Recent content by MC Brohammer

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    FIDE 2016 Candidates Chess Tournament

    "He touched the King! He touched the King!" Move over "Down goes Frazier! Down goes Frazier!", we have a new addition to the pantheon of historic sports phrases. All kidding aside, round 6 probably spelled the end of Nakamura's chances at the Candidates tournament and it happened in...
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    FIDE 2016 Candidates Chess Tournament

    For all the chess aficionados out there, the 2016 FIDE Candidates Tournament in Moscow is wrapping up Round 2 of 14. The 8 players are vying for the right for the right to play one on one against defending world champion Magnus Carlsen in November (10th thru the 30th) in the World Championship...
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    Super Bowl 50 Game Thread

    Just heard about 10 minutes on liveatc com of an F-15 intercepting a Cessna that was flying in the restricted airspace. Funny thing is the pilots keep calling out Omaha over the airwaves. Must be a call sign or code word of some sort
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    10/9- Bruins @ Red Wings

    Who's on Bergeron Island tonight?
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    Great Article: Decline of the Curve

    Decline of the Curve.     Looong but great article written by Pat Jordan on the decline in use of the big overhand curveball.  Few things struck me:   1.  The degree of difficulty involved in teaching/learning it 2.  How the lowering of the mound and the change in the strike zone has led to its...
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    NASCAR 2014

    Good race in Richmond tonight.  NASCAR needs more races at short tracks....