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Man, talk about a frickin' curveball. But it was awesome!

Dolly Parton has made a statement saying that Carl Dean, her husband of nearly 60 years and the man who inspired her song Jolene, has passed away at the age of 82. https://www.knoxnews.com/story/entertainment/music/2025/03/03/dolly-parton-husband-carl-dean-dies-in-nashville-at-age-82/73015011007/

If they want to cement this thing they need to do a segment on Raw with Truth asking Cena why he did it that ends with Cena totally destroying him.

Dragon Age: Veilguard has been such a rip-roaring success that PSN is making it one of the free PlayStation Plus games for March. https://www.gamespot.com/articles/playstation-plus-essential-free-games-for-march-2025/1100-6529662/ Also, TMNT: The Cowabunga Collection will be available on PS Plus starting on Tuesday as well.

I believe I've reached the last battle in will probably be the first of multiple playthroughs of Dynasty Warriors: Origins. I wound up pledging to Liu Bei and the Shu clan. There were a few parts where I thought I was gonna lose my mind. . .honestly, there's a fight in Chapter 4 that's one of the toughest boss fights I've ever tackled. But, overall, it's been a pretty good return to form for the DW series so I can't complain too much about it. There are apparently two different endings for each faction (the default ending and the "true" ending), so I don't know how deep into the weeds I'm going to get, but it might be fun to finish the game with each faction at least once.

Per The Athletic, ESPN and Major League Baseball have mutually agreed to opt out of their television deal after this season. They had a 1 March deadline to opt out of the deal, which was supposed to run through 2028. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6149921/2025/02/20/mlb-espn-opt-out-tv-deal/

You shut your filthy mouth.

Barring a comeback of biblical proportions from Kansas City, the draft order for Round 1 of the 2025 NFL Draft is officially set.

Dick Jauron, who was the head coach for both the Bills and the Bears, has passed away at the age of 74. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/43748672/dick-jauron-former-bears-bills-head-coach-dies-74

I was sort of the same way. I thought I was just gonna jump into Cao Cao's camp, largely because Dian Wei has always been my favorite character to play in the other DW games. But now. . .yeah, I might be leaning more toward Liu Bei's camp, too. I might still be able to be swayed, though.

Progress on Dynasty Warriors: Origins continues. I'm into Chapter 3 and it looks like I'm about two battles away from the point of no return where you have to pick which of the three dynasties you end up fighting for. I know that at some point I can go back to an old save and play as all of the dynasties, but it will still probably take me a stupid amount of time to make a decision.

Was that when Nakamura's entire gimmick was "I'm gonna punch A.J. Styles in the balls every week?"

I'm not an NBA expert or anything, but pulling off a trade so bad that 95% of social media just assumed that Shams Charania was hacked is a bad sign, isn't it?

https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1885919297832169918 BREAKING: The Dallas Mavericks are trading Luka Doncic, Maxi Kleber and Markieff Morris to the Los Angeles Lakers for Anthony Davis, Max Christie and a 2029 first-round pick, sources tell ESPN. Three-team deal that includes Utah. So if it's not a Woj bomb, is it a Sham wow? Yes, this is real. Sources tell ESPN: Full trade: - Lakers: Luka Doncic, Maxi Kleber, Markieff Morris - Mavericks: Anthony Davis, Max Christie, 2029 LAL 1st - Jazz: Jalen Hood-Schifino, 2025 Clippers 2nd, 2025 Mavericks 2nd

According to Pro Football Talk, the International Series is heading to Melbourne, Australia starting in 2026. https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/report-australia-to-host-nfl-games-starting-in-2026

https://blog.bioware.com/2025/01/29/bioware-studio-update/ Now that Dragon Age: The Veilguard has been released, a core team at BioWare is developing the next Mass Effect game under the leadership of veterans from the original trilogy, including Mike Gamble, Preston Watamaniuk, Derek Watts, Parrish Ley, and others. In keeping with our fierce commitment to innovating during the development and delivery of Mass Effect, we have challenged ourselves to think deeply about delivering the best experience to our fans. We are taking this opportunity between full development cycles to reimagine how we work at BioWare. Given this stage of development, we don’t require support from the full studio. We have incredible talent here at BioWare, and so we have worked diligently over the past few months to match many of our colleagues with other teams at EA that had open roles that were a strong fit. Yeah. . .not super sure if I like the sounds of that. Just waiting for BioWare to fuck this up, too.

Draft order is updated through Championship Weekend.

The Athletic is reporting that Coen has, indeed, told the Buccaneers that he'll be taking the Jaguars job. https://twitter.com/jeffphowe/status/1882633299790811375

Draft order updated through the Divisional round.

Got Dynasty Warriors: Origins yesterday, because I do love me some Dynasty Warriors and was hoping that the garbage that was 9 could be forgotten. So far, so good. Yuan Zo (getting to name your own character is a nice touch) blew through the first battle and it seems like DW is officially back.

Draft order has been updated.

Thought we were in line for 6-8" of snow from the winter storm that went through the midwest last weekend. Stocked up on stuff, took Monday off from work, all that. Didn't even get enough snow to cover our grass. Not that I'm complaining, but it was a complete dud where we are.

Hell, he could make an AI of his dad and hire AI Al.

The Bears have also now threatened. . .er, requested. . .to interview Brian Flores and Arthur Smith.

My actual excuse has to do with basic illiteracy more than anything. Which I think is actually worse.