Next he’ll be saying Noah needs to establish better position in the breezeblock

I think Deadspin’s strategy of completely ignoring the US soccer leagues except to say they are bullshit is pretty sound. Plenty of good soccer available without needing to concern yourself with a joke.

Ahhh Arsenal, the fanbase that just can’t shut the fuck up

Seriously, I was so young, I thought intangibles were important!

cool

If it’s on Deadspin, den you otter not question it

You’re poutine me on!

This is teetering dangerously close to math

Yeah, the more and more I think about it, it makes sense, but I always thought those were just called elimination games. I’m mostly confused because I don’t think I’d ever heard/seen a game like this referred to as such. But again, makes sense.

But isn’t that just an elimination game?

What the hell is a double-elimination game?

Right, and your comment plus the OC’s made me wonder 1) if there was any quantitative study that went beyond “like, just watch a game” on this well-worn idea and 2) if there was any attempt to study the impact either “strategy” had on the quality of the game/team. I didn’t take your reply to mean I hadn’t watched a…

haha wooow...I watch a lot of EPL, NWSL and men and women’s international soccer. I know anecdotally women go to the ground less, but this thread made me more interested in a quantitative look at the topic. Thanks for the advice though, fucko!

Well, if this were true, this would mean they likely were not drawing as many fouls as men, which some would certainly argue makes them not as good at soccer. I found this, which provides statistical backing for the “women don’t flop as much” idea, but even the researchers themselves punt on whether doing so provides…

Does Jeff Andrulonis Know He’s An Asshole?

This is awesome stuff, thanks.

This article isn’t about what the person’s name is, it’s about the reactions journalists had to an act of reporting. Also, there’s a direct link to the article that reveals the name.

...and people have sought to discover the true identities of people with those pseudonyms for centuries. Understanding the heritage/upbringing of an artist is often a large part (as HamNo points out) of later criticism/theory/study of the work of that person.

Ugh, what a shit postseason. The miracle Rockies making it all the way to the series only to get demolished by fucking Boston, with every ad break punctuated with these. 

Boston fans and Harvard grads - they never miss a chance