Excellent story, well-written and researched. Philadelphian here, I remember Lutheran, though not nearly with the level of detail contained here.

Tremendous teamwork

It’s not entirely fair that NBA players are being asked to clean up an international public relations mess caused by an executive the Chinese government

But hey, that’s just a theory...a NAME theory!

And here I thought it was Holden Magroin.

Well, I did have a couple of ideas, but I can table them until Monday. First round on me!

Looks like a decapitated Cllippy.

lol fuck out of here with a reasonable take that doesn’t jump to an extreme character judgment

I think I may have seen it, somewhere sometime, but not with this level of accuracy and detail; more like an pre-dumbdown A&E documentary “What we think happened” artist dramatization.

Me too! You know, sometimes you feel you’re alone in this world, and then something like this happens, which doesn’t totally negate the feeling, but it counts for something.

But nice to hear him admit, even indirectly, how much he loves traveling.

I thought all mascots were already Fetlife mascots...

Brooklyn Fets= That’s not a word

I’ll be dead in the cold, cold ground before I recognize Detroit instead of Fort Wayne for the Pistons.

This is on the [Tampa Bay/Cleveland] version of the “Play Like a Champion Today” plaque.

What really gets me upset is these helmets that apparently don’t contribute to player safety, and also ruin peripheral vision. isn’t that more of a safety risk, to not be blindsided? In conclusion, return to leather helmets, and other things I enjoyed in the 1910s, when men were men and the Negros and women knew their…

Butterscotching was right there.

Sports fans: “The team needs us to chop! Knowing we’re behind them gives them the motivation they need to win!”

Losers, all of ‘em.

Just glad to be at all helpful in what is, as always, excellent work!