Fennessey once authored this dumbass take so his expertise is not limited to film -

I like that midway through this piece, the author gives up answering the question at the center of its premise and just wraps it up with “some people still go to the games sometimes, idk, it’s sad”

allow me to introduce you to Gary Bettman

Good question, to which I can only answer “healthier than MLB is currently since that figure is currently around 50%”

the dumbass Hawks just started playing respectable basketball so they’ll find a way to pick ≥ 1 higher than the # of elite prospects (so in this year’s case, a particularly deep class, around 6-7) ... sigh

Too many teams grab an early lead on these Patriots—the Jaguars two weeks ago, the Falcons last year—and then go conservative, and lose.

“the dive bar by me only plays obscure old movies! it’s so neat!”

reading a book at a bar makes you more of an anti-social cretin than does occasionally glancing up at TV

because it sucks and people hate it?

methinks the answer is because Sean Payton is a pill addled scumbag

don’t be ridiculous, had it been a Sun Belt team LSU would’ve had a tougher time with the opponent

A high school grad taking an interim post-grad year at a prep school is ... not uncommon at all? Especially for athletes, it happens all the time for various reasons.

Confused why everyone else seems to be bewildered by this situation.

would take 100 more years of sports misery over ever having to root for this douche

enjoying the “not ALL barstool readers!” comments in here

man...

It wasn’t a big deal for a while but it has been increasingly noticeable lately as the 3.5-4 hour run time became the norm. Coaches have even begun discussing it at press conferences. Don’t think it has threatened the popularity yet. So far it’s more of an annoyance for TV viewers when the games overlap and they have…

college football fan here - we all complain about them being entirely too long. Stadiums are emptying out at halftime. It’s a major talking point surrounding the game.

Just going to point out that Chase Field is an extremely hitter-friendly home park and Marlins Park is an extremely hitter-unfriendly park.

except, you know, they didn’t score, as was confirmed by video replay