Great piece. Really captures why I’m rarely able to finish anything by Simmons or Burneko.

Wild fans are quickly establishing themselves as some of the most obnoxious in sports.

Just make a touchdown worth 7 points, with the option to go for one more by running a play from scrimmage. Give the linemen a slight break from repetitive head trama.

Richards' contract has recapture issues attached to it.

Dennis Feinstein should be way higher.

When did Weber beat up Matt Hunwick and the Bruins' medical staff?

Boston deserves to host the Olympics because hosting the Olympics is horrible.

Right now he's my early Name of the Year favorite. Maybe the strongest on-paper contender since Vanilla Dong.

Country is bog standard American anomie. I love it.

People who hate red delicious apples are people who don't know how to pick them out.

Wow, shocked the Cavs didn't make sure he was a Good Jew (TM) before hiring him.

All I care about is the inevitable J.R. version.

I like the black and red. The Sabres never should have changed, but if it was a new team wearing that it'd be legit.

I never thought there would be a day I sympathized and agreed with Dan Carcillo.

Cooke's hit in and of itself didn't end Savard's career. The Bruins and Savard (he's admitted to misleading doctors about his symptoms) rushed him back and the next season he suffered another concussion on a hit from Matt Hunwick.

There's a weird political dynamic in NEPA. There are a decent amount of progressives in the urban cores and old labor politics still hold sway (Lackawanna and Luzerne are typically blue counties), but the surrounding culture is really conservative and the small towns are pure Pennsyltucky.

Pittsburgh is ahead of Philly in pretty much every positive metric, too, and has been for years. Philadelphians saying otherwise are just indulging in the city's favorite pastime: being wrong about everything besides cheesesteaks.

Pittsburgh territory really starts west of Lancaster and north of Allentown. Except for the pockets of Baltimore/Washington-leaning weirdos in York County. There's a slight NY lean in NEPA too because of proximity, a decent amount of NY expats, and the Yankees having a minor league team in Scranton.