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Are These The Best Home-Brewed Beers In America?
After spending the last few millennia in aggressive pursuit of leisure and convenience, mankind—by which I mean a vocal minority of reasonably well-off people who are bloggers or my friends—has started voluntarily emulating a dirtier, more troublesome era when we had to make things for ourselves....
The Man Who Helped Bring Down Donald Sterling Is An Asshole, Too
If you were watching closely, you might've seen Kevin Johnson, the former NBA guard who's now mayor of Sacramento, sitting courtside at Staples Center during Game 4 of the Clippers-Thunder series. His arm was around his wife, Michelle Rhee, and the two seemed to preside over the action, conspicuous ...
The Technicality That Will Allow The NBA To Get Rid Of Both Sterlings
With all of Adam Silver's stern talk in his press conference announcing Donald Sterling's lifetime ban, it appeared the process of removing Sterling's ownership interest would be swift. However, not much in the way of action has happened since then. This SI report mentions an interesting technicalit...
<em>SNL</em> Lampoons Donald Sterling Scandal In Cold Open
Adam Silver, Donald Sterling, Dennis Rodman, and others made appearances in tonight's Saturday Night Live cold open, which didn't skewer the scandal involving the L.A. Clippers owner as much as it did make mildly amusing references to it....
That "Secret" NBA Constitution Is Now Online
One of the biggest surprises of the Donald Sterling mess was the the NBA's own constitution and bylaws were confidential, leaving observers to speculate on the league's mechanism for punishing the Clippers owner. Well, soon after dropping the hammer on Sterling, the NBA finally made the constitution...
NBA Owners Are Lining Up To Vote Donald Sterling Out
If NBA owners are to force Donald Sterling to sell the Clippers, they will need a three-fourths supermajority vote. Commissioner Adam Silver said he has "the full support" of the owners, and most of them have already made their positions clear....
NBA Bans Donald Sterling For Life
Clippers owners Donald Sterling has been banned for life from associating with the Clippers and the NBA, and fined the maximum of $2.5 million. In addition, commissioner Adam Silver said he has asked the Board of Governors to force a sale of the Clippers....
Everyone Is At Adam Silver's Press Conference
Look at that photo, from Rovell. This is a big deal....
Players Want "Maximum" Punishment For Sterling, But What Can The NBA Do?
Kevin Johnson has made very clear the NBPA's stance on how the league should handle Clippers owner Donald Sterling. "They want the most severe sanctions that are allowable under the NBA guidelines," Johnson said today on CBS This Morning. But what exactly is allowable?...
Adam Silver Will Not Discipline Donald Sterling Yet
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver finally spoke about the racist remarks made by Donald Sterling and uncovered by TMZ, but he is not prepared to discuss or levy any sanctions against Sterling. He did note that Sterling has agreed not to attend the playoff game in Golden State tomorrow. The league will i...
Jeff Withey Completes The Rare Pass Off Of The Referee's Head
Pelicans center Jeff Withey's pass was swatted by Eric Bledsoe, right into the noggin of official Bennie Adams and back to Withey. You can hear the "doink!" sound in your head....
Matt Adams Shoves Fan After Diving For Foul Ball; Fan Flips The Bird
All told, I think the fan takes the W here. He made a nice catch, absorbed Adams's shove with ease, and then seamlessly transitioned to an emphatic flip of the bird. This is a great GIF, and we offer thanks to everyone involved. ...
The NBA Is Now Making Officiating Memos Public
This is a genuinely neat thing that bodes well for NBA fans who are hoping to see a little more transparency from Adam Silver's NBA. The league has made public an official memo containing guidelines for how referees should be calling verticality plays....
SEC Tournament Punctuated By Overenthusiastic Referee's Technical Foul
Today's Tennessee-Florida SEC tournament semifinal from Atlanta has featured plenty of #refshow, with technical fouls, flagrant fouls, and the always-awful "official replay." Referee Pat Adams took things to the next degree, though, when he emphatically T'd up Volunteer Jeronne Maymon after a high-l...
Adam Silver Denies That NBA Teams Are Tanking
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver does not believe his league's worst teams are losing intentionally. He believes they're just so bad that they can't help themselves....
Cool Covers: Raymond Chandler
Dig these cool Raymond Chandler book covers by Tom Adams over at Scott Dutton's fine site. ...
Jerry Seinfeld Leaves Adam Schefter Hanging
Jerry hates the shake. Hates it!...
ESPN's Adam Schefter Is Doing Ads For 5-Hour Energy, Like A Schmuck
Have a listen to the radio spot up above, which was brought to our attention by a thread over on SportsJournalists.com. In it, ESPN NFL insider Adam Schefter shills for 5-Hour Energy, an energy drink marketed as a supplement that is more or less liquid crack for the bro set (and which is not withou...
A Dog Distracted By A Squirrel: <em>American Hustle</em>, Reviewed.
1. David O. Russell is a director who doesn't know what he's doing. I say this with legitimate, if cautious, admiration. Some of our most celebrated directors have been incorrigible perfectionist assholes: David Fincher makes actors do hundreds of takes; Kubrick sent crazy (but not wrong) letters to...