Greg covered it in his piece. Respectability politics play well with the rich, powerful, and white. And that’s who did the hiring.
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Maya Angelou
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Yeah, no.

The Washington Capitals are like a team winning a series 3-2. They have won three games and the Islanders have won two. Read more

How did you miss Lorenzo Cain as ‘The Great Cornholio’?

STFU, Iggy A. Read more

Assholes like Evan Turner and Nick Young are why we Sixers fans embrace Hinkie. Read more

Kyle! You blogged! Read more

I’m a black man in my thirties and my favorite sport is baseball, and that can be an incredibly lonely experience. Like Rock, I’m also a Mets fan, and I became a National League fan in part for the same reason he did (his father, like mine, hated the AL because it somehow managed to be even more racist than the NL). Read more

“Chris Rock is a baseball fan.” Read more

So Rosencrans gets a response that’s equal parts guilt & stern.
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Completely inappropriate and unprofessional Read more

That’s fair. But-I would argue that early Conan *was* in fact that innovative show, and I bet the Conan staff probably feels frustrated that they have to do “viral bits” instead of just doing that weird comedy that Conan first became famous for. Read more

I’m going to go out on a limb and say Ortiz is joking with Ellsbury. Read more

Hmmmm....do I...avoid Fox Sports for being the kind of place that employs Clay Travis and publishes shit like “How To Land A Husband At The Masters”? Or do I swear allegiance to Fox Sports for being the kind of place that employs Katie Nolan and tears down shit like “How To Land A Husband At The Masters”? Read more

I've seen people pretend they were Superman, but this is the first time I've seen someone pretend to be Christopher Reeve. Read more

I am so glad my grandfather lived to see the Phillies win their last WS, and then died after they lost to the Yanks the next year. Read more

Greg. Read more

God dammit. Read more