It's a street, called Pike Place. The market is on Pike Place. Hence, Pike Place Market. Nothing to do with singular, possessive, etc.

"...in a just world, we wouldn't know any referees' names."

Indeed. He got a very poor jump and then made a fantastic recovery. Jacoby Ellsbury catches this one without leaving his feet.

Ohmigod! He said "shitty"!!! On TV!!! This is a huge fucking deal!!!

Reggie Miller can say it may have been a flop and then wait for the replay, when he may well be wrong or it's inconclusive. NBA referees don't have that luxury. They have to make the call immediately based on what they saw (not based on what happened in past games, or a player's reputation). It is so much harder than…

Sure, you can cherry-pick a few examples of programs being run the right way — all programs for those with exceptional talent and/or plenty of money. The fact remains most of "select" youth sports — here and in other countries — is a cesspool.

First, our angle sucks, and I'm not sure it was as good a pitch as the announcers said.

Uh, do you think Indiana had anything to do with how well the Heat shot, how many fouls they committed, etc.? What a remarkably unintelligent post.

Chromebook all the way. Cheap, light, fast, great for browsing, email etc.

More importantly, as Soriano pointed out, Harper was playing way too shallow. You can't let a ball get over your headin that situation, but he's cocky enough that he played shallow thinking he could get to anything.

And he misspelled Ipswich.

When, and why, did the noun invitation become invite?

And by "switching to the Toronto feed" you mean showing the reaction of Toronto fans, something done commonly and in fact done regularly throughout this series.

Huh?

If you're anything more than a casual sports fan then sports are not "easy" without cable. You can't watch your local MLB or NBA team. Most national NBA and NHL games are on TNT or ESPN. Only a relative handful of college football and basketball games are on the networks. If you really love sports you'll spend more…

Move up here to Seattle. With no effort at all the moss will take over your lawn (as well as your roof, your deck, your driveway...

Another non-story where Deadspin preens and pretends to do important "journalism."

I hate those stadiums with yellow lines that a human being is supposed to be able to see a ball hit from up to 300 feet away. Just make the ball clear the fence. If it hits the top and goes over, HR. Otherwise not. The only tricky part comes when idiot fans interfere.

That was his family's home phone 20+ years ago and it very may well be today. What, you don't think there are idiots reading Deadspin that would call it?

From your post: "I thought he was a terrible player 5 years ago..."