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Not that I want to see a lot of obits, but I thought it may be appropriate for us to have a thread for men and women involved with sports or college football that have met their maker.
The greatest heel the world of wrestling has ever known died yesterday, Bobby the Brain Heenan.
I'll admit it, as a kid, I actually hated this man. The master of the insult, my own personal favorite was calling the common man a 'ham and egger'. Apparently the Brain never made it past 8th grade. I learned he was introduced into the world of wrestling here in Indy, working with Dick the Bruiser, and others during the early mid 70s. He hawked whatever merch he could and was dubbed the Brain early on, because he knew all about the wrestling business at a fairly early age. He was also called the Weasel which was a good game too. RIP.
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Not that I want to see a lot of obits, but I thought it may be appropriate for us to have a thread for men and women involved with sports or college football that have met their maker.
The greatest heel the world of wrestling has ever known died yesterday, Bobby the Brain Heenan.
I'll admit it, as a kid, I actually hated this man. The master of the insult, my own personal favorite was calling the common man a 'ham and egger'. Apparently the Brain never made it past 8th grade. I learned he was introduced into the world of wrestling here in Indy, working with Dick the Bruiser, and others during the early mid 70s. He hawked whatever merch he could and was dubbed the Brain early on, because he knew all about the wrestling business at a fairly early age. He was also called the Weasel which was a good game too. RIP.
I loved the PG-era of the WWF (later WWE) and Bobby 'The Brain' Heenan made for a great heel during it / R.I.P.
IMO he probably managed the most impressive roster at the time
- Hercules, King Kong Bundy, Andre the Giant, Paul Orndorff, etc.
In terms of un-likability, perhaps Jimmy 'Mouth of the South' Hart was his only rival
Seriously, though, I was addicted to that stuff back in the day
- when Saturday Night's Main Event bumped SNL every 6 weeks or so, I'd lose my damn mind! :86:
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I'm seeing that Joe Tiller has passed away. Condolences Purdue football family.
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Tiller passed?Great coach,God Speed
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Fitting my Dad (in Wyoming) texted me this. Joe Tiller died at his home in Buffalo, WY. Always seemed like a good man. RIP.
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Monty hall has died.
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Here's my Joe Tiller story...
I had a field pass for the UM-Purdue game in 2003ish. It was a big game, I think both were top 15. UM killed them, like 35-3. You exit the field through the tunnel after the players. The visitor locker is right there (oddly Purdue didn't complain about UMs) and Tiller was just giving it to his team. People had stopped and were staring through the open door.
Tiller noticed and just screamed "shut that f***ing door unless you want to get some of this too!"
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That's a great story. Hilarious. Miserable visiting locker room stories would be a good thread/story. In addition to the locker rooms, the makeshift media areas at some of these stadiums for road teams is also quite....strange.
I remember a Missouri fan nosing his way into the TO post game interview in the media area at Mizzou (after the kicked ball in '97) and he's standing on this 'box' and screaming and cussing at Osborne from about 8 feet above him. For some reason this open space had fans passing nearby. Osborne just stared at him with his head tilted, lips pursed. A&M post game media room was basically the lobby area of a class building. KSU hoops visiting media room is a auxiliary equipment/broom closet, seriously.
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I might not have become a college football fan without Joe Tiller. I wasn't a college football fan coming to Purdue, which you might expect since I was a freshman in 1996 and we sucked. I came for an engineering degree.
I didn't attend a game in 1996. I went to a fraternity rush event where we watched while Purdue was destroyed 35-0 by Notre Dame. I heard about Purdue beating Michigan at home 9-6 and the fans pulling the uprights and throwing them in the Wabash River, but wasn't there.
But in 1997 I joined a [different] fraternity. We had tickets. I was in the stands for the win over Notre Dame. I rushed the field after that game. We didn't get the goalposts down (the AD learned their lesson and reinforced them), but Joe Tiller had made Purdue football exciting.
There were some issues as Tiller got to the later stages of his Purdue career, especially after Jim Cheney moved on and the offense got stale [against better competition]. But Joe Tiller revived a program that was in desperate need of excitement, and he provided that.
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Tiller brought his CFL offense to Purdue, with roaring success.
He was able to somehow convince a lot of TX recruits to play in W Lafayette, where his gimmicky offenses ran roughshod over the Big Ten for years.
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Tiller brought his CFL offense to Purdue, with roaring success.
He was able to somehow convince a lot of TX recruits to play in W Lafayette, where his gimmicky offenses ran roughshod over the Big Ten for years.
Gimmicky offense? Yeah, just because the B1G had never seen the spread, it's a gimmick. Okay then...
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Good point.
Amend to:
*Gimmicky by Big Ten standards.
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R.I.P. Joe Tiller. You revolutionized the B1G passing game, made Purdue relevant again, took us to our second Rose Bowl, gave us a shot to win every game, kept us entertained with your dry wit, and had one heluva c@ckbroom on your upper lip. You are missed. :'( :'( :'(
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Just saw this on another board,hope he been resuscitated
Rocker Tom Petty has been pulled off life support after being rushed to the hospital Sunday in cardiac arrest, TMZ reports (http://www.tmz.com/2017/10/02/tom-petty-found-unconscious-full-cardiac-arrest/).
The “Free Fallin’” singer, 66, was reportedly found unconscious and not breathing in his Malibu home, and was subsequently taken to the UCLA Santa Monica Hospital, where he "had no brain activity."
His condition is currently unclear, but the outlet reports that Petty has been critical since Sunday night.
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Officially just declared dead.
Gonna have to update my playlist tonight and reminisce.
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Reporting he has died.
This one hurts
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did some fine work with the Traveling Wibury's & Stevie Nicks amongst others
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I really liked tom petty. Damn.
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Damn the Torpedoes is definitely a top 10 all time album for me
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Reporting he has died.
This one hurts
Now they are reporting that he is still alive.
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Now they are reporting that he is still alive.
Lots of conflicting info out there.
I respect what he accomplished. I just never liked his voice.
And then him and Dylan got together.. and neither could sing. :smiley_confused1:
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Neither can Geddy Lee :57:
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I've never been a huge concert guy. My dad was, and said he's a top 5er. Saw him for the last time (he thought) at the Palace about a decade ago and said he still had it.
A cook I worked with at a summer job said he worked a Tom Petty concert once, doing the food prep for the suites. He said they got a special order to deliver back stage after the concert was over just for huge trays of crackers, cheese and cold cuts. Went and delivered it back stage, and it was Tom's room. Opened the door, and he said the second hand high he got was strong. Just dropped off the trays and turned around, one of Petty's crew handed each of them two $100 bills on their way back out.
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so that's why the radio was playing Tom Petty on the way home after work
one of my all-time favorites
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Gainesville guy. Never seemed to be considered with the very top musicians, but when you stop and think about it, you know as many of his songs as you do anyone else. Wrote songs you could sing along with the very first time you heard them.
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I’d definitely put Petty in my all time greatest list. Dude has TONS of songs I don’t just like but downright love. Sad to hear he’s gone.
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I’d definitely put Petty in my all time greatest list. Dude has TONS of songs I don’t just like but downright love. Sad to hear he’s gone.
He's on my "Greatest Hits" list with bands like Queen where his 15 track "Best of" can match up with anyone, but aside from Damn the Torpedoes (which is awesome) I don't think he has an album I listen to start to finish.
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He's on my "Greatest Hits" list with bands like Queen where his 15 track "Best of" can match up with anyone, but aside from Damn the Torpedoes (which is awesome) I don't think he has an album I listen to start to finish.
I can listen to Full Moon Fever start to finish
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Terry Glenn (WR-tOSU) has died in a car accident. He was 43. RIP.
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Yeah, local guy out of Columbus Brookhaven HS that walked on at OSU, and parlayed his opportunity into a Biletnikoff award, and was a top ten draft pick.
Still holds the school record for TD receptions in a season.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DPGdDJ1XcAAnxEQ.jpg)
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Just heard on PTI Glenn caught the 1st TD pass thrown by Tom Brady in the NFL
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RIP Jim Nabors. Just an overall great character, whether as Gomer Pyle or any of his other roles, and adored here in Indiana for signing 'Back Home Again...' before the Indy 500 for 30+ years. He's not even from Indiana.
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RIP Jim Nabors. Just an overall great character, whether as Gomer Pyle or any of his other roles, and adored here in Indiana for signing 'Back Home Again...' before the Indy 500 for 30+ years. He's not even from Indiana.
Wow really, he's not from Indiana? I guess I just assumed he was!
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Born in Alabama, alum of U of Alabama, lived mostly in SoCal/Hawaii in later life. I'm guessing his connection with Florence Henderson (a Hooiser) who also sang before the Indy 500 may explain how Nabors started singing in the early 70s.
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Longtime beat writer Jeff Washburn, the man who covered Purdue Sports for the Journal and Courier for many many years, passed away on Wednesday.
A good write up in the Indy Star:
https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/columnists/gregg-doyel/2017/11/29/jeff-washburn-told-stories-and-made-deadline-end/907892001/
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RIP Dick Enberg. Helluva broadcaster, great range in several sports. A CMU and IU alum. I met him at Al McGuire's funeral of all places. He later did a one man play, about McGuire for several years, his longtime friend and broadcast partner. I still associate him w Tennis, the Rose Bowl w Merlin Olsen and the Angels, and Padres. I know he did UCLA hoops pbp during the Wooden era.
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former psu ot adam gress passed away after an accident at his job. was a construction site manager and had some kind of fall in which he hit his head. was 27.
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Dolores O'Riordan, former lead singer the Cranberries died today at 46. Rough stretch for 90s rock personalities. I always thought her voice was much better than the band ahe played in. One of many females lead vocalists that I've dug over the years.
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Dolores O'Riordan, former lead singer the Cranberries died today at 46. Rough stretch for 90s rock personalities. I always thought her voice was much better than the band ahe played in. One of many females lead vocalists that I've dug over the years.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dctPlixNRdc
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Wow, Brutus. That's some bittersweet irony there. Thanks, truly.
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R.I.P. Joe Tiller. You revolutionized the B1G passing game, made Purdue relevant again, took us to our second Rose Bowl, gave us a shot to win every game, kept us entertained with your dry wit, and had one heluva c@ckbroom on your upper lip. You are missed. :'( :'( :'(
Len Dawson revolutionized the Big Ten passing game, and Purdue has been the leader in this department for probably most of the years, since then.
Try:
Len Dawson
Bob Griese
Mike Phipps
Gary Danielson
Mark Herrmann
Jim Everett
Kyle Orton
Drew Brees
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One of those baseball players from my youth, the kind you never forget, despite a thoroughly unremarkable career has died. The man with professional sports' greatest hairdos, RIP Oscar Gamble.
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/fb/47/c4/fb47c4c79dba5d38cb0d29ca7224aaa0.jpg)
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One of those baseball players from my youth, the kind you never forget, despite a thoroughly unremarkable career has died. The man with professional sports' greatest hairdos, RIP Oscar Gamble.
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/fb/47/c4/fb47c4c79dba5d38cb0d29ca7224aaa0.jpg)
OG was one of my favorite players from the South Side Hit Men. Do you remember the "Sox Supporters" from the LF bleachers?
After that season they traded Oscar Gamble and Ritchie Zisk and picked up Bobby Bonds.
Anyway, the supporters came up with a sign for 1978 that said:
WE TOOK A GAMBLE TO GET RICH, BUT NOW WE'RE PUTTING OUR MONEY IN BONDS
I'll never forget that (obviously).
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Leave Don Money out of this!
Seriously, that was good trade for the Sox when picked him up (and L. Hoyt) for Bucky F'ing Dent.
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Heh. Old man MH rockin' it!!
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Heh. Old man MH rockin' it!!
41 YOA, the new 65.
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Shit. I guess that makes me 75.
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RIP Jim Stillwagon - In his time with Ohio State, Stillwagon was a three-year starter and helped the Buckeyes go undefeated in their 1968 National Championship-winning season. In addition, the defensive tackle was a consensus All-American selection in both his junior and senior seasons
.In 1970, Stillwagon won the Lombardi Award and the Outland Trophy; he was the first to win both in the same year.
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RIP Jim Stillwagon - In his time with Ohio State, Stillwagon was a three-year starter and helped the Buckeyes go undefeated in their 1968 National Championship-winning season. In addition, the defensive tackle was a consensus All-American selection in both his junior and senior seasons
.In 1970, Stillwagon won the Lombardi Award and the Outland Trophy; he was the first to win both in the same year.
