Author: Beerguyrob

Your “Ten Years?!” Tuesday Evening Open Thread

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NFL News: Daniel Jones has agreed on his rookie contract with the Giants.   Ahead of rookies appearing at camp Monday. Veterans arrive Wednesday, with the first team practice scheduled for Thursday. Per nfl.com, the only rookies left to sign their entry-level deals are: Nick Bosa - Niners Quinnen Williams -

Your “It’s Not The Sharks You Have To Worry About” Sunday Evening Open Thread

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Summer finally arrived in Vancouver. But thanks to the rain earlier this week, most of the beaches - including Ambleside, near my house - are closed due to elevated e.coli counts. While it's fun to blame it on the rain https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BI5IA8assfk and the associated runoff of animal fæces,  in the case of Ambleside it

Your Saturday Evening “It Looks Bad If We Leave Them There” Open Thread

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We are well into summer now, and I want to vent about something: lost tourists. Now, I don't want to complain about the driving type of lost tourist. That's honest, and at least they are trying to follow a map. No, I want to complain about the type of lost tourist that

Your “I Had Done A Hellish Thing” Thursday Evening Open Thread

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I think the NFL might have broken me. There is absolutely nothing of interest to note. Why, one of the biggest headlines of the day is: Chiefs fan fined $500 for shining laser at Tom Brady and that's saying something, given that full camps open in a week. (FYI - the fan in question,

Your “Almost At The Fireworks Factory” Wednesday Evening Open Thread

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NFL Noise: Wednesday marks the first day of training camp for four organizations: the Denver Broncos, Baltimore Ravens, Arizona Cardinals and Seattle Seahawks. It's only rookies and/or first-year players, but still,     It's been a couple of weeks, but it's time for another fallout installment of "Stealing from Crimebeat!" Suspended!

Your “It’s Darkest Before The Dawn” Tuesday Evening Open Thread

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NFL Notes: Martavis Bryant has applied for reinstatement.  According to ESPN, Bryant has been suspended three times in the past four years for violations of the league's substance abuse policy. The most recent came in December, when he was suspended indefinitely for violating the terms of his conditional reinstatement from a

Your Franchise Tagged Monday Evening Open Thread

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https://twitter.com/harrylylesjr/status/1150744921676144640 NFL Nuggets: The big news of the day is that today is the day Franchise Tagged players have to sign the multi-year deals they were offered, or they get a one-year deal under the tag. Here are the standards, according to nfl.com: Players may sign the tender at any point after officially

Your “Sweet Holy Hell It’s Early” Sunday Morning Cricket Thread

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So the other night I was joking around about the Cricket World Cup, and how I didn't think there should be an Open Thread because it's: On too damned early, and Too obscure Well, I've been shamed. So here we go. The final match of the tournament is between England (the hosts)

Your “You Get The Horns” Thursday Evening Open Thread

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NFL News: Melvin Gordon has told the Chargers he's not showing up to camp without a new contract. In a "pay me or trade me" scenario, he's saying that he wants to be paid what he deserves, or wants to be traded to a team that will pay him what