buzzcut

On June 26, for one game only, the St. Paul Saints will play as the Raccoons.

There's an incoming clash between the Super Bowl and a Winter Olympics(Beijing), and in recent days, Ryan Glasspiegel came out with this tweet:

7 minutes ago, MBurmy said:

Metro Milwaukee's AA name-the-team contest is down to three names...and my nickname's still in it!

BaseballWI.com lists the final three as the

 

• Wisconsin Haymakers
• Dairyland Milk Men
• Wisconsin's Crop Dusters

(I swear, my submission was Milwaukee Milk Men...missed opportunity for the "MMM" letter logo there.)

Where's War Pigs?

ESPN to become the Exclusive home to the UFC. Which comes on the heels of Fox getting in bed with WWE. I'm sorry if this is being discussed over in the wrestling forum.

19 hours ago, Mac the Knife said:

As opposed to the rest of this thread?  

I was going to point out that your leagues are imbalanced.

20 hours ago, Mac the Knife said:

NEW YORK -- In a bizarre series of events today, Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred unexpectedly resigned from office, citing his plans to pursue his lifelong fantasy of becoming the first man to be chosen for the 2019 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover.

 

This bombshell would be followed by the announcement of an interim Commissioner, MactheKnife, who upon introduction announced that the owners had agreed to explode the number of Major League teams beginning with the 2020 season, to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the 1871 founding of the National Association.  The plan put forth takes the existing 115 year rivalry between the American and National Leagues and adds two new players to the mix, in the form of the Federal and International Leagues.

 

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Northern - Chicago White Sox, Detroit, Minnesota, Toronto

Southern - Baltimore, Tampa Bay, Kansas City, 

Eastern - Boston, New York Yankees, Indianapolis

Western - California, Seattle, Oakland, Albuqerque

 

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Northern - Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus

Southern - Atlanta, Houston, St. Louis, Norfolk, New Orleans

Eastern - New York Mets, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Buffalo

Western - Los Angeles, Colorado, San Diego, San Francisco

 

FEDERAL LEAGUE

Northern - X

Southern - Charlotte, Durham, Memphis, Nashville

Eastern - X

Western - Arizona, Reno, Fresno, Sacramento

 

INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE

Northern - Montreal Expos, Washington Nationals

Southern - Florida Marlins

Eastern - Louisville, Toledo

Western - Oklahoma City, El Paso, Portland, Las Vegas

 

Any suggestions for filling out the Federal League?

 

Ah, but but no, it's too stupid.

When, not if, War Pigs is chosen, I hope they use this when they introduce the starting lineup:

6 hours ago, Bayne said:

The Hartford Whalers logo is overrated.

We need a dislike feature just for posts like this.

59 minutes ago, NYUNDERDOGS said:

Any update on NBC sports?

No changes to any of their other properties.

32 minutes ago, TheBigFiz21 said:

Was that a concept or something teased as a real thing?

According to this thread, this is the new scoreboard.

1 hour ago, insert name said:

With the direction many of the networks have gone, I expect a very bland and lifeless look. 

If the following scoreboard is any indication, NBC may have gone there, but for the gradients in the score:

ESPN Arizona

ESPN Carolinas

ESPN Detroit

ESPN Florida

ESPN Indiana

ESPN Kansas City

ESPN Midwest St. Louis

ESPN New Orleans

ESPN New York

ESPN North Minnesota

ESPN Ohio

ESPN Oklahoma

ESPN San Diego

ESPN South Atlanta

ESPN Southeast

ESPN Southwest Dallas & ESPN San Antonio

ESPN SportsTime Ohio Cleveland

ESPN Sun Miami

ESPN Tennessee

ESPN West and Prime Ticket and ESPN2 LA

ESPN Wisconsin

Fix'd.

The rumors of the end of Motorsports on ESPN are greatly exaggerated. They're picking up Formula 1 for the next several years.

No change to the Trail Blazers' graphics this season:

2 hours ago, Bradbury said:

That's not great... Any clue how the PP display looks?

No clue. That is the only graphic I have at the moment.

10 hours ago, Bradbury said:

Looks like the new Fox look will be used in regional basketball broadcasts.

Really interested to see how it transitions to hockey, normally a box bug in the upper-left corner.

The transition to hockey sucks.

CBS+Fox+NBC≠ESPN's Monday Night Football graphics now.

Not sure if this is the proper forum to post this, but all the CSN networks, except SNY will be known as NBC Sports insert city name here, effective October 2nd. Full release from NBC.

I'm wondering if the Trail Blazers will follow along to the new "enhanced" graphics there NBCS cousins will use now.

MLB All-Star Game loses badly to America's Got Talent in the ratings.

On 4/22/2017 at 5:34 PM, buzzcut said:

No sports team should ever retire any number, regardless of popularity.

I think we just just found the straw that wants to break the camel's back.

According to this report in the Detroit News, the Horizon League is adding a new school for this season. The report does not specify who it us, but I believe rhymes with Brand Wanyon.

The Pecos League is the NIFL of indy baseball leagues.

Highlights of the AHL's 2017-18 Alignment:

*Belleville, Laval and the B-Devs remain in the North division.

*Charlotte moves to the Atlantic division, leaving the Central with 7 teams.

*No change to the Pacific.

Mark May is the latest let go, much to the delight of Ohio State fans.