A man ruined by what, at this point, can only be called recreational back surgeries.

You’re assuming that Lonzo Ball’s primary motivation is winning basketball games. His non-reaction to losing in the sweet 16, his refusal to play for any team but the Lakers, and even his bizarre shoe pitch seem to indicate that his interests lie elsewhere. He seems to view Lakers’ games like an infomercial to sell…

To be fair, he shouldn’t have knocked her eye out. I mean....she’s gonna need that thing later. And now its rolling around the bus floor, getting kicked, collecting dirt.

Wow, they never get close to doing what you assume they’ll do. Marchman has no sympathy because the teams seem to have no histories or narratives around them that make them standout in the sports landscape.

*See Josh Innes’ time in Philadelphia

Did you honestly believe that a losing record would affect a Phillies fan. That’s our comfort zone. The only thing that affects us is winning. Just ask Cole Hamels who went through a year of hell from the fan base in 2009 to pay for the problematic abnormality that he put us through in 2008.

..And this is why the NHL shouldn’t put teams in the sunbelt.

A source tells Deadspin that the police attempted to submit a reckless endangerment charge to the DA’s office—and the DA’s office rejected it.

I actually respect him for the first time in my life (though I’ve never eaten any of his pizza). After all, it is HIS face on the commercials and so doing random spot-checks to ensure quality (if that word can be used here) makes a lot of sense.

Insurance is not gambling. It is socialized risk. If the type of career insurance that players receive becomes illegal, then health insurance would also be a violation of NCAA rules. Both are socializing or distributing the risk of losing one’s health across a group.

Nice check, but why the fuck did Keith punch Arvidsson in the face afterwards?  

To be fair, they didn’t “question” Elie’s loyalty. Elie offered that his loyalty lay elsewhere in the final analysis. He was unprompted. M&MD seemed shocked that he was so dismissive of America. They were certainly critical that Elie would sacrifice the country in which he lived, and did suggest that maybe he live…

You are correct, the school could not possibly pay male “student athletes” without violating Title IX. But there’s an easy solution to this problem: continue to maintain amateurism and equality is all sports (tennis, golf, swimming, etc.) but move football and men’s basketball out from under the guise of student…

To be “fair,” if you believed in slavery, the primacy of the white race, and the plantation way of life then you would probably feel that Lincoln was a tyrant too.

I am bored of people defending an inebriated, ill-dressed santa claus from 50 years ago. He deserved to have snow balls thrown at him. Those that say otherwise are the only concrete evidence that I’ve ever come across that there is, indeed, a war on Christmas.

Are you allowed to film and record someone in NY without their consent? Wouldn’t it be fucked up if the only result of this episode was he was arrested for invasion of privacy or some shit?

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It’s going to be embarrassing for everyone when Romo breaks his leg covering a pre-season game and is out of broadcasting for 10-12 months.

The retroactive penalties are bullshit. They are impossible to distribute evenly to the entire field for any and all infractions.