Month: August 2016

CFL Beat: Week 9

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So, a cool thing I learned this week: CFL officials will be working NFL preseason games for the first time ever as of Thursday, August 18th, as part of a new joint officials development program between both leagues. NFL officials have worked CFL games so far this season as Side

Your 2016 NOT St. Louis / LA Rams Preview

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I attended the first game the Los Angeles Galaxy ever played in Los Angeles.  It was at the Rose Bowl and the attendance was over 69,000 people.  For an MLS game. To this day, that remains the highest single game attendance number in the history of the league. Why do I

Request Line: Colorin’ Time with Eli!

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ELI MANNING: Hi everybody!  It's me, Eli.  I'm sorry I haven't written before now.  Thanks for all the help last summer you gave me on my vocabulary words!  Training camp is pretty much over this year and Coach Sullivan said "[a very bad word] all that vocabulary [another bad word], just

Hard Ride To Nowhere (Chapter 44)

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The scene: Somewhere in the Midwest. Future Moose is driving his new car...which isn't really new. In fact, it's kind of old. And a bit leaky. It might creak a little bit when it brakes. And the exhaust fumes when it accelerates might just be a global warming tipping point.

Your Thursday Night Football Open Thread

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Somewhere in China, an orphaned baby girl is smiling for no reason that she can determine. No, it's not because "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" were able to finally come up with the extra $500 "processing and fondling fee" on top of the $99.99 sale price. She's smiling because after what

BattleBots Olympic Special: The Top 20 BattleBots Fights of All Time, Part 2

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Welcome back to another week of filler while BattleBots is on Olympic break. Last week we went over the 11th to 20th-best fights in BattleBots history as determined by noted BattleBots fan Senor Weaselo. (That's right, I'm giving myself honorifics now.) We had fights from as early as 2001 and fights as recent

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Wet Hot Napa Summer: Last Night of Camp (Oakland Raiders 2016 Preview)

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INT.  RAIDERS TRAINING CAMP CABIN 14 - NIGHT.   A pair of dark forms are supposed to be asleep in a set of bunks.   AMARI COOPER: [softly] Derek? DEREK CARR: ... AMARI: [louder] Hey, Derek? DEREK: [grumbles] Mmm. AMARI: You awake? DEREK: [groggily]  I am now.  What's the matter?  Did you have another nightmare about Aqib Talib [carrying

Seattle Seahawks 2016 Preview

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  Warning: The following post contains drug use, sexual innuendo and profanity. It is not intended for children, the elderly, Mennonites, scowlers, frowners, hipsters, tennis fans, Bill Simmons, pearl-clutchers, accountants, Kirk Cameron, your parents, or the family pet.   I'm blowing down some eastern Washington backroad at 110 in a '72 convertible Impala. And that's

Your “Hold Off On Drinking, It’s ‘Annie!’ Day” Wednesday Open Thread

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Because when it's preseason, there's football tomorrow! NFL Headlines: Bruce Arians has been released from hospital. Must've been that bean he ate. Steve Smith passed his physical. Looking forward to his demands people ice up. Tomy Romo is expected to play Friday versus the Dolphins. He has to, or they won't let