Even better, the Nets were almost the Swamp Dragons. Read more

Weren’t the Nets almost the Dragons? And then we got Bobcats not too long after. The 90's, man… Read more

They should be the Toronto Huskies. They should look like this:

Terriers made the top 10? And the Toronto T-Rex did too? (side note: shouldn’t that have been the T-Rexes? T-Rex doesn’t work as a mass-noun).

JFC, Torontonians From 25 Years Ago. Pull your head out of your goddamn ass. Read more

I remember some kid in the 90's telling me that they chose the name Raptors because the first Velociraptor skeleton was discovered near Toronto. This is something I’ve believed to be the truth for 25 years. Read more

“Raptors” might be goofy 90s cultural detritus, but “Raps” is a top-5 NBA short-hand name (“Blazers” being the clear no. 1). Throw in an Aubrey Graham or two, and “Toronto Raps” = the perfect culmination of the city’s basketball + hip-hop scenes peaking roughly at the same time.
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I’d love Toronto Canadian Eh’s. That name certainly shows the team isn’t a friend with any buddy. Read more

Whatever, the fact of the matter is that no Raptors = no Raptors mascot = no inflatable Raptors mascot pratfalls, and no one in their right mind wants to live in a world where this never happened:

...the sexy piece here is Kessel.

As much as I will miss Kessel The Guy, I will not miss Kessel The Turnover Machine, as he has been recently (most notably in last year’s playoffs). He will always put up points, but his lack of defense and lack of production in 5 on 5 (by my count he only scored 3 even strength goals from January-April this year)… Read more

also fun to picture: Phil and Stella driving to Minnesota this summer

As a Caps fan, I cannot fucking wait for the Penguins to step on this rake. It’s utterly criminal that he didn’t win the Smythe in 2016 after basically single-handedly eliminating the Penguins’ only real competition, and there’s no way they would have won in 2017 without him either.  Read more

really wondering why rutherford isn’t taking a huge fucking bath for this proposal. getting rid of the d-man he signed to an awful contract that everyone knew was awful the moment it was signed and the team’s third best offensive player in kessel for jason fucking zucker? really? Read more

Just take your Pulitzer Prize and get out of here. Read more

Maybe they’re trying to slip in under $10,000 for people who are using that as a filter? Read more

the supply from this particular artist has decreased since his execution Read more

I’m holding out for the rarer Billy Ripken “Fuck face” signed Gacy painting.  Read more

They’d have been much more memorable wearing these:

I remember when the Blues changed their unis from a solid blue to a two-tone blue, columnist/garbage writer Phil Mushnick said that the change was to identify with a gangsta culture.  I don’t remember the Blues so much that Phil Mushnick is a fucking moron. Read more

I just got a text from a college buddy who grew up in St Louis as a Blues fan. He hasn’t lived there in many years but he’s still a huge fan. It’s hard to exaggerate how freaking happy he is that they made it to the Final. Even though we’re on opposite sides in this series, we’ll chat about the games because we’re… Read more