VAR represents an existential threat to Bill Haisley’s ability to reason. As for the beautiful game, it’s here to stay and VAR is, on the whole, making it better.
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The Ghost of Peter Norman
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High level soccer has a lot in common with high level boxing. Stick out your chin long enough and a savvy counter-puncher will knock you on your ass. I can’t remember Barca counter-punching much but it appears they can do that too, if necessary.
One last thing, there’s apparently a lot of talk about how Sen. Feinstein was pro-confederate flag when she was mayor in 1984. This is flat out false. According to the SF Chronicle there was an issue about the Confederate flag in 1964 and the flag never, ever flew again since then. (As a historical note, it wasn’t…
I hinted at it above but I’ll spell it out here. California has a deep bench of qualified and progressive folks ready to take Diane’s seat. De Leon was not one of them. De Leon was a deeply flawed candidate that California’s voters weren’t remotely interested in. The candidates who could easily take Diane’s seat,…
De Leon was not to the left of Feinstein on environmental issues, LGBTQ rights, gun control, women’s rights, fair housing issues, and was notably entangled in all sorts of sexual harassment hijinks (protecting his Republican roommate who is a serial sexual harasser). Let’s keep in mind no Democrat has done more on gun…
It’s been plain from very nearly the start of Manfred’s tenure that he was brought on to lead the owners in a war v. the players. They feel they can win that war forcing the players to take non-guaranteed contracts etc. etc. Tony Clark is in way over his head and is primed to get rolled. Owners gonna own. Manfred…
I won’t vote for someone who won’t show his tax returns. I won’t vote for someone who hires Tad Devine to run his campaign. I won’t vote for someone who votes repeatedly to protect Russian oligarchs from accountability.
I bought an air cleanser during last year’s fire season. Money very well spent as it really works. The Levoit model on Amazon runs about 80 bucks. I can’t afford to get sick as I have a compromised immune system and for me it’s a life saver.
I watch a fair number of Stanford soccer games. The games are pretty damn exciting (national champs three years running), I’m literally feet away from the pitch, tickets only cost $5-10, and I’m not funding some a-hole coach.
Absolutely. For all the darkness of Deadwood it’s the touches of grace and compassion (like Doc and Jewel, or Seth and Martha as they grieve the death of her son, William) in the midst of the literal knee-deep shit and gore that is so striking. The thing that makes Deadwood my all-time favorite show is this longing…
Came here for the cannibalism. Very disappoint.
Thank you for writing this piece. It probably wasn’t fun to write, but in these fucked-up times was entirely necessary. You’ve done a service for humanity. Kudos.
The earth is flat. Fight me.
I mean, I understand that the billionaire class tends to be morally bankrupt and so the makeup of sports ownership will be overwhelmingly a-holes. But it doesn’t mean as a fan of the SF Giants I have to let go of all boundaries. Funding overt racist politics is one of those boundaries. Giants had better address this.…
Thank you for writing this. My copy of ‘Heavy’ should arrive on Monday.
I’m actually kinda surprised they didn’t go out before the playoffs and trade Yasmani for the entire Red Sox organization while they were at it.
I’ll be damned if the GS Warriors aren’t the fillet mignon of Dom Perignons.
Imagine how much better the world would be if a guy like Zuckerberg decided to climb rocks instead of destroying the social fabric.
Comments critiquing comments critiquing comments are the lamest form of comment.