Roundup: The Carlton Dance, Horse Kicks Trainer in the Head & Watch a Woman Nearly Get Hit by an Ambulance
Ali Larter … Emma Roberts looked hot at Coachella over the weekend … more on college waiting lists … Tommy Tomlinson is leaving the Observer for the new USA Today/MLB Advanced Media joint venture … “Manhattan residents want parking ban because of sex in cars” … Megan Fox is reportedly pregnant … Big Ten football tickets are getting increasingly expensive … “Zoning Out Is a Crucial Mental State” … Jessica Chastain might be in Iron Man 3 … teenager survived this fall through pavement …
It’s a done deal: Aaron Lynch, the Notre Dame defensive end, is transferring to USF. [TBO.com]
Pretty strong Whitlock column on journalism and the Bernie Fine case. [Fox Sports]
The art of hiring a football coach. Really cool read. [Seattle Times]
Rangers 3, Senators 2 in game six. They’ll play game seven on Thursday, the same night as the NFL draft and the final night of the NBA’s regular season. [NYDN]
Over the weekend, former NBA player Matt Geiger pulled a Bartman at a Rays’ game. [Rays Index]
Brian Dawkins has a retired. It’s too bad the Jets can’t get him out of retirement, because they could use a safety. Dawkins is a Hall of Fame lock. [Denver Post]
“The combined Social Security trust funds are expected to be exhausted in 2033, three years earlier than projected in last year’s annual report.” [CBS News]
Alabama WR DeAndrew White was released from the hospital, but nobody will say what transpired last week or how he got a concussion. [AL.com]
Phoenix 4, Chicago 0, and the Blackhawks have been eliminated from the playoffs. [SI]
Need to work on my Carlton Dance. Hi, Jesse Jane.
Dude’s lucky none of the women pulled out a weapon and started beating him. [via Adam]
Avery Bradley, thief!
Ohio State fans, you excited?
Look both ways …
Here’s a stallion kicking its trainer in the face. [via Adam]
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April 24th, 2012 at 8:04 AM
fixed.
April 24th, 2012 at 8:09 AM
That roundup photo does not look like Darcy Sears.
April 24th, 2012 at 8:09 AM
lol
/never heard of her
April 24th, 2012 at 8:11 AM
speaking of hall of fame locks, rick telander yesterday wrote that jamie moyer is a first ballot lolock
April 24th, 2012 at 8:11 AM
So you’re not going to watch the hockey game then?
April 24th, 2012 at 8:11 AM
Woo hoo!
April 24th, 2012 at 8:13 AM
Phoenix 4, Chicago 0, and the Blackhawks have been eliminated from the playoffs.
Mike Smith: big hot goalie
April 24th, 2012 at 8:15 AM
China’s creepy, man. What the hell are they hiding under the sidewalks? Godzirra?
April 24th, 2012 at 8:15 AM
So is Barry Melrose pulling his mullet out due to the teams that are advancing?
April 24th, 2012 at 8:16 AM
Brian Austin Green…legend.
April 24th, 2012 at 8:18 AM
Nicely done Roundup, JMac.
Not trying to pick a fight, but I was wondering if you have addressed (and I missed it) or plan to address the Anthony Davis post from this weekend. Maybe its just not a big deal, but it seemed like an egregious error or even a ripoff.
April 24th, 2012 at 8:18 AM
Fight on the strip!!!! Nothing good happens after 2 am.
April 24th, 2012 at 8:20 AM
Aaron Lynch is smart. South Bend sucks.
April 24th, 2012 at 8:20 AM
cmon vez telander?
why not quote the guy who lives under l tracks
April 24th, 2012 at 8:21 AM
Dont think its made the roundup the past two days, but U of Florida proposing to eliminate computer science research has been all over my reading sites lately.
Who needs dem fancy compooters. SEC! SEC! SEC!
April 24th, 2012 at 8:22 AM
Dammit moleman, where in the hell are you at?
April 24th, 2012 at 8:22 AM
Speaking of girls who can get it, Vanessa Marcil, here, here and here.
April 24th, 2012 at 8:23 AM
Ali Larter is much more preferred than the weekly pic of Rihanna, that’s for sure.
April 24th, 2012 at 8:24 AM
cmon vez telander?
why not quote the guy who lives under l tracks
then i don’t know what we’re doing here, if we can’t cherry-pick extreme opinions and have at them as if they were mainstream
April 24th, 2012 at 8:25 AM
Ali Larter – she’s 36. Doing great.
April 24th, 2012 at 8:27 AM
Racist.
April 24th, 2012 at 8:30 AM
Who needs dem fancy compooters. SEC! SEC! SEC!
Their computers lack SEC Speed. It seems the state created a polytechnic college in Tampa which is hoarding the tech funding resources. But for the state to eliminate computer sciences at their flagship school speaks to what a joke state colleges are in Florida. Tourism major, Hackey Sack minor: college the Florida way.
April 24th, 2012 at 8:31 AM
Objection: extreme racism
April 24th, 2012 at 8:31 AM
Ali Larter definite top 5 on the all-time itty bitty titty list.
April 24th, 2012 at 8:34 AM
/Team horses should be wagered on and eaten
April 24th, 2012 at 8:34 AM
just went back and saw the post. had no clue what you were talking about … then scrolled down to the comments. As i mentioned Monday in the roundup – took off about 2 pm Friday for my anniversary. basically off the web (checked twitter a couple times to tweet out links) until i came home saturday, sat down at CPU to write, checked NBA happenings from Friday, saw Bynum news, checked Olympic roster and it made sense to write about Davis (who should be on the team).
after i posted, a few people noted on twitter Simmons was the 2nd to float the idea. Mike DeCourcy of Sporting News was 1st. i didn’t see either of them. last DeCourcy thing i read was his dumb, “Lebron choked because he never went to college & played in the F4.” Can’t remember the last time i clicked a Simmons mailbag.
the end. oh, funny part of the anniversary – was talking to Jerry O Connell & his wife about the site (he reads it). He thinks i write about the Jets too much (but he likes it – that’s his team) and misses the PM roundup. im sure the other 10 people who miss the PM roundup are stoked.