Your post makes me feel like I am getting closer to home. I am just 3-blocks from the cemetery. One of these days I'll have to buy me some new digs.
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RIP Art Bell. I will now have the theme to 'Coast to Coast AM' in my head all day. He was certainly one of a kind. I like how the headliners are taking liberties with this: "Art Bell's cause of death is unclear", or "Art Bell dies on Friday the 13th." I think the chupacabra got him.
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RIP Art Bell. I will now have the theme to 'Coast to Coast AM' in my head all day. He was certainly one of a kind. I like how the headliners are taking liberties with this: "Art Bell's cause of death is unclear", or "Art Bell dies on Friday the 13th." I think the chupacabra got him.
As a kid one of the backsteps I always had was my radio. On sleep shortened, late enough nights it was Coast To Coast and Bell's voice that kept me company while opening quite an underground world. I still remember peculiar episodes about missing time, traveling to the center of the earth, the Mothman, and Stanley Kubrick's theorized involvement in the moon landings. And his episodes in the post Sept 11th attacks were gold.
Credit him for the mainstream momentum behind X Files, Ancient Aliens, etc.
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His show was perfect to discover in the 90s (as a teen). The bumper music, his tone, the callers and guests. It was entertaining/enlightening, whether you treated it totally above board, or a total display of paranoia.
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Because of Art Bell I found out my mom was raised by Yetis',my dad was a reincarnated New Jersey Devil and I found this out during my near death experience
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R. Lee Ermey, The Gunny.
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Harry Anderson. Not really sure if Night Court has aged well or not, haven't really seen it in awhile.
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I dimly recall an old not very good joke about an older guy's morning routine:
"Each morning, I read the obituaries. If I'm not in'em, I get up and go about my day.".
Young folks don't pay much attention to such things.
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Harry Anderson. Not really sure if Night Court has aged well or not, haven't really seen it in awhile.
It's odd, it ran for quite a while, but you never see it in syndication.
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While there are certainly plenty of episodes of Night Court that are still just as funny today, there is a lot that has not aged well. The character Dan Fielding would have been fired twenty times over for sexual harassment, racial stereotypes run abound, and most of the quirky court cases that had to be dealt with that were supposed to be so outlandish as to be unbelievable, just don't seem as far fetched anymore considering the world we live in today.
With that said, I loved Harry Anderson, including his stand up routines and some of his magic acts. It's kinda a shame that he really disappeared from the limelight about 20 years ago and hasn't done much since. He was fantastically funny and generally appeared to be very good natured.
RIP Harry. I'll throw on some Mel Torme tonight in your honor.
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Night Court was a great show,Dan Larroquette was funny in his role.While looking up harry Anderson I saw that the guy who started Burger king passed away.
David R. Edgerton, who helped start what became the world’s second-largest hamburger chain, Burger King, but then agreed to sell the company for what proved to be a bargain price just as the industry was about to take off, died on April 3 in Miami. He was 90.
Still get the taste for them occasionally
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The Silver Fox has passed. One of the greatest First Ladies this country has known.
RIP Barbara.
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I have a picture of her, and HW, with my family when I'm about 14 yrs old, in my office. My Dad spent a lot of time w her while he was a USSS agent. Wonderful woman.
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I never knew you're pappy was a USSS agent. That's pretty cool stuff.
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It's odd, it ran for quite a while, but you never see it in syndication.
I'm a cord-cutter and it is on over-the-air on the HD side-channels. I don't watch it often, but I do watch it once in a while.
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One of the legends of pre-Wrestlemania pro wrestling, Bruno Sammartino, passes away at 82. I believe he still holds the record for longest (now WWE) title reign at nearly 8 years from 1963-1971.
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Wow, I would've bet he was already dead. 82. wow.
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Wow, I would've bet he was already dead. 82. wow.
He was fairly active here in Pittsburgh, and would pop up in a story every now and then, which was the only reason I knew he wasn't.
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One of the legends of pre-Wrestlemania pro wrestling, Bruno Sammartino, passes away at 82. I believe he still holds the record for longest (now WWE) title reign at nearly 8 years from 1963-1971.
In Honor of Bruno's Passing (https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=the+crusher+and+bruno&view=detail&mid=A60FA688AA2415516475A60FA688AA2415516475&FORM=VIRE)
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RIP Earle Bruce
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RIP Earle Bruce
A little before my time (I was 8 when he was fired from OSU), but man did he set up OSU for my time, having hired both Tress and Urbs to his coaching staff. Urban has always been a very vocal Earl Bruce guy.
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A little before my time (I was 8 when he was fired from OSU), but man did he set up OSU for my time, having hired both Tress and Urbs to his coaching staff. Urban has always been a very vocal Earl Bruce guy.
You and I are exactly the same age.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DbObVYQW4AAc5ny.jpg)
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His departure from Colo St. Which a big deal at the time, would be such a bigger story in this era. His press conference was quite a scene.
Rip.
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His last game as Buckeye coach was an upset of the Wolverines, after which he was carried off the field by his players.
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Earle's Cyclones upset the #9 Huskers in 76 & 77
fine coach
(https://cyclonesidebar.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/1978-isu-coaching-staff-photo.jpg)
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A little before my time (I was 8 when he was fired from OSU), but man did he set up OSU for my time, having hired both Tress and Urbs to his coaching staff. Urban has always been a very vocal Earl Bruce guy.
RIP Earle - Pete Carrol was on his staff also,he knew how to pick them
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RIP Dwight Clark dies at 61 of A.L.S.
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Clark’s catch is still one of the most iconic plays in NFL history. OAM was asking in another thread about earliest bowl memories. One of my earliest sports memories is that Championship Sunday in January of 1982. The Bengals beat the Chargers in “The Freezer Bowl” in the early game and then the 49ers and Cowboys played their instant classic in the nightcap.
ALS is a horrible disease but Dwight Clark will forever be the guy making the fingertip catch in the back of the end zone in Candlestick Park to me.
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Wasn't yet born when that final play happened, but growing up and playing football with the neighbor's kids, Clark's "The Catch" was always the plassing play we tried to emulate in our backyards.
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You and I are exactly the same age.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DbObVYQW4AAc5ny.jpg)
Damn kids.
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from the date on the Iowa sideline pass in that pic, I'm the same age as the players standing behind Earle
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So you wore a leather helmet and rode in trains and had a grandfather who fought in the Indian Wars.......me too
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“Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter”
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Not sports related, but Anthony Bourdain has passed today, apparently of suicide. Once again I hope something like this helps shed some light on mental illness in our country.
RIP
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Not sports related, but Anthony Bourdain has passed today, apparently of suicide. Once again I hope something like this helps shed some light on mental illness in our country.
RIP
Was not news I wanted to wake up to this morning...
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He'd be one of the last people you'd expect to end their lives.I remember a while back he said he was hooked on some heavy stuff back in the day.Wonder if that came into play.R.I.P. Anthony
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Anthony Bourdain seemed to be living the life - world travel - drinks - food - meeting people all over the world - friends worldwide. But one's demons can come out late at night when a person is alone, and left to his own devices. When I did occasionally view his show, I thought to myself -- what a great life this guy has -- he is on top of the world -- yet he apparently did not think so, at least not when he was alone last night.
I caught part of the special programming CNN gave to him tonight, and it was amazing the content both verbal and visual, they put together, with about 12-hours notice. It was clear his compatriots at CNN admired him.
I have a feeling a few people would say kind things about me when I am gone too; very few.
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I can't imagine living a more notable day to day life than as an iconic fashion designer like Spade or going on a global food tour like Bourdain. Their suicides would be one thing if their fame had waned, because I don't think most realize how addictive fame is, nor how quickly it fades. Their names were strong brands, which goes to show you how, quite often, no matter how much success we achieve there's still the matter of keeping our internal well being afloat.
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*https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1999/04/19/dont-eat-before-reading-this*
Here's the article that Bourdain attributed to getting it all started.He had his own unique writing style.Insightful,engaging,clever & truthful
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Pantera drummer Vinnie Paul passed away at 54.
He was the brother of their guitarist that was gunned down on stage in Columbus about 15 years ago.
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Pantera drummer Vinnie Paul passed away at 54.
He was the brother of their guitarist that was gunned down on stage in Columbus about 15 years ago.
Dimebag Darrell is an all time great nickname
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Darryl Rogers dies at 83.
Was an ok coach at MSU, peaking with a co-Big Ten title in 1978, finishing #12 in the polls. After a 1-3 start, MSU won 7 in a row, including a road win at Michigan, who they shared the conference title with. MSU had a TV/bowl ban due to recruiting violations under previous coach Denny Stolz, so all in all it is one of the forgotten good MSU teams. They had the conference's best passing attack, with Kirk Gibson at WR. Instead MSU's Rose Bowl drought extended until 1987, and UM went in 1979 in their place. That game gave us the Charles White Phantom Touchdown, in USC's 17-10 win. The Trojans had also beaten MSU earlier in the year, in LA.
After the 1979 season, AD Joe Kearney took the Arizona State AD job, and took his head football coach with him. Rogers returned to Michigan a few years later to coach the Lions, after taking Arizona State to a Fiesta Bowl, and a #6 national ranking, before giving way to John Cooper, who two years later won Arizona State's lone Rose Bowl with Rogers' players as uperclassmen.
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Pantera drummer Vinnie Paul passed away at 54.
He was the brother of their guitarist that was gunned down on stage in Columbus about 15 years ago.
I met him at a Mcdonalds in Aurora, NE. I'm not one for getting Autographs or acting like a little girl at a boy band concert but I grab my wife's arm and loudly proclaimed. "That's Vinnie Paul, Vinnie F@$#ing Paul!!!"
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Darryl Rogers dies at 83.
Was an ok coach at MSU, peaking with a co-Big Ten title in 1978, finishing #12 in the polls. After a 1-3 start, MSU won 7 in a row, including a road win at Michigan, who they shared the conference title with. MSU had a TV/bowl ban due to recruiting violations under previous coach Denny Stolz, so all in all it is one of the forgotten good MSU teams. They had the conference's best passing attack, with Kirk Gibson at WR. Instead MSU's Rose Bowl drought extended until 1987, and UM went in 1979 in their place. That game gave us the Charles White Phantom Touchdown, in USC's 17-10 win. The Trojans had also beaten MSU earlier in the year, in LA.
After the 1979 season, AD Joe Kearney took the Arizona State AD job, and took his head football coach with him. Rogers returned to Michigan a few years later to coach the Lions, after taking Arizona State to a Fiesta Bowl, and a #6 national ranking, before giving way to John Cooper, who two years later won Arizona State's lone Rose Bowl with Rogers' players as uperclassmen.
Rogers recruited some damn solid NFL talent to ASU like Eric Allen and Randal McDaniel, among others.
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From Eleven Warriors
Former Ohio State defensive end and All-Big Ten player Mike Kudla passed away unexpectedly Sunday at the age of 34.
Kudla, who played for the Buckeyes from 2002-2005, won a national championship as a freshman with Ohio State and went on to become one of the strongest players ever to play in Columbus. He still holds the OSU football record for max bench press at 610 pounds and at one time, held the NFL Combine record for most reps.
In 2003, Kudla was read his last rites after being diagnosed with Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis, a rare illness that causes high fever and severe eye damage. Kudla lost nearly 50 pounds before beating the illness and returning to Columbus for his sophomore season.
Kudla was named first-team All-Big Ten and Ohio State's most valuable player on defense in 2005. In his final college game, he set a Fiesta Bowl record with three sacks to help the Buckeyes beat Notre Dame. He finished his college career with 91 tackles and 14.5 sacks.
Too soon,RIP,Mike
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Tony Sparano has died.
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Rip Nikolai volkoff . Great all time heel, commanding silence so he could sing the Soviet anthem . I guess two other wrestlers died too. Unrelated . Brian Christopher and Brickhouse Brown.
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As the NFL battles with CTE and all that, at least it's getting a real look as a perceived 'legitimate' sport. I know in the past 10 years or so, pro wrestlers have dropped like flies. I'm afraid since it's "staged," it won't get the genuine look it should, in terms of health, damage, and fallout.
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Rip Nikolai volkoff . Great all time heel, commanding silence so he could sing the Soviet anthem . I guess two other wrestlers died too. Unrelated . Brian Christopher and Brickhouse Brown.
