That announcement is peak tech-speak, but here’s my guess for what Cycle will be doing for ESPN:

think you missed the point here, chief.

Is he not aware that man is born with a finite amount of energy and all this exercise is leading to certain death?

you monster.

I’m all for snark directed at Simmons, but it’s hard to argue that Favreau’s Ringer podcast didn’t cement him as a public figure. Prior to Keepin’ it 1600, he was a great, talented writer who was not a public ‘star’.

Tell me more about this corporate scum, Lieutenant Dan.

Is there a lazier argument than “He only won with other good players?”

Things would’ve gone differently had Houston lost, allowing Utah to play for the 8-seed. But they didn’t and Kobe had a meaningless finale that was inarguably fun. Not even the Gawker Media Crusade to Hate Everything could hate last night’s show.