...the VAR system did its job, at least if you understand that job as “making sure the calls on the pitch were unimpeachably correct when replayed in slow-mo.” But at the risk of repeating myself, this isn’t how soccer is supposed to be played. VAR is changing the way the game is perceived, slowing it down beyond…

This comment is what you should write in the article. The article comes across as mindlessly anti-VAR, but your comment here nicely captures the nuance of what I think most football fans feel about it. Yes, we want the right calls to be made, but not at the cost of ripping the soul out of the game. Is it more…

Other notable losses in his career include a failed run as a Republican candidate for the Oregon House of Representatives and a guilty plea on federal money laundering charges.

Same here.  I love watching it, and I’ve gotten ESPN+ just to watch some of the test matches.  Unfortunately the World Cup is not on there.  

How to make a cis man care about abortion: Pass legislation that requires us to pay for exactly 50% of child raising costs, from birth to college graduation. Make those amounts exempt from bankruptcy so they cannot be discharged.

Now that’s an A-Bomb from A-Rod!

I propose the following.  Also, Exhibit A as to why Jon Miller is in the Hall of Fame:

Important to note - there was a 2nd ball on the pitch.  All the players were waiting for it to be cleared off.  In the highlight, you can see it roll off to the ball boy at the very start of the clip.  Alexander-Arnold played off of that and started walking away from the corner and then went right back.  It was…

Plausible.

45.  But hey, the hamburgers the week after are always DELICIOUS!

I think the only reason for the delay was because it was the Kentucky Derby.  That would have been called in about 2 minutes at Santa Anita.  (Not that I’m there a lot or anything.)

Unpopular Sharks Fan take:

My dad and I called him "Windmill" Kim.

My aunt makes these and recently gave me the recipe.  There are mini marshmallows in hers.  They are divine.

The NBA refs are all Trump supporters.  

You fellow grizzled veterans of Deadspin should all be asking yourselves what the fine denizens of the Barbaro message board would be saying right now.

You know what's cool? The brake light comes on anyway! It's like they anticipated that issue and programmed for it!

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This is a great idea!  Thank you for sharing!

Utah!