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CORRECTION: This post originally said that the “sick and tired of being sick and tired” line was a line from Dumb & Dumber, but I actually just remembered that scene incorrectly:

I’m like 95% sure you are right but just to avoid looking like a double idiot, I’ve edited out all the gendered pronouns. Read more

This is my fault! I somehow completely forgot about Franklin’s involvement in the Vandy stuff, but thank you for reminding us. Read more

One morning, shortly after I had been hired full time, one of our editorial fellows, Dan, sent an email to Tommy and me, explaining that he would be a little bate late getting into work because he’d been mugged the night before, and was still sort of getting himself together. Tommy emailed him back, telling him to Read more

Yeah, there are a few cities in California that operate like this, and Bell is another one that got a lot of play in the media. Read more

I was struggling to nail that down. The series was known as Making The Band, but the seasons about Puff making Da Band were often called Making Da Band. Anyway, it looks like Making The Band is the official name, so I changed the hed. Read more

This is confusing! It’s because Harrison Barnes had a put-back dunk at the buzzer, but that was later taken away after a review showed that he didn’t beat the shot clock. Read more

I think the coolest thing about this strategy was just how hard the Warriors sold out on it. Teams double off of weak shooters all the time, but usually there is a t least some hesitancy about leaving the guy wiiiiiide open on the perimeter, and that can put the roaming defender in no-man’s land, which can open up Read more

A few of us think he’ll go to Turner so that he can do NBA stuff on TV, still do some podcasts for Bleacher Report or whatever, and stop writing altogether save for the occasional book here and there. Read more

As much grief as Simmons gets from us and others, you can’t say that he’s a bad boss. He gave a lot of really talented writers money and a platform at Grantland, and was smart enough to mostly stay out of their way and let them do cool stuff. I’ll take a boss like that over someone like Whitlock sending me memos Read more

Lots of them, probably, but Charlie Pierce! Read more