Can new procedures tell us who killed the child pageant queen? Were there multiple murderers? According to NBC News, “new DNA testing is planned in the unsolved murder of 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey.” The news was first reported by NBC affiliate KUSA in Denver, Colorado, and by the Boulder Daily Camera. The two news outlets did a joint investigation in October
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Here are your 8 tournament teams if we had a sensible college playoff system. The NCAA Football Selection Committee today will issue its final rankings, and in doing so they face some tough choices about who gets to play for the national title. This is because NCAAF, unlike every other sport, doesn’t allow everyone with a claim to settle it
Read moreI’m not asking who you’re voting for. I’m asking what kind of human being you are. I’m sure you’ve read what Donald Trump said by now, but let’s watch the video and read the transcript just to make sure we’re all on the same page. I was considering titling this essay “Donald Trump is a referendum on our character.” But it isn’t
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If you have an issue with what Colin Kaepernick is saying and doing, you’re defending racism and police brutality. Period. Shaun King has a pointed question for all of you Colin Kaepernick critics: which form of protest do you actually prefer? It’s such a great question because when you think back on it, there has never been a black protest that America’s “reasonable” and
Read moreFake apology. Fauxpology. Unpology. Non-apology apology. It’s all bullshit and you’re an idiot if you play along. I’ve spent decades in the corporate world, and way too much of that time has been dedicated to crafting artful PR bullshit. I’m not proud of the fact, but truth is I’m good at it. And when making the language behave unnaturally is your
Read moreI’m not disappointed in Ryan Lochte. That would be like getting disappointed at the sun for rising in the east. At squirrels for hoarding nuts. At Arsenal for finishing fourth. No, I’m not disappointed in Ryan Lochte. I’m disappointed in myself. When I saw the headline – Ryan Lochte and three others robbed at gunpoint in Rio – my first thought
Read moreApril 20, 1999. I remember exactly where I was, exactly what I was doing. My co-worker at US West, Joe Lopez, turned to me and said “hey Sammy, there’s been a shooting at a school down in Littleton.” “Find out everything you can,” I said. I’ll go tell Marti. Marti was Marti Smith, our VP, and thus began some of
Read morePharmaDudeBro Martin Shrkeli appeared before Congress today and pretty much took the 5th on everything other than spelling his name. Afterward, he did drop this tweet us, though: He’s certainly right about this. However:
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Walter Palmer, the dentist who killed Cecil the Lion, says he did nothing illegal and that he’s going back to work. I don’t think Dr. Palmer understands the issue. He doesn’t grasp why people are so upset. He thinks we’re all mad because we mistakenly believe that he broke the law. No, Walter, we know you acted legally. We live in
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Read moreToday’s arrests are just the beginning. Is it the end of FIFA as we know it? I read the news today. Oh boy. FIFA officials arrested, face U.S. extradition Criminal case opened on World Cup bids It’s early and I’m still processing the stories, trying to a) understand the scope of the actions against the congenitally corrupt leadership of football’s
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Honoring those who died in service doesn’t mean forgiving those who put them in harm’s way. Today America honors its war dead, those who gave their lives in the service of freedom – not only ours, but in many cases they died to save innocent people in far-flung corners of the globe. This isn’t idle rhetoric, either. Ponder what the
Read moreWelcome to the Fall of Rome. 1: Mayweather won a unanimous decision. Just like everyone who has been paying at least a little attention knew he would. Yawn. 2: I keep hearing people calling this the “fight of the century.” And by people, I mean beefwitted sports talk assclowns. Listen, douchenozzles, nothing involving two guys ten years past their primes who
Read moreI’ve spent the past couple of days listening to pundits, casual fans and Patriot-backers emphasize, in the strongest terms possible, that it didn’t change the outcome. Some go a tad further, suggesting that it doesn’t matter if Belichick tried to cheat, so long as the outcome wasn’t unaffected. This line of “reasoning” is at once mind-boggling and completely predictable here in post-sportsmanship
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Nixon was so crooked that he needed servants to help him screw his pants on every morning. – Hunter S. Thompson Every time the New England Patriots win, I kind of assume they’re cheating. Even if they aren’t. Part of me wonders what they’re up to and how they’re getting away with it. My Patriot friends call me a hater,
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