The nearest orthopedist.

I’ll believe Andrew Luck is healthy when I see him play, and maybe not even then

“Well, i wasn’t going to open with that.”

“I’m not even mad about the idea, because it’s not going to happen. I am not going to waste my emotion on it.”

I really try very hard to consider rehabilitation as something that is possible in all cases. I think our prison system is fucked up. I think people deserve second chances.

Except that the Trop is Wrigley Field compared to the old Olympic Stadium. People in Tampa have all year to enjoy the outside (hell, they’re probably happy with the air conditioning). People in Montreal have to hide in an underground city for five months out of the year like a bunch of C.H.U.D.s and on top of that,…

So ... nobody came to the games because of the shit stadium. You just described Tampa Bay, and they’re (at least) working on fixing the stadium part of the equation. The rest of your post is Montreal Chamber of Commerce puffery.

that seems to be the angle deadspin’s pushing but i’m not having it for one second

I look forward to seeing her in Tokyo doing dressage on a mule.

So they’re out some cash and have completely trashed their reputation.

I live to troll U of M fans. All you gotta do is say “you guys suck at football” and just sit back and wait for the history lesson from the Eastern Michigan grad who’s a fan because his uncle went there.

This fake Hungarian is nothing budapest to the real athletes.

I’m actually more impressed that she competed in that many competitions, and yet never got any better. That’s commitment to mediocrity.

A gold medal is a gold medal, but having announcers explain what the Swaney Statute is every two years, in sport after sport, is priceless.

Yes. German Madrazo. However here are some key differences:

That guy did have to break a sweat though. This lady had gravity (and frequent flier miles) do all the work.

She may not have won a medal, but I’m guessing she might have a new rule named after her!

Is this really any worse than borrowing your friends skis and entering the Women’s Super-G just for fun?

This is true in all the other events too, right? Wasn’t there an article here about a cross country skier who got carried on the shoulders of his competitors after he finished in twice the time of the victor? I remember in past Winter Olympics rich folks representing Dominica and places like that?

This is a very good comment that gets even better when you inadvertently read it the wrong way.