You’re right, this sucks, but you’re missing two things. 1) If you think that the Men’s World Cup is the last thing that brings this country together, you’re truly crazy/delusional/depressing. That both overestimates soccer’s importance and underestimates American pride. 2) We were going nowhere in Russia. Nowhere.…

Maybe it’s because I’m an overly political douchebag, but if I were an American soccer player right now, I wouldn’t feel pride wearing the jersey.

If you’re snorting Percocet in the workplace, I’m gonna go out on a limb and say you have a problem. If you’re filming it and sending it to a third party, I’m going to go ahead and say you have a problem, and you’re a fucking idiot.

On paper that’s clearly not true. The Argentinian roster has as many big name players as any roster in the world with the possible exceptions of France, Brazil, and Germany. But you wouldn’t know it from watching their WC Qualifying.

The comments wondering about Blackhawks forwards are valid, but I’m much more concerned about the defense. Rutta and Murphy are question marks at best, Seabrook has slowed down in a major way, and Kempny isn’t exactly a proven stopper either. The Pens just didn’t show up for the game last night, and the Hawks have…

I hate hate hate hate (hate) Duke but.....what are we supposed to be riled up about here? He’s right. Shoe companies and financial managers were not aware of 17 year old basketball players when he started coaching. The money in the NBA has gotten way bigger and practically the whole first round of the draft is…

There’s a lot of reasons why people shouldn’t sing that song in a public venue, but I’m not sure that particular stereotype is hurting black people’s feelings all that much. I think that’s pretty far down the list of stereotypes the black community would like corrected (if it’s on the list at all).

Yep, it’s gotta be racial. Nobody ever overreacts when white Dallas Cowboys players do something, like say take a vacation with Jessica Simpson before a playoff game. All those Dallas fans who have been defending him from a domestic violence suspension must’ve just found out today that he’s black.

Agree that score would’ve been absurd to either fighter. Not sure what the racial point your making is (especially since Canelo looks whiter than GGG) but kudos on being the 500 millionth person on this site to charge a stranger with racism based on next to nothing.

I love AJ, but the NFL is not a superstar driven league. It’s probably the least superstar driven sport of the Big 4 in the US. The QBs are a big deal, but everyone else is much more expendable than in any other major sport (with the possible exception of baseball). The Patriots are the most successful team in this…

I’m sorry, but does that mean it wasn’t funny? I have respect for people working in a communications medium using a second language too - lord knows if I went on South American television and gave a sideline report in Spanish, it would be extremely difficult....but it might also be funny, and that’s what happened…

Ummm, that was a cogent argument from Cowher, and your “rebuttal” doesn’t address basically anything he said. There are QBs with lots of talent and success in the league who do not get signed - this has happened many times before. Jamarcus Russell, Vince Young, Tim Tebow, the list goes on and on. Why did Deadspin not…

Hamilton, I’m curious - you know you’re going to get complaints (and justifiably so IMO) that you’re not presenting the full context of the crimes and victims (and don’t say that linking to an article mainly about the governor “not sparing” Otte counts). Have the courage to put the whole ugly truth on the table - the…

LOL - Kaep is going to groom Siemian? Look at their numbers Enginerrrrr. Siemian was a better QB than Kaep last year and it wasn’t that close. I have no idea why people think Kaep would help Denver. They’ve got a high draft pick backup (Lynch), a young QB starter who was better than Kaep last year (Siemian), and…

Why is that relevant? Because he didn’t sign Kaepernick? He’s almost getting Osweiler for free and the guy won 5 games for them less than 2 years ago. Look at Kaepernick’s numbers guys - he’s been bad. I agree he should be a backup somewhere, but considering Elway is basically getting Cleveland to pay for Brock,…

Correction - no he fucking wouldn’t. Trevor Semian had significantly better passing numbers than Kaepernick did last year. I agree Kaep should have a backup job somewhere, but he would not be the starter in Denver.

He’s a fucking RB. None of them are getting paid. Even mediocre QBs are more valuable and harder to find. He wouldn’t get a long term deal if he was one of the Romney kids. Plus he’s been suspended or hurt half the seasons he’s been in the league. But yeah, it’s totally racial. Stay woke Dusty

That’s fine, but it’s based on your political opinion. You don’t feel that you owe these people respect just because they’ve been in elected office for a long time. Stacey Dash doesn’t owe Maxine Waters that either. That’s my point. Is Waters some holy politician who must be cherished by all? How consequential has…

Never mind that Waters is your elder, and you owe her the respect and dignity that comes with 37 years of public service representing the interests of the blackest parts of the city of Los Angeles.

Corporate cowardice is fed by the outrage machine. Try to remember all the way back to 7 days ago, when your site pretended that an ESPN fantasy draft auction was actually a slave auction, context and common sense be damned. There’s no defense for ESPN’s embarrassing hypersensitivity, but don’t pretend like Deadspin…