Is it wrong of me to simultaneously feel surprised and disappointed that these shitheads survived? So that they can get their slap on the wrist because nobody else got hurt, and hey, nothing bad can ever happen to rich males?

Another trick free kick that actually worked:

Thanks for giving me a reason to think about this goal again.

If you told most 20-somethings-who-get-shitfaced "I'll give you millions of dollars to not get shitfaced" they'd be sober for as long as the paychecks kept coming in.

We're always happy to dump on ESPN when they screw up, but submitting a well-researched public records request on a subject of legitimate public interest in the expectation that it won't be sprayed all over the internet on Christmas Eve in an attempt to dampen its findings is definitely not an area where they screwed…

I don't get all the hate and anxiety towards VA over this. Who in the hell is driving at 20+ all the time that this is a big deal for them? I've been driving/speeding through VA for 10 years. I've gotten a few normal speeding tickets, and when I was going 20+, the cop gave me 19+ so I wouldn't get screwed.

Not being the fastest is the big one...unless you're driving something that sticks out. Then, at least appear to be going much slower than that Infiniti SUV from New York that doesn't know better.

Here are McMike's top tips about speeding in Virginia.

My mother drove (for the first time in her life) my GT-R from Miami to Washington, DC, and was pulled over in Emporia, VA (a known speed trap) for 81 mph, and given a reckless driving ticket. When she got home, fifteen different law firms sent her mail asking to represent her. It's all a fucked up scam, and she got…

Welcome to the MLS, Mr. Torres.

Actually there are newish NCAA rules that allow him to accept prize money up to the amount of his sport-related expenses for that year. Probably some room to grab a decent chunk of the money at least:

Maybe a too simplistic idea, but couldn't the NCAA allow instances like this to have the purse be put in an escrow account until eligibility is done? Maybe it's a little too common sense.

There are two real tests of a sound marriage. First, will she still talk to you after you've jointly constructed IKEA furniture? Second, will she watch Tarantino movies with you?

Ray Hudson is the soccer commentator for people who don't really like soccer and want to hear a wind-up Geordie parrot repeat the same remembered phrases over and over. He's shit.

I paid money to get BeIN Sports just to watch La Liga. Then I realized that I refuse to pay money to listen to Ray Hudson.

True. I went backpacking (alone!) starting from Frankfurt to the west. After 3 weeks I arrived at Madrid. What a difference! Even the train ticket collector was nice, telling jokes. And there was fresh squeezed orange juice being sold on the sidewalk! I drank 3 in one sitting (compared to that, US orange juice tastes…

And that's why people continue to dwell on Zoe Quinn, Anita Sarkeesian and Brianna Wu? None of the Gamergate stuff has remotely been about how AAA publishers interact with media outlets. The ethics claim is a fig leaf for 'aggrieved' gamers having an existential crisis.

So because you've never seen it, it isn't common. Check.

Except we know who she was actually modeled after.