Henry Meowlins posted:

So Nilish Prasad is basically the puppet master behind all of this, according to an update. He started dating Sarah when she was in junior high and he in high school. Here's an actual picture of the two of them from 2010 (source is deadspin)




So even the pictures that she now says are "really her" are fake. I really doubt she has even been the primary author of anything at this point.

Frot Lesnar posted:

She was dating BJ Penn?

Voodoofly posted:

I'm pretty sure Donald Sterling would have a bone to pick with that article.

seiferguy posted:

Marge Schott trumps them all, calling her players "million dollar n---ers" back in the early 90s.

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Mo chased ball like he chased dream: Injured Mo was being Mo, going after what he wanted with child's enthusiasm

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That's why outfielders want to be infielders in BP, why infielders throw curveballs and knuckleballs on the side, and why Rivera has spent his entire baseball life using his easy, athletic grace to track fly balls near big league walls.

Only this time, Rivera's right knee blew up, he crashed into the wall and collapsed in a heap. He grabbed his knee as his face tightened into an unruly knot, betraying the pain and fear.

Henry Meowlins posted:

So even the pictures that she now says are "really her" are fake. I really doubt she has even been the primary author of anything at this point.

Really, who is this guy posted:

For the second time in a week, Gonzalez's failure to come through in the clutch spoke volumes about the man's charisma.

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One has to wonder if he ever really mentally got here. He's totally unprepared for what it means to be a team leader in a place like Boston.

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One has to wonder if he ever really mentally got here. He's totally unprepared for what it means to be a team leader in a place like Boston.

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Wilbur you suck. If I buy you a plane ticket, will you head to sunny San Diego? Did you steal this article out of Dan Shaughnessy's trash can? I hope you're gone long before Gonzalez.

Vertical Lime posted:

I can't believe it took this long for Mushnick to be brought up in this thread. I figured he'd say something like that about Jay-Z after he once chastised Obama for having Jay-Z on his ipod

http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/tv/let_clean_up_the_president_ipod_CFSsjMm2SHIwSnb6V65dJL

Also, he did a bad job defending himself concerning what he said

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2012/05/phil_mushnick_o.php

The thing about him is that if you've seen one column by him, you've seen them all. He holds grudges that lasts years. Goddamn is he repetitive

Toffile posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPCnl0sXcKM

Forgot to link this the first time around.

Alpha3KV posted:

Michael Wilbon wrote an article about Chicago's reputation as a cursed sports town, which is a reputation I was never aware of:
http://espn.go.com/chicago/nba/story/_/id/7900380/injuries-chicago-bulls-derrick-rose-chicago-bears-jay-cutler-enhance-city-legend-curses

Alpha3KV posted:

Michael Wilbon wrote an article about Chicago's reputation as a cursed sports town, which is a reputation I was never aware of:
http://espn.go.com/chicago/nba/story/_/id/7900380/injuries-chicago-bulls-derrick-rose-chicago-bears-jay-cutler-enhance-city-legend-curses

Harlock posted:

A town which just won the Stanley Cup 2 years ago and the World Series 7 years ago is cursed guys. Never mind our 6 NBA titles in the 90s.

R.D. Mangles posted:

I didn't read the article, but the only cursed team is the Cubs. It is silly to claim that Chicago won a world series 7 years ago because the White Sox winning was pretty much the worst thing to happen to Cubs fans. Everyone does forget that until 2005, the White Sox and Cubs had the two longest championship droughts in all of American professional sports (Red Sox fans are infinitely louder).

R.D. Mangles posted:

I didn't read the article, but the only cursed team is the Cubs. It is silly to claim that Chicago won a world series 7 years ago because the White Sox winning was pretty much the worst thing to happen to Cubs fans. Everyone does forget that until 2005, the White Sox and Cubs had the two longest championship droughts in all of American professional sports (Red Sox fans are infinitely louder).

Mornacale posted:

Hey guys, I'm pretty sure Pittsburgh is cursed, the Pirates are bad and they don't even HAVE a basketball team, what a loving curse!

Crazy Ted posted:

If Chicago is cursed, what does that make Cleveland?

Toffile posted:

Gomorrah.

Crazy Ted posted:

Which city is Sodom?

Groucho Marxist posted:

Happy Valley

Mornacale posted:

Hey guys, I'm pretty sure Pittsburgh is cursed, the Pirates are bad and they don't even HAVE a basketball team, what a loving curse!

