An impressive and, frankly, quite shocking line drawn in the sand. Deadspin continues to be innovator and not the imitator. Time for another Daulerio profile. Someone call The Atlantic.
2.) In the NFL's defense, it happened in Charlotte, home of franchise with the least amount of personality or history. It's almost like it didn't happen at all.
I think it's hilarious Simmons took his name out. Fuck him. By now, if you don't like/enjoy Simmons' self-referentialism, don't comment on it. It's the schtick that has gotten him where he is today - why would he stop now?
I think his famous book was written about the 1988 Presidential Election. If he wrote a book about what went down (ahem) in 1998, you would have to replace the 'L' with an 'R'.
Danny Briere's contract in 2007 was similar; 8 years, $50M - but the last two years were at $1M each (when he's 39). In reality it's a 6 year, $8M/year deal, but for cap purposes, it's $6.5M/year. Total joke.
Blake's combined earnings in 7 years in the NBA, according to basketball-reference.com, is $16.7M. That puts him in the .01% of earners in this country ($4M alone in '09). That alone should show you the "value" college has for some people. I would also guess that put him in the top half of all Duke alums.
@raincoaster: Please provide a link or study to verify this conclusion that spouses who cheat are bad bets. If you're speaking empirically, please let us know.
Believe your lying eyes: Polacks from Buffalo love their fried bologna sandwiches. Millen has nothing to be ashamed of and no sensitivity classes to attend. Besides, unlike other sensitive groups, Polocks like me don't care if you pull the pins from our grenades and throw them back at us. Or tell us where the screen doors go on our submarines.
@MitchKayak: No, actually, his twitter feed shows exactly why he should stick to his original career choice: movie critic. Proves that experts in one field are not necessarily experts in any other. Great story, good man, abominable politics.