Interesting but useless fact of the day: Kenyon Martin was the last American born #1 overall pick who didn’t leave college early. A college graduate being the first pick is weirdly reflective of just how bad that draft was.

The Giants were up 3-1 in this game and were in complete control. How the fuck did they blow this?

We’ll laugh at her, but the “Yeah this white person is evil, but look at this black people thing that you find scary even though it’s not!” strategy has pretty much always worked. So, on a really infuriating and depressing level, I understand why she did it, because more Americans than we want to admit will hear that…

Raines was clearly a better player, but the argument that “Player X shouldn’t be in the HoF because Player Y was better and he isn’t in” is always a little flawed. It’s similar to arguing that no player should be unanimously voted into the Hall because Willie Mays and Ted Williams weren’t. Don’t let past mistakes…

Every single on that album could come out today and not feel the least bit dated. It’s amazing.

Hot take: Control and Rhythm Nation are better albums than Thriller.

The first game these teams played this season was one of the craziest regular season games I’ve seen in years. This is going to be the best WNBA Finals ever.

If Familia intentionally walks Gillaspie the bases are loaded with only one out, but the Giants would be forced to pinch hit for Bumgarner, so he’d be out of the game. In theory that’s an absurd strategy, but Bumgarner is an absurd pitcher, so what choice do you have?

Luther is well produced, but outside of that the only good things about it are Idris Elba and Ruth Wilson. When they’re on screen together, it’s fantastic. When Wilson isn’t there, it’s just Elba trying his best to carry a mediocre show. And he kind of pulls it off, because he’s that good.

God, that first episode was good. I walked away from the show after the second season, but I still revisit that episode all the time.

I loved what they did with Adler... until the last 10 minutes, when you find out Moriarty was behind everything and Sherlock has to go save her life. It felt to me like the perfect example of Moffat’s ongoing issues with writing women. But there could be something there that I missed or didn’t appreciate. I’ll watch…

I’m sure every black sports journalist who has spent their careers constantly being denied entry to events by security who thinks they look like “they don’t belong” is thoroughly enjoying this article.

I’ll go a step further: it should have ended after Season One.

I think we’re all missing a crucial point here: how the fuck does a wealthy white man lose a billion dollars in the ‘90s?

What sports take have you had in your adult life that you’re now the most embarrassed by?

I grew up a black kid in New York City, but my parents were both from the south. My mom made me go to church but I’ve been an atheist since I was 9. Nearly all of my family lives in the south and they are deeply religious. I’ve spent most of my life wondering if I’d be a Christian if my parents decided to stay down…

Here’s another one that might surprise you: look up who Maya Rudolph’s mother was.

Songs In The Key Of Life came out 40 years ago today. It might be the greatest album by Stevie Wonder, who might be America’s greatest living musician.

That was Dee Gordon’s first home run of the season. I’m fucking crying, man.

What sports take have you had as an adult that you are now the most embarrassed by?