“You know that coach should be over there, on him, like, ‘Look, come on, you can’t do that.’ Is that the Cardinal Way?”

Yes, if there’s someone who knows not to create a spectacle that undermines the collective, it’s John Tortorella.

I mean, I thought I knew who Graham Splurt was, but I must have had him confused for some old porno actor.

Outside of Blake Bortles, I don’t know who any of these fucking people are. Does anyone know who they are? Is the entire Jaguars roster anonymous?

“No cheating!”

Having grown up in Massachusetts and now residing in the South, I laugh at the claims that Massachusetts is some particularly evil pool of racism.

As a Boston sports fan and resident, I am tired of the running joke about Bostonians being racist. It is a trope, and a false one. It is the legacy of the busing nonsense that took place 40 years ago, when most of us weren’t even alive. For every mouth breathing Sully or Murph from Southie or the North Shore, there…

Nah, you’re not wrong. Tom Yawkey, all the stuff on busing, treatment of Bill Russell, and the perception that Irish Catholics are racist (itself a racist thought!) — all basically 25-50 years old at this point — contribute to this idea that Boston and MA is racist. Seeing how far the state has come and the generally…

No one thinks Massachusetts is incapable of racism.

The treatment of Russell was an ugly time in this city’s sports history. Absolutely. The fact remains that if Boston is still held up as some sort of racist enclave because the Red Sox were the last team to integrate in baseball, the fair counterpoint is to note the histories of the Bruins and Celtics in that matter.

When am I absolved for answering for busing and the treatment of Bill Russell?

Red Sox fan here.

Cited primary results since that’s what the previous commenter was himself referencing. The Red Sox refused to integrate under notable racist Tom Yawkey, which is where the perception of Boston sports as racist originates. He died 40 years ago and with the rampant racism flourishing across the country it’s bizarre to…

That’s why I listen to 98.5 instead.

Never have so many Red Sox fans felt so conflicted.

Correct. Schilling is the bigger source of consternation for Red Sox fans. “Thanks Curt for 2004. Now please shut the fuck up.”

Haha! Got those bigoted bastards! Wait, Massachusetts is arguably the most liberal state in the country? But that doesn’t fit the racist legacy of Tom Yawkey (who died over 40 years ago). Ehh, force it anyway.

Jewel’s response is lovely:

At the very least we should send them a nice gift basket.

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