Interesting Lesser Side Piece Stories

King Hippo - May 11, 2024May 10, 2024

Look, there is just one Prem fixture of consquence today, and it's the Early Bird - City of Men away to Mighty Whitey (7:30, USA). Unless Very on the Beach Fulham get a shock result (or Out of Gas Spurs midweek), the Title race is realistically over. But other stories merit one's

Your “Nothin’ Much” Tuesday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - May 18, 2021May 18, 2021

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NFL Noise: Still pretty quiet. Washington is going to let Tackle Morgan Moses try & find himself a trade, otherwise they will cut him before camp. He has a 2021 salary of $7.75 million, but costs only $1.9 million against the cap to release. The big problem is that he

Your Monday Evening NHL Second Round Preview & Open Thread

Beerguyrob - August 24, 2020August 24, 2020

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NFL Nuggets: Earl Thomas & his winning personality punched his ticket out of Baltimore. It turns out that the Ravens valued a sixth-round pick over a 31 year-old malcontent. The team players' committee voted to approve of management releasing Thomas. Also, because it was "conduct detrimental to the team", they

Your “I’m Watching You” Monday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - May 7, 2018May 7, 2018

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NFL News: Earl Thomas is not attending voluntary off-season workouts. The Seahawks won't be concerned until June, and the mandatory veterans workouts are held. If he doesn't show for those, he could be fined, and that sets the stage for a training camp holdout. This year, the maximum fine amounts

Your Saturday Evening Playoffs Post

Beerguyrob - April 14, 2018April 13, 2018

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First Saturday night of playoff action can only mean one thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YS3GQverRiQ STOMPIN' TOM! Tonight's sports: NHL: Maple Leafs at Bruins - 8:00PM | NBC / CBC Sharks at Ducks - 10:30PM | NBCSN / Sportsnet360 NBA: Heat at 76ers - 8:00PM | ABC / TSN Pelicans at Trail Blazers - 10:30PM |

Hope Clicks Eternal – The Wildcard Round

Beerguyrob - January 11, 2018January 10, 2018

Before I go onto the seething that emerged this weekend, allow me to reflect back on what occured while I was enjoying Christmas break https://twitter.com/Ravens/status/947632999516065792 Wildcard weekend, brought to you by my friends at makers of and The Wildcard weekend did not disappoint. It started with Andy Reid remembering in the second half that he

Your “Whoops – I Forgot” Thursday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - January 4, 2018January 4, 2018

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NFL News: Either Shady is lying or he's Wolverine: He says his ankle isn't as bad as first thought. He does admit it's difficult to cut. There is a former Bills RB familiar with cutting difficulty he could ask for advice. Proving the wheels on the bus do go round

Your “I Remember That You Gave Me Your Shoulder” Saturday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - May 20, 2017May 19, 2017

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There's not really much to add. It's a long weekend in Canada - Victoria Day - so Canadians get three days to devote to the noble pursuit of finishing the whole 2-4 over the "May 2-4 weekend". In Vancouver, we have the added attraction of the Cloverdale Rodeo, with accompanying animal rights

Your “I Got Some Money ‘Cause I Just Got Paid” Saturday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - May 6, 2017May 6, 2017

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Today turned out better than it was supposed to, because I didn't get rooked into going to my eldest niece's ballet recital - those bunhead moms are fucking lunatics, and the girls all look like their makeup guns were set to "whore". Also, I didn't have to babysit the youngest two while

Your “Up North It Means ‘Hockey Night In Canada'” Saturday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - April 22, 2017April 21, 2017

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It's the weekend, so I assume President 9-iron is down in Florida waiting to see if North Korea and its allies decide to make "Red Dawn" a documentary. Just so we're clear, the 1984 version is much, much better than the 2012 version. I don't really believe this is up for debate. Also,