“[H]e doesn’t look like a Greek god...”

If he was a Pats fan with any sense of humor, he would’ve shown Darth Hoodie instead.

My favorite Piazza homerun (and really, the only one I remember) was against the Red Sox in the early 2000s. As soon as Derek Lowe threw the pitch to Piazza, Sean McDonough (Red Sox announcer at the time) immediately let out a worried “Mmmmm...” — hanging curveball and Piazza crushed it to left field. I had never seen…

They don’t call him Shank for nothing.

Lobel’s show was the best. It was like sitting in on a conversation between your exasperated uncle (Ryan), your drunk uncle (Lobel), your cool aunt (Jackie MacMullan) and your conniving, curly haired, ginger cun—aunt (Shaughnessy). Added bonus: Bill Simmons’ first tv appearance was on his show (your cousin who smoked…

White Mamba needs to go in with Black Mamba. On second thought, maybe they should all wait for Red Mamba

Ten years ago, my first holiday party at a hot new startup. One of my coworkers had a serious crush on one of the heads of HR, who happens to be Jewish. After powering up with some liquid courage, he saunters over to the girl’s boyfriend, introduces himself, and then asks if it’s true. ‘What’s true?’ the boyfriend…

Apparently his parents didn’t.

Eddie Guerrero got a shot in on a fan back in 2002. With the ladder involved, this incident could’ve been really, really bad.

Not enough Dunkin Donuts and Red Sox hats.

“Belicho was a renowned Volantene patriot whose famous exploits are recorded in the series The Life of the Triarch Belicho. His unbroken succession of conquests and triumphs ended rather abruptly when he was eaten by giants.”

Apparently a Crowder/Perkins beef goes back a couple years:

What’s strange about Yen’s lack of Hollywood exposure is that unlike his more famous contemporaries, Yen grew up in the States and speaks English fluently.

Yeah, almost every single fighting game has a Bruce Lee clone. Tekken even has a Jackie Chan clone (Lei Wulong) — a super cop with a mastery of drunken boxing. The US release of Street Fighter II switched the names of Balrog and M. Bison, to avoid any potential litigation from Iron Mike.

I wasn’t disagreeing, just offering a possible, supplemental reason.

I think the clean-shaven/hair on top look was probably also to make him look less intimidating and more acceptable for mainstream audiences. His transition into the more familiar bearded/bald look (aka Stone Cold Benjamin Sisko) coincided nicely with the beginning of the Dominion War and Sisko’s increasingly no…

The first rule of CrossFit is that you MUST talk about CrossFit.

Adalius Thomas and Rosevelt Colvin. Both had their moments, but Colvin got injured early in his first season and Thomas flamed out after a couple of productive years. Neither lived up to the hype of their signings.

At first, I thought somebody had just helpfully tried to spotlight the action by coloring the clip.

I'm a little older than you and starting watching the Celtics the year after Larry retired, so I got to watch the decline of McHale and Parish, Reggie Lewis dying, a Celtics team whose best player was Rick Fox, the Celtics drafting guys like Eric Montross, Acie Earl, and Jerome Moiso, the Antoine Walker 'era', Paul…