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My knowledge of the NBA is much like your's of the NFL
Everything I know I heard on a Bill Simmons podcast.
Originally Posted by sek929
I can only imagine time will lessen that sentiment.
Inevitably. Though he is the youngest of the bunch, which probably factors in. That said doesn't MLB have a new commish? Haven't heard anything about him. NFL is a hated idiot and NHL's is irrelevant (They still have Bettman, the guy who almost buried the league with the lockout?)
Silver's future depends on the next CBA. The player's union got fleeced in the last Stern deal and between the new TV revenue and new representation and an ability to terminate the CBA early there's a lot riding on Silver finding a way to navigate avoiding a second lock-out in six years without greatly upsetting the owners. I think how he comes out of that will probably determine his favorability for a few years.
KJ also had hernia surgery in 1996 after years of abdominal problems that were allegedly brought on by picking up teammate Oliver Miller to celebrate a play.
Tom Brady after 2 games in 2007: 576 yards, 6 TDs, 1 INT
Tom Brady after 2 games in 2015: 754 yards, 7 TDs, 0 INT
He now has more passing TDs than 26 other NFL teams. Which is odd because he's so used to throwing a deflated ball.
Honestly, despite all the "Aaron Rodgers has perfected the QB position" hype that I've been hearing from people like Dan Le Batard (and the media attention surrounding Deflategate), I don't think there's ever been a quarterback as good as Tom Brady. He's an alien.
Honestly, despite all the "Aaron Rodgers has perfected the QB position" hype that I've been hearing from people like Dan Le Batard (and the media attention surrounding Deflategate), I don't think there's ever been a quarterback as good as Tom Brady. He's an alien.
16th season and looks better than anyone at the position except arguably Rodgers. Aaron is a more complete QB IMO, with better mobility, deep ball, and harder to tackle. Choosing between the two objectively is kind of impossible, prime Peyton as well.
I'm more exasperated at the sports pundit world anointing Andrew Luck as a top QB. I really like Luck, and he has made some astounding 4th quarter heroics in his time in Indy, but he is a turnover machine and hasn't proved (to me at least) that he can function with the pieces given to him. Reggie Wayne was his security blanket all last season, and now he's gone, and it shows.
"I have a dream, that my four little children will one day live in a
nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin,
but by the content of their character." - M.L.King Jr
The podcast will be called The Bill Simmons Podcast rather than the B.S. Report. Three podcasts per week will be produced in the first six months. It will be found in the usual places initially — iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, Spotify, and so on — and a specific web page will eventually be created as a landing spot.
The content will be familiar to his regular listers, with the Guess The Lines podcast with Cousin Sal available on Mondays. There will be an NFL picks-focused podcast on Fridays with Simmons’s friend Joe House, a familiar guest on the ESPN version of the podcast. Media members and celebrity guests will appear on other podcasts.
A lingering question regarding the podcast is whether ESPN will allow Grantland talent such as NBA writer Zach Lowe to appear as a guest. An ESPN spokeman noted that ESPN cooperates with many non-ESPN shows in allowing guests to appear, but said the network would take each request from Simmons “on a case-by-case basis as we normally do.”
Ruling that the Supreme Court has not settled the issue, and setting the stage for the Court to do so, a federal appeals court declared on Wednesday that the main college sports organization’s total ban on any pay for students who play football or basketball at major schools is illegal under federal antitrust law. But, it also ruled by a divided vote that those athletes should not be paid even one dollar more than what it costs them to attend college while they are there. It voided a judge’s order that they get paid $5,000 for each year of play, after they have left the campus.
Will ensure continued SEC dominance in college FB. Suits me.
"I have a dream, that my four little children will one day live in a
nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin,
but by the content of their character." - M.L.King Jr
Most days start the same — behind the wheel of a white 1997 Dodge Caravan SE outfitted with a bubble-top Mark III conversion kit, a VHS player mounted to the roof inside and a r8hers personalized plate. Mark Davis pilots this machine from his East Bay home to the nearest P.F. Chang’s, where he sits at the left end of the bar, same spot every time, puts his white fanny pack on the counter, orders an iced tea and unfolds the day’s newspapers. Beside him on the bar, next to the papers, is his 2003 Nokia push-button phone with full texting capability. When someone calls and asks him where he is, he says, “I’m in my office,” and sends a knowing nod to the bartenders. It gets ‘em every time.
To say coaches are creatures of habit is an understatement. Their routines are practically like rituals because changing anything is bad luck.
"I have a dream, that my four little children will one day live in a
nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin,
but by the content of their character." - M.L.King Jr
"I have a dream, that my four little children will one day live in a
nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin,
but by the content of their character." - M.L.King Jr
You trying to say that owners don't often make coaching-type decisions? Last I saw, micromanagement by owners is a major thing in the NFL.
"I have a dream, that my four little children will one day live in a
nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin,
but by the content of their character." - M.L.King Jr
What would you suggest? Admitting you made a mistake? *scoff*
How about you just admit that you have a bad temper?
"I have a dream, that my four little children will one day live in a
nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin,
but by the content of their character." - M.L.King Jr
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