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Ben Tippett
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When I think of the Jets human resources department, I think of a golfer stuck in a sand trap, shooting over the green into another sand trap, then shooting from that sand trap back into the ORIGINAL sand trap, then repeating that process forever. Read more

Jorge, this is great stuff. Keep on doing stories like this. People like this need a voice and you’re doing a terrific thing by providing a platform. Maria, you are amazing. Read more

Good stuff ‘Neko, though I’ll quibble with one point. You mention that in the NBA, the team with the best player usually wins. You don’t harp on that, but it seems that most of the rest of your analysis (with which I mostly nodded along) relies on that assumption (which I’ve heard batted around before). I don’t agree Read more

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Nasty. Reminds me of Steve Waugh and Jason Gillespie’s collision in Kandy in 1999 (WARNING: oof)

Shrubsole dominated this match, 6-for plus a runout! Great work, congrats to the Poms. Read more

What do you think is the best HBO intro/music ever? Read more

They say that many a child was conceived in Munster that famous night! Read more

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Yep, watching about 10-15 minutes of a match (as opposed to just highlights) will help it all sink in. Search YouTube for ‘cricket full match’, and you’ll find a bunch - just skip to a random point midway through and watch from there. Here’s a good T20 match:

Members are wankers. That should have been the opening sentence of this article, in hindsight. Read more