Urban Meyer is a morally bankrupt piece of shit, as is the OSU administration, I think we can all agree on that. But what depresses me in these stories is why do we expect the internet and employers to pick up the slack for a justice system that clearly doesn’t care about protecting women? Instead of like, expecting…

I was a big fan of the Athletic when they launched. They had a lot of diverse voices and were doing good work. But since their early days, they have become VERY committed to employing middle-aged men, mostly white ones. I really don’t believe that the best long-term business model for “disrupting” journalism is to…

Also like Les Miles, Harbaugh is Michigan’s “guy.” He’s the favored son come home to save the program. He’s the big name guy that was to return the fallen team to it’s former (supposed) glory.

Given that literally the only place Michigan is referred to as “Big Blue” is ESPN, I don’t think you’re talking to someone with a real firm grasp on what everyone’s expectations in AA are. AA has been pretty chill with the circumstances of the loses.

I’ll admit. I’d be totally willing to forgive Durkin if he had a list of things that players were barred from doing and called it Durkin DoNots

joins Kobe, starts looking for his own shot WHAT A SURPRISE

Yeah, I actually liked that he prioritized program funding heavily in his rankings. He was definitely shooting for a more candidate-centered, rather than program-centered, list of the best schools.

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.…

As far as I know “liberals” have never fetishized some kind of “anti-states rights” as a rallying cry, whereas the right has very obviously used the concept to forward their most regressive racial and sexual policies while cheerfully imposing national policy when they can. Or if you prefer, liberal states rights=…

Man I sure love the party of states’ rights

Ugh.

So just the standard Stoolie deflections then.

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

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