Author: Beerguyrob

Your Wednesday Evening Open Thread & Western Conference Preview

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A bonus double feature tonight - the Western Conference preview, plus the AEW Dynamite preview courtesy . First, the hockey. So as with the East, we must with the West. Vegas Golden Knights vs. Chicago Blackhawks:  The Blackhawks have no business being in this round, except for the fact that

Your Tuesday Evening Open Thread & NHL Eastern Conference Preview

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Good evening fellow Commentists, In keeping with annual tradition, I will eschew my normal football news recap and instead focus on the immediate need of preparing you for the first-round gloriousness that is the Stanley Cup playoffs. Besides, there wasn't much to cover today anyways: I thought about going by start date,

Your “The Greatest Crime? Looking Out For Others” Monday Evening Open Thread

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NFL News: The big news of the day is the speculation about whether the "Power 5" conferences will cancel their fall football seasons, and the ancillary impact that will have on the NFL. FYI - the "Power Five" are the ACC, Big-10, Big 12, Pac-12 and SEC. The ideal solution

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So, the majority of the NHL's play-in series have concluded, and here's what we know so far: Montreal did the Lord's work & knocked out the Penguins; Arizona validated Gary Bettman's (BOOOOO!) relocation strategy by knocking out Nashville; Calgary the same by beating the V.2 Jets; The Blackhawks gave the

Your “Well, Look Who It Is” Thursday Evening Open Thread

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NFL Nuggets: It's a quiet day inside the NFL bubble. Today was the deadline for players to voluntarily opt out of the 2020 season & have their contracts roll over to 2021. A total of 66 players officially took the offer prior to the 4:00PM ET deadline. Under the arrangement

Your “And In The Distance, A Light Flickered…” Saturday Evening Open Thread

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Shh... Listen - in the distance... It's faint right now, but familiar. It's a comforting sound, one that brings to mind hope, and glory. But also pain. The heartache of allowing yourself to be vulnerable. To wanting something you know you can't have. Yet, you must. You need to feel alive. And this will

Your “Don’t Spend It All In One Place” Wednesday Evening Open Thread

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NFL Noise: Joey Bosa & some barnstorming team called the Chargers have agreed to a 5-year, $135.0 million contract extension. It has $78 million guaranteed at signing, and $102 million in total guarantees. Whatever helps impoverish the Spanos family & helps facilitates a Chargers sale has to be a

Your “Haves & Have Nots” Tuesday Evening Open Thread

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NFL News: The opt-out list got a bit larger today, with some notable names: Patriots: Dont'a Hightower, Patrick Chung, Brandon Bolden, Marcus Cannon, Danny Vitale, and Najee Toran. Bears: Eddie Goldman Bills: Star Lotulelei The Bengals agreed to terms with Joe Burrow today. It's a fully guaranteed $36 million deal,

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I was scanning the weekend crossword for my mother-in-law yesterday when I accidentally saw  the weekend "Family Circus" cartoon. I didn't want to look - the "funnies" haven't been good since "Bloom County" left. But it was on the opposite page from what I had to scan, so there it was. It

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So with baseball season officially underway, and the Cardinals having already poisoned our screens, it's time for the annual argument about baseball songs. But, because "the national pastime", we have to start with the anthem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMzIk2pUuNU Now, there are many, many lists in this world that can chart things like this, but I