As a fellow R******* fan, allow me to jump in and offer a tepid defense of these "dull-witted" fans. We like a football team. That's supposed to be a diversionary experience. None of us wants our fandom to become a lightning rod for controversy, we just want to root for our terrible football team and that's it. …

Samer, I guess you barely mentioned this part of the story because he hasn't gone to trial yet, but just how likely is it that he'll be sentenced to hard labor in the emphasis mine?

In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: the police, who beat the shit out of black children, and the attorneys who find clauses within the law that allow criminals to continuously beat black children. These are their stories.

"This is, in fact, how sexist and racist ideologies work"

Oh, we already know how it works at Gawker, where it's totally cool to leave an unwanted male celebrity sex tape up on your site (Hulk Hogan) while decrying female nude picture leaks as the worst thing that's happened to humanity this century.

I think this officially qualifies as "America's Stuuupidest Story!"

A crossfit crazy fbooker posted this today:

PYT appoints Independent Investigation to be led by Rob

THE LAST TWO WEEKS: Hey, I hear you all like sports!

"Everything is public relations now" is the macrocosm of what ails American society at the most fundamental level, which is a specific brand of narcissism. Who you were as a person and as a business used to be about what you DID, now who you are is largely based on who you SAY you are, via the clothing you wear or…

Oh wow, does this mean they're going to sign LeBron now?

I'll just leave this here:

Jeez, the ESPN circus really has gotten out of hand. It's like the only name anyone knows on this team anymore is Michael Sam's.

Dear Tom,

In fairness to Sarkisian, most people use the F-word when they break a Trojan.

Teacher: Now Johnny, if Adrian Peterson has 3 touchdowns, 110 rushing yards and 40 receiving yards, but loses 2 fumbles, what will Mr. Peterson's end result be?

"This is our most modestly priced receptacle."

That photo of Gregg Williams looks like Gregg Williams took a screenshot of his Wii Mii, took it to his stylist/barber/whateverthefuck and said "Make me look like THIS."

Wait for the Seahawks.

because multiple Broncos fans apparently think there's a causal relationship between jersey color and Super Bowl scores

All the Jake Plummer haters need to get their head's out of the toilet. Those years were so much god damn fun. You never knew what you'd get, and it was exciting as hell. Now you know exactly what you'll get: A regular season highlight reel followed by painful embarrassment in the playoffs. While this…