Roundup: LeBron is the Best, Tom Brady is Cool & Rich Man Buys Hawaiian Island
Penelope Cruz … can’t believe Charles Pierce doesn’t like Aaron Sorkin … Larry Ellison of Oracle has bought 98 percent of the Hawaiian island Lanai … a TV review of “Fox & Friends” … assistant cheerleading coach admits to oral sex on high school basketball player in grocery store parking lot … over $400k has been raised for the grandma bus monitor who was bullied … if you’re a Dad, or will be one soon, go read this … Vice President Joe Biden is a joke recycler … Alaskan woman wins $1 million jackpot at Hard Rock in Vegas … home of drug dealer searched in hunt for missing Gavin Smith …
Regardless of what you think about Tom Brady, he occasionally gives good interview. [Hot Clicks]
Woj on LeBron, who averaged 28.6 points, 10.2 rebounds and 7.2 assists per game in the Finals. [Yahoo Sports]
Dan LeBatard wrote about LeBron too, but tossed in some Pat Riley, as well. [Herald]
Frank DeFord has some thoughts on Title IX. [NPR]
Of course: College Football Playoff Likely To Preserve ‘Status Quo’ Of Bowl Games Dodging Millions In Taxes. [Think Progress]
Duke, UCLA, Kentucky, North Carolina. What are: most minutes played in the NBA season by players from those schools. [WSJ]
Surgery for Rockies’ star Troy Tulowitzki, and he’ll be out eight weeks. [Denver Post]
Bryce Harper is going to start capitalizing off “Clown Question, Bro.” [CSN Washington]
If you’re a David Simon fan, you’ll want to check out this podcast he did with Jason Whitlock. [Fox Sports]
Germany vs. Greece at Euro 2012 will be must-see soccer today. [Guardian]
Claressa Shields, US Olympic boxing hopeful. [CBS Sports]
Kevin Durant was gracious in defeat. Would you expect anything else? [Oklahoman]
The Red Sox: A house divided. [Comcast]
What might the Warriors be doing in the draft? It’ll likely be a small forward. [Mercury News]
Iron Mike. Softie.
This gets kind of scary at the 1 min mark, as the brakes on an 18-wheeler fail, and a lot of vehicles get taken out. [via Herbie]
- Angel Pagan Hit a Walk-Off Inside-the-Park Home Run Today vs. the Rockies [Video]
- Rich Rodriguez’s 50th Birthday Featured a Mariachi Band [Video]
- The Evolution of Chris ‘Birdman’ Andersen is the Craziest Set of Photos You’ll See This Week
- Champions League Final: Arjen Robben’s Late Goal Wins it for Bayern Munich [Video]
- Champions League Final: Neven Subotic Makes Terrific Sliding Stop to Thwart Sure Goal [Video]
- Some Random Old Dude on Rich Rodriguez's 50th Birthday Featured a Mariachi Band [Video]
- Monster is Meth on Adam Scott and Other Golfers are Retaining Counsel in Response to the USGA Anchor Putter Ban
- A.P. on Will Smith & DJ Jazzy Jeff Sang the Fresh Prince Song and Alfonso Ribeiro Danced on the Graham Norton Show
- A.P. on Adam Scott and Other Golfers are Retaining Counsel in Response to the USGA Anchor Putter Ban
- Patrick Division on Adam Scott and Other Golfers are Retaining Counsel in Response to the USGA Anchor Putter Ban
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June 22nd, 2012 at 8:42 AM
Vice President Joe Biden is a
joke recyclermoronFixed. (And I don’t even have to read the article).
June 22nd, 2012 at 8:45 AM
Why haven’t there been any posts about how the NBA Finals averaged 20 million viewers per game?
June 22nd, 2012 at 8:45 AM
I am so glad the NBA is over. Good lord.
June 22nd, 2012 at 8:45 AM
This guy will be getting hi-5′s all through the halls when school resumes in the fall.
/foto in the story, oh yeah, would have let her too.
June 22nd, 2012 at 8:46 AM
Queefer – What are you going to do for July & August?
June 22nd, 2012 at 8:47 AM
The other teenager who narc’d on them is a buzzkill.
June 22nd, 2012 at 8:48 AM
Didn’t watch a minute.
June 22nd, 2012 at 8:49 AM
I am so glad the NBA is over. Good lord.
ha ha – funny – my kid early last night … “I hope the Heat win tonight b/c I’m tired of ESPN, especially Sports Center just talking about basketball. I’m tired of it and just want it to be over.”
June 22nd, 2012 at 8:49 AM
Congratulations to Juwan Howard for finally winning the big one!
June 22nd, 2012 at 8:50 AM
I was going to watch last nights game but I forgot and went to bed early.
/not on my radar
June 22nd, 2012 at 8:52 AM
Sure is dusty in my office
June 22nd, 2012 at 8:53 AM
Fab 5 representin’!!!!!
June 22nd, 2012 at 8:53 AM
Smart kid
June 22nd, 2012 at 8:54 AM
I can see a politician attempting to come up with the great idea of charging kids with a crime if they fuck their teachers
June 22nd, 2012 at 8:55 AM
Spend time with my wife, hang out with my friends, travel, catch up on TV, see the sequel to the greatest heist film of all time, write, read, swim, BBQ, etc.
To me, sports ends after March Madness and picks back up at the start of training camp. I couldn’t care less about the NBA or NHL, and baseball’s gross mismanagement, antiquated playoff system and stubborn lack of a salary cap make it nearly impossible to get invested in my Orioles. If it wasn’t for the Euros right now I doubt I’d even pay close attention to sports. And that’s OK, because we all need breaks.
June 22nd, 2012 at 8:56 AM
That dying sport called Baseball
June 22nd, 2012 at 8:56 AM
Yay, the NBA is over with. Now we can get non stop news on the greatness of mini camps, why Joe Flacco is the best QB in the National Football League, and pitchers getting caught with pine tar on their jock strap and how blowing the whistle goes against the code.
June 22nd, 2012 at 8:59 AM
What are you going to do for July & August?
Dude. Baseball is going to be interesting, Olympics are going to be fun, NFL free agency should be a little bit fun. What’s not to like about July and August?
June 22nd, 2012 at 8:59 AM
I watched a total of about 15 minutes of the Nba Finals this year, and it was all on DVR
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:00 AM
do they still do the heat index? were they even able to do a SportsCenter after the Heat one, what with them all going #3 in their pants when it happened?
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:00 AM
Smart kid
… and smarter parents.
He’s currently on a flight, going to Cooperstown for a week long baseball tournament. I just wish I could be there with him.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:00 AM
I totally forgot about the Olympics. I will watch the shit out of the Olympics for two weeks.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:00 AM
Right? If some did dime this kid out, that’s weak.
/haters gonna hate
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:00 AM
Joe Biden is an ass hat of the highest order.
Also, bring on the daily grind of summer baseball.
/lookin’ at you, first place Tribe
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:01 AM
Nah. The ratings are down.
