NFL News:
- Norv news! Norv Turner resigned from the Vikings this morning. No reason has officially been given, so speculate away!
- It seems to have broken Big Daddy Drew.
- Wade Phillips is back at work.
- The PA may be pushing the NFL to tolerate Mary Jane as an alternative to chemical painkillers, especially if/once Proposition 64 passes in California,
- There are marijuana ballot initiatives in other NFL-friendly states like Arizona, Florida, Massachusetts & Nevada.
- Adding in Colorado & Washington, that’s 6 states with (currently) 10 franchises.
- If they look to licence official suppliers, they don’t need to go further than Ricky Williams, blunt brother #1.
- There are marijuana ballot initiatives in other NFL-friendly states like Arizona, Florida, Massachusetts & Nevada.
- It’ll be the Nick Foles show for the Chiefs versus the Jaguras this week, as Alex Smith’s 13 concussions last Sunday will have him on the sidelines.
- Seriously, Tom Brady – shut the fuck up!
- Should have shut up sooner? Brian Baldinger, who has been suspended by NFL Network for 6 months for advocating the Eagles put a bounty on Ezekiel Elliott
There’s nothing more fun, or nerve-wracking, than a Game 7 for the championship. (Or, y’know, the Super Bowl.) Add in whatever historical factoids that give extra weight/incentive to a team and a fanbase, and you’ve got instant ratings.
I’ve been fortunate enough to have been to three NFC Championship games and one NHL Stanley Cup Game 7 in my lifetime. The NFC championships were:
- 2007 – Giants at Green Bay
- 2013 – Niners at Seahawks
- 2014 – Packers at Seahawks
Each one was fantastic in their own way. Giants-Packers was going to be on “the frozen tundra”. I spent the night before trying to drink Titletown Brewing dry. The game ended the way most Favre seasons did – with an interception leading to the other team’s winning field goal, followed by 6 months of retirement rumours.
Having grown up a Packers fan – yes, I have one of those shares; the Seahawks didn’t exist until 1976 – it was bittersweet, because I thrilled at the fact of going to my first Lambeau game but cheated that I wasn’t rewarded for having spent all that money to get there. I’d like to think it would’ve felt the same had I lived there.
The Niners-Seahawks was great from both a season ticket-holder perspective and a fan’s perspective. Having gotten my season’s tickets in 2010, I hadn’t been there for long, but had been there for the whole Pete Carroll era, and it seemed like the culmination of an actual plan, something fans rarely see work through to fruition. My wife didn’t cotton to all the “FUCK THE NINERS!” yells and chants, but the celebration at the end was a sports feeling I’d never had.
The 2014 game, therefore, was full of mixed emotions: Packers fan but Seahawks season ticket-holder. It was one of those situations where I had two dogs in the fight, so I couldn’t lose. But a significant part of my sports fandom wanted a different outcome, even though Mike McCarthy’s goal-line decision-making in that game eerily foreshadowed the circumstances of Super Bowl 49.
The 2011 Stanley Cup Game 7 had the same circumstance. Growing up as a kid, and Atom-level hockey player, I wanted to be a Bruin, either Bobby Orr or Gerry Cheevers. I had their cards, posters and knock-off jerseys. I suffered them losing to the Habs and the Oilers, and then losing Ray Bourque to the Avs, so he could finally win one. I know the Red Sox had a longer drought, but as I’ve often said – I don’t give a crap about the Red Sox.
I grew up in Vancouver. The Canucks have been a consistently bad franchise for most of their 46 years, so the few triumphs really stick out in people’s minds. (And, unfortunately, turn casual fans into complete assholes – Patriots fans, but without any trophies.) I became a Bruins fan partly because my younger hockey-playing self needed a hero, and there wasn’t one locally. Both the 1982 and 1994 Cup Finals teams were unexpected surprises, which made cheering for them fun. The 2011 team was expected to make the Finals, so that was different.
Once again, the 2011 Game 7 was a case of having two dogs in the fight.
Given that the youngest curse ending tonight is 78 years, expect lots of interviews with old people just before the meteor hits.
Tonight’s sports:
- MLB: Game 7 – Chicago at Cleveland – 8:00 | FOX/Sportsnet
- College Football: Toledo at Akron – 7:30 PM | ESPN2
- NBA Basketball:
- Raptors at Wizards – 7:00 | TSN
- Bulls at Celtics – 8:00 PM | ESPN
- Thunder at Clippers – 10:30 PM | ESPN/TSN
- NHL Hockey:
- Canucks at Canadiens – 7:30 | Sportsnet1/360
- Red Wings at Flyers – 8:00 PM | NBCSN
- Penguins at Ducks – 10:30 | Sportsnet1/360
I have friends who support both teams, so I want a good game. DON’T BE A BLOWOUT!
I got really drunk as the Cubs almost gave it away. They did win right? I am not gonna wake up to they somehow lost it
Meanwhile, in Cleveland…
The lack of image also seems correct.