April 24th, 2012 at 8:35 AM
Best Ali Larter movie? Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
April 24th, 2012 at 8:35 AM
Ali Larter is much more preferred than the weekly pic of Rihanna, that’s for sure.
but i have seen leaked nude pics of rihanna and i would enjoy the in-person experience
April 24th, 2012 at 8:37 AM
Jessica Chastain is stunning. (Love the redheads.) She was great in “The Debt.” Underrated movie, underrated actress.
April 24th, 2012 at 8:37 AM
I’d have sex with Ali Barter in a car before I would with Rhiana.
/ not racist as Rhiana is u-g-l-y, she ain’t got no alibi, she’s ugly, yeah, yeah, she ugly. Woo.
// spent two hours at a comp cheerleading tryouts last night. Just shoot me now.
April 24th, 2012 at 8:38 AM
To paraphrase the great 90s philosopher, Ginuwine: You’re telling me it’s different, but what the hell is different, if he transferred on me, he’ll do it to you…
April 24th, 2012 at 8:38 AM
yep, and no one reads the comments either.
April 24th, 2012 at 8:38 AM
im sure the other 10 people who miss the PM roundup are stoked.
why do you hate us?
April 24th, 2012 at 8:38 AM
Dude, it’s a nice movie and all, but it doesn’t touch Varsity Blues. Top 5 film from 1999.
April 24th, 2012 at 8:39 AM
im sure the other 10 people who miss the PM roundup are stoked.
Trip McNeeley misses the PM roundup? He was a sexual icon at Huntington high!
April 24th, 2012 at 8:39 AM
me and BBoB have something in common I guess.
April 24th, 2012 at 8:39 AM
Fair enough, thanks for the explanation. Definitely totally reasonable.
I think it’s funny that a commenter (can’t remember who) called that you were hanging out with O’Connell when you posted a shot of Rebecca Romijn for the Roundup. Also, I guess I’m one of the 10 that miss the PM Roundup. Bring that shit back!
April 24th, 2012 at 8:40 AM
Which commentator is Jerry O’Connell?
April 24th, 2012 at 8:40 AM
Dude, it’s a nice movie and all, but it doesn’t touch Varsity Blues. Top 5 film from 1999.
Yeah, I know I was just trying to stip it up. Varsity Blues also holds up really well.
April 24th, 2012 at 8:40 AM
J-Mac has nothing if not the pulse of his people.
April 24th, 2012 at 8:41 AM
fuck you for almost making me defend UF academics, scripty.
April 24th, 2012 at 8:42 AM
Between Cush and Trip McNeeley, Jerry O’Connell has two legendary roles.
April 24th, 2012 at 8:42 AM
He doesn’t comment, just reads.
And yes, Chicago, someone is rather astute.
April 24th, 2012 at 8:43 AM
by “10″ Jace means “the commentariat as a whole.”
free the PM Roundup!
April 24th, 2012 at 8:45 AM
I forgot Jerry was also in the “Heartbreaker” Mariah Carey video. Great work Jerry!
April 24th, 2012 at 8:45 AM
Well, if the erection that just ripped a hole in my pants is any indication…
April 24th, 2012 at 8:46 AM
Here he is.
KC Resident. Respected. Veteran. Astute.
April 24th, 2012 at 8:46 AM
I have that Carlton Dance song stuck in my head.
April 24th, 2012 at 8:47 AM
Well, if the erection that just ripped a hole in my pants is any indication…
i have pants that old, too
April 24th, 2012 at 8:47 AM
He’s also quickly approaching Ted McGinley’s record for most cancelled TV shows.
April 24th, 2012 at 8:49 AM
Jerry O’Connell
i pick and choose what i want to be hip to. when i see this name all i think about is the jerry from the indsurance ads, who wants to be back with allstate after crashing his car
i just wanna be bundled!
April 24th, 2012 at 8:49 AM
Pretty strong Whitlock column on journalism and the Bernie Fine case. [Fox Sports]
I’m thrilled you’re one of the 10 people left in America who correctly knows the difference between a “column” and a “story” or “article.” To go along with yesterday’s “Death of Facts” column, the general public not using proper nomenclature on articles and/or columns is a major pet peeve.
im sure the other 10 people who miss the PM roundup are stoked.
Maybe add another 0 at the end there, chief. Quick question: how many celebs/famous people are you on speaking terms with? What if all of them liked the PM Roundup? Surely, if the mighty Bilas asked you…
Yeah, I know I was just trying to stip it up. Varsity Blues also holds up really well.
I. Don’t. Want. Yer. Life!
April 24th, 2012 at 8:53 AM
Half of yesterday’s posts (“look at this picture of ________”) could have been nicely combined into a PM Roundup thus freeing up some space for posts about sports.
April 24th, 2012 at 8:56 AM
huge dawkins fan, but lock? not so fast…
April 24th, 2012 at 8:57 AM
You’ve just hit on why there will never be a PM Roundup. Your post (and mine) will be deleted within 5 minutes.
April 24th, 2012 at 8:57 AM
four all-pro teams spence. that’s strong
April 24th, 2012 at 8:59 AM
im sure the other 10 people who miss the PM roundup are stoked.
Speaking of stoked, you know you just stoked that fire, almost ensuring that this roundup will hit 450 comments easy.
April 24th, 2012 at 8:59 AM
Didn’t Jerry O’Connell once write a piece for this site?
If I’m remembering correctly, it made “Fridays with Artie” seem like a good idea.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:01 AM
The combined Social Security trust funds are expected to be exhausted in 2033, three years earlier than projected in last year’s annual report.”