/TBL
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:02 AM
Normally this is the time of year when I yearn for football, but the Pirates are over .500 again in the summer!! All I ask for them is to have their inevitable 15 game losing streak when preseason starts, like last year.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:03 AM
Touching stuff.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:04 AM
word. she ain’t bad at all.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:04 AM
someone from Springfield probably ratted him out, payback for stealing the Lemon Tree
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:04 AM
Argued with someone yesterday that claimed that the NBA Finals will be higher-rated than the Olympics. After I fell out of my chair laughing, I got back up and laughed some more.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:04 AM
Yeah, I’m an Os fan and I’m in the same boat. I know this isn’t going to last. They play in the toughest division in the history of sports. Why give a shit? Bring on training camp.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:04 AM
wow, just heard a soundbite of lbj’s postgame interview. just a narcissist pig, even in victory.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:06 AM
I totally forgot about the
OlympicsMLS./nobody
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:06 AM
Shit, Phelps’ prime-time races are gonna get monster eyeballs. Same with the track and field.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:06 AM
what song gets you pumped up?
me?
primal scream by motley
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acKdFfc8JiM
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:07 AM
Yep. And gymnastics usually pulls the biggest rating of all the events.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:07 AM
What’s odd is that opening ceremony where nothing happens but 50,000 people running around in some freakout light show, gets the highest ratings.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:08 AM
So, you hung out with JMac yesterday?
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:08 AM
Well, when I see 5 weirdos dressed in togas stabbing a guy in the middle of the park in full view of 100 people, I shoot the bastards. That’s *my* policy.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:09 AM
LeBron is the Best, Tom Brady is Cool & Rich Man Buys Hawaiian Island
In short, everything is coming up roses for the rich and wealthy.
ha ha – funny – my kid early last night … “I hope the Heat win tonight b/c I’m tired of ESPN, especially Sports Center just talking about basketball. I’m tired of it and just want it to be over.”
Uh, NBA Draft is next Thursday!
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:09 AM
anyone try those pzolo’s from pizza hut? supposedly pizza hut thinks they will knock subway out of business with them
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:09 AM
Did everyone see that Chris Berman is going to be announcing one of the opening week Monday Night Football games? It’s like they’re laughing at us at this point.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:09 AM
lots of pedophiles out there with HD teevee.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:09 AM
What’s odd is that opening ceremony where nothing happens but 50,000 people running around in some freakout light show, gets the highest ratings
Nothing will ever beat the Atlanta Closing Ceremonies: Chrome Pickup Trucks
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:10 AM
Since there’s no yardwork, can we talk about the BOMB that Pedro Alvarez hit last night. one bounce out of PNC.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:10 AM
No national writer was more petty and nasty in criticizing LeBron over the years. Fuck him.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:10 AM
Gold, Jerry. Gold.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:10 AM
Shit, Phelps’ prime-time races are gonna get monster eyeballs. Same with the track and field.
i cannot wait for track. 100,200,400, 4×1,4×4, hurdles, all greatness to watch.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:11 AM
Well, when I see 5 weirdos dressed in togas stabbing a guy in the middle of the park in full view of 100 people, I shoot the bastards. That’s *my* policy.
That was a Shakespeare in the Park production of “Julius Caesar,” you moron. You killed five actors! GOOD ONES!!
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:11 AM
I thought they crossed that threshold when they put Berman on the U.S. Open telecast.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:12 AM
Apparently, he was the one who dimed. So not only did he hit, but he tossed it aside after he was done. Is that pimp status?
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:12 AM
this. the guy still doesn’t really get it. you can’t say all the humble stuff and then say all the me-me-me stuff and then expect people to remember the humble stuff you said earlier. i forget where i read it but he said something along the lines of doing it the right way and the hard way. well, THAT way would’ve been staying in cleveland. instead, you traded in the road less traveled to the premeditated forming of a super team in which anything short of multiple championships will be viewed as a shortcoming. and yes, lebron is a great player and will be at or near the top in most categories when his career is over, but by going to miami he willfully admitted that he didn’t believe he was capable of doing it the “right” way.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:12 AM
Late competition heats under lights are pretty sweet.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:13 AM
i don’t think there’s one bad event in the summer olympics. the only thing that would make it better is curling.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:13 AM
I sports hate Lebron, but even I thought Woj was too hard on him. Just a weird obsession with Lebron. Kept writing the same article over last two years.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:13 AM
I love how there was a lone dude outside the park next to the river waiting for the ball. Now if Alvarez can at least get his average to .250, I’ll be happy.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:13 AM
Coming up on NFL Live: Stink breaks down Aaron Rodgers’ bowling form and wonders if BJ Raji has the intestinal fortitude to strike out in the 10th
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:14 AM
this. the guy still doesn’t really get it. you can’t say all the humble stuff and then say all the me-me-me stuff and then expect people to remember the humble stuff you said earlier.
he is a very self absorbed individual. its just who he is. he is not changing.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:15 AM
Synchronized swimming and badminton blow ass.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:15 AM
Late competition heats under lights are pretty sweet.
without a doubt. i wish track would catch on more over here, but it wont. its just so awesome.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:16 AM
well, the sad part is that very few people would care who he would choose to be. but a LOT more people take notice when you talk out both sides of your face. just be who you want to be dude. he still had that “please all the people all the time” look to him, even in his greatest hour. sad, really.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:16 AM
I……I..I agree with Darrell!!!
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:16 AM
The internet made it no longer fun to hate on LeBron since they took it to idiotic levels…glad he won but disappointed that Wade now has two
LeBron and Bosh should have teamed up in Cleveland and found glory there
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:17 AM
Thanks for posting a snuff film, Jason, good way to start the Friday.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:17 AM
jeremy wariner still a medal possibility?
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:17 AM
forgot synchronized swimming is an olympic sport.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:17 AM
I think people take too much stock into interviews and expect them to be perfect with the words they use. Their job is to put a ball into a ring, they’re not politicians.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:18 AM
I like watching handball and water polo. Ping pong is fun too.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:18 AM
I’m not certain I need rhythmic gymnastics.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:18 AM
Apologize for the TJ but I wanna crowdsource something quick for a piece I’m writing. Guys, how many TV shows/movies do you and your spouse truly enjoy watching together? I don’t mean tolerate. I mean actually look forward to watching?
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:19 AM
highly under-rated? good form in bowling. seriously.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:19 AM
The Machine is on top of his game submitting links it seems.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:19 AM
Listening to him do the US Open was excruciating, I turned down the volume. You could tell he was struggling to, or at least wanted to, add his little cutesy asshat name tags to players as they were on the screen.
The guys loves all the hate.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:20 AM
well to be blunt, i could give two shits who he wants to be or pretends to be or thinks he is. I, like you (i presume), care solely about the results on the court. i distance myself from almost all professional athletes in that regard. do your job, and i’ll find role models elsewhere.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:20 AM
What’s the “right” way?
Are you inferring the wrong way is him exercising his right as a free agent?
This is the culture of sports. Guys move all the time. In every sport. With the goal being to win championships.
Maybe people should be mad at Curt Flood.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:20 AM
5. 3 Dramas and Two 1/2 hour comedies.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:21 AM
shit yeah. those dudes are nothing short of amazing, especially if you personally play ping pong.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:21 AM
8mm reference?
MACHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINE!
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:21 AM
Synchronized swimming and badminton blow ass.
yes and no. also, alot of the gymnastics, especially w/ dudes, is bad. And that gymnastics shit where they are running around with some twirler. The one Will Ferrell did in Old School competition, that event can DIAF.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:22 AM
Yeah, this. You say you don’t like LeBron and all of a sudden you’re lumped in with the crazies who are still pissed he had a Hummmer in high school
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:22 AM
Movies? None. TV shows? I’d say 2-3 and they’re all HBO/Showtime/Starz if that distinction helps.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:23 AM
Lebron honored his contract and moved to a situation that was better suited to win a championship.
