“Maybe his behavior is so egregious that we should do so anyway”

Yeah, I stopped reading there. I’m sorry, any NHL OT playoff game is better than a every NBA overtime game. Even that one that ended in 15 seconds.

I read it as a joke that landed flat. Basically saying that no overtime in the Cup playoffs will beat that NBA playoffs overtime.

The best overtime game of the Stanley Cup Playoffs was the Denver-Portland game Friday night.

Glickenhaus, of course, is German for “house of glickens”.  Which is just nonsense

Stop me before I sub-reference again!!

He can’t strut around the mound after a strikeout, stare the batter back into the dugout, slam dunk the baseball, etc. without it distracting him from the job.

Honestly, I’m just deeply impressed that you referenced the Astor Place riots in a piece that leapt off of Tim Anderson getting drilled in the ass with a baseball.

You’re not wrong - fifty cross checks to the kidneys like that go unpenalized in every playoff game. Hockey refs have a bad habit of penalizing consequences instead of actions, so the fact Oshie fell down and hit the boards awkwardly is the only reason this was a penalty at all.

Damn. Nice dodge, Neo.

Oh hey everyone, look! Hockey-needs-to-get-serious-about-outlawing-fighting guy is here! Let’s listen and see what he has to say, I’m sure it’s gonna be riveting and novel ....

My first thought is “Geez bro,that’s your countryman! How can you do that to him?!”

Appropriate headline: Drunken Students do Tens of Millions of Dollars of Improvements to Lubbock

As a resident of Lubbock. I agree.

Truly, the Anus of Texas

In fact, fire seemed to be a bit of a theme that evening

I call BS. Curt Schilling is not in the Hall of Fame.

If your dude's such a paragon of virtue, why'd he bail on UNLV two days after signing a contract?