NFL News:
- The AAF, as expected, has “suspended operations“.
- It was expected to cost Tom Dundon – owner of the NHL’s Carolina Hurricanes – about $20 million to finish the season & four-team playoffs.
- I guess you don’t get rich subscribing to the “sunk cost fallacy”.
- Deadspin speculates that the reason Dundon got involved at all was to obtain the rights to the gambling aspects the AAF were developing.
- That the $70 million he’s allegedly already spent on the league is cheaper than the auction process that would have developed had the league folded on its own.
- To borrow from ESPN: One of the more attractive things about the league was the technology it developed with its app. It allowed for faster real-time technology to reach consumers and also tracked multiple biometric data points. The hope was that other leagues would see the technology and express interest in using it.
- Or, put another way,
- That the $70 million he’s allegedly already spent on the league is cheaper than the auction process that would have developed had the league folded on its own.
- It was expected to cost Tom Dundon – owner of the NHL’s Carolina Hurricanes – about $20 million to finish the season & four-team playoffs.
Perception inside the AAF is that Hurricanes owner Tom Dundon bought a majority stake in the league simply for the gambling app being developed.
Source: "Dundon got the technology he wanted and he's now minus one rather large headache."
— Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer) April 2, 2019
- The NFL is quietly worried about the number of referees retiring to take on higher-paying TV jobs.
- PFT notes that so many have retired, current retirees are replacing others at the networks, most recently with John Parry (Super Bowl LIII ref) replacing Jeff Triplette at ESPN.
- It’s a trend so obvious, even Peter King noticed.
This is bordering on a crisis for the league.
Seven of 17 refs retired/went to TV in last 13 months. https://t.co/HNwFjCorws— Peter King (@peter_king) April 1, 2019
Finally, Russell Wilson has given an artificial deadline of April 15th to work out a new deal with the Seahawks.
- He wants to avoid all the noise that surrounded his attempts at a contract in 2015.
- He’s entering the final year of a four-year, $87.6 million contract, and the $21.9 million he’s scheduled to earn in 2019 places him 12th among active QBs.
- If the Seahawks can’t work it out, Wilson’s franchise tag value in 2020 would be $32 million.
Tonight’s sports:
- NHL:
- Bruins at Blue Jackets – 7:00PM | NBCSN
- need to root for the Bruins so the Habs can catch Columbus
- all Canadian teams are regional broadcasts only
- Bruins at Blue Jackets – 7:00PM | NBCSN
- MLB:
- Orioles at Blue Jays – 7:00PM | Sportsnet
- Red Sox at A’s – 10:00PM | Sportsnet1
- NBA:
- Regular NBA:
- Lakers at Thunder – 8:00PM | TNT / TSN
- Nuggets at Warriors – 10:30PM | TNT / TSN
- NBA G-League Playoffs:
- Lakeland Magic at Long Island Nets – 7:00PM | ESPNU
- Santa Cruz Warriors at Rio Grande Valley Vipers – 9:00PM | ESPNU
- Regular NBA:
- NCAA:
- NIT Basketball Tournament: Semi-Finals
- Lipscomb vs. Wichita State – 7:00PM | ESPN
- TCU vs. Texas – 9:00PM | ESPN
- College Baseball:
- Texas A&M at Texas – 7:30PM | FS1
- NIT Basketball Tournament: Semi-Finals
- WWE:
- Smackdown – 8:00PM | USA / Sportsnet360
- the “go-home” before Wrestlemania, which will have to work hard to top this moment from RAW, helpfully aided by “Yakety Sax”.
- Smackdown – 8:00PM | USA / Sportsnet360
https://twitter.com/nickpiccone/status/1112903841383628802
LEAST ANTICIPATED MANIA EVER!
Shit. I just saw a photo of a classmate from law school who now looks like Brendon Gleason in In Bruges.
There’s a woman in these photos who looks like John Goodman in his blond Linda Tripp wig. The resemblance is uncanny.
Is that better or worse than Brendan Gleason in Braveheart?
He’s more broken in In Bruges.
Just mindlessly reading twitter instead of sleeping
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsGuXk9Aeac
And that’s the moment little Brick decided to become a pilot.
https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js
Holy shit, sports reporters are stupid.
Are you suggesting that the guy who was so convinced Nick Saban would be Andy Reid’s successor he banned any callers who disagreed from his show isn’t very intelligent?
He looks like Jerry Sandusky with less game.
That’ll pucker your asshole.
Captain, to co-pilot: “Hey, watch I can do!”
Draft hats have been revealed and they are fucking atrocities.
I assume the Jets aren’t there because they’re getting new/tweaked unis in a week or so? But yes, almost all of these are garbage. AND NOT THE BAND.
Yeah, they’re gonna reveal them with the new unis for maximum eye bleed
Just thought of a fucking super tasteless joke, but I’m a good enough man to not make it, and also because I’m not artistic enough to recreate 9/11 on a hat.
You can’t even do the twin towers with the Lombardi trophy because those losers haven’t been back in fifty years to vie for a second one.
