The headline didn’t blame politics; it says that’s where they headed, after being weakened by cord-cutting.

Read the WSJ article. Not once do they attribute ESPN’s lost subscribers to politics. They point out people who have said that, but they refer to cord-cutters as the reason behind the drop.

I looked it up on Snopes. That description is *mostly* false. The players stood for NFL day games, but not primetime ones. So there were already players standing for, say, 80% of games. They didn’t do the anthem for time reasons during the two primetime games.

Your saluting avatar is exactly how I feel about that tremendous comment.

I don’t think there’s anything pretentious about that. My friends and I watch at a volume where we can easily discuss it over the sounds of the TV. I know he’s gone now, but we *always* had smarter things to add than Mike Goldberg. And Rogan is such a company man it can be nauseating.

I figured you would! I’ve seen you post on soccer here before, so I was really surprised at the every-four-years comment/joke.

That’s a great choice, for the Non-linemen division.

I’m with you. I don’t watch boxing, but I watch a ton of MMA, and the crowds are just the worst. “WHOA!” for a clearly blocked kick. Booing at a display of two world-class grappling experts. I loathe 70% of the people at live events, even if I still love attending.

I would absolutely get YouTube Red...at $6 per month. Even make me pay a year in advance for the discount; I don’t care. But it’s just not worth what they’re asking.

If you like the World Cup, I really, really recommend Champion’s League (THE FINAL IS THIS SATURDAY!), which is even higher quality soccer.

The only defense I can offer is that both players got carded for their (pathetically embarrassing) flops.

Thank God both players got carded. It’s the only defense I can muster when explaining to my friends that, despite these (pathetically embarrassing) flops, soccer is totally still worth watching.

I understand why it can be tempting to feel that way, but current history provides us with a huge example to the contrary: gay rights.

Raw is 3 hours long, and has been for months. Smackdown Live is currently two hours long. That’s FIVE hours of live programming, minus commercials. Not two.

Rampage was one of the strongest light heavyweights ever. Just a vicious slam. One of MMA’s most memorable moments for a reason.

Not to be that guy, but the rounds are longer in MMA; there are just far fewer of them.

I hate myself for starring that.

Well said. Thank you.

I’d never use the movie to SPOILER ALERT a scare, but the filter function sounds really useful. There might not be a single filmmaker trick lazier than getting a “scare” from a jump out or a LOUD NOISE.

That sounded like a Browns joke. Which means it was obviously appropriately deployed here.