Your “The NHL Learned Its Place” Tuesday Open Thread

Beerguyrob - May 31, 2016May 31, 2016

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74 Days Until the Hall of Fame Game NFL Notes: multiple sites are reporting Vikings defensive lineman B.J. Dubose tore his ACL during one of the team’s OTAs. He is reportedly done for the season. Adam Schefter is tweeting that Walter Thurmond has chosen to retire. Feel free to find his twitter to confirm.

Senor Weaselo’s Guide to BattleBots, Part 3

Senor Weaselo - May 31, 2016May 31, 2016

So here we are, the third and final installment of our bot-by-bot preview of this season's BattleBots. Twenty or so more robots, some may never make it to the fights, some may never make it to TV, some might actually win a fight or two or the whole thing. This final

Your Kid Sucks at Sports

jjfozz - May 31, 2016May 31, 2016

I have two sons. One plays baseball and soccer. The other plays football and lacrosse. They may play in high school. They are not going to college on a sports scholarship. They are not going to play any of these sports professionally. And while I loathe the NCAA, read this

Copa America Centenario Preview – Chile

King Hippo - May 31, 2016May 30, 2016

Bienvenidos! Yes, I tried to spell that myself first, and really fucked it up. I am here to talk about the Lesser Footy hipsters of the South American Euros (as played in los Estados Unidos to give Mexico home field advantage and Donald Trump a stroke), La Roja

Your Memorial Day Monday Open Thread

Beerguyrob - May 30, 2016May 30, 2016

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A brief soliloquy: All my aunts on my father's side married US soldiers. There was a NORAD base outside Kirkland Lake, Ontario back in the 1960s. I once asked my aunt why she married an American, and she said, "Robert, I looked at your uncle, and then I looked at my choices in

Senor Weaselo’s Guide to BattleBots, Part 2

Senor Weaselo - May 30, 2016May 30, 2016

Greetings. Last time we took a look at the first twenty hopefuls for this year's BattleBots Giant Nut. Let's take a look at another twenty, including the oldest robot in the field, my favorite-looking newcomer, and the robot I think is most likely to crash last year's contenders' party. I didn't

Balls of Steel’s AFL Beat – Indigenous Round (10)

ballsofsteelandfury - May 30, 2016May 30, 2016

Did y'all like those cool ass guernseys? I dug blaxabbath's comment about the Western jumper so much I put it up as the banner quote. I'm still giggling about it. It is so true! This week, the AFL Beat is coming to you a day late since there was a

DFO Radio: Shock The Monkey

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Rikki-Tikki-Deadly - May 30, 2016May 30, 2016

Good morning! Or good afternoon if you're on the east coast. Or good...day if you're on DFO standard time. I hope nobody's hurting too bad from yesterday's revelry and can have some more fun instead of just spending the holiday recovering. I'll be exhibiting my patriotism by going to the

Copa America Centenario Preview – Peru

DFOing Good

ballsofsteelandfury - May 30, 2016May 29, 2016

Before reading, click play OK, I apologize. You can pause it now before you go crazy. Imagine living in a country where that music is played, a weird-ass four-legged animal is commonplace this little dude is considered a nutritious meal and the front-runner for the position of President is the daughter of a previous president that

Senor Weaselo’s Guide to BattleBots, Part 1

Senor Weaselo - May 29, 2016May 29, 2016

Hockey and basketball seasons are coming to a close, and we still need our fix of sports in the warm summer months, because we don’t all want to watch baseball. I mean, I do, but life sucks when the Mets are the best team in New York. (There are too

Sunday Gravy with yeah right: Zero Grill Thirty.

laserguru - May 29, 2016May 29, 2016

I'm back and reasonably convalesced! Knee is feeling good and I'm ready to get the Sunday Gravy party started. Thanks to DJ Taj for filling in the past couple of weeks. I really appreciate it and I hope everyone got a little something from his posts. Before we begin today I

Auto Racing Holy Trinity Open Thread

ballsofsteelandfury - May 29, 2016May 28, 2016

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This is probably the best day in the auto racing calendar. The day starts off with the Monaco Gran Prix which (/looks up polesitter) Daniel Ricciardo should win, continues with the 100th edition of the Indianapolis 500 (watch out for the gravy-related yellow flags) And then finishes with the NASCAR Coca Cola