I have never found him to be anything like insufferable, but I’ve reached the point of cynicism where I am constantly waiting for the other shoe to drop. Read more

Buddy. Give Cirque du Soleil a shot. Read more

damn, true Read more

I missed the date on this, but I still think it’s worth sharing here. Thanks for pointing out that Field of Schemes analysis—it leaves an important unknown at the top, and it’s important to note that their conclusion is that the eventual cost can’t yet be calculated—but it’s also worth sharing. Read more

This one is pretty good, too.

I originally counted this as seven home runs in six games, because my brain is a pile of shit. Read more

Idiot. +1 Read more

nice Read more

I said aloud to myself “remember to fix that,” and then hit publish without fixing it like 15 seconds later. I am the worst. Read more

I would feel conflicted about covering MMA in pretty much any circumstance other than this one, where the story is that MMA is brutal and dangerous. Read more

We’ve got people here who enjoy and follow and write about fighting sports, and we’ve got people here who enjoy and follow and write about football. For my part, I hope the sum of our coverage of those sports gains us enough credibility with fans that our criticisms stand some chance of breaking through. Just… Read more

I honestly do believe that he’ll enjoy the moment to moment experience of playing basketball almost anywhere more than he enjoyed playing alongside Harden in Houston. I still think this is a really raw deal for him, though, because my sense is Chris Paul will very much not want to spend any of his remaining years… Read more

I agree! Read more

It’s important to note the dates on those picks. Three of them are timed to arrive after the 2024 NBA season, when Russ will be 35 and Harden will be 34. The 2021 pick swap might not be worth much, but those later ones are looking really good. Read more

I think it would be basically impossible for the Lakers to make this work, salary-wise, but I guess at this point we shouldn’t rule anything out. Read more

Yeah because one thing we don’t do enough of around here is call out the NCAA. Read more

It’s definitely Franklin. Read more

Damn right! Read more

Buddy, I used to commute 24 miles into D.C. for work, and at least at the time D.C. had the worst or second-worst traffic in the country. Read more

I fixed this. And I was just in Beijing in November! Read more