Whoever designed that Panthers hat was blasted out of their mind on mescaline.
I totally forgot the South Carolina flag has a crescent moon and I don’t know why we haven’t spread the rumor that the civil war was because South Carolina seceded to protect states rights to enact and enforce sharia law. The CSA was Islamic. Confederacy is just the English word for caliphate.
The Colts one looks like it’s in a gun sight.
Where’s the blue line running across the Raiders flag hat?
What a joke. Raiders gear went from the uniform of NWA to the the uniform of NRA losers.
Gonna be lots of
OaklandLAOaklandVegas? fans in the GOP this yearO/U “SILVER AND BLACK LIVES MATTER” used unironically?
100%. That’s a gimme bet even Hippo would be ashamed to take.
That Colts hat is based on a design originally embroidered on a hat Governor Connelly gave to JFK as he arrived in Dallas.
Are those stars on the Browns cap for hiding signs of a concussion to the poor son of a bitch who they draft as defense chow, I mean quarterback, because their O line is made of rice paper?
Correction draft hats are stupid. Whether they are ugly.or not doesn’t matter. The teams already have official hats. The coaches wear them.
Do you really want a hat that will remind you of the time your team took Ken O’Brien when Marino was sitting right there?
If you’re a Dolfan? Probably.
Bears got a good look.
What’s the Patriots one? The NE logo inside of a ejaculate stain from discount handjob from a Chinese slave whose owner is an influencal member at the President’s private club?
It’s low-hanging fruit, but Jesus Fucking Christ: the Seattle hat has a 12 on it. 12, or as Seahawks players know it, the number of times Pete Carroll has forced each of them to watch the Loose Change “documentary.”
The Bears one is actually decent. Too bad they don’t get to draft until like Saturday or something.
I tried to stay up to watch basketball but I am toooooo tired from reading a few pages of my new book.
Last Funny:
*large male nurse rolls chair all the way across room, coming to a stop with his forehead pressed against yours*
SO YOUR CHART SAYS ANXIETY?
Thought that looked like a stall there for a sec.
Are you showing off again?
“Yeah, kinda like that, baby.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mv5qzMtLE60
Would you rather: girls named Joey, or girls with a nose ring but it’s in the middle like a cartoon bull?
A septum piercing is this decade’s lower back tattoo
Panguins have looked thoroughly awful tonight, and they don’t even have Big Baby Malkin out there to start a fight because he’s losing and then get kicked from the game and automatically suspended for the next one but the league immediately overturns it because he’s too big of a star.
/Not bitter
Meanwhile, the Ice Giants get to wait for a week from tonight, when the draft lottery cruelly awards New Jersey the #1 overall, while they slide to 12th.
Somehow they will slide to 16th. YES I KNOW THAT IS NO LONGER A LOTTERY PICK.
Bah
What are you, a sheep?
Quick! Hide the Welshmen!
… waitasec
Are you not?
Vince: “Okay, Kofi. You can have your WWE Championship match at WrestleMania… OR you can risk it ALL…for what inside this box.”
Big E: “The box! THE BOX!”
Should’ve just taken the red snapper
One of the divas is a redhead?
Well, I thought this was sexist and funny.
Yelling “THE BOX! THE BOX!” is why I got kicked out of that Planned Parenthood.
That is quite the murder box!
I grilled the fuck out of some chicken thighs earlier. Mmmmm.
Fuck the NFL.
What have they done this time?
Existing
Legit.
2 Legit 2 Quit
Know what else is in this video? Dudes on a lot of cocaine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCXvWpFxb6I
Right where they want them TwBs?
The Orioles have gotten so freaking lucky so far this season.
So many bad decisions have worked out.
Unlike myself, of course.
😀
I enjoy watching the Jays lose. Basically every Toronto team except the basketballing dinosaurs, I am indifferent to them, stupid name though.
I’ve never cared for the Jays, division rivals and all. But I don’t dislike them as much anymore since Joey Bats left town.
Trying to decide how much homemade CBD oil to take tonight. Probably not too much.
Nah. Take as much as possible. It’s harmless.
Hi everybody!
Hi sharkbait!
Glad to see you haven’t gone all Hollywood on us.
Just to the upstairs medical college.
HI, DR. SHARK!
Yo.
Also, I think you should change your screen name from Sharkbait to Masterbait.
Hehehehe….yes I find that funny.
We should actually refer to him as “champ”.
John Elway bristles at the word. He’s really come unbridled.
Orioles knock Stroman out of the game in the 6th. He’s literally crying as he leaves the mound.
Am I surprised? No I am not….he played at Duke.
Was he working a no-no like the kid yesterday?
2 runs on 9 hits.
O’s (Cashner) had another no no until the 5th. 2 hitter at this point, but Cashner needs to get pulled soon.
Seriously, Vlad Jr. is their only source of offense and he’s still at Buffalo until he gets healthy.
Cashner walks the bases loaded.
WHY DOES NOBODY LISTEN TO ME??????
And they’re still leaving him in, holy shit.
Flyout to left, holy crap they got lucky.
