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  1. smokin joe wood

    Still Not the Super League: Champions League 23/24

    That last free kick notwithstanding, I thought Saka was really poor today. Season took a real turn in the last four days.
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    Still Not the Super League: Champions League 23/24

    I've seen that given. I've seen it not given. I don't think either stance is without some merit. The fact that Bayern looked fast and athletic was the most troubling part of that tie if you're Arsenal.
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    NCAA Men's Final Four Thread

    Teams of the past have the benefit of knowing how good everyone turned out. Brewer/Noah/Horford is 30 years of NBA experience. That skews most of these conversations. I also think the idea that 2 of UCONN's best players came from East Carolina and Loyola (MD) is hard for most people to...
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    NCAA Men's Final Four Thread

    You can't win CBB games shooting 1-6 from 3. Edey has 62% of his team's points. The UCONN 5's have 2 of the team's 14 off. reb. Dude did his job. UCONN was just better in every other area.
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    2023-2024 Women’s College Basketball

    Iowa just needs to avoid fouling and keep running.
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    2023-2024 Women’s College Basketball

    Taurasi has publicly said, and I'm paraphrasing, she is in for a rude awakening when she enters the WNBA. Like most things - you can read it a lot of ways. It probably lands somewhere between jealousy and truth. The bottom line is the NCAA Tournament is the pinnacle, in terms of national...
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    2023-2024 Women’s College Basketball

    This is not the week to critique ESPN's coverage of the women's basketball tournament.
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    2023-2024 Women’s College Basketball

    He is either being sarcastic about the pearl-clutching coverage of current WNBA players not publicly adorning Clark or he is saying it's wild that they aren't in awe of the record-breaking attention she is giving their sport.
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    MW32, in which we’re all Crystal Palace fans

    They've allowed one goal since February and their worst league result since December is taking a point at The Etihad, snapping their two-year long scoring streak at home.
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    NCAA Men's Final Four Thread

    By what measure does the women's game have more parity than the men? I completely agree with name recognition and narratives. Elam endings were first used during the summer basketball tournament "TBT" and have been commercialized for the last decade.
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    NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament 2024 - Welcome to the Sweet Sixteen

    Brad Stevens' reverence for Brad Brownell when they went head to head 15 years ago has always stuck with me. Dude can coach.
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    2023-2024 Women’s College Basketball

    The women's tournament being on campus is one of the best things it has going. Neutral sites in the first round of the men's tournament are pretty sterile. Monday night the UCONN game finished with Gampel going crazy. Simultaneously IU had 10,000 in Assembly Hall and Iowa was about to tipoff...
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    NCAA Tournament Saturday 2nd Round Thread

    The announcers were very wrong. Lappas does games all year and should have known that rule. They jumped the shark when they seemed incredulous instead of working with the truck to get an answer. With all that said - fans should absolutely take cues from announcers on officiating. Announcers sit...
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    Match Week 27 - These Charming Mancs

    What the hell happened when Konate went down and Forest had possession? The broadcast went to a replay then Liverpool got a free kick?
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    MW 2/23-26: I Will Get What I Like/Carabaoooooo

    2-0 is flattering for Newcastle.
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    It’s MW23!

    One gift deserves another.
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    It’s MW23!

    Liverpool's goal scoring record in the final few min. of the first half vs. Arsenal is incredible.
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    Championship Weekend: Chiefs @ Ravens, Lions @ 49ers

    Goff has been excellent this half.
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    2023-2024 General NBA Season Thread

    I completely agree that the coach interviews generally have very little value. You ask someone like Dabo Swinney one question and he gives you a :45 answer. Now you have to figure out when you're going to get that sound byte in and hopefully not compromise game coverage. Some of the high-end CFB...
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    2023-2024 General NBA Season Thread

    There is merit in this take but the sideline reporter/producer relationship is more nuanced than you're giving it credit for. First off - NBA games are hard for sideline reporters. Similar to soccer or lacrosse - basketball or games with constant action are more difficult to integrate a...
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