IIRC he was Jerry Lawler's son
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Jim the Anvil died. Brett is the last surviving wrestler from the Hart Foundation I believe.
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Jim the Anvil died. Brett is the last surviving wrestler from the Hart Foundation I believe.
Yeah, Owen, Pillman and Bulldog are all dead. I want to say there was a 3rd Hart brother to Owen and Brett that was part of it back in the 80s, but never rose to the same level. No clue if he's alive or not.
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Yeah, Owen, Pillman and Bulldog are all dead. I want to say there was a 3rd Hart brother to Owen and Brett that was part of it back in the 80s, but never rose to the same level. No clue if he's alive or not.
Smith Hart passed away a couple of years ago I believe.
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There was a pretty good 30 for 30 short about a family of professional wrestlers, a father and like 4 of his sons, that where pretty big in one of the regional circuits (Texas I believe, before the WWF/WWE was a massive juggernaut) and how all but one of the brothers committed suicide at some point.
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RIP Stan Mikita. Truly an all-timer and an even better man.
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Smith Hart passed away a couple of years ago I believe.
Jesus, there were apparently 8 brothers? Yeah, Smith died last year. Ross was the one I was thinking of. Appeared on and off through the 80s, not always under the Hart name. There was also Keith and Bruce. Bruce had a limited WWF run too. Keith and the 8th brother didn't.
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Raise your glasses to the Queen of Soul. Rest in Peace Aretha
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Burt Reynolds, prolific actor (175+ movies) and one time college football QB (FSU) and pals of Lee Corso, has died.
Has an actor been so famous and appeared in so many lousy movies? Carson/SNL really made him Yes, he has some ringers (Boogie Nights, Deliverance, Smokey..) but phew, a lot of low grade junk.
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The Longest Yard
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Has an actor been so famous and appeared in so many lousy movies? Carson/SNL really made him Yes, he has some ringers (Boogie Nights, Deliverance, Smokey..) but phew, a lot of low grade junk.
My first thought was yes, Adam Sandler, but either way, a fantastic question. Even Reynolds’ memorable movies like Deliverance and Boogie nights come with a sort’ve odd embarrassment I wouldn’t want the association of. Smokey is probably his hallmark but even that won’t be appreciated outside the sweet tea drinking South. His last two decades definitely had a famous-for-being-famous quality.
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My first thought was yes, Adam Sandler, but either way, a fantastic question. Even Reynolds’ memorable movies like Deliverance and Boogie nights come with a sort’ve odd embarrassment I wouldn’t want the association of. Smokey is probably his hallmark but even that won’t be appreciated outside the sweet tea drinking South. His last two decades definitely had a famous-for-being-famous quality.
Yeah, but Adam Sandler is a comedian. And not a "cerebral" comedian. A funny character, crazy voice, physical humor comedian. I'm not sure he ever did stand up, or would survive at it. He was much more suited to sketch comedy and turned some "sketch" characters into actual movies. So stupid campy comedies are exactly what you expect from him.
And here I am thinking back to NUWildcat... Much like myself, a strong fan of stand up.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1Kfjw3_JXo
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A 22-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of Iowa State golfer Celia Barquin Arozamena, the 2018 Big 12 champion and the school's female athlete of the year.
Barquin Arozamena, 22, was found dead Monday at a golf course in Ames, Iowa. Ames police on Monday night announced that Collin Daniel Richards has been charged following an investigation by several law enforcement agencies. Bond was set at $5 million.
Officers were called to Coldwater Golf Course on Monday morning after golfers had located a golf bag with no one around it. Officers located Barquin Arozamena's body "some distance away" and determined she had been assaulted. A cause of death has not been determined.
According to a Ames police news release, Richards has no known address.
A native of Spain, Barquin Arozamena finished her eligibility this spring but remained in school to complete her civil engineering degree in the fall semester.
"This is a tragic and senseless loss of a talented young woman and an acclaimed student athlete," Iowa State University president Dr. Wendy Wintersteen said in a prepared statement. "We mourn with her family and friends in Spain, her teammates here and all who knew her. On behalf of the entire Cyclone family, I extend our deep condolences to Celia's family and her many friends and teammates at Iowa State. We are deeply saddened."
Barquin Arozamena won the Big 12 championship by three strokes in April. She was a three-time all-conference selection, earned first-team All-Big 12 academic honors three times and qualified for NCAA regionals in all four years she competed.
"We are all devastated," Iowa State women's golf coach Christie Martens said in a prepared statement. "Celia was a beautiful person who was loved by all her teammates and friends. She loved Iowa State and was an outstanding representative for our school. We will never forget her competitive drive to be the best and her passion for life."
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Just sad news
Recently retired Gophers football player Nick Connelly dies at 22
Connelly retired from the football team last season after suffering a concussion.
Connelly, who turned 22 on Monday, was diagnosed in June with Burkitt's lymphoma, a rare and aggressive form of Non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
"On Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018, Heaven needed a right tackle and Nick Connelly got the call," Chuck Connelly's statement read. "… Nick was winning the battle through aggressive chemotherapy until the cancer became resistant to all chemo regimens. Nick was a beautiful big strong young athlete with a very kind heart and a great smile."
Connelly, a 6-7, 300-pound former Red Wing High School standout, started five games for the Gophers last year as a redshirt sophomore but retired from football because of concussions. His last game for the Gophers was Oct. 7 at Purdue during which he suffered the fifth concussion of his career.
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CJ Fuller (Clemson RB 2015-17) has died at age 22. Not a lot of details. Really sad.
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GodSpeed & RIP Celia,Nick & CJ
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Guh. Sounds like it was during his ACL operation. I've read that a blood clot is implicated. His poor family.
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Blood Clots,sheesh Friend of mine nearly passed away when he got them in/on his lungs.Quite painful and scary,he's a pretty good dude and not prone to complain but he said he thought the jig was up.22,too damn young,bless his family
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My Dad suffered a stroke due to a clot the day following surgery to remove a kidney. He was like, I think I had a stroke. Wiped out his left side motor skills for awhile.
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blood clots are scary... my dad battles them in his leg. He doesn't complain much either, but he knows when he gets them.
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There was a pretty good 30 for 30 short about a family of professional wrestlers, a father and like 4 of his sons, that where pretty big in one of the regional circuits (Texas I believe, before the WWF/WWE was a massive juggernaut) and how all but one of the brothers committed suicide at some point.
The Von Erich family. They were huge stars in Texas in the 80s. I think there were 5 brothers. Mike, David, Kerry, Kevin, and Chris. As far as I know Kevin is the only one left. Hard to imagine one family suffering that much heartache.
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The Von Erich family. They were huge stars in Texas in the 80s. I think there were 5 brothers. Mike, David, Kerry, Kevin, and Chris. As far as I know Kevin is the only one left. Hard to imagine one family suffering that much heartache.
depression is hereditary... not inconceivable all suffered... we often say "he died of cancer" or "a heart attack got her", but we rarely say "depression killed them" because they commit suicide.... just something to think about, maybe... i'm dang sure no doctor, but it makes sense to me...
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The University of Michigan Athletic Department is saddened to announce that former standout running back Ron Johnson passed away early this morning (Saturday, Nov. 10) following a long battle with Alzheimer's. Johnson was the first African-American football captain for the Wolverines, being selected by his teammates to lead the team during the 1968 season.
Johnson, an All-America halfback for the Wolverines in 1968, was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1992.
He still holds Michigan single-game records with 347 yards rushing and five touchdowns against Wisconsin on Nov. 16, 1968. Johnson rushed for 1,391 yards and 19 touchdowns during his All-America season; the 19 rushing TDs are still a single-season school record at U-M.
RIP RJ he was drafted no1 by the Browns played a season then traded to the Giants
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Dynamite Kid is dead.
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Former IU star Eric Anderson died at 48
https://www.indystar.com/story/news/fox59/2018/12/10/eric-anderson-who-played-indiana-university-1992-final-four-has-died-hoosiers/2262565002/
He was kind of an afterthought on that '92 Final 4 team with Cheaney and Bailey and Henderson, but he was really damn good. In fact that team was really damn good, sort of forgotten in history due to the Laettner/Hurley-Fab 5 Final Four.
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Mean Gene Okerlund died today. What a legend. One of the most recognizable faces in wrestling history. He attended UNL for a few years in the journalism school.
RIP Super Dave Osborne as well.
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RIP Super Dave Osborne as well.
The scene in Curb when he insists on telling Jerry Seinfeld a joke is one of the best moments of that show
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It was mentioned in the Bowl Games SOC thread, but probably deserves to be mentioned here. Tyler Trent passed away on NYD.
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Frank Robinson, an inner circle HOFer died. Great trivia he was the first black MLB manager and the first black NBA head coach attended the same high school as Robinson. That was Bill Russell and they were teammates. Incredible numbers in a pitchers era.
I love the time when he managed the Expos and Bonds hit a towering pop up on the IF. Infield Fly Rule was signaled. Runner advanced home and to second at their own risk. Expos players start arguing with umpire and Robinson hustles out waving and barking at his players to get back to their positions as they didn't understand the rule. Umpires were smirking.
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Growing up an Indians fan he gave us something to cheer about.In his 1st game as Player-Manager(1975) in the season opener in Cleveland in front of 74,000 fans he hit a home run vs the Yankees and the Tribe went on to win.Cincinnati, Baltimore and Cleveland have all retired Robinson’s number and elected him to their franchise halls of fame. All three clubs have erected statues honoring Robinson’s legacy at their ballparks.R.I.P. Frank
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In his prime, Frank Robinson was every bit as good as Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, and Mickey Mantle, but compared to those three, he seems way underappreciated. A .290 lifetime average and 575+ career homers isn't the HOF guarantee today like it was a couple of generations ago, but folks tend to forget he played the bulk of his career in a very pitcher-friendly era.
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Rip king Kong Bundy. As well as Luke Perry and Keith Flint.
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Damon Bullock, Hawkeyes RB, 2011-14 died March 3, 2018 in a car-pedestrian accident.
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R.I.P. the Tornado victims in the South East.Hopefully the count stops at 23
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Concordia (St. Paul) assistant football coach Russell Gary, who played for Minneapolis Central High School, the University of Nebraska and eight years in the NFL, died Sunday, the school announced.
Gary, who graduated from Central in 1977, died of an apparent heart attack. He was 59.
“Coach Gary has been with CSP football since 2004, the past 15 seasons,” Concordia coach Shannon Currier wrote in an e-mail. “Coach Gary was a special man that brought instant credibility due to his personality, All-Pro status, and the love he shared with the CSP football family. Coach Gary was loved by so many!”
Gary lettered in basketball, football and track at Minneapolis Central. In basketball, he was recruited by several Division I schools, including Indiana. At Nebraska under legendary coach Tom Osborne, he lettered three years in football as a safety and was an All-Big Eight selection in 1980, and he was inducted in the Cornhuskers Hall of Fame in 2013.
In April 1981, Gary was drafted by the New Orleans Saints, the first player taken in the second round (29th overall). In 1983, he was named All-Pro by UPI. After being waived by the Saints in October 1986, he signed with the Philadelphia Eagles. He retired after the 1987 season.
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Forrest Gregg, who earned the nickname “Iron Man” for playing in a then-record 188 consecutive NFL games during his Hall of Fame career, died Friday in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He was 85.
The former offensive lineman, who was a seven-time All-Pro and nine-time Pro Bowler, played 15 seasons in the NFL with the Green Bay Packers (https://www.cfb51.com/nfl/team/_/name/gb/green-bay-packers) and Dallas Cowboys (https://www.cfb51.com/nfl/team/_/name/dal/dallas-cowboys) from 1956 to 1971.
Legendary coach Vince Lombardi once called Gregg “the best player I ever coached.”
R.I.P. Forrest
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I would've thought he was already dead. He was SMU's post death penalty HC as well.
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I wonder what Ditka's thinking.
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probably that Forrest wasn't as good as Larry Allen
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I wonder what Ditka's thinking.
Did Iron Mike and Forrest not see I2I?
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probably that Forrest wasn't as good as Larry Allen
Of course Forrest only got 5 Titles with the Pack and 1 in Dallas
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Did Iron Mike and Forrest not see I2I?
Pure hatred.
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Bears - Packers should have figured
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It's more than that...
