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April 29, 2016
SportsFilter: The Friday Huddle:
A place to discuss the sports stories that aren't making news, share links that aren't quite front-page material, and diagram plays on your hand. Remember to count to five Mississippi before commenting in anger.
With 5 out of 8 series completed, you can check in on the NBA playoff pick 'em standings here. Pretty tight over all.
posted by Ufez Jones at 10:22 AM on April 29, 2016
Let's see...Laremy Tunsil:
You let someone record you enjoying the smoke-filled chamber.
You weren't tight with your account passwords.
Errors of judgment happen. These ended up costing Tunsil around 8 million dollars last night.
Then there's what the fellas had hanging on the wall in the background during the bong video. Yep, it's a common item in and around Oxford, but still...
If you're going to hit it out of the park, make sure you fuck all the bases.
(And #78, there's more fun in store. Chris Berman is just getting started dicking around with your name - both of them. He's thinking: somebody loves me; what fertile material.)
posted by beaverboard at 01:49 PM on April 29, 2016
If you're going to hit it out of the park, make sure you fuck all the bases
All that's missing is a phantom dead girlfriend and an endorsement from Kim Jong Un.
And thank you, oh board of the beaver for adding a new phrase into my already salty lexicon.
posted by tahoemoj at 02:55 PM on April 29, 2016
Because of that gas mask smoking device, I figured he was trying out for a new Judd Apatow movie or something.
posted by NoMich at 03:35 PM on April 29, 2016
If Myles Jack's knee is fixable and can be made roadworthy, the Jaguars are doing this draft and are going to be competitive. If they and the Falcons keep trending in the directions they have been, Jacksonville is going to take charge of the regional fan base.
Now I want 'em to go back to the old black helmets so they don't look like an airbrushed college team.
posted by beaverboard at 09:08 PM on April 29, 2016
New Marlins manager Don Mattingly had this to say about his star second baseman Dee Gordon as the season started:
Well, here is the explanation!