British NFL fan here; this is honestly kind of what’s happening.

The NFL’s man in charge of the international stuff is going on about there being a London franchise by 2022 and how everything’s bang on track for that. And in terms of fan demand for attending games, he’s absolutely right. I mean, 75,000 Titans-Chargers…

Meanwhile, actual democracies are looking at regulation of the *actual* problem in the video game industry, namely their addiction to monetisation through predatory gambling mechanics.

Add on “scoring the game-winning touchdown whilst blatantly concussed himself” to that.

I’d love to say that’s harsh on the Chargers, but unfortunately the year that the OL and D play well and stay healthy will be the year Rivers falls off a cliff.

Very true, especially under the current CBA terms where you need to make the second contract to get big bucks.

And, of course, Jelimo is also from a country seemingly notable for how effective their drug-testing isn’t.

And this is the truly difficult thing about this. Enforcing a gender binary in sport is both valuable/necessary and utterly, utterly ugly at the all-important margins.

Worth noting that the WR in the event has stood since 1983 (!), and of course that’s because it’s a product of the Eastern Bloc testosterone doping of that era. The last WR time set outside of that era, back in 1971, was in the 1:58 bracket; apply the same percentage change to that record as has been applied to the…