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Big CatBig Cat

James Harrison's home is likely filled with booby traps for Roger Goodell

James Harrison also said that if Roger Goodell wants to interview him, he has to come to his house... That's Home Alone featuring James Harrison with booby traps everywhere for Roger Goodell. He's going to have the blowtorch. He's going to have the ornaments out.

Roger Goodell never went to James Harrison's house for an interview.
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Big CatBig Cat

Drivers always slow down way too much even in the slightest bit of rain

You'll also notice that if there's ever even like the slightest bit of rain, everyone decides to drive super, super slow. Perfectly slow.

This is a subjective observation of general driving behavior.
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Big CatBig Cat

I am going to make pooping your pants as an adult socially acceptable

None of it comes even close to what I'm trying to accomplish when it comes to making pooping your pants as an adult not something to be ashamed of. I'm a 31-year-old man. I make mistakes just like you... If this happens to you, don't be ashamed. I'm here for you. I want to give a voice to the voiceless, the grown adults out there.

Whether pooping your pants is socially acceptable remains subjective, but it became a recurring joke in PMT lore.
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Big CatBig Cat

Lionel Messi should go to Cleveland and win a championship to repair his legacy

When the whole world thinks you're a quitter and is down on you, you go to Cleveland and you win a championship.

Messi never played for a Cleveland-based team; he stayed in Europe before eventually joining Inter Miami in 2023.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Dijon is the best mustard

Number one on my Mount Rushmore of mustards is Dijon mustard. Delicious on a sandwich. Can't get enough of a good Dijon.

Subjective food preference.
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Big CatBig Cat

Spicy brown mustard is the best kind of mustard

Spicy Brown? Yeah, that's actually my favorite mustard. That's my number one. That's my bottom bitch, if you will, of mustards.

Subjective food preference.
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HankHank

All mustard is trash

I have nothing on my Mount Rushmore because all mustard is trash.

Condiment preference is inherently a matter of personal opinion.
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David JusticeDavid Justice

Yankee fans are the most knowledgeable in baseball, but Cleveland and New York are tied for fanaticism

I think number one in terms of knowledge would be Yankee fans... I think I would give a tie in terms of just overall fanaticism between Cleveland and New York. The reason why I say Cleveland is because I played there basically four years, and we sold out every game. And Cleveland's weather is terrible... they're showing up.

Subjective player experience.
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David JusticeDavid Justice

George Steinbrenner was the greatest owner in sports history

Best owner ever. I had the utmost respect because I don't think I've ever seen an owner that wants to win as much as George Steinbrenner wanted to win. Like, literally, we played 162 games. I really think that he wanted us to win 162 games, like not one loss.

Ranking owners is a subjective matter of opinion.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Derek Jeter did the best job of keeping his private life out of the tabloids while playing in New York

It's actually unbelievable when you think about it how long [Jeter] played in New York and there never was any story... Ain't nobody done it better than him.

Jeter is widely cited as the master of navigating New York media without scandal.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Tarvaris Jackson's wife is a Hall of Famer for mocking his on-field accuracy while he was holding a gun

Jax and his wife said to him [while he pointed a gun at her], you better be accurate because you ain't accurate on the field. That's so quick... she actually is facing death and she's still not afraid to go there. Not afraid to go there Hall of Fame.

The story was widely reported at the time; her 'Hall of Fame' status in a comedy segment is subjective.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Tarvaris Jackson was a D-grade draft pick for the Vikings

Can we retroactively go back and grade Brad Childress' draft when he selected Tarvaris in the second round? Because in light of yesterday's events, I'd like to change my grade to a D. I think Tarvaris was a D-grade draft.

Jackson had a journeyman career and the off-field incident certainly lowered his value in hindsight.
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Big CatBig Cat

Brad Childress and Joe Philbin don't look like real football coaches

Brad Childress is definitely in that camp where it's like that guy is not really a football coach, right? Mark Trestman is the same way. You look at him and you're like, come on, bad idea... Joe Philbin just because he's a classic case of looking like a loser.

Purely subjective 'eye test' and vibes-based coaching analysis.
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Big CatBig Cat

Game of Thrones is for nerds and we watch sports instead

Game of Thrones for nerds. We watch sports. You watch your little fantasy land shit. If we're going to call you a nerd, we're going to call you a nerd and you're going to fucking like it... The real nerds are the people that don't watch it.

