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Barry Petchesky
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Deputy editor | Deadspin

No exact details of the contract yet, but this would seem to hint that the Sharks have planned to make a late-career Burns a more attractive trade target, should it come to that. Read more

I think it’s time we torch this continent and start over. Read more

Nobody knows, which makes it a crappy statistic. Best I can figure, it deemphasizes numbers put up with a large score differential, but emphasizes numbers racked up late in games. So maybe it evens out a little. Read more

Shout out to commenter Beowulfensteiner for bringing this up yesterday.

FWIW I remembered PBA from a couple PSAs Barry Sanders made about the condition, though I didn’t bring it up in this article because Sanders was being paid by a drug company that makes PBA medication. Read more

If you’re wondering why Mathieu Perreault is in the photo atop this article despite having missed the last two weeks with an injury, the photo is from early October, the one Winnipeg home game this season to which the AP or Getty sent a photographer. Read more

A field goal to make it a three-point game with 15 minutes left. Read more

Throughout the campaign, Trump flew back to NYC nearly every single night because he can’t stand sleeping away from Trump Tower. Now he’s got to spend four years in Washington. He hates this. Read more

Another fun(?) fact! Because they used Kevin Hogan for a couple of read-option plays, the Browns were the first team since 2011 to use three QBs in one game. That was the Eagles, who removed starter Mike Vick for Vince Young late in a blowout of the Jets, and then for some reason brought on Mike Kafka for Young to Read more