Nope. Incorporated in Delaware, HQ in Manhattan, owned by a private equity consortium.

There’s a key flaw in your analysis: you assume Sunderland want to win. They don’t. They want to spend as little as possible and stay in the Premier League. It’s just a giant money washing machine for their owner.

Amen. We should play something that unites us all, like a Beyonce song.

You must have Bruce Miller confused with a good player. Bruce Miller needs to be made an example of.

Like Zhora in Blade Runner?

Stick to sports. Leave sanctimonious bilge to Hamilton Nolan.

say an impoverished Russian 14-year-old was signed by Real Madrid, left home and family behind to join the team

Am I correct in thinking this hurts Atleti more than Real? Last I checked Atleti had a higher debt/revenue ratio and a smaller academy than Real. Plus I would think Simeone would like to be at a club that can sign players.

The Times writes about a dire and ongoing failure of foreign policy

Johnson’s big mistake was not doubling down. “Why are we talking about *A* Leppo here? We libertarians believe America should be talking about ALL Leppos, not just the one.”

Here’s the article I was thinking about. It’s a few years old; your information is certainly more recent. “Shithole” was an exaggeration on my part, though “paradise” doesn’t fit terribly well either.

Good summary of the Homolka story except the end. While she did move to the Caribbean, a reporter found her a few years ago and it didn’t sound much like paradise. She was free and had children, yes, but was living in a tiny shithole house and looked dead-eyed and numb (the reporter said).

The football equivalent of the eunuch test scene in History of the World, Part 1.

The pre-WC ESPN puff piece last year included the line “at this point I have lost my endorsements.” She never struck me as a person who was encumbered by the truth so take that for whatever it’s worth, but I can’t imagine she’d be a compelling brand rep.

I get the feeling that Hope had some issues that weren’t made public.

God dammit. +1

Maybe Taylor Swift followed Homer Simpson’s advice for getting out of jury duty:

Would you hire him?

Danger. Carlos Danger.

You might be interested in this years old Deadspin post by a sex addict. I thought sex addiction was total bullshit until I read this. Since then...I don’t quite know what to think, except that it’s complicated.