same energy

It’s not a new trend by any means; there’s been an entire generation of “ugly animation” shows on Adult Swim. It’s not going anywhere.

Stay the hell away from 12 oz. Mouse and Squidbillies then, just to pick a couple.

Oh, that Alge. He was always such a fungi.

This is the football manager’s equivalent of flopping.

Definitely shows a lack of atttention to detail on the part of the goalkeeper. Clearly, this one isn’t dotting his I’s.

What the hell is going on in that photo at the top?

(Yakety Sax-ing my own.)

This is, in a nutshell, why replacement level is the floor for measuring player value in any rational analytic system. Paraphrasing Bill James, teams lose playoff races every year because they can’t find players to fill certain positions who are at least average. Average has tremendous value.

Headline capitalization sucks, because this (with minor edits) is much more readable:

I’m sympathetic to Kings fans here. I’m a Rangers and Knicks fan, so it’s always a bit depressing to go to a game and look up to the rafters to relive my teams’ recent glories like “Billy Joel Most Consecutive Performances” and “Billy Joel Most Lifetime Performances.”

It wouldn’t, but that’s the only time you’d attempt a kick. In any other situation, you’d have enough time on the clock to attempt to move the ball forward with at least one play from scrimmage, with the possibility of seven (or eight) points as an incentive.

Did I go into a hibernation cycle without noticing? Is it actually April 1?

Very much this. At its peak, the magazine was a fascinating mix of the very finest coverage of the largest events and exactly the kind of larger-scope journalism you’re describing, salted with top-shelf exclusive photography (I saw the writing on the wall a few years ago when SI dismantled its crack squad of in-house…

then it will disappear the way Inside Sports did, and before that Sport Magazine

What’s new, though, is the recognition ... that nobody is actually a fan of ESPN or Sports Illustrated.

Jesus H. Christ, this is quite a little fantasy you have going in your head.

I noticed this comment as I was closing the window, and I re-opened the window just so I could come back and leave a star.

The vendor, 33-year-old Nathaniel Collier, was arrested and charged with grand theft and using a skimming device. He worked for Rocket Man, a subcontractor that sells beer at events despite its fake-sounding company name.

You should have tried to refrain from making a joke like this, but I know you can’t control yourself any longer.