I didn't read the full paper, but have you taken a stab at whether there are any GMs that do consistently outperform others by a standard deviation or more? If there are 60 people of roughly equal talent competing for 30 positions (which seems to be the assumption driving current salaries), then it doesn't much…

Alternate headline: Aspiring Data-Oriented General Manager Argues Data-Oriented General Managers Should Make 10 of Millions of Dollar

But the thing that has struck me for years (my family moved to Kansas City in 1995 and I read him in The Star all the time) is that Jason Whitlock's favorite subject is always Jason Whitlock.

This is going to get really pointless really fast, but I think Deadspin has the better of the semantics here. One of the dictionary definitions of "lead" is "a position of advantage in a contest." Once a goal is scored in overtime, you are no longer "in a contest" as the contest is over.

For those concerned about whether Jackson was willing to put the effort in to be an effective exec, it's not a promising start that the head coaching search seemingly never expanded beyond guys he already knows. Lucky the Knicks don't have a draft pick, or they'd be taking his neighbor's nephew who's the back-up…

I'm pretty ignorant on how broadcasting works, but is it possible she glanced at a monitor and saw the coach in the Zimmer jersey, and that's what made her smile?

Fucking Mexicans!

Nah man, dodging those shoes was the most impressive thing he ever did.

This thread makes me sad all over again how badly people missed the point of the Bitchy Bracket, voting for the groups whose views they disagree with the most rather than the people most irrationally and obnoxiously defensive of their views. (Granted, even on that criteria pit bull owners probably should have lost to…

I didn't mean to put any responsibility on them — I of course recognize their reasons for not putting themselves at risk over this. But it would be a very admirable gesture if they did, and if they all did it I doubt they'd all be fired. It would be nice if we could rediscover the power of solidarity.

Or the staff could just boycott the game entirely, and if the players wanted in on the action they could pool together to make up lost wages.

The best action would be the Staples Center staff refusing to enforce any rules on outside food or drink. The TV contracts are signed and the tickets are purchased, but that's a way to put a decent little dent in Sterling's pocketbook.

I for one am thrilled to once again have the benefit of Lombardi applying his decades of NFL experience to agreeing with everything Simmons says.

Stro Swift, Darius Miles, Yi Jianlin, Darko Milicic — I'm gonna wait for some better competition before buying the "big guy size but small guy skills!" hype.

Where is there any indication that Allen has ever done anything other than unequivocally deny the charges? Whether or not you accept them, his denials have not been "non-denial denials."

I am absolutely shocked that a member of the Powell family would say things he didn't completely believe in order to advance President Bush's agenda.

As others have noted, there's not indication that Kluwe has any plans to sue the Vikings, but:

Yeah, it's gotten so bad, I can't even watch healthy eating promotional videos anymore.

I'm kind of stunned at how quickly public opinion (or least opinion among journalists and commentators) has converged in agreement that Vanderbilt's gender identity was entirely unrelated to the con she was running, and that Hannan was wrong to conflate the two. This was clearly a deeply troubled person — without…

I've always found Sherman obnoxious, even though I have a soft spot for the other reviled figures you mentioned (Bonds, Mayweather). To me, Sherman seems more like he's acting out a shtick than just expressing his true, arrogant nature. Still, I think the overall thrust of your piece is spot-on.