Twin Cinema posted:

What do you guys think of BuzzFeed's new(ish) sports section

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdDMrncAy4U

Benne posted:

Grantland has a fantastic article on Greg Oden. I'm not spoiling anything, just read it.


http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/7908766/a-rare-interview-former-no-1-overall-pick-greg-oden-injury-plagued-career

EdRush posted:

Basically required reading for anyone who considers themselves a Blazers fan.

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Question: When do you know that a public figure really needs a P.R. boost?

Answer: When that person wraps himself in the rainbow flag.

Case in point: Toronto Maple Leafs GM/bully Brian Burke -- who endeavours (and sometimes succeeds) in getting commentators fired when he doesn't care for their opinions -- is part of an anti-homophobia public service announcement entitled, "You Can Play."

The debut of the spot comes on the heels of a very brutal few weeks for Burke, after he failed to make a significant deal at the trading deadline and then met his Waterloo in trying to get Don Cherry fired from Coach's Corner. (Sorry, Burkie -- you taking on hockey icon Cherry is akin to the Thornhill Selects taking on the Detroit Red Wings.)

So, what does Burke do to bolster his tarnished image? He rolls out an anti-homophobia campaign on the premise that his son, Brendan -- who tragically died in a car accident in 2010 -- was gay.

Surely, anyone being bullied for any reason is wrong -- whether that person is too fat, too nerdy, too freckle-faced -- you name it.

Yet, in the anti-bullying biz these days, it seems there's a subtext that the very worst sort of bullying is the kind that is perpetrated against homosexuals.

But why? Is it not equally repugnant to bully a gay kid as it is to bully a red-headed kid? Surely all forms of bullying are vile and should be eradicated.

However, when it comes to optics, a sure-fire way to get an image makeover is by latching on to a gay cause. And it seems to be working for Burke, who is being roundly applauded for his feel-good initiative -- even though I'm unaware of a scintilla of evidence that any professional or amateur hockey player has ever been discriminated against or targeted due to his sexual orientation.

So, what gives?

My guess is that Burke has learned a lesson from potty-mouth Sean Avery. This is the ex-New York Ranger who allegedly mocked ex-Leaf Jason Blake about having cancer. Avery also referred to his ex-girlfriend, actress Elisha Cuthbert, as "sloppy seconds" when Dion Phaneuf started dating her.

Avery needed a PR makeover too. So what did he do? He claimed that during a fight with Wayne Simmonds of the Philadelphia Flyers, Simmonds used a homophobic slur. (Oh, the horror! Apparently, in the NHL, players can use each other as punching bags until the ice turns crimson with blood, but for God's sake, nobody should utter a slur while releasing haymakers.)

Milking the gay angle for all it's worth, Avery went on to state how he was pro-gay marriage; what this has to do with the pursuit of pucks is beyond me.

But there was a very unhappy epilogue to the Avery story. Damien Goddard of Rogers Sportsnet had the temerity to tweet that he supported traditional marriage. A few days later, Goddard was terminated.

It's all so perversely ironic. For decades, the gay community has (rightfully) asked for more understanding and more tolerance. Yet it appears that tolerance is apparently a one-way street. If someone has problems with gay matrimony, that isn't a matter of having a differing viewpoint. Rather, it's apparently just cause for termination.

In fact, the whole gay issue seems to be less about equal rights and more about special rights these days. Case in point: at the Pride parade, numerous revellers go completely naked. Last time I checked, going au natural on city streets was against the law. Yet, is anyone ever charged with public indecency? Nope. But just try marching in the buff at the St. Patrick's Day parade and see what happens.

Sean Avery and Brian Burke are two peas in a pod in that they are both thoroughly unsavoury characters. But it's abundantly clear that the first step toward remaking one's image as Mr. Nice Guy is reinventing oneself as an advocate for gay causes.

I'll have to remember that next time I get into some hot water. I've even got a whiz-bang slogan: "If it's good, it's gay; and if it's gay, it's good."

Hand Knit posted:

You may have heard of You Can Play. You probably thought this was a good, even necessary initiative. Well, David Menzies is here to tell you that he sees through the bullshit.

You Can't Hide Behind the Gay Flag, Brian Burke


Really the whole thing could be bolded but I tried to get the best parts.

zakharov posted:

FlamingLiberal posted:

Wow.

Where is this gem from?