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The Raiders Have Found Someone To Pay For The Rest Of Their Big Dumb Stadium
The Oakland Raiders would very much like not to be the Oakland Raiders for much longer, and their ability to shed their Bay Area digs for the desert depends in part on how well they can put together a $1.9 billion deal for a new stadium. Billionaire GOP donor/goblin king Sheldon Adelson was supposed...
Peggy Noonan Didn't Watch The Whole Speech
Gentle Peggy Noonan, the medium through which Ronald Reagan’s ghost whispers its sweet nothings into the living world, is fond of the speech of this leader, this “Donald.” At least, the parts she heard. ...
The Pistons Need To Rely On Their Most Unlikely Players In Order To Win<em></em>
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope was never supposed to be Detroit’s savior....
Don't Watch Donald Trump
I thought I was planning to watch Donald Trump speak last night, but then my older kid forgot to do his homework till the last minute before bedtime, and I started to get mad, and I paused and figured out I was really mad because I didn’t want to have to watch Donald Trump speak. ...
You Cretins Are Going To Get Thousands Of People Killed<em></em>
Here’s what you have to understand about the sort of people who become anchors, nonpartisan pundits, centrist columnists, and cable news political correspondents: They didn’t sign up to be the resistance. They don’t want Donald Trump to fail. They want him to “pivot” and “act presidential.”...
Sumo Wrestler Extremely Fucked Up By Violent Collision
I don’t know the particulars here, but what I do know is that the above video depicts one big sumo guy slamming into another sumo guy, the injured sumo guy convulsing on the ground and then stumbling in a very pronounced way during his failed attempts to get back on his feet, and that it’s hard to w...
You Can't Balance Out Racism
Some things don’t dissolve in a cup of platitudes....
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Education Secretary DeVos: [Sound Of Me Spitting Out Coffee, Falling Out Of Chair]
Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are “real pioneers when it comes to school choice,” according to a statement by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. Also, I’m going to pull my head off and punt it into a bog....
As Expected, The New Vikings Stadium Is Killing A Record Number Of Birds
No one can say they didn’t see this coming. Well, the birds can....
You Can Quantify How Differently Democrats And Republicans See The Future
No need to just guess how different our worldview (the smart ones) is from the others (dumb, bad people). There are numbers—awful, awful numbers....
Washington's Kelsey Plum Drops 57 To Become NCAA Women's Basketball All-Time Leading Scorer
With a 57-point barrage against a fledgling Utah squad, Washington senior guard Kelsey Plum passed Missouri State great Jackie Stiles to become the all-time leading scorer in women’s college basketball history with 3,397 career points. Stiles now sits in second place with 3,394 points, trailed by Br...
Five Vancouver Canucks Players Have Been Quarantined With Mumps Symptoms
Five Vancouver Canucks are out of tonight’s lineup with suspected cases of mumps....
The FBI Is Now Investigating Hartford's Disaster Of A Minor-League Stadium Deal
The Rockies’ Double-A affiliate in Hartford, Conn. has run into plenty of problems since deciding to build a taxpayer-funded ballpark two years ago, including but not limited to lawsuits and construction delays. Here’s a new one: an FBI probe into how public money has been spent on the new park....
Protesting Sells ... But Who's Buying?
Every reporter has a patter for talking to people in a crowd. I start with a nakedly aggressive challenge—usually questioning or condemning their parentage. Alternatively, if they are bigger than I am, I say “gimme a dollar” and see if they comply. It tells me they’re easily cowed....
Muhammad Ali's Son Says He Was Detained And Questioned About His Religion At Florida Airport
Two weeks ago, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously voted to refuse to reinstate Donald Trump’s Muslim ban. That hasn’t completely stopped arbitrary detentions at airports, and this morning, Muhammad Ali’s son Muhammad Ali Jr. revealed that he was detained for a few hours and questioned abou...
This Letter Is Capitalism's Dream And America's Nightmare
One of the many terrifying aspects of having Donald Trump as president is that he, like all children, is very easily persuaded. Single meetings and conversations can shape his entire, pliable worldview. The wolves of corporate America know what easy prey looks like....
Trump Makes Thirsty Business Asshole Tell Flattering Golf Story
Here’s Day-Glo leatherette Cialis tote Donald Trump, in a meeting with various manufacturing executive types, prodding General Electric CEO Jeffrey Immelt to tell the story of the time Trump boasted about being a rich person who plays golf (probably true) and then hit a hole-in-one on his own golf c...
Sacramento Radio Guy Pulled Off Air Over Anti-Vlade Divac Rant
Damien Barling is a co-host of The Lo-Down, a sports talk radio show on Sacramento’s KHTK 1140. Like most everyone, Barling was unhappy with the Kings torpedoing their future by trading DeMarcus Cousins to the Pelicans for garbage. He recently relayed his dissatisfaction with the Kings on his radio...
Sean Doolittle: "Refugees Aren’t Stealing A Slice Of The Pie From Americans"
One of the especially nasty side effects of the current state of the country is that basic morality is being read as political action. Dexter Fowler can’t even say it’s “unfortunate” if his Iranian-American wife can’t see her family without bringing on an avalanche of ugly, bigoted responses. And no...