Exactly. I don’t mind the US scoring a lot of goals when goal differential is a factor in group play, but when your entire bench is dancing after the 12th goal, it’s embarrassing. You’re the WC champion and you’re going nuts after a double digit goal against Thailand in the opening game? That’s like Clemson doing a…

Disagree. Nagy is putting pressure on the front office, and the cheap-ass McCaskeys, to get him a kicker, and he absolutely should.

What is that Nietzsche’s guide to sportsmanship? That’s absolute nonsense. I have no problem with them scoring a lot of goals, but having your sideline dancing together on the 12th goal when the other team is clearly overmatched and embarrassed about what’s happening to them on the world stage is ridiculous.

I wish directors didn’t pretend like their choices are about educating the public and making the world a better place. Just do what I’ve seen Tarantino do recently when he gets asked about the violence in his films and say “it’s my movie, this is how I wanted it to be, no one has to see it, but I’m not going to…

We don’t know the truth. Let’s all start there, because that’s a fact. But what is the ethical way to defend yourself from a rape charge if you’re innocent?

Right, no one is disagreeing with that; she says no, that’s it, end of story. But we don’t know that’s what happened. Sadly, there are a lot of rapists out there, and maybe Neymar is one of them. But there are also a lot of scheming people out there who see someone like Neymar as a mark who can be forced to turn over s…

I’m all for schadenfreude involving the Lakers and Lebron, and I’m not going to pretend I haven’t enjoyed big parts of the last 12 months for both, but I’ve never seen so many people bury a team that is bringing back the best player in the world next year (take KD if you want, but it’s genuinely not even close to me…

I’m open to anyone criticizing the quality of old music or re-examining whether a band/artist’s work merits the popularity it achieved. But I’m done with the people trying to argue that whatever the merits of the art itself, the social message/personality of the fans/personal life of the artist or athlete means it’s…

Yeah it’s not even worth mentioning that a high school kid ran a sub-10 second 100m if the wind was 3mph too strong....

Just when I think you can’t be any more wrong about the world/all of life in general...

Offsides reviews in hockey have bastardized the spirit of the rule and taken away a ton of goals from a sport that could use the scoring (especially at playoff time).  If they got rid of them and made replay entirely about whether the puck crossed the goal line, I’d be 100% fine with it.  

Not a charge, and I’m in no way shape or form a Rockets fan. Harden was coming down having already shot the ball. Standing where an airborne offensive player is about to land without the ball should never be called a charge (and I know that every bad charge call in the world has been made at some point, but let’s not…

I agree those text messages don’t prove much of anything. But shouldn’t we also admit that snippet of recorded conversation doesn’t prove that Hill broke his son’s arm? I’m not saying he sounds like a great guy, but he doesn’t come anywhere close to admitting to that on tape. I’m all for treating Hill’s defense with…

If they got rid of Shaq the show would be better. The old three man booth had better chemistry but some asshat producer decided to gild the lily because “it’s Shaq” even though he’s a terrible basketball analyst who just says “stop it” over and over when he disagrees. C-Webb was a better 4th man because he knew to let…

I just don’t think there’s any evidence that soccer is popular enough in the US to support pro/rel. You think small market MLS teams will survive being relegated? Do you think the US can support 50-60 professional soccer teams? I think it’s tough to ask owners in a a fledgling league to accept those kind of risks.

There’s a simple solution to this.  Get rid of the out of bounds call review.  Review 3pt shot vs 2pt shot and review whether a shot beat the buzzer, end of list.  No college basketball fan I know thinks that the out of bounds reviews have been anything other than a dismal failure. 

So when do we have to stop pretending Embiid isn’t a dick? He’s a great player, but he’s an asshole. Why are you trying to gaslight me into thinking Bledsoe is the one who comes off like a douche in this highlight? Am I the only one who thinks a lot of what Embiid does (on the court and off) is just kind of obnoxious?…

There’s a lot of smoke around Michael, so this one point doesn’t settle anything definitively one way or the other, but are your really suggesting it’s unreasonable to believe that a trauma victim should remember whether they were molested in the Neverland train station? It’s not exactly asking him what he had for…

Zion was having a hard time getting the ball (there were multiple turnovers down the stretch on entry passes to him), and MSU was swarming him on the catch. Zion doesn’t really have the “give him the ball at the top of the key and clear out so he can go one on one” mode yet. He’s close to unstoppable near the rim, but…

I think the truth is there aren’t many likely stars in this draft. Zion is a very unique prospect (although I think there are more questions about how his game translates to the next level than many are acknowledging right now), and Morant has rare vision and athleticism for a PG, but beyond them, is there anyone who…