It was also at the end of 60 second + shift.

That was what really impressed/surprised me. I thought his line had been out there forever, and it was going to be one those chip into the zone and go for a change type situations. Instead, he turned on the jets and ripped it top shelf.

Does the fact that the Clinton foundation and DNC helped finance the pee dossier absolve Trump of all things Russian? People want to dissolve the Mueller probe over this. I was wondering about this too. What differentiates the pee dossier from normal opposition research? I'm asking honestly (not a ...

The Bryant situation is a tough one. He's clearly a head case, but I'm not sure the team can win the Super Bowl with AB, Juju, and Rogers as their top 3 receivers, especially when they aren't getting much from the tight ends. I also don't think Bryant is totally wrong about Ben being locked into goi...

The city officially put in its bid for Amazon's HQ2 and launched a new website: https://hqpittsburgh.com If nothing else, a really great video came out of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEw2Ky5XxDM Post Gazette's article on the bid: http://www.post-gazette.com/business/development/2017/10/19...

I think a big part of the appeal of figures like Che, Castro, and Mao is that they started out as revolutionaries fighting against unjust colonial systems. Of course, their victories gave rise to regimes that were at least as bad as they ones they overthrew, but that latter part seems to be elided b...

I definitely think Gulati should go, but I'm not sure about Donovan (or any former player as a replacement). I don't understand exactly what duties the federation president has, but I know they include things like dealing with the various pro leagues in the US, other federations, and the whole youth...

What the **** is a Hickenlooper?

Not sure if this is a serious question, but he's governor of Colorado, and I think he's a solid darkhorse pick, since he's a relatively moderate white guy who is not from the coasts.

I have no idea who Ryan is in that poll. I'm hoping it's Jonah Ryan from Veep.

Blessed be the makeup call.

A bit of good news for US fans...the u-17 national team beat Paraguay 5-0 yesterday to advance to the QFs of the u-17 WC. Tim Weah (son of George Weah and on the books at PSG) had a hat trick. The u-20s also made the QFs in their WC in the spring, so there is hopefully a new generation of talent on ...

I hate the stadium extortion gambits. It's kind of interesting/funny that the Crew think they have enough clout to make this play. That said, I can see it from their owners' point of view too. Lots of teams new and old are getting fancy new stadiums in their respective downtowns, and it would seem h...

I watched the first episode of Mr. Robot. It picks up pretty much exactly where last season ended, but doesn't have too much plot development. Maybe a minor spoiler.. It seems like there's still something to the more surreal/sci-fi direction hinted at by Angela's meeting with White Rose towards the ...

Man, Niemi is swimming around already.

I'm not involved in youth soccer in any way currently, but from what I hear from guys on my over-30 team who are, things are already quite a bit different from when I grew up. Two guys on the team are full-time youth coaches, and they've said that there are now a couple kids per year that get plucke...

Ugh...for as good as Murray's been, that was very saveable.

That 2002 team's bench had some pretty crappy players--David Regis, Frankie Hejduk, Gregg Berhalter, Carlos Llamosa, an old Earnie Stewart, etc.--who probably wouldn't make the current US 23-man roster. Whether it was the right decision or not, this current team left plenty of guys off the roster wh...

So what's the general consensus on the MLS? Good at building interest in soccer, but does f*** all for the USMNT? Seems to be the case but I'm not in touch with all this. My take on MLS is that it's been very good at developing more guys who are on the fringes of the USMNT pool. For example, there ...

Re Trump: I really don't like the idea of a 25th Amendment pathway to removal. While I think pretty much everyone here agrees to one extent or another that the guy is emotionally challenged, the idea of using a subjective standard for something like this is ripe for abuse. The drafters of the Amend...

I thought the PK call was kind of weak, but given that they got away with at least one elbow to the head, I'm OK with it.

Yeah, they can't stop Pulisic when he can run at the defense.

Yeah, I was excited about the expanded Euros for a little bit due to the chance to see different teams like Wales, Hungary, Iceland, etc. After watching them, while Iceland and Wales were fine, I was left thinking, "Yeah, I can do without seeing teams like Northern Ireland or Hungary ever again."

On the one hand, it's exciting to see a potential upset in WQC (and it would be cool to see a team like Peru that hasn't qualified in forever go). On the other hand, it would be a shame as a viewer to miss out on watching Messi in his last WC in his prime.

https://i.redd.it/k1s6b7pp24qz.jpg :lol: I guess that did kind of inadvertently work with the Black Panthers in the 60s. Maybe there should a march on Washington of several thousand black dudes carrying as much firepower as they legally can, and then we'll see how fast the GOP gets interested in "c...

They're clearly setting up Sullivan to get fired by January, whoever the WBS coach is will get promoted, and then they're set to 3-peat.

I'm down on Reaves too. I wasn't really familiar with him prior to the trade, but I was willing to keep an open mind after reading the reports about how he could a tough guy, 4th-liner who could still score 5-10 goals. But I certainly don't see the potential to produce like that so far...he seems li...

I thought Niemi looked like crap last Wednesday too against Buffalo, but I didn't know if that was just a one-off thing. Apparently not... That game too he kept kind of batting the puck down right into the slot (like he did on that 4th goal) instead of catching it and blocking it off to the side. I ...