Mike Ditka: ‘To this day, I don’t respect’ Forrest Gregg
By Brad Biggs (https://nationalfootballpost.com/author/brad-biggs/)
Mike Ditka is at the heart of much of what makes the Chicago Bears-Green Bay Packers rivalry what it is.
As a player and coach for the Bears, he’s experienced a lot but he’s got no love whatsoever for former Packers great and coach Forrest Gregg. Ditka made that clear on “Mike and Mike” on ESPN Radio this week when talking about the colorful series that will be renewed Sunday afternoon at Soldier Field.
“(Ray) Nitschke tried to kill me,” (http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/130445183.html) Ditka said, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. “He tried to kill everybody. That’s the way he played. He was a great football player. You had to fight fire with fire. You had to try to kill him. Every once in awhile you would get a shot in and he’d really get mad. Man, he was tough. It’s just the way it was.”
He didn’t have as many glowing things to say about the rivalry when he was a coach during the 1980’s. Those games were marred by some ugly play at times. The worst incident happened in 1986 when Packers defensive lineman Charles Martin body slammed Bears quarterback Jim McMahon to the turf a full two seconds after he’d released a pass, resulting in a right shoulder injury.
“Unfortunately, that was the only bad time in the history of the rivalry, when it got to be ugly,” Ditka said. “And it was ugly. You can’t try to hurt people and they tried to hurt some of our guys. (Running back) Matt Suhey is lucky he didn’t get hurt badly. And when McMahon was picked up by Charles Martin and thrown down, he was lucky he wasn’t hurt very badly.
“These things were after the play, after the fact. So either you are coaching that or your players are stupid. That’s what I’m going to say. In this case I believe they were coached. That’s why I never got along with Forrest Gregg. To this day I don’t respect him for that reason. . . . When the play is over and you pick somebody up and slam them on the ground. ‘Oh, big deal’ (Martin says). I’m a tough guy.’ You’re not a tough guy. You’re a dumb guy.”
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That was pretty much the end For McMahon too. F Forrest Gregg.
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I remember watching that game,definitely cheap.Wonder what Gregg said to Martin afterward
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I remember watching that game,definitely cheap.Wonder what Gregg said to Martin afterward
"Good job!"
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I knew when I hit send that's how you'd respond.Can't remember watch action the League took
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Suspended for two more games. Should have been for his career, like McMahon, but hey, the jerk died young. Not a good human being.
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He was a pompous flamboyant parody of himself, but I always watched/listened. Chet Coppock a mostly regional sports talk/show personality died at the age of 70. Mostly associated in Chicago, he worked in Indy, NYC, once upon a time he did ND production. Loved his interviews, and long winded patronizing tone. Everybody was introduced by their full name, the coiffed hair, the suspenders, the arm bracelet dragging on the table. He did a show in the 90s on 'NewsporTalk' he always had wrestlers, boxing guys on, terrific show.
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Gino Marchetti, Baltimore Colts Defensive Star, Dies at 93
*https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/30/obituaries/gino-marchetti-dead.html (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/30/obituaries/gino-marchetti-dead.html)*
He played along side Art Donovan with the Colts.They played in the 1958 Championship Game vs the Giants that launched the league to the forefront of American Sports.Want to read a great book get "Fatso" by Art Donovan hilarious and insightful.RIP Gino
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We've lost a great friend from the Big 12's Back porch
RIP Hooky
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FEARLESS - seriously?Holy Shit I thought he was coming along and sounded positive.Damn we had some great conversations and one tilt but his content was pretty engaging/entertaining.God Speed to Hooky Hornstein and hope he hooks up with Gator,Hoople,Little Big Matt and Wildcat
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Yeah it's some pretty heartbreaking news. I'll miss him a great deal.
RIP Hooky Hornstein
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Sorry at your loss 94 and fearless.I know you guys go way back and were equal opportuniy chop busters.That old Big 12 board was incredible, him and it are missed
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Damn. One of those great people you've never met (I realize some of you had).
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I'm bummed
on a positive note, Ol Hooky seemed to live his life the right way and enjoy the ride.
I'd say he lived a pretty full life in his 50 some odd years.
he was certainly a genuine thoughtful caring Dude
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Such a huge loss, and without Hooky/CH there is a Texas-size hole that will likely never been filled again. He was such a unique character, brought so much life & shenanigans to the boards, always there for a good joke or story to be shared, and friendly to everyone no matter if they were first-time or longtime posters. We were lucky he chose to continue sharing his wisdom with us for so many years, and I know many of us will hold his children & wife in our hearts as they work their way through this trauma. RIP, HookyHornstein.
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Sad lesson to learn again... but I wish I would have said something about his recovery before. Read the thread and it appeared he would recover. Left it at that instead of saying hello. Life moves fast and you can miss an opportunity...
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Chewbacca passed away this morning. RIP Peter Mayhew.
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Rip Bart Starr. As a kid, people my parents age and younger idolized Starr. Obviously a mediocre coach for the Pack, but the guy was untouchable in WI.
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5 NFL Championships between '61-68 talk about being a game manager - like clock work.I also love those old names Bart Starr,Johnny Unitas,Claude Humphrey,Deacon Jones,Rosey Grier,Ray Nitschke,Dick Butkas,Bubba Smith,Lem Barney,Bob Lilly,Gale Sayers,Tombstone Jackson,Tommy Nobis.Definately a different era
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not the greatest coach, but a great QB for his time
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Rip Bill Buckner. He had been suffering w dementia. Quintessential hall of very good player. Was noodling on his career line, never struck out 40+ times in a season nor drew 40+ walks. 22 seasons.
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Rod bramlett, voice of auburn tigers, died in a car accident this weekend. His wife died as well.
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The University of Florida’s most famous cheerleader has died.
George Edmondson Jr., better known as Mr. Two Bits while riling up crowds at Florida home games for 60 years, died Tuesday at age 97, the school announced Thursday.
Edmondson officially retired from his role after the 2008 season. He never attended Florida but was named an honorary alumnus in 2005.
Edmondson first performed his “Two Bits” cheer in 1949. He was in the stands at Florida Field when fans booed the Gators as they took the field for the season opener against the Citadel. An insurance agent from Tampa, Edmondson decided to cheer and encouraged others to join him.
His “Two bits, four bits, six bits a dollar ... all for the Gators, stand up and holler!” routine took hold, and he quickly became a well-known figure at games. He always wore khaki pants, a yellow dress shirt, an orange-and-blue striped tie and brown-and-beige saddle shoes. He would move from section to section, with a whistle around his neck and a rolled-up “2-Bits” sign in his back pocket. During stoppages in play, he would blow the whistle while holding up his sign and then lead those nearby in the recognizable cheer.
He also cheered on the field before games.
Since Edmondson put down his whistle for good, Florida used an honorary Mr. Two Bits to fill the void. Former Heisman Trophy winners Steve Spurrier and Danny Wuerffel as well as NFL broadcaster Cris Collinsworth, pro wrestler Titus O’Neil and five-time Olympic swimmer Dara Torres were among those who dressed up like Edmondson and mimicked his cheer before games.
Edmondson is survived by his wife, Jane, three children, three grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
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92 was the first election I recall paying attention to, and while I'm not sure what percentage of my memory of him is actually him, and what is just Dana Carvey, but he was a character
https://news.yahoo.com/texas-billionaire-h-ross-perot-142222286.html (https://news.yahoo.com/texas-billionaire-h-ross-perot-142222286.html)
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I had to represent Perot's positions in a high school debate in 92. That was fun. Perot won our mock election.
The Admiral Stockdale role played by Phil Hartman was also awesome.
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I had to represent Perot's positions in a high school debate in 92. That was fun. Perot won our mock election.
The Admiral Stockdale role played by Phil Hartman was also awesome.
Not because of Perot; because you were a ringer.
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I seem to remember Perot changing his mind "I'm in"-"I'm out" and Dana Carvey nailed it rather well.He really had a chance in the '92 election against Bush and Clinton but his vacillating/wavering ways cooled the public on him.Hell of a mind for Business though,RIP
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Perot was leading both Bush and Clinton in the summer of 1992. For a bit, it looked like a 3rd-party outsider might actually win the presidency.
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Yep, it was the closest since Teddy Roosevelt ran as a Progressive in 1912.
What's interesting is that he had a bit of a falling-out with his former VP (and eventual President) William Taft. What Roosevelt effectively did was take votes away from Taft and gifted Woodrow T. Wilson the presidency.
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Rip Torn also died yesterday at 88.
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Damn - Hollywood Squares?
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Yep, it was the closest since Teddy Roosevelt ran as a Progressive in 1912.
What's interesting is that he had a bit of a falling-out with his former VP (and eventual President) William Taft. What Roosevelt effectively did was take votes away from Taft and gifted Woodrow T. Wilson the presidency.
Taft was Roosevelt's long-time friend, but he was his Secretary of War, not his V.P.
Yes, TR couldn't stand it that Taft wasn't presiding exactly as he would have, so he challenged him for the GOP nomination in 1912. He didn't get it, so he took his toys and went home, forming the Progressive Party and ensuring that Woodrow Wilson would be president.
Still the most successful 3rd-party effort since the 2-party system solidified in the 1840s.
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Also of Larry Sanders show fame.
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Rip Torn also died yesterday at 88.
This is no dignified way to remember Rip Torn but my first and pretty much only encounter with him was as a high schooler, Summer 2001, taking a day off from my landscaping gig to hit the air conditioned theater with my rowdy, foul mouthed high school buddies to watch Freddy Got Fingered, a dreadful movie that can only be enjoyed amongst teenage boys making obnoxious idiots of themselves. Every Rip Torn scene still stands out, and though still NSFW (fair warning!), here’s one of the tamer bits:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=E_1sgGXYYrk
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Tom Green, yeesh
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Tom Green, yeesh
Rumors of his death have been going on for sometime. Somewhat apropos he gets name dropped in this thread while referencing a guy who did die.
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Maybe I'm the only one but every time this gets bumped, my main thought is that we've lost a poster.
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I try not to think like that
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This is no dignified way to remember Rip Torn but my first and pretty much only encounter with him was as a high schooler, Summer 2001, taking a day off from my landscaping gig to hit the air conditioned theater with my rowdy, foul mouthed high school buddies to watch Freddy Got Fingered, a dreadful movie that can only be enjoyed amongst teenage boys making obnoxious idiots of themselves. Every Rip Torn scene still stands out, and though still NSFW (fair warning!), here’s one of the tamer bits:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=E_1sgGXYYrk
Not a fan of the film, but I LOL every time I see this scene:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtyxJSGM3x0
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Not a fan of the film, but I LOL every time I see this scene:
This is my favorite senselessly LOL scene - with no prompting whatsoever Rip Thorn hangs his head out window and screams:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dzQ9-QSBMP8
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Pernell Whitaker was hit by a car and killed last night.
His draw with Chavez was perhaps the first non heavyweight fight I was aware of
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I like how the non-heavyweights always end up getting tagged with some nickname or skill set meant to identify them for the lay person.
For Whitaker I remember commentators couldn't mention him without saying 'the most defensive boxer in history'. Anyways, that might have been the first fight I remember thinking boxing was crooked. 'what? a draw!' Whitaker was robbed.
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RIP, Harley Race. Outlived so many of his peers.
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RIP Peter Fonda. I don’t know anything about his personal life but Easy Rider along with Jack Kerouac’s On The Road had a big impact on how a viewed America’s contemporary state.
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Peter was one of my favorites
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I like how the non-heavyweights always end up getting tagged with some nickname or skill set meant to identify them for the lay person.
For Whitaker I remember commentators couldn't mention him without saying 'the most defensive boxer in history'. Anyways, that might have been the first fight I remember thinking boxing was crooked. 'what? a draw!' Whitaker was robbed.
I gave up boxing when I saw Lennox Lewis beat the hell out of Evander Holyfield for 12 rounds and the fight declared a draw. I walked out of my friend’s apartment swearing I would never watch boxing again and, for a scant few exceptions, I haven’t.
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RIP, Harley Race. Outlived so many of his peers.
His reputation for being a legit bad ass is legendary. To look at him there was nothing physically that would really make you think that but any wrestler who ever knew him will vouch for it.
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I gave up boxing when I saw Lennox Lewis beat the hell out of Evander Holyfield for 12 rounds and the fight declared a draw. I walked out of my friend’s apartment swearing I would never watch boxing again and, for a scant few exceptions, I haven’t.