Oh, there we go.
YESSSSSSSS
Grew up in small town Arkansas, so the only baseball I got to see was Cubs on WGN and Braves on TBS. Saw plenty of Braves titles and now it’s pretty damn awesome to see a Cubs one.
I had a similar experience living near Arizona when I was young. I’m happy.
I love high fiving strangers
Has there been singing?
Hillary’s going to be stupid & pull out a Cubs hat, thus costing herself Ohio, right?
http://pixel.nymag.com/imgs/daily/intelligencer/2016/10/26/26-hillary-cubs-fan.w710.h473.jpg
http://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/2bc6878123562543c52baf590bc6c78e61421933/c=333-115-1976-1350&r=x408&c=540×405/local/-/media/2015/10/19/USATODAY/USATODAY/635808715303766725-REU-BASEBALL-HILLARY.jpg
I shouldn’t care about this win, because I haven’t really cared about the Cubs since my parents were taking me to games with $15 outfield seats where they overserved the guy next to me and he spilled his last 4 beers on me, Mark Grace was going 0 for 4 and Sammy Sosa was shooting up steriods in the batters box.. But I am actually enjoying it.
Dok, you’re writing about the parade, right?
I just want to say that I love every one of you.
http://25.media.tumblr.com/97bd0e941923b764d524ddf38c5b4ede/tumblr_mfwdt2ic8l1r9qwd9o1_500.gif
Oh, and the Ricketts family can still go fuck themselves for supporting Trump
/shows self out
CAREFUL, YOU’LL BREAK HIS HIP
Grown men crying. People I didn’t know who cared about baseball sharing stories.
Right now, more than ever from the bottom of my heart…..
THAT’S GOOD FUCKING HUSTLE
Fuck it. I’m gonna take a shot and then buy a hat.
Chicago hasn’t been this lit since the Great Chicago Fire
I can’t wait to see if Pornhub puts up its site traffic stats during and after the series
Things really turned around when I switched to booze.
/you’re welcome
THE GREAT FIRE OF CHICAGO PART 2
Looking out the window…everyone is walking wrigley, and not away. This crowd ain’t gonna break up for a while, police horses or no. I…might have to go out.
DO IT DO IT DO IT. And give field report!
Good luck. We’re all counting on you!
Wear sensible shoes!
Stay on the fringes and always be aware of your escape routes.
Do it. If you don’t you’ll regret it for the rest of your life.
I’m not saying that to be sarcastic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9XtDyDUjIU
I’m east of Wrigley and this is loud. Clark must be total SHITSHOW.
FUCK YOU, LEBRON
I have a 4 hour meeting tomorrow. I don’t even like these teams. Stupid, stupid me.
Someone needs to check on Zymm, she said she lived on the third floor and should be safe. I don’t trust Cubs fans
THANK YOU BASED GOD!!!
All I know is that W flag better be flying in El Segundo and an awesome fucker with shit knees better not go to work tomorrow
Something tells me it will.
It took a second, but the WOOOOOOOOs and fireworks are now in full effect. I mean…they are fireworks, right?
It’s that, or the dead have risen.
I would recommend sleeping in your tib tonight.
I knew the browns were the rosemary Kennedy of Cleveland but I didn’t know the Indians where John Kennedy jr
There’s gonna be a shit ton of babies born in Chi in 9 months
Holy Cow!
+1 thick rimmed glasses
THIS IS LEBRON’S FAULT
Where was the reaction shot? I feel cheated.
Chicago at dawn, November 3, 2016
Woooooooo
Man, that was a really long commercial for MLB 12 The Show.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_qNFjJn3No
I can’t believe that actually happened.
Also, Theo Epstein is some kind of baseball demigod, isn’t he?
Rebuttal: Fuck him. That’s the main anti-Cubs thing I had though.
I can get behind the “fuck him”. He’s worked with 4 teams, including my Padres, and won titles with two of them, neither of them being the Padres.
WRITE IN THEO EPSTIEN FOR PRESIDENT!!!
FUCK YOU WRITE ME IN FOR PREZ
Year of Cleveland Sports FranchAAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Its over! Its fucking over! They did it! This baseball game is finally over!
PKesque factoid, each team only won one game at home this series.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-b9TSz90mv0
As a Chicago fan I just had that one ready
“This is gonna be a tough play!!!!” Joe Buck screamed, as a professional athlete cleanly fielded a 2 hopper and lined-up a 70′ throw.
AMAZING!
THEY FUCKING DID IT
WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
WELL WE’RE ALL FUCKED NOW
SEE YA IN HELL
Amazing
Is that airhorn on the TV or outside?
Both
http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/cardfight/images/c/c2/OrderBroken.gif/revision/latest?cb=20131215134546
FUCKIN A
Oh hey! It’s Cubbies!
Quick poll : At your elementary school, which did you say?
We want a pitcher, not a
a) glass of water
b) belly itcher