SirFozzie

I was going to exclaim how badly Bayern were beating Red Bull, but turns out it's RB Salzburg they're beating 6-0 (and in a friendly, not in a Bundesliga game)

I'm beginning to think the refs in this Bucs Saints game have money on the Bucs losing. (edit: And the Bucs just said FUCK YOU WE'RE SCORING ANYWAY)

Speaking of Tatum, If there's a basketball version of Wrestler's Court, this deserves a $500 fine for the poor Rockets player. https://x.com/BleacherReport/status/1875378846087958916

Most teams up twenty with 8 to play "Alright, time to empty the bench" Boston: "Let me put Jayson Tatum back in, lol"

And Littler wins at the WDC. Broke the record for youngest champion by a mere seven years. 0_o

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6036606/2025/01/03/jimmy-butler-suspended-heat-trade-request/ Suspended Seven games (cost: $3.7 million). He gone. Soon. And I know it's bad form to celebrate another team's misery, but considering all the "HeAt CuLtUre is best!!ONE!" I've seen over the last few years, this is definitely a tea-sipping moment.

Couple players hurt in collision at big bash league with concussions and possible fractures https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/articles/ce8xegg5lkmo

It sucks that the primetime game means a 13 win team is going to be playing on short(er) rest for the wildcard. (They BETTER put that game on Sunday)

Mavropanos is going to have to retire after getting megged by Salah before that goal.

11 OT in two days.

Fulham in the 95th!

1 win in 13. at some point, there has to be a bottom for Man City to hit, right?

yeah, I do 5/5 gummies for anxiety and pain management. Nice mellowness. Although today, it's full on tramadol.

So, I got an early Xmas present. Well, my PCA got me some gifts too, but that's not what I'm referring to. Trying to stop Duke the Monster Dog from wriggling under the gate to check the people in the house (cleaners), I was in an awkward position (bent over, holding the dog's collar, clipped one heel with the other foot, and went down HARD. The good news is that I was able to twist and take the main impact to my knee and the secondary impact to the shoulder/chest area. The bad news is that they're opposite sides of the body (left knee, right shoulder/chest area), so the bruises that are popping up are painful enough that there is NO position that is comfortable resting. Nothing broken, thank god, but even with losing approximately 30 pounds over the second half of 2024 thanks partially due to tirzepatide), that's a LOT of impact. As things stand, not sure I'll be up to making the 95 minute drive (more accurately ride) for xmas dinner with the extended family.

Ok, honest question: Do the Christmas Day games get moved to NFL week 17 thread or do we discuss here?

If it's Christmas, it must be time for Mayhem at the Ally Pally. NINE DARTS is all it takes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUpG8nde0bs

Liverpool: We got you homez.

One of my friends supports Everton, and is a conspiracy theorist-aficionado when it comes to Sports. He said "This is just Man City trying to say "you don't need us to punish us, look at our team, a deduction would relegate us, and no one wants that, right?", getting slapped on the wrist by the Premier League, and then going back to normal." It'd be an interesting movie concept, wouldn't it?

Guy redoes songs in old/dead languages. (For example, I'm listening to "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" in Classic Latin, after listening to "Everyone Wants to Rule the World" (also in Classic Latin).. others are Pumped Up Kicks (in Ancient Anglo-Saxon) or Royals.. https://www.youtube.com/@the_miracle_aligner

Something tells me the steam servers are quite literally on fire with the winter sale beginning.

12 group winners qualify directly, 12 runner ups play off for four more spots. One thing is with the groups spread out so much now, you don't get the groups of death as much. In fact, Group B (Switzerland/Sweden/Slovenia/Kosovo) is the biggest pillow fight group.

Euro WCQ groups drawn: Note: Nations League Quarterfinals will decide some team's group (as QF winners have to be placed in a group with four teams, due to them missing a break for WCQ due to the Nations League) Group A: Germany/Italy (winner), Slovakia, NORTHERN IRELAND, Luxembourg. Group B: Switzerland, Sweden, Slovenia, Kosovo. Group C: Portugal/Denmark (loser), Greece, SCOTLAND, Belarus. Group D: France/Croatia (winner), Ukraine, Iceland, Azerbaijan. Group E: Spain/Netherlands (winner), Turkey, Georgia, Bulgaria. Group F: Portugal/Denmark (winner), Hungary, Republic of Ireland, Armenia. Group G: Spain/Netherlands (loser), Poland, Finland, Lithuania, Malta. Group H: Austria, Romania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Cyprus, San Marino. Group I: Germany/Italy (loser), Norway, Israel, Estonia, Moldova. Group J: Belgium, WALES, North Macedonia, Kazakhstan, Liechtenstein. Group K: ENGLAND, Serbia, Albania, Latvia, Andorra. Group L: France/Croatia (loser), Czech Republic, Montenegro, Faroe Islands, Gibraltar.

Basically, it's BG3 for more grognards, they use D&D 5.0, but they had to homebrew subclasses and the like. It's a lot more tactical then BG 3. It's on sale at GOG, with several extra campaigns as DLC https://www.gog.com/en/game/solasta_crown_of_the_magister

More Elden Ring and Witcher 4 announced at the game awards? meh. I Sleep Solasta 2? With the BG3 narrator (Amelia Tyler) playing the lead bad guy? REAL SHIT. (yes, I know, I'm not the main audience)

We have an inter-sox trade, as Crochet to Boston for four prospects, Kyle Teel the biggest name on them. I like it a lot. Watch him blow up his elbow in spring training.