BBW's writing under a byline for another publication. He's a big boy (hell, his middle name says as much). Nothing in my piece was directed at him personally. I just thought his argument fell short. Read more

BBW, for real, it's nothing personal. It was a slow-ass early March Saturday, and even if I disagreed with it, your column was at least worth engaging with. It may be a big ol' Internet, but most of what's out there doesn't rise anywhere near that level. Read more

I'll spot you most of this, AW; nice reply. And as I responded in BBW's thread, I do believe most organizations do change from the top down — people follow the leader, especially in such semi-autocratic regimes as team sports. Read more

I'm still not sure I buy the argument. The NFL commissioner's office may be doing all it can from the top down, and that's a big deal (really — I do think most cultures are set from the top down). But that's a far cry from saying the NFL, a multi-layered and mostly hidebound microverse, is ready to embrace an active… Read more

Seriously, now. "Attack"? Eh? And you don't have to look far for other gay slurs, regretted or otherwise, in the annals of pro sports to realize the Culliver outburst wasn't some once-in-a-generation outlier. If you truly believe that the NFL and its culture are somehow more progressive than "the rest of society,"… Read more

/raises hand, points to self, wipes nose with jersey, trudges to bench Read more

Nothing personal in here about BBW. I was just highly underwhelmed by the argument that the NFL is waiting for permission from "society" to welcome an openly gay player. Read more

Quick change: I apparently misheard Clark. He says none of the data he crunches are very expensive. I'd written before that some are. Read more

Well, sure. That's why security held back the flood of students. But the students clearly didn't give a rat's ass about the fine. And the Twitterers urging students not to rush the court didn't mention it, either. Read more

Considered. Deemed relevant only to 14 of 347 Division I home floors. Omitted from broader argument. Read more

You enjoyed a Rick Reilly column from the past three years? Read more

I didn't want to be the bad guy by pointing out the painfully obvious. But totes. Read more

Ignoring thinly veiled sincerity meant to entice readers yet cloak the truly moving undertones of the subject? Such lazy headline reading. Read more

Yes, it is too late. As clearly stated at top, the position has been filled. Read more

Oh, Heavens. Now that is a real piece of work, now isn't it? Read more

Yup. I'm an idiot. Fixing. Thank you. Read more

Thanks for the catch. It's up now. Read more

I still don't understand the assumption by readers that all Deadspin writers are either living in New York or are from New York. It's the Web, guys. I live in Canada, and wrote this piece while in Toronto, a mere hour's drive from Lake Erie. Read more

You should trust your irony detector on this one. Read more

You're right; my laziness knows no bounds. By contrast, I can tell you sweated blood on the way to crafting your pearl of a response. Read more