So, with caveat that very few of the people in this whole mess deserve to be defended on their own personal merits...

More importantly, hotel tax money spent on a stadium is hotel tax money NOT spent on, say, anything else that it might be needed for.

if you wanna be a big-time city, I think you gotta hold on to these teams, and once they leave, they aren’t coming back.”

Las Vegas Nordiques. Get ahead of it from day one.

He was also a media idolmaker, having launched the TV careers of, among others, Tony Kornheiser, Michael Wilbon, Stephen A. Smith

I’ll put money down that Spurrier was forced out of Washington after Snyder found out that he let Dave drink some Gatorade for free.

For real though, I’d like to thank the Washington football team.

This reminds me of those “mandatory volunteer hours” required to be in National Honor Society in high school. Yeah, it helps somebody. But the reason it’s being done is relatively selfish.

Feeling obligated to finish your plate

My opinion is who are we to get all offended on someone else’s behalf?

Duly-elected representatives made a decision after holding an open forum in which arguments for both sides were heard, a decision that will eventually send this for a public vote. Yes, by definition, that is democracy in action.

So while the NBA very publicly ditches Charlotte over anti-trans legislation, the WNBA players can’t do this too?

you ok man?

The WNBA needs to be careful - people may become disaffected and stop following their league.

I hope Magary hosts it in jorts and a polo shirt.

Tim Duncan is going to be there???

“We can’t go to North Carolina. They’re socially backwards and perverted for their stance on what goes on in the bathroom. Let’s go the Penn State.”

There’s no way Tebow is going to wait 30 years to run for president. It's not like sex or something.

The worst thing you did was forget that Tony Gwynn was a better hitter than Ichiro.

This is garbage. You have blood on your hands.