Owen Good's discussions

I’m going to unashamedly #wellactually the delightful couple who begins this post — Short Round’s cap was the 1923 New York Giants, not (what appears to be) the 1916 Brooklyn Dodgers. Read more

Christ almighty they could have used one of these motherfuckers on the Death Star. Read more

It’s hard to ignore a moment like this. Read more

There has to be some word of charity here for Duel, putting the Plymouth in neutral ... “You can’t beat me on the grade!” Read more

I kept waiting for them to throw a steel-belted radial on that motherfucker. The cheering when it ate the couch was :chef’s kiss:

Also props to Muffin Monster for splurging on the 1980s VHS sports highlight music. Read more

I flushed Q-tips down the commode in my apartment (one of four converted from a antebellum manor) when I was an intern after my junior year. I have never been more mortified than to see that john unbolted from the floor and the clog of q-tips blocking the drain. I wanted to run away and join the circus. Read more

This and the Jared Kushner post yesterday are going to be Pulitzer named finalists in the “Fetishizing the irrelevant” category Read more

+1 GFE ATF Read more

I have a friend whose wedding announcement ran in the NYT vows section, so it really pains me to say this, but Jesus H. Christ the NYT Vows section is the honkiest god damn thing on Earth. Read more

Doesn’t this raise the question of what value chat adds to these things in the first place? Every time I see a popular stream — whether it’s this or a Nintendo Direct, the chat is just pinwheeling with drivel — and that’s at its most benign. Plainly, the children viewing these things can’t play with their toys in any… Read more

I now have to turn this back to you and ask why antagonizing Michigan State is so worth it here. There’s nothing about their title that nullifies Penn’s remarkable run or wipes out their status as the last Ivy to make the Final Four. No, they didn’t win the title; yes, they lost to a team helmed by a singular talent,… Read more

Thanks for this. You don’t fluke into a national title with a 10-loss team over six victories in a single-elimination tournament. Valvano developed the modern strategy of fouling, to trade free throws for possession. He was a very good defensive coach. The 1983 final was an ugly game, taken in sum, but State wasn’t… Read more

I think the point is that “mid-major” is a fungible classification. Read more

Automatic. Also automatic on the lower elbow of this half of the court. Read more

When the refs come back from review and count it, what is the guy screaming? Carvel, or karma? Read more

Lots of friends down here went to Radford; really, the best thing about this tournament is hitting up someone you haven’t talked to in a long time and getting them excited, even if you both know how it’s probably gonna go down. Those who roll on house money have nothing to lose, and those who hit are everyone’s… Read more

From Mental Floss re: Cheers Read more

The funnest part of this shit is not the first round matchups but the ones they’re trying to engineer for the second round, and in that regard, Auburn vs. Auburn With a Lake is hee-larious. I tip my hat. Read more

All America.