Wasserman was on Simmons’ old podcast for Grantland at least twice, both times discussing how to get a football team in LA when it was pretty clear that he was trying to purchase a team. He could just be playing Simmons for a fool as his mouthpiece.

Islanders, who throw back something like DelColle, Devin Toews, Strome, and a defender, plus cap filler. Move Tavares to the second line.

I went to Columbia a few years before you. Virtually everyone I knew thought the Marching Band was a stupid embarrassment and neither particularly funny nor clever. Its demise can’t happen quickly enough. Sorry.