I actually was talking to my colleague about people who go by middle names, a few weeks ago. She said she read an article in some psychology journal that people who go by middle names are statistically more likely to have mental health issues at some point in their lives. The working theory is that they go through a…

For what it’s worth, in the most recent College News and World Report, the rankings are this:

Was The Hike the right amount of weird, or just a little bit too weird?

If the European Union countries were allowed to band together and send an all-star delegation to the Olympics, would they dominate most events? Or just do roughly as well as the U.S.?

I can’t be the only person in the Washington, D.C. area who occasionally calls the Wizards’ and Caps’ home “MCI” still.

cool, no problem. Yeah I have them sorted by "best."

Well I guess we read comments in a different order because I didn't see it in when I perused them.

"By the time Mobley leaves his mysterious package in the bike messenger’s bag, it’s all come undone." I thought all he did was leave his cell phone that he wiped clean in the bag?

Wow it was that depressing you went to bed at 4pm in the afternoon? I guess that’s Minnesota Winters for you.

The Falcons are bland and generic. The Jets are an entertaining cluster fuck.

10km open water swim. And if I had to do it in Rio it might even be the sewage that kills me.

BTW that was definitely the real John Boehner on the line with Price, right?

You guys still going to do “Why Your Team Sucks” previews in August? Or is Drew going to be too busy with his book tour?

Cool highlight, but you’ve clearly never seen him play for the Redskins if you think Brandon Banks was an NFL return master.

Steph Curry over anyone in the 2009 draft, Blake Griffin included.

Well if you check Richard Splett's blog it does say fall of 2016. https://www.splettnet.net/ So at a minimum there were some extratextual clues it was set in the present. And I feel like they definitely said 2016 election before, but perhaps not.

You probably would want to kick this guy off a bench right?

Feel like it’s worth mentioning the U.S. did just play and beat Ecuador in a friendly. Obviously that’s not 100% the same as beating them in a Quarterfinal of a real competitive tournament. But it’s certainly relevant to setting expectations for the game.

Another example of "O say can you see:" When Gabriel has the speech with Phillip and Elizabeth about going back to Russia, it's at some sort of memorial/monument that has American flags in the background.

I think you’re forgetting Kyrie went to Duke. That increases his hateability at least a few spots.