SirFozzie

yeah, I'm all for punching nazis, just not up for them getting paid for the privilege of being punched.

Fuck the UFC and Fuck Bryce Mitchell. That's all I can say to avoid the no politics.

Looks like the ESPN/ACC partnership will last another decade, as ESPN picked up their option to extend the deal until 2036. https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/43623233/sources-espn-ok-option-televise-acc-sports-36 That takes out some of the impetus in Clemson/Florida State's attempts to flee the conference

https://www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/2024-25-champions-league-bracket-and-new-format-explained-manchester-city-land-bayern-munich-or-real-madrid/ Atalanta's possible opponents in knockout playoffs: Sporting, Club Brugge Borussia Dortmund's possible opponents in knockout playoffs: Sporting, Club Brugge Real Madrid's possible opponents in knockout playoffs: Celtic, Manchester City Bayern Munich's possible opponents in knockout playoffs: Celtic, Manchester City Milan's possible opponents in knockout playoffs: Feyenoord, Juventus PSV's possible opponents in knockout playoffs: Feyenoord, Juventus PSG's possible opponents in knockout playoffs: Monaco, Brest Benfica's possible opponents in knockout playoffs: Monaco, Brest Monaco's possible opponents in knockout playoffs: PSG, Benfica Brest's possible opponents in knockout playoffs: PSG, Benfica Feyenoord's possible opponents in knockout playoffs: Milan, PSV Juventus' possible opponents in knockout playoffs: Milan, PSV Celtic's possible opponents in knockout playoffs: Real Madrid, Bayern Munich Manchester City's possible opponents in knockout playoffs: Real Madrid, Bayern Munich Sporting's possible opponents in knockout playoffs: Atalanta, Borussia Dortmund Club Brugge's possible opponents in knockout playoffs: Atalanta, Borussia Dortmund Round of 16 Liverpool's possible opponents in round of 16: PSG, Benfica, Monaco, Brest Barcelona's possible opponents in round of 16: PSG, Benfica, Monaco, Brest Arsenal's possible opponents in round of 16: Milan, PSV, Feyenoord, Juventus Inter's possible opponents in round of 16: Milan, PSV, Feyenoord, Juventus Atletico Madrid's possible opponents in round of 16: Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Celtic, Manchester City Bayer Leverkusen's possible opponents in round of 16: Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Celtic, Manchester City Lille's possible opponents in round of 16: Atalanta, Borussia Dortmund, Sporting, Club Brugge Aston Villa's possible opponents in round of 16: Atalanta, Borussia Dortmund, Sporting, Club Brugge edit: Here's a good graphic that says the same thing: https://sportshub.cbsistatic.com/i/r/2025/01/29/47611550-2bac-413a-a626-9bff97f4999d/resize/670x377/6a2263f0dae087b4f2a4cb5a3b5ed3c6/brackets-draw-fixtures-knockout-hd.png

Citeh down just before halftime, they need two goals to win and advance edit: to the dismay of all Citeh haters, they get three, and advance to the "Round of 24"

The Dodgers have pledged $100 million

Looks like there will be a semi-professional women's rugby (union) league this year in the USA, I do love the Boston Banshees logo https://www.reddit.com/r/rugbyunion/comments/1id1945/womens_elite_rugby_usa_launch_the_branding_for/

You might want to get tips from KO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRKE8FCELgQ

You're older now. You can resist the urge to play one more turn now, right?

Anyone else getting civ VII on release? I plumped for the deluxe version, and curious to see how it plays in MP

Ipswich just pulled off a perfect Busaiku knee on a Liverpool player.. only got a yellow.

I'll say this. Liverpool are so popular that they can get a full stadium with half-speed attacking training drills. Oh.. wait.. they're telling me it's a premier league game against Ipswich.. Ipswich has just given up and Liverpool was free to just kick it about at sub-walking speed, and still lead 4-0

76ers pull off a win with no small part of the help coming from.. the mascot? https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/1i9d5gx/highlight_76ers_mascot_prevents_the_inbound_and/ Like seriously, WTF is this allowed?

