Jia, this might be the best piece I've ever read on this site. Thank you, and great job.

I agree with you, but the problem is that we've taken "exercising your own speech" to include things up to and including destroying someone's livelihood.

Because they've been caught cheating before, accused of doing more (although the original claim was retracted, plenty of people around the NFL still believe they spied on those Super Bowl walkthroughs), and because their coach is well-known for pushing every limit available. That's why the burden of proof is on them…

That entire article is, in fact, evidence.

I really appreciate this whole episode, because now that I've heard Pats fans try to explain 1. that the Patriots would never cheat and 2. even if the Patriots cheated it doesn't matter, I know what women go through when we mansplain stuff to them.

Looks like they've been caught for something twice, now... http://www.slate.com/articles/sport…

"Actually, it's about ethics in personality-based hiring practices..."

Pretty sure the EEOC's rules on discrimination trump whatever Utah wants to say about housing arrangements. There's a whole Supremacy Clause and everything.

I'm pretty sure those Frankford Yellow Jackets throwbacks are the opposite of beautiful.

Yeah, that's not judgmental at all. "This woman is willing to share her body in order to get some publicity. Therefore, her brain doesn't work."

At what point does Lynch just get a diagnosis of some antisocial disorder from a psychiatrist? At that point the NFL would be in pretty severe violation of the American with Disabilities Act by forcing him to speak to the media.

Man, every American punk singer who sings with a British accent is really pissed at you right now.

I was worried he was going full Chappelle-as-R-Kelly here.

Considering that usually "bulk up" is the first thing NBA teams want skinny college centers to do, it's unlikely that this is all bad. And given Noel's problems last season (also while not playing), it seems pretty obvious that the Sixers should have a better plan in place for motivating their on-the-shelf talent.

Hopefully his pager went off to let everybody know beforehand.

9AM Eastern and not a single mention of this on ESPN.com. Shocking, I know.

Also the 2010 Ohio State/Penn State game.

A suspension is "punishment", and more importantly, it happened while someone ELSE was investigated for a crime, not them. I'd be pretty annoyed if, for instance, I lost my driver's license for a week because my brother got in a car accident.

I believe the objection is to the fact that the previous FOA covered suspensions for misconduct by a fraternity, but not liability due to misconduct by other fraternities. If UVA ignored that FOA in suspending everyone, that should be protested even if UVA's actions are reasonable - an agreement is still an agreement.

I'll take LeBron, Durant and Davis. LeBron has to run point because he's the short guy.

His 78 kids with Jennifer Garner disagree.