I am not sure what this is, but it is the funniest commentary on us hapless Wizards fans I have ever seen.

And Jarvis ended up pleading guilty to manslaughter and spending time in prison so that gun incident could have turned uglier real fast.

This is why teams tank even if they are going to be a 7 or 8 seed, unless they think the team is young and developing (i.e. Wizards 4 years ago). There is a scenario being floated of a pre-set draft choice in groups of 6 so you know at the start of the season which group you will be in. Even if your team sucks you may…

There have been a series of articles in the Portland Oregonian about why the conference sucks at the major sports. The blame is placed squarely on the commissioner Larry Scott, who has made several bone-headed decisions such as they should not partner with any television networks, rung up huge costs for his office,…

And its fun to behave tribally when it has no real impact on your life. At Northwestern in the late seventies and early eighties we thought we were better than everyone else who must have cheated and had shitty academics because we routinely not only lost all of our football games, but we lost by 50 more often than…

One and done rule was primarily developed because GMs shot themselves in the dick repeatedly with wasting high draft picks because they couldn’t predict how good a high school player would be in the pros (putting aside superhumans Lebron, Kobe & Garnett). One year of college helps immensely in predicting how they…

This Kings team will probably be awful, as will the Suns, but both are really interesting and will be fun as heck to watch. As a Bullets/Wizards season ticket holder for 27 years, the NBA this year has the highest number of teams that will be interesting to watch, for better or worse. The only teams I find boring are…

Let’s quit dancing around it - the Republicans have become the party to protect pedophiles and molesters. Have any of them supported Mich State’s failure to act with respect to Nasser?

That is very interesting that he is lying about this, but I will tell you that Losing Season is one of the best sports books - fiction or nonfiction or something in between - I have read. He perfectly captured the strain of playing a game you love under the guidance of a lousy unintelligent coach who cares so much…

Brilliant and astute analysis. I hope this analysis has legs.

And somehow I doubt any families or assistants are reporting these payments to the IRS

That is absolutely hilarious - thank you. Grunfeld in DC is helpful such a master plan to stockpile picks because he trades all of the Wiz picks, and even if he has them, he sells them for almost nothing. He sold our only pick, a second rounder Jordan Clarkson, to LA for a million dollars.

What stupid, typical Ayn Randian analysis of the purpose of unions. The purpose is that an individual worker is powerless against an employer. If the workers ban together, vote in a union, they can negotiate so the CEO does not make a gazillion times the worker’s hourly wage and has to negotiate with the employees’…

Exactly. He had to go before the Ducks went 2-10 next year. Brady Hoke should never coach CFB again. Went from an awful defense to absolutely horrible, record setting for opposing offenses, defense.

Hilarious and so true. Remember Peggy’s column about how she learned about “latins” from the latin guy who serves her at her deli. What a doddering fool - www.wsj.com/articles/america-is-so-in-play-1440715262

For God’s sake, cell phones and their contents are searched in litigation all of the time and if your employer wants to see your cell phone, they can ask for it. To protect privacy, a third party reviews it and provides any thing relevant. This argument that the NFL can’t look at a cell phone that likely contained…

I am from Oregon, but I have always loved his films. They are smart, funny, and some times deep. He keeps debating the existence of God in his films because only those among us who are particularly stupid or insane ever quit debating this. This is an excellent piece and I am glad I got a chance to read it.