Your Monday Evening “All the Sports!” Open Thread

Beerguyrob - August 17, 2020August 17, 2020

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CFL News: The big news here is that, minutes after being rejected for a government loan, the league decided to cancel its 2020 season & shut down. It marks the first time since 1919 the Grey Cup will not be presented. Unlike other league, a bubble-season may not have saved

Beerguyrob - August 8, 2020August 8, 2020

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So, the majority of the NHL's play-in series have concluded, and here's what we know so far: Montreal did the Lord's work & knocked out the Penguins; Arizona validated Gary Bettman's (BOOOOO!) relocation strategy by knocking out Nashville; Calgary the same by beating the V.2 Jets; The Blackhawks gave the

Your “And In The Distance, A Light Flickered…” Saturday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - August 1, 2020July 30, 2020

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Shh... Listen - in the distance... It's faint right now, but familiar. It's a comforting sound, one that brings to mind hope, and glory. But also pain. The heartache of allowing yourself to be vulnerable. To wanting something you know you can't have. Yet, you must. You need to feel alive. And this will

Beerguyrob - July 25, 2020July 25, 2020

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So with baseball season officially underway, and the Cardinals having already poisoned our screens, it's time for the annual argument about baseball songs. But, because "the national pastime", we have to start with the anthem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMzIk2pUuNU Now, there are many, many lists in this world that can chart things like this, but I

Your “Something Approaching Normalcy” Thursday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - July 23, 2020July 23, 2020

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NFL Notes: Following Edmonton's lead, Washington will go by the nom de plume "Football Team" until they decide on a new name & logo. And, starting tomorrow, they will begin the process of "retiring all Redskins branding from team properties," including FedEx Field and Redskins Park. They hope to

Beerguyrob - July 18, 2020July 18, 2020

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It's just been a crappy start to the summer so far. Nothing terrible has happened to me so far, but the weather hasn't exactly been...summer. If there had been a baseball season, I would have lost 1/3 of the games so far to rainouts or cloudy & cold knocking down crowds. But

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 &

DFOing Good

Beerguyrob - June 20, 2020June 20, 2020

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I think today has marked the first "real" day back from the depth of the COVID-19 scare. Sure, there were a whole bunch of people in Tulsa ignoring black history in their quest to suckle at the teat of a sentient orange-hued McDonald's patty. https://twitter.com/RobertKlemko/status/1274352557956247556 And there were other problems in the world

Your “What’s Old Is New Again” Wednesday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - December 4, 2019December 4, 2019

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NFL Noise: Break out the juice boxes, because Eli Manning is coming back to active duty! Current & future disappointment Daniel Jones is in a walking boot with a moderate high ankle sprain, making dragging Eli out of mothballs a necessity. If he does play on Monday night, Eli would meet the

Your “Not All Reminiscing Is Bad” Saturday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - November 30, 2019November 30, 2019

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Since in Canada we call US Thanksgiving "Thursday", I don't really have much to add to the whole foofaraw. I was thankful back in October; now I'm just bitterly anticipating having to go Christmas shopping. But the nuzzle at my elbow reminded me that we've had Riga five years today. We