If you’re telling me that last year’s Lakers wouldn’t have been at least seed 2 in the East then you’re kidding yourself.

Counterpoint: Steph and Draymond would win the East finals even without three other guys on the team. Stop with this bullshit.

Is it perplexing to anyone else that they keep calling Russell Wilson the “odds-on favorite” for MVP? I feel like I can name at least three QBs who were having better seasons even before this game.

I assume they can’t kick off a tee? Because if they can, there doesn’t seem to be a downside.

F is the 6th letter of the alphabet. Michael Jordan won 6 rings. Michael Jordan said he failed over and over again in his life. In college, failure is signified by the letter grade F. COINCIDENCE???!!!111!!1

“And even more than that, it is about the way people think writing is dying because reading is dying, even though neither actually are.”

Or maybe it was an off-hand comment by an attention-seeking dork born out of genuine curiosity with no real malice behind it? It’s one thing to wage legitimate fights, but when every little thing is a crusade it weakens your case when it really matters and just generally makes you an insufferable blowhard.

“Philosophers have been dealing with the problems posed by vagueness since at least the 4th Century BC, because the problems that vagueness causes aren’t limited to the NFL’s struggle with the catch rule. Vagueness also has important implications for metaphysics, the philosophy of language, and our understanding of…

Oh look, yet another commenter purge after yet another atrociously written Billy article. He better have pee-tape-level compromat on Deadspin management for them to bless this.

This could have ended up way worse.

“It’s Tuesday somewhere”

Holy shit this is unbelievable.

Sources report that Mark is really excited about his college football opportunity, but he would have been really really excited had it been junior high-school.

OK, I’ll be that guy—is the positive reception Ray Ratto’s articles have gained around here mystifying to anyone else or is it just me?

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Damn KD does a great Kyrie.

Ding ding ding!

Ratto is obviously good and all, but his newspaper-y, ‘important’ voice just does not suit Deadspin. Not saying that to be a jerk; it’s just a statement of fact.

Your words are the worst words.

Damn.