An Alfa spokesperson told me that the first lap—the 7:39 one—was set in a manual transmission (which, holy fuck, that’s faster than a Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 and a Mercedes SLR McLaren). The 7:32 lap was accomplished with the ZF-sourced eight-speed automatic, which is most likely the same one that’s in all the…

If she wants to sue anyone, she should start with whoever advised her to admit she continued to take meldonium after the ban went into effect.

Say what you like about him... but he’s actually one of my favourite interviewers.

I love the stern show. It's always been the best celeb or non celeb interview you will ever hear. Howard is a master interviewer. Celebs love him and want to tell him everything.

Yeah, he makes his guests feel like they’re shooting the shit with a friend, and they’re sort of doing that... it’s just that millions of people are also listening in!

He’s SUCH a good interviewer. And at this point, the aura of the Howard Stern show lulls everyone into a false sense of security...then they say whatever dumb thing pops into their heads. Great radio, but it can get you in a whole mess of trouble.

It has always been to some extent. Look at how he made a years-old, well-known story about Seinfeld become a headline reported as if it is breaking news just by getting Alexander to toss some “fucks” into this particular re-telling.

It always has been. Stern is a great interviewer.

Honestly, Howard is really good at getting his guests to open up. I’ve listened to his show a couple of times to get a sense of his interviewing style and how he does it, and he truly has an amazing knack for making them comfortable and relating to them. I think it helps that he’s a somewhat high profile person who…

‘we have to learn to live with less’

Nailed it. This is the the most nailed that it has ever been.

You forgot to mention the hyper-defensive whining from insecure Boston fans on everyone’s Facebook feed.

im kind of confused. what does this have to do with bill simmons

So this kid watches a sexual assault, lets a buddy sit on his shoulders to get a better view, but doesn’t report it until 3 months later and only as part of his own unhappiness at being hazed. Fuck this team, but fuck this guy as well.

The entirety of this organized injustice begins and ends with the Ponzi scheme we affectionately call the NCAA. The mob should send Enforcers and Lieutenants to intern for these guys in order to pick up pro tips on how to really run a racket.

If you're one of those who is going to fault Calipari for making the most of…

This is like, the ur-example of what "privilege" actually is and I will draw on it forevermore.

Even non-Russians like Miikka Kiprusoff have joined the movement!

Sherman's comments and that line of rhetoric is played out. You're playing D1 football on a large stage, with all the social perks that come with that and a chance to play football and make millions on the horizon, and getting a college degree for free...spare me the "I'm so busy and broke" bullshit- so is everybody…

As someone who attended a major school in a major southeasterly conference and knew a large number of scholarshipped athletes, I feel pretty comfortable in saying that school is what you make it. Yes even for high profile football players. Some of the guys fucked off and treated school as a joke and some didn't and…