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David Roth

David Roth is an editor at The Classical, co-writes The Daily Fix blog-column at the Wall Street Journal, and writes "The Mercy Rule" column at Vice.com and a column that doesn't have its own name for Sports On Earth. He tweets, primarily about things he hates, @david_j_roth and almost never updates his blog.

  • February 22, 2013
    Best of British: Talking to David Rappoccio About His British NFL Logos — The Clog

    Why did David Rappoccio decide to do Britishized versions of all 32 NFL logos? It's a good question, but perhaps the more important one is how it took so long for someone to undertake this important work.

  • February 15, 2013
    I Know You Got Gasol: Three Friends, Nine Years, One Weird NBA Rap Obsession

    For the last nine years, three friends have made painstakingly crafted, fully comprehensive rap songs dedicated to the NBA All-Star Game and its participants. Is it impolite to ask why and how they keep doing this?

  • February 14, 2013
    Valentine Spam Poetics: Creational Ideas — The Clog

    It might not be the best idea to ask horny, spammy internet robots for romantic advice on Valentine's Day. But they're going to offer that advice anyway, because that is what they do.

  • February 14, 2013
    Brand Upon The Brain

    Darren Rovell has been kicked around a lot over the past week. He deserves it, as he generally does, but perhaps worse than anything Rovell said or did is that he was just doing his job.

  • February 1, 2013
    What's Eating Roger Goodell

    Whatever Super Bowl Sunday brings us, Krewe du Vieux's float of a giant vagina eating Roger Goodell has already given us the most enduring, and maybe most appropriate (if still plenty inappropriate), image for Super Bowl XLV.

  • January 31, 2013
    (Almost ) One Million Chris Culliver Followers Can't Be Wrong/Legitimate — The Clog

    San Francisco 49ers defensive back Chris Culliver has a bigger platform than most goons from which to broadcast off-the-rack no-homo idiocy. Quite aside from the comments he made to Artie Lange on Super Bowl Media Day, there are Culliver's one million Twitter followers. Wait, what?

  • January 23, 2013
    Spam Poetics: A Consultation — The Clog

    In which robo-hucksters offer some constructive criticism and sage advice about improving the site, and also discuss problems at home, and finally offer an amazing deal on "sex tubes."

  • January 18, 2013
    Spam Poetics: Letters To The Editor — The Clog

    The spammers are still speaking. We are still listening. And from this familiar torrent of OUTRAGEOUS DEALS ON SUNGLASSES, a poetic message has emerged. It's also mostly about sunglasses.

  • January 10, 2013
    Shane Battier Has Been Expecting You — The Clog

    Shane Battier is hosting a karaoke event to benefit the Shane Battier Take Charge Foundation, which is a worthy enough idea. He cut a video of himself singing the theme to "The Love Boat" to advertise this event, which was... a much more debatable idea, honestly.

  • January 9, 2013
    Yakkin' About Baseball: No Aaron Sele, No Peace

    It's hard to get too angry about the Baseball Writers Association of America's decision not to induct anyone from a stacked class of eligible players to the Hall of Fame this year. It's just the Hall of Fame, after all. But it's definitely possible to get angry about it if you try.