There’s nothing honorable about staying in a losing situation. Ask Rick Nash how it feels. If that’s the “right” way, then the right way is for losers and fat Ohioans.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:23 AM
I don’t either, and that’s why I’m not breaking down a postgame interview
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:24 AM
Insanely quick reflexes. I don’t understand it, but I like it when there is a rally and both players slowly start to back away from the table. They end up 10-15 feet away from the table at the end of the point.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:24 AM
100,200,400, 4×1,4×4, hurdles
I think these are the most boring. Why not show all 4 laps of the 1500, where there is strategy and crazy speed and athleticism, instead of watching the sprinters jump up and down and stretch getting into the blocks for 10 minutes?
/former distance guy
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:24 AM
5. 3 Dramas and Two 1/2 hour comedies.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:24 AM
Men’s Field Hockey….it’s just…..wrong.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:24 AM
I personally believe he could’ve won championships in Cleveland. No where did I say that he can’t exercise his right to be a free agent and blah blah blah. What I did say, was that when he decided he was leaving cleveland, he by default chose the non “hard way”. You can’t say that going to Miami, with Bosh and Wade and Haslem was the hard way. Get outta here with that.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:24 AM
Kinda prefer the dude gymnastics from an athletic standpoint. Seems antiquated, to me, how the women attempt to mix art and “sport”. Though the rare successful match of the two is compelling.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:26 AM
I used to cover track and the 800 was one of my favorites to watch. Full-out bonkers sprint for half a mile with endless jockeying for position, elbows, failed passes, etc. Just awesome.
That said, nothing tops the 4×100.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:26 AM
jeremy wariner still a medal possibility?
longshot.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:26 AM
the olympics tend to get better with the high def cameras and ridiculous slo mo shots. I like the biathlon in the winter olympics now, how they can show you how accurate they are with the rifle work.
10 years ago that event sucked as they couldnt show you the rifle scores for crap during the round. Now it’s a favorite of mine.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:26 AM
I enjoyed this.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:27 AM
Track can get pretty boring, especially long distance races. The Chinese always win the diving events which sucks…
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:27 AM
Love that the name of the town is Shelbyville.
/Team Discovery Channel
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:27 AM
I’m OK with this if he goes “Eff You” style and just destroys everyone. He has the talent. I could care less if he’s a pompous, arrogant jackass as long as he’s winning. I think people have issue with him because he comes off that way and hadn’t won until last night.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:27 AM
Your personal belief he could have won championships in Cleveland has nothing to do with his personal belief he could have won championships in Cleveland.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:27 AM
I’ll watch a lot of the rowing as well, mostly because Canadians are good at it. Also, the tennis is going to be played at the All England Club, weeks after Wimbledon wraps up and am curiuos to see how the courts look. Would love to see Federer win both.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:28 AM
Man speaks truth, why not introduce that shuffleboard game old people play on cruises? More or less the same thing if you play that on a bowling alley lane
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:28 AM
I don’t either, and that’s why I’m not breaking down a postgame interview
i am not breaking it down, just cannot stand the guy, and he keeps giving me ammo to continue to dislike him.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:30 AM
Other great events:
Volume Chug:
Speed Chug
Long Pour
Turbo Quarters
Relay Chug
Das Boot
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:30 AM
Thirty-five days until the Opening Ceremony. I’m really pumped.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:30 AM
Okay? I’m not sure what point you are trying to make. What I am getting at is that he can’t have it both ways. He took the easy way out (and thats a choice he most certainly gets) and the way that was more of a sure thing, but he can’t say he did things the hard way. Those two things are mutually exclusive.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:30 AM
Same. Kind of what scripty said in terms of the better coverage with the cameras, you can really get a sense for the whole race. I admit rowing is one of the worst in-person spectator sports because the course is so long you just sit at the finish line and wait for them to come down, but the Olympic TV coverage is awesome.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:30 AM
I think people have issue with him because he comes off that way and hadn’t won until last night
this is 70% of the reason i dont like him. that, and he quit on his team in huge spots on several occasions. just flat out quit. i cant root for a guy that has that in him.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:30 AM
China won the Gold race at the last Olympics, right? I don’t like it that all the newspapers and TV stations rank countries based on total medal count. Ranking should be based on gold medals won.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:31 AM
Decathletes? Superior athletes or those who can’t do one thing at a world-class level? It’s the Beerfest of the Olympics and I enjoy it.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:31 AM
When your 2nd best player is Mo Williams, your not winning in Cleveland.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:31 AM
Absolutely true, but it was his refusal to commit to the organization that led to continual stopgaps instead of long term solutions.
The organization failed to have a team that could compete in the summer of 2010 in part due to Lebron.
If winning was his prerogative, he made the right decision to leave. But at the same time, if winning was his prerogative, he would have committed to his team years before and allowed/helped to build a roster.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:31 AM
James Harden played like shit.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:31 AM
NDub, the Ron Ziegler of the Lebron White House
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:31 AM
Let me guess what Woj said about Lebron, “He has matured and is totes awesome now.” Woj had a hard on for Lebron for the longest time.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:32 AM
HEY. I played shuffleboard on my cruise..
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:32 AM
I used to cover track and the 800 was one of my favorites to watch. Full-out bonkers sprint for half a mile with endless jockeying for position, elbows, failed passes, etc. Just awesome.
the 800 and 400 are for people who enjoy total pain. there is no other way to run the 400 than to haul ass, and thats a long time to haul ass. love the sprints.
/former sprinter
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:32 AM
Hope he comes back rather than choose the Joe Johnson career path.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:32 AM
Agreed 100%. Hopefully someone (or something) got to him and made him realize that he actually does have to work at it to win.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:32 AM
Most are great – a few dogs though
Equestrian
Rhythmic gymnastics
Synchro swimming
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:33 AM
Curling is fucking awesome. It might be physically impossible to not stop and watch a curling match during the winter olympics. That shit is mesmerizing.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:33 AM
I get the Lebron hate, I hated the guy until he shit in Cleveland’s mouth, but if you don’t think he’s changed as a person in the last year you’re not paying attention (which SURELY people must be doing to be making statements like in this thread).
Also taking the “easy” way out would be Melo forcing a trade to the Knicks or what Howard is trying to do. Not what Lebron did.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:34 AM
I lost a lot of respect for Harden after this series. That being said, someone will be dumb enough to give him Joe Johnson money, guaranteed.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:34 AM
I quit the baseball team my senior year and ran track instead. They put me on the 400. That was a lot of fun, but I agree with you.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:34 AM
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:35 AM
coach – you are making too much sense. careful, people around here don’t like that.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:35 AM
I can’t believe no one has brought up beach volleyball…if ever there was a “made for TV” Olympic event, that is the one.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:36 AM
Jesus Christ it’s not like he was there for two years. The organization failed over and over again to build a team.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:36 AM
You write as if he’s never felt any pressure or faced any turmoil in nine seasons.
He’s said he couldn’t do it alone in Cleveland and needed help.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:37 AM
shuffleboard and bocce ball are awesome casual drinking games (not sports).
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:37 AM
my friend just joined a country club up here where they have a curling rink (?) in the clubhouse basement and have leagues all year. bastard.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:37 AM
Speak for yourself, it’s my favorite.
