Last Allison Stokke update

The Raisman piece was some sort of weird satire. I'm not sure what they were satirizing.

They should send Greg Couch a check for the Missy Franklin story. It was a Deadspin-level quasi-plagiarism job.

 

I see what you did there.

 

I have some proposals in to Slate ...

* You Are Using Your Fork Wrong -- How to Properly Use Utensils
* America Needs to Start Driving on the Other Side of the Road, Like in Europe
* Why Gary, Indiana is the Next Austin
* You Really Think Everyone Puts Their Pants on One Leg at a Time? You Haven't Met These People

 

There was once a Twitter handle that was something like #SlatePitches that would throw out satirical headlines like that.

FWIW, their podcasts are excellent.

 

That is amazing and sad. Long for the days when Christopher Hutchens actually made that place somewhat interesting.

 

You can tell just from their headlines that their way of covering the Olympics is to toss out click-bait stories based on what they see on TV and social media.

Lazy, snarky, cheap and probably really successful.

 

You're looking for the Deadspin thread, I believe.

 

Scenery is better here.

 

Staging fake pressers for a Minute Maid commercial exacts an existential toll.

 

That's in the ballpark of Couch's reasoning.

 

Is the first reply on this thread the very first SJ reference to blue font?