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NHL (Official Thread)

Year in and year out their farm club is one of the best. Yet, somehow they can’t translate that up with all the talent they foster.

I think it’s time for Stevie Y to hit the road. His star has definitely dimmed and he’s done nothing as GM.
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My dad did a year in Vietnam in 1966-67, and one of the stories he shared was about one of the guys he was quartered with (elevated tent a few inches above mud and puddles during monsoon season) who was near the end of his tour and snapped due to the incessant tree frog noise. Apparently, the guy ran out of the tent with a broom or rake or something similar and started smashing the ground and yelling to shut them up. Everything went silent and the guy came back into the tent satisfied. Then about a minute later they heard a chirp/croak, then a few more, and then the cacophony was back in full effect.
Where I went to high school along the Colorado river in western AZ it was pretty secluded and at night you could hear all of the frogs, toads, crickets and on moonless nights you could see all of the stars. I kind of miss that.
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WR Jeremiah Smith (All B1G, B1G Freshman of Year, B1G WR of Year, Unanimous All-American, 2025 Rose Bowl Off MVP, National Champion)

Compare this guy to Underwood. One guy has been the best player in the sport since he stepped on the field and is still the hardest worker in practice, blocks his ass off, roots his ass off for WR2 and is the most solid teammate in the locker room. The other guy is a $12M mouth.

tdfbia certainly stumbled into one truism. There really is a fundamental culture difference between the two programs.
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Jackie Robinson (#42, Breaker of MLB Color Barrier, MLB HOF, R.I.P.)

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After Jackie Robinson's retirement from baseball following the 1956 season, Rachel Robinson further pursued her nursing career, obtaining a master's degree in psychiatric nursing from New York University in 1959. She worked as a researcher and clinician at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine's Department of Social and Community Psychiatry, a position she held for five years. She then became an assistant professor at Yale School of Nursing and later the Director of Nursing at the Connecticut Mental Health Center.

In 1972, she incorporated the Jackie Robinson Development Corporation, a real estate development company specializing in low- to moderate-income housing, and served as president for ten years. In 1973, she founded the Jackie Robinson Foundation, a not-for-profit organization providing educational and leadership opportunities for minority students. The Foundation has provided support for over 1,000 minority students and has maintained a 97% graduation rate among its scholars.

In 1996, she coauthored Jackie Robinson: An Intimate Portrait with Lee Daniels, published by Abrams Publishing Company.

Awards and honors​


Rachel Robinson accepting the Congressional Gold Medal for her husband from President George W. Bush, 2005.
In 2007, Robinson received the Commissioner's Historic Achievement Award by Commissioner Bud Selig.

In 2009, Robinson was awarded the UCLA Medal from Chancellor Gene Block for her lifetime achievements. The UCLA Medal is the university's highest honor and was created to "honor those individuals who have made extraordinary and distinguished contributions to their professions, to higher education, to our society, and to the people of UCLA." In addition to earning twelve honorary doctorates, Robinson was awarded the Candace Award for Distinguished Service from the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, the Equitable Life Black Achiever's Award and the Associated Black Charities Black History Makers Award.

Robinson answering questions at the 42 film workshop in the State Dining Room of the White House in April 2013.

Robinson was inducted into the Baseball Reliquary's Shrine of the Eternals in 2014. In 2017, she received the Buck O'Neil Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Jackie Robinson Foundation

The Jackie Robinson Foundation is a non-profit organization that provides scholarships to minority youths for higher education, as well as preserving the legacy of Baseball Hall of Famer Jackie Robinson. It was founded in 1973 by Rachel Robinson and is located in New York City.
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Bryce "L" Underwood (QB ttun, for now)

Human blobfish Biff Poggi said he's Batman. wtf does that mean in the context of football? Is he strong? Say he's Superman. Is he fast? Say he's Flash. How do Batman's skills translate to football? He uses his detective skills to....throw interceptions? He uses his gadgets to help......overthrow 5 yard routes?

