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Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


Poor Ben

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Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


Weebly posted:

I know this was in another thread but I think it applies better here. Why do people hate Dan LeBatard? He always comes across as a laid back guy, who is mildly funny. Never comes across like a skip bayless blowhard.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZr2qOXQJ4w

how can you hate this man.

Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


morestuff posted:

They did 500 for the NBA, as well. Seems like it's just an arbitrary number they settled on that wouldn't be too unmanageable.

There's not even 500 NBA players on active rosters :psyduck:

Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/7779341/when-do-draw-line-nfl-violence

Maybe someone here can tell me what point Simmons is trying to make. It seems to change every other sentence.

Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


Akileese posted:

Found this to be interesting and informative and frankly, the guy makes a pretty god drat good point about concussions and how NFL players view them.

http://deadspin.com/5936721/why-should-we-care-about-concussions-when-nfl-players-dont

"Sometimes if you're buzzed or dazed ... if you get your bell rung they consider that a concussion—I wouldn't," Polamalu said. "If that's considered a concussion, I'd say any football player at least records 50 to 100 concussions a year."


I'm not going to say ignorance is bliss, but I have the feeling I won't enjoy football quite as much as I used to.

Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


He's saying to be 4 games over .500, which would be 38-34.

Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


Um, I don't really follow nascar at all, but isn't Dale Jr. consistently a top-10 guy? Like doesn't he make it into the Chase dealy every year? That seems fairly successful.

Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


Wasn't Stan saying last year that he had a deal lined up with ESPN that mysteriously got pulled off the table?

as far as Simmons goes...he generally doesn't seem to take himself seriously, but then you have situations where he's legitimately upset that he wasn't made general manager of an NBA franchise. His column's are hit and miss, but I like his podcasts, and as someone said earlier, he'll forever be ok to me for giving us 30-for-30.

Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


That column is painful to read, but I agree with the sentiment, gently caress the ncaa.

Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


I don't know what it says that that kid probably handled the backlash to his story better than any professional I can remember, but it's probably nothing good.

Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


Ace Jameson posted:

The goal is to make the word so common and normalize it to such a degree that the mere mention instantly causes the act itself to occur, kind of like a manchurian candidate or police dog.

You're right leokitty, I was confusing Crion with a more reasonable version of mornacale.

what the gently caress is this?

Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


Harlock posted:

Ah yes, anyone who longs for the halcyon days of Baseball can't resist tying in politics.

Whatever happened to the predictability, the milk man, evening TV?

and the Negro League

Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


Troy Queef posted:

Only if I get to make every third/fourth post about how much I hate Jim Nantz.

I don't have nearly enough outlets for my Joe Buck hatred

Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


What about little leaguer autograph signings

Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


FlamingLiberal posted:

I think Reilly may have topped the 'Bryce Harper: Conservative Hero' writer for worst column this year.

That was last year.

Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


Reilly is doubling down on that lovely Redskins column

http://espn.go.com/blog/rick-reilly-go-fish/post/_/id/1272/rick-reilly-mailbag-sept-25-2013

Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


ElwoodCuse posted:

Rick Reilly has to be fired. Either he deliberately and completely misrepresented someone or he's too stupid to comprehend basic human interaction.

I don't see how this can be walked back so yeah

Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


At least don't listen to Doug Gottlieb jesus christ

E; Satisfying answers!


https://twitter.com/ReillyRick/status/388441470350680064

Rick Reilly posted:



While I stand by the reporting in my Sept. 18 column about the Washington Redskins nickname controversy, and felt I accurately quoted my father-in-law in the piece, clearly he feels differently. This is an incredibly sensitive issue, and Bob felt he had more to say on the subject after that column was posted on ESPN.com. We've spoken and cleared this up. I admire Bob and respect his opinions, and he's welcome to express them. Bob and I are good and I'm looking forward to my next steak with him.

:munch:

Jackie D fucked around with this message at 00:32 on Oct 11, 2013

Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


Ken Jeong is hosting Sportscenter :psyduck:

Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


I dunno, other than Kluwe rationalizing his own play nothing in that seems hard to believe at all, and that is pretty typical for a professional athlete (lol punters).

Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


swizz posted:

Respectfully dissent, Raleigh has some of the worst sports radio I've ever heard. Enjoyed sports radio in DC though

It's bad in DC too.

Kornheiser is ok I guess

Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.



How is it possible to have such a lack of self awareness

Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


Sash! posted:

I wouldn't go to Jalopnik to read about killer whales and why its probably bad to keep them in a concrete bathtub. That's what io9 is for. Similarly, I don't particularly want to read about race relations in a sports website (unless the race relations thing is, like, Jackie Robinson or about the Negro Leagues or something).

Its a good thing Grantland isn't just a sports website and never has been, then.

Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


Sexpansion posted:

What loving world do we live in where Bill Simmons looks like the most reasonable guy in the room.

I mean, when the room is filled with sports talk radio guys

Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


gently caress golf

Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


Crazy Ted posted:

Fascism might be the single most misused term in the English language.


Censorship

Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


gently caress Gawker, but, gently caress Peter Thiel even more, is my opinion.

Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


General Dog posted:

The difference this year is that most of these other countries have at least had their poo poo together enough that they could pretend things were okay. That Brazil can't even pass off any semblance of not being a disaster is kind of worrying.

It probably doesn't help that they're in the middle of a coup

Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


Crazy Ted posted:

I presume you're not terribly familiar with the work of Drew Magary, are you

This was over the top even for him, if I didn't know I'd have guessed Kluwe had written it

Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


Grantland certainly never had forced pop culture references

Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


Is the ringer WCW or TNA in this analogy

Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


Trevor Noah is aggressively unfunny though

Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


That's the most reasonable take Charles has had in months

Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


Yeah I don't see the issue here, Barstool is a cesspool and I'll never understand why PFT Commenter went there

Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


Thats also not true though

Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.



This made my stomach turn, Horowitz is a monster.

Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


GoutPatrol posted:

I believe this used to be called a daily newspaper

He said good content

Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


Wow that AA story killed Horowitz

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Jackie D
May 27, 2009

Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.


Troy Queef posted:

But did you see what LeBron tweeted about Russell's latest outfit and Steph's shoes? All while Jimmy Butler posted on Snapchat about The Greek Freak! Also Bella Thorne is thirst-trapping shade-throwing on Insta at Chandler Parsons!

Yeah, its fuckin cool

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