Ballsy’s Saturday Night World Cup Group Previews and Open Thread – Group H

ballsofsteelandfury - February 28, 2026February 28, 2026

Again, a huge THANK YOU to Dok for fixing the Clone function! You can call it laziness. I prefer to call it efficiency. Either way, I can now crank these out and be ahead of the game. While Hippo may choose to ignore this year's tournament to be held in the

Ballsy’s World Cup Group Previews and Open Thread – Group L

ballsofsteelandfury - February 24, 2026February 24, 2026

First off all, a huge THANK YOU to Dok for fixing the Clone function! You can call it laziness. I prefer to call it efficiency. Either way, I can now crank these out and be ahead of the game. While Hippo may choose to ignore this year's tournament to be held

Saturday Opening Thread!

Mr. Ayo - December 14, 2024December 14, 2024

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Good morning everyone! We have a big day ahead of us, I was told! Your local Hippo took a day off and assigned me to this spot. Which was great, because I was going to recap the F1 season that just concluded last week. Unfortunately, I've fallen quite ill over this

Summer of Soccer Previews: Slovenia in Euro 2024

ballsofsteelandfury - May 29, 2024May 27, 2024

Back in the olden times, pre-COVID, I took advantage of BMW's European Delivery program and flew to Munich to pick up my M car and drive it through Central Europe. I went south to Austria and then southeast through Slovenia, Italy, Croatia, Slovenia again, and then back to Germany to

The DFO Euro 2020 (in 2021!) Preview: Ukraine

Senor Weaselo - June 9, 2021June 9, 2021

We’re on the verge of the greatest international sports summer ever! We have: Copa AméricaEuro 2020Concacaf Gold CupTokyo Olympic Games And it all starts on June 11, 2021 with the European Soccer (Football) championships aka Euro 2020! Yes, it is 2021 but they decided to keep the name, ok? From now until the tourney

Rejoice! A Full #NuAIDS Lesser Day Beckons

King Hippo - October 24, 2020October 24, 2020

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Because moneys speak louder than public health (and thank FUCK for that, amirite??), we finally have sommet like a full Saturday slate. Praise be! But don't forget about Premiership Banana Puddings time, first! The Mighty Blues of Everton are in first position (assuming Villa lost yesterday, which I will presume #HAILGAMBLOR),

Your July 22nd Lesser Footy Open Thread: Getting over the hump

Wakezilla - July 22, 2020July 22, 2020

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Hello Sports fans and Work Procrastinators! Happy hump day! To celebrate the midweek's most sexiest day, we have a triple header-- with the two most important matches of the week happening-- and one really important match going on in the Championship. Match 1: The "Please Don't Choke Please Don't Choke Please Don't

Your Monday Afternoon Matchday 35 Lesser Footy Open Thread: Change is in the Air

Wakezilla - July 13, 2020July 13, 2020

Hello sports fans, degenerate gamblers and people who want to procrastinate! Today's 3PM EST game is the lesser footy match of the week. We've got Satan's favoUrite team, the Manchester United Red Devils, taking on Daniel Craig's favoUrite team, the Southhampton Saints. Before I break this game down, I'd like to pull

Your July 8th EPL Lesser Footy Open Thread: Did Fetuszilla finally become Babyzilla?

Wakezilla - July 8, 2020July 7, 2020

Hello Sports fans and people who rather watch lesser footy than work! We have 4 games on the menu today. Unfortunately, three of them are on at the same time. This is about the only time a three way isn't good. If the EPL was smart, this could have been a

Your matchday 34 EPL Lesser Footy thread: Important games are being played today

Wakezilla - July 7, 2020July 6, 2020

Hello Lesser Footy fans! Welcome to the start of Match day 34 in the EPL. We have 3 games on today's menu and all are extremely important. Match 1A: The Relegation Bowl (1PM EST) This is a match between two teams that have a combined 1 tie and 9 losses over their last 10.