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The NFL basically broke the union in 1987. That strike was an unmitigated disaster for the NFLPA. The union has never recovered. At one point the union actually did de-certify and become a "professional organization" instead. Read more

The quality of sarcasm is not "how much hyperbole an article has" or "how many people get it". Read more

Since this article has gone up, we've been getting a number of questions as to how we obtained the footage. While we can't go into specifics, it's not something I've been sitting on since I was an intern in 2009. While I've been aware of its existence since then, it was only acquired after I came onboard here at Jalopn Read more

He later got a yellow card for shoving a Liverpool player, but look at the circumstances!

SI crapped the bed again with the Sportsman of the Year, but that's hardly news. Tom Verducci's cover story was almost a parody of bad sportswriting. He trotted out every cliche about the hillbilly athlete, the Brett Favre as Paul Bunyan mythology> He included this Telling Detail, which — I'll just go ahead and say it Read more

The comments to the ESPN article might be the most insufferable grouping of sentences in history. Why is it that people are so happy to praise an employee for (seemingly) taking less money for the benefit of his extremely profitable corporation? Read more

How about covering college sports more—especially your favorite team, the Fighting Illini? Selfish? We see you guys are writing about only good, top-ranked teams. Love, Mom and Dad Read more

"You don't say? That's crazy, because, just like you, I, as well am not balding at all!" Read more

Dater is a shit-talking bridge troll and Haynes\McNab\Moser are all unabashed, unqualified homers. I love my Avs but jesus christ their media coverage is the WORST. Glad that Macklemore Frankenstein can add being creepy as fuck to his resume. Read more

As a guy, I want to thank you for this article. I've never dealt with the kind of silencing and shaming that these women dealt with as a result of their decision to come forward. I probably never will. But having that process explained in all its particulars is enlightening and appalling. Reading about the lawyer who Read more

Final point on Sherman/Baldwin: Talking to media is part of the job. They wouldn't make as much if NFL wasn't pulling in $7B/year from media Read more

Shorter Rovell: "Uppity uppity uppity." Read more

I can't believe that of all of the things covered in this piece, the majority of the comments are focused on the question of whether male reporters are allowed to interview naked female players. They've reduced your love of the game to your "right" to see naked players. Read more