Time to get back on the fantasy sports train again

For more analysis, we now go live to a bunch of lawyers with too much free time on their hands: the entire Deadspin commentariat.

Yeah I agree, I think this is an awesome move for someone who knows they have a ton of influence over young kids specifically. We need more positive gamer influences.

the retirement of offensive lineman Richie Incognito

1. no
2. the warning in this case was the dev putting a chip on their shoulder to dare anyone into getting into a fight about it
3. “triggered” is a really tacky meme that undermines the lives of PTSD sufferers and abuse victims, please knock it off

1: All games, hell all media is inherently political. The question just becomes how blatant it is and how much it reinforces or deviates from the status quo.

As a married fella I can tell you: Not as many as you hope.

He also thought Jared Lorenzen had too chiseled a physique.

I am a bit embarrassed to have to spell this out so directly but maintaining separation between sales and editorial is a foundational tenet of journalistic ethics.

Either ESPN is a news-gathering operation or not. If ESPN bills themselves as a news organization - which, for the record, they do - then advertising concerns dictating editorial content is a fundamental breach of the ethics of professional journalism. A newsroom is not “any other business.”

As a physician, I wish athletes would stop playing amateur nutritionist (I’m looking at you, Tom Brady and Russell Wilson). I find that portion control and a well-balanced meal, not arbitrary restrictions, are the keys to peak performance.

To this day I just don’t understand how an entertainment company can be so bad at marketing superstars. They have tons of personality and potential on their roster, but absolutely nobody knows how to market it. You’ve got current champions who are probably better than any champions they’ve ever had before, and it’s…

My understanding is that lawyers aren’t just allowed to drop clients willy nilly. There have to be valid reasons. Typically those reasons are

Sitting too close to the TV.

It’s not *quite* that clear-cut — FOIA requests cover anything they do as part of their job, but don’t necessarily cover personal communications. It gets complicated when the two are intermingled. This is why I routinely advise faculty to keep their private and personal email accounts strictly separate. Even if you…

OEF and OIF veteran myself.

Current (26 year) veteran says: all the stars for you

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