Whenever a European of any stripe makes some comment about uncultured/uncivilized/unsophisticated Americans, just remind them what’s been occurring in European soccer stadiums for decades. It’s standard practice to segregate fans and make them enter and exit from separate entrances because if supporters of one team…

Terrific piece, I really enjoyed it. Thanks

How is it close? What kind of kindergarten bullshit is that? I guess the NFL combine is the equivalent of a pre-sale slave medical inspection too. Is every auction draft fantasy football league racist? If not, explain how this is, because that is literally how the game works. It’s a shitty segment because it’s not…

It’s a bad segment because it’s not funny. It’s not racist, unless you think all fantasy football auction drafts are somehow racist. That’s dumb.

He probably loves the idea of having the olympics in his own backyard, and as a rich white dude he will suffer none of the potential negative consequences.

Please stop looking to the NFL to be a pseudo-law enforcement organization for domestic violence or anything else. The comment “the NFL doesn’t really care about domestic violence” is about as coherent as saying “Arby’s doesn’t really care about vehicular manslaughter” or “Banana Republic doesn’t really care about…

At, say £50 million, he’s probably a great bet. But at £90 million, it might be too rich.

Exactly. Barcelona muscles players away from other clubs all the time. Someone does it to them and they’re talking about reporting it to UEFA, Swiss courts, etc. Embarrassing. If they’d built a player pipeline to replace the older Spanish players (Iniesta, Pique, etc) I don’t think Neymar would’ve been tempted.

For me Rapinoe should be mentioned with Hamm, Wambach, and Lloyd. She’s like the Ryan Giggs of the women’s team. Just makes other players better and rises to the occasion in the big moments.

The problem in your assessment, and the sad assumption that rings through much of our politics and culture at the moment (and certainly all of your writing), is that you believe belonging to the opposing party is a character flaw. He’s a Republican, so that must mean that what he did in Vietnam, while possibly…

Winning-wise it’s indefensible. But Lebron has been a different player on the court since returning to Cleveland. He carries himself like a guy who’s doing everyone a favor just being there (and in his defense, coming back was a pretty big favor to Cleveland). His body language on the court is much more…

Smart move by Chauncey. He’s got a good gig on TV (he’s an excellent commentator) and his prognosis for Cleveland is dead on the money. Don’t be salty at him for telling the truth.

Hamilton, the problem with your crusade here is that many of these media companies are sinking ships, and you’re running around trying to unionize the crew after the iceberg has hit. Ricketts is already subsidizing what is, in economic terms, a failing venture. Your attitude is that he should do that (or he’s evil)…

Totally agree. This era for athletes and professional sports teams might be what the 80s and 90s were for the music and newspaper industries - the last golden age before the economic model was completely undermined.

I love the move in theory. My concern is that the White Sox are where position prospects go to die (see every touted hitting prospect the White Sox have had since the Clinton administration). I bet Donny Cooper can make something out of that Cease kid though.

His #2 knockout in that top 10 video was against a guy who only had one hand. I’m not a big UFC fan, don’t follow the sport closely, but that seems like a big advantage.

Not worried about one game of bad shooting. I would be worried about him not being able to beat Summer League defenders off the dribble. Point guards who can’t beat guys off the dribble are worthless. You can’t draw a second defender or get to the rim, you can’t create offense.

Losing Iggy would’ve opened the door to Cleveland next year. In GS’s shoes, you can’t play for 3 years from now. There’s a championship staring you square in the face, don’t mess about worrying about 2020. Iggy’s defense is crucial when they match up with Cleveland. I’m a bit surprised they kept Livingston though.…

From a purely basketball perspective, Iguodala was the guy they really needed to keep. His defense is hugely valuable to them. Livingston, while a good player, is a bit of a luxury for them. I’m surprised they’re keeping both, but with the Cavs failing to add Butler or George (either one of whom might’ve swung the…

Isn’t it usually the promoters who have judges in their pocket? Horn is 16-0, could be made into a name, Manny is looking for his next big fight that might not include Top Rank, and all of a sudden there’s a controversial decision that will create a rematch that’ll make Top Rank a lot of money.