The family of Aldon Smith has decided to send his brain to medical experts in Boston to see if CTE played a role in the former NFL defensive lineman's death.
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@blind_via Instead of saying ‘well something else is bad therefore this bad thing doesn’t matter’, shouldn’t the approach be to want to fix both issues?
USA. A Mexican restaurant. We had not yet ordered anything, and the food was already arriving.
Chips. Salsa. Unrequested. Free.
I stopped the waiter. "We have not earned these."
"They just come with the table, man."
They come with the TABLE. In my land, hospitality is a debt. Every gift creates an obligation, weighed carefully, returned in the proper season with interest of feeling. Here, the gift arrives before you have even proven you can pay for dinner.
This is not an appetizer. This is a declaration: we trust you. Eat.
I ate with the gravity the moment deserved. And then — I must report this calmly — the basket emptied, and a new one appeared.
"Did we…?"
"Refill," the waiter said. "It's bottomless."
Bottomless. They have wells of salsa. The supply lines of this nation are beyond anything my ancestors imagined.
My friend warned me. "Don't fill up on chips, dude."
Too late. I had accepted three baskets. Honor demanded each one be finished — an unfinished gift is an insult. By the time my actual food arrived, I was a ruined man.
I was not hungry. I was not comfortable. I had been defeated by a courtesy.
Generosity that arrives before the request cannot be repaid. It can only be survived.
I know the rule now. I have made my peace with the basket. One basket. Two at the most.
Who am I deceiving. There is no number of baskets I would refuse. The trust of a nation is in that salsa, and I intend to honor all of it.
I just had my own Larry David moment. A guy in this fantasy league announced his sibling died and we all gave him condolences. Then a few hours later I picked up a player off the waiver wire and everyone was like what the fuck are you doing??
@alexinsdorf99 Cool coaching to say ‘hey, don’t worry about getting the final details right, refine this (drive phase) first and then fix that (comfortable CoD during stick route) later’
Seems like the same thing happening with Herbert focusing solely (no pun intended) on footwork
@CurryHicksSage He has guests on all the time, is what the main draw for me is. And the guests don’t give bs answers to bs questions (unless it’s a commissioner or big wig…) because Pat/the crew doesn’t ask them bs questions, is willing to joke/turn the mood to be more relaxing, etc.
@CurryHicksSage Not that you need any more comments but my take as a McAfee enjoyer (most of the time) is that on YouTube, he has no ads for two one-hour long segments, he talks about sports in a relatable way rather than being a reporter, which appeals to younger audiences…
Per reports, members of Congress working on college sports legislation are confused by the recent consternation around athletes gambling. Placing bets on outcomes they influence is a primary source of income for many of them.
@alexinsdorf99 Do you think that there is a long term nagging injury that he’s not telling us about to that leg? Or else why only wear it on one? It’s not his plant leg, it’s the one where he rotates at the knee when lifting off the ground, looking at the video
The judge’s reasoning for granting the injunction to Texas Tech QB Brendan Sorsby:
“This court finds that [Sorsby] will suffer a probable, imminent, and irreparable injury” without the injunction because he “will be unable to participate as a member of Texas Tech University’s 2026 football team.”
@The_UFM I really wanted to watch my Kings play. I don’t have cable or Fox One, so I couldn’t. Half of the games being on Disney+ is nice since there’s a lot else offered there but the other half on Fox is hard to justify buying a subscription for it.
James Dolan invited his friend Donald Trump to watch Game 3. In order to do that, they have to ban the organic, historically joyous parties happening outside MSG for fans who can't afford to be inside. Modern sports in a nutshell