Why are they so idiotic in everything they say and do?
More like Robin.
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My dad did a year in Vietnam in 1966-67, and one of the stories he shared was about one of the guys he was quartered with (elevated tent a few inches above mud and puddles during monsoon season) who was near the end of his tour and snapped due to the incessant tree frog noise. Apparently, the guy ran out of the tent with a broom or rake or something similar and started smashing the ground and yelling to shut them up. Everything went silent and the guy came back into the tent satisfied. Then about a minute later they heard a chirp/croak, then a few more, and then the cacophony was back in full effect.
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Bryce "L" Underwood (QB ttun, for now)

Human blobfish Biff Poggi said he's Batman. wtf does that mean in the context of football? Is he strong? Say he's Superman. Is he fast? Say he's Flash. How do Batman's skills translate to football? He uses his detective skills to....throw interceptions? He uses his gadgets to help......overthrow 5 yard routes?

Why are they so idiotic in everything they say and do?
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NBA Discussion (Official Thread)

I know this is a little late from when this was posted - almost a month ago. But if you don't want teams to tank, how about you reverse the draft order? The top pick goes to the champions. Then the to the team that lost the finals. And so on...
Yeah, the best get better, but now the lesser teams need to do better with free agency and managing salary caps.
If we keep rewarding schlubbery, then we're going to get more schlubbery.
if you cut off the ability for schlubbery teams to get better, you're going to get more schlubbery.
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People to Punch, Pet Peeves, and General Vexations (mega-merge)

When you are starting a four hour webinar and the intro presenters, who are the people who organized it, are allotted 20 minutes for their kickoff presentation but go nearly double that. UGHHHHH!!!!!

Update - It has not gotten better. I'm feeling like half the presenters have never done a webinar presentation before. And they are not old either.
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WR Marvin Harrison, Jr. (Silver Football, 2x Unanimous All-American, 2023 Biletnikoff winner, Heisman Finalist, Arizona Cardinals)

Latest developments around Marvin Harrison Jr. might be just what the former Ohio State star needs for his NFL career

Arizona Cardinals and former Ohio State wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. is back to full health with a new offensive role expected under new head coach Mike LaFleur to hopefully finally maximize his NFL potential.

Things are shaping up to change for the better for Harrison and the Cardinals’ offense now that he’s getting back to full health with a new offensive minded head coach in Mike LaFleur, who knows exactly how to utilize his top pass catcher.

Mike LaFleur looking to replicate a similar approach at WR with Marvin Harrison Jr. and Michael Wilson

LaFleur arrives to Arizona after spending the last two years in the NFC West as the offensive coordinator for the Los Angeles Rams under head coach Sean McVay. This will be a second chance for LaFleur to run an offense of his own and first opportunity to lead an entire team that’s eager to make some kind of forward progress.

While McVay was the mastermind behind the Rams’ offense, LaFleur played an integral role in the unit’s success, which featured two top wide receivers last season in Puka Nacua and Davante Adams. LaFleur plans to run a similar approach in Arizona with Harrison and Michael Wilson.

“With Marv, typically with the X-receiver – let’s just say Davante Adams last year in LA or Julio Jones in Atlanta Falcons – those typical X-guys, they’re not necessarily next to the core very often in terms of playing in between the tight ends and in between the tackles,” LaFleur said. “You look at more a Z-receiver, a Mike Wilson, who’s a little more compact of a guy, those guys are a little more comfortable playing [inside]. You think of Puka Nacua.”

Coming out of the draft, Harrison was compared closely to big-bodied X-receivers such as Julio and AJ Green. He doesn’t have the same release and footwork that makes Adams so dangerous, but the size is comparable between the two. And it’s not just using Harrison on the outside as a traditional X-receiver, LaFleur has other plans for Harrison as well.

“His profile would be that of a typical X-receiver. Just kind of that lengthier body that can play on the outside,” LaFleur explained. “But, what’s unique about this system is you can move them inside and outside on a whim. Just in terms of our formations, our motions, all that kind of stuff. You can utilize your skill sets in different ways. So, (Harrison) is our X-receiver, but you can move him around so that sometimes he is, sometimes he’s not.”
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TN RB David Gabriel Georges (Tennessee Verbal)


“Ohio State is going toe-to-toe with Tennessee for the nation’s No. 2 running back,” Spiegelman wrote. “From speaking with sources informed on this recruitment, the Buckeyes took another step in the right direction over the weekend.”

Ohio State and Tennessee are the two schools at the top in Gabriel Georges’ recruitment. The 6-foot, 215-pound running back will take visits to Ole Miss and Georgia after the trip to Knoxville this weekend. Ole Miss is a distant third in the recruitment and I wouldn’t be surprised if the Georgia visit didn’t happen. The Bulldogs have the No. 1 RB in the country committed with Kemon Spell, and they’re not getting both.
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