Categorizing fans as 'nerds' is a subjective social label.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

When playing in Cleveland, you should throw to the side of the field farthest from the lake to avoid lake-effect snow

One thing that jumped off the page at me was the part about lake effect snow... as something that you can take away and practice from this, when you play up in Cleveland, throw the football to the side of the field that's farthest away from the lake to avoid the snow as much as possible.

Lake effect snow generally covers a broad geographic area; you can't avoid it by throwing to one side of a 53-yard wide football field.
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Blake BortlesBlake Bortles

The viral Jaguars 'lady' fan should be given sideline passes and locker room access

I mean, she needs to be, like, sideline pass minimum, possibly in the locker room. [Big Cat: If you want to win some nice internet PR, go viral, let's get Jacksonville Jaguars lady some season tickets on Blake Bortles.]

Giving fans locker room access is highly unusual and generally against NFL protocol, though she did become a cult hero.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

A college team like Alabama could potentially beat a professional NFL team

Doesn't that say that maybe after all, like an Alabama football team could beat some professional football teams? [Blake Bortles: Yeah, I mean, I guess it's kind of like the miracle on ice back in the day. You know, I guess there's always a possibility.]

This is a subjective, hypothetical debate, though most experts agree the talent gap between even the best college team and the worst NFL team is too large for the college team to win.
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Blake BortlesBlake Bortles

The team's kicker would be the best choice for a coxswain role

Personality-wise, a long snapper would be perfect for [coxswain], but... long snappers usually aren't that small, so I'd probably say it'd have to be our kicker.

Kickers are typically the smallest/lightest players on a football team, making them the most logical fit for a role that requires being very light.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

NBA Draft night is the most boring night of the sports year

Can I be honest with you? I think that the NBA draft night is the most boring night of the sports year. I think the ESPY night is more electric than the NBA draft night.

Subjective opinion on entertainment value.
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Big CatBig Cat

The NBA should draft fat guys and let them work themselves into shape

Why aren't they drafting really fat guys and saying, well, he'll lose the weight, he'll lose the weight, like he'll get in shape? That seems unfair... fat guys, they don't get the benefit of the doubt. Oh, they'll work themselves in shape. No, you never hear that.

While some 'big' players are drafted (e.g., Zion Williamson later on), the league generally favors athleticism and length over players needing significant weight loss.
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Big CatBig Cat

The Phoenix Suns are officially 'America's Team'

[Reese Davis] said some people call the Suns America's team. ... I think we should roll with it. ... if they're America's team, they're America's team. ... America's team. ... sons, sons, sons, sons.

The Dallas Cowboys are widely considered America's Team; the Suns have no such claim in reality.
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Big CatBig Cat

LeBron James is the greatest of all time

LeBron James, greatest of all time. 23.

The GOAT debate is inherently subjective.
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Michael RapaportMichael Rapaport

The Cavaliers were the better team in the 2016 NBA Finals

Listen, the better team won. ... I talk shit about LeBron, but I never talk about him as a player. He's a fucking beast. They played great. ... and the game seven lived up to all the hype.

The Cavs won the series 4-3, making them the champions.
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Big CatBig Cat

Derrick Rose is a 'low-risk, high-reward' trade for the Knicks

I do think it's a low-risk, high-reward. You're never going to get him back all the way. But if you can get, like, 75% of Derrick Rose back, then you're right. It was a good trade. So, I mean, you've got to make that trade if you're the Knicks.

Rose had a decent first season in NY but the team missed the playoffs and he suffered another injury late in the year.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

J.R. Smith should put a shirt on

J.R. Smith could stand to put a shirt on. ... I guess just because you won a championship, I guess you can be a stripper now and you can just take off your shirt.

The take is a subjective preference for social decorum.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

If you die during your team's championship celebration, it is not a bad way to go

Honestly, if you die during your team's championship, not the worst way to go... If you're a Clevelander and you die during the celebration of your first championship, I don't even think that's a Jimbo. I think that they're going to build a statue for you.

Subjective opinion on death/legacy.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

You can't fart during a soccer game because it's a 'beautiful' and 'classy' game

I don't want, I mean, that's, you can't fart during a soccer game. Everyone knows that. ... It's a beautiful game. ... We, you don't do that shit. It's a classy game.

