sweep the leg

Keith's a dirty player and I hope he misses the 1st round. He won't though, b/c as TUP said, playoff games are way overvalued by Player Safety. The guy's a coward. If you're mad at Coyle, get up and drop the gloves. Coyle would be more than willing to go.

From what Ive read he can't get more money with a different team. He's actually hurting himself contractually by doing this. Almost certainly the reason behind what he's doing is that he wants to play in either Boston or Toronto.

What on tv is a legitimate news source now though? In the age of twitter people aren't going to sit at home and watch cspan. Fox & CNN are comedy networks too, just not "ha ha" funny. Jon Stewart was always my favourite political comedian. Most commentary he does is overblown to make it entertaining, but he knows the issues. The show couldn't cover every issue in depth when he only had 22 minutes of air time four times a week. They pick either the most interesting, or most absurd, thing that's happening in politics and give his take on it in a satirical way. IMO he found the most effective way to get younger people interested in politics. Calling it "dumbing down" is a little pretentious of us smart people, but I suppose it fits for lack of a better term. The Daily Show isn't nearly as good now. Trevor Noah comes across as nothing more than a comedian telling jokes. Stewart seemed more sincerely interested in what he was talking about. His activities post Daily Show seem to support that.

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That's how I see it. I don't expect him to start, but I want to see him on the field fairly regularly.

Never mind asking Rids, common sense should help everybody come to that conclusion.

I thought the swipe about stats was directed at TBurg, not Iso...

He's not even wearing a tie in this clip... http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/daily-show-911-first-responders_us_56682f89e4b0f290e52137bd

The 2013 draft was a steaming pile of excrement. I will consider a re-grade if Mulumba ever plays here.

Richards and Waggoner might end up Fantuz and O'Shea. Little early to compare though.

I'm with you on this, except I always get my hopes up too high. Wouldn't have it any other way.

The shorts issue is arguably the stupidest head coach related issue of all time. I loved his answer to it. Keep them just to spite the complainers is exactly what I would do.

Trump and Gingrich would be the most unlikable running mates in the history of the US. On the bright side, this may give Gingrich a chance to finally see through his plan to colonize the moon.

I'm willing to place a wager that he won't post those numbers this season no matter who his qb is.

Lol, that was a strong response. It's easy for them to sound smart because they employ fact checkers. There aren't very many instances where they've gotten their facts wrong when skewering a politician.

Apparently Smith kicked ass at his pro day and from what I read could possibly be drafted now.

Who's knows anything about Revenberg? I just learned he existed approx. 2 hrs ago. edit (from TSN): Brandon Revenberg (OL, Grand Valley State): Hailing from the same Lakers program that produced perennial CFL All-Star Josh Bourke, Revenberg is a two-time Great Lakes Conference all-star and a three-year starter. As an NCAA Division 2 player, he hasn't received the attention of some other offensive linemen leading up to the draft but he could easily emerge as one of the sleepers in the Class of 2016.

Whining and complaining.

I saw a John Oliver bit where they had engineers cost out the wall based the length, height, materials, etc. that Trump noted, as well as other required infrastructure, and the cost would come in around $25 billion.

I agree with you that your analogies were terrible. You feel sorry for guys who regret their personal decisions and I don't. Agree to disagree.

The obvious reason is the health risk. It's hard to argue that getting punched in the head isn't a concussion risk. My belief is that these guys know the risk and accept it, but the league has to be concerned about the lawsuits that are starting to come in.

Fighting worked as a deterrent until they took the instigator out. Nowadays, if you dish out a beating for a dirty play you're going to miss almost an entire period. There's a 0% chance they'll ever take the instigator penalty back out of the game. There's an extra penalty now too for beating on a guy who isn't fighting back. Nurse got suspended for it a few weeks ago when he jumped Polak.

So what? That's his problem, not the game's. It's a life lesson to work harder in school so you don't have to take a job getting punched in the head.

Fighting is disappearing without having to legislate it out. NHL player safety isn't perfect by any means, but stiffer penalties for cheap/dirty plays are finally starting to clean up the game. The game is getting faster and the one dimensional fighter can't keep up anymore. I like to watch a good fight. I think planned fights between two guys who can barely skate are nonsense, but fights that happen naturally between two guys in the heat of the moment are entertaining and not a detriment to the game. These are grown men making a conscious decision to fight. If they're fine with it, so am I. They know the risks. I think fighting needs to be taken out of junior hockey though. Any league with players under 18 shouldn't allow it. Fights will probably happen regardless of the rules put in place, but the penalties should be stiffened to make it a less desirable decision to make.

I find it disingenuous for guys who made a good living fighting to complain about it now. If you didn't want to fight, quit. Do something else for a living that is less dangerous. None of them were owed a career in hockey, especially when most of the guys complaining weren't good enough to play if they didn't fight.