/coop’d
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:38 AM
Which is kind of a cop-out. He made a Finals and then the team had the best record in the league his final, what, two or three years? One of those years they won 66 games.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:38 AM
Respect? Did he punch a ref or knee Bosh in the gonads?
There’s always an idiot or five who will overpay, but Joe Johnson’s contract has to weigh heavily on the minds of every GM in the league. Yeesh.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:38 AM
So the lesson I’m taking from this King James fight is that Lebron=Ronaldo?
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:38 AM
I love all volleyball events but I wish they’d make the male beach v-ball players play skins. Indoor mens volleyball is bad ass.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:38 AM
I hope its Phoenix. His first max deal won’t be near as bad to swallow as a second max deal. I believe Joe Johnson left Phoenix for 5 years 70 million. That pales in comparison to his contract now of 6 years 120 million.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:39 AM
I think Harden played his last game for the Thunder.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:39 AM
the 800 and 400 are for people who enjoy total pain. there is no other way to run the 400 than to haul ass, and thats a long time to haul ass. love the sprints.
/former sprinter
Agreed. I did the 400 in HS, and by the time you hit the 300 mark, your whole body practically cramps up, and you’re just running on pure adrenaline.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:39 AM
Yeha, like golf.
/ducks
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:39 AM
Labron is hated more for some of his antics off the floor (confiscating videos of summer league facials, being a dick to kids) as much as he’s hated for being a 250lb ego.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:40 AM
Come on now let’s not use the NBA regular season to ever make a point again okay?
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:40 AM
Everyone has opinions that we know we have lost all objectivity about… self awareness happens when you know what they are. I don’t think there’s anything LBJ could do that wouldn’t be ammo for you to dislike him more. Its not like you dislike him for all these logical reasons its more like you dislike him and then recruited all these “logical” reasons to support what appears (from your posts) to be a largely emotional position.
We call this confirmation bias in the biz.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:40 AM
How come no one shits on Wade for soliciting help (especially help that made him a distant #2 on the club)? Just because he didn’t have to move doesn’t mean he did it any differently…amazing what Dick Bavetta did for the perception of that guy
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:41 AM
I understand how long he was there. I also understand how difficult it was to get any players to come to the city because of Lebron’s unwillingness to commit long term.
It’s not just that Chris Bosh or Amare wouldn’t come. They couldn’t even get Trevor Ariza or Ron Artest to sign on for 3 years. It’s hard enough to win in an NBA small market as it is. That amplified the trouble.
I still fully admit the organization pussied out by not taking the Spurs path and doing what is necessary and assuming your star realizes it.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:41 AM
There’s nothing “easy” about winning a championship. The Heat found that out last year, and OKC is living with that realization this morning.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:41 AM
No it doesn’t. GM’s make moves to preserve their jobs in present time, not what is to the long term benefit of the team. I wouldn’t be surprised if Harden is the “star” of the Bucks, Raptors, Magic, Kings etc in few years. He’ll average 20-22 points a game, and promptly be dismissed in first or second round of the playoffs. Remind you of someone?
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:42 AM
got_em_looking off the tops ropes with the flying elbow drop!
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:42 AM
I can’t believe no one has brought up beach volleyball…if ever there was a “made for TV” Olympic event, that is the one.
obligatory.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:42 AM
Also taking the “easy” way out would be Melo forcing a trade to the Knicks or what Howard is trying to do. Not what Lebron did.
If nothing else, he put all that pressure on himself. Win or lose, LeBron was going to be a target for the foreseeable future — and has been.
I lost a lot of respect for Harden after this series. That being said, someone will be dumb enough to give him Joe Johnson money, guaranteed.
Respect? Did he punch a ref or knee Bosh in the gonads?
There’s always an idiot or five who will overpay, but Joe Johnson’s contract has to weigh heavily on the minds of every GM in the league. Yeesh.
You mean like the Knicks? Or the Nets?
As long as Billy King and Billy Knight are out there, someone will offer up a big dumb deal.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:42 AM
Yeha, like golf
I’m with you … but if I polish off as many drinks playing golf as I do playing shuffleboard, there’s a fair chance I’m writing a check for the 20X20′ window that my golf ball found on that dog-leg on 16.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:42 AM
This. It’s total bullshit that women have to wear bikinis and they’re fully clothed.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:42 AM
I don’t even know what the fuck that means.
Point is: LeBron exercised his right as a free agent. I don’t care if he choose a team with other star players. That’s the nature of the business. The bus-i-ness.
Now, I won’t argue with you guys about how he went about The Decision, or the huge ego he’s had since his teenage years.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:43 AM
Frank DeFord has some thoughts
this is a victory
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:43 AM
Yes. I think the flopping and crying he did during this series was above and beyond what he’s been doing all year. And he was the clubhouse leader in that category already.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:43 AM
I’m a Brazil fan.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:44 AM
Gonna gird my loins and go walk 18 today at 2PM in the 100+ heat
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:45 AM
He would’ve had to do it alone for at least a year or two if he had resigned in Cleveland. The roster was bare, and the finances were in disarray. The Cavs went all-in in ’09 and ’10 and were the #1 overall seed both years. They had a team to win it all each year.
But the Cavs had no luck (3 point shooting, injuries) in either run. At the same time, the Magic had a great shooting performance.
This year, Miami shot out of their minds from 3, while OKC struggled (even on wide open looks).
Shit happens.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:45 AM
Yep. Didn’t handle it well last year at all. Handled it easily this year. All the shit about him not being clutch, then he starts draining ridiculous threes in elimination games.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:45 AM
How come no one shits on Wade for soliciting help (especially help that made him a distant #2 on the club)?
Because Wade had a ring already. So it’s not he that was chasing a ring, but LeBron and Bosh were (or so the thinking goes).
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:45 AM
Excellent point was thinking the exact same thing yesterday… both are virtuosos at what they do and both are hated for their alleged outsized ego.
I generally don’t understand the practice of having strong feeling like or dislike against people you hardly know who’s job it is to entertain you by performing a largely trivial activity with great skill. The only strong feelings you can logically defend has to be related to their ability to perform said activity and those 2 are savants.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:45 AM
i met my wife 10 years ago today (or tomorrow). a former colleague was dating her and he wanted to meet for a few adult beverages at a local festival (SC knows it as Swedish Days).
So we did that, and she called me a few days later after the guy decided to go back to his wife. It’s been fun and productive (three babies).
insert stories on how you met your so
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:45 AM
The kid who won the state javelin title this year threw 246 feet. Never seen anything go that far. It was fucking absurd. No. 1 mark in the entire country. Shit, only five college men threw further this year.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:46 AM
66 wins is a lot.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:46 AM
He might not even make the US team.
Looking forward to watching Phelps, Lolo, Bolt. Women’s Beach Volleyball. I just dont get the people who hate on the Olympics.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:47 AM
obligatory.
soooo hot. want to touch the heinie.
/wolf call
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:47 AM
Restaurant world. I was a manager, she was my server. Thought she was going to be another notch in the belt. 7 and a half years and an engagement later, no more notches.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:47 AM
I think he was overwhelmed by the moment, but I don’t think the guy is a flopper or crier, and certainly not a “clubhouse leader” as long as Manu Ginobli is in the NBA.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:48 AM
Harden for the #2 pick doesnt seem so far-fetched now.