We should be ok if those damn baby boomers just die off sooner. Stupid medical science.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:01 AM
he wrote lots of pieces. mostly about his affinity for booze. and there were a lot of videos. his handle was BeelzeBoB or something like that.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:01 AM
If the Twitter followers don’t mention it, it is not missed.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:03 AM
Absolute lock, best safety in the league for a 6-7 year span. I will battle anyone to the death who think he isn’t a surefire HoFer.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:04 AM
Can’t remember the last time i clicked a Simmons mailbag. TBL
Jason has long said he doesn’t pay much attention to Simmons. And Simmons barely writes anything anymore and if he does have a column it goes up very late on Friday afternoons.
KC Resident. Respected. Veteran. Astute.
Also, constipated this morning.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:04 AM
O’Connell peaked in Stand by Me, but was strong in his Tom Cruise impersonation videos.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:04 AM
OT,
Did Halloween in Chicago last year with a group of friends as characters from Varsity Blues. I was Bud Kilmer – slicked back the hair with some gray, wore a headset and a whistle, and customized a polo with the team logo – glorious. We had Mox, the slutty teacher, the cheerleader, and Kilmer. It was too bad we didn’t have a gigantic friend to play Billy Bob.
This year it’s probably Dodgeball. I can’t decide between young Patches or old Patches.
/OT
Also, Dawkins is a HOF. I’m not sure about first ballot lock, but definitely a HOF.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:05 AM
Brian Austin Green…legend.
Anyone remember last week’s thread where I said I get told I look like him all the time? Just sayin…
April 24th, 2012 at 9:05 AM
I’m a big Jamie Moyer fan (I’m a fan of any athlete still going that is older than I am), but there is no way he should be in the hall of fame.
He’s a “lock” because he deserves to be there, but I don’t have a ton of confidence the voters will do the right thing and put him in when the time comes. There are only a handful of safeties in the HOF right now and the fossils that vote on these things can be obstinate.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:07 AM
Chris Carter proved that nobody is a first ballot lock.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:08 AM
If I’m remembering correctly, it made “Fridays with Artie” seem like a good idea.
You gotta give FSV and USA Today credit. Even they thought Fridays with Artie was horrible.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:08 AM
So many of those “famous” people were doing the dance horribly. I’ll forgive Mr. Belding and Taco for theirs.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:09 AM
He’ll have ample time to know where he stands when Lynch becomes eligible next year.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:10 AM
Ali Larter is a HOF lock.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:10 AM
2nd the notion
April 24th, 2012 at 9:11 AM
Exactly.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:11 AM
Everybody if you can, do the Bartman
Shake your body, turn it out, if you can, man
Move your butt to the side, yes you can, can
Everybody in the house, do the Bartman
April 24th, 2012 at 9:12 AM
PM roundup was lefendary.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:12 AM
if ali larter had bewbs, she would be a top 5 girl for me.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:12 AM
*legendary
April 24th, 2012 at 9:12 AM
This is one of those times I am positive that TBL was trolling.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:13 AM
At least my team didn’t get knocked out of the playoffs by the Phoenix Goddamn Coyotes.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:13 AM
Looks much hotter when cleaned up. (NSFW)
April 24th, 2012 at 9:13 AM
Time for some roughage.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:14 AM
She can do whatever the hell she wants.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:15 AM
He doesn’t comment, just reads.
Fraud.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:15 AM
Also, O’Connell’s a horse guy, and his post was about the Triple Crown.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:17 AM
im sure the other 10 people who miss the PM roundup are stoked.
If we were to poll the average commenter here, I would estimate 75% of the commenters miss the PM round-up. It usually was posted at the perfect time of the afternoon.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:17 AM
slicked back the hair with some gray, wore a headset and a whistle, and customized a polo with the team logo – glorious.
most involved costume for me was dieter of sprockets. slicked back the hair, got black clothing slightly too small, even taped a beanie baby monkey to my shoulder.
touch him, love him! leiben my schwingelhoffen!
April 24th, 2012 at 9:18 AM
free the PM Roundup!
2nd the notion
Three’s in.
I pledge to support a revival of the PM Roundup, if it should occur.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:18 AM
OT…bubba’s swing right handed. just a konica minolta bizhub swing vision vid flipped, but still cool.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:19 AM
yea, but we don’t matter.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:20 AM
Looks much hotter when cleaned up. (NSFW)
why you gotta do that? i had cleared my schedule and gave my penis a heads-up
April 24th, 2012 at 9:20 AM
Your team is a complete joke. I doubt the Pens would have even made the playoffs if they played in the Western Conference.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:20 AM
Yuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuup.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:21 AM
Wow, that’s a solid choice. Very underated SNL sketch.
/You have disturbed me almost to the point of insanity…
//There. I am insane now.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:21 AM
True to a point.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:21 AM
A PM Roundup would be glorious. I don’t really hop back much during the day unless something in the RSS feed strikes my eye. Baseball and basketball don’t interest me in the slightest and I don’t give a shit about TeLinChez, which eliminates 90 percent of the content here. Even if the PM roundup is 6-8 links…still glorious.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:22 AM
I’m conflicted. I hovered the link, it looks like I can click it, but at the same time I remember fourgirlsfingerpainting.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:22 AM
//raises hand b/c he misses the PM Round-up
April 24th, 2012 at 9:22 AM
/Team PM Roundup
April 24th, 2012 at 9:22 AM
the average commenter
i bet there’s an average demographic, but average mentality? we only have extremes
April 24th, 2012 at 9:23 AM
PM Roundup at 3pm eastern would be perfect.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:23 AM
But according to the EIC, we don’t matter. Too small a number to care about: http://twitter.com/#!/TheBigLead/status/193754092663869440
April 24th, 2012 at 9:23 AM
We need to start killing off some old people.
When is Euthanasia Day at the old folks home?
April 24th, 2012 at 9:26 AM
/Team PM Roundup
How can we have a PM roundup? There would be no time for sideline reporters getting splashed with gatorade and old guys shooting at radar guns. Silly commenters.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:26 AM
I wish I understood hockey better. I couldn’t figure out why Jimmy Hayes got kicked out of the game last night for doing something that seemed to be part of the game, and done all the time. Then the Coyotes got a 5 minute power play. Also, fuck Mike Smith.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:26 AM
Heck yeah PM Roundup.
