You open the podcast saying you will save us from Marchman’s bad takes this time only sit quietly while Adler says the Red Sox and Chris Sale aren’t hateable and Judge isn’t fun. The fuck Drew?

As a Steelers fan this is just constantly infuriating. In ten years the guy has NEVER had a losing season and been to two super bowls with constant playoff runs. Yet go to any bar and there will be yinzer going “DURRRR I still don’t know about this Tomlin guy I think we need to get Cowher back.”

The worst part of the video was the we’re the premiere franchise set the gold standard bullshit. These people have the memories of gold fish, before 2000 the patriots were one of the worst franchises in the league and I greatly look forward to them returning to those ways once the greatest coach ever retires to his…

As someone who likes the movie and is a former college baseball player I can attest to Drew’s point about the movie nailing the intra-team dynamic. Obviously the movie propagates a lot of the over the top college guy misogynistic theme, but I have seen few sports movies that show the team dynamic so well or even…

Came here to make this point. The NFL and NBA have been all too willing to let other people pay to develop their talent for them and reduce their risk on investment.

There is a reason Heisman voters aren’t scouts...

Not sure I understand your point here. Getting 32,000 people is a very healthy number for a meaningless baseball game for a team that effectively wrapped the division up awhile ago, on an NFL Sunday no less . I don’t think its true that the home experience for baseball is better than the stadium experience the way it…

Presumably in the Divisional round against Pittsburgh

“I want you people to just start with the lights going up and get right to the goddamn jokes”

“...led to the Raiders starting Connor Cook in a Wild Card game against Brock Osweiler and the Texans. Let us never speak of that game again. Why do I even watch this fucking sport?”

No worries and I don’t think football is going anywhere. It may become less popular but it will still be around. The NFL just needs to stop shooting itself in the dick and admit the sport is inherently dangerous and give people the appropriate information on risks upfront. I would also be interested in some…

Giving trainers more power is certainly something to get behind, the amount of power coaching staffs have over training staffs obviously varies from school to school.

But based on the link in the story to the original florida local news report:

They already have this. Every big D1 football/basketball program has an actual doctor plus multiple trainers. Even when I played baseball at tiny D3 school there is a trainer present for every game and practice. The NCAA also has requirements around certifications for trainers.

The NCAA has guidelines around this - http://www.ncaa.org/champion/does-their-hearts-good

Outside of banning football everything you list here is already an ncaa requirement or subject to specific rules.

This is all you need to look at to understand the fight. McGregor “held his own” the first three rounds because Mayweather only threw 18 punches, and only landed 12. He won the first three rounds in the same way a child wins in tic tac toe.....their parents let them.

I guess you didn’t read Deadspin’s pre-fight writeup. They pretty much PREDICTED the fight to a t.

I generally don’t but if a smart ESPN anchor wants to make an intelligent political point, a la Le Betard or Bomani, I am all ears. I don’t care what the source of the opinion is as long as I feel it’s coming from a intelligent well versed person. I don’t understand why you are so “hellbent” on only getting political…

Do you watch sports center to see sports highlights? Grandpa is that you?

Looking at a standings screengraphic isn’t riveting television either. The whole point here is that there is no need for hour long sports highlight shows, that model is dead. If you want to see highlights, standings etc go search for it online. If Sage wants to stick to sports she can do the voiceover of the 2:00min…