LeBron’s about as humble as somebody who grew up being LeBron James could possibly be. They can’t all be Peyton Manning.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:48 AM
doesn’t he still wear those stupid ass hipster glasses? he ain’t changed a bit man.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:48 AM
got_em_looking and I are on the same page thus far today.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:48 AM
Are we having an Olympic-watching pissing contest? Because last time around, I sat on my couch and watched the marathon and speed walking.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:48 AM
/coop’d
//Life isn’t fair
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:48 AM
If Lebron=Ronaldo, then it must mean that Messi=kobe, jordan, duncan, shaq, dirk, bird, and magic.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:48 AM
The Hawks have no cap room, so they have a $3MLE and then after their draft picks can add 3-6 players at league minimum to their current roster. Mike Woodson will have his work cut out for him in 2012.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:49 AM
HS homeroom … parents houses in the same neighborhood (pause to get that saccarine taste out of your mouth) … started dating in college, took a year off after. Five years of marriage in August.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:49 AM
I think the mid nineties Olympics were the peak of their awesomeness, I still love the Olympics, but I think a LOT of the hate comes from how poor the coverage has been the last twelve years. Too much Costas, too many personal interest stories, not nearly enough easily accessible live sports. They’re getting better at it though.
Also part of it is we live in the age of snark and if the blogs tell people to hate the Olympics then people will hate it.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:49 AM
Lebron’s headband keeps getting bigger. Its going to be a beanie by next season. Just let it go LBJ, cant keep covering up the hairline.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:49 AM
Still better than being stuck in an office on a Friday. God I hate you
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:50 AM
Agreed. I did the 400 in HS, and by the time you hit the 300 mark, your whole body practically cramps up, and you’re just running on pure adrenaline.
i puked after every 400, all the way into college. I left 10 lbs of intestines on LSU’s infield.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:51 AM
Harden for the #2 pick doesnt seem so far-fetched now.
OKC are functionally retarded if they don’t do this. It’s this, or extend Harden and pray their current core can win a title.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:51 AM
Went to college together, ran into her years later. I had a GF at the time, didn’t care, hooked up with her and booted the old chick a week later. That was over four years ago. Got married last month.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:51 AM
Shane Ryan at Grantland says it very well regarding LeBron (long, I know):
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:52 AM
you got a push cart right? I walked 9 last sunday at a fairly hilly course and it wasn’t awful.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:52 AM
Agreed, up until Bejing. Every event could be found either online or one of the NBC channels, it was glorious.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:52 AM
If Lebron=Ronaldo, then it must mean that Messi=kobe, jordan, duncan, shaq, dirk, bird, and magic.
Can’t believe that Pele, who I loved as a player, is such a jealous little cunty bitch when someone refers to Messi as one THE best, or THE best player ever.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:53 AM
I don’t think there’s anything LBJ could do that wouldn’t be ammo for you to dislike him more. Its not like you dislike him for all these logical reasons its more like you dislike him and then recruited all these “logical” reasons to support what appears (from your posts) to be a largely emotional position.
so disliking him because he quit is not logical? explain to me some logical dislike then.
this makes no sense- you like or dislike a sports figure largely on emotion.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:53 AM
Movies – too many and I’m sure I’d miss a lot. Our overlap is comedy.
TV – Mad Men, Breaking Bad, 30 Rock, Parks & Recreation, Archer, Louie.
That motherfucker. You need to ingratiate yourself ASAP. I did some research and found out the local curling facility is 15 minutes from my house. I may try and round up some people.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:53 AM
OK Cupid. Whatever son I ain’t got no shame. Had just moved to Pittsburgh and broke up with Mrs. Brimley, only people I knew here were my friends from law school that were all married and dudes (/sad coop’d) so I decided fuck it I’ll give this a try and at least meet some people. First chick I met was insane and ended up in jail a few days after I got up in the guys, bullet dodged there. Met a few more people, was alright, then met the current gf, we live a few blocks apart so we met at a bar halfway between and just drank for seven hours. Haven’t looked back since.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:53 AM
I think it will be interesting to see how Miami plays next year after having won the ring and having some of the pressure released. Could go either way, I think.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:54 AM
my wife is a sports junkie. she met me as she came to my dorm room to get in a ncaa hoops tourney I was running. we dated long distance for almost 3 years.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:54 AM
1000 times this. I don’t give a fuck about your tribulations and sappy music. I am here to watch people run not hear Bob Costas get his Oprah Winfrey on. Sometimes it feels like your watching the Olympics of cancer/aids/orphans/fatal accidents.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:54 AM
I’m not certain that Messi > Ronaldo is really that cut and dry. It’s sort of been accepted as fact for a lot of years now by soccer people but I never understood why.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:55 AM
there is no other way to run the 400 than to haul ass
that’s how the elite guys run the 800 now. its incredible that they can run that fast for that long.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:55 AM
Yep. I loved staying up late to watch the Gold Medal basketball game. Beijing and Vancouver were covered perfectly.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:56 AM
I really enjoyed NBC’s coverage across their many channels last year.
I do think it’s a good-bad thing with the Games played in different times zones as we’re in the Information Age. You can get results at like 2 a.m., but the event is aired “live” at like 10 a.m. the next morning.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:56 AM
I met my wife at a bar. We still always laugh at people’s expressions when we tell them that.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:56 AM
We have a small overlap in comedy, but our sweet spot together is in the horror and cheesy over the top action genre (ie, Expendables).
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:57 AM
Wade was becoming an afterthought at that point of his career, hadnt gotten out of the 1st round in four years. It was incredibly shrewd on Wade’s part because the odds of him ever winning another ring without LeBron on his team was slim.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:57 AM
You’ve been to Cleveland, right? There are just a few more reasons.
However I do feel bad for The Clev today. When I lived there LeBron brought hope and excitement. It’s unfortunate he had to leave, but he had to leave home to really grow up.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:57 AM
Athens, Sydney, and Turin were an abomination of coverage though. Think that turned a lot of people off.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:57 AM
Only one…. Mad Men. Matter of fact, it’s the only program that we regularly watch.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:58 AM
put me in the camp that Lebron won as he had Bosh and Wade and they played much better this year. Personal growth for these guys is largely non-existent. They are largely all terrible people.
its 2012, I cant believe people still believe this growth nonsense.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:58 AM
Damn, that’s more than most I talk to. Comedy seems to be the only common ground for a lot of people (myself included).
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:59 AM
Girls
/McIntyre’d
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:59 AM
congrats to lebrizzy…well done sir. wish you could’ve done it here, but absolutely elated you got that monkey off your back. bravo.
June 22nd, 2012 at 9:59 AM
None that are currently on but we watch old episodes of Arrested Development, 30 Rock, Better Off Ted, and MST3k together. She watches House, West Wing, Monk, and Sports Night which I tolerate.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:00 AM
We’re with you. We record “our” shows but rarely watch them in a timely fashion.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:00 AM
insert stories on how you met your so
Met my ex at a cultural show in college. Grandmother thought we looked good as a couple. Would have been 16 years this year, but I got 2 great kids, so I’m happy.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:01 AM
I do, but I oscillate between the ClicGear/cartbag and just lugging my standbag.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:01 AM
Always screws up parking at the courthouse.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:01 AM
TV and movies we definitely overlap on comedies. Right now its Modern Family and Mad Men that we definitely watch. She loves House Hunters too, we watch that show together.
