Your “In A Slow News Cycle, Bad Press Is Worse Press” Thursday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - July 16, 2020July 16, 2020

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CFL News: In a move that hopefully doesn't have to force Maestro to Ctrl+F all his CFL posts, the Edmonton Eskimos announced this afternoon they will be changing their team name. Much like in Washington, it comes after sponsor pressure. To quote TSN, the current incarnation of the franchise has

Your “It’s Tagging Day!” Wednesday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - July 15, 2020July 15, 2020

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NFL Noise: It's Franchise Tag Day! Let's see who didn't sign a long-term deal & are taking the one-year Tag rate: Patriots Guard Joe Thuney - $14.78 million. First Patriots tag since 2015. Chargers Tight End Hunter Henry - $10.767 million. It's due to his missing all of 2018 &

Your Bastille Day Tuesday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - July 14, 2020July 14, 2020

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NFL Nuggets: Today is all about getting paid: The Chiefs and DT Chris Jones agreed to a four-year contract worth $85 million. $60 million is guaranteed. Proving there's some money left in the kitty after Mahomes got paid. Actually, Mahomes' extension left the salary cap flat for the next two

Your MXC Monday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - July 13, 2020July 13, 2020

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NFL News: The big news of the day was the media troll job Dan Snyder pulled off in regards to the [Redacteds] name change. They announced Sunday they would have an announcement Monday, which just turned out to be that they were retiring their name & logo, and embarking upon

Your “Everybody’s History Is History” Thursday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - July 9, 2020July 9, 2020

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NFL News: Julian Edelman, noted by nfl.com as "one of the few active Jewish NFL players", has offered to take DeSean Jackson to the Holocaust Museum in DC to help educate each other. In exchange, he wants Jackson to take him to the African-American Museum of History and Culture so

Your “All Hail Our Blessed Saviour, Soccer” Wednesday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - July 8, 2020July 8, 2020

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NFL Noise: It's all about reducing capacity & costs today: The Ravens announced they will go as low as 14,000 per home game, to accommodate social distancing. That's 80% below their maximum capacity of 71,000 fans. No word on Purple camo masks. The Chiefs have announced a season-ticket holder-only plan.

Your “It Can’t Really Be That Hard, Can It?!” Tuesday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - July 7, 2020July 7, 2020

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NFL Nuggets: In honour of the passing of Ennio Morricone, I present to you a triptych of emotions: (press play) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1PfrmCGFnk The good: Patrick Mahomes is as happy as a guy worth nearly a half-billion dollars could be. "I'm just glad I get to continue building this legacy in Kansas City," Mahomes

Your MXC Monday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - July 6, 2020July 6, 2020

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NFL News: The big news is Patrick Mahomes agreeing to a 10-year, $450 million extension with the Chiefs. It's a total of $477.6 million over the next 12 seasons. The injury guarantee is $140 million. Mike Trout had previously held the record for the largest professional contract when he signed

Your “Different Belly Rubs Brings Different Scrutiny” Tuesday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - June 30, 2020June 30, 2020

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NFL Nuggets: Apparently they are still looking into the Robert Kraft case, as the Florida Appeals Court had a hearing today about the constitutionality of the search warrants. Deputy Solicitor General Jeffrey DeSousa pleaded his case today that the lower court rulings should be thrown out and the recording

Your MXC Monday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - June 29, 2020June 29, 2020

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NFL Notes: Obviously, the big news from the weekend is the Pats signing Cam Newton to a one-year deal. With incentives, it's worth up to $7.5 million. This will be the ultimate Belichick "it's the system, not the player" move, as he has Newton, Jarrett Stidham AND Brian Hoyer at