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Black Bag Director: Steven Soderbergh Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender (Timothy Dalton among others also appears in the trailer)

https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/diane-delano-dead-northern-exposure-the-wicker-man-1236251101/

If you are curious as to how conservative the Falcons were

That was quick

Apparently Norfolk State has interviewed Michael Vick for their HC job

The Niners are going to suspend De'Vondre Campbell for the final 3 games of the season for "conduct detrimental to the team" The CBA allows teams to suspend players for up to 4 games for conduct reasons San Francisco could have released him but didn't want to (in their minds) reward him for his conduct as he would have been allowed to sign with another team and play again this season

Warfare Directed by Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland There is A LOT going on here Mendoza is a former Navy SEAL and an Iraqi War vet who was the "military supervisor" on Garland's Civil War The movie occurs in real time and is based on "the memories of those who witness the event" Apparently this is part of Garland moving more into (back) into screenwriting and less directing Trailer is technically NSFW due to language and some blood

This is nit picky but per reports the two clubs are $10 million apart. Everyone agreed that it started with the Cubs not wanting to eat any of the contract - which is pretty much a non-starter for any club However, I highly doubt the Yanks are willing to pay Bellinger around $40 million for whatever the Cubs are asking for (which I can't imagine is just Will Warren). So reading the tea leaves - it would seem the Cubs are willing to pay a portion already - the Yanks just want them to cover more of it.

I don’t understand why Spencer Rattler didn’t start this game

It's official now

It looks like the Cubs are getting Kyle Tucker Stros appear to be getting Isaac Paredes, Cam Smith (who was the Cubs first round pick this year) and a third player

HOT STOVE~! The Yanks are acquiring closer Devin Williams from the Brewers Nestor Cortes and Caleb Durbin are being sent to Milwaukee (there might be more) EDIT - It is Cortes, Durbin and cash. For those not familiar - Durbin is a late blooming prospect who just days ago Aaron Boone was saying was probably gonna be the starting 3B next season

https://youtu.be/ufR_08V38sQ?si=1uXt3eByC0pZ4iVR That's the trailer for The Pitt (which I will fix on another computer) Newest series from John Wells (ER) who reunites with Noah Wyle The gimmick is that the entire series is set over the course of one 15 hour ER shift. Basically its like how 24 used to be 15 episodes. Each episode is one hour of the shift Trailer is NSFW due to language and ER blood/surgery/etc...

There is absolutely no way he can be I mean George Kittle flat out said he doesn't want him on the team anymore. And then there is this Ward = cornerback Charvarius Ward

Interesting little thing from the Juan Soto introductory press conference Soto said he hadn't talked to any of his (now) former Yankee teammates since the season ended Now while the NY media is gonna jump all over this to blame the Yanks (and more specifically Aaron Judge - who had said like a month or so ago that he wasn't gonna bother Soto about free agency and "give him some space") it was interesting the response I was seeing online from former players - which also seemed to be of the nature of "that should tell you everything you need to know about him as a teammate" Does any of this mean anything? Absolutely not (and let's be honest the majority of us hate people and don't want to be bothered either) but it has been a.... thing to observe

Split Fiction The next game from Hazelight Studios (the folks who did It Takes Two and A Way Out) I appreciate these games but will never play them The other good thing is they are yet again doing the thing were only one person needs to own the game to play it

The Outer Worlds 2 My usual reminder that I need to figure out how to fit the original into my playing schedule

That's for @J.T.

Borderlands 4 Am I excited? Yes Am I ashamed that I am excited? Yes

The same complaints about this game are being made about the Witcher IV I am trying to do a better job not giving energy to them by mentioning it

RIPPA spam incoming Let's start with the big dog The Witcher IV

UNLV has hired Dan Mullen I am sure that will go well

The trailer for Mafia: The Old Country (aka Mafia 4) has leaked online. It will premier during the Video Game Awards tonight Gearbox has already confirmed that Borderlands 4 will have a new trailer tonight too

And one of Wojo's first deals was to make a licensing agreement with.... the WWE https://www.f4wonline.com/news/wwe/wwe-announces-licensing-deal-with-st-bonaventure-university/ (I hadn't realized/forgotten that Nick Khan at one point was Wojo's agent)