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MrMac
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Post by MrMac » Sat Jun 16, 2018 11:28 pm

Dr. Bliss wrote:
i77cat wrote:Too late to be right. Can you imagine someone like Nicklaus doing something like that?
Tommy "Thunder" Bolt, maybe!
Looked him up. Colorful.

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Post by TOK » Sun Jun 17, 2018 2:27 am

I have too turn myself in, I am eating Sunday breakfast in Frankfurt reading this thread and hoops season is 5 months away.

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Post by Dr. Bliss » Sun Jun 17, 2018 7:40 pm

Re: the US Open- I'm about done with Mike Davis, the CEO of the USGA. He should follow through on his promise to retire. I'm tired of seeing him stand up and apologize for course conditions for which he has the primary responsibility for creating. And then he stands up at the closing ceremony and grossly mispronounces Matt Parziale's name as the low amateur. Parziale is a firefighter who had to take time off to play in the tournament. He deserved to have his name pronounced correctly.
"There ain't no sanity clause!" Chico Marx

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Post by citycat » Sun Jun 17, 2018 8:01 pm

Parziale is a former golf professional who regained his amateur status. He deserved to have his name pronounced correctly.

They have lengthened the course and made other changes to make it tougher. If par had been changed to 71 or 72, there would have been less gnashing of teeth.

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Post by nalotze » Wed Jun 20, 2018 12:07 pm

http://www.espn.com/soccer/blog/the-toe ... -world-cup

The money quote: "There are really a lot of people in Moscow and they are all drinking ... It's hot, and it's football."

Qatar 2022 is going to be interesting.

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Post by BDF » Thu Jun 21, 2018 1:25 pm

nalotze wrote:http://www.espn.com/soccer/blog/the-toe ... -world-cup

The money quote: "There are really a lot of people in Moscow and they are all drinking ... It's hot, and it's football."

Qatar 2022 is going to be interesting.
Is beer served in Qatar?
Bob in the huddle during timeout: "Don't listen to BDL!"
Matt: "Coach, that's BDF."
Bob: "What?! There's two of them!?"

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Post by Dr. Bliss » Thu Jun 21, 2018 10:34 pm

BDF wrote:
nalotze wrote:http://www.espn.com/soccer/blog/the-toe ... -world-cup

The money quote: "There are really a lot of people in Moscow and they are all drinking ... It's hot, and it's football."

Qatar 2022 is going to be interesting.
Is beer served in Qatar?
Ne'er beer.
"There ain't no sanity clause!" Chico Marx

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Post by i77cat » Fri Jul 06, 2018 7:35 pm

http://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/240 ... -all-match

Not stupid for the players. One of them gets a win over a Hall of Famer. I just can't imagine how they'll find someone to put up $10 million to watch two guys who aren't top players any longer.
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$10 million

Post by rbarney » Fri Jul 06, 2018 9:25 pm

The power of American capitalism. I'm sure they can find the advertisers and networks to put up the money and advertise it. They may be past their prime, but they are still a known draw for sponsors.

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Post by MrMac » Thu Jul 19, 2018 7:34 am

wildforthecats wrote:https://www.si.com/college-football/2018/07/18/north-carolina-head-coach-larry-fedora-says-game-under-attack
Hilarious dramatization of LF's 'concerns' within the article. "Softonian attack". 😂🙃😱😀

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Post by slowcat95 » Thu Jul 19, 2018 9:25 am

Danger! Danger! Protecting kids' brains could bring down 'Merica!

I'm actually relieved. I thought the threats to democracy were coming from other directions.
she/hers

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Post by i77cat » Fri Jul 20, 2018 6:17 am

"I played better than what the score indicates..."--Tiger after his opening round score of even par at The Open. In truth, he played exactly as well as the score indicates. That's kinda why they keep score. The guys who played better than what Tiger's score indicates are the 31 guys who finished under par.
"Here’s what is the elephant in the room. Travis had a bag before. Now everyone has a bag. The Travis Ford recruiting prowess was greatly exaggerated."---SLU fan explaining how NIL took away Ford's recruiting edge

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Post by MikeMaloy15 » Fri Jul 20, 2018 6:28 am

That Fedora thing was just plain weird. He is probably on the hot seat because the program seems to be slipping below both Duke and NC State (and I can't say things would go well for him if his team ventured up to Boone, either).

Lord knows the pressure can't possibly arise from a concern that some wrongdoing is about to be uncovered and punished.



[Citycat is invited to provide detail supporting the theory that UNC football coaches aren't actually subjected to a hot seat because no one cares that much about football there.]

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Post by slowcat95 » Fri Jul 20, 2018 8:42 am

"UNC emails published by The News & Observer last year showed that history department administrators worried about “blowback” and “a fight on our hands” if Smith’s course [which included a discussion of the cheating scandal] was offered in 2017-18. It was kept off the schedule."

http://amp.newsobserver.com/news/local/ ... 84725.html

The upshot: work at UNC and have some thoughts about the athletics scandal? Keep them to yourself.
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