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I agree with all of this except:

Except that in most legitimate sports (which VROOM-VROOM UP THE HILL isn’t) the barriers to entry aren’t nearly as high. Which is why most professional basketball players didn’t come from much. Or most runners. Or many football and baseball players. Or soccer players. Or wrestlers, boxers. Even cyclists have a lower…

If you own a Hummer, you’re a terrible human being. It doesn’t matter what other good you do in this world, owning and driving that thing makes you a wasteful person and a net negative on this planet. So fuck you! : D

This was for some reason posted to the main Gawker page. Was disappointed that what I assumed might be an interesting article turned out to be some video game thing.

Needs a pianist crooning the Jolly Green Giant jingle.

I hope she’s okay.

I dunno, the “lobster crackers” story feels kinda cruel.

Also, St. Louis pizza sucks! *nyah nyah*

RIP Aron Baynes. He is now dead.

HEY I WAS RIGHT

Yordano Ventura throws a 100+mph fastball and starts tonight for the Royals.

Spurs over Bulls in six.

Let’s not pretend four innings of no-hit pitching is some masterpiece of baseball glory and Jimenez was denied a shot at history. This was only his second time through the rotation.

Oof. That is a depressing thought. I could imagine him actually moving to the Bulls (born and raised on the South Side) since he becomes an RFA the same year Pau Gasol’s contract expires.

I’m referring to how Duncan (and a system Pop designed around him) slowed down the game in the early 00s, returning offensive focus to low-post basketball and grindingly slow possessions, and defense to elite rim protection. Whether it’s Duncan himself or whether Duncan was simply emblematic of a larger trend, average…

I’m a lifelong Spurs fan, but part of me was rooting for the Pelicans last night. Davis is the future of this sport and the sort of guy whose dominance and drive in nearly every facet of the game will reshape the tempo and style of NBA ball, in the same way Lebron, Duncan and Jordan did. His game fuses elements of all…

If the Spurs can make it through that gauntlet — and then defeat either post LeBattical Cavs or the Spurs 2.0 Atlanta Hawks it will be a postseason for the ages. I could see every single one of those series going to seven games.

Man it’s gonna be awesome to watch Hornets-Raptors on ESPN while all this is happening!

New Bucks logo/graphics revealed this week too...