One spot for Mattingly, one spot for Mattingly's sideburns. Boom, done. See you fuckers at the ceremony in June.

I've tried multiple times to cultivate an appreciation for The Big Bang Theory, but I just can't do it.

Thumbs up.

An apostrophe is considered acceptable when used after a single letter in two instances - when the letter is lower-case (i's) or if there is a risk of the letter being misread as a word (As instead of A's).

Between the work done by Deadspin and other outlets on Penn State and by Yahoo Sports on stories like the Miami scandal, I'm left wondering what the hell purpose ESPN even serves anymore besides preventing the Weather Channel and Fox Sports from bumping into each other on my DVR listing.

"You see, I was a bit of a hybrid player myself."

The fact that he's held onto his job so far has to make him one of the nation's five most powerful gingers, no?

Notre Dame video towers > Tebow

"Sometimes my ass doesn't photograph well."

Speaking of Fox graphics, what the hell happened to Cleatus? I know Drew mentioned the stupid shield he now brandishes to prevent being tainted by corporate logos, but that's all I see of him anymore. Does he not dance for our pleasure anymore?

I just hope this trade doesn't affect Palmer's endorsement deals.

"So what we do is we take the square footage between the right field line and center field and the square footage and from left field to center field, divide that by pi and we multiply it by bulls***"

On the one hand, I get where Nate is coming from. It must be a pretty humbling moment for a player when they realize that they're simply another in a long line of largely faceless hunks of meat offered up for our collective amusement. But is what Nate says really a fresh insight?

Much like Momma Magary's annual Hating O' The Leaves, I know fall has arrived when I see the current Raiders headset warmer on the head coach firing list. I love tradition.

Cops shot him dead at the scene. [en.wikipedia.org]

It's like someone replaced the clear glass in the press box with a one-way mirror, pointed inward.

Alternate title for this post - "Heat Strokes: Epilogue".

He'd be horrified to know there was grass on that field.

"If you look at this plot, what we're trying to get is some flowers here, and some flowers here, and try to get that mulch in the alley."

It's pretty much all quotes from interviews, with interjections from the authors to round out the narrative.