It was a miserable year full of miserable things. Here is some stuff from 2017 that we hope stays in 2017. Facebook The problem is not really Facebook, I should say. Facebook is absolutely fucking awful—stupid and smug and kind of blithely anti-human and disgustingly craven even by the prevailing standards of triumphal circa-now ultra-capitalism—but it is terrible in large part because people are terrible, or at least terribly lonely and scared and terribly unwilling to do anything about either. Facebook just happens to be the place where this is most annoyingly apparent; it’s the social network that old people are comfortable with, and the one that most everyone is on, and it’s all outwardly clean-looking enough that it seems normal relative to the rest of the social internet. It…

In case you missed our insightful and thought-provoking live-blog, the 2015 NBA Draft happened tonight, and, after what seemed like an eternity, the first round is finally over. The Minnesota Timberwolves kicked things off by selecting Kentucky center Karl-Anthony Towns, a move that was pretty much locked up a month ago. But because it’s Minnesota—which is a mystery state, apparently—nobody really cared. All eyes were on the New York Knicks and whether they would take the obvious best player, Frank Kaminsky, any of the available dual-threat wings, or go with a less popular foreign selection. Thankfully for those of us who love basketball and hate the Knicks, Phil Jackson and the Melos opted for the latter. Aside from the Knicks—who ended up doing something actually awesome…

The folks in charge of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London released their logo yesterday and it's … uh … a major Tetris disaster? A sketch Picasso made on a bar napkin while drunk? No one seems quite sure. "It won't be to be everybody's taste immediately but it's a brand that we genuinely believe can be a hard working brand which builds on pretty much everything we said in Singapore about reaching out and engaging young people, which is where our challenge is over the next five years," said Sebastian Coe, London 2012 chairman. Yep: That logo is totally what the kids like. We can't wait to see what the Olympic mascot looks like. We're guessing this. London Unveils Logo For 2012 Games [BBC Sport] (And the anti-logo contingent is already pe…

There was a weird moment during last night’s game between the Saints and Falcons, when Saints head coach Sean Payton did some premature gloating. With his team up 17-10 and 12:30 left to play, Payton gave the “Choke!” sign to Falcons running back Devonta Freeman after Freeman had run for no gain near the Saints’ sideline: It was an odd gesture—I suppose maybe it was a reference to last year’s Super Bowl—done at an odd time, because the Falcons went on to score on that very same drive. They’d eventually win the game 20-17. Freeman was asked about the incident after the game, and he admitted that he noticed Payton’s gesture but that he didn’t let it get in his head, noting that Payton “ain’t from where I’m from”: Payton, on the other hand, tried to play dumb …

data-mm-id=”_o12vo0bt9″>The Albany Herald is a newspaper in Albany, Georgia with a distribution of nearly 22,000. The Herald's editor is Carlton Fletcher, which is the only explanation as to how Carlton Fletcher's column, "Answers to ladies' questions about baseball" was published in the year 2019. It has everything and nothing. Dated references, false premises, a straw woman. The actual content of this article is bad. Even if this is an attempt at satire, it is funny only in its unintentional hilarity. The author's headshot even looks like something that would accompany something much more well-written on ClickHole. Every paragraph contains something that will make you cringe. It's a hodgepodge of old store-brand Tim Allen bits written through the …

data-mm-id=”_lcz78i97c”>As one would expect after the biggest football day of the year, the takes have come hot and heavy on Monday morning in regards to the two teams featured in last night's Super Bowl. Max Kellerman has already come out and said Patrick Mahomes is the greatest player to ever live, and it's not even noon. Now, it's Skip's turn. Bayless went on Undisputed to explain what the 49ers should do following a devastating loss that saw them blow a 10-point lead in the fourth quarter as supposed franchise QB Jimmy Garoppolo fell apart when it mattered most. Bayless said they should simply cut Garoppolo now and sign Tom Brady to a two-year deal. "This is what I would do: I would cut Jimmy G and sign Tom Brady for 2 more years. Brady would live and love …

data-mm-id=”_tq1tkq71y”>The spotlight continues to shine on the Houston Astros as they attempt to cope with the fallout of their cheating scandal while spring training begins. The calls for the franchise to be stripped of their 2017 World Series title have continued to grow louder. On Sunday, commissoner Rob Manfred sat down with ESPN's Karl Ravech to discuss the situation and the punishments meted out by the league. When discussing the possibility of taking away the Astros' title, Manfred said it was discussed, but ultimately he felt that it seemed like a futile act. From the article: “”In the context of my original decision, something that we talked about and analyzed extensively,” said Manfred on potentially stripping the Astros of 2017 title. “A big topic of conversation …

data-mm-id=”_2govog2k7″>In the pantheon of nicknames and talent level, the Red Rocket can't hold a candle to Superman. But just because Andy Dalton wasn't blessed to the same degree as Cam Newton doesn't mean he's not a better free agent quarterback. No matter what all the analysts tell you. Since he was released by the Bengals, the Jaguars and Patriots have been mentioned as potential landing spots for Dalton. That led to several pundits, including Nick Wright, to question the idea of a team signing Dalton over Newton. "If the Patriots want to go with Jarrett Stidham, more power to them. … But if they choose to go the free agent QB route and they choose Andy Dalton, who hasn't been good since 2015, over Cam Newton it's utterly, and totally indefen…