Also, albino orca.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:30 AM
HawkEye, what does it say? Can’t access twitter at work.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:30 AM
13-2-3 against the West this year. Solid solid point.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:30 AM
I click on the posts purely based on the commenter shennanigan potential.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:31 AM
We need to start killing off some old people.
When is Euthanasia Day at the old folks home?
We need Fernando Vidal, the world’s most devious assassin.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:31 AM
I thought the Death Panels embedded in Obamacare took care of this for us? Are you telling me that Sarah Palin lied?
April 24th, 2012 at 9:31 AM
Chicago – @mattmoriarity I ignore 99% of it. Commenters make up .05% of readers.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:31 AM
If only some other website would give us the sports content and PM Roundup that we so desire.
/ stares longingly out the window
April 24th, 2012 at 9:32 AM
I wonder what @mattmoriarity’s opinion of the site is when it won’t load for him?
April 24th, 2012 at 9:33 AM
Anyone else having serious issues with the site loading this morning?
April 24th, 2012 at 9:33 AM
I’m not sure why people don’t accept that as accurate. Most people who read any site on the internet aren’t commenting on them.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:33 AM
It says you are irrelevant.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:33 AM
Coyotes = Preds. Same fucking team. Lets sit back, keep ya to the outside, block shots and rely on are amazing goalie woooooo! Oh and when you turn the puck over, we’ll be there to shove it down your throat. Just sit back and let you fail while we capitalize on the chances we get.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:33 AM
But don’t worry SG you’ve still got your Red Wings. Oh. Oh.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:34 AM
I couldn’t figure out why Jimmy Hayes got kicked out of the game last night for doing something that seemed to be part of the game, and done all the time.
Pretty blatant check from behind, which resulted in Rozsival leaving the game with an injury. Easy call to give him 5 and a game.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:34 AM
Absolutely.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:34 AM
Yep.
//Bitches about paying 3x what I was 15 years ago for season tickets.
///Grabs debit card. Fills out renewal form.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:34 AM
Damn. That’s cold.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:34 AM
Hypothetical…the Steve Phillips post…what drove the page views for that post? The post or the absolutely hillarious comments that I passed around to like 10 people at work?
April 24th, 2012 at 9:35 AM
@mattmoriarity seems like a real wet blanket. wah wah, there are a lot of memes in the comments.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:35 AM
If the commenters are 0.05% of the readership, @mattmoriarty represents a much, much smaller fraction and this is at least the second RT given to him about the general shittiness of the commenters around here.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:36 AM
yes. and yesterday. and probably tomorrow.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:36 AM
That tailpipe is hot.
/masturbates furiously
April 24th, 2012 at 9:36 AM
But according to the EIC, we don’t matter. Too small a number to care about: http://twitter.com/#!/TheBigLead/status/193754092663869440
I’m not sure why people don’t accept that as accurate. Most people who read any site on the internet aren’t commenting on them.
Agreed. However, I don’t read most of the posts so I’m not sure I count as a reader.
Anyone else having serious issues with the site loading this morning?
For some reason, and I’m not a tech guy, http://www.bigleadsports.com works just fine.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:36 AM
Vader Fist Pump, Yeah!
April 24th, 2012 at 9:36 AM
HawkEye, what does it say? Can’t access twitter at work.
From one Twitter user to TBL: “Love the site, but it has to be incredibly frustrating to deal with the commentators. Lots of “you’ve changed” and “TBL’d” crap”
TBL’s response: “I ignore 99% of it. Commenters make up .05% of readers.”
I find that math to be highly dubious myself, but then again I’m not the one with the low-seven figures.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:36 AM
I think most people are more hurt by the comment that we don’t matter. Even though it’s true, it’s uncouth to alienate your most passionate fanbase, and nobody likes to be trivialized.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:37 AM
@mattmoriarity
Watching the birth of a meme is an exciting thing.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:37 AM
This DSLR shit has my head swimming. Poeple say go Canon, people say go Nikon. Nobody has concrete evidence, though.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:37 AM
“What the fuck is an amazing goalie?”
- Penguins fans
April 24th, 2012 at 9:37 AM
Hypothetical…the Steve Phillips post…what drove the page views for that post? The post or the absolutely hillarious comments that I passed around to like 10 people at work?
I agree with this. I was a lurker for 3-4 years before I signed up to comment. I came here for the hilarious and sometimes information comments way more than I came to read the posts.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:37 AM
Considering 5 of the top 10 most in-demand occupations (per US News) are IT related, this sounds like a perfectly logical decision by those fine folks in Gainesville.
Based on this sites performance and usability, I’m betting that TBL tech support comes from the newly non-existent U of F College of Computer Science.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:38 AM
This is true. I enjoy the good posts, i.e., the Lisk posts, more than the other, but my use of this site is more about the comment section than the content of the posts.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:38 AM
TBL’s response: “I ignore 99% of it. Commenters make up .05% of readers.”
Who are the other .05%?
April 24th, 2012 at 9:38 AM
I’m challenging Matt Moriarty to a fight at 3:00 pm over by the TBL Learning Annex.
Unless there’s a PM roundup today…then we are pushing it back to 4:00.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:39 AM
Any chance Staal gets moved?
Bobby Lou on the move for sure. Florida, Tampa or perhaps the Blackhawks?
April 24th, 2012 at 9:39 AM
I certainly hope those options contain some flame retardant pants.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:40 AM
TBL, I think you’re actually more patient with the banhammer than you need to be when some of these guys shit directly into your facehole. But you do realize people can see what you write on Twitter, right? It’s not private. Marginalizing the group most invested in the site — a group that, if properly nurtured, essentially acts as a free viral marketing company — doesn’t seem like the best choice.
If you ignore most of the commenters, why not just write for a newspaper?
