Who said there's an issue?

David Blatt is a basketball coach. Gawker does not care what he has to say.

Basically, it's what MLB has already done with the World Baseball Classic and what the NHL has considered doing itself.

I haven't been able to get out of my chair since seeing it. I don't dare stand up.

This is a great dad story.

+1 and RIP

Shuffle off this mortal coil

Oh you know it.

I wonder though; might this give NFL teams incentives to draft players with those nebulous "character issues" because they'd be able to pay them less?

Fake soccer? But I thought it was Real Madrid?

This never would've happened if Al was still pretending to be alive.

If everyone is cheating, is anyone?

I could light a joint on that take.

Say what you will about gossip columns, but they don't beat people unconscious.

I fully expect that Fox Sports 2 will dedicate their Saturday programming to this within a year.

*Giving tour to aliens visiting Earth for the first time*

It doesn't necessarily have to be an entire site. Something as simple s a daily post "here's what's on tonight," with short summaries as to why we'd want to watch, would be a great resource.

I think Deadspin has a pretty good balance of "soft" content (highlights, goofy Manning videos) to the more serious posts. The former is necessary as easily produced content to keep us checking in regularly, and the latter is why we check in here specifically, when there's generally other sites to go to for highlights…

My wood-snapping fetish is much more frowned upon by polite society.

To his credit, stumbling is better than just lying there motionless