Citeh now know ONLY a win against Circle Brugge will be enough to get them into the playoffs. A draw or a loss would send them out. No Europa League Parachute either under the new format.

David Tyree 2.0 happened, nearly gave the Rams the game. I have PTSD flashbacks

Just like a horror movie, Manchester Citeh are baaaaaackkkkk..

Now, a suspicious minded person might think "well, we're not sure if it's covered, but gamers can make a really loud pressure group if they're inconvenienced. so we're going to take it down and blame the law". Maybe I should put gamers in quotes, considering their latest attempt to flex with Avowed.

Sums up the way the Premier League has gone this far for Liverpool. Tied entering injury time? Score twice in stoppage time to win. Rival 2nd place team leads 2-0? They give up two goals and then have a winner waved off by VAR

to absolutely no one's surprise. New idea: Let's contract the Marlins, and allow the Dodgers to field two teams in the NL

Bob Uecker on the best way to catch a knuckleball pitcher: "Usually, waiting for the ball to roll to a stop after hitting the backstop is the best strategy" Bob Uecker on signing bonuses: "There was a $3,000 signing bonus in my first contract with the Brewers, and it took my Dad a long time to come up with the money" Bob Uecker on hitting a grand slam: "I was rounding second, and the manager was coming out to get the pitcher.. and he had brought the pitcher's luggage with him."

My Bolton team is a bunch of movie villains. Just to set things up, we started in League One, and won that league handily. In the Championship, we were expected by the media to finish 13th, but my goal from the board was attempt to avoid relegation. We play out of our MINDS the entire season, and are in third place entering the final game of the Championship season. The last game if the year is against 21st place Birmingham, and they have enough of a cushion they can't fall into the relegation zone, and we can't move up to 2nd and the automatic promotion spot.. So.. a meaningless game all around. It's 4-0 Bolton in the 80th minute, when their goalkeeper goes down, and has to be taken off due to a fractured wrist. This is problematic for Birmingham as they used up all their subs, so an outfield player has to go in goal. Sounds like a great time to go into Operation Shutdown, the game's decided, the season's decided, we have the playoffs upcoming (and an FA Cup final against Arsenal.. yes, we could be in Europe from the Championship next year). Nope. Our team decides "We play 90+ minutes" and goes on the attack. we score in the 88th minute, and again in the 95th minute to finish the regular season with a 6-0 win. (then again, part of that is on the ref, it's 5-0 entering stoppage time, and one team has a field player in net.. just end the game!)

Hell is being a neutral fan at the UMass-Fordham game. 120-118 in triple OT. Sounds exciting right? NOPE! (sorry Balatro, I'm stealing that) https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/43434033/diggins-umass-rewrite-record-books-3ot-win-vs-fordham 79 Fouls, 122 Free Throws, 9-10 players fouled out, Someone fouled on a last second OT heave (literally 1 second to go from half court), and the three FT's made the game go to a 2nd OT.

The thing that sucks is the Browns have a $43.4 million insurance policy on him, while they have to wait till after the 2025 season to cash it out, they can cut him in 2026 and wipe out the dead money on the cap in 2027 by rolling over that $43.4 million (Insurance reimbursement is considered money from the player, so is added back on to cap space). So Karmic justice for Watson, but the Browns aren't getting punished enough for being the browns. (of course, the ultimate punishment is.. being the Cleveland Browns) https://brownswire.usatoday.com/2025/01/10/browns-deshaun-watson-contract-insurance-meaning/

Apparently Soto has asked the Mets for permission to play in 10 Dominican Winter League games as part of getting ready for spring training, and rumor has it the Mets are going to allow him. It would be the ultimate LOLMETS moment if he got hurt on a bad field in the DR and never was the same afterwards.

Especially LFC.