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Jason Collins Reax, Cont'd 3 weeks, 1 day ago | Tipped by Quickish |
#jason collins +6
Collins’ bravery in coming out won’t be diminished if he never plays in the NBA again. But it would be good for the league, and for aspiring players both gay and straight, to see him take the floor, even if it is just to get a few stops while a better player rests. No matter how unimpressive his scoring numbers may be, nobody can doubt now that Collins has courage. Who wouldn’t want a teammate like that? Josh Levin(via Slate.com)
The National Spelling Bee Ruins Itself on 11/4/13 | Tipped by Quickish |
#pop culture +6
The big shame here is that the spellers are being asked to alter their approach on the fly to make the Bee itself look better. Learning the meanings of the words they will be asked to spell -- vivisepulture, succedaneum, pococurante, cymotrichous, guetapens -- won’t make these children any smarter, more driven, or more appreciative of language and education than they already are. Stefan Fatsis(via Slate)
Super Bowl Hangover, Cont'd on 4/2/13 | Tipped by Quickish |
#super bowl +7
This was the pattern of Super Bowl XLVII: Something strange would happen, and then it would be followed by something even stranger... Sometimes the Super Bowl is just a regular game played under a magnifying glass. ... This year’s 34-31 Ravens win over the 49ers was a showcase for just how bizarre sports can be, and how amazing and terrible it can get when a live event goes off script. Josh Levin(via Slate.com)
"Why Do We Let Kids Play Tackle Football?" on 15/11/12 | Tipped by Quickish |
#epidemic +7
Three hours of talk yielded, for me anyway, an unsurprising answer: Tackle football can best serve children, communities, and public health by disappearing. Stefan Fatsis(via Deadspin/Slate) , reporting from a panel on safety issues in youth football, adding: "None of this is likely, at least anytime soon. Science or no science, the real reason 5- and 6-year-olds will keep padding up and hitting is consumer demand."
When Sports Scores Move Election Results on 26/10/12 | Tipped by Quickish |
#politics +5
On Oct. 27th, a little more than a week before the election, the Ohio State Buckeyes have a big football game against Penn State. The University of Florida Gators have a huge match up against the University of Georgia Bulldogs. If the election remains razor close, these games in these two key battleground states could affect who sits in the White House for the next four years. Tyler Cowen and Kevin Grier(via Slate) , on a new study that "found that a win by the local team, in the week before an election, raises the vote going to the incumbent by around 1.5 percentage points," with a 3-point bump in states with the highest-attendance teams.
NFL Week 5 Storylines: RGIII vs. The NFL's Concussive Reality on 8/10/12 | Tipped by Quickish |
#nfl +6
There are too many Sean Weatherspoons waiting for you just as you turn the corner, ready to knock you onto a career path that's nowhere near as exciting as the one your talent once suggested. Drew Magary(via Deadspin/Slate) , adding: "And the funny thing is that we always hope there will be one QB who finally arrives who can break the trend, a QB who can survive while doing it all. RGIII looked the part until Sunday, and if he can't pull it off, I promise you no one can."
NFL Week 4: Panthers' Coaches Blow It On 4th-And-1 on 1/10/12 | Tipped by Quickish |
#nfl +7
This is it. This is the decision we need to hold up when we're screaming about fourth downs; not Mike Smith's fourth-and-1, not Bill Belichick's fourth-and-2. This play. Cam Newton is now our poster child for bad fourth-down decision-making. Aaron Schatz(via Deadspin/Slate) , adding: "General managers need to bring up this play in every interview with every head coach prospect from now on. If the job applicant would not trust his 6-foot-5, 245-pound quarterback to ice the game with an 80 percent probability of succeeding, he shouldn't be a head coach in the National Football League."
NFL Refmaggedon: Player's Take on 25/9/12 | Tipped by Quickish |
#nfl +4
Commissioner, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but right now the shield is tarnishing faster than a sailor's virtue in a two-dollar whorehouse. Players see it; coaches see it; fans see it. Chris Kluwe(via Deadspin/Slate) , adding: "As a divisional rival, it pains me to say this, but the Packers got royally horsebuggered on that last play, and this could have serious implications down the road when it comes to playoff seeds and homefield advantage."
NFL Replacement Refs Debacle, Cont'd on 18/9/12 | Tipped by Quickish |
#nfl +5
The players don't want games decided on the basis of who can best take advantage of the hapless substitutes. They want rules. They crave structure. And the most paternalistic commissioner in pro sports won't give it to them. Josh Levin(via Deadspin/Slate) , adding: "If there's one thing the replacement refs really can't do, it's make anyone believe they know what they're doing."

MORE: "The league may have figured that the replacement refs would get better as they got more experience. In fact, the opposite is just as likely to happen: The more mistakes they make, the more they realize they are flailing around in deep waters and can't find the shore." (Mike Rosenberg, SI.com)
Schiano's No-No: Last Word on 17/9/12 | Tipped by Quickish |
#nfl +7
What Schiano will soon learn is that the NFL is a league of grudges and grievances, and the guy who makes the rules on the field is Hammurabi, not Roger Goodell. Josh Levin(via Deadspin/Slate) , on the biggest hot-button story from Week 2.

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