Movies, she is going to go see Magic Mike, Im waiting for The Dark Knight Rises
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:01 AM
I dont think there’s a single show that we watch that we dont both enjoy. We have very similar tastes, and I dont watch any stupid housewife shows.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:01 AM
Harden for the #2 pick doesnt seem so far-fetched now.
OKC are functionally retarded if they don’t do this. It’s this, or extend Harden and pray their current core can win a title.
OKC with MKG. Oh crap.
That said, I think Charlotte keep that pick and take Barnes. Cause Tar Heels stick together.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:01 AM
Wait, you only tolerate West Wing? That’s one of the best dramas of all time.
Mullet, I’ve seen every episode of Girls this season. Not proud of it.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:01 AM
Went to the same HS, she was a year younger, but I didn’t know her. Went to the same college and her roommate and mine were dating, so I was around her on a few occasions. One nite, got drunk/high at a party her & her roommates were having. Kept making the sign of the cross on her forehead (like Ash Wed) during the nite. Freaked her out (and rightfully so), but I ended crashing at their place & we talked the next morning for a good bit of time while her roommates cleaned the house.
20 years & 2 kids later, I consider myself lucky to get her and all the fortunate things that have come my way. I guess going to catholic grade school and all those masses paid off.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:02 AM
That’s what good waffles do.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:02 AM
I’m not certain that Messi > Ronaldo is really that cut and dry. It’s sort of been accepted as fact for a lot of years now by soccer people but I never understood why.
Pull up a couple of clips of Messi, and then do the same for Ronaldo. Decide.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:03 AM
Two things happen after I shoot my load: 1) I fall asleep or 2) I fuck again for like two hours.
It’s all about will.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:04 AM
I liked it better when it was called The American President.
Political shows don’t really interest me. I spend too much of my work time reading about political stuff, I have no interest in it invading my entertainment.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:04 AM
Wait, you only tolerate West Wing? That’s one of the best dramas of all time.
Concurred. Watching it for the 3rd time on DVD. I have the whole series.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:04 AM
Guys, how many TV shows/movies do you and your spouse truly enjoy watching together?
During the summer, we might watch a Gordon Ramsey show where he screams down a bunch of novices. That’s it. Mainly as I watch almost zero TV outside sports. Mad Men is the only show i watch.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:04 AM
any word from Dan Gilbert?
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:04 AM
so mark cuban will be on first take at 9:45. hopefully he rips on skip good
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:05 AM
This. Used to walk and carry my bag…then I came back from a float trip (I know, me….outdoors….) and my shoulders were all sunburnt. That didn’t end well. Went to Target and bought a cart the next day.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:05 AM
As far as TV shows, there’s not much that we enthusiastically enjoy watching together. She’s into GoT, but I think a lot of it is because I am. Other than that, I don’t really watch any non-sports TV shows on a regular basis, so she gets to watch her crap.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:05 AM
That’s … really not a good way to go about it at all.
It’s not as big of a gap as people thing it is. Ronaldo can physically impose himself on a game more than Messi can. They bring different things.
If you’re building a team from scratch, picking Messi shouldn’t be a given if you only get one of the two.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:06 AM
A decent amount….most of them she got me in to as she knows my taste and knows I won’t start watching many shows until I know they are sticking around. She also watches some complete shit too.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:06 AM
Yo Mint, got me a Sun Mountain bag on the way. You were right, those bags are table grade.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:06 AM
I mean we’ve all seen the highlights. Messi is a technical wizard with astonishing footwork and balance, but Ronaldo’s combination of power and speed makes him a monster from anywhere. I don’t know who is better.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:06 AM
yeah Gilbert congratulated the Heat about 10 minutes after the game.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:08 AM
.
There’s no way for you to know whether he quit on his team or not. There’s enough ambiguity in the recorded events to interpret it anyway that supports what you already want to believe. Because someone isn’t playing well doesn’t mean they quit. There’s a dozen reasons why a player would be lethargic and quit is only one of them. However if you already hate Lebron its the first of them.
My problem is not with having an opinion its with having strong opinions regarding the quality of person athletes are compared to other athletes especially when no extreme behavior has been exhibited. I think we both agree Lebron has done nothing extreme… or may be we don’t.
Your mind on Lebron was made up before he gave you any “evidence” to like or hate him … this is how the human mind works. Again self awareness is when you know this and temper it.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:08 AM
I’m not certain that Messi > Ronaldo is really that cut and dry. It’s sort of been accepted as fact for a lot of years now by soccer people but I never understood why.
Pull up a couple of clips of Messi, and then do the same for Ronaldo. Decide.
Both create something out of nothing. Both have teams built around them. Both are expected to carry their nations to major titles.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:09 AM
we dated long distance for almost 3 years.
you beatt the odds, script. the spanish have a saying
amor de lejos es para bendejos
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:09 AM
Uh. What?
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:09 AM
If I like Messi and Ronaldo, is that like rooting for the Yankees and Red Sox?
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:10 AM
Met at a bar. I was out with friends the night before my birthday. She was with friends from out of town. I see this really tall chick (she’s 6′) and figure I have a chance because no way a chick wants to be taller than the dude she’s with (I’m 6’4″). Started dating soon after. Married 6 years this summer.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:10 AM
anyone had the nutter butter blizzard? any good?
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:11 AM
Well, I have Portugal in a Euro2012 pool, so thank you Ronaldo, I’m still alive.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:11 AM
favorite ice cream? go!
Butter Pecan
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:11 AM
the commenter section: where everybody met their spouse in bar
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:12 AM
It’s not as big of a gap as people thing it is. Ronaldo can physically impose himself on a game more than Messi can. They bring different things.
I agree, but I give the slight edge to Messi due to the fact he consistently shreds defensive schemes and gets his teammates involved a lot more. Ronaldo is more of a physical player with immense skills in the ground and air, and better on set pieces. That’s just my take…
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:12 AM
push carts just make it so much more tollerable than carrying a bag, at least for me. I actually played a lot better as well. no doubles and 2 pars, which for me, was quite pleasing.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:12 AM
i’m excited for the olympics because the kids are old enough to appreciate and be fascinated by all the cultures/pageantry and hopefully competition
opening ceremonies ftw
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:12 AM
Yes, you read the sentence correctly. Believe me, I got high at a co-worker’s house before we went to the party and then consumed many beverages at the party. I cannot for the life of me understand why I did what I did.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:13 AM
Are you 65 years old?
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:13 AM
Lol…..
Met my old lady at a grocery store where we both worked. I was a stocker, she was in the bakery. She was in to me for a while, and like a clueless idiot, I had no idea. I ate her donut a lot once I found out.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:13 AM
Introduced to her by my then GF at a party as we are going into the same college program. End up in the same residence. Run into her in the hallways hammered in my underwear. Pass out in her bed, wake up and drunkenly try to make out with her. Somehow this all worked out, 7 years.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:14 AM
I worked in the same building as my gf but didn’t really know her at the time. saw her out at the bar on halloween, I was dressed as Kickin Wing from Joe Dirt, she had an over-sized turkey costume on. after that it was on.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:14 AM
I enjoy walking and playing, and yes, the cart is the way to go. Shit, any time you can avoid a double is a good day.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:14 AM
Don’t think too much prayer is needed. Eric Maynor is a very good young back up PG. KD & Russ are 23, Harden & Ibaka are 22.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:15 AM
Getting the second pick for Harden is all fine and dandy but really I’m not sure if they want to do that. The Thunder are built to win right now I don’t know if you want to go through growing pains of a rookie again to get back to this level. Plus there are no guarantees in the draft. I would say they are best either keeping Harden or sign and trading for multiple pieces.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:15 AM
I met my wife at a bar. We still always laugh at people’s expressions when we tell them that.
