Everything about that entire play was amazing perfection by the ‘Hawks. Bickell getting the puck behind the net to Hossa, Hossa and Richards with the interchange behind the net that gave Richards some space, Richards making the smart pass to Keith at the point instead of trying to jam it to the net, Keith…

You understand that the 1st Amendment covers more than simply freedom of speech, but more applicable to this situation it guarantees freedom of the press. So really the police are not simply trampling on Marquez’s 1st Amendment rights they’re trampling on all of our 1st amendment rights since we depend on a free press…

Lol, as if +/- was a remotely meaningful stat

That’s really not that great of an analogy if you dig a little deeper. Being awarded a penalty kick in soccer during the course of the game is not particularly uncommon, there’s probably at least one penalty kick awarded (based on my own observations, I don’t have the time/energy to research the actual rate) in 1/3 to…

Yeah, no, I’m not going to apologize for being willing to sacrifice some cool highlights for not having actual standings points being determined by a fucking skills competition. You don’t see many basketball fans clamoring for ties to be broken by a slam dunk contest, or baseball fans saying that instead of going to…

On the flip side though, he had a very strong rookie year and was likely already penciled in as a likely starter before Patrick Willis retired which would have really upped his role on the defense. He's not striking it rich on his current contract, but a couple of productive seasons under the rookie deal and he would…

Fighting is not a deterrent to head shots. Far from it. If fighting was such a deterrent, why did Matt Cooke end Marc Savard's career with noted fighter Sean Thornton protecting him? Why did Raffi Torres nearly decapitate Marian Hossa in the 2011 playoffs when incapable-of-doing-anything-on-the-ice-but-fighting…

If you honestly believe that fighting is in any way, shape, or form a deterrent to those sorts of headshots I've got a bridge in Brooklyn I'd love to sell you.

Maybe I'm crazy, but I don't see the connection. How the hell is making PI a 15-yard penalty instead of a spot foul in an way an "alternate" to making PI calls reviewable? Is the implication that the officials in that Lions-Cowboys game would have been less inclined to pick up the flag if it were a 15-yard penalty…

It honestly makes no difference to me, I'm a Bears fan so I'm just happy that AP is going to be out of Minnesota (though as a human being I'd rather he was gone from the league all together, but that's not going to happen). I'm just trying to connect the dots, and seeing as how a) Jerry has long been infatuated with…

Clearly the only feasible endgame is the Cowboys trading for AP, laying the franchise tag on Dez Bryant, and letting Demarco Murray walk as a free agent, right?

My guess is that it was a calculated move to try to force the kid's hand to accept their offer of greyshirting and not enrolling at Louisville until the spring. By waiting until the last minute, they figured that he would have no other option but to accept their offer. Petrino, a narcissist, likely figured Colburn…

Possibly, but it's still a very long way off - the NHL is in only year 2 or 3 of a 10-year contract with NBC. A year or so ago a high-ranking ESPN exec (I can't remember who) said that his biggest regret was not making a bigger push to get the NHL and allowing NBC to outbid them so I'm sure that at minimum ESPN will…

True championship-caliber teams find ways to win despite such "game changers". The best example I can think of off the top of my head is the Blackhawks vs the Red Wings in the 2nd round of the 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs. Game 7, 1-1 tie with under 2 minutes left, and what should have been the game winning goal for…

As a hockey fan it saddens me to see one of the greatest of all time refusing to hang 'em up when he should have at least a few years ago. As a Blackhawks fan it amuses me to no end that he's tarnishing his legacy with the Blues while potentially stunting Jake Allen's development. The greatest gift that he could…

Probably because both Voynov and the team were specifically told that he was allowed to work individually with a coach but that he was not allowed to participate in any team functions of any kind, mandatory or optional? This isn't the league being arbitrary, this is the Kings / Voynov doing what they were…

$100k may be a big number to you and me, but it absolutely is not a big number to a business valued at over half a billion - the Kings are worth $580M according to Forbes. That's barely a drop in the bucket to them. A much more appropriate punishment, i.e. one that would actually constitute a punishment, would be to…

How is that not suspension-worthy? He just admitted to intentionally trying to injure another player because he was pissy about something over which that player had no control. I mean, not only does that scream "mentally unbalanced" (though not exactly a surprise out of Raiola) but I'm pretty sure that purposely…

Also, no matter how badly some (if not many) members of the NFLPA would likely love to cut his ass lose and let him fend for himself, that's just not the way the world works. The PA is legally obligated to represent him.

It's as if Skip Bayless and Stephen A. Smith are locked into an eternal battle for who can most clearly exemplify the absolute worst of humanity