The thing about that game is that it wasn’t just The Spot, there were a number of really questionable (bad) calls that broke the wrong way AND some straight up bad decisions by Harbaugh (and a really untimely unsportsmanlike when he broke his headset) that made what was really not that close a game for 3Qs into a…

I’m seeing a fair amount of criticism of the Japanese goalie on that first goal. This article says he was flat-footed... No, he wasn’t. The unintentional “placement” of that header had it dropping almost straight down into the far side-netting. He broke on it almost instantaneously, MAYBE a slight twitch of a…

Well, the thing about the Howard throw -- it was an absolute bomb. The broadcast did a terrible job of showing it, you have to find alternate clips to see it... 50 yards on a rope to Donovan, the rest is history. (Also, the LD goal was for survival. If Belgium don’t score there, they just go to Extra Time... And Japan…

That’s why I said worst kept secret. It wasn’t written about, it wasn’t really discussed on Sports Talk... But everyone knew it was going on.

With the exception of maybe Gretzky, it’s really hard to find a Captain of a Stanley Cup winning team that didn’t do a lot of things outside of their primary role to bring it…

But, also, he can do whatever-the-fuck he wants right now. He’s absolutely earned and being a fan since 1984 (when I moved here), NO ONE is begrudging him this victory tour. Loving every g-d minute it of it.

I starred your comment and I agree that on some level, he was unfairly tagged with not leading the team, just by virtue of his play on the ice. HOWEVAH... The worst kept secret in DC for his first 4 or 5 years was that he was at after hour clubs all the time during the season. The leadership issue wasn’t that he…

Fuck yeah. Reminds me of my grandparents dog, Sammy. He’d be all “I’m too old to move, I can’t hear... Wait, wazzat, dinner bowl moved!” And he’d move with cartoon slowness but maximum effort into the kitchen. Loved that dog.

There’s a lot going on to drive the narrative:

1) The overall narrative is that the Western Conference (vegas’ conf) is better than the Eastern Conference (caps).
2) Tampa was pretty clearly the “best” team in the EC this year. Meanwhile, the Caps had a terrible start to the season and flew very much under the radar.…

Pretty sure it was a man and a woman mountain biking. S.J. —> Sophie.

I’m thinking Pam’s (jenna’s) feelings for Jim (john) are more sorted out than whatever is going between those Canadian figure skaters, who are very clearly fucking and won’t admit it.

They lost a ton of guys. Not only was there a significant talent drain, but you also had an almost completely new bottom 6. One of the reasons they struggled early in the season was guys just getting to know each other’s names, let alone style of play.

Yep, and the “wonderful tradition” of the Caps-Pens series last year included this very same scenario. I don’t think it’s good for the league, frankly.

Was dropping down here to say essentially the same thing. I’ve argued with many refs (mostly in my playing days, I chilled out as a coach.) But it was always over something that most ppl could objectively see where there’d be a dispute. But I’ve had guys on my team start fights, spit on a ref(!) and other ridiculous…

The only caveat to all of this is that if the course is jammed up and the group ahead is “keeping pace” it is poor form to ask to play through. That’s where fights start, when a group is frustrated with the overall pace and they start hitting into your group while you’re waiting for the group ahead of you to clear the…

Good lord you’re tough to take. For anyone that’s followed US soccer for a minute, this guy has been near the top of the “shut the fuck up” list for over a decade. Terrible manager, marble-mouthed commentator, absolute shite as a talent evaluator .

Surprised this wasn’t in the original article or included in an update. It is bloodboiling material. This is an UNPRECEDENTED severance package, according to people that track this sort of thing. MSU is the worst.

This is solid analysis.

Right, but invariably where things go off the rails is when a dude moves beyond a general compliment and into something about physical attributes. Just generally speaking, what you’re hearing and reading is that 9/10 you’re better off leaving the complimenting to her female co-workers or her significant other. The…

First off, my wife and the other women in my life certainly took the wedding planning very seriously. And it was stressful for her, trying to get things “right.” But no one went insane. With that said, I don’t think Leach is that far off with a lot of this.

My approach was to pick a few things I actually cared about…