It’s great to have ideals. It’s also great to have knowledge, relevant experience, skill, and well informed, carefully studied opinions about all manner of relevant topics, not just the pet issues you care about.

Next Monday: “ What a move by Bellichick to reactivate 75 year old 4 foot 10 inch Doug Flutie who went on to throw for 450 yards and 4 touchdowns.”

So is this the first domino? It’s great that you aren’t sending kids to this ranch, but what about the years of abuse that these gymnasts were subjected to under the watchful eye of the Karolyis? And I don’t just mean Nasser’s abuse. People have known for years that the Karolyis treated the young gymnasts like chattel…

So her father raised her and now we hate her. At what point is it ok to conclude that her kids, while currently innocent, will most likely turn out to be just as awful as her and her father? What age can we just write them off as lying hucksters in training?

There’s a difference between beating up Nazis who attack people in a mosh pit and sucker punching Richard Spencer while he’s giving an interview. One of those acts could possibly qualify as third party self defense. The other act is an assault. Assault on an odious person is still assault.

She’s probably going to get that Food Network gig or some obscenely lucrative lifestyle brand gig. So my guess is she’ll be at least pretending to cook plenty.

Hot take: Basketball was a lot more enjoyable when the NCAA banned dunking and these glory boys learned how to make a sweet fundamentally sound layup.

So I don’t have a lot to say about this that hasn’t already been said. I don’t know if what happened that night was a crime or not. I will say that it strikes me as very odd that these same types of allegations have been used to destroy other famous people, but Aziz seems to be getting the benefit of the doubt from…

Better than anybody else on the planet though (Kaepernick and a few others notwithstanding). That’s the point. Simply by being in the league, you are better than 99.99% of people that ever tried to play the game. Austin Rivers is kind of shitty. He would dominate the vast majority of the world in basketball. Go watch…

He will be subjected to the horrors of a Danish prison. So basically, something that is far nicer than anything I can afford to rent in DC

There was actually a good 30 for 30 short about Mackey Sasser. This happens to guys from time to time. Steve Sax suffered from it too. It’s easy to say that these guys should just not worry because they’re rich. But the guys that it happened to all tell a story of being devastated by this, to the point where some of…

Yeah, there are definitely worse fates. As far as sports goes though, this sucks.

Or Mackey Sasser.

Being in the NBA makes you the best in the world. Playing high level D-1, also the best in the world. 2% of college players play in the NBA.

Think about being the best in the world at something and then not being able to do it anymore, even though you are physically capable. That has to be a mentally crushing experience. Then imagine that this implosion happens in front of the whole world. I feel for him.

So will she be playing herself? Let’s face it, this type of straight to Lifetime movie isn’t exactly the type of thing she’d turn down before she became a princess.

This may be a dumb idea, but I see lots of times where guys will fly in and try to make hits, only to miss or have the guy bounce off them. Yes, I realize the game is played at incredible speed so they need to get to the ball fast, so that leads to these sorts of collisions/ missed tackles. But with so many missed…

Kanter’s brother is doing some good work in the Big East. Pretty unstoppable lately.

That baby is made for the camera. Just look at how she mugs it up!

What publicist has convinced men that the answer is to say “I don’t remember doing this, and I don’t think I’ve done this, but if I’ve done anything to hurt anyone, I apologize”? This is totally meaningless and it NEVER seems to help the accused. If you did the actions you’re alleged to do, it’s unsatisfactory because…