Historical Badasses

Dok Zymm – International Woman of Mystery – Chapter 1

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Author's Note: This series of posts is borne out of my firm belief that Commentist Dok Zymm is actually a secret agent for a nefarious secret agency currently unknown to the general public or even Congress. Her current job serves as a perfect cover to gather intelligence while her

Your “Sequels Are Never As Good” Tuesday Evening Open Thread

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NFL Nuggets: https://twitter.com/Patriots/status/1204227854898208769 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L397TWLwrUU What Florio is already calling "Spygate 2" (Electric Boogaloo) involves the Patriots "Not the football operation" film crew filming the Bengals sideline for eight solid minutes from the press box. Belichick claims no involvement in the affair: "I'm really focused on getting ready for the Bengals here." "We're

AFL Beat – Special Edition – Your 2019 Sir Doug Nicholls Indigenous Round Guernseys

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This is my favourite "theme" Round that the AFL does to promote a cause or honor a group of people.  In this case, it is Sir Doug Nicholls, a pioneer in advocating for Aboriginal people's rights in Australia. You can read last year's post to discover about the man and

[DFO] History Corner Presents: The Grand Canyon

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February 26, 1919 - The Grand Canyon Becomes A National Park First afforded Federal protection in 1893 as a Forest Reserve and later as a National Monument in 1908, Grand Canyon did not achieve National Park status until 1919, three years after the creation of the National Park Service in 1916,

AVN Prédiction Results Special

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The show is done, the orgies have finished, and the awards have been handed out. The pressing question inside each of your minds is, of course, how did Balls do in predicting the winners? Well, dear readers, the answer will be coming soon (seewhatididthere?) but first

Miss Bumbum – A Teaching Moment

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As you may recall, the DFO team had a homework assignment a couple of months back. On September 7, 2018, on the eve of the NFL season starting, I took over tWBS's Sexy Friday post and set up a poll which would determine which Brazilian ass was the best Brazilian

The Saturday Afternoon World War One Centenary Post

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During the course of the year, I have taken to various Open Threads to teach about pivotal or interesting moments during the course of 1918, the final year of the war. The mutual goals were to keep you interested and provide reading entertainment on evenings when the sports calendar was

A Glass of Champagne and the ’72 Dolphins: Educating youths of a tradition never discussed

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“When you go to history, let’s go into history. Don’t just go to your history. Let’s go to the history. Or don’t go into history at all. If you going to go back there, we can go back there. Or we can stay right here. … This is what they

Your Labour Day Weekend Friday Night Open Thread

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So, we all slept in until the crack of noon, immediately cracked open a beer,  and then scratched our asses to our hearts' content,  right? Wait seriously? Do you NOT work for a company that gives you a four day weekend this weekend? Um, I guess the appropriate thing to say is

2018 Copa Mundial Team Preview – México

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As I type this,  México is playing Scotland in a friendly match in the Despedida for El Tri. The French would call it the Au Revoir or Bon Voyage game.  It has become tradition to play a last friendly before the World Cup at home to wish the players good