April 24th, 2012 at 9:40 AM
Matt Moriarty = Todd Charske
April 24th, 2012 at 9:40 AM
Is it just the power that he checked him with? When guys go to the boards, it usually seems like there’s at least somewhat of a collision. I didn’t think he tried to put his face in the boards, so I have to assume it’s an obvious penalty due to how hard Hayes hit him?
April 24th, 2012 at 9:40 AM
I’m more curious about the remaining .90%.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:41 AM
Yeah – I want to be nurtured!
April 24th, 2012 at 9:42 AM
Prospective Twitter clients, like Applebee’s.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:42 AM
Chris Neil kicked that goal in last night. Can’t believe Toronto allowed that.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:43 AM
Is it just the power that he checked him with?
Nope, the issue with that hit is that checking from behind is illegal. Rozsival was not in a position to defend himself against (he didn’t see it coming). Had he not been injured it likely would have been 2 minutes for boarding.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:43 AM
is anyone really hurt by this? sack up. who really gives a shit what TBL thinks about your internet persona or comments?
if that was sarcasm, I retract the previous three sentences.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:43 AM
I like my Canon because it’ll use all Canon/Canon autofocus mount lenses. With Nikon, there’s a difference. Lower end DSLRs use a different autofocus system, so not all lenses are autofocus. Higher end can use all Nikjor sutofocus lenses.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:44 AM
So maybe jason wants us to stop commenting. Yeah, that would make the site better.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:44 AM
This DSLR shit has my head swimming. Poeple say go Canon, people say go Nikon. Nobody has concrete evidence, though.
Best thing to do is to go to a camera store, talk to someone who actually knows something and buy from somewhere that has a better price.
I’ve had an EOS Rebel for several years and it’s been working great. Honestly, you can’t go wrong with either the Nikon or Canon.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:44 AM
Ugh. I hope not. But cannot blame him if he wanted to. Granted I think it would be a huge risk for a team to make him a number one center, but if he wants that role then I really cannot hold it against him.
Shero needs to find a way to move Martin and Michalek’s deals. A lot of people hated those deals when they were signed and with Martin they were dead the fuck on. Absolutely garbage contract. Going to have to trade for pennies on the dime to get him off the books, sadly.
Frankly I wouldn’t mind moving Orpik either.
Or Fleury.
Only people I give a shit about are Crosby, Malkin, Staal, Letang (unless he plays like he did in the playoffs again), and kind of sort of James Neal. Anyone else, outside of the young defenders, are movable assets. Blow the team up outside of its spine.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:44 AM
Considering 5 of the top 10 most in-demand occupations (per US News) are IT related, this sounds like a perfectly logical decision by those fine folks in Gainesville.
Haven’t read any of the articles. I read headlines and draw my own conclusions. Are they eliminating all computer science or are they just moving the courses to another department like engineering?
April 24th, 2012 at 9:44 AM
Any chance Staal gets moved?
Only if Ray Shero has an aneurysm.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:45 AM
Who are the other .05%?
I’m more curious about the remaining .90%.
Damn it. Math Fail on my part.
Speaking of the extremes… where is Dirt?
April 24th, 2012 at 9:45 AM
sack up. who really gives a shit what TBL thinks about your internet persona or comments?
Wait, so TBL doesn’t care about my avatar or Mr. Perfect and a name that literally zero people have called me in real life?
April 24th, 2012 at 9:46 AM
Hurt probably isn’t the right word. My only point was that people were taking exception to that comment, and not the numbers comment.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:46 AM
In case anyone is wondering, the Royals losing streak now stands at 11 games. Fucking assholes.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:47 AM
Last week he stated in the comments he was thinking about liquidating all of us and starting over for commenting.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:47 AM
Got it. I appreciate it, Geeezeus.
/goes back into hockey hibernation until the Blackhawks are playing again
April 24th, 2012 at 9:47 AM
Agreed. As for the interference on that play, I thought Neil got shoved into Lundquist. The fact that the alleged interference was not even reviewable seemed lost on the announcers, who yammered on and on about it, without even noticing the huge soccer windup Neil took to deflect the puck into the net (which is obviously reviewable).
Lundquist losing his shit after the game was fantastic.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:48 AM
A lot of people on here have tried to say that commenters drive the site. That is not even remotely true.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:49 AM
That’s a rule that needs to change.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:49 AM
Any specific reason given?
April 24th, 2012 at 9:49 AM
Nice work. Pens beat all teams that didn’t make the playoffs and lost to all the teams that did. Thank you for making my point.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:49 AM
Plenty of teams would like to have him. Including the one I root for.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:49 AM
Unless you ask a question about comparing college basketball coaches and players or Manning rumors not being on the Broncos website. That seems to draw some ire.
White Sox four in a row and four over .500. Third best run differential, after the Rangers and Yankees, in the AL. It probably won’t last, but I’ll enjoy it while it does.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:49 AM
A lot of people on here have tried to say that commenters drive the site. That is not even remotely true.
/SEO’d
April 24th, 2012 at 9:49 AM
I have the Sony a230k. it’s a great camera and all of my old minolta lenses work with it (Sony bought Minolta).
unless you’re a really, really good photographer, your choice between Canon, Nikon, or Sony does not matter. do yourself a favor and figure out how much you’re willing to spend first. then price a DSLR and a few accessories like an extra lens or two. the most popular is probably Canon and then Nikon and then Sony so you’ll likely have a few more accessories options with a Canon than the other two, but not by much.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:50 AM
I’ve really been enjoying CBC when they have games on. Finally have CBC HD. About damn time Comcast.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:51 AM
Perhaps I hold the commenters in too high of regard, but I know that the comments/commenting are what has kept me coming back. Hell, it’s what caught my attention back in 2006 when I first started reading.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:51 AM
What this boils down to is — Would you go to TBL to get your sports news with comments disabled?
