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10-04-2011 , 12:00 PM

#1351

Yeti

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jesus

http://store.mcsweeneys.net/index.cf...withIssue1.cfm

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10-04-2011 , 12:04 PM

#1352

Chilltown

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"Must miss!"

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10-04-2011 , 12:14 PM

#1353

Bad Beat Bill

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Bill Simmons on LeBron James's 2011 NBA playoffs meltdown, as well as a running diary of Hoosiers, in celebration of the movie's 25th anniversary
• Malcolm Gladwell on the NBA lockout
• Chuck Klosterman unearthing a breathtaking junior college basketball game in North Dakota
• Colson Whitehead on his journey to the World Series of Poker
• Jane Leavy remembering her father
• Fiction from Jess Walter

Is this a parody, or...???

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10-04-2011 , 12:29 PM

#1354

cobrakai111

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"and a cover that looks and feels like you're holding a football"

What are we, 12 years old?

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10-04-2011 , 12:48 PM

#1355

Loretta8

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Originally Posted by cobrakai111

"and a cover that looks and feels like you're holding a football"

What are we, 12 years old?

since been changed to a basketball

lol simmons

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10-04-2011 , 12:52 PM

#1356

72off

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Originally Posted by mosdef

It's not illegal to hit them, it's illegal to hit them in the head. You can hammer someone not looking where they're going, just don't make the head the main point of contact.

from the article it seemed like Dryden wants to eliminate "big hits", which sounds like hits where the head isn't even a point of contact. you're right that it's currently already illegal to make the head the primary point of contact, but he wants to take it even further.

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10-04-2011 , 02:21 PM

#1357

cookieb

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Originally Posted by Yeti

jesus

http://store.mcsweeneys.net/index.cf...withIssue1.cfm

He has gone too far.

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10-04-2011 , 03:07 PM

#1358

nath

the second coming of the second coming

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Originally Posted by Yeti

jesus

http://store.mcsweeneys.net/index.cf...withIssue1.cfm

At least when I vomit on it the color will blend well

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10-04-2011 , 05:35 PM

#1359

kidcolin

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He's doing video podcasts now. seems like the sorta setup that could tuen into a tv show.

Also, in an espn Dallas piece, Tim McMahon used the term romo-coaster, which Simmons just used on the sal podcast. Pretty hackish iyam.

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10-04-2011 , 06:10 PM

#1360

True North

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Nah, it's not hard for people to simultaneously come up with dumb things.

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10-04-2011 , 06:35 PM

#1361

ZBTHorton

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I've seen RomoCoaster all over twitter for a long time. That's nothing new at all.

And if it were, the chances Tim McMahon was the originator is like .0000000001%. He's probably the one of the worst sports writers on the planet.

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10-04-2011 , 07:59 PM

#1362

kidcolin

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yeah I meant that McMahon was copy-catting, not vice versa

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10-05-2011 , 04:18 AM

#1363

rmthawk64

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Simmons and Kang killed it on their Renegade Basketball League piece.

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10-08-2011 , 09:49 PM

#1364

GBP04

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Simmons podcast with Sugar Ray Leonard was great

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10-09-2011 , 11:19 PM

#1365

Bill Murphy

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Originally Posted by cookieb

He has gone too far.

My first thought, along with remembering how I would've insta-ordered 20 years ago.

His next step will be announcing that Grantland articles will be deleted after six months.

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10-09-2011 , 11:25 PM

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Bill Murphy

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Jerry West article was good, tho covered well-traveled ground. Renegade NBA article was a tremendous effort. The must watch factor for players redrafting the NBA would be off the charts.

The slight slur in Leonard's voice got to me after awhile on the podcast, had to turn it off, tho the content was damn good.

Spoiler:

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10-09-2011 , 11:33 PM

#1367

sportsjefe

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Originally Posted by Bad Beat Bill

Is this a parody, or...???

In a way, yes.

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10-09-2011 , 11:38 PM

#1368

Pudge714

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A huge lol at Boston being #2 here.
http://www.grantland.com/blog/the-tr...saddest-cities

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10-10-2011 , 02:39 AM

#1369

GBP04

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just horrible

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10-10-2011 , 07:27 AM

#1370

True North

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That whole list is just a big bucket of fail.

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10-10-2011 , 07:36 AM

#1371

BobboFitos

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Originally Posted by Pudge714

A huge lol at Boston being #2 here.
http://www.grantland.com/blog/the-tr...saddest-cities

Grantland writers I guess just don't understand what that sort of list is supposed to look like. Issue of intelligence or comprehension or something?

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10-10-2011 , 08:29 AM

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True North

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Cleveland, Buffalo, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Washington, Seattle and Kansas City have to be the top 6 in some order (plus Toronto if you want to expand to all of North America).

New York and Boston...just wow.

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10-10-2011 , 08:36 AM

#1373

BobboFitos

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Originally Posted by True North

I suppose passion for sports matters, as in, people actually getting sad/mad/whatever in those particular cities, which is why "Boston" makes sense in terms of the mega let down. But this is also a city which, days ago, unveiled the new Bruins banner all the while the Patriots continue to rape.

Cleveland deserves to be at the top for a long time. There is just such sadness involved with the city itself, in addition to the failure they call professional sports. The others you mention are all well more deserving than any city in the North East...

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10-10-2011 , 11:01 AM

#1374

NhlNut

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Originally Posted by True North

Buffalo has the Bills doing well, plus a rich new owner and promising season for the Sabres. Think they are off of suicide watch.

Boston on the list is a farce.

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10-11-2011 , 11:59 AM

#1375

STA654

Here's some straight talk

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LOL @ BS suggesting the Eagles are losing on purpose (he did not specify their theoretical objectives).

having a defensive coordinator who is inept and in way over his head, it;s gonna have an effect

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