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    I don’t think it’s a coincidence that a culture of telling common people to shut up (you know, instead of ignoring or mocking them) if they don’t have a PhD in some particular issue emerged around the same time journalism became a prestige career.
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    The Las Vegas A’s. Just typing that feels so wrong.
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    True XFL hasn’t been tried. This time we’ll have the REAL XFL work.
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    Charles Barkley is the closest thing we have right now to Howard Cossell. Replacing him is impossible, not merely difficult.
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    The Chiefs decided to say “You know how Seattle just stopped trying to improve when they neglected to use their battering ram runningback on the goal line? Let’s not do that” Loaded up on the Offensive Line to the point I believe if play is hampered, it will be more from a lack of chemistry rather than a lack of ability. And leaguewide, the fans are coming back. Regardless of whatever implication that winds up having, I love the fact that games are going to feel alive again.
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    I don't think Portland is likely. Is there a big movement to get an MLB team in Portland? Would there be political support to build a new stadium if taxpayer dollars are used? Civic Stadium is out as the Timbers are not about to let a team turn their soccer pitch back into a multipurpose stadium anytime soon. How much corporate support would there be in Portland for a team? Or hell, who in office in Portland right now would support having a MLB team in Portland? Las Vegas, for better or worse, is more than willing to support a MLB team at least when it comes to supporting all that it would take to attract the team there. Portland is a lot more questionable in that regard IMO.
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    Wait, what? Two things. First, why do the A’s have to pay BART so that BART can run their trains? Second, why are they so cheap as to not pay BART if that is what is required to get fans in for fireworks night? That might’ve actually given them a bit of a boost in attendance too.
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    You have to hand it to the Lions. They :censored: up hilariously even down to the smallest details.
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    I’m looking forward to seeing the new designs teams come up with if they don’t really have a throwback option for helmets. And by looking forward, I mean looking forward to how horrible they’ll be like Turn Ahead The Clock Night. Here, enjoy a pre-beard and World Series winner Johnny Damon in those monstrosities.
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    What I want to know is why any organization would protect a pervert working on staff over their own players? It not only doesn't make sense from a moral standpoint but an economic one as well. EDIT: Oh scheisse, it gets even better: So this might not only "just" topple Chicago's management, but multiple teams throughout the league.
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    I liked the Grant Hill-era teal Pistons uniforms.
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    Politicians and billionaires are stubborn fools who see compromise in the same light as a 4 letter word that starts with the same letter. More news at 11.
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    NGL, as someone who loved watching arena football since I first saw one of those tape-delayed AFL matches, it's sad seeing the sport as a whole fall from the height of....wait, similar instability but with a bigger budget. Just like the MISL in the 1980s based on everything I read about that league. Had fun going to watch the Brigade, though, funny enough in the same building where the Comets used to draw capacity crowds that wound up driving out an NBA team. Fun while it lasted and all, but I'm wondering what the next sport is that will get like indoor soccer or arena football that will soar like Icarus and crash really really hard?
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    Maybe economically they were joined at the hip for a long time, but socially they were very far apart. Started with Minneapolis having mostly Protestants while St. Paul had a lot more Catholics and it continued until the 1960s to the point where said municipal rivalry cost them the Lakers because people in St. Paul weren’t going to support the Minneapolis Lakers. Which is why every team since then has gone with saying that their team is the “Minnesota” Vikings/Twins/North Stars/Timberwolves/Wild. Having a basebrawl between the minor league teams from both cities probably didn’t help either.
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    And The Coliseum is an honest-to-God :censored:hole and not just because it’s in Oakland. As in, sewage issues have been chronic there for as long as I remember. And yeah, I know it’s a standard tactic but it always amazes me at its effectiveness. I guess no one wants to be Baltimore or Cleveland outside of the more mundane reasons they don’t want to be Baltimore or Cleveland.
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    So the A’s owner was just rattling his relocation saber to get a better deal locally? I remember when Mario Lemieux did the same thing to Kansas City so the Pens could get a new arena in Pittsburgh.
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    And said attic league is full of toys judging by where some affiliates were before the last realignment what with all the teams on the West Coast having their farm teams in New England. Or up until very recently with Vancouver having their AAA squad on the other side of the continent. I think the old NFL divisions pre-2002 made more sense.
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    So this as a business strategy:
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    Reading that article, it sounded more like the original USFL owners want to find out who just got loaded from selling merchandizing rights that they have no right to and are willing to work with Fox. I don't know who just earned ill-gotten gains but it should be interesting. As for reviving Firefly? That show is neat, but I liked it better when it was called Cowboy Bebop. Intro is amazing and there is no other reason at all why I'd post it.
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    I watch UrinatingTree, Pat McAfee or various cable era sports pundits that post clips online for my coverage. Why pay over $1,600-2,000/year for basic cable and maybe 100 channels when I can pay less than $900/year for Internet while getting similar quality content? It’s a basic economic question and that will doom a lot of ESPN’s assets long-term.
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    Site is pure bare bones and that is clearly an indication of a great start. Social media isn’t much better. Facebook Twitter Instagram And somehow looking at this operation, Fly By Night is the phrase I can best think of. And the song.
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    Nostalgia pandering has gotten way out of control. Why can’t people just create new things instead of just rebooting the same thing over and over again? Also, alternative football leagues need like a million different things to go right just to get a foothold. The Spring League has a nice niche as it is, why are they risking that?
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    Robert Kraft owns the New England Revolution. My guess for having them still play at Gillette is so he can fill dates where the stadium would otherwise sit empty. After all, he did fund Gillette Stadium entirely out of his own pocket so it makes sense he’d want as many dates filled as possible.
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    If Horace Stoneham taught us anything, it’s that you should visit stadium sites day and night.
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    NYCFC isn’t for lack of trying, though. Just a cursory look into the situation tells me I really need to look into that whole saga because it looks like one hell of a doozy. I don’t think NYCFC is in any danger of moving at all but it really is reminiscent of the DC United situation with RFK and that team’s near 2 decade long fight for a stadium site.
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