Lesser Sports

BattleBots Beat: Get to Sixteen

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Welcome back to the Beat! Well, we're down to 25 from 34, and will be down to 16. Let's just get to it. To the fights! 31 seed play-in: Defender vs. HydraDefender: 2-1 (L, KO 1:50 vs. Ribbot; W, JD 3-0 vs. Riptide; W, JD 3-0 vs. Retrograde)Hydra: 1-2 (L, KO

AFL Beat! AFLW Finals Week 1 (continued) aaaand AFL Round 2!

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This week, it's all about one man: Lance "Buddy" Franklin became only the 6th person in the over 100 year history of Australian Rules Football to score 1000 career goals. It was a tremendous achievement and, as they say, THE CROWD WENT WILD. It was nice that it

AFL Beat! AFLW Finals Week One and AFL Round 1!

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This week, the AFLW Finals started! Sort of. Apparently, COVID went through the Collingwood team and their game against Brisbane was postponed. As of this writing, they still haven't figured out when it will be played. My understanding, however, is that a forfeit is not in play. UPDATE: THEY'VE

2022 Post-Plague Madness – Thursday Session the First

King Hippo -
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Hey howdy, imaginary friend-erinos!  Have you enjoyed the last few weeks of sportsball respite? FUCK NO, YOU DIDN'T.  Neither did Hippo.  And especially not Other Hippo obvs.  Let's look into the first orgy of basketballing matchups, shall we? (also Happy Alcoholism Day, if y'all happen to be Irish) 11S Michigan (-2.5) v. 6S Colorado

BattleBots Beat: And Then There Were 32… Or Were There?

Senor Weaselo -
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Welcome back to the Beat! By the end of this post we'll have our full 32-robot bracket for the 2021 (aired in 2022) BattleBots championship. A set of bubble teams are fighting tonight—not fighting are some notable 2-0 teams, including Whiplash, Uppercut, Tantrum, Copperhead, HyperShock, and Shatter!. They're already in

AFL Beat! AFLW Finals and AFL previews!

ballsofsteelandfury -
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This week, the regular season ended. Also, I must share this glorious mullet once again: And I must share two more things: Our Collingwood hero has fixed his glassesAnd he has gone full blond! Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! Finals are about to start! Let's get right to it! *** Week 10

Nighttime Conference Tourney Thread-erino

King Hippo -
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The Lesser Footy was...less than engaging.  As such, I didn't really learn anything.  Let's talk about conference tournament finals instead: Texas Tech (+2) v. Kansas (6:00, ESPN) I don't really watch regular season (other than Wolven Sort shitshow performance art), but the talking heads have been on and on regarding how great

BattleBots Beat: Bubble Something or Other (Also Your Thursday Evening Thread)

Senor Weaselo -
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Welcome back to the Beat, now/once again with actually watching the fights! Hey, we got a BattleBots Update vote of confidence last week, so that counts for something. Anyway, I was going through my personal "win and in" bubble scenarios and it's pretty tight and I'm gonna have to reformat

Not Stuck, Just Tightly Comfortable – Monday Open Thread

Don T -
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I must have been in a morose daze these last coupla weeks because I failed to realize that the pandemic ended. The NFL dropped all Covid protocols, and mask mandates are on the outs seemingly everywhere (source: seemingly, K?). Here in Puerto Rico, where we’ve had strict measures since 03/20, it