April 24th, 2012 at 9:52 AM
He was 100 percent right, but he will be a little lighter in the wallet for it.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:52 AM
he would go #3 to the possibility of this.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:53 AM
If there’s a used camera store, go there. Lots of used DSL bodies & lenses to work with, and huge savings. Heck, even a pawn shop would work.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:53 AM
I like the guy that tweeted TBL to let him know that the commenters are out of control and way too self-righteous (which was later retweeted by Duffy).
April 24th, 2012 at 9:53 AM
Vancouver – Beat them
St. Louis – OT loss
Phoenix – Beat them
Detroit – Loss
Chicago – Beat them
San Jose – OT Loss
LA – Beat them.
Solid, solid point
April 24th, 2012 at 9:53 AM
I think he is tired of people complaining in the comments. Although even if you started over that wouldn’t stop, unless you went Eastern bloc on the commenters. Also, he mentioned that commenters don’t drive the site, which I think is true, but a lot of “loyal” readers who have started a great little corner of the internet here.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:54 AM
Well….the “Ottawa Conspiracy” bit was over the top, but yeah, he was accurate in that that probably shouldn’t have been a goal for, at least, a couple of reasons.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:54 AM
Oh yeah beat Nashville too.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:54 AM
no. but I also don’t care that Jace trivializes comments and those who write them while enjoying the tweeter fellatio.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:55 AM
Nope. Back to DS, SB Nation, Pro talk, etc.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:55 AM
You’re probably right, but I’d love to see what would happen to the site traffic if he closed the comments for good. I mean, rarely is there anything truly unique or wildly interesting or earth-shattering that’s posted here that would make the site a must-read for me but for the comments.
I don’t exaggerate when I say I largely come here for the comments, and I don’t even comment that much anymore.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:55 AM
Oh yeah beat Nashville too.
Lost to the Oilers though. Surely a sign of things to come.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:55 AM
Commenters don’t drive this site at all. It’s all about SEO. J-Mac is going the Bleacher Report route, and I don’t blame him.
Chase that paper.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:56 AM
People come here for the sports news?
April 24th, 2012 at 9:56 AM
OT wins in October and November and a loss to Edmonton. Nice work, Pens.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:57 AM
But Hosmer hit a homer!!!!!
/alliteration!!!!!
//and fantasy!!!!
April 24th, 2012 at 9:57 AM
Hell no. I don’t know that anyone would frequent one of their favorite blogs without the opportunity to leave an opinion/pithy comment.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:57 AM
I meant comments don’t drive the site traffic. If you just look at the traffic numbers compared to the comments it’s kind of a no brainer.
ESPN gets how many millions of hits and most of the articles on there don’t have comments outside of the thousands unless it’s a massive story.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:58 AM
I can guarantee I wouldn’t visit this site at all if commenting was closed.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:58 AM
I come here for beekeeping tips
April 24th, 2012 at 9:58 AM
Are the Oilers gonna get a goalie and some d help?
April 24th, 2012 at 9:58 AM
LOL. I wonder how we’re self-righteous and out of control. I would seriously like to hear an explanation on this.
Also, everything Mike NYC just said.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:59 AM
And two wins down the stretch against the two teams that knocked out your two teams.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:59 AM
I’m buying a refurb for sure. Probably willing to drop $900 between body, a couple lenses to cover whatever I do, and a flash. Looking at the Nikon D5100 and Canon Rebel T2i right now. Sony a55 looks kinda cool, too.
My old man is a Pentax guy. Still has the 35mm he bought in Germany in 1970. He found a K-1000 over the weekend at a thrift store for $2 and it works perfectly. I’ve kicked around going the film route just because of that.
April 24th, 2012 at 9:59 AM
But the people on the twitters are so nice. That sinkhole is one big reach around, oooh, retweet me, ooo, i retweeted that, oooh we think exactly alike and are bestest of friends.
Fuck that noise, real people disagree and do so in more than 140 characters.
April 24th, 2012 at 10:00 AM
Yuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuup.
You clueless buffoon. Seriously though, the number one tip I can give is to name them all. It brings a sense of personality to the hives.
April 24th, 2012 at 10:00 AM
Nah. I’d probably visit from time to time, but I really come here to hang out with you guys.
/group hug
All of this. Do people complain? Sure. But people complain everywhere. We pretty much “police our own” if someone gets out of line/douchy, but I don’t get all this self rightous stuff. I’m just here to have a good time and laugh at Dirt’s stories.
April 24th, 2012 at 10:00 AM
Agreed.
But how many active commenters are there? A few hundred?
I mean Deadspin’s traffic still kept going up even after AJ killed off all the commenters back in the day. They only saw a dip, if I remember correctly, when Gawker unleashed the worst redesign ever.
April 24th, 2012 at 10:01 AM
Yeah, but ESPN comment section is the trailer park of sports site commenting. A bunch of random morons spouting uneducated nonsense. At least here, you recognize the names.
April 24th, 2012 at 10:01 AM
No.
April 24th, 2012 at 10:01 AM
You’re probably right, but I’d love to see what would happen to the site traffic if he closed the comments for good. I mean, rarely is there anything truly unique or wildly interesting or earth-shattering that’s posted here that would make the site a must-read for me but for the comments.
I don’t exaggerate when I say I largely come here for the comments, and I don’t even comment that much anymore.
I agree. I rarely comment, but read the comments daily. As far as content on the site, I read the Round-Up, Lisk posts, Duffy soccer posts, and I used to read Yard Work (RIP). If there were no comments here, I would never visit this site.
April 24th, 2012 at 10:01 AM
The explanation is “let me say something that this guy with 60k followers will surely love and will consider RT’ing so I can pick up some new followers”.
April 24th, 2012 at 10:02 AM
… I can kind of see the self-righteous comments now.
April 24th, 2012 at 10:02 AM
I don’t comment at EDSBS. I go there though cause it’s funny and informative.
April 24th, 2012 at 10:02 AM
lets stop the navel gazing regarding the commenting issue…we all know what the score is. it’s like a local starbucks…the owner only cares about selling coffee, but the coffee’s only a small part of the reason the regulars come every day.
