for the sexual thrill

Yeah, but only because their players are better.

And C.B. Bucknor.

Beltre is still a better umpire than Angel Hernandez.

Wasn’t that Jim Joyce?

I think the idea is that poor sportsmanship should disqualify them from competing any further. Which, I dunno, I’m probably OK with that. One thing the world could certainly do without is further generations of hyper-competitive jerks.

You know why I like this apology? There’s no “if” in there.

Ummm... What’s a pizza part?

Someone else might be available, too.

When they were testing the severity of Tannehill’s injury they decided to apply just a little pressure. He collapsed to the ground immediately. So everything seems normal to me.

“Hold my beer”
- The Bears

Fumbles beer
- The Jets

Recovers beer, chugs beer, shouts “69", spikes beer into ground
- Gronk

Damn, shame there are no competent free agent QBs out there.

I have no opinion on the current state of SI, but re: ESPN, my issue is that while they produce a lot of great journalism in addition to a lot of crap, the brand as a whole has demonstrated repeatedly that they’re much more concerned with protecting their corporate partnerships with the NFL in particular than they are…

While there might be a spirited debate about the current leader in sports journalism, ESPN is not part of that debate. Sports Illustrated still is.

That Packer fan was and forever will be all of us Packer fans at that moment.

That Packers fan is the real MVP of the clip.

One of my favorite things about the video of fans reacting to the pick is the lone Packer fan laughing his ass off in the background.

Deadspin Spends Entire Article Castigating The Wrong NFL Network Error

that sucks. They got so close... it’s like they got all the way down to the 1 yard line and all they had to do was hand the ball off and get it in the end zone.