Same-same I remember the Hagler-Leonard fight and felt the that way.They said something like 70% of the people at ringside thought Hagler won the fight.Believe it or not Marvin had another gear and wanted to fight 15 rounds but acquiesced to Leonard's demand of 12.Bad move Marvin - who I always liked
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Peter was one of my favorites
Gotta tell ya he got a lot of mileage out of one movie,he had a good life what-79yrs.Not a bad gig if you can get it
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Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry
(https://cdn3.volusion.com/wnjpb.kfenr/v/vspfiles/photos/dirty_mary_crazy_larry_se-8.jpg?1357644825)
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Same-same I remember the Hagler-Leonard fight and felt the that way.They said something like 70% of the people at ringside thought Hagler won the fight.Believe it or not Marvin had another gear and wanted to fight 15 rounds but acquiesced to Leonard's demand of 12.Bad move Marvin - who I always liked
I loved Hagler as a kid. My uncle got that fight on PPV and me and my dad went over there and watched it. We all thought Hagler won but it was close. If someone thought Sugar Ray won that fight I could see their side of it even if I disagreed. The Lewis-Holyfield fight on the other hand was total domination. I liked Holyfield and wanted him to win but when they called that fight a draw I just thought they had crossed the line into professional wrestling.
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Never saw that but remember some old fans of 'The Sweet Science" were not happy with the Lewis ruling.Regarding the Hagler fight there was a little bit of a stand off, Hagler's Camp wanted 15 rds in Atlantic City,Leonard's Camp wanted 12 rds in Vegas(where show time pts count).Leonard was well winded at the end,and Hagler said Leonard admitted he won(or sum such)and it looked like he said that after the fight.It was like Leonard=tap-tap-tap-tap,Hagler=BAM.Sugar Ray may have landed more blows but Marvelous Marvin did the most damage
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Cedric Benson dead. Motorcycle accident. Rip. He had some substance problems.
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helluva RB
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Too young,great back just missed being on that NC team.RIP Cedric
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So sad, I lost my cousin (he was 19 at the time) to a motorcycle accident.
RIP to a great Longhorn football player.
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10-year NFL veteran (Saints, Jets, and Vikes), DL Barry Bennett, and his wife Carol were found dead in their rural Minnesota home Wednesday. Their 22-year-old son is the suspect and is at large.
https://start.att.net/news/read/article/people-former_nfl_player_and_wife_found_dead_in_rural_min-rtime/category/sports (https://start.att.net/news/read/article/people-former_nfl_player_and_wife_found_dead_in_rural_min-rtime/category/sports)
EDIT: The son has apparently fled to Mexico, but he has been charged with the murders.
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Eddie Money dies at 70. That's too young.
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the Money Man!
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Eddie Money dies at 70. That's too young.
My ex-GF was his server at Mitchell's Fish Market maybe 13 years ago
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Eddie Money dies at 70. That's too young.
For a musician that's probably par for the course. You would think with all that money (no pun intended) athletes, actors and pop musicians would take better care of themselves but the opposite is actually true. All too often they find themselves in early graves due to poor financial management, high stress, alcohol/narcotics (which probably goes hand-in-hand with the stress), etc. Some of them look 60 before they even turn 40.
I don't think the Money Man necessarily had the above issues (at least not to the degree that plagues a lot of celebs) but all those years of recording, touring, partying, etc. probably took its toll.
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For a musician that's probably par for the course.
there's a lot of truth to that and not necessarily because they were parting like rock stars.Because of all the years of travel they eat a lot of fast,hastily prepared meals that are usually artery/intestinal clogging.And sometimes they slightly over did it,unfortunately I think Tom Petty did that
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T. Boone Pickens died this week, as well. Obviously he's best known here for helping fund Oklahoma State football into relevance, but of course he made his money in the oil & gas industry. That said, to his credit, he was also a big proponent of wind power as that sector was starting to take off 10-15 years ago.
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Boone was a very interesting man. At one point one his divisions was a client of ours. Very innovative and fearless business man. Great vision. I'm not sold on wind, the windmills have a short life, relatively, and nobody has really addressed what to do with so much expired material and waste which isn't exactly cost effective nor do I think as productive source as people think.
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I'm not sold on wind power either. At least not when it's generated by giant farms of giant windmills.
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I spoke with the Money Man after one of his shows 5 - 10 years ago i sewer city
Obviously if he was playing this nickel venue, it wasn't a big gig
hard life on the road, but he didn't know anything else.
seemed to be a good guy , just doing what he did best
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Lot of folks in Music and fans said he was a reguar guy just playing R & R - that's what its really all about
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Ric ocasek is dead. Damn. The Cars were a great band, timeless tunes. He was a hell of a producer too. A contemporary of Eddie Money too.
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They're all reaching "that age," if they are not already there.
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Ocasek was also known as a producer who collaborated with other musical groups. He was born Richard Theodore Otcasek in Baltimore, according to Reuters, and met bass player and future bandmate Benjamin Orr after moving to Cleveland for high school. The Cars was formed in the mid-1970s.
He met Benjamin Orr here and the rest they say is history.The played locally on occasion befor breaking out.Always loved "Moving in Stereo"
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Damn so when I look up Ocasek's passing There was a link to other notable deaths so far this year.In July both Jim Bouton and Nick Buoniconti died also - did not see or know of those
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Cokie Roberts died of breast cancer at 75.
She was as prominent as any political journalist through the 90s, and just sort of faded away. I can't remember the last time I saw her on TV.
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Very sad. I thought that she was a solid journalist and a solid person.
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never heard of her, RIP
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I had certainly heard of her.Just a coincidence that during the cocaine out break and wars in the 80's a lady named Cokie happened to cover some of it
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so that's your connection
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She was pretty good. When I used to watch Brinkley, she was a good guest.
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so that's your connection
No,no,no - because like I'm into downers,man
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She was pretty good. When I used to watch Brinkley, she was a good guest.
Christy?
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Heh.
David Brinkley, one of the original tv news show hosts on ABC along w Chet what's his name. He was good.
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Hopalong Cassady
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjXSPQMTxDU
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that video is classic. i love the ref's touchdown signal, so flamboyant. reminds me of margarida, a very flamboyant soccer ref.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PF1E6-9Ee8s
yes, he was exactly what you're thinking.
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Former Texas and Ole Miss QB Jevan Snead died overnight. Foul play is not suspected. He was 32.
https://currently.att.yahoo.com/sports/former-texas-ole-miss-qb-jevan-snead-dead-at-32-181319882.html (https://currently.att.yahoo.com/sports/former-texas-ole-miss-qb-jevan-snead-dead-at-32-181319882.html)
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Saginaw/Spartans legend and former Lions wideout Charles Rogers has passed away at 38.
edit: CR was battling liver disease and awaiting organ transplant for several years now. Always sad to hear of players I watched not so long ago already gone from us 🙏 (several recent Iowa player passings come to mind).
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Hayden Fry has died at the age of 90
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wow
that's a big deal in the state of Iowa
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wow
that's a big deal in the state of Iowa
Big deal on Big Ten land. I think he has an argument, considering what he took over, of being the greatest coach in Big Ten history. Woody might be the only coach I would buy an argument to out above.
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Does Fielding Yost predate the Big Ten?
Has any coach produced a better tree than Hayden Fry?
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Does Fielding Yost predate the Big Ten?
Has any coach produced a better tree than Hayden Fry?
Stagg, Woody, Kirk and Bo are the only coaches with more Big Ten conference wins.
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The first time I ever heard someone pronounce Wisconsin as 'West con-sin'. Seriously, great coach. Few rocked shaded specs. better than Fry.
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Godspeed, Coach.
Iowa was a coaching graveyard in the late 70s when he took over. He had some killer teams in the 80s (I still think the '85 Hawkeyes could have won it all) and left a lasting legacy with that incredible coaching tree.
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Oh man, that coaching tree. Does anyone have a better list?
Bill Snyder
Barry Alvarez
Stoops boys
Ferentz
McCarney
And the list goes on.
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And the SMU boosters had him fired for refusing to play ball.
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He was a great man.
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He doesn't get enough credit for integrating the Southwestern Conference in the 1960s. Definitely a gutsy move back in the day.
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I was a Des Moines Register newspaper carrier from age 9 - 15, and followed the Big Peach carefully, and the Hawkeyes. In the 1960s and 70s the Hawkeyes just couldn't win. It was probably not much different than usual for them, but 19 consecutive nonwinning seasons covered an entire boyhood, carried me right through to college graduation. Register writers speculated the losing was related to the advent of two-platoon football because Iowa just didn't have the population base to support two D-I programs under two-platoon football and other conferences allowed endless scholarships. Enter the man from Texas, Hayden Fry in 1979.
I graduated from Iowa in December 1979, I went to FSU for law school starting Fall 1980, and as soon as I leave Iowa the Hawkeyes are in the Rose Bowl. Bobby Bowden had the Seminoles goin' pretty good at the time, as well. But doing it at Iowa -- well Iowa was only one notch above Kansas State, the losingest D-I program.
Hayden Fry was a college QB and for several years under his tutelage Iowa was QB-U.
Bill Snyder who looked old, helped Chuck Long become the QB then made what looked like a career mistake and took the HC job at KSU in 1989. Bill Snyder has to be one of the all time best coaches in college football. But even after:
- Bill Snyder left Iowa,
- Dan McCarney left Iowa,
- Bobby Stoops left Iowa,
- Barry Alvarez left Iowa,
- Kirk Ferentz left Iowa . . .
the Hawkeyes were back in the Rose Bowl again, in 1991.
I can appreciate the staff he brought to Iowa. But, you cannot understate what Hayden Fry did himself at Iowa.
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Great Posts and Godspeed Coach Fry
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https://twitter.com/BadgerFootball/status/1207482990814740480
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Regarding Hayden Fry and hiring staff. I didn't even mention some of the others who were crucial. Bob Elliott - former Iowa DB. Bret Bielema. Jim Leavitt, former USF HC.
Bob Elliott was groomed to succeed Hayden Fry. But in Fry's last season at Iowa, both Bob Elliott and Hayden Fry developed cancer and were treating for it. Bob Elliott died at age 64 in 2017 (Bump Elliott's son).
Elliott's cancer threw the coaching search into chaos, and it came down to Bobby Stoops and Kirk Ferentz. Stoops set a deadline, and Iowa wanted to interview Ferentz before deciding and the interview came after the Stoops deadline, who was offered at Oklahoma. You know what happened from there.
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https://twitter.com/BadgerFootball/status/1207482990814740480
Barry was a great high school coach at Mason City, Iowa. But I attended the game as an alumnus in which my high school coach defeated Mason City for the state championship that evaded us. Barry went onto fame and fortune.
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George Perles died today. If they come in 3s, what other name Big Ten coaches from the 80s are still alive?
https://www.freep.com/story/sports/college/michigan-state/spartans/2020/01/08/george-perles-dies-michigan-state-university/1909366001/ (https://www.freep.com/story/sports/college/michigan-state/spartans/2020/01/08/george-perles-dies-michigan-state-university/1909366001/)
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I'd hate to ID guys, but there are still a decent number with us from the era.
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George Perles died today. If they come in 3s, what other name Big Ten coaches from the 80s are still alive?
https://www.freep.com/story/sports/college/michigan-state/spartans/2020/01/08/george-perles-dies-michigan-state-university/1909366001/ (https://www.freep.com/story/sports/college/michigan-state/spartans/2020/01/08/george-perles-dies-michigan-state-university/1909366001/)
Interesting question
Lou Holtz is still kicking around and coached Minny in the 80's, though obviously not known for that.
Mike White from Illinois still alive as far as I can tell.
Leon Burtnett of Purdue is not famous nor was any good, but Joe Tiller was his defensive coordinator. Maybe that's why they sucked.
John Gutekunst took over for took over at Minny for Lou Holtz. Still alive. Never famous.
Lee Corso was mostly 70's but hit a couple years for Indiana in the 80's. He's 84.
Fred Akers is reasonably famous from coaching at Texas but did coach Purdue at the end of the 90's.
John Cooper hit a couple years of the 80's - he's 82
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Fred Akers is reasonably famous from coaching at Texas but did coach Purdue at the end of the 90's.
