God, the media just can’t be honest with itself. This stupid story is, like, the tipping point for me.

Now we know the Rams are the demarcation line of suck vs. no suck.

How is this not the greatest highlight in any sport ever...it’s amazing.

My god, you overwrite shit.

Americans are so fat.

It looks like JPP ACTUALLY FUCKING ATE A W.

This is all fine - and I love him.

Good piece, and I get what you are saying - but the top six players on Croatia all play for ginormous club teams.

Why no mention of the McEnroe homage right before?

Of the presumably thousands of pieces to revisit, why are you posting this?

A person casually writes words that said that another human savagely beat his girlfriend — and that might not be the case at all.

I mean, how handsome can a guy be?

Oh, come on. It’s based on results. Virginia was #1 all year in the NCAA ... and they lost in the first round. The Patriots don’t make the Super Bowl every year. Y’know how many World Series winners were wild card entries? Many. I know you know that your take is harsh. Top teams don’t always mean championship teams.

“Clear lane”...

“All they needed to do against Sweden was not lose by multiple goals...

.464 isn’t “basically always.”

No team highlights the weirdness that is US soccer more than Croatia. In a country of 4 million, they have superstars on super teams. Everyone is top-flight.

Hey - but you have...museums.

Baseball is stupid.

Nah - they don’t get off that easily. That piece was hot trash. As if people at Deadspin don’t watch sports. And editors allowed it? One game. One. Game. And people declare victory. It’s ridiculous. So when someone writes a GOOD piece, like Tom’s piece, unfortunately the stench remains.