Hem has a lovely little ditty about bar romance called When I was Drinking
but it ends differently than your story
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:16 AM
It’s mint chocolate chip and I refuse to discuss it further.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:16 AM
favorite ice cream? go!
Triple chocolate fudge.
Mint chocolate chip is the shittiest of shittiest flavors.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:17 AM
Pralines and dick
/Garth Algar’d
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:18 AM
no. and does it matter?
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:18 AM
Fantastic.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:18 AM
Hey now. I’ve never heard it referred to as a “donut” before.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:18 AM
I do not want my breath to be minty fresh when I am eating ice cream
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:18 AM
Chocolate peanut butter cup.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:19 AM
ohh yuck
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:19 AM
I am definitely pro mint chocolate chip. It is the Lebron James of ice cream. Completely polarizing.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:19 AM
This.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:19 AM
When I worked at the ice cream shop, the old people consistently asked for either Butter Pecan or Grape Nuts. Disgusting.
It’s really hard to pick a favorite. I like anything with peanut butter or peanut butter cups in it. Favorite form of ice cream is probably a banana split.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:20 AM
our viewing gap is sports and Real Housewives of NJ and Atlanta (i don’t mind NY and SC)
our overlap is horror/comedy in movies and for TV we have shared most of the cool series of the past decade….sopranos, mad men, weeds, rome, deadwood, carnevale (let me see you carnevale lovers, very underrated series), GOT
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:20 AM
I will cut a Ric Flair style promo on anyone who does not like mint chocolate chip ice cream.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:20 AM
He means her asshole.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:20 AM
Oh, Pistachio is probably one of my faves
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:21 AM
Peanut butter cup with peanut butter ripples through the ice cream.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:21 AM
Woooooo!
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:21 AM
People put grape nuts on their ice cream? Fucking old people……
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:22 AM
Butter Pecan is Fannnnnnnnnnnnntastic
/sue me NBA
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:22 AM
Also, this is not an icecream flavor.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:22 AM
Not yet.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:22 AM
It was a flavor here. Like vanilla ice cream with grape nuts all in it. Very weird.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:23 AM
I’m not a big ice cream guy, but I can co-sign that mint chocolate chip is the worst.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:23 AM
insert stories on how you met your so
My girlfriend (soon to be wife) lived across the hall. She made a new year’s resolution to date a man with a beard, and at the time I was rocking 3 months growth. She asked me out for drinks, that was 4.5 years ago.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:23 AM
Anyone else find it hilarious that a guy named “chocolatedunker” picked butter pecan as his favorite?
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:24 AM
butterscotch sundaes are really good
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:25 AM
hehe. I was thinking of a name, and was eating choclate dunkers from Pizza Hut. Boom! Then it hit me
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:25 AM
Krispy Kreme milkshake. All kinds of awesomeness.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:25 AM
So what if Harden leaves after next year and they dont get shit for him? That “win now” window just went kaput. I think the mitigating risk of not getting shit for Harden necessitates the move. Also, you’ll have the cloud of his 2013 UFA hanging over their heads all year too, which has proven to be an issue.
I just don’t think hoping he comes back and signs a reasonable long term deal is pragmatic given the risk. Makes this year’s flameout worse.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:25 AM
jck, how bout that rack? (you know what i’m talking about)
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:26 AM
@Mole, what did you think of Staal turning down a reported 10 year/$60MM?
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:26 AM
lol. Did she approve of that picture?
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:27 AM
No, he said he was going to play golf, not some watered down version of golf.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:27 AM
You must have tickled her fancy………orally.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:27 AM
wow. disgusting
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:28 AM
choc almond, but it’s rarer than a clouded leopard baby.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:28 AM
THIS HOSTILITY TOWARDS MINT CHOCOLATE CHIP WILL NOT STAND!
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:28 AM
she did. believe me, i’ve messed up situations enough like that to know the fury of a woman who sees a pic of herself she doesn;t like
anyway, i know you are a connoissuer of wife racks, is why i asked
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:29 AM
call the new flavor chocolatedunker
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:30 AM
Oh I think you definitely have to get it figured out this summer while you have leverage over him as a RFA. Teams will certainly offer up good compensation this summer in sign and trades. Figure out what you need and add some depth. Then turn your focus to resigning Serge. Or just give Harden the money and roll with that. But you certainly don’t wait until he is unrestricted.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:30 AM
I thought so at first too, but it was really good. Flip Burger in the ATL
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:30 AM
That’s why it’s better to be lucky than good.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:30 AM
what the fuck is a grape nut? it sounds delicious though
/googles
//Scraps plans for grape vines out back
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:31 AM
Are you the people who also believe Thin Mints are the best girl scout cookie? Some people like to eat sweets, not toothpaste.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:31 AM
Moose tracks
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:32 AM
I met my wife in college. We both happened to be on the Metra heading to downtown Chicago. Asked her out for the next day but she gave some lame excuse about running a cross country race instead. I tried to impress her with my 2 college sport status. Turns out that’s a bad idea when one of the sports is golf.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:32 AM
people either love it or hate it. There is no middle ground. I had a mint chocolate chip Klondike bar the other day. I would do many horrible things for another.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:32 AM
the fuck does that mean?
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:32 AM
I hear black walnut is great. Thats the only ice cream my grandfather would eat.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:33 AM
shit no. Samoas all the way.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:33 AM
Are you the people who also believe Thin Mints are the best girl scout cookie? Some people like to eat sweets, not toothpaste.
/high five
Also, WTF is up with chocolate covered pretzels? Fucking disgusting.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:33 AM
Guy in my neighborhood has huge grapes vines all over his fence. So jealous.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:33 AM
When it comes to James Harden I’ll take large sample sizes over 4 or 5 game samples any day. Position remains what it was going into the Miami series. Not a max guy but someone worth woooing as a starting 2 or part time 1.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:33 AM
re: ice cream flavors
the papaer i used to work at tried a rotation of letting people with dull beats work in features for two week stints to keep them happy, fresh, etc. i was happy with my beat (sports) but did it anyway, to see new talent in our other office where features dept. was
sat next to the food editor and one day they had a bunch of weird ice cream flavors to photgraph for a story, and i tried oatmeal, green tea and creamed corn
in order….creamed corn>oatmeal>green tea
the corn was sweet, the other two sort of flavorless
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:34 AM
ate an entire box when i was 7
haven’t ate any since
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:34 AM
Thin Mints are the stubbed toe of the cookie world.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:34 AM
Woah woah woah. Woah. Let’s not start talking crazy now.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:34 AM
Tagalongs > Thin Mints
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:34 AM
Nice. Mine was friend of friends, randomly hooked up one night at a bar, then did it a few more times, then finally got together when not drunk and spoke. 11 years or so (married 6).