Forgot about that,I was too busy bitching/screaming at Cooper to notice
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John Cooper hit a couple years of the 80's - he's 82
Wow, that shocks me
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Pete Dye died. Diabolical, a great nickname for the man who tortured golfers around the globe. He designed a lot of world class courses and a lot of fun munis and clubs around here in Indiana. He was 94.
I saw him at the PGA at the Straits years ago at a practice round and he couldn't understand why people wanted his autograph, he was a great crusty old guy. He still had a home a mile or so south of me, on Crooked Stick but think his days were mostly spent in FL/SC. His wife died last year.
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Neil Peart has died. Brain cancer. Helps explain their retirement a few years ago. Damn. Amazing talent.
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John Cooper is still sharp as a whip. He still does some weekly CFB analysis on the radio, during the season.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fIGo499Cac
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George Perles died today. If they come in 3s, what other name Big Ten coaches from the 80s are still alive?
https://www.freep.com/story/sports/college/michigan-state/spartans/2020/01/08/george-perles-dies-michigan-state-university/1909366001/ (https://www.freep.com/story/sports/college/michigan-state/spartans/2020/01/08/george-perles-dies-michigan-state-university/1909366001/)
We were talking about this at work this week, talking about when Perles was nearly hired by the Packers, who eventually settled on Lindy Infante.
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We were talking about this at work this week, talking about when Perles was nearly hired by the Packers, who eventually settled on Lindy Infante.
Lindy Infante's greatest accomplishment was being so bad in Indianapolis that they ran him out in two years, but he left them with the #1 pick, that they used on Peyton
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Neil Peart has died. Brain cancer. Helps explain their retirement a few years ago. Damn. Amazing talent.
Best there ever was, best there ever will be.
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Rush and Prince are the top of my "not for me, but I get it" list.
RIP
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Pete Dye died. Diabolical, a great nickname for the man who tortured golfers around the globe. He designed a lot of world class courses and a lot of fun munis and clubs around here in Indiana. He was 94.
I saw him at the PGA at the Straits years ago at a practice round and he couldn't understand why people wanted his autograph, he was a great crusty old guy. He still had a home a mile or so south of me, on Crooked Stick but think his days were mostly spent in FL/SC. His wife died last year.
tortured me many times, most notably at the Ocean Course at Kiawah
amazing talent
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damn.. Kobe Bryant... freakin' helicopters...
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Wow.
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it was a TMZ report... and i was and still a little suspicious, but others are picking it up now. fingers crossed it's BS.
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https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1221521133608079368 (https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1221521133608079368)
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How horrible. NBA lost an all-time legend today.
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Terrible
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Terrible
His 13 year old daughter was also killed 😣
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RIP Mamba - already missing you
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His 13 year old daughter was also killed 😣
His poor family. Left behind a baby who will never know her father or big sister
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it was a TMZ report... and i was and still a little suspicious, but others are picking it up now. fingers crossed it's BS.
tmz is shit for everything except celebrity deaths. the got the lock down on those. i was hoping it was one of the few times they've missed on those.
another terrible reminder how fragile life is. rip kobe and rest of the victims.
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The dunk was awesome on its own, before I realized what he was doing.
https://twitter.com/Lakers/status/1225939385515823104?s=19
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Woody Widenhofer, who coached and played against the Huskers for Missouri, has died at age 77.
https://www.stltoday.com/sports/college/mizzou/former-mizzou-football-coach-woody-widenhofer-dies-at/article_17c27213-3613-5d6d-b0e0-06e4ab1b44de.amp.html (https://www.stltoday.com/sports/college/mizzou/former-mizzou-football-coach-woody-widenhofer-dies-at/article_17c27213-3613-5d6d-b0e0-06e4ab1b44de.amp.html)
Former Mizzou football coach Woody Widenhofer dies at 77
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Damn. OU beat his team 77-0 once. He was a good dude, or at least I've always heard nice words about him.
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His first coaching job was with MSU, and I think Perles recommended him coming to the Steelers (he was a Pittsburgh kid). Woody coached the LBs and Perles coached the DL on the Steel Curtain teams.
To be honest, surprised he was only 77. I thought he was 70ish when he was at Vandy two decades ago.
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To be honest, surprised he was only 77. I thought he was 70ish when he was at Vandy two decades ago.
Good coach but didn’t have the horses most of the time. Remembering when Spurrier joked about Widenhofer’s teams, saying he liked it when his Commodores teams played the Gators tough, even when they shouldn’t‘ve, because then he could go tell Tennessee that they weren’t the toughest out in their own state.
Edit: here’s quite the tidbit from Wikipedia:
”After leaving the Vanderbilt campus in 2001, Woody worked in a toll booth in Destin for three years. Woody stated that he didn't have anything else to do and enjoyed meeting people. However, his wife Sabrina, who works for Spirit Airlines, got transferred to Dallas, TX. Woody did not return to the Vanderbilt campus since his departure.“
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Woody Widenhofer, who coached and played against the Huskers for Missouri, has died at age 77.
https://www.stltoday.com/sports/college/mizzou/former-mizzou-football-coach-woody-widenhofer-dies-at/article_17c27213-3613-5d6d-b0e0-06e4ab1b44de.amp.html (https://www.stltoday.com/sports/college/mizzou/former-mizzou-football-coach-woody-widenhofer-dies-at/article_17c27213-3613-5d6d-b0e0-06e4ab1b44de.amp.html)
Former Mizzou football coach Woody Widenhofer dies at 77
Re the linked article, he just never could turn the corner at Mizzou.
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Bill Withers, singer/songwriter of "Ain't No Sunshine," "Lean on Me," and other great hits, died of COVID-19 at 81.
R.I.P.
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Ain't No Sunshine is a top 5 all time song IMO. I'm sure there are bad versions out there, but I love every single one I've heard
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Al Kaline, Detroit Tigers legend, dies at age 85
https://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2020/04/06/al-kaline-dies-detroit-tigers/505371001/ (https://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2020/04/06/al-kaline-dies-detroit-tigers/505371001/)
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Wow. I was never a Tigers fan, but I did like Al Kaline.
From the article:
But while Cobb was widely reviled for his bitterness and meanness, Kaline was eminently respected for his on-field elegance and off-field graciousness.
It seems that Ty Cobb's reputation is undergoing revision. That he wasn't that dirty a player. That he wasn't a shithead off the field. That he wasn't a virulent racist. That most of the bad rep came from an early biographer who just made up a bunch of "facts" to grind an axe.
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I've read every book on Cobb (almost certain of this), the two most recent are much more scholarly than the BS peddled by well known BS artist Al Stump,which of course became the characature movie depicting Cobb, by Tommy Lee Jones. Alexander's book isnt very good either
I strongly recommend A Terrible Beauty by Charles Leerhsen.
Anyways RIP Al Kaline I have his 58 Topps Card. Not PSA rated or anything but it's in nice shape.
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Never saw him play, but growing up, but he was the favorite Tiger of every adult I knew growing up.
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I strongly recommend A Terrible Beauty by Charles Leerhsen.
I have that book on my checklist.While he was no choir boy he wasn't a sadistic goon either.But there was a Cobb quote that was true.here's the conversation
Louis Prima (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0142746/?ref_=tt_trv_qu): With all the great players playing ball right now, how well do you think you would do against today's pitchers?
Ty Cobb (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000169/?ref_=tt_trv_qu): Well, I figure against today's pitchers I'd only probably hit about .290
Louis Prima (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0142746/?ref_=tt_trv_qu): .290? Well that's amazing, because you batted over .400 a... a whole bunch of times. Now tell us all, we'd all like to know, why do you think you'd only hit .290?
Ty Cobb (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000169/?ref_=tt_trv_qu): Well, I'm 72 f—king years old you ignorant son of a b—ch.
he supposedly sharpened his spikes also
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I have that book on my checklist.While he was no choir boy he wasn't a sadistic goon either.But there was a Cobb quote that was true.here's the conversation
Louis Prima (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0142746/?ref_=tt_trv_qu): With all the great players playing ball right now, how well do you think you would do against today's pitchers?
Ty Cobb (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000169/?ref_=tt_trv_qu): Well, I figure against today's pitchers I'd only probably hit about .290
Louis Prima (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0142746/?ref_=tt_trv_qu): .290? Well that's amazing, because you batted over .400 a... a whole bunch of times. Now tell us all, we'd all like to know, why do you think you'd only hit .290?
Ty Cobb (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000169/?ref_=tt_trv_qu): Well, I'm 72 f—king years old you ignorant son of a b—ch.
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he supposedly sharpened his spikes also
I think that might be one of those Al Stump-generated myths.
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(https://i.imgur.com/9jqvrRN.png)
Maybe
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Heh! That one's the catcher's fault. Can't stand on top of home plate.
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John Prine is dead from Covid-19.
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Crap,great talent RIP,John
One writer regaled He bestowed dignity on the overlooked and marginalized was a common theme throughout Prine's career; he became known for detailed vignettes about ordinary people that illustrated larger truths about society.
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really enjoy Prine's music
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COVID-19 Claims the Lives of Three Jazz Greats
Pianist and educator Ellis Marsalis Jr., trumpeter Wallace Roney, and guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli succumbed to complications caused by the novel coronavirus
(https://thumbs-prod.si-cdn.com/gqSaZgTZUrGB9jPD9dsS07nYTCo=/800x600/filters:no_upscale():focal(1304x597:1305x598)/https://public-media.si-cdn.com/filer/0e/1d/0e1d9f10-7152-41b2-aff1-e6661a8c3dd1/my_post_1.jpg)From L to R: Ellis Marsalis Jr., Bucky Pizzarelli and Wallace Roney (Photos by Erika Goldring / WireImage, Johnny Louis / Getty Images, and Ernesto Ruscio / FilmMagic)
By Alex Fox (https://www.smithsonianmag.com/author/alex-fox/)
SMITHSONIANMAG.COM
APRIL 3, 2020
The jazz world lost three of its most legendary musicians to COVID-19 this week.
Trumpeter Wallace Roney died Tuesday in New Jersey, pianist and educator Ellis Marsalis Jr. died Wednesday in New Orleans, and guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli died on Wednesday in New Jersey. They were 59, 85 and 94, respectively.
Ellis Marsalis Jr.: A Father and Mentor to Jazz Players
(https://thumbs-prod.si-cdn.com/yM_Vv2Q_jekyd93-WF-JY8azYMM=/fit-in/1072x0/filters:focal(2377x914:2378x915)/https://public-media.si-cdn.com/filer/14/92/14920401-a75b-47eb-84b8-fed2015af2b8/gettyimages-158784257.jpg)American jazz musician Ellis Marsalis Jr (left) and his son, fellow musician Wynton Marsalis (right), backstage after a rare performance as a duo at the Blue Note nightclub, New York, New York, June 4, 1990. (Photo by Jack Vartoogian / Getty Images)
Marsalis was a towering figure of modern jazz. Through his teaching, he became the patriarch of a musical family that extended well beyond the four sons who followed in his footsteps, report Janet McConnaughey and Rebecca Santan for the Associated Press (https://apnews.com/571a69e03af0a78dbc5d0899ad156270).
“Ellis Marsalis was a legend,” wrote Mayor LaToya Cantrell of New Orleans, where the musician spent most of his life, on Twitter (https://twitter.com/mayorcantrell/status/1245523886810238979) Wednesday night. “He was the prototype of what we mean when we talk about New Orleans jazz.”
The Marsalis family patriarch held teaching positions at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University and the University of New Orleans. He had retired just this year from a three-decade stint playing weekly gigs at a small New Orleans club called the Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro.
“With the passing of Marsalis, we have lost not only a gifted pianist, but also a person committed to the importance of music education and jazz history,” says Theo Gonzalves, curator of cultural and community life at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History.
Marsalis was known for his talents on the piano (https://youtu.be/PQHeWRv0zIE)—he played alongside such greats as Cannonball Adderley and recorded more than 15 albums—but he was proudest of his legacy as a mentor and educator who carefully shepherded the next generation of musicians, including four of his six sons, reports Andrew Limbong for NPR (https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/04/02/825717204/ellis-marsalis-patriarch-of-new-orleans-most-famous-musical-family-has-died).
“He was like the coach of jazz. He put on the sweatshirt, blew the whistle and made these guys work,” Nick Spitzer, host of public radio’s “American Routes” and a Tulane University anthropology professor, tells the AP.
