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That has to be entertaining.
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I remember arguing with a friend at the time that the US should have selected Daly for the 2004 Ryder Cup. Imagine him amongst that Detroit crowd. Instead they took 50 year old Jay Hass and Stewart Cink who's just blah. And he wasn't playing bad either. He was the 2004 comeback player of the year and i don't think he was that far from qualifying outright.. Maybe he could have played with Phil or Tiger instead of that disastrous pairing together. US got smoked something like 20-8.

He might be the only eligible major winner who's never played in a Ryder Cup.
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I saw an advanced screener of that a few months ago.

Very good, but...
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Felt it glossed over some of his issues. They were brought up, but the doc was aiming for a fairly light tone. Still, worth a watch.
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"Mike & the Mad Dog" was sooo good. Perfectly captured the impossible-to-explain-how-big-they-were aspect.
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I've never hit delete on a DVR recording quicker. I'm not sure there's a topic I'd be less interested in watching a documentary about.
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"30 for 30: Every Biggio PA from hit 2,900 to hit 3,000" [run time: ∞]
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Right. How you feel about Biggio is how I feel about sports radio.
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I agree about sports radio. This is different. A goddamn institution.
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I am not sure this is a 30 for 30 but if you like hoops this should be good.
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mister d wrote:"Mike & the Mad Dog" was sooo good. Perfectly captured the impossible-to-explain-how-big-they-were aspect.

But only mattered to New Yorkers.
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sancarlos wrote:
mister d wrote:"Mike & the Mad Dog" was sooo good. Perfectly captured the impossible-to-explain-how-big-they-were aspect.

But only mattered to New Yorkers.


I didn't have any interest in that myself. But I wouldn't expect he calipari one to be far reaching either.
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wlu_lax6 wrote:I am not sure this is a 30 for 30 but if you like hoops this should be good.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/high ... story.html


I'm about 1000% more interested in this one than the Mike & the Mad Dog one.

Baltimore guys - Dunbar's a public high school, right? Is it able to recruit kids from around Baltimore? Or did those guys just organically and coincidentally end up on the same team?
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Shirley wrote:
wlu_lax6 wrote:I am not sure this is a 30 for 30 but if you like hoops this should be good.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/high ... story.html


I'm about 1000% more interested in this one than the Mike & the Mad Dog one.

Baltimore guys - Dunbar's a public high school, right? Is it able to recruit kids from around Baltimore? Or did those guys just organically and coincidentally end up on the same team?


Up until 1993 Baltimore City schools were part of the MSA (now known as the M.I.A.A.). The MSA/MIAA is primarily known for being the private school league (Calvert Hall, Loyola, St. Paul's, Friends, Gilman). So even though they were a public school, they were probably able to do some cross boundary recruiting at the time. Now Dunbar is a magnet school.

Also just to see some alumni of a public school
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Did anyone watch last nights on the Scabskins?
So the interesting question about no rings for the scabs (but they did get a 50% playoff share). Would be great to see Dan Snyder do the right thing and get the rings (even though it was Jack Kent Cook owned team). But Snyder doing the right thing is a rare occurrence.

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If it costs Snyder more than a nickel it won't happen.
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Also might piss off his current players and other players, which would be bad.
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brian wrote:If it costs Snyder more than a nickel it won't happen.


I can't remember if it was a modern day quote or one from the archives, or who said it (wasn't Gibbs, don't think it was Beathard), but one of the excuses given was that the NFL only allotted so much money for the rings and they couldn't afford to buy what more or less would have been two roster's worth of rings.
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brian wrote:If it costs Snyder more than a nickel it won't happen.


I can't remember if it was a modern day quote or one from the archives, or who said it (wasn't Gibbs, don't think it was Beathard), but one of the excuses given was that the NFL only allotted so much money for the rings and they couldn't afford to buy what more or less would have been two roster's worth of rings.


The article attributes that to Jack Kent Cook's son....who was part of the group to receive the $800M+ estate when JKC passed away.
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mister d wrote:Also might piss off his current players and other players, which would be bad.

The article makes it sound like nobody is against the idea of giving them rings, including players who went on strike at that time. Including Doug Williams, that season's mvp and current team executive.
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No shit? I must be too accustomed to baseball. And all other unions.
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mister d wrote: Sun Jul 16, 2017 5:19 pm "Mike & the Mad Dog" was sooo good. Perfectly captured the impossible-to-explain-how-big-they-were aspect.
Well.
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mister d wrote: Tue Apr 24, 2018 10:08 am
mister d wrote: Sun Jul 16, 2017 5:19 pm "Mike & the Mad Dog" was sooo good. Perfectly captured the impossible-to-explain-how-big-they-were aspect.
Well.
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I think so. He probably could have gotten a weekend football job but he's not built for national.
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mister d wrote: Tue Apr 24, 2018 11:34 am I think so. He probably could have gotten a weekend football job but he's not built for national.
I don't think anybody outside the northeast cares about him at all.
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Tri-state, probably. But he still follows and knows football, I'm sure someone could find a way to leverage his name to make it work out. He has historical baseball knowledge but its Yankee-centric and his present day takes are mostly listening to an uncle who liked it better 20 ye-ahs ago.
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sancarlos wrote: Tue Apr 24, 2018 11:37 am
mister d wrote: Tue Apr 24, 2018 11:34 am I think so. He probably could have gotten a weekend football job but he's not built for national.
I don't think anybody outside the northeast cares about him at all.
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Most normal people say that about most sports talkers.
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Before podcasts, I needed something on the radio to distract me from the commute tedium. For many years, WJFK here in Washington had pretty great talk radio -- Stern, Don & Mike, Anthony & Opie (for a time), Big O and Dukes, etc.

Then they killed that and went straight up sports talk. It was OK, but I'm not a Redskins fan and over the years they pretty much morphed into just talking about the team.

I'm so glad podcasts exist now. I turn on WJFK and it's unlistenable now. Soooo boring.
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mister d wrote: Tue Apr 24, 2018 11:34 am I think so. He probably could have gotten a weekend football job but he's not built for national.
I remember back when he got a TV gig on CBS Sports back in the early 90's. I called him Mike 'Have another jelly donut' Francesa.
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Yeah but is he popular in upstate New York?
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