“Originality is overrated. I’d rather watch a movie that steals from something good than an “original” movie that’s fucking terrible. That’s especially true of Star Wars, where all I really give a shit about is the look and the dialogue and the characters.”

“Why the Wilpons are getting a pass when McCourt didn’t is a mystery...”

What’s the mystery? McCourt had to get a loan from Fox to cover payroll! He did this more than once. The team had to declare bankruptcy.

The Wilpons, for all their non-Mets debt, have paid their employees and players without an issue. They have a…

What I love about all these social media posts is this is a down to the wire game, with a last-second field goal (attempt), and the stadium is *maybe* half full. It doesn’t seem like a lot was riding on this kick, one way or the other.

I get that this ending was disappointing for Browns fans, but if anyone is “in pain”…

These errors are (understandably) getting lost in the Martin’s throw hitting the bat/beer thrown at a baby/Jose Bautista’s massive homer & bat flip, but it’s an *unbelieveable* choke job. I am sure Ranger fans will remember it forever.

The Rangers had easy plays for three outs (Andrus’ two biffs; Moreland’s bad throw),…

Good list. Read a few, but have more to go.

I will say you (correctly) left Out Of Sight of the list. It was a good book, but not great. It is certainly one of those examples, like the Godfather, where the movie was better than the book.

Michigander here.

John Yob’s dad was a fairly big deal until recently in Michigan Republican circles (e.g., Vice-Chairman of the RNC). So he comes into politics the old fashioned way —- through his dad’s connections.

More importantly, this is at least the 2nd time he’s been punched in the face this year. The first time…

Oh for fuck’s sake. If this is such a big deal to Tomlin and it “always” happens, a few months ahead of time, you have one meeting with your powerful owners, the Rooneys, and tell them you want this fixed. It’s a problem for you and for your coaches. Then, the Steelers get one of the 8 bajillion administrative lackeys…

“What Mr. Ley and other NCAA hand-wringers fail to recognize is that the vast majority of Division 1 athletics programs are only modestly in the black.”

I tried the Gyro flavored, as I thought those could work.

But people do *not* keep those two thoughts in their head. It’s simply, “Pats cheated. That’s why they win.” There is a specific linkage — one caused the other. That’s what you hear from Steelers, Panthers, Colts, etc fans.

The thing that surprised me about this video is the Gatorade/water/whatever onslaught the greeted Davis when he crossed home plate. I’ve seen Super Bowl winners who haven’t gotten doused so heavily.

Not just that, but one of the ways this account was verified (before she admitted it) was because her son tweeted her account. Which means some kid follows an account that has his mom tweeting about BJs and his dad having a new side chick.

It is the correct image (that dog), and he doesn’t seem to have much of a filter (or a brain), so it seems quite likely it’s his account and he’s posting.

I would think, if ESPN itself had a brain, they would file this away as evidence he is not understanding what he did wrong and then fire him (or not renew his…

So the argument is that he shouldn’t be a pocket passer (b/c he’ll get demolished; can’t make decisions quickly enough; poor footwork) so he should a) do rollouts—where he has shown *repeatedly* that he makes bad decisions by not going down/out of bounds when he should and thus gets drilled—or b) read/options, where…

Do you think Washington played its first string OL all game? Or, as normally, happens, subs for both teams go in, roughly at the same time?

Sure there is. RGIII is barely the starter. It’s not like he’s Tom Brady or Aaron Rogers. He’s not even Colik Kapernick. He needs to prove he can do it and every opportunity, including live game action.

It’s weird those wolves went away once RGIII left the game. It’s almost like the other Washington QBs know how to quickly release the ball and move around/out of the pocket. Or perhaps they carry wolf-repellent with them.

“they don’t go out of their way to pull videos off YouTube” — actually, they do. They are/were famous/infamous for pulling fan-posted content of TV broadcasts to YouTube. Bill Simmons used to get on them all the time about this. And they still do it today — go search on YouTube “fan catches baseball in stands” — all…

No kidding. It’s funny when I go back and listen to my metal music from the mid/late ‘80s-early ‘90s, I realize how many bands (Megadeth, Twisted Sister, Anthrax, Danzig) had anti-Tipper/PMRC songs. Heck, I’m pretty sure Van Halen’s “F.U.C.K.” album title was a reaction to that.

Seems quite unlikely. I have read in other places how “knockout gas” or using other means to disable someone quickly are very, very rarely used b/c of how hard they are to administer and how ineffective they are. In other words, it’s not the movies.