The Mets backed into the playoffs just as much as the Giants did. There was no cosmic injustice with that WC play-in game. Two top hurlers battling it out, bullpen serves one bad pitch, game over.

I think it’s a boon for local downtown businesses that now have a reason to stay open once the downtown workforce decamps to the burbs at 5 pm proper.

steep upper levels, shitty parking. All natural tradeoffs for having a downtown arena.

webscale if you shard in your pants.

Sam Bradford getting the last laugh at the mo, no?

Here’s a guy who wouldn’t mind paying $25 a ticket to see “ASS” at the local cinema in the very near future.

I’ll gladly take a baker’s dozen more dual nationals on the US squad if it meant one less Hope Solo. Or Abby Wambach.

Dual nationals, where do you get off trying to ply trade for your passport-issuing country without EXTREME VETTING from JUDGE WAMBACH?

tbf, Canadian soccer has been underfunded and ignored for years, so I don’t blame the player for exercising his lineage right in playing for an obviously more robust, well-coached and well-trained England squad.

Now, after decades of neglect, Canadian soccer is finally trying to join the rest of the world in fielding a…

Look at you, all oiled up and loaded for bear. Gimme a cuddle.

I’d laugh at that, too.

The Russian league is notorious for poor fan behavior/racism - but he doesn’t have to necessarily go back there. Germany and Spain have very reputable footballing clubs and fanbases, and while Turkey itself might not be on the same level as the other premier european leagues, the teams there have a wide and varied…

and if his wages were actually commensurate with his performance, this would be ok.

that being said, it’s not his fault some idiot at Everton offered him a contract well out of his paygrade - and dadgumit i’m sure he’s enjoyed that substantial paypacket over the past few seasons, but at some point he had to have seen…

“ The Guardian article makes clear that the striker did have options to join teams, even ones in very good European leagues in Spain and Germany”

Boo hoo, buttercup. Suck it up and move. It’s not like only the Maltese A-league was calling for your services.

Perhaps the cover wasn’t meant be a blanket celebration of those horrific depictions, but merely a historical artifact presented without censor? I would have added a note in the program indicating that the covers were being shown for historical reference, and should not be taken as any sort of tacit or implied…

This guy is by far the most interesting person in the NFL. Also, Tyco racetracks? +1

Karma for getting rid of the cute dolphin with a cute little helmet.

Sounds like someone’s overdue a facebook account flush.

Um. It’s not Missourah?

Well, if this is indicative of the marrying pool in Kansas... BUILD THEM STRIP CLUBS, SIR! BUILD ‘EM ALL THE WAY TO SALINA!