Marsalis’ son Wynton is a trumpeter, as well as the artistic director of jazz at New York’s Lincoln Center. Branford took up the saxophone, leading “The Tonight Show” band and touring with Sting. Delfeayo, a trombonist, is a prominent producer and performer. Jason is a drummer of note with his band and as an accompanist. Marsalis’ two other sons—Ellis III, a poet-photographer, and Mboya—did not pursue music.
“My dad was a giant of a musician and teacher, but an even greater father. He poured everything he had into making us the best of what we could be,” says Branford in a statement.
Despite hailing from New Orleans, with its eponymous style of jazz (https://www.britannica.com/art/New-Orleans-style), Marsalis’ musical heroes were virtuosic purveyors of bebop (https://www.britannica.com/art/bebop), including Charlie Parker and Thelonious Monk. His devotion to “straight-ahead jazz” trickled down to his sons, as well as other musicians he taught, including Terence Blanchard, Donald Harrison Jr., Harry Connick Jr. and Nicholas Payton, report Giovanni Russonello and Michael Levenson for the New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/01/arts/music/ellis-marsalis-dead-virus.html).
Marsalis’ children and students became the vanguard of “a burgeoning traditionalist movement, loosely referred to as the Young Lions,” write Russonello and Levenson in the Times. Roney, the trumpet player who died Tuesday, was one of these students.
In 2010, musician Anthony Brown and Ken Kimery, program director of Smithsonian Jazz, interviewed Marsalis for the Smithsonian Jazz Oral History Program (https://americanhistory.si.edu/smithsonian-jazz/collections-and-archives/smithsonian-jazz-oral-history-program#MarsalisE). Recounting the conversation now, Kimery says the pianist “afforded us great insight into his family history, life in New Orleans,” favorite musicians and education, among other topics. The full transcript of the interview is available here (https://amhistory.si.edu/jazz/Marsalis-Ellis/Marsalis_Ellis_Transcript.pdf).
Wallace Roney: Young Lion and Miles Davis Protégé
(https://thumbs-prod.si-cdn.com/IBeJOMu-xH-jSXDn1mLoH0lc5gU=/fit-in/1072x0/filters:focal(1685x528:1686x529)/https://public-media.si-cdn.com/filer/14/a5/14a514eb-cc4b-4d61-8f90-a30bbe8e9d24/gettyimages-121053931.jpg)Wallace Roney performs at the Second Fandango Jazz Festival at La Palma in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Ernesto Ruscio / FilmMagic)
Horn player and composer Wallace Roney was one of the “Young Lions” influenced by the Marsalises, but his chief association is with his idol and mentor, Miles Davis.
A pivotal moment in the pair’s relationship took place at the 1991 Montreux Jazz Festival, reports Nate Chinen for NPR (https://www.npr.org/2020/03/31/824801424/wallace-roney-intrepid-jazz-trumpeter-dies-from-covid-19-complications-at-59). Davis, recruited by producer Quincy Jones to perform two of his albums, insisted that Roney, who stood in for him during rehearsals, join him onstage.
The younger musician “instinctively jumped in to handle some of the more technically demanding parts, and implicitly joined a chain of succession,” writes Chinen.
This public endorsement from arguably the most famous trumpet player of all time immediately launched Roney to a new height of jazz celebrity—but it also dogged him as he sought to differentiate himself.
“[A]s his career went on, Mr. Roney managed to neutralize most of those criticisms,” writes Giovanni Russonello for the New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/31/arts/music/wallace-roney-dead-coronavirus.html). “His nuanced understanding of Davis’s playing—its harmonic and rhythmic wirings as well as its smoldering tone—was only part of a vast musical ken. His own style bespoke an investment in the entire lineage of jazz trumpet playing.”
Roney released just under 20 albums as a bandleader. Fittingly, he won a 1994 Grammy for the album A Tribute to Miles.
A 1987 profile of Roney by James McBride of the Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1987/12/12/wallace-roney-and-the-quest-to-be-heard/8d34f342-850e-49e6-91ac-641832df07d1/) gave the musician a simple and unqualified introduction: “His name is Wallace Roney III. He is 27 years old. He is from Washington, and he is one of the best jazz trumpet players in the world.”
Critic Stanley Crouch, meanwhile, recalled a performance delivered by a teenage Roney in a 2000 profile for the New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/24/arts/music-don-t-ask-the-critics-ask-wallace-roney-s-peers.html).
“As soon as Mr. Roney commenced to swing, the noise level in the club immediately dropped off, and those in the middle of conversations or laughing and joking turned their attention to the bandstand,” wrote Crouch. “At the end of the tune, the room took on a crazily jubilant mood, and the clapping wouldn’t stop.”
Bucky Pizzarelli: A Supporting Player Who Moved to Center Stage
(https://thumbs-prod.si-cdn.com/12epcMj0A3LWJYxDphYrb1hYaIg=/fit-in/1072x0/https://public-media.si-cdn.com/filer/79/f9/79f911be-db70-421b-bf62-aec4a919bcbe/gettyimages-461540514.jpg)Bucky Pizzarelli performs onstage at Living Legends of Jazz during Miami Beach Jazz Fest on January 10, 2015. (Photo by Johnny Louis / Getty Images)
The eldest of the three jazz men who passed away this week was Bucky Pizzarelli, “a tasteful sage of jazz guitar who spent the first phase of his career as a prolific session player and the last phase as a celebrated patriarch,” according to Nate Chinen of NPR (https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/04/02/826189681/jazz-guitarist-bucky-pizzarelli-dies-from-the-coronavirus-age-94).
Pizzarelli’s tremendous command of his instrument allowed him to draw “attention to the song he was playing, rather than the playing itself,” adds Chinen. “His rock-solid rhythmic footing and broad harmonic understanding were hallmarks of a warmly understated style.”
Describing Pizzarelli as “a master of the subtle art of rhythm guitar as well as a gifted soloist,” Peter Keepnews of the New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/02/arts/music/bucky-pizzarelli-dead-coronavirus.html) notes that the musician appeared on hundreds of records across genres. More often than not, he went uncredited.
Pizzarelli toured with Benny Goodman and was a stalwart in Johnny Carson’s “Tonight Show” orchestra before the talk show moved taping from New York City to Los Angeles in 1972. When the production’s cast and crew packed up, Pizzarelli stayed behind and began making a name for himself in New York nightclubs.
The musician is survived by his son John, also a renowned jazz guitarist. The father-son duo performed (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36UBSUodBeg) and recorded together many times.
Pizzarelli’s signature seven-stringed guitar (https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_1301423) is on display at the National Museum of American History. The guitar’s extra string was tuned to a low A, allowing him to provide a bass line even when playing alone or in concert with another guitar player. The jazz legend—who performed into his 90s despite multiple hospitalizations caused by stroke and pneumonia—played the guitar up until the day he donated it to the museum in 2005.
In a 2016 interview with Inside Jersey (https://www.nj.com/inside-jersey/2016/12/nj_guitar_master_bucky_pizzarelli_turns_back_time_as_he_plays_on.html)’s Jay Lustig, guitarist Ed Laub, a student and collaborator of Pizzarelli’s, aptly summed up his mentor’s approach: “It’s about making beautiful music. It’s not about grandstanding. And that’s what his whole personality is about.”
(https://thumbs-prod.si-cdn.com/xSNrrs9-0xOHqug1pzdAc5xtc0g=/fit-in/1072x0/https://public-media.si-cdn.com/filer/2f/bc/2fbc18cf-c7d4-4010-bae3-d198a572b551/big_band.jpg)LeRoy Neiman, Big Band, 2005 (LeRoy Neiman / Photo by Richard Strauss, NMAH)
Reflecting on the trio of jazz giants’ legacy, curator Theo Gonzalves looks to a LeRoy Nieman painting (https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/jazz-appreciation-month-dream-band-and-25-million-keep-music-alive-180954811/) on view at the National Museum of American History.
Called Big Band (https://americanhistory.si.edu/leroy-neimans-big-band-now-display), it “features 18 of the greatest performers and composers of American music,” says Gonzalves. “When musicians like Wallace Roney, Bucky Pizarelli, and Ellis Marsalis pass away, we are lucky that we can take some solace by listening to their recordings. But isn’t it a comforting thought as well to imagine them, in a way that Nieman does, performing in concert for eternity?”
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https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/16/entertainment/brian-dennehy-dead/index.html (https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/16/entertainment/brian-dennehy-dead/index.html)
Brian Dennehy passes from natural causes
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*https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2020/04/21/mike-curtis-fierce-linebacker-for-colts-dies-at-77/111579036/ (https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2020/04/21/mike-curtis-fierce-linebacker-for-colts-dies-at-77/111579036/)*
Mike Curtis great Colts LB passes away
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I remember him well from Super Bowl V. I was a Colts fan (thanks to Mr. John Unitas), and he made the interception that set up the game-winning FG by Jim O'Brien.
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HdP2G7UtS9I
RIP Mike Curtis
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RIP Don Shula. Didn't realize he was 90
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Said He grew up 50 miles from the hall of fame but took him 67 years to get there
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Little Richard died.
To be honest, I would have assumed he had already died
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Little Richard died.
To be honest, I would have assumed he had already died
Jeez, me too. In fact, I was mindlessly flipping through channels the other day and he was in some movie and I wondered how old it was because I assumed he had been dead a while.
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Little Richard died.
To be honest, I would have assumed he had already died
That's exatly what I thought and how I responded when Cindy told me
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I assumed he was still alive
a true R&R legend
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Jerry Stiller died of natural causes at 92
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Jerry Stiller died of natural causes at 92
Festivus for the rest of us
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Little Richard died.
To be honest, I would have assumed he had already died
Who woulda thunk that Jerry Lee Lewis would be the last one standing of the original R&R giants?
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Goodness gracious
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I would have assumed LR dead as well.
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RIP Johnny Majors
https://www.knoxnews.com/story/sports/college/university-of-tennessee/football/2020/06/03/johnny-majors-dies-tennessee-football-vols-pittsburgh-obituary/2957824001/ (https://www.knoxnews.com/story/sports/college/university-of-tennessee/football/2020/06/03/johnny-majors-dies-tennessee-football-vols-pittsburgh-obituary/2957824001/)
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Charlie Daniels - Rest in Peace,great singer/songwriter/composer
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/06/arts/music/charlie-daniels-dead.html (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/06/arts/music/charlie-daniels-dead.html)
https://youtu.be/mkH79huZkd0?t=2
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https://oklahoman.com/article/5667484/ou-football-john-blake-former-sooners-coach-and-player-dies-at-age-59 (https://oklahoman.com/article/5667484/ou-football-john-blake-former-sooners-coach-and-player-dies-at-age-59)
OU football: John Blake, former Sooners coach and player, dies at age 59
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former Husker assistant
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Regis Philbin, 88
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Legit college football fan. I saw a good panel he was on once and he knew his college football.
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The news yesterday that Notre Dame may play in the ACC this year was probably too much for him.
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Damn Regis had a good run
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https://oklahoman.com/article/5667484/ou-football-john-blake-former-sooners-coach-and-player-dies-at-age-59 (https://oklahoman.com/article/5667484/ou-football-john-blake-former-sooners-coach-and-player-dies-at-age-59)
OU football: John Blake, former Sooners coach and player, dies at age 59
Our worst-ever HFC.
He could not coach his way out of a wet paper bag.
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But, he had some redeeming qualities, didn't he?
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he could recruit
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he could recruit
Re: John Blake former OU coach.
I think you are right. I read that.
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that's why he was hired at Nebraska
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He was a dirty recruiter. He got UNC put on probation for his recruiting. He was working there for his old H.S. science teacher/football coach Butch Davis.
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but effective
recruited at OU a long time w/o getting in real trouble
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Yep. I'm sure he was dirty at OU too. Leopard doesn't change his spots.
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Lou Henson, who coached at Illinois for two decades, including reaching the Final 4 in 1989 (with probably the best team in the country) before being upset by Michigan, dies at 88
https://247sports.com/college/illinois/Article/Hall-of-Fame-Illinois-Fighting-Illini-basketball-coach-Lou-Henson-passes-at-88-years-old-149640431/ (https://247sports.com/college/illinois/Article/Hall-of-Fame-Illinois-Fighting-Illini-basketball-coach-Lou-Henson-passes-at-88-years-old-149640431/)
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Evidently when he went back to New Mexico State after one coach got canned for violations Henson worked for 1.00 a game to help the program out.That's a throw back,RIP Coach
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RIP Wilford Brimley
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He took quite a beating from Tom Cruise. Great role in that film. He was out 'West' mostly, and had a ranch near Greybull, WY for awhile. My Dad would take us bird hunting near there when we'd visit. I actually dragged my wife pheasant hunting one time. He said that Brimley lived in town but had this big ranch to the north that he'd work. I think he sold it some time ago.