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A player in Sweden actually received a red card for 'unsportsmanlike conduct' after farting.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The NBA Draft is a huge letdown compared to the NFL Draft

The pageantry, the electricity and all the bells and whistles that go along with the NFL draft, there's absolutely none of it for the NBA. It's basically, here's the NBA draft... You sit on your couch, you drink one beer, and then you refresh Adrian Wojnowski's Twitter feed for three hours. And that's your entire NBA draft experience.

Subjective comparison of draft entertainment value.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Skip Bayless is the greatest sports entertainer of the last hundred years

I'm questioning anybody's intelligence that's listening to us right now and not tuning in to First Take to see Skip Bayless' curtain call on that show. Possibly the greatest sports entertainer of the last hundred years.

Subjective claim about 'greatest sports entertainer'.
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Antoine WalkerAntoine Walker

Rick Pitino did not know about the escort scandal in the Louisville dorms

I truly take Coach's side on this. I don't think he knew that Andre McGee was doing that for the players. I think he was caught up surprised by that. Coach is not around the dorms and those things with the guys. You know, that's why he hires his ex-coaches or ex-young coaches so they can handle that type of stuff.

While Pitino maintains he didn't know, the NCAA eventually vacated Louisville's 2013 title, though they never definitively proved Pitino's personal knowledge.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Alabama can beat the United States criminal justice system

This one [is] could Alabama beat the United States criminal justice system. And the answer is yes... the Louisiana district attorney from Ouachita Parish has declined to press charges on [Cam Robinson and Hootie Jones] for drugs and guns.

While stated as an opinion on a system, the charges against the players were indeed dropped, proving the premise correct for this instance.
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Big CatBig Cat

Playing football in the South makes you immune to the justice system

This just shows the cultural difference between the North and the South, the anti-pussification of America by Alabama, where if you play football, you basically are immune to the justice system. That's never actually backfired.

The statement is satirical social commentary on a specific legal outcome where charges were dropped for football-related reasons.
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Big CatBig Cat

The Olympics should only be hosted in the United States for safety reasons

Why are we doing the Olympics in a country where this type of gun violence is rampant? Keep them in the U.S. where everything's safe, nice. People follow the law. You don't have this type of gun problems. Hey, Rio, stay classy.

Subjective opinion on Olympic hosting.
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Big CatBig Cat

Jim Harbaugh only has sex when he is trying to procreate

I also wouldn't be surprised if Jim Harbaugh's sex life is just when he's trying to procreate. Jim Harbaugh, like, he doesn't get put in the mood. He's just, like, walking around the house and spontaneously has an erection. And then he just grabs his wife and he's like, it's back again. We're having a baby again.

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This is a humorous characterization of a public figure's private life.
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HankHank

The Under Armour curse is real and we are currently living in its golden age

Anytime a good team loses, you got to ask what the curse is. I think it's definitely the Under Armour curse. It lives on. [Jordan] Spieth struck out big time at the U.S. Open... Cam Newton, Steph Curry... I think we're living in the golden age of the Under Armour curse. So I don't like to brag, but between that and me leaving my wallet at the queue, I feel like this whole postseason has really vindicated my whole worldview.

This is a subjective superstition based on branding.
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Big CatBig Cat

Kyrie Irving should have won Finals MVP over LeBron James

Kyrie Irving should have won MVP. He was the best player on the court. He basically won it for LeBron, not to get nitpicky here.

LeBron James was officially named Finals MVP. Whether Kyrie 'should' have won is an opinion, though statistically LeBron was the historically dominant player.
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Big CatBig Cat

I officially hate Steph Curry for being a sore loser

By the end of this finals, I truly do hate him. I can't stand him anymore. He complains about every call. He got a little too cute out there sometimes with the behind-the-back pass. The whole meltdown when he threw the mouth guard... You can't be America's sweetheart when it's all going well and then have these public meltdowns when things turn on you. It's a sore loser thing. So I think I officially hate Steph Curry.

This is a subjective statement about personal dislike.
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Spencer HawesSpencer Hawes

The NBA isn't rigged, but the league got the 7-game series they wanted

Is the NBA rigged? No. But? Did I insinuate a but? That was not my intention. No, I think in this series, they got what they wanted. Absolutely. You know, they got, they got the seven games, but I don't, I'm not buying into that conspiracy theory.

