The contrived opprobrium in which TV shows like this traffic is repellant: they provide a kind of feel-good pornography, and your story makes clear the dishonesty which I have long suspected to be at their root. Good for you, not only for opting out of their false narrative, but also for telling us about it.

Except Jordan was the biggest shit-talker and bully on the court, at least according to other players. What you are referring to is his image.

It’s okay: sometimes you lose. Cam Newton is a very good player - he’ll be back. In the meantime, I can see that Deadspin is having a hard time accepting the loss, but you need to let go and move forward.

Given the tenor of Deadspin today, I fully expect mass suicide at Gawker Media when Bernie finally flames out. “Over-investment” is apparently the new house style.

I think you’ve tied yourself in a rhetorical knot here. Indisputably, part of his job - his profession, if you will - is to talk to reporters about his game, good or bad. Your distinction between “lame” and “unprofessional” is a little silly in this light. Since, by your own argument, Mr. Newton is an entertainer,…

At civil law (as opposed to to criminal law), the general rule is that the proprietor of a business open to the public - such as a convenience store, restaurant, hotel, etc. - is liable for the reasonably foreseeable criminal acts of a third party which take place on the premises. Thus, if you get shot in a robbery at…

Texas is fucked up, so this probably wouldn’t work there, but assume that he hit someone with her car, causing great bodily harm. It’s certainly not a straight up dram shop case, but under the circumstances (plus the hypothetical injury) I can see a court in my jurisdiction letting the question of the garage keeper’s…

I could be wrong, but I think it's his aura that smiles.

I have a feeling that Texas is your best bet for that kind of action.

I almost went skiing. The novelty of watching Denver lose the Super Bowl wore off in the late 80s. Shows what I know, I guess.

A Manning/Elway/Kubiak platoon? With Terrell Davis as RB?

Denver first won in 1997 (following the 1997 season, so actually in 1998), so you're both wrong.

No, he's the Huey Long of the 2016 election.

I don’t really think one can really say there was even “Italy” then, other than as a general geographical region. It was a group of largely autonomous city states which mostly fell under the HRE - which was ruled (such as it was) for a time by Hapsburg Spain. Speaking of which, aren’t Spanish and Italian (not to…

Given her pre-OJ trial record, I don’t think you can say she was a bad lawyer. She just happened to get thumped in public by an opponent who brought exponentially more resources to bear, and was playing a much more sophisticated game. Everybody who spends quality time in the courtroom loses sometimes, they just don't…

By the way, on what basis? 50 in punis on 130 in specials/generals isn’t going to get remitted or overturned - the punis have to be a multiple of the underlying damages to get tossed. Based on the facts related above, there is no immunity defense, so unless there was some kind of egregious procedural or evidentiary…

Where do you practice? Mars?

He traded seats with my dad so he could sit next to my mom on a long flight, so he can’t be all bad.

Damn! I was a partner in a moderately political firm, and we practically put that shit on our letterhead. Those kind of associations usually transcend the grave. That’s extremely telling.

You clearly have better clients. I’ll bet they let you block bill by the quarter-hour, too.