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He was one of those guys who looked old and looked the same since I was a kid. Wow.
I loved how he'd say "diabeetiss" and he was the Quaker Oats guy.....but he was mostly an all-time great character actor. Despite sticking out and being very distinct, he always did a great job.
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Rickey Dixon, maybe OU's best-ever cornerback, member of the College Football Hall of Fame, died of ALS (suspected to have been induced by multiple concussions) today at age 53.
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RIP Wilford Brimley
He was great in absence of Malice with Paul Newman and Sally Field.Though he had a small roll
Rickey Dixon, maybe OU's best-ever cornerback, member of the College Football Hall of Fame, died of ALS (suspected to have been induced by multiple concussions) died today at age 53.
A very dear aunt died of that and 2 guys I knew thru the years - truly heinous disease,RIP
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Rickey Dixon, maybe OU's best-ever cornerback, member of the College Football Hall of Fame, died of ALS (suspected to have been induced by multiple concussions) died today at age 53.
great player
headline on HuskerMax:
Rickey Dixon, whose two interceptions helped Oklahoma beat the Huskers in a No. 1-vs.-2 showdown in 1987, has died at age 53 after a lengthy battle with ALS.
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ALS has got to be one of the worst ways to go.
A buddy of mine died of Parkinson's in June. It wasn't a very good sight watching him deteriorate over the last 12 years either.
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Yup another one that needs to be kicked to the curb
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Kamala died. Apparently a lot of people misinterpreted 'Kamala', aka James Harris, as CA. Sen. Kamala Harris.
He was a frightening character/wrestler when I was a kid. Amazing athleticism in the ring. Certain, his character wouldn't fly these days.
He had a handler, made grunting sounds, the face paint and Ugandan backstory. Fantastic WWF villain.
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Kamala died. Apparently a lot of people misinterpreted 'Kamala', aka James Harris, as CA. Sen. Kamala Harris.
He was a frightening character/wrestler when I was a kid. Amazing athleticism in the ring. Certain, his character wouldn't fly these days.
He had a handler, made grunting sounds, the face paint and Ugandan backstory. Fantastic WWF villain.
If I’m not mistaken diabetes had cost him both legs already. But yeah, he was a great villain. Scared the shit out of me as a kid.
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RIP: the college football season
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RIP Midnight Lute
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RIP Midnight Lute
Lute was Tucson. Nothing in the last 40 years could mean as much as he did to Tucson. Glad I was there for part of it. Even if it was towards the end. RIP Coach.
https://twitter.com/APlayersProgram/status/1299194238089883648
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I enjoyed Lute while he was in Iowa City
rooted for his teams
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Two former coaches at Iowa who gave their respective programs a rebirth, ironically at the same time, have died over the course of the past nine months. Now together again. RIP Lute and Hayden.
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Two former coaches at Iowa who gave their respective programs a rebirth, ironically at the same time, have died over the course of the past nine months. Now together again. RIP Lute and Hayden.
I believe Roy Williams and Eddie Sutton are the only other coaches with 150+ wins at two major conference schools
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Wow, Chadwick Boseman.
Quiet 4 year battle with colon cancer, just 43. Phenomenal actor.
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Just a few days ago I had the urge to watch his James Brown bio flick.
Obviously, being healthy is better than being unhealthy, but you never know.
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Damn, Clifford Robinson dead at 53.
Was a big part in the Pistons' breakout season in 01-02, unfortunately gone before the title team
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John Thompson, legendary Georgetown coach, dies at 78. His Hoya teams with Patrick Ewing were iconic. Won one national championship but was 3 points short of winning 3.
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Damn, Clifford Robinson dead at 53.
Was a big part in the Pistons' breakout season in 01-02, unfortunately gone before the title team
Really good longtime pro and early stretch 4/5
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John Thompson, legendary Georgetown coach, dies at 78. His Hoya teams with Patrick Ewing were iconic. Won one national championship but was 3 points short of winning 3.
I would have guessed he was older than that. He looked about 78 when he retired, which had to have been two decades ago.
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That's what i was thinking what did he pass from?Be suprised if it wasn't COVID
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I was a huge Hoya fan back in the day
Big John!
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Tom Seaver died.
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Tom Seaver died.
just saw that
man do I feel old
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Tom Seaver died.
The earliest piece of sports memorabilia my dad had was a Tom Seaver autograph from Spring Training in 1969. Rest in Peace
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IIRC, he had a really tough last few years, dementia and lyme's disease. He vanished from public eye. I know he's the Mets' greatest maybe even most beloved franchise player, but my first impression of him was w the Reds, he was really good in that strike season in '81, overshadowed by Fernando.
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I just saw it. Wow.
Tom Terrific. Rest in peace.
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311 wins and 2.86 career ERA - we may never see those numbers again.
Heck, we may never see another pitcher with 3500 career strikeouts for that matter. Verlander is the only active pitcher with 3000 career K's (just barely), and there's no guarantee he'll get another 500 more. If I was a betting man, I'd bet against it. And if he does make it, my guess is he'd be the last in my lifetime.
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311 wins and 2.86 career ERA - we may never see those numbers again.
Heck, we may never see another pitcher with 3500 career strikeouts for that matter. Verlander is the only active pitcher with 3000 career K's (just barely), and there's no guarantee he'll get another 500 more. If I was a betting man, I'd bet against it. And if he does make it, my guess is he'd be the last in my lifetime.
We'll see. Guys won't get the innings, or the wins, but K rates are up.
If Cole hadn't spent the start of his career in a place that taught pitch to contact, he could have done it
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We'll see. Guys won't get the innings, or the wins, but K rates are up.
If Cole hadn't spent the start of his career in a place that taught pitch to contact, he could have done it
K's are definitely up the past couple of seasons. It's been a while since Randy Johnson retired - it was not uncommon for someone with as few as 220 K's lead their league until fairly recently.
Pitchers are definitely not getting their innings like they used to, as pitch count is still a major factor, plus some clubs are toying with "openers" (i.e. guys who pitch the first couple of innings alone to get a few quick outs) and 6-man rotations. Though there are a few out there, there just aren't as many top-notch staff aces like there were 15, 20 years ago. Tom Glavine and John Smoltz were the 2 and 3 guys respectively in their heyday, but both were good enough to be the #1 on multiple clubs. I think that would still be true even today.
I think injuries (at least more serious ones) are becoming more commonplace in baseball, and I also don't think careers are quite as long as they have been in the past. I think more baseball players are content to call it a career at 35 than to push into their late 30s/early 40s. Baseball isn't the concussion machine football or hockey are, but CTE is not unheard of in the sport.
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Too many of these guys have been doing nothing but pitch, year round, since they were 12.
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Tom Seaver died.
My favorite baseball player of all time.
I have just about every baseball of his.
Even though I lived in Ohio, I was never a Reds fan until they traded for Tom Seaver. So missed the big red machine years, but did get the wire to wire season. Now I just get loss after loss
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that is a lot of balls!
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that is a lot of balls!
Haha, that was my thought
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My favorite baseball player of all time.
I have just about every baseball of his.
Johnny Bench is Riffraft!
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Johnny Bench is Riffraft!
LOL. Proofreading would help. Just about every baseball CARD
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Johnny Bench is Riffraft!
I dunno Jerry Grote maybe
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Damn
https://twitter.com/PeteAbe/status/1302740155137249295?s=19
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I hadn't heard. Damn.
I've been a Cardinals fan since 3rd grade, when Tulsa's AA baseball club (the Oilers) was a Cards' farm team.
Brock arrived in StL in 1964.
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LINCOLN — Larry Frost, the father of Nebraska football coach Scott Frost, has died.
Steve Frost, Scott’s older brother, announced their father’s death on Facebook Wednesday night. Larry Frost was 73.
“Today, my good father Larry Frost went home to be with the Good Father and his Son. We love you, Dad,’’ Steve Frost wrote.
Larry Frost played at NU from 1966 to 1969 after a record-setting career in eight-man football at Malcolm. He coached his sons in high school while compiling a career record of 180-52-3.
Larry grew up on the dairy farm his parents managed on the highway between Lincoln and Malcolm. When Scott Frost joined his father last fall in entering the Nebraska High School Sports Hall of Fame together, the NU coach shared that Larry was born with a cleft palate that required about a dozen surgeries before he was 8.
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Rip RBG
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any chance Trump can have another Justice appointed before the election?
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Thread locking in...3...2...
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Yep. Take it to another thread.
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I suppose a simple question could spark a lengthy discussion with this group
sorry
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It's the obit thread not a 'what's now ' thread
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Gale Sayers dies at 77.
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Joe Lauranitis, aka Road Warrior Animal, passes away at age 60. Also the father of former Ohio St LB James Lauranitis.
Loved, loved, loved the Road Warriors when I was a kid.
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1963 Nebraska vs Kansas: Gale Sayers 99 yd run - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=N9omxdn9HAY&feature=emb_logo)
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1963 Nebraska vs Kansas: Gale Sayers 99 yd run - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=N9omxdn9HAY&feature=emb_logo)
man among boys
it was clear he was the fastest player on the field
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the Kansas Comet!
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Gale ran over my Dad in high school in Omaha. Spoke reverently of Gale zig zagging up and down the field.
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1963 Nebraska vs Kansas: Gale Sayers 99 yd run - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=N9omxdn9HAY&feature=emb_logo)
Gutsy pitch call from their own 1
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The Animal passed away at 60.
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Gale Sayers dies at 77.
The Kansas Comet - he had moves you can't really describe almost seemed to shift directions in mid air.DR J is the only other guy that I remember who could do that.RIP Gale
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(https://www.sportsnet.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Road-Warrior-Animal-1040x572.jpg)
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Mac Davis and Helen Reddy,RIP
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Mac Davis and Helen Reddy,RIP
In the Ghetto came on the radio a couple weeks back. Aged even worse than you would have expected it to. But A Little Less Conversation might be my favorite Elvis song.
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Thought you'd like Jail House Rock,maybe that's Sam
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Bob Gibson, the Hall of Fame pitcher from Omaha, has died of pancreatic cancer at age 84.
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Fellow Omahanian Gale Sayers greeted Gibby with a high five at the pearly gates
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Bob Gibson, the Hall of Fame pitcher from Omaha, has died of pancreatic cancer at age 84.
one of the greatest MLB pitchers ever
100 mph fastball
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They lowered the mound because of him RIP BOB
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Gibson’s ‘68 season is one for the ages. 1.12 ERA and 13 (13!) shutouts.
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Big Bob was not afraid to go high and tight, that's for sure. RIP to the best pitcher ever.
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Gibson appeared in 27 games where he drove in more runs than the opponent scored. Some dude is still researching other candidates . Thus far Drysdale has 24 such instances.
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Eddie Van Halen dies at 65
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Eddie Van Halen dies at 65
Just saw the news.
RIP Guitar Hero
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Dammit.
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Rrrgh. 2020 can suck it.
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Pretty good rock band could be formed this year between EVH and N. Peart passing this year.
Van Halen was my first concert in 1986. Talk about deep memories from childhood. His guitar sound is so distinctive.
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one of the greatest of all time, for sure
saw him back in the 80s in Omaha
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I saw them live for the 5150, OU812, and F.U.C.K. tours. Eddie has been covered and mimicked by some amazing guitarists, but nobody will ever be able to duplicate his ability and sound.
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Never was the biggest VH fan but won't even attempt to deny the greatness of EVH and his massive influence. This is definitely an awful loss.
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Never was the biggest VH fan but won't even attempt to deny the greatness of EVH and his massive influence. This is definitely an awful loss.
That's where I am
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(https://media2.giphy.com/media/xT9IgtKm9uSf2PJf68/source.gif)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDsKGyu0F98
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Never was the biggest VH fan but won't even attempt to deny the greatness of EVH and his massive influence. This is definitely an awful loss.
I'm guessing youse guys are just too young
rocked the world in 1978. I was 16 and it was great stuff for a high school kid
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I'm guessing youse guys are just too young
rocked the world in 1978. I was 16 and it was great stuff for a