The league's internal desires are private, making this an unprovable opinion.
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HankHank

Allen Iverson would never have gotten off the bench in my dad's era because he carried the ball too much

My dad swore that Allen Iverson would never have gotten off the bench in his day because he carries the ball too much. My dad doesn't like watching basketball anymore because in his day, you couldn't put your hand on the side of the ball... It was just a league full of guys bouncing the ball straight up and down.

Rules and enforcement regarding 'carrying' did indeed loosen significantly over the decades, though Iverson would likely still have been an elite athlete.
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HankHank

Mountain Time is the best time zone for sports fans, followed by Central, Pacific, and Eastern

If we're doing power rankings of time zones, I've got to say Mountain Time is number one. Everybody shows no love to Mountain Time, but it's a nice little mix of not having to start watching sports too early and not having to stay up too late. Mountain Time, Central Time, Pacific Time, then Eastern Time.

This is a subjective preference for sports viewing windows.
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Big CatBig Cat

My dad was convinced Barry Sanders was coming out of retirement every year until 2008

My dad was convinced I would say up until about 2007 or 8 that Barry Sanders was coming back. He had himself convinced every summer right around camp season... He'd be like, someone's going to take Barry Sanders. Someone's going to pick him up. You just watch.

Barry Sanders never came out of retirement after his 1999 departure.
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Big CatBig Cat

The Warriors are dead and crumbling

The Warriors are dead. They're dead, and they have totally crumbled. They're falling apart at the seams. Steph Curry's throwing mouth guards at fans. Egregious act, by the way.

The Warriors lost Game 7 after leading the series 3-1, completing one of the most famous collapses in sports history.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Ayesha Curry's tweet about the NBA being rigged was a viral PR stunt for Under Armour shoes

She could always say, guess what? This was a viral spot for my husband's Under Armour shoes. I got 70,000 retweets, got everybody talking about me... You guys just got Kimmeled, America.

While funny, there is no evidence that the tweet was a planned marketing stunt for Under Armour.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Under Armour is the Buffalo Bills of shoes and cannot win the big one

Under Armour can't win the big one. They can't. They're the Buffalo Bills of Shoes. You know what I'd like to see more of on Twitter? I'd like to see more people tweeting the dumpster fire image at, like, live look at Under Armour right now. It's a dumpster fire.

At the time, Curry lost the Finals, Newton lost the Super Bowl, and Spieth lost the Masters. It was a subjective branding critique.
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Big CatBig Cat

Winning a championship would cause the city of Cleveland to lose its fundamental identity

You lose your identity if you're Cleveland if you win a championship.

This is a subjective take on city culture, though many would argue the 'Cursed Cleveland' identity did indeed die that Sunday night.
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Kato KaelinKato Kaelin

O.J. Simpson is a guilty man

I have no theories on that stuff. I've stated before, I just think O.J. is a guilty man, and that's it. I think his karma is now that he is in jail.

O.J. Simpson was acquitted in criminal court but found liable in civil court. This remains a subjective opinion regarding the criminal verdict.
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Kato KaelinKato Kaelin

California teenagers are more intimidating than teenagers in the rest of America

I think that's a great call because I came from Wisconsin and I was, it's very intimidating... It's just nothing but good looking people... I'm always a Milwaukee guy. I swear to God, I have not forgotten who I am.

This is entirely a matter of personal opinion.
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Nick BoninoNick Bonino

LeBron James is the best athlete in the world

Well, we've actually argued about this in terms of LeBron's athleticism. I don't think there's a better athlete in shape dominating their sport like LeBron... we thought LeBron would be the best at that [playing other sports].

This is a subjective debate about cross-sport athleticism.
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Phil KesselPhil Kessel

The last two minutes of a basketball game are the worst part of sports

The worst. The last two minutes of the game.

This is a common critique of basketball's pacing at the end of games, but inherently subjective.
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Big CatBig Cat

Jimmy Butler is a relevant NBA player

He is a relevant player, so stop. And I know I just said that twice, which makes it seem like I'm trying to convince myself he's a relevant player, but he is a relevant player.

Butler's subsequent career as a multi-time All-Star and playoff leader proved his relevance.

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