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Here Is The Grimmest Of All Philadelphia 76er Anecdotes
Ontological question: If an NBA team chooses its players precisely for their generic inability to compete in the NBA—that is to say, for not belonging in the NBA at all—then are they truly NBA players?...
Failure Artist Sam Hinkie Produces His Masterpiece
Professional engineer of failure Sam Hinkie quit the Philadelphia 76ers last night via a batshit, borderline incoherent, hilariously self-congratulatory 13-page resignation letter, inadvertently rendering into generous flattery every joke made at his expense over the three years he spent failing at ...
And Now, A Dramatic Reading Of Sam Hinkie’s Batshit Resignation Letter
Sixers GM Sam Hinkie unexpectedly resigned yesterday and left behind a rambling, legitimately nutzoid 13-page letter that I hope will serve as a giant blinking warning sign to any future employer of his, be it an NBA team (fat chance) or an investment firm or the sales force at Lyft, which is where ...
Here Is Sam Hinkie's Full 13-Page Letter Of Resignation To The Sixers (UPDATES)
Earlier tonight, we asked you to give up the full 13-page letter that Sam Hinkie sent to the Philadelphia 76ers as he resigned. None of you did, but ESPN’s Marc Stein thankfully just posted it in its entirety....
Report: Sam Hinkie Has Left The Sixers (UPDATES)
Per ESPN’s Marc Stein, Sam Hinkie has stepped down as the general manager of the Philadelphia 76ers (unless he in fact had some different post with “Philadelphial”?)....
I Think These Sixers Fans Have Stockholm Syndrome
What is the saddest thing?...
The Sixers Realize They're A Big Joke, Are Now Maybe Trying To Fix That
The Philadelphia 76ers, those smirking pioneers of a remarkably misguided, anti-fun, actuarial, game theory-ass approach to NBA basketball, are now starting to realize that you can’t exactly build a winning basketball team while ignoring, well, the basketball. Back in December, the NBA more or less ...
Report: NFL Ticket Policies Subject Of Antitrust Investigation
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman just released a report detailing his three-year investigation into the corrupt world of secondary ticket markets. The NFL’s shady re-sale policies are a subject of the report, and according to Bloomberg Business, Schneiderman is now investigating the leagu...
Reports: The NBA Wants Sam Hinkie Out Of The Paint
Since the Philadelphia 76ers’ announcement that longtime NBA executive Jerry Colangelo had joined the team’s front office, two separate reports have emerged that paint the move straightforwardly as the beginning of the end for GM Sam Hinkie’s vaunted Process....
This Guy Walked Around The World With $6,000 And A Violin, And Only Had His Nuts Grabbed Once
As I understand it, a Bulgarian farm worker grabbed Andrew Siess’s nuts with his left hand while holding a gun in his right hand. He wasn’t pointing the gun at Siess, mind you, just holding it. Siess pushed him away, but the Bulgarian guy—speaking the international language of aggression—again grabb...
Warriors Beat Reporter's Blog Posts Appear To Be Copy And Pasted From Press Releases
Earlier tonight, the Columbia Journalism Review reported that the San Francisco Chronicle’s reporter on the Golden State Warriors beat, Rusty Simmons, had been suspended by the paper after writing a news story on the Warriors’ purchase of land for their new arena that was copied almost entirely from...
Did The 76ers Lie About Joel Embiid's Injured Foot?
That’s certainly what Philadelphia Daily News reporter Bob Cooney implies, but won’t say outright, in a new piece on Joel Embiid’s injured right foot. ...
Joel Embiid Likely To Miss Upcoming Season After Foot Surgery
Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid is likely to miss the 2015-2016 season, according to Keith Pompey of The Philadelphia Inquirer. Embiid is scheduled to have surgery in his right foot, which caused him to miss all of last season. ...
MLB's Awful Blackout Rules Are Finally Under Attack In Court
Major League Baseball's exemption from federal antitrust law may not be secure as we thought....
We Talked About Fleetwood Mac Instead Of Working
A lot of people around here have bad opinions about Fleetwood Mac:...
MLB, The Giants, And The Law Job The A's ... Again
Major League Baseball is breathing a huge sigh of relief after a federal appeals court upheld a broad scope of the league's exemption from federal antitrust law on Thursday. But the league's win comes at a high price for the Oakland A's—and adds to the literal shitstorm the A's are in at the old a...
Sheriff's Office Puts "In Dog We Trust" On Rugs, Becomes Cool
The Pinellas County sheriff's office briefly enjoyed a run as the chillest sheriff's office in the country after purchasing some emblazoned rugs that came with a delightful typo....
Everything is happening: Brandon Prust will have his over-the-phone DOPS hearing today, Derek Stepan is out indefinitely after undergoing surgery for a broken jaw, and now Daniel Carcillo has received a 10-game suspension for physically abusing an official. No matter Prust's suspension, I'd say the ...
So You Want Cream Cheese And Fish Eggs In Your Pizza Crust, You Say
Looks like you'll have to travel to get it (and also it looks like you might be a lunatic): Pizza Hut locations in Hong Kong are now selling the uncreatively named Fish Roe Salmon Cream Cheese Pizza. As its name suggests, this is a pizza with salmon-flavored cream cheese and roe inside its crust, w...