“while the Vikings certainly preferred a home contest, this was the next-best scenario.”  What the hell kind of a sentence is this?

By far my favorite part of this story is that Russel Wilson refers to the opponent’s 35-yard line as “the 35-yard line going in.”

One factor is the height of the ball. If a 7'0" guy and a 6'0" each shoot at the same perfect arc, the ball is coming down to the rim from a higher spot. More falling = more force if/when it hits the rim. In other words, your chances of the ball hitting the rim and the ball still going through are much lower if…

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It seems she disagrees with the method of protest, rather than taking issue with the substance of the protest. Now, when most people do that, we tend to assume they’re closet racists whose problem is ACTUALLY with the substance. But given RBG’s history and credentials, specifically on race issues, I’m willing to take…

I think its a new thing people are trying out. Meaning an elimination game for both teams. I’d never seen it before this year to be honest. Mildly confusing, since it evokes notions of a double-elimination tournament, which of course is completely unrelated.

It’s important for me to try to be consistent in my opinions. So even when the guy tweeting is a shithead, I still think the guy who reports him to his employer is a shithead too.

Burke likes to couch these highlights in the type of criticism fitting the Deadspin tone, but at the end of the day these posts boil down to big football hits=clicks. It’s just “Jacked Up” with a few lines of socially conscious text to pretend you’re not profiting from it.

Wow, the Padres’ play-by-play guy sounds just like Dick Enberg, who has been dead for at leastHOLY SHIT THATS DICK ENBERG

I know I’m in the minority here, but I really don’t think the debate moderators should be saddled with real-time fact-checking responsibilities. This opens the door to bias, and any such fact-checking would be limited to the breadth and accuracy of Lester Holt’s personal knowledge.

Where did you get the part about “protesting [the] university’s response” to the slurs? Couldn’t find that in the linked article or anywhere else.

Indeed, a child that age cannot consent to sex, by the legal definition of the word consent. However, they are not using the word in the legal sense here. You still need language to differentiate statutory rape from forcible rape. “Both the child and Kiante Enis admitted ______ .” How else would you fill in that…

Remember that picture of the Aleppo boy in the back of an ambulance? I don’t recall any outrage about his privacy, or about his face not being blurred out. I don’t recall any complaints that distributing the picture wouldn’t lead to any actual concrete results.

I’m starting to think Kaepernick was the perfect guy for this. He has answered every question thrown at him. Him answers have been perfect in substance and demeanor. I probably would have just said “Fuck Trent Dilfer, next question.”

As more players join in Kaepernick’s protest, a commenter recently suggested it may come to resemble the ice bucket challenge. Would such proliferation be a good thing, because, after all, the ice bucket challenge was successful by any measure. Or would it be a bad thing, on the grounds that the impact is somehow…

Don’t forget fans in wheelchairs!

The context helps. Anyone that thinks ‘W’ is only two syllables is nuts, or lying. But when saying “BW3,” anyone giving the W that full and proper pronunciation is probably also a crazy person.

Regardless of topic, props to anyone who straight up admits “you know, I don’t really know enough about this to form a definitive opinion.” Need more of this in all walks of life.

Seems a little soon to be labeling it a tragedy, no?

Isn’t this one of the most effective protests of all time? Short of the unlikely scenario where lawmakers see Kaep sitting and rush to pass police reform bills, the most he could hope for is it starting/continuing the conversation, and putting it in the forefront. And it seems like that’s all anyone is talking about…