Littlest Cutest Cancer Patient: “I don’t want much, but can you pitch a Complete Game tonight?”
Stroman: “You got it.”
(six innings later)
Stroman (being dragged to the dugout by the Pitching and Bench Coaches): “NOOO! I PROMISED THE KID! YOU’RE KILLING HIM!!!!!!!!!”
found a funny:
Me: *getting off the couch*
I’ll be right back.
Dog: I would really feel more comfortable if we went together.
nuggets vs warriors should be good.
Why are Polka Dots so attractive?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-45sR2rDhlE
I don’t know if I’m ready for a world where there was a professional football league that was worse than the XFL.
If this is any indication, it’ll be a record soon to be broken by XFL
Jonathan Villar…when you’re on second with nobody out in a scoreless game, and you take too big a lead, and Marcus Stroman stares at you for like 15 seconds, it’s time to go back to the bag and….
Oh never mind, you got picked off. Fucking dumbass.
Meanwhile Thanos snapped his fingers and half of the Yankees are gone.
It’s a different permutation that the movie, as Gary Sanchez is Groot (and I wrote him as such that time) ad he’s still around.…The two of us are going to wrap our heads around this now, aren’t we.
/Greg Bird is Falcon, dressed as Birdperson of course
Best guess at the ones who are gone:
Luis Severino: T’Challa
Miguel Andujar: Peter Parker (His saying he might play this year is his “I don’t want to go” moment)
CC Sabathia: Nick Fury (He’s already died before, so this is more of an inconvenience)
Didi Gregorious: Peter Quill
Giancarlo Stanton: Drax the Destroyer
Jordan Montgomery: Gamora (Because he went first, and really might never come back)
Jacoby Ellsbury: Gwen Stacey (Really, really, really never coming back. Ever)
Aaron Hicks: Bucky
Ben Heller: Falcon
All-timer. Country sucks. sorry not sorry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-V0fje7WGKE
I’m sorry, but even if staged, I find this hilarious…
Sad thing is Becky Lynch and Ronda Rousey had a Main Event Feud that was hot and ready last year. Charlotte wasn’t needed. Now WWE screwed themselves out of a picture-perfect ending of WrestleMania with the NXT Four Horsewomen (Lynch, Flair, Sasha Banks, Bayley) standing tall holding up their Championship belts.
Not involved in the plans for wrestlemania:
Marilyn Manson is prettier than I remember.
But really, whomst among us didn’t take the art student->video game artist->model->internationally renowned pro wrestler career path?
“Hicketts on your Guentzal” could be a call in this hockey game, or it could be the last words you want to hear from your doctor.
Panguins facing off against the Red Wings tonight, who are currently composed of 51% minor leaguers.
Wings stayed dominant just long enough to fleece the entire state of Michigan, and then immediately regressed back to pre-1997 levels.
Michigan/Detroit and corrupt leadership, name a more iconic duo
Mania being good is going to be entirely dependent on whether or not Kofi Kingston wins the title. I just don’t know if Vince can set aside his color chart long enough to make Kofi champion.
EDIT: I love when they smash cut their uploads and take out most of the good shit. Somewhere between being dumped into a stable full of dancing black wrestlers with a gospel theme and carrying around a nerf net so he could dunk on random stage crew, Kofi became one of the best talkers on the show. Jump to the 445 mark
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TW9SCrCWk9I
Remember – the Rock’s only black in February. He’s Samoan the rest of the year.
-Dwayne Johnson
Only at formal occasions. On Raw, he’s still The Rock.
Roommate Commander’s close friends had a baby yesterday. They waited to find out the gender until she was born, and am happy to report that she’s as healthy as can be. But then she told me the name they decided on.
“Sailor.”
“Sailor? Uh…”
“I like it. It’s different.”
“It’s, an interesting choice for a girl, I guess. I didn’t really picture them as Sailor Moon fans.”
“They’re not. And it’s not spelled like that. It’s with a Y. Say-lor. It’s a thing.”
“……..of course it is.”
Now apparently I’M the asshole.
Saylor? Son of Gamblor?
When she’s an annoying teen: Saylor, go to your room and Say-no-more-lor
LOL
No, daugher of Lrr of Omicrom Persei 8.
Challenged the Justice Friends at sailing for the fate of the Earth and was defeated by Monkey.
They can call her “Say” for short. What’s the problem?
(but seriously, healthy kid is the most important thing…best wishes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibX2AGv10VY
“Saylor, this is Ian. Ian, Saylor.”
…
“Lor?”
That’s not the girl on girl I was expecting….but oddly arousing?
oddly is teh best kind of arousing ,, ppl forget that
/but NAE Lurkers
Just imagine a world where The Shield paid refs an amount proportional to their importance to the game.
And then meaningfully held them accountable.
[Pictures an image of BOLTMAN having stabbed Goodell through the heart with a bolt blade and holding the severed head of Dean Spanos by the hair while 345 Park Ave burns in the background]
I say 9-9-9 but don’t mean that liek NO
I could go for some Godfather’s dessert pizza right now. Any pizza, tbh. They weren’t the worst in the world or anything.