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Well the Yankees just completed a 4 game sweep in Houston That is not a sentence I ever thought I would say

He has know broken the record

The Cubs Justin Steele will be out until at least May with a hamstring strain if you want to know how the season is starting for Cubs fans

The Wolf Man remake that is being done by Blumhouse has been delayed into 2025 It was supposed to come out October of this year but it will now release on January 17, 2025

James Madison has hired Preston Spradlin from Morehead State Spradlin replaces Mark Byington who left for the Vandy job

The D-Backs dropped 14 on the Rockies in the third inning Most franchise has scored in an inning and the most runs scored in an inning on opening day since 1900

BTW - might as well mention since she has been brought up Bill Maher is launching a podcast network and his first hire was Steele That clip was literally from her first show

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In a follow up Tweet - Wojo says that A-Rod did make all the required payments but Taylor is claiming they didn't met the contractual deadlines

It appears to be - and this is just what I have read so take it with a grain of salt - it was solely done to fuck around with the luxury tax Because length knocks down the AAV and that is a key component to the competitive balance tax So as you can see - they actually lowered Smith's current hit on the CBT for this year and next

The Sympathizer I probably should start a limited series thread one of these days

Them: The Scare @J.T. needs to quit his job so he can get to watching

Seattle won the CBI (over High Point) Norfolk State won the CIT (over Purdue - Fort Wayne) EDIT - I should note that I didn't even realize the CIT was back. Only 9 teams accepted playing with Norfolk State being granted a bye to the semis and they hosted both games they played so... yeah

FAU hired Baylor assistant John Jakus to be HC SMU is trying to lure Andy Enfield away from USC

Unfrosted Directed by Jerry Seinfeld Starring Jerry Seinfeld, Melissa McCarthy and about a billion people Seinfeld called in favors on

Also Peter Laviolette reached 800 career wins making him the 7th coach in NHL history to reach that mark which feels weird for a variety of reasons

A Chinese remake of Anaconda because why the fuck not Technically NSFW because they give away A LOT in the trailer

ESPN's John Anderson announced he is retiring from SportsCenter at the end of June He has been their 25 years because we are all a million

In this never ending season - the Rangers are the first team to clinch a playoff berth This season will only end in pain

Dodgers extend catcher Will Smith for 10 years (yes a catcher for 10 years) $140 million with no opt outs Because of course as LA is now want to do - there is deferred money. $5 million every year is deferred and will be paid out from 2034 to 2043 The 10 years for a catcher is the longest ever (longest was 8 years as far as anyone can tell) Buys out the last two arb years but have fun figuring out where to play him in 3 or 4 years

Other rule changes not mentioned already Trade deadline has been moved back a week. Will now take place after Week 9. Replay can now be used to overturn a ruling that a quarterback was down or out of bounds before throwing a pass. Replay can now be used to determine whether the game clock expired before the ball was snapped. And the "fun" replay one - The replay assistant will now be allowed to correct "objectively" incorrect calls for intentional grounding and roughing the passer. Teams now have an unlimited number of designated for return transactions in the postseason. (Bold is for emphasis) Emergency third quarterbacks, who are available to play in case the starter and the backup are ejected or injured, can now be elevated from both the 53-man roster and the practice squad. (Last season, they had to be on the the 53-man roster)

Regarding the Christmas Games Since Christmas is Wednesday - Goodell said that teams playing in the Christmas games will all play the Saturday before thus, in the NFL's mind, is the same preparation as playing Sunday then Thursday The other schedule thing announced is that the Eagles game in Brazil will be on the Friday of Week 1 and will air exclusively on Peacock so plenty of time to recycle all the bitching from this previous year's playoff game

Of course you don't - no one does It is a Yorgos movie after all