Recent content by Skeesix

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    Federal Judge: U.S. can be Indian givers:Redskins not trademarked

    Personally I think human mascots are kind of creepy so I'd be just fine with dumping the Notre Dame Mascot.
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    David Ortiz will retire at end of 2016 season.

    Ne me quitte Papi
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    Federal Judge: U.S. can be Indian givers:Redskins not trademarked

    On the contrary I think this is a potentially much-more effective stance. Just the risk of losing trademark would have persuaded a smarter businessman to change the name 15-20 years ago. Unfortunately it's Daniel Snyder and even his usual level of business sense is undercut by how personal it is...
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    Why Do I Continue to Read Peter King?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmhdiIDikU4
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    The Bill Simmons Thread

    I think you're forgetting the thing that he's done best, which is organize larger-scale "clearing houses" for sports entertainment. Being editor-in-chief of Grantland and putting together that stable of writers. Heading up 30 for 30 and putting together that group of film-makers. I'm not sure...
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    #DFG: Canceling the Noise

    Do you fight? Through the courts? Who has the financial means to pursue that kind of court battle? Anyways the punishment is another special from the Goodell dartboard of justice. It's certainly too harsh (compare to bounty-gate, a much much more serious threat to the integrity of the NFL), but...
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    The Bill Simmons Thread

      Well, Morris and Pierce were well-established before Grantland. But Rembert grew up and developed into a force on there, in part because heavyweights brought the traffic. Granted, Simmons has always been the big traffic draw, but he's not quite irreplaceable. I like that good writers can...
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    The Bill Simmons Thread

    I hope they find an editor-in-chief who can keep Grantland going in a real way. Ask Charles Pierce, Rembert Browne and Wesley Morris who would keep them on board.
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    Bill Simmons: Good Luck With Your Life.

    I find the existence of retro diaries to be grating. It feels like sitting down with a coworker to talk about her day and hearing nothing but "Well, what I should have said there was X! Jenny really would have been steamed then!"
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    Why Do I Continue to Read Peter King?

    Yeouch...   Seriously though, I did once enjoy King's writing. I was a little bored by the tales of high school softball, but the position of "She's my daughter and I love her and I'll write about her team, even if it takes away from football for 5 seconds" is defensible as opposed to "I like...
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    The Book of Pedro: Q&A with Mike Silverman

    Certainly at this point, although he's played in many places, he is probably most attached to Boston. What was the point where that happened? Was it meeting his wife here? Was it the signing of other Dominican luminaries like Manny?
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    2015 Eagles: What the hell is going on here?!

    So now we're talking about Mark Sanchez, Sam Bradford, Tim Tebow and Matt Barkley.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJBIQp1KQM0
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    Aaron Hernandez Trial (Odin Lloyd)

    The thing that the Lester Munson report notes that I missed in my following the trial was the brand new pair of Jordans. Truly a criminal mastermind...
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    The Best of Belichick: Pick your Quintessential BB Moments

    Astounding. I am cracking up at the idea of BB trying to seduce someone. That's a nice dress. Real nice.