The will for publicly financing a stadium was even lower in St. Louis than it is in Las Vegas. And unlike Vegas, there's actually a provision that voters get a say. So nope, not happening.

In theory I agree with you, but in practice I still cheered watching Michelle Carter win gold on her last throw in the women's shot put even knowing she won.

I told my wife about this last week and couldn’t even make it through TALKING about it without choking up.

Look at the rosters of the (subpar) US men's and women's handball teams. Lots of dual citizenship with European countries. Of course, since we're playing with their cast-offs, we still can't qualify for the Olympics.

Somehow, though, Calvin and Hobbes is underrated culturally.

I like how there’s literally no transition between “academic success” and “$240 million training facility with locker room.”

“Commercial entities may not post about the Trials or Games on their corporate social media accounts.”

No, they're not saying people can't retweet things. They're saying companies can't retweet them. There's a difference.

This is also the guy who refuses to refer to Trump as anything but "Daddy."

What gets me most about to this is his fucking BW script logo. Man, you're a college coach, you don't need a personal logo. Fuck off.

My wife legit thought Michael B. Jordan was actual Michael Jordan's son who wasn't as good at basketball so decided to become an actor. Those Apple commercials with Kobe really threw her off.

For me, this is easy. Reading back through the story about Carli Lloyd had me actually smiling. I remembered how magical it felt watching that live. Doesn't hurt that the piece was written by Greg Howard, either.

This. In Missouri, half a billion for a new NFL stadium, where they host twelve games per year maximum, was just fine, but four million for public defenders, who handle 70,000-100,000 cases a year, was just a bridge too far. GTFO.

Yeah, the problem with YOLO is that it also applies to the idea of competing in the Olympics being a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that no (minor sport) athlete is willing to give up. Crass commercialization hasn't robbed the athletes of their competitive zeal.

I saw Pat Summitt coach several times, and her stare in person actually scared my mother. When I met her, she was kind and gracious, even though they were in the thick of the NCAA tournament.

Relevant, because I think the answer to the headline question might actually be yes, since that is somewhat supported by the text:

I used to reply to the wrong person all the time because I’d the third party text pop up app I was using. I’d think I was typing a response in one pop up and then it would send in another.

I realize I’m about six months Kate to this (I'm reading back through the archeology tag) but I wanted to say thanks for this well thought out, well written comment and the continued conversation after. Comment threads like this are the reason I read the comments at all.

Sometimes I click on one of his posts by mistake. About three lines in I say “Aww shit,” scroll up to confirm it’s him, then click away to a better written, more skillfully edited, more coherently structured story.

Nice turn of phrase at the end there.