April 24th, 2012 at 10:02 AM
April 24th, 2012 at 10:03 AM
I demand that Matt Moriarty speaks for himself!
April 24th, 2012 at 10:03 AM
Same. Someone mentioned it already, but where the hell is he?
April 24th, 2012 at 10:03 AM
And laid down a bunt!
April 24th, 2012 at 10:04 AM
probably less than 50, id guess.
April 24th, 2012 at 10:04 AM
Starbucks coffee tastes like burnt sheep’s asshole.
Analogy holds.
April 24th, 2012 at 10:04 AM
the haggis blend.
April 24th, 2012 at 10:05 AM
Urnial Mint – I have a Sony a100k that has a broken lcd screen on the back. that’s the only thing wrong with it. we bought the a230k to replace the a100k after that screen broke with the intention of selling the a100k for cheap. if you are interested, email me at mizerle06(at)gmail(dot)com.
April 24th, 2012 at 10:05 AM
Yeah, but that’s why he trivializes the commenters. We don’t fellate hime.
April 24th, 2012 at 10:05 AM
Probably talking to police about that 2nd dead body they found by his house.
April 24th, 2012 at 10:05 AM
Don’t go to film. Dying medium.
Remember what I said about some Nikon cameras lacking an autofocus motor? That’s one of them. If you want autofocus, that limits you to a small number of lenses.
April 24th, 2012 at 10:06 AM
Yeah, I was watching MLB Tonight and saw that live. He’s a hustler! He’s scrappy!
/because he’s white
April 24th, 2012 at 10:07 AM
He’s also hitting right around .200 and needs to get the fuck on base.
April 24th, 2012 at 10:07 AM
Compared to the cesspools of local newspaper sites, or ESPN, we are much much better. We self-police fairly well and just because we disagree with Jason, doesn’t mean we don’t come here for the community.
April 24th, 2012 at 10:07 AM
Well played. I laughed.
April 24th, 2012 at 10:07 AM
the large part is to write their screenplays and novels and songs, right?
April 24th, 2012 at 10:07 AM
We’re all headed to the Bodybuilding.com forums if this place goes nuclear!
April 24th, 2012 at 10:08 AM
If records are still around, film will never go away. You may have to pay more at a specialty store or website, but you’ll always have access.
April 24th, 2012 at 10:09 AM
I say we go a day without commenting. Keep it all onTwitter. His page views would go way down.
April 24th, 2012 at 10:09 AM
/high fives st. bear
April 24th, 2012 at 10:10 AM
I’ll research and consider. Thanks for the heads-up.
April 24th, 2012 at 10:10 AM
Shit, if TBL blew up the comment section, we’d be like the Dothraki tribe just rolling through the red waste without a home. People riding in each direction to find shelter….coming back without heads….when the fuck will our dragons be grown?
April 24th, 2012 at 10:11 AM
I’m going to need some lead time before the exodus. I’ve got almost 10 years of old workout notebooks I need to copy into Excel.
April 24th, 2012 at 10:11 AM
@mattmoriarity I ignore the burning sensation 99$ of the time I pee, only like .05% have an STD.
April 24th, 2012 at 10:11 AM
This is very interesting. Somebody pick a day.
April 24th, 2012 at 10:12 AM
Yeah, but at least the owner doesnt piss on you while reading the Huffington Post on your iPad wearing thick rimmed non-prescription glasses. Fucking hipsters.
Not sure you can have it both ways, ignoring/not reading comments and simultaneously complaining about them.
April 24th, 2012 at 10:12 AM
but the coffee’s only a small part of the reason the regulars come every day.
the large part is to write their screenplays and novels and songs, right?
i wrote poet-rah at borders
April 24th, 2012 at 10:13 AM
What are we, Mexicans?
April 24th, 2012 at 10:15 AM
@Vatican Love the religion, but it has to be incredibly frustrating to deal with the rape victims. Lots of “you haven’t changed” and “stop the raping” crap
/Matt Moriarity ‘d
April 24th, 2012 at 10:15 AM
I say we go a day without commenting. Keep it all onTwitter. His page views would go way down.
to what end tho? we’re removing a bit of fun from that day, and we hope for…what? tbl to say nice things to us or stop belittling us? fuck that
April 24th, 2012 at 10:16 AM
I think that’s low. About a year or so ago I went through an entire (ordinary) week and counted over 200 commenters. I’m guessing maybe 100 “regulars”? Then again, I guess that depends on your definition of regular.
April 24th, 2012 at 10:16 AM
as someone well versed in pee with a focus on couches, dealing with pee is simply mind over matter. if you don’t mind the pee, it doesn’t matter!
April 24th, 2012 at 10:19 AM
I can tell you that if not for the commenters I would have no reason to visit anymore. I can get second-rate sports and pop culture commentary elsewhere but the community here is what keeps me coming back. And I say that as someone who doesn’t comment all that much myself.
April 24th, 2012 at 10:19 AM
Is this real?
April 24th, 2012 at 10:19 AM
For years I frequented the Elitefitness message boards, for some reason.
/5’11″ 155
April 24th, 2012 at 10:20 AM
OT…im absolutely fucking stoked that the dude i bought my driver shaft from on golfwrx has 666 posts to his name.
THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST. HELL! AND FIRE! SWORN TO BE RELEASED!
April 24th, 2012 at 10:20 AM
I go #2 at least 3 times a day, I would say I am pretty regular.
April 24th, 2012 at 10:21 AM
And like clockwork the site starts loading incredibly slow for me. Well played, TBL.
April 24th, 2012 at 10:21 AM
you truly are a master poopsmith.
April 24th, 2012 at 10:21 AM
Though I don’t get why people would say “I’d just go to reading Deadspin.” Not exactly much content there anymore, horrible layout, half of the stuff has even less connection to sports than on here, and terrible book excerpts.
April 24th, 2012 at 10:22 AM
So we would head to Qarth.com? The greatest site there ever was or will be? Pronounced Qarth.
