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Related to the HOF talk Jerry West will be inducted for a record third time He is going in this time as a "contributor" (ie for his work as a General Manager). He is already in as a player and as a member of the 1960 US Olympic team

The full trade is Texans get Diggs, 2024 6th rounder and a 2025 5th round pick Bills get 2025 2nd rounder (that technically belongs to Minnesota)

With the trade - the Bills assume a $31 million dead cap hit

It hasn't lost my progress once so its already better than last year

Steve Clifford is stepping down as Hornets coach at the end of the season and will transition into a front office role

Whisper and Revision Zero missions are both officially back (not really a shock since the tease last week) EDIT - Should be noted that both have changes - one of them is that its now a 40 minute timer

It should be noted that there are - allegedly - are photos of Rice and his friends getting out of one of the cars after the accident Will that lead to anything *shrug* but, if true, he can at least be placed in one of the cars and the NFL doesn't really need much to hand out their own punishment

Earliest (by calendar date) a no-hitter has ever been thrown in a season

Vontae Davis has passed away at the age of 35 He was found unresponsive at a home belonging to his Grandmother

The Tennessee Lady Vols will continue their quests to reach the heights that Pat Summit took them too as they have fired Kellie Harper after 5 seasons

Here is the weird/wild part of the story

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