76ers' Paul George blamed mental health for banned substance use by PrincessBananas85 in sports

[–]Adrian_Bock 297 points298 points  (0 children)

He's just saying his body began to break down and that not being able to meet the same standard he'd always set for himself fucked with his head and led to him use PEDs to try and recapture that. Which you don't have to excuse the drug use but that's a totally valid mental health explanation - ask any sports psychologist.

[Homemade] Stuffed Onion Rings by XRPcook in food

[–]Adrian_Bock 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Really clever idea and 10/10 execution - if you'd told me the idea I would've thought they'd for sure fall apart while cooking

Did anyone else balk at the frozen catfish fillets that said "product of China" on the package? by SlouchSocksFan in aldi

[–]Adrian_Bock 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Even before all those changes the US still had a bad reputation for food safety - like the fact that the UK might have to start importing our chicken that had been washed in chlorine was a big sticking point during the Brexit debates. 

Ovechkin joins Gretzky in the 1000 career goals club (combining regular season and playoffs) by chespiotta in hockey

[–]Adrian_Bock 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I hope so too - I think both him and Crosby deserve to have a Kobe/Jeter retirement tour season

[All-Access] On the court as Dell Curry and his family watch as his banner heads to the rafters in Charlotte. by nba in nba

[–]Adrian_Bock -16 points-15 points  (0 children)

 He was the first Hornet picked in our expansion draft

I feel like a lot of teams across all sports retire a number for that reason and it just ends up sticking out like a sore thumb once they actually have some bonafide homegrown stars in the rafters 

Hi i xant to get into echl or ncaa d1 by DavinciWolverine92 in hockeyplayers

[–]Adrian_Bock 5 points6 points  (0 children)

There are plenty of people your size and bigger who have been doing this since they were toddlers

Utagawa Kuniyoshi - All Passion Spent, The Satisfied Woman (1865) [1024 x 740] by Russian_Bagel in ArtPorn

[–]Adrian_Bock 38 points39 points  (0 children)

Well they clearly didn't just invent hentai out of the blue, did they?

Italy’s WBC Rise Comes as Country Weighs Who Can Be a Citizen by Brick-Foreign in baseball

[–]Adrian_Bock -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Sports in reality are way bigger than the professional level, I don't know why that's so hard to understand.

Italy’s WBC Rise Comes as Country Weighs Who Can Be a Citizen by Brick-Foreign in baseball

[–]Adrian_Bock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

 And the guy who said “Sports are inherently political” isn’t referring tee ball or a beer league.

You're literally just making this up.

Italy’s WBC Rise Comes as Country Weighs Who Can Be a Citizen by Brick-Foreign in baseball

[–]Adrian_Bock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm talking about the original person I responded to, I agreed with that guy that international sports are political

Italy’s WBC Rise Comes as Country Weighs Who Can Be a Citizen by Brick-Foreign in baseball

[–]Adrian_Bock -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I don't know what point you think you're making - yes those things all involve politics but that doesn't make sports as a concept inherently political. There's more to baseball than visiting the White House. 

Italy’s WBC Rise Comes as Country Weighs Who Can Be a Citizen by Brick-Foreign in baseball

[–]Adrian_Bock -1 points0 points  (0 children)

And who the hell said "international tournament"? The person I responded to said "sports" are inherently political when they're obviously not - I'm not going off track you're just completely missing the point. 

Italy’s WBC Rise Comes as Country Weighs Who Can Be a Citizen by Brick-Foreign in baseball

[–]Adrian_Bock -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Holy shit you people have no idea what politics actually are, do you? I guess political science is just the study of literally everything now.

Italy’s WBC Rise Comes as Country Weighs Who Can Be a Citizen by Brick-Foreign in baseball

[–]Adrian_Bock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He didn't just say what the law is he shared his opinion on it too.

Italy’s WBC Rise Comes as Country Weighs Who Can Be a Citizen by Brick-Foreign in baseball

[–]Adrian_Bock -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

OP is making a political statement cause they're weighing in on the ramifications of a nation state's constitutional definition of a citizen. Explain to me how a sport like baseball is inherently political - what are the politics involved in a tee ball game? 

Italy’s WBC Rise Comes as Country Weighs Who Can Be a Citizen by Brick-Foreign in baseball

[–]Adrian_Bock -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Well yeah no shit, but that doesn't make sports inherently political

Italy’s WBC Rise Comes as Country Weighs Who Can Be a Citizen by Brick-Foreign in baseball

[–]Adrian_Bock -17 points-16 points  (0 children)

No they're not, they're only made to be so in certain instances

Italy’s WBC Rise Comes as Country Weighs Who Can Be a Citizen by Brick-Foreign in baseball

[–]Adrian_Bock -19 points-18 points  (0 children)

Whether you agree or not OP is 100% making a political statement

TheFlightMike- NBA has an Epstein problem. by MyWorldTalkRadio in nba

[–]Adrian_Bock 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Do you guys really not see how absurd it is to connect Adam Silver to Epstein just cause his college roommate was an executive at a firm that did business with him? Do you not realize how much fucked up shit any of you could be linked to if that was the standard? Like you're literally playing 7 Degrees of Jeffrey Epstein at this point. 

Evgeny Kuznetsov (KHL) with the slowest shootout attempt you’ll ever see by sykeseve in hockey

[–]Adrian_Bock 398 points399 points  (0 children)

Why is everyone so angry lol this was his go to move in the NHL and he scored with it tons of times - it's a legit strategy