April 24th, 2012 at 10:22 AM
All your stupid insulting complaints, err comments, broke the site. Time to bring down the banhammer.
April 24th, 2012 at 10:23 AM
Spencer, it’s:
6 6 6, the number of the beast
Hell and fire was spawned to be released
EDDIE Lives!
April 24th, 2012 at 10:24 AM
the gawker network kinda blows my mind a bit…io9 and kotaku are awesome, gizmodo and lifehacker are ok, but jezebel and deadspin are fucking horrible. if gawker didn’t have some good longreads, i prolly wouldnt go there as much.
April 24th, 2012 at 10:25 AM
It also must be noted that this place is becoming a Mutual Contempt Society between the proprietor and his customers. But I enjoy the tension.
April 24th, 2012 at 10:28 AM
@CISPA Love the law, but it has to be incredibly frustrating to deal with internet users. Lots of “you’re killing the internet” and “stop being a corporate whore fascist” crap
/Matt Moriarity ‘d
April 24th, 2012 at 10:32 AM
also, yes.
April 24th, 2012 at 10:34 AM
While the Gawker Media layout does suck, I’m happy is actually loads every time I goto it. Amazing that a website is supposed to do that.
April 24th, 2012 at 10:37 AM
io9 is good except for the fact that they clearly schill for certain movies. I read gizmodo and lifehacker, but the gizmodo writers are ridiculously catty with the tech stuff. Gawker is solid, Jezebel I will look at just to remind myself that bitches be crazy.
April 24th, 2012 at 10:38 AM
I ignore 99% of the comments as well… mainly because I don’t have time to read through them all while attempting to actually be productive. If I had to guess, that’s TBL’s real reason as well. Don’t flatter yourselves guys – I actually enjoy reading the comments section – but I’m sure TBL understands that if you guys are gone – more will come. Not many commenters have actually lasted 6 years since the site launched, and yet TBL continues to do well. Amazing.
April 24th, 2012 at 10:40 AM
Deadspin is an abortion.
April 24th, 2012 at 10:42 AM
Big fan on Jalopnik for car related reading
April 24th, 2012 at 10:44 AM
I disagree. Film will last forever. It isn’t format-specific, either, so I would theoretically never be able to outrun the resolution on that 35mm film reel.
April 24th, 2012 at 10:44 AM
This guy gets it.
April 24th, 2012 at 10:45 AM
Part of this is probably because there weren’t many commenters 6 years ago.
April 24th, 2012 at 10:46 AM
You should read this. Long but interesting.
http://www.laweekly.com/2012-04-12/film-tv/35-mm-film-digital-Hollywood/
April 24th, 2012 at 10:48 AM
Virtually everyone comes here for the comments
April 24th, 2012 at 10:50 AM
EDDIE Lives!
oooh forgot this halloween costume. had an art major roommate my freshman year and he painted my face to look like eddie, put on a ripped white t-shirt and jeans was good to go. ended the night by screaming at my gf and trashing her dorm room
first album is the best
April 24th, 2012 at 10:52 AM
It’s ashamed that this may be true.
April 24th, 2012 at 10:53 AM
But you can though. I wouldn’t go bigger than 11×17 for 400 ISO film. Faster than that, and you’re really getting into resolution loss.
April 24th, 2012 at 10:53 AM
Part of this is probably because there weren’t many commenters 6 years ago.
I’ve been a faithful reader of both site/comments since the Harold Reynolds incident. IMHO I think the comments section was much better 3-5 years ago. Part of that I’m sure is TBL’s lack of interest in it. He used to really hold things together in here. That was pre-twitter though – so maybe twitter has changed how he approaches the comments section as well. Just a guess.
April 24th, 2012 at 10:53 AM
no bruce, no best.
April 24th, 2012 at 10:55 AM
it was different, for sure. better is impossible to quantify.
April 24th, 2012 at 10:55 AM
first album is the best
no bruce, no best.
your opinion is wrong
April 24th, 2012 at 10:56 AM
This makes me sad for the next generation.
April 24th, 2012 at 10:57 AM
im of the opinion that my opinion is fact.
April 24th, 2012 at 10:57 AM
The main thing about TBL’s comments on twitter is that do you guys remember when he used to joke about us clicking on the ads? Back in those days, he relied on his faithful to help him out. Then when the same crew started to critique his work, shit went downhill and he got defensive.
April 24th, 2012 at 10:57 AM
If we don’t matter, why have a Commenter Bill of Rights?
April 24th, 2012 at 10:58 AM
No, Clamps, no clamps.
April 24th, 2012 at 10:59 AM
it’s the same in music…the next generation has all this technology at their fingertips, they’ll just use one keyboard rather than an original fender rhodes, a hammond b3, moog, etc.
and with the technology in terms of writing scores on computers, composers won’t have the joy of handwriting their compositions. i always enjoyed that, for some strange reason…the “penmanship” of the notes on the page, the swirl of the treble clef, the gentle soop of eighth notes…sigh.
April 24th, 2012 at 11:00 AM
please…those were the commenter’s articles of confederation.
April 24th, 2012 at 11:02 AM
Yea I mean I don’t disagree with you. And the thing about twitter is definitely true. I think it’s changed his approach and many other veteran commenters. TBLAD used to be epic probably 5 out of 7 nights 3 years ago.
April 24th, 2012 at 11:04 AM
This is important, and I think that’s why some of the commenters aren’t going to be so happy when TBL makes a comment like that. I remember those days, and I also remember when he was far more interactive. Now we don’t matter?
/you’ve changed, bro. you’ve changed.
April 24th, 2012 at 11:10 AM
the gentle soop
i like ferocious soop, like a spicy bisque
April 24th, 2012 at 11:12 AM
TBLAD used to be epic probably 5 out of 7 nights 3 years ago.
probably the second worst change, after wiped-out archives
April 24th, 2012 at 11:15 AM
for the truly nostalgic