Is he better than Scuderi? Marginally. Better than anyone else the Penguins had out there? No. Perhaps marginally better than Orpik, but Orpik was already under contract.

And, of course, possession stats peg him as relatively bad, because terms like "leadership" and "veteran" and "hard hitting" are invented to create fake upside for players who allow a lot of goals and don't create any.

You could argue Malkin, or Stamkos, or Toews. Honestly, when they're both fit Geno is a more dominant player. And he very clearly outplayed Crosby in this playoff, and it's not the first time that's happened. (Actually, I think it's the fourth time.)

Because they're smaller schools. Athletic budgets come mainly from enrollment figures, not the NCAA.

The NCAA isn't a brand anyone cares about in football. The schools, conferences, and bowls are the "brands" in college football who get all of the money from college football - not the NCAA. The conferences could leave the NCAA tomorrow and wouldn't miss it for 1 second. Do you think people watch the schools in the…

So you think that if the SEC announced tomorrow that they were leaving the NCAA then people would stop going to games? The NCAA did not create interest in college football. No fans go to games because of the NCAA brand. These programs would exist outside of the NCAA.

Again, there are athletic programs who aren't under the NCAA umbrella who give out athletic scholarships. Likewise, if the NCAA ceased to exist, people would still want to watch college football on TV. The NCAA doesn't create, and never have created, the demand for college football.

Sure they would. Athletic scholarships predate the NCAA, as does College Football. NAIA schools award scholarships.

Except "the NCAA" isn't college football. They aren't responsible for college football or Athletic scholarships existing. The things that Antoine Turner's own hard work and talent on the football field will give him access to would exist independently of the NCAA.

A tap like that is less physical than psychological in nature. It's a pathetic and insulting attempt to show Hunter that "I'm the boss, and you're my boy."" Its intent is to demean and humiliate. Norris did it because A) he is an asshole, and B) because he knows Hunter won't be able to respond the way anyone would…

Man are you gonna be shocked when you find out how much the United Way and Susan G. Komen actually give to charity...

"Holy shit!" - Lisa "Left Eye" Lopez. FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE!

Let's all take this opportunity to remind loved ones, and young children especially, to make sure the refrigerator door closes all the way.

Not sure if you're serious, but if so, then wrong. Kids don't have 'innate, visceral' anything, especially about people kissing, unless they're raised in an environment where this is judged. Nice try though.

why is this a post?

It's probably Montreal, but that's almost more of an insane obsession and "taking it too seriously" issue than being conceited. You add Boston in the mix, but that's more of a Boston sports thing in general and not hockey related, there's probably more hypocrisy than anything. I'll throw in Pittsburgh too because fuck…

I've only been on one jury, but from what I saw, very few people have any real knowledge of what the consequences of having a felony are. Or any real clue of how the legal system even works, for that matter.

If it makes you feel better, you are not the only one confused by the misleading image. Many people in the comments were really confused by that map. C.A. Pinkham can go around yelling at people for not clicking the link all he wants, but it doesn't change the fact that it was a poor choice of headline image. When…

I'm not angry, just confused about your decisions. I admit I skimmed your article, and I probably should have caught that disclaimer, but you have to admit that people would expect the graphic in this type of story to be relevant to the text. In any event, I wasn't criticizing the article itself, only the graphic. I…

I don't think you hold it against people if they assume that a color-coded map on a page about trends in different states represents those trends. Is this map just for decoration, or what? That makes no sense.