Steve9347

One would think that a station that accepts advertising revenue from the "It Gets Better" campaign might be smart enough to keep the bigoted feelings of one of their paid "analysts" off the air just hours after a breakthrough story. There's plenty of third-party nutjob assholes who care about what others' do with their lives, they could have brought anyone else on to play the role of bigot.

15 k's minimum for Darvish.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Apr 30, 2013 -> 11:48 AM) So I shouldn't have an opinion on the response to this story because it doesn't affect me? I don't think anyone said that. I think they are basically pointing out that your "meh" attitude is because it doesn't effect you.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Apr 30, 2013 -> 10:14 AM) It's not meaningless and I said this story is significant. I just don't think the ZOMG! FINALLY, A PROFESSIONAL SPORTS PLAYER HAS COME OUT, QUEUE THE PARADE! response was really justified. That's all. But why not? It's a huge deal. Jason Collins has gigantic balls and I applaud him. I guess you can feel how you want, but to question why other people are so proud of him and respect the move is just silly.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Apr 30, 2013 -> 07:26 AM) Kane and Saad got their playoff mullets. https://twitter.com/carmelo_p/status/329045...0058624/photo/1 LOL

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Apr 30, 2013 -> 10:08 AM) This is the type of hyperbolic crap I just don't buy. 2 days ago 99.9% of the country didn't know who this guy was. They'd never heard of him. And now you're telling me that a complete nobody who came out is going to help other people? Really? You don't think this is media spin just a tad because they've been waiting for this story for so long? So unless LeBron James or Kevin Durant came out of the closet, the strength Jason Collins showed to blaze the trails in the NBA of all leagues is meaningless. You must be a real blast at parties.

QUOTE (lasttriptotulsa @ Apr 29, 2013 -> 05:12 PM) Any Sabbath fans around? New single is out. I think their fans are mostly dead.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Apr 28, 2013 -> 10:59 PM) Tywen Lannister is an absolute scene stealer AND A COMPLETE DICK

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Apr 29, 2013 -> 10:41 PM) I would pick Steve Harnden. If he wasnt available, then I would pick Southside_Hitman I am available.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Apr 30, 2013 -> 09:40 AM) I think it's significant, I don't think it's something to give the guy a medal for. I haven't seen any medals handed out, but if you don't think what Jason Collins has done took a great deal of strength and courage, then you're nuts. He should be commended.

None of the above. Joseph Gordon Levitt

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Apr 29, 2013 -> 03:08 PM) BOOM SHAKA LAKA Who knew so many people were into Naked Castaway?

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Apr 29, 2013 -> 05:15 PM) With all of the bullying of kids these days and high suicide rates, the last thing we need is this douche on TV hammering the point that being gay is wrong/bad. Look, ma! A good point!

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Apr 29, 2013 -> 05:06 PM) Maybe there's an Arrested Development sponsorship/tie-in where Will Arnett will reveal Derrick Rose in uniform after spinning a large crate several times, while The Final Countdown is playing. Honestly, I would die from loss of semen.

Thibs will not reveal his starters...

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Apr 29, 2013 -> 04:54 PM) Chris Broussard believes that Jason Collins lives in sin and is a rebellion against God. http://deadspin.com/espns-chris-broussard-...rebel-484708467 Chris Broussard is also a rebellion against journalism and hopefully this gets him fired. He should absolutely be fired.

I didn't post it in here, because I'm trying to ignore the Rose drama and just enjoy this hard-working Bulls team, but something like two days ago Reggie Rose talked about Derrick playing against the Heat in round 2. Anyway, he hasn't been ruled out for tonight yet - normally by now KC would have posted something to Twitter.

Being a Google News site is amazing. The traffic is nuts.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 29, 2013 -> 12:32 PM) No he couldn't and I hate when people say this. In this case not because of him personally, but because any sort of "gadget" setup will not work unless he can be a regular on the field in the first place. When a team does what the Jets did last year, try to use any player as a "Gadget" QB, 2 things happen. First, in order for him to come in, the QB has to come out. Like it or not, this step takes the offense out of rhythm. The playcalling is different, the cadence is different, everything changes. It may only be a psychological change, but the offense is told "This guy is in charge" and suddenly he's on the bench for a play or two. It's a giant disruption. Worse than that is what it does to the defense. Put yourself in the shoes of the middle linebacker. You see the QB come out and Tebow come on to the field. Do you think that a trick play might be coming? Do you not perk up rapidly and make sure everyone knows their assignments and how to deal with the upcoming trick play? The defense immediately snaps to attention, that's their natural response, they're coached to be ready for it. The Bears have seen this exact effect with the "Hester package", every time he comes on the field, the defense suddenly snaps to attention and expects something tricky. If you want a gadget player to be effective, he has to be a nearly every down player. He has to be able to have a role if the play isn't called for him, whether it's as a receiver or a blocker, a team has to run 10 plays with him in order to get the defense adapted to having him on the field before anything tricky is tried. Take a look at how the Read option teams do it; they run the read option like 10% of the time and a standard offense 80-90% of the time because they want it to cross up the defense. Or look at how the Packers use Cobb and the Vikings used Harvin whenever he was healthy; they may not be in on every play, and they are moved around a lot, but they're in on a lot of plays where the ball goes elsewhere. If Tebow was willing and able to play the role of a starting TE or FB, great, then he's a great "Gadget" player because you can keep him on the field and have him play a role during the other 90% of the called plays, and then on play 10 you can flip the ball to him and have him run a read option out of the backfield with the defense not knowing that things are coming. But, he's shown no willingness to switch positions and he's seemingly spent no time developing skills that could help him make that position change. Nice write up. Ever consider the fact that a gadget player doesn't have to play QB?

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Apr 29, 2013 -> 09:45 AM) Agreed. And it's not like anyone in Detroit has a job to wake up for in the morning. daaaaaaaaaaaaaammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

It was hilarious and awesome. I freely admit, however, that Mark Wahlberg is one of my only vices.

Pain & Gain was awesome.

QUOTE (thxfrthmmrs @ Apr 27, 2013 -> 09:33 PM) I was lucky enough to be at the game, and from our angle, Nate's shots were of very high difficulty which some of them were "are you fking kidding me" shots, especially those bang shots late in OT. I think he hit like 10 shots in a row or something, he was locked in, late in the game when he had the ball, the whole stadium knew he was going to score. Reffing was BS in this game. Was there some contact? Yes, in some plays. We are in the f***ing playoffs for sake, let them play through minor contacts. At least from what I saw, we didn't get the same treatments as the Nets did. Even some of the calls we got were make up calls for the horrible calls from before. I love at the end of the game when we knew we had this one, the whole crowd was chanting "Ref you suck!", and rightfully so. It was quite obvious, and I hate to say it, that the NBA wanted the Nets to win that one. It's never been more obvious, anyway. The insanity of Nate down the stretch and the ineptitude of the Nets threw a wrench in their plans.

What a brutal list.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Apr 26, 2013 -> 03:42 PM) I'm the funniest guy I know You make creating images super easy.