“Johnny Manziel...mauled, senselessly, by lions at age 23" - Tom Brokaw

Anyone commenting about Manziel’s dad needs to read this article. http://deadspin.com/the-long-con-h…

Can you imagine how much the dad went through before he throws up his hands and gives up to the point where he wants his son jailed to get help?

You miss unchecked sexism and racism that much?

Wait, the Walmart near my house has the deodorant locked up but this one just has fireworks laying out there for anyone with a lighter to mess with?

To everyone complaining about this being Lebron’s “secret motivation”—have you not met people? Especially athletes? How many athletes talk about bulletin board fodder or say that no one believed in them or claim they wanted to prove the haters wrong? Athletes everywhere constantly use small things to motivate…

Yeah, I don’t think it’s necessarily a bad thing, but it almost makes things like Leicester City winning the Premier League that much more incredible when it required being the best team while playing every other team twice.

It’s just a reminder that American-sports-style playoffs are great for excitement and bad for truly determining the best team in a given season.

It’s not a burrito without the tortilla — you’re just eating a bowl of shit.

At least Curry had a good Father’s Day, he got to spend it playing basketball with his daddy.

First, to answer the question, mine was the Giants beating the undefeated Patriots in the Super Bowl. I hate New England (who doesn’t?) and I called it before the game. I even had money bet on NYG and my friends spent the entire week telling me I was nuts and a total idiot. That one felt really good.

This seems incredible in retrospect, but the 2004 MLB postseason. I had just moved to Florida, still hated the Yankees as an Indians fan transitioning to the Rays, and one of my first new friends in Tampa was a Red Sox fan from Amherst who had also just moved down. We bonded over being stuck inside for weeks during…

He's right. If the public had gotten wind of this, there might have been a few rounds of debate. And, as we've learned, the Braves almost never make it past the first round.