I’m surprised he didn’t play the “Duke lacrosse!” “UVa rape!” card like Paterno’s son did.

“Achilles’ kryptonite was his vulnerable heel.”

I’m going to start using “Duke lacrosse!” and “UVa rape hoax!” the way Paterno dead enders do. “You say the Cardinals beat the Pirates today 6-4? Let’s not rush to any conclusions, we need to wait for all the facts. DON’T YOU REMEMBER DUKE LACROSSE?!??!?”

Curveball . . . BAD!

Unless you took the ball one step from the edge.

“Leave the playing surface” means you can’t step back off the wooden area, not that you can’t jump. The rules use the word “jump” in many places; that would be the only place in the rules where they say “leave the playing surface” when they mean “jump.”

Waiters’ jump pass was legal. It’s the same traveling rules as if you were on the court and picked up your dribble. The line about leaving the playing surface is just saying you can’t go off the wooden part or into the stands to get more space.

This may end any hopes he has of getting an extended shot at the NBA, but what’s the point of achieving your dreams if it doesn’t mean you get to bring your big-ass gun to the strip club?

Shockingly, Walton’s memory seems a little hazy. The only game in the ‘85-’86 season where (1) Bol had more than 3 blocks (the story suggests multiple blocks on McHale and at least one on Bird); (2) McHale played, and (3) the Celtics won handily was in November, while the story suggests it was later in the season.…

Ironically, they keep very detailed minutes at the meetings where they decide the unwritten rules.

I wish I could have been in the room as the plaintiffs’ attorney tried to convince the plaintiffs that the IDEAL GAS LAW!!!!!!!! is not an actual law that could be a cause of action against the NFL.

0 blocks

It was a pretty amazing swing from potential goat (an off-balanced 30 footer when there’s still 6 seconds on the clock?) to one of the sport’s all-time heroes to footnote.

Totally unfair. A poli sci degree is a great path to six figures of law school debt.

It’s really weird how accepting people are the two parties as currently defined. If a pro-life or anti-gay marriage candidate were to somehow win the Democratic nomination, I’m sure a lot of the same people cursing Susan Sarandon would be loudly declaring that they were staying home or voting third party. But say you…

I’m sure some of those hurting Americans would settle for less-than-perfect policies that weren’t the same neoliberal trade, welfare, bankruptcy, and financial regulation policies that contributed to them hurting in the first place.

“This fundraiser was done specifically to raise money for downballot candidates—the kind of congresspeople Sanders would actually need to fuel his imaginary revolution.”

“John Calipari has a well-honed ability to combine the self-serving with speaking a limited form of truth to power, to pair his selfish interests with his players’ (or potential players’)“

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me 4636326 times, shame on me. Plenty of other places to get your sports news.

Everybody is loving this ending now, but I have a feeling we’re all going to grow to hate it — it’s a curse. There are few things more frustrating for a sports fan than that tiny bit of hope when your team is down to a 0.001 win probability. We’re all in for a little bit of extra heartbreak saying, “Yeah, but Texas…