Also, Jalen Rose said he's "friends with Mitch [Albom] to this day." And no one slapped him.

Why is Jalen Rose always holding a bat? See here, for instance. What would he be doing with his hands otherwise?

I wish. But I don't think it's happening. Read more

Where was it 404ing? If you apprise the help desk folks, they'll try to be charming AND make Kinja work right. Read more

It isn't. I checked with the color meter gizmo. Read more

Very curious about the pocket of Indiana love on Cape Cod. Does Isiah Thomas have a house there, or something?

The Rangers beat Carolina in a shootout, somehow granting John Tortorella a stay of execution. The team played no better than it has in recent weeks—just one goal on Dan Ellis? really? And it took what was essentially goalie interference to do it?—but two points is more than none. And no one gets fired after a win.…

Yeah, there are some commenters who have been pre-approved, thanks to their contributions to the old site, and as a result have the power to promote individual comments from the comment ghettoes by recommending them. Editors can also recommend the discussions from behind the wall. It's still a work in progress—and who… Read more

Did the NCAA take away their commas, too? Read more

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Tim Burke, easily: http://deadspin.com/baseball-pirate-jokes/ Read more

I am pretty sure Craggs did this every day for two weeks. We're all so glad that IU guy finally got him to spill. Read more

Duke. And Harvard. But mostly Duke. Read more

"Jack Dickey" stopped being hard around age 10. Wait, that came out wrong. Anyway, no, it's a good reporter's name, don't you think? Read more

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I didn't think it was THAT bad. The focus was still on the food, and they had all the eliminated contestants back and the past winners, etc. It wasn't quite Isabella-Blais, but what's gonna be, you know? I guess people with digital cable were tipped off as to the outcome, though, which is pretty ridiculous. And they… Read more

MY FAULT. SORRY. Read more

For the record, I presume the tweet's tongue-in-cheek. (It has to be, right?) But the magical effect washes over you regardless of how you feel about it. Read more

Haven't seen the new film, but Leitch is assuredly wrong about With a Vengeance. It's a good movie, one that's no stupider than any other iteration of the series. Irons's villain is appropriately representative of technology's encroachment into the ordinary mid-90s existence. And the thing with the water jugs is just…

WHEN ARE WE GOING TO DINNER, BUDDY? I BEST NOT HAVE FALLEN FOR THE OKIE DOKE. Read more