DC finally put that full run into trades a few years back. It’s the best thing O’Neil ever wrote.

I don’t know how it is now, but I’ve heard multiple people who were at or around UConn during the Rebecca Lobo years say that she was a bigger deal than Ray Allen. She damn near got the Jordan treatment in Connecticut. They loved her, and rightfully so.

This reminds me of what might have been my favorite pop culture article in 2016: Wesley Morris’ piece on the lack and fear of black penises on television and in film.  

The two most surprising things in music for me this year were a) De La Soul and A Tribe Called Quest both dropped new albums, and b) They were both really good.

The way everyone else seems to feel about Frank Ocean is the way I feel about Anderson .Paak. It’s been a while since I liked a new artist this much.

It’s a few years old now, but I finally read “The Warmth of Other Suns” by Isabel Wilkerson. It’s probably the best non-fiction book I’ve read in the last 10 years, and I’m so mad at myself for waiting so long to read it.

This is slightly off topic, but Dana O’Neil has to be one of the worst national sports writers in America, right? Her articles read like a parody of everything obnoxious and awful about college sports.

Remember I see the word “thrice”, I always think of this. Every damn time.

Someone on Twitter put it best: One day Cam is going to die on the field and he’ll get called for delay of game.

And her dad is The D.O.C. That kid is going to be crazy talented and really cool.

206 was awful and 2017 will be far worse, but what are you looking forward to next year? A book, a movie, a sports related event, the birth of a child, anything at all. What’s happening in 2017 that will actually be good?

Are you sure? I seem to recall him saying “fucking”. Then Mr. Burns shot Maggie, right?

Sure, Curt Schilling is a pathetic excuse for a human being. But what’s so bizarre about all of this is that’s not what initially kept him out of the Hall. At first he didn’t get in because voters didn’t seem to understand how great he was. I despise the man, but he’s probably one of the five best pitchers I’ve ever…

He got concussed while scrambling for a 3-9 team, that was down 24-3, on a play that didn’t even count.

Mingus Ah Um was the first album of his that I ever listened to, and I love it. It took a few years before I discovered that his biggest enthusiasts kind of hate it, and I’m still not sure if my love for it is purely about what the album is or if it’s mostly because it was my first exposure to him.

I’m not sure why people always say this. Look at the shape of his head. Do you realize how stupid he’d look bald? Sure, his hairline looks terrible, but I promise you he’d look worse if he shaved it all off. People just think he should shave it because 1) He’s always compared to Jordan, who shaved his head, and 2)…

Yup. And on that topic, here’s a story about Kate Mara’s ex-boyfriend denting a Lombardi Trophy

I’m not normally an emotional person, but that really got to me.

Remember last season when McCutchen gave his batting gloves to those two kids in the stands at the end of a road game, and they kept pointing at him and screaming “I love you!” I can’t remember the last time any interaction between a player and kids made me that happy.

The Parade of Gasbags is one of my favorite things they’ve ever done.