Author: The Maestro

CFL Beat: Week 2

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With classes done and exams in full swing, summer feels closer than ever for me. I live for these in-between days as a music teacher. The concerts are done and the trips are over, and all that's left to do is yell at children for breaking my gear and let

Elaborate Ways of Getting Kicked In The Dick – England at the 2024 Euros (A Tuesday Night Open Thread)

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I am ready to get hurt again. I mean it. There's nothing this team can do to me anymore to make me feel pain. I have seen absolutely everything go wrong for England's national football team in increasingly more aggravating, painful, and confounding ways over these last several decades. I have no

CFL Beat: Week 1

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We've finally arrived at Week 1 of the regular season! Buckle up with a few Molsons and a bag of all-dressed chips and make yourself comfy for the summer and fall of 2024, folks. In league news this week: With a civil case against team and player looming overhead, Chad Kelly

The End: Your 2023 New England Patriots Bye Week Update

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[INT. A dark, depressing living room. The curtains are drawn. TAWMMY FROM QUINZEE lies facedown, forlornly, on a couch. The overwhelming stench of Sam Adams, cigarette smoke, and despair lingers all around him. He moans, then, with his face muffled by a pillow, begins to sing.]  This is thah end, beautiful

CFL Beat: Week 21

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The playoff picture is now finally set! We have one "meaningless" week of football - but I do hope all the same that it's mildly entertaining. Not too much on the news this week, but expect to see a few more notes once the regular season officially concludes and we