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The thing with Tiafoe, it seems to me, is that he thrives most when a match is open and he can be bold and creative and take risks. Whether that’s through an athleticism advantage like against Anderson or when it’s a matching of styles like when he beat Milos Raonic back in August. Read more

Australian tennis has a long history of being populated solely by jerks. A Google search for Margaret Court will give you a good sense of the fine folks that gravitate towards our local game. Also, due to climate change, summer in Melbourne now resembles something that’s two or three seasons away from resembling Read more

I am so excited for the youngs to come and sweep away the middle aged grifters out of the game.
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Jesus. Is the WWE running ESPN’s Twitter handle now? Because that infographic smacks of Raw’s best BS. Read more

I think he’s going to be a one-and-done. I also think he’s not going to the NBA.  Read more

Harrell’s game personifies the word “rampage” more than anybody else in the NBA. Also, he yells just so,so god damn much. He should definitely not stop rampaging, but could probably yell less. Read more

The Clippers are just so much more fun than they were during the futile withering of those CP3/Blake/Jordan teams and the transformation from joyless 2nd round exit to this 2013-Nuggets-vibe team has been a delight.  Read more

I’m not sure what language the “Exhibit A” above was (kind of sounded Vietnamese - maybe Thai?) but it was far better than most current English language play-by-play.   Read more

I thought I was the only one that remembered this, I was actually struck dumbfounded by how blatant (and poor) an attempt it was to drum up some cheers. He obviously had no idea what he was talking about, besides Joe Paterno being a powerful white man having something to do with Penn State, which has something to do Read more

Just waiting for Kanter to go so Robinson can get all the minutes. 

It looks like he might be saying “he can’t guard me” at the end, which is what I hope he is saying. Read more

Audacious Clown Tries To Win Back $100 In Daily Fantasy Losses, By Going To Court Twice Read more

Danny is like a good farmer. He knows it’s best not to give them names or else you grow too attached. Ainge just calls them Moveable Asset 1, Moveable Asset 2, etc. Read more

Hello, I am a gfsi certified food safety specialist and the things I have seen happen in food production facilities would haunt your dreams forever. The best advice I can give you is don’t eat food, any food.  Don’t touch it, don’t look at it, don’t smell it, don’t do anything.  The only way that you are not putting Read more

My favorite stanza of Howl. Read more