Ralph deleted the Byrd tweet before signing off. Read more
They'd have split the pot. They would have just played their best hands — AA22K — tied, and split. Read more
Probably not. As part of the denial of wrongdoing, the NCAA pointed to equipment improvements, etc., which are wrongheaded in the scope of "wrongdoing" here. Meaning, they'll continue to get better helmets, but I'd guess as long as there's budget, schools can do whatever they want. (Unless I'm missing some CFB jargon… Read more
", but also ..." And on top of that, whatever the hell else is inflected by any of the above. But honestly, if you know enough about Regressing to moan about what's going on Regressing and don't think this story goes here, I don't know what the fuck you've been reading. Read more
Disagree. I'll be posting these here. Read more
Regressing is data, but also science, medicine, and such. Brain stuff can go either way, but I usually default to sticking it here out of habit. Read more
Just for reference, Clawson is a Republican Tea Party member who won a special election in his district, and was sworn in on June 25. Read more
not wrong. Read more
This is part of continuing coverage from the Times and other outlets that unskeptically parrots the NFL's and NCAA's and soon, maybe, the NHL's bullshit that the games are becoming safer through better technology. This is not so. And informing people making decisions based on misrepresented information that is… Read more
No one said stop doing the research and development. It's just, at this stage and for the foreseeable future, relatively useless in the conversation of actual safety advancements in the sport. A slightly wider loincloth still leaves you more or less naked at a black tie event. Read more
Literally every point here is incorrect. Read more
Thanks for reading! Read more
Go fuck yourself. Read more
No. I have a problem with it because VT is partnered deeply with Riddell, and the push for "safer helmets" is gross on two fronts. First, it is hand-waving from the NFL and college football that there is some mix of ineffectual rule changes and modern technology that will bring the game's safety into the range where… Read more
Sigh. Fine: Helmets that meet the needs of professional impact sports like hockey and football played at the NHL and NFL level—meaning, they will very certainly not let your skull split open from massive force—do not, when constructed with known materials, stop concussions. Read more
I wrote this two years ago, and so far as I can tell from a distance (I've switched from WP to iPhone in the meantime), two years later and most of it is still true. http://gizmodo.com/5902361/window… Read more
Yeah, but they're also missing everything after the iPhone 5—it's probably just an old list that they stuck the new consoles on. I wouldn't worry about phone compatibility unless the new Android versions walked very far backwards on compatibility. Read more
Since it isn't live, I'd guess that that's an artifact of DirecTV's web infrastructure, and would be sorted out once they're selling these. But if not, that would be super dumb, yeah. Read more