Other coach could’ve had his player tank on the free throws or the player could have decided to miss and let that brilliant shot stand. Clearly the refs were buttheads but always interesting to realize it takes more than the bad call to screw it up. other team and coach had a chance to reverse the mistake.

Dude, just say “they’re assholes” if you think that, don’t hide behind being “surprised” and your VERY respectful feelings for them. So much crappy doublespeak. Good writers are direct and clear with words. Concise. Never thought I’d find someone for whom 140 twitter characters provided too much verbal room to…

I think it was in a book by Geoffrey Canada but I heard kids say if you hear shots and its someone coming for you (someone has a beef, or your family’s involved in something and you become a target, that sort of thing) you run, but if it’s a drive by or someone else being shot at you hit the ground because it’s harder…

The Paris victims weren’t “white”, you’ve missed a critical part of this whole thing that there were people of many races killed in Paris.

If it was meant as a protest that other victims weren’t memorialized it was incredibly stupid — unbelievable actually, these articles are mental gymnastic exercises. The lack of remorse for Middle Eastern victims is awful, one I am ashamed of. But just ass backwards and detrimental to disrupt a memorial. Victims and…

Having read more of the royals’ reactions, they believe he meant it. THAT matters. I hope he didn’t mean to throw it that high. Neck and above is just wrong. But inside and high is a great message.

Nice job by Thor to get the rest of the rotation fired up. I like that. That’s all it is. The royals nearly knocked him out before he got 6 outs, so no one was intimidated, if it even was intentional. He didn’t exactly have pinpoint control early. But good for him selling it. Mets need that swagger back.

You make a good point. Also, Can we drop the requirement that cops have to be praised for doing their job every time one shoots, kills, maims, or sexually abuses someone? It’s eerie that even the mildest statement like Vince’s has to be qualified with praise for cops. It’s part of the problem for me. There’s this…

In related news, Budweiser announces Le Bud: sparkling malt wine packaged in dark green wine bottles, available September 2016.

I don’t think this ends well for bronson. He’s just aware enough to know he’s missing out on life and yet loaded enough never have to engage with reality. And everyone he knows and meets from now on will be trying to make it on the “video + $200k friend” list. Good luck making genuine connections with that out there.…

Pulling Kershaw and Greinke right at ~100 pitches in the playoffs the year after Williams-Zimmerman opened the doors to the creativity if Bochy letting Bumgarner run would have been grounds to let him go. Formulaic and didn’t create a good atmosphere — the Ethier argument is a bad look for a manager in crunch time of…

This kind of thing just always reminds me baseball is a game of inches. A cruel and fickle game filled with twists of the dagger that are fatal, but invisible to the naked eye. One ball catches a piece of chalk instead of going foul. Murphy hits a slightly lower or higher spot on one of those seven balls. One…

It’s sold through eyeblack.com which I assume isn’t his company. This is probably the best deal they offered, which I agree is lame - it should be all profits, with a small amount deducted to cover costs - but to me is doesn’t reflect on Heyward negatively.

NFL be damned, but Cameron Heyward got his money’s worth if he’s trying to raise awareness. My god, he couldn’t have wished for more press. NFL accidentally just gave Heyward massive exposure for ~17k.

To work the players can’t just keep paying fines. That would just go on endlessly to the league’s enrichment. They all need to refuse to pay the fine. Civil disobedience. This forces the league to amp it up to suspensions or fines that can be challenged legally or some other overreaction by Roger. Clunk heads like NFL…

Cannot argue that.

They’re apparently still in my head playing that song thanks for asking.

This is Super Bowl level mojo. Lions go undefeated through february. Take it to Vegas.

Legalizing and taxing gambling is a regressive tax I’m pretty sure. What benefit to society does gambling provide again? From here it looks like a form of entertainment that feeds a lot of addictions and financially damages a lot of people who seem to need protection from their own bad decisions, while enriching a few…

All of this is a convenient red herring created by the nfl that diverts attention from concussions. Not saying it is intentional, I’m pretty sure Roger Dodger couldn’t mastermind this, but what other sport would endure confusion on such a fundamental question? Their avoidance of issues affecting actual human mortality…