There is a very strong part of me that wants to become this guys friend. Get in the “inner inner” circle of his army. Become a general. A very respected and important member.

The sheer randomness of their inception, though, means it would be totally fine if we one day decided to change them, too.

Speaking of LeBron, let’s jump in a time machine. It’s 2007 and LeBron can’t close out a series because he passed the ball too much to his teammates. Sure Jordan punched a teammate, orchestrated a coaching change, nearly took his talents to MSG, gambled, and cheated on his wife, but at least he was a competitive…

At any point in his career prior to now did Hayward actively choose to stay in Utah? They drafted him, and then he was a restricted free agent who signed an offer sheet with another team that Utah matched.

A really tough argument. I would say no, since in my mind, part of being MVP is that your team couldn’t have done what they did without you. That’s why I didn’t really caste either way in the Westbrook-Harden debate, because in both cases those guys were dragging incredibly shitty rosters to the playoffs. Hell, it’s…

Oh no, I dont think MW would fix something that had him lose—-i meant that it would be fixed to be a really close fight with Floyd winning. Agreed 100%—-he’d never jeopardize his undefeated status.

All we need to know about Conor’s chances is that old Floyd made Manny (another ATG boxer) look positively helpless. Conor is nowheres near even old, gimpy Manny. If this fight is anywheres near competitive, then we can be pretty sure that the fix is in to set up an even more lucrative rematch.

Can confirm, it is very easy to go to a game when you’re banned from the stadium. I got in a brawl at an MLB game, got taken into a back office, they photocopied my liscense, told me I was banned from the stadium, and if I ever came back they’d have me arrested for trespassing. Oddly enough, they didn’t seem very…

He could probably get away with it. But if he ever got caught, he would be considered trespassing. Now a lot of people know his face, which would make it harder to get away with it. It wouldn’t be worth the risk. Especially while he’s on probation.

Or, her ring left it all out there?

“Emptying the tanks” was my favorite part of the commentary, because the poop wasn’t yet known. Hilarity ensues.

I only came to see who this cat even was and then I find he’s some sub-non-entity known to, like, a tiny self-selecting group and I’m feeling like I’m being told someone is great without a shred of proof.

He used to go on Simmons’ old podcast and would sagely hold forth about his grand unified theory of football, which was, the blue chip theory.

Maybe the cheerleaders did something completely disgusting and amoral, like going to a restaurant with a married man.

Rumor has it the cheerleaders were also part of a pyramid scheme.

Of course police told them they did nothing wrong; prostitution is completely legal in Horry County.

Yes, people who do racists things frequently disagree that they are doing a racist thing. Funny how that works.

Yeah, your friend’s wife may have told you that, but odds are she never had a student with that name; black , white or otherwise.

This is the equivalent of someone saying, “I don’t see color.” or “I have lots of black friends.”

Upper middle class black parents choose the most over the top white type of names for their kids, at least if the names of my black schoolmates (in suburban prep schools) are a believable sample. And for good and rational reason in a racist world.