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Ah, yes, beyond the heat/ice issue... You can blame the Rockets, apparently, for not wanting to share the building. (I'm sure it's more complicated than that, but I don't feel like diving down that rabbit hole.) They'd have to build an arena. (SLC has the Delta Center which is owned by the Jazz owne...

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1) Yeah, Houston never really comes up, but that is huge city. 2) Mostly agree with you SC, but just to point out SLC is growing in it's own right... Something like 10 percent year over year which is something like the 12th fastest/highest in the country. Denver, apparently, is calming down a bit wi...

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SLC seems like a fine city and they support the Jazz quite well, but, man... Quebec City must be livid at this point. And no offense to Phoenix, but even in the last game, the announcers are saying how nice it was for the fans in a 4500 seat arena to be mostly Coyotes fans, bc the last 2 times the O...

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Fuckin' A dude.

Glad everyone is OK.

Shit.

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That's so fucking unprofessional and weird. Fuck that guy.

Everyone trying so hard to ride her coattails. Gross.

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I mean, it's part of a sugar cookie with toffee, according to my extensive (30 second) Google research.

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Apologies if this has been mentioned before, but I'm really digging The Rewatchables, which is a Bill Simmons production where he and 2 or 3 other folks go back over some of the most rewatchable movies from the 80s on up through early 2000s. It goes back to 2018 so there are a ton of episodes and yo...

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Yeah, I think unless some guy goes full on racist, all the other stuff is pretty much *shrug emoji*

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I feel like this was an issue that was raised in some NCAA games or teams as well. Maybe?

Google to the rescue: https://www.cbssports.com/college-footb ... roversies/

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So, as an example, during the last episode, they kept splicing in scenes from Humphrey Bogart movies... It's stuff like that... It's more of a distraction than I would like and to SC's point, it's a little heavy handed (to me). But, overall, Farrell carries the show enough to kind of allow for that ...

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We are digging Sugar, as well. There are times when the noir of it all can be a little much or distracting. But Colin is very engaging and I'm definitely drawn in by the plot.

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Interesting point about the international angle for that particular scene. Because, really, that's a fucking bizarre 60 seconds without that context.

But, also, answer Dave's fucking question Drugs!

(j/k obvi)

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Ah. Thank J-lo.

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I'm not a smart man... So I don't really feel stupid being bewildered here.

Why were you guys saying Philly didn't need to pull their goalie at that point?? The only way for Philly to advance was winning this game in RW, no?

What am/was I missing?

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So, I think the Caps have a better overall system to compete in the playoffs. BUT, they really don't have an explosive/elite player anymore that can do stuff that makes a true difference in pivotal moments. The Red Wings have more explosive players, but they lack discipline and the Rangers would've ...

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Wow.

Not shocking, but very unexpected the way this season played out. Youngest coach in the league has a bright future. Fixed a lot of really glaring issues with a roster that was lacking in a lot of areas.

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Really fucking crazy gamble for the Flyers to pull the goalie there. Fuck you Torts.

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A_B wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 3:58 pm Vanderbilt should go away.

That's a really good point. Not sure why a team/program that hasn't been above 500 in a gazillion years in their conference should just get an autobid to the big league. (don't fact check me)

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I'm trying not to be too parochial, but they have realigned the Pac12 and SEC, while scattering the B1G to the winds. I just don't see that being how things land.

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The question, and I really have no idea, is how much writing/show running Keenan is doing. Being a legend/HOF (which he obviously is) doesn't mean he's involved with the HIGHLY orchestrated machine that Lorne handles. I'd throw Mulaney (they'd have to bring him back) and Jost into the mix of those t...

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Just in general, there's no way schools like MI and OSU are going to allow the B1G to be watered down like that. I mean, unless the collective money is exponentially better with a Super League. Rex - There is already talk of cleaving off football from all of the other conference-centric sports. It's...

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I had no idea.

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What's wild is that he's wearing his jersey. I mean, there' a lot going on there, but I guess he wasn't a household name at that point... or something?

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I wanna go to THAT Roy Rogers.

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I hate to get hung up on some dude's tweet, but it sure seems pretty plausible that a motivated Flyers team beats the Caps and then Detroit shit the bed. Both Philly and Pittsburgh have, IMO, pretty OK odds right now. Not owning their path, sure, but it's not like some of the NFL scenarios where Tea...

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It's also a little weird bc the Caps have the tiebreaker on Detwah. I guess the fact that DET is playing a team wo any real motivation while WAS is away to a team with a puncher's chance moves the needle.

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Yet another hit where establishing a quick off-ice review process would do far more good than harm. Yeah, I was on here the other day pretty much complimenting the officials for a hit that took one of our key players out.That was the right call. But the fact that none of the officials saw the hit i...

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Yeah, I was in charge of the clock and making sure my co-coach got everyone equal time. I have attention issues, so it was something I really had to stay focused on... It can get away from you REAL quick (per Syb's post.) We never had parents that would scream at us. I guess that comes from it being...

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My buddy has one and we drove out to the eastern shore a few months ago and that's the first time I've been in one.

I can't stand Musk and I would still consider buying one.

The one I really want to buy is a Rivian.

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Caps control their fate...which means they will blow it tonight. And I was looking forward to an avatar bet with Mr. D in round one. The cool thing is that they're doing a lot of the heavy lifting with the Hershey guys. Sucks that Malenstyn got taken out by such a shitty late hit. That guy has been...

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That's incredible. But you can see why a guy that lives in NYC and has amazing comedy chops.. and who has been around for 30 years... is going to rack up the numbers.

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That was a very weird skit, which I kind of liked.

They've been doing a lot of stuff with former cast members. Which is nice, but also feels like a bit of slap in the face to the existing cast.

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I'm going to have to watch the full episode, but the cold open from last night calls back to the same skit from 8 years ago where he couldn't hold it together at all, so he might be hamming it up. Adam Driver he is not. (He's wearing the same jacket, and instead of just letting it be a funny call b...

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The last skit of the night he was pretty much giggling through the entire thing. I have a suspicion he might've been a little bit high at that point.

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Funny. Not really the same thing, but... We were invited down to Charleston to stay at our friends rented beach house last weekend. We all get along very well... this dude is my post-college best friend at this point and my wife and his wife are in the same boat. But they were at the tail end of 2 w...

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This is probably funnier because the cast couldn't hold character but still... https://twitter.com/nbcsnl/status/1779395154052276586 I'm glad you posted this. Possibly one of the greatest breaking of character since the Debbie Downer at Disneyland with Lindsey Lohan. Heidi Gardner very rarely break...

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brian wrote: ↑Sat Apr 13, 2024 10:48 pm That race for the last Eastern WC spot is nuts.

Yeah, I keep saying, "well, there goes that opportunity" for the Caps and then they claw back a win. Been going on like this for weeks.

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He's the Wilford Brimley of golf broadcasting.

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Yeah... like I said, interesting. I wanted to be sure to calibrate, because at no point was I pissed at how they handled that.

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Really interesting game in DC tonight. Nick Jensen gets absolutely hamblasted into the boards by a TBL dude. Jensen is like.. dead? I dunno. coma maybe? After lengthy review... no foul. Which... Huh... Ok. Not losing my mind as it wasn't a straight-up egregious boarding. Still. To some of the points...

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