Seeing Seth Abramson “distinguish” himself as a Russia conspiracy guy has been hilarious, because prior to this he was noted (and sometimes criticized) in the creative writing community for putting together his own alternative rankings of MFA programs. It’s weird seeing a poet guy, who once lived on MFA blogs I looked…

Alum speaking: Fuck the athletic department, fuck the football and basketball coaching staffs, and burn it to the ground.

It was such a significant moment in Orioles history that it collapsed the spacetime continuum. Buck Showalter leapt out of the dugout, exchanging high-fives with Jim Palmer. Eddie Murray and Manny Machado embraced at home plate. Earl Weaver kicked dirt onto Brady Anderson. Cal Ripken rocketed through a tear in the…

Always, always year truthers...

One thing (out of many) that frustrates me about the anti-trigger warning people is that they don’t understand that often trigger warnings don’t mean a person won’t read the book, it means they can prepare themselves for the trigger so they’re not taken by surprise.

Someone posted a thread in a Facebook book discussion group asking if books should have trigger warnings. I came away from it with the distinct feeling that cruelty is winning. People who are triggered by books are weak and should not read. Also, if you research, you will never be surprised by anything in a book.…

Ugh.

So just the standard Stoolie deflections then.

What is Urban supposed to do, fire the guy without cause or make up a reason?

Kudos to the woman who came forward, but I can’t help but say something doesn’t smell right. I mean, the articles I’ve read had said he was physically abusive but don’t give any details. The details I’ve seen talk about verbally harassing her, threatening to withhold money, taking a wreath off a door and throwing it…

GTFOH. Firing Tim Beckman didn’t damage Illini football. A dead horse doesn’t get any deader when you shoot it.

Because sometimes you get away with it. 

People criticizing bill simmons on here is laughable. Yes, his HBO show was embarrassingly bad and his boston fandom is abhorrent, but his work at Grantland brought the Sports/Pop Culture hybrid type website into the mainstream, and is a substantial reason I was driven to deadspin. His monumental success is proof that…

Yeah, and Zach Lowe’s sourcing revealed a key piece of information: the Spurs were prioritizing players over juicy picks, most likely because Pop has no patience for a full-on teardown. Once that became clear to other teams, it seems like nobody was willing to gamble on a 1-year rental of Leonard (who might not even…

His tunnel boring machine must have hit a major breakthrough, given the rate at which he is digging himself in a hole.

I totally thought that was John Spencer in the middle for a minute and I’m sad now.

Fuck yes, my dad was an old school hardass but he still would have helped me out there! Would have helped me scout out the best spot to do the dirty deed as well!

No kidding and I’m not even sure it would be classified as “mild”.

Crying when your favourite team loses isn’t caring too much. Making your kid shit himself publicly so his little league team doesn’t lose is caring too fucking much.