn’t most competent teams beat the crap out of a disorganized bunch of stars thrown together in a week? I feel like you’d have 11 very talented players tripping over their dicks while Tom Brady picked them apart with the same 12-yard throw every time.

Minneapolis guy here. I don’t see it, for a couple reasons. First, Mauer’s MVP year was a huge outlier in power. To put it in perspective, he hit 29 home runs in the three years leading up to it and 28 that season. Harper’s was more an extreme example of things he does pretty consistently — he always hits for power…

First of all, this:

Yeah, for all the praise they get for class and sportsmanship, both Federer and Nadal can get awfully petty when they lose “the wrong way.” Federer is the worse offender (this is coming from a huge fan) — he doesn’t lose well at all — but these comments are pretty unsightly, and it’s hard not to sound bitter after a…