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The truth is they used to. Novels were the scourge of civil society at one time, threatening to turn every unmarried girl into a harlot. And not just newspapers, but all forms of public discourse—I've seen paintings depicting the deleterious effects of novel-reading on young women. It took centuries for novels to…

The idiot kicks a player, and then his teammates begin to kick the idiot. You really have to admire everybody's commitment to still not use their hands.

Shanahan: "I always lie."

The Lakers, Vikings, and Angels are just terrible teams to choose for making the point you're trying to make.

So does Jesus.

One thing that might quell (or, I guess, stoke, depending) the asterisk argument is to know how many insanely long attempts have been made per stadium. If more 55+ yard kicks are being attempted in Denver, the number of successful field goals would logically be higher. So the advantage that the mile high atmosphere…

Game time temp for Dempsey's kick, 1970: 65F in New Orleans

Since people are going to want to discuss the effect of atmospheric conditions on the kick, here's the Advanced NFL Statistics post on field goals and altitude:

... Which is also where the vast majority of super-long attempts are made because of (not necessarily accurate) conventional wisdom about altitude effects. You have to think about confounding variables, dumb-dumb.

Nice Mustard Race-bait article.

You guys are right about Denver and the asterick. As a matter of fact, MLB should subtract all home runs hit at Coors Field from players' career stats.

That is one weak, shitty joke.

Seems to me that any advantage he had in kicking at altitude would be negated by kicking in today's Denver icebox:

http://www.advancednflstats.com/2012/01/temper…

"So?"

Thank you. If you read the full (200-page) report, you'd see that she told multiple versions of events (drunk, drugged, hit on the head...) and yet even her friend, not just the other two eyewitnesses, said she saw the girl get in the cab with them fully aware of the situation. The girl even asked the friend if she…