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The 2019 Ian Mahinmi No-Shots

No-Shots The 2019 No-Shot Contracts When the Wizards signed Ian Mahinmi to a four-year, $64MM contract in the free agent bonanza of 2016, I started laughing. Literally. When the ESPN alert popped up on my phone, I lost my mind laughing and immediately called my best friend. He’s a Wizards fan. He picked up myContinue reading “The 2019 Ian Mahinmi No-Shots”

Really Lazy Reporting, Part 4

I’m sorry I’ll stop doing this soon. But I mean [Gerrard’s] career as a manager is likely to be defined by the outcome of this season. The whole article is about how he’s on the precipice of moving to a bigger club and this season, at the second largest club in Scotland is defining hisContinue reading “Really Lazy Reporting, Part 4”

Really Bad Reporting, Part 11

“When Spurs agreed an £85m move for Bale to Real Madrid in the final hours of the summer transfer window back in 2013, they spent the money on seven players and saw none of them justify the outlay, so they must learn the lessons of that disastrous piece of business. If they don’t replace Kane,Continue reading “Really Bad Reporting, Part 11”

Really Lazy Reporting, Part 5

Please, just please, don’t make grandiose one-off statements in your article. These problems have only grown worse with the coronavirus pandemic, as smaller businesses succumb to the economic damage, and changing patterns in teleworking and retail accelerate in ways that make Americans more reliant on technologies produced by a few firms. Shares in the BigContinue reading “Really Lazy Reporting, Part 5”

Really Lazy Reporting, Part 6

I said earlier writing about sports is demanding. Writing about movies seems fun and frivolous, even if some people that do it have no idea what they’re talking about. Saving Private Ryan getting a 93% on Rotten Tomatoes means SEVEN PERCENT of critics gave it a negative review. That’s like the sportswriters who think GregContinue reading “Really Lazy Reporting, Part 6”

Really Lazy Reporting, Part 1

From July 13: To mitigate that, you need very good defenders (especially centrally) or an exceptionally consistent goalkeeper and they have neither. Only two teams — Man City and West Ham — have a worse xGC/shot ratio. The former gets away with it and are second in the table in part because they have anContinue reading “Really Lazy Reporting, Part 1”