The real story is: this league is so boring, a washed up TV clown has to pick a fight with its best player in order to scrape the bottom of the barrel of entertainment value.

It’s hard to remember another occasion when James was this publicly angry, which means it might be time for Barkley to sit a few plays out.

Lebron really burned him, with calling him a “bad boy”. There is a new sheriff in town, and he wears safety pins.

I’ve been waiting for the glorious day when Grayson Allen trips someone who had already committed to a flop.

This doesn’t feel like that moment, but it’s still an enticing preview.

Someone’s hitting the sauce early to think the 124 is better looking than the Miata. ;)

“Everyone ... will think you’re cuckoo ...”

Except if you’re a Royals fan like me and fucking devastated. The thing about living in a city like this, in a ‘small market’, is most of us have a real connection to these players. Like they’re family. We see them out on the town and we don’t bother them all the time. They don’t need security when they go to a…

This is absolutely horrible. Gutted. He will be truly missed.

Who would you take out of the starting lineup in the West to fit Westbrook in there?

This is why you don’t publish The Worst American Sportwriting of 2016 until December 31st. I guarantee you’ll need to augment that list with all the hot takes.

What else do they have to talk about, the Jets and Fighting Irish are so abysmal that they defy even half-hearted anguish, and 49 minutes of every Mike & Mike hour is devoted to reading ads anyway.

I fully expect Draymond to use the “Luigi defense” should someone tell him about Bishop’s statements.

I think you missed the point. This ticket will be priced the same as the cheapest tickets now, and the other tickets will go up in price.

Why do I have this sneaking suspicion that the lowest priced ticket isn’t actually going to go down?

I’ll say this again: Miata-based pickup.

I’d love to see the NFL’s response to the player who takes a Bic lighter to the penalty flag.

Why doesn’t anyone online know the word ‘biased?’

I don’t know I’m still trying to wrap my head around the term “Warriors fan”. Back in the 90s there was maybe one Warrior fan.

It’s obvious that Green just thinks Harden is a dickface.