Grammatical Nuisance #13,552

Phrases like, "Get at least 7-8 hours of sleep per night." Either it's a minimum of 7, or, if you think people should really have 8, make the minimum 8.

A sports example we often see is, "Chris Paul will be out a minimum of 4-6 weeks." If you're giving a minimum, it would just be 4 weeks. The 6 isn't necessary, unless that's truly the minimum, in which case you'd say he's out a minimum of 6 weeks. Or, if you feel that 4-6 weeks is the window of time he'll miss, you don't need the minimum part at all: "Chris Paul will be out 4-6 weeks."

Let's try to use the language we've all agreed upon.

Maybe the best line in the history of television

From last night's South Park...

Cartman (to Kenny): "Oh, dude, here come the cops. We gotta lie to them, hit X to lie."

Kyle: "Wow, I didn't know golf games were this cool."

Congrats, Galdi!

If you're up early on a Saturday morning, and enjoy radio sports talk, I highly recommend the premiere of Sports Saturday with Al Galdi, tomorrow at 9 AM Eastern, 7 Mountain, on WTEM 980 in Washington, D.C. You may remember Galdi as mostly the update anchor, on the terrific "Steve Czaban Show" (before the show was canceled by the dillweeds at the company that shall remain nameless, as their decision was so bad they do not deserve any publicity from me).

Anyway, Galdi is a rising star in the business and I am delighted he is beginning what I feel will be a long, prosperous career as a show host. Here is an article from the Washington Examiner detailing Galdi's promotion. And here is the link to WTEM's live streaming audio player. The station was recently made into an ESPN affiliate, but don't let that fool you; they're not technically owned by ESPN so they don't have to do things like purposely take the opposite sides of contrived arguments and yell at each other, or worship at the church of the holy athlete.

Because who doesn't love a good women's basketball brawl?

Yikes.

Now, much had been made of one of the players involved in this brawl, because she can dunk. I think women do themselves a disservice by reacting like this to women who dunk. You can't try to counter the argument that men are better by saying you play a different kind of game, with fundamentals and such...but then also be obsessed with trying to barely drop a dunk over the rim. You must pick one or the other.