Who is insisting on the shoelessness? If you see Durant in a bar (or Boban returning to the bridge he guards), you’re seeing him in shoes. If you ask your friend, “How tall you think that dude is?” and he says, “Depends... you mean with shoes or without shoes?” then you legally have to end your friendship with that…

In 15 years, the NFL will say this is how he got CTE.

I will raise a knee and cross my wrists if necessary to avoid a hug.

I’m starting to think Victor Krum was probably a racist.

If he’s anything like me, he doesn’t like being hugged because the feelings of emotional and physical proximity are simply overwhelming for him and it becomes a sort of sensory overload when there’s firm contact with another human being.

have earned him a place among the game’s very best, Magic, Bird, Hakeem, etc.

I stayed up to watch the game. I don’t remember standing up from the couch, but I didn’t sit back down for a long time. I’m feeling that this morning because I only got about three hours of sleep. What a fun end to a mostly lousy game.

Hey, be nice to my friend Chris.

but the task now means the Yankees will get to enjoy a game or two of the ALCS before Cole takes the mound again

Not exactly what you’re talking about, but similar enough. Belichick has the ability (and support staff) to make adjustments to his opponent’s likely adjustments.

Lost in all of this is the fact that the Golden State Warriors once blew a 3-1 lead in the NBA Finals, the championship series in American professional basketball.

You quaint, simple fool. You just don’t understand British soccer.

“If the anonymous people in the comments of a Deadspin post can’t figure out a workable solution to athletes getting screwed out of any semblance of fair compensation, then it shouldn’t happen and everyone should just shut up and be happy they get scholarships! WE CAN’T TALK ABOUT IT UNTIL WE FIGURE ALL OF IT OUT FIRST…

So many of these statements and arguments can be boiled down easily to “I can’t be as rich and successful if they change the system that helps me thrive.” It’s just super sad to me that these coaches defend their own interests at the expense of their players’ interests and lack the self-awareness to recognize the…

We believe that any speech that challenges national sovereignty and social stability is not within the scope of freedom of speech.

People aren’t complete idiots

Okay, so the videos are in Italian. As someone who took French in high school (which is very close to Italian), I can tell you that the umpire is not saying “I like to play sports with my brother” or “I would like to go to the store.”

Great point. Although, I don’t think many people get a year in jail for their first DUI.

Mark Emmert looks like a garden gnome who was granted his one wish of becoming a Republican televangelist.