A good rule of thumb is that any talking head who puts his “brand” on a piece of sporting equipment is best avoided.

Two-thirds of the guests at my wedding would have left early and ordered pizza if we had tried that. Not that it would have been such a bad thing at the time, as the cool kids would be left, but we would be still dealing with the fallout some 20 years later. Glad you could pull it off.  

This story made for drop-dead laughs or complete creepouts in the comments. I did OK in college except as a frosh. I was a bit of a hardass from Detroit and my roommate was from rural Oregon. Valedictorian of his 40-strong HS class. (Mine had 440. Humblebrag, sorry.) First day in he asks if we can switch off on nights…

I have two had substantial experiences with Amtrak. First, the long haul from Boston to Detroit while in school in the 80's. It was far cheaper than flying; I had time but not much money. The seats had legrests, and you could sleep all the way from Boston to Cleveland (you wanted to be awake by then not to miss the…

I completely agree that pizza should be round...except for Detroit-style. I grew up near the original Buddy’s, and those old parts trays made crunchy tasty edges.

Q. How can you tell if someone is a rugby player?

Manfred does come off poorly. Instead of muddling around, he should have said “If I suspend Gurriel for a WS game, he would certainly appeal. An appeal requires us per the CBA to allow sufficient time for preparation, and therefore it would not be heard until after the WS. With this in mind, I expect my decision will…

What, you want a kangaroo court in Torre’s hotel suite? The appeal right is part of a collectively bargained agreement, and it includes a requirement of due process. You can’t satisfy that on the fly.

If it’s a choice between that and missing a WS game, I’ll take the fallout.

Penn State also looked to be out of gas on both sides of the ball in the 4th— simply getting blown away on the line.

Harvard Stadium is in Boston. The campus south of the Charles is in the Allston neighborhood of Boston.