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  1. jose melendez

    Chiefs demand half a billion

    Three Super Bowls aren't enough, they're demanding $500 million in public money. They'll almost certainly get it, but it's outrageous. I hate give him credit for anything, but Tom Finneran was absolutely right to call Bob Kraft's bluff. There was a real risk of the team leaving, and I can't...
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    Wizards, Caps will reluctantly accept $500 million to stay in DC

    Ted Leonsis has signed a tentative agreement to move the Wizards and Caps to Alexandria, Virginia. A 27-year old stadium is, apparently, unacceptable, even with a $500 billion public subsidy. I wish him worst of luck with the NBA's worst franchise. I really worry that, on the heels of the...
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    African Soccer

    I just needed somewhere to note that the Likuena of Lesotho went into Nigeria and so a l Point and now are tied atop their group for World Cup qualifying. Nigeria has 100 times the population, I’m so proud.
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    Dusty Baker played coached or managed in 3% of all games ever?

    I saw this on Facebook, and it seemed impossible, but it appears to nearly work out. If you play in 162 over a season you're playing in 6.67% of the games that year. I'm having a hard time finding the total number of games ever played, but it seems like it's 238,277 according to baseball...
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    VPN recs

    I'm sure this is here somewhere, but search keeps telling me it's too common. A syou know, I now live in Switzerland. What VPN is best if I'm mostly just interested looking to bypass region requirements for TV. I also apparently need one to pay my DC gas bill. If I have a literal TV do I...
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    How much does defense matter for being the best player

    All of the talk about Jokic being the best player in the NBA has gotten me thinking: How much does defense matter when assessing who is the NBA's best player? Jokic is pretty decisively the best offensive player in the NBA, but he's at best neutral at the defensive end. Offense has almost...
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    Brett Favre: Welfare Recipient

    Well this is a hell of a story.
  8. jose melendez

    Best Celtics never to win a ring in Boston

    The Celtics have been so successful that almost all of their greats have hoisted a banner in Boston. As of now, Jayson Tatum is pretty clearly the best Celtic never to have done so, displacing either Antoine Walker or Reggie Lewis. But who's fourth? Isaiah Thomas who burned hot but short and...
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    Edit: Jose is kind of dumb about DVRing games

    I recorded last nights Cs game, carefully avoided any news, then while I was watching over breakfast this morning. ESPN+ The Lead was giving live updates during my recorded game. I didn't notice at first. but then after the first quarter, the result was ruined. Anyone else have this problem...
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    Why is Jonathan Arauz a Major Leaguer?

    He can play a bunch of infield positions, apparently competently, but not great. He doesn't play outfield. He basically hasn't hit at any level, he's got a little bit of pop, maybe, but not much. He's young, I guess. But what suggests this guy belongs on a major league roster right now...
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    Nick Saban / College Coaches in the NFL

    I love it when renowned college coaches fail spectacularly in the NFL. I really do. People can say it's a different kind of coaching all they want, but the real difference is that it's a different kind of GMing. In the NFL, it's a more or less balanced playing field, and in college, it's...
  12. jose melendez

    Cs purged from Chinese TV

    Enes Kanter is awesome. He may also get himself cut. China is a real problem for the NBAs commitment to social justice. You can't let your players use their platform to criticize the U.S. government but deny them the same opportunity to criticize a totalitarian state.
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    18 ex nba players charged with insurance fraud

    Big baby and Tony Allen lead the list.
  14. jose melendez

    Kyrie is dirty rotten no good and we have schadenfreude…?

    Gloating, or even discussion, about Kyrie’s ouchie shouldn’t be in a thread about his comments on race and Boston.
  15. jose melendez

    Cal and Camby getting statues at UMass (also Erving and Leamen)

    For the love of God. Camby was a teenager, but Cal is an epic cheat and sleaze. This is embarrassing.
  16. jose melendez

    Meterparel's Dog Craps on Tommy Harper's Lawn--This is News?

    I'm going to not give the former Dennis and KKKallahan sidekick the benefit of the doubt on an incident involving a) being an asshole and b) racial elements...
  17. jose melendez

    Marlins hire MLB's first female GM

    Kim Ng is the new Marlins GM. I have absolutely no sense of how much control the Marlins GM has. Still even if it's not a full control of player personnel job, it's a big deal.
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    Justin Turner and COVID

    Justin Turner got a positive COVID test during the game.
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    Harry Frazee Revisionism

    I thought this piece about the circumstances that led to the sale of Babe Ruth was quite interesting.
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    Least Favorite Red Sox Heroes

    In the abscence of baseball, I've been watching a lot of old baseball, and it's gotten me thinking about players who gave heroic or memorable performances for the Sox, but I still kind of hate them. The most obvious is Curt Schilling. Huge hero; also a nazi. But there are others who aren't...