I just need somebody to spot me at the bottom of the ladder when I clean the gutters.

If it works for you, that's grand, but I think Drew's point was that for *most* people, it's probably not going to work out all that well. Some people go over Niagara Falls in a barrel. That doesn't mean they're better at life than the rest of us.

The NY Times picked Penn State #1 in 1994. Can we claim it now?

You're allowed to change the channel.

One team's "circus" is another team's "publicity." The Rams aren't exactly a hot topic of conversation around the country.

Red vines are hard to find here in Central Pa. Perhaps because Hershey makes Twizzlers and has an historic claim on the market.

Except none of that is new.

But everyone already knows that stuff (or could, if they have access to Google) so why should the NBA worry that it's going to be dug up?

I prefer Twizzlers.

I wasn't directing that at you. Just pointing out how remarkably low key ESPN was about it. I guess that's good.

It's the 7th round. There probably shouldn't be a 7th round so it doesn't matter what they show along with it.

Nobody shoving anything down anyone's throat. Seeing whee and if Sam would is the only reason any sensible person would watch the 7th round and yet ESP kinda downplayed the historical milestone and just pointed out why he's not that good, just like every other 7th rounder.

Really? Are you aware of what Lance Armstrong did and how far he's fallen?

It appears they framed a guilty man.

Correct.

Cooke is a goon, but there's a very fine line between a valuable "role-player" and an asshole who just shouldn't be in the league. Teams have to hope that they can persuade a guy like that to behave a bit more responsibly. Doesn't always work out.

That's a broad generalization. Minnesotans tend not to be conceited or stick-up-the-ass as a group, but on the other hand, they're very defensive about hockey. Historically, they've produce a disproportionate number of America's best hockey players. Nobody in this country cares more about youth, high school, or…

I don't remember who Chris Broussard is, but you have to really be naive to think that the massive gap between black and white in that first poll isn't at least partly due to race.

The problem with trying to ruin his business or just kicking the Clippers out of the league that is that all of the other teams have a business interest in the Clippers continuing to exist (in some form, at least) and make as much money as they can, because of the way the league shares revenue and has an international…