You either like video replay or you don’t. If you’re one of those guys that does like it in every other instance, you have no reason to complain. That WAS a blocking foul. You can argue about whether or not that was within the rules to review, but the replay clearly showed it as a blocking foul. LBJ was not set in any…

They have to go with Sod Poodles. That’s a classic minor league weird name, right up there with Muck Dogs (Batavia), Mudhens (Toledo), Tincaps (Ft. Wayne), Yard Goats(Hartford) and Biscuits(Montgomery).

The Big XII does it best. You play every team twice, one at home and one away. I know that other conferences can’t do that, but it’s not the Big XII’s fault that the others have let football bloat them to ridiculous proportions.

Wilson needs banned from the game. He has a sustained pattern of targeting other players for injury and shows no remorse or even a hint that he will attempt to check his behaviour. This isn’t just being a goon which has its own history of problems, but at least comes with a code of honor. It’s simply hurting people…

So it’s looking like Las Vegas vs Tampa Bay in the Stanley Cup Final. Could there possibly be a worse hockey matchup? Nothing against the players, but geeze, the locations. It’s going to be mid-90s in Las Vegas this week and upper-80s in Tampa Bay. The beach and the desert are the settings for the Stanley Cup? Come…

It’s amusing, but I think you overestimate the number of people that know basketball and football players. I think you would get just as many quizzical stares if you were to ask about other sports. There are a significant number of people that don’t care about any sports and that’s OK. Life goes on.

Where else do you think the money is coming from? That’s pretty much all that they have. When you look at foundation funds, those funds are almost always designated funds. In other words, when Bob the donor gives a million dollars to the University, he rarely says, “Here you go, have fun.” Typically it’s for a…

Language is one of those awesome things where denotations of words are not always what’s important in communication. I think that most people who aren’t on the spectrum understood that when the author said “Dinosaur-sized” they did not mean literally the size of a dinosaur which as you pointed out is highly variable,…

The Winnipeg metro area is 775 thousand. Roughly the size of Greensboro, North Carolina and significantly smaller than such metropolises as Dayton, Ohio or Allentown, Pennsylvania. It’s also one of the poorest cities in Canada and so travel is out for most people. Finally, hockey is notorious about protecting its home…

To be fair, why does this matter? I get that this is a heinous accusation, but if all it is is an accusation, why should this impact his employment 20 years later? I thought the years of the Salem Witch Trials were in the past? There was no prosecution, there were no charges, there was no investigation, there was a…

Groundhogs are diurnal and can easily become acclimated to human presence. There is nothing about a groundhog not running away from you that would necessarily imply that it is sick. There are animals that seeing them during the day is evidence of something amiss, groundhogs are not one of those animals. City people,…

Albert, welcome to my personal sports hobby horse. Replays are of the devil! It is way more preferable to occasionally get a call wrong than to be forced each and every time something remotely exciting happens to deal with a small court-room drama regarding the ins and outs of something that happens in 1/1000th of a…

I would say that this is likely a story you need video of. Obviously, the reporter conveyed the text of the quote, but did not convey the body-language or tone which I assume are more substantive. The ‘Aaaaa’ gives us a clue since ‘Aaaaa’ is not a word or even a common rendering of a sound not made by a goat and…

You didn’t read the rest of the the handbook. There is a huge multi-step process involving multiple boards and officers and there is an appeals process as well. It’s not as simple as saying ‘You are guilty of acts of moral turpitude, you’re fired.’ These things can drag out for quite a long time and while they are…

No, what she’s saying is that the idea that a man and a woman get together and have a baby is passe. What is a man? What is a woman? Who is a father or mother? Everything is up in the air and up for grabs. Simple biological truths are tools of the oppressor and societal construction of reality is more important. Throw…

I get why they are upset. The reality is that school district is a big deal. If you spend a ton of money to live in a district with a high performing school and then get told, “Sorry, your kid gets moved.” you’re going to be upset. It’s hard to talk about systemic injustice when you’re the one getting screwed…

It’s also smart. We lost our son and the insurance really helped with funeral expenses. You don’t realize how much funerals cost and when you’re grieving, you don’t make rational decisions. You buy the best of everything and don’t worry about it until later. Life insurance for your kids is very smart.

I totally agree that the play-off format is great. Regional rivalries are a great thing and nothing stokes them better than meeting in the play-offs. Predators-Jets kinda sucks because the Central is so spread-out, but Los Angeles-Las Vegas is a great play-off matchup and San Jose isn’t too bad for a rivalry to start.…

She’s hermaphroditic. It’s way more complicated than Trans. Trans obviously should not be able to compete in a women’s division although I have no objection to a trans man competing in the men’s divisions, though I do question whether they should be allowed to take testosterone supplements that are forbidden to the…

It’s a tough question. Women’s sports exist because women are inherently disadvantaged physically. I’m sorry to say it, but it’s true. You mentioned Katie Ledecky who is an absolute wunderkind and her world record times would put her out of the top 20 in an Olympic men’s race. No other women in her event would even…