Yeah, I wasn’t specific enough in this paragraph. Crabbe and Harkless are both restricted free agents this offseason, so the Blazers can keep them if they so desire (and the price is right), but it’s not guaranteed. Read more

And here is Barkley’s famous “I am not a role model” commercial:

Nice, way to loop in the only (I think?) vegetarian on staff. Read more

Also true. Read more

You’re free to think whatever you want about my onion goggles opinions, but this is just crazy. Read more

Yeah, I got a few suggestions to pair it with a blue cheese. But as much as I want to be a sophisticated adult and like blue cheeses—and I’ve tried many times—they taste icky and I have an immediate and bad visceral reaction to them. Read more

And their U-19 team won the U-19 Cricket World Cup too! Read more

I don’t live in New York, and it’d make for a good story, so I’m all for it. Read more

Not yet, it was only recently added to our official style guide! Read more

A fun side note: the DC Boxing and Wrestling Commission would only license Broner after they were assured that he would return to Cincinnati and turn himself in after the fight, to face charges of felonious assault. Read more

While not perfect, I think this is a pretty decent analogy. It sort of feels like the USMNT is an NBA seven-seed, better than a lot of the slop and harboring vague desires that this is the year to Make Some Noise, but rarely ever actually pulling that off. Read more

It also wasn’t written today, fwiw. Read more

Patrick had a piece published today about the state of the USMNT? Can you shoot me a link to it; I’d love to read it. Read more

I’m disappointed Greg Howard no longer works here because there is no way he would’ve let this blog be posted. Read more

Are you happy currently? Read more

I live a flight of stairs away from work, which is good and bad. It’s tougher to craft a work/life balance, and very hard for people to understand the difference between when you are in your “office” and working and when you’re just sitting on the “couch” and dicking around on the computer. On the other hand, weather… Read more

I mean, this is a very “I’m a middle-class white guy so I’ll always have something to fall back on” point of view, but unless you are absolutely relied upon financially by a family/kids and don’t have a good backup plan, you’ve got to try to do the thing that you think will make you happy. And if that’s journalism,… Read more