This is the shortest article I've ever written (< 300 words) that's drawn a "lots of words" comment. Read more

"Misleading" maybe would have been better, but I'll stand by deceptive, which I don't think implies that the Seahawks are straight-up lying (which they aren't). Read more

Some thoughts: Read more

I wouldn't describe "likely count a number" as hyperbolic. Read more

Gah, this again. Does: Read more

It's a public opinion poll, phrased to avoid any possible priming. Adding wording like "given that the legality of forcing such a sale is a grey area" would have led to lower support, just as "given that he expressed displeasure at having black people at his games" would have led to higher support. Read more

I think you're confused. They "way more" in the headline refers to the results of the HuffPo/YouGov poll, which found a 33 percentage point gap (or a gap from 16.5-49.5 percentage points with 95% confidence). Read more

They don't overlap. Black fans are 77 +/- 9 percentage points (low of 68 percent), and white fans are 59 +/- 7 percentage points (high of 66 percent). Read more

"Samples can provide inferences about populations" is basically the entire basis of polling, and statistics in general. If they sampled well, 1,000 respondents is more than enough for an accurate poll. Read more

That's a solid point. Read more

It also occasionally livens up the Gawker offices. Read more

There are plenty of stoner movies I like, but I can't fucking stand Grandma's Boy. Read more

Most student info is protected by a separate federal law, so no. Here's what you could get out of the University of Michigan: http://www.vpcomm.umich.edu/foia.html#stud… Read more

You might like this post: http://gawker.com/whose-good-lif… Read more

Good trolling jfpmfers Read more

As I wrote in my very short post: Read more

It looks the same on iOS 7; it's a general issue with responsive iframes in Kinja. Does this work? http://reubenfb.github.io/SportsAger/ind… Read more

This seems to be a (frustrating) Mac vs. Windows thing. Haven't tracked down if the issue is with the iframe or the graphic itself. Read more

What computer/OS are you using? Read more

Not so fast.