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:35 AM
Pump the brakes friend…sweet and salty have gone together since the invention of the tongue
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:35 AM
Not a fan? We have a local candy company, Gardner’s Candy, who makes these and I eat them until I want to throw-up. Damn they’re good, especially with a glass of milk
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:35 AM
what you mean? they are great
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:35 AM
I ate a whole box when I was 32
/last week
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:38 AM
I’ve just never gotten the sweet and salty part together. Maybe it’s my drug like love of chocolate that I can’t see it defiled by any other ingredient.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:38 AM
That is correct.
You ate a box at….oh….wrong box.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:38 AM
Always screws up parking at the courthouse.
angry i will going forward include you in west suburban references. sc is from batavia
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:38 AM
Everything you need to know about Thin Mints.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:39 AM
awwwww hell naw!
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:40 AM
salt is an big part of any dessert dish. Whether or not you realize it.
/chopped’d
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:40 AM
Nuts. I hate when chocolate has any kind of nuts in it. Brownies?? Give me fudge in my brownies, chocolate chips, etc, but keep them fockin walnuts out of them.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:41 AM
Thin Mints also must be kept in the freezer.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:42 AM
Thin Mints also must be kept in the freezer.
a voice of reason
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:44 AM
So much bread pudding on that show
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:44 AM
the fuck does that mean?
means golfercraig is a golf snob
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:44 AM
Non-traditional flavors are big at the fancy “craft ice cream” places
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:45 AM
No idea what to think. It’s good money, I’m sure it’s front loaded at 7-8 for the first few years. But he knows there’s no way he sees out a ten year deal here.
It makes sense if he doesn’t want to sign with anyone but us or Carolina.
Frankly I say call up Carolina and say hey guess what, we’ll give you Staal for Skinner and Sutter.
They’d be insane not to take that deal.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:45 AM
when I worked at McD’s in high school, when we were making a sundae for someone, would ask the cashier/drive thru person if the sundae order was male or female. With or without nuts.
/lame fast food humor.
//time to lean, time to clean
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:46 AM
There’s nothing wrong with being an idiot as long as you’re okay with it.
Pretzel M&Ms are like crack.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:46 AM
Also if you can only resign two of Crosby, Malkin, Staal, you go the first two in a cocaine heartbeat.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:48 AM
Worked at McD’s as well in HS, good times. The best was sneaking food when the rush of dinner was over. Plus, they weren’t open 24 hrs like they are now. Used to close at 11pm on weeknites.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:49 AM
Awesome.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:49 AM
/raises hand
Show was a little too ahead of its time. Woulda been gold today.
Also, MCC is the best ice cream flavor and anyone who doesn’t like chocolate covered pretzels should be put on a school bus and heckled by middle schoolers. Also, reeses pieces + popcorn. Get sum.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:51 AM
Less addicting than peanut butter M&Ms.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:52 AM
This. sneaking food, and overstuffing your friends orders in the drive thru. Also closed at 11. none of this 24 hour nonsense.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:52 AM
Why have they not combined the two yet?
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:54 AM
Too much of a good thing and all that.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:55 AM
Worked late nights at a grocery store in high school as the only cashier. A buddy would come in and we’d walk to the back under the ‘I can’t find the bananas’ while another guy walked out with a whole mess of shit.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:56 AM
i’ve recently learned of the dark chocolate reese cups. it’ll be the diabeetus of me.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:57 AM
best thing about working at a pizza joint (i dod for 2 years in college) was all the free pizza and breadstick i got to take homer\
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:57 AM
I hope to remember this next time I go to the grocery store so I can make this orgy happen in a candy dish.
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:57 AM
take home*
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:59 AM
You guys know PB M&Ms exist, right? What am I missing here?
June 22nd, 2012 at 10:59 AM
I worked at a Lonestar Steakhouse my senior year of college and would take home boxes of crab legs and kegs of beer after work. Okay technically I guess that’s stealing but either way we ate well.
June 22nd, 2012 at 11:00 AM
best thing about working at a pizza joint (i dod for 2 years in college) was all the free pizza and breadstick i got to take homer\
welcome to a safe haven for bad/indifferent typists
you’re welcome here
June 22nd, 2012 at 11:00 AM
The context of the conversation?
June 22nd, 2012 at 11:03 AM
I don’t read good.
June 22nd, 2012 at 11:04 AM
I wanted to like the pretzel M&Ms more than I did…they’re the Veep of candy
June 22nd, 2012 at 11:05 AM
So next discussion point, what are you drinking this weekend?
June 22nd, 2012 at 11:06 AM
Homebrew & bourbon (not at the same time)
June 22nd, 2012 at 11:06 AM
I forgive you.
Worst M&M flavor: coconut or the fruit filled ones? Tough choice.
June 22nd, 2012 at 11:07 AM
Not sure yet. Phish concert is tomorrow so there will likely be tailgating beforehand. More likely will be pounding water to compensate for how bad my cotton mouth will be.
June 22nd, 2012 at 11:09 AM
I could agree with this. I was expecting amazing and was just left with ‘alright not bad’. PB>Peanut>Wheres the Reeces Pieces>Pretzel>dark chocolate> milk chocolate
June 22nd, 2012 at 11:11 AM
You guys don’t smoke enough pot to respect the Pretzel M&Ms, clearly.
June 22nd, 2012 at 11:11 AM
FUCK YOU.
June 22nd, 2012 at 11:11 AM
fruit filled ones
what?!
that’s he worst and i didn’t even know they existed
June 22nd, 2012 at 11:11 AM
CLEARLY.
June 22nd, 2012 at 11:13 AM
Horrible.
June 22nd, 2012 at 11:15 AM
Pretzel M&Ms are where it’s at. Had a couple bags to put in candy dishes at Easter. They didn’t last long.
June 22nd, 2012 at 11:22 AM
spencer thanks for finally showing up. Me jck and arkbadger have been taking bullets in the name of mint chocolate chip for an hour now.
June 22nd, 2012 at 11:23 AM
* jck, arkbadger and I. Whatever.
June 22nd, 2012 at 11:23 AM
Cheating euro golfers…
June 22nd, 2012 at 11:25 AM
if someone doesn’t like mint chocolate chip ice cream, their opinion is not to be valued to begin with. that’s a character flaw. we should chemically castrate and spay these people so they can’t reproduce.
June 22nd, 2012 at 11:25 AM
wow that’s bad…not as bad as the ian woosnam incident a few years back at the open, but…woof.
June 22nd, 2012 at 11:28 AM
Come back after a week of vacation, a day after the NBA Finals wrap up, to find you guys talking about M&Ms. That’s why I love this site.
The golfing in Cali was effing awesome last week.
June 22nd, 2012 at 11:29 AM
liar.
June 22nd, 2012 at 11:30 AM
And, I forgot to add, the Humboldt weed was awesome as well.
June 22nd, 2012 at 11:30 AM
stop lying.
June 22nd, 2012 at 11:30 AM
Not talking about the Open. Talking about the weather, and my putting. Just awesome.
June 22nd, 2012 at 11:32 AM
i hate you so much right now.
June 22nd, 2012 at 11:33 AM
Bro, two tokes and I was getting woozy on the tee.
June 22nd, 2012 at 11:34 AM
Spencer, you woulda dug it.
June 22nd, 2012 at 11:37 AM
oh yea…only reason im hating is cuz im jealous you got to spend time in my version of heaven. i bet it was fucking phenomenal.
play anywhere notable? excuse me if you mentioned it already.
June 22nd, 2012 at 11:45 AM
hey Nada, you’re a real SumBitch you know that?