my fondest hope is that Hopkins wins but pulls a Dame Maggie and doesn’t show because he can’t be bothered

take off the nostalgia glasses. lack of parity is pretty common in every professional sports league except MLS, which is structured to encourage parity. there are like, 8 starting caliber LTs in the entirety of the national football league. scarcity of talent and what a team does to compensate is part of the game.

what the fuck

They’re also not pieces of history themselves, most were erected in the 1960s as a giant middle finger to the Civil Rights movement and explicitly tried to rewrite history

I always liked to think he was cruelly holding them just out of their reach

There’s an entire avenue in my city covered in Confederate monuments. I’m pro-removal, but also pro-preservation. They shouldn’t be displayed prominently on public grounds as they are; all it does is venerate men that were at best morally complex individuals defending their way of life and at worst violent traitors to…

I feel genuinely bad for the guy. The Heat made the right decision, but it sucks that he got strung along a bit. At least he got two rings and played 11 seasons; brighter stars have left earlier in their careers.

Or maybe you made a hearty stir-fry. Nice! Is it so nice that it could not be improved by a very modest last-second drizzling of some good sesame oil and some attractively sliced scallions scattered across the top? No. It is not that nice. Nothing is that nice.

sounds like the Panthers are going to mullet over before making an offer

Per sources, the Houston Rockets have agreed to trade James Harden and Sam Dekker for him

It’s like finding out Boba Fett is some clone of a dude Mace Windu decapitated. Or Darth Vader started out as a whiny desert urchin. More completely story, sure, fine, but hold something back! Make me wonder! Filmmaking 101, assholes.

The Warriors should decline the invitation to meet the president but sign up to take the standard White House tour. Problem solved.

“Amateur.”

never, ever gets old

In related news, Cliff Paul was involved in a three company trade that sent the Geico gecko to Nationwide, Cliff to Geico, and Peyton Manning to State Farm

It’s worth noting that a lot of super wealthy people don’t necessarily live extravagant lifestyles. One way you become and stay that wealthy is to temper your spending. The truly Big don’t have to flash their fat money clip for you to know; they just are.