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    Viva Lost Vegas: McDaniels fired

    https://www.threads.net/@adamschefter/post/CzF0vTwsH9M/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== Schefter reporting that Raiders fired HC Josh McDaniels and GM Dave Ziegler.
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    Joe Posnanski’s Why We Love Baseball

    Apologies if I missed a Posnanski thread, but the man just released Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments and I would love to discuss the book and his previous writings with those of you who are reading it. Here’s an excerpt, about Ponderous Joe Bauman and the professional home run...
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    Laptop USB-C charging issues

    Been dealing with a head scratcher of an issue. Have a Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5 laptop whose USB-C charging seems to have stopped working. There’s nothing wrong with the charger when I use it to charge other devices (including another laptop). I've also tried using two other chargers on the port...
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    Best Active Player Line-Up, No Repeated Initials

    Fun challenge taken off Twitter: Make the best active 10 person starting lineup you can, with all 9 positions + a DH without using the same initial twice. So if you use Max Scherzer, you can’t use Shohei Ohtani since you already used ‘S’. Alliterative names aren't allowed (sorry Freddie...
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    Houston: Turn Down for Watt

    Texans releasing JJ Watt View: https://twitter.com/rapsheet/status/1360238944009531399?s=21
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    Baseball and the Protests (including Pedro content!)

    Thought it would be good to have a thread dedicated solely to how baseball is or isn’t responding to the protests and this moment in history. Will kick off with: did anyone see Pedro say this? View: https://twitter.com/curlyfro/status/1299152977660448768?s=21 “baseball can wait until we get...
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    Tyler Skaggs passes away

    https://twitter.com/mikedigiovanna/status/1145797387207827458?s=21 “#Angels have announced that pitcher Tyler Skaggs died this morning in Texas. The game vs. #Rangers has been canceled.” No details but RIP
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    Ohio State Finds Team Doctor Sexually Abused 177 Students

    https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/17/sports/ohio-state-sexual-abuse.html Just awful.
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    The Caster Semenya decision

    So Caster Semenya has lost her landmark legal case against the IAAF, and will have to undergo treatments to reduce her naturally high levels of testosterone if she is to compete in the 800m https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/may/01/caster-semenya-loses-landmark-legal-case-iaaf-athletics...
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    Sub-optimal NFL team logistics

    The Patriots planes thread and the possibility that they are doing this to get an advantage over flying 300-lb men in cramped seats on a charter made me wonder, are there other sub-optimal things that NFL teams are still doing that hinder their players from having the best possible game day...
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    2017 Washington Area Football Team: Kissing (But Not Marrying) Cousins

    So it looks like the Skins and Kirk Cousins couldn't come to a resolution - no surprise when the one offer described there was essentially a lowball. $53M for 2 years ignores the fact that Cousins would have made $24M the 1st year anyway, so they were essentially offering $29M extra - which he...
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    Patriots WR Hawkins Retires

    Continuing a good week for Andrew Hawkins, who just graduated with a masters from Columbia.
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    Overtime Rules

    The Economist looked at how the overtime rules in football favored the Patriots in the Super Bowl. http://www.economist.com/blogs/gametheory/2017/02/overtime-rules-american-football Now I'd argue that this particular game was likely to lead to one of the highest theoretical differentials...
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    Can't You See We Need a Hand? (Pats interested in Keenan Reynold?)

    Could just be standard "Belichick + Navy" assumptions, but Tom E. Curran sums up all the various reports on the Pats possibly looking at Keenan Reynolds as a QB conversion project: http://www.csnne.com/new-england-patriots/buzz-keeps-building-pats-and-navys-reynolds
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    Ay, There's the Rub

    Was reading the article about Brady proving that ball inflation is irrelevant to his greatness that was posted in the DFG thread, and halfway through the article starts talking about the Pats' offensive schemes this year:     I'm not a film guy, but is that an accurate read of this year's...
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    Getting Wi-Fi throughout a large house?

    So I moved into a big house that was built in the 1930s and thus has a lot of brick construction, which is interfering with both my wifi and cell connections. The Verizon FIOS router that I have doesn't really penetrate into the bedroom - when I go to the bedroom, my devices still think that I...
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    First active affiliated pro baseball player to come out

    http://m.jsonline.com/brewers#/articles/321977731 Brewers minor leaguer David Denson became the first active pro player in the MLB-affiliated leagues to come out, doing so in a Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel interview today. Response so far from his team (whom he told first) seems to be largely...
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    MacPhail Makes Phillies: No More Robbing Tomorrow, Jr?

    Surprised that there hasn't been a thread on this, but Andy MacPhail was announced as the incoming Phillies President on Monday. MacPhail will replace Pat Gillick at the end of the 2015 season. Also notable was that John Middleton, one of the Phillies' minority owners, made the announcement...
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    Is it worth getting an iPhone 6 now?

    My iPhone 5 battery is basically shot, and it looks like I'll have to take it in to the Apple Store to get it replaced. I was wondering whether instead of paying $79 for the battery replacement, I should just upgrade to an iPhone 6.    The pros and cons of the 6 as a device have been discussed...
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    This Could Be Us But You Playing: Who missed out that you most feel for?

    In the 10 years between Super Bowl victories, a lot of players have donned the Patriots uniform. There have been a lot of failed opportunities to grab that brass ring. Which of those players do you most feel for, in terms of missing out on getting a Super Bowl ring? My own take: Logan Mankins...