How am I just now learning about "Cryami Weaks"??? Read more

"'LeBron is obviously a Pantheon-level guy who would have been an All-Star in any decade,' said Simmons, his very being and consciousness spreading apart along a 26-dimensional space comprised of bosonic strings." [The Onion] Read more

Trollscouting Superman: "Loner, often retreats to Fortress of Solitude. Lacks killer instinct—believes injuring opponents is immoral. Refuses to undress in front of teammates. Died in 1992, so durability is a concern. A bit stiff in the hips." [Slate] Read more

This NFL mock draft generator has a great motor. Read more

Retro Report does its thing on the '98 Manning-Leaf draft and the cottage industry of character whisperers that sprang up in its wake. (If you've never heard of Retro Report, take a few minutes to watch this, about the myth of the crack-baby boom.)

This, from Andrew Baggarly, is good: "When making comparisons between prospects and established players, have I tended to group them along racial lines? Did I once compare Jason Heyward to a young Willie McCovey because they have similar baseball skills, or a similar complexion? Have I ever been more likely to… Read more

"That is Arlington's anxiety: that for all its success and its great stadiums, it had become a way station of the sports world, the Casablanca of 'North Texas.' Arlington was easy to love and it was easy to leave." What is Arlington, Texas? Bryan Curtis has your answers. [Grantland] Read more

"Wait, can you ask that question again, I got distracted real quick, there was a bird outside my window."—#CancelColbert activist Suey Park, who from this interview appears to be a sort of talking Sokal hoax. [Salon] Read more

Old pal Emma Carmichael tells you everything you need to know about UConn's Breanna Stewart, whom Geno Auriemma calls "the first Durantesque player in the women's game." [SI] Read more

"Their unfair sex practices," and 19 other things that men in 1945 did not like about "women in the office." [Jezebel] Read more

I don't know if I buy his conclusion, but it's always fun when Joe Posnanski goes rummaging through baseball's attic. Here he is on Louis Sockalexis—the legendary Penobscot ballplayer who once shredded his ankle jumping from a whorehouse's second-story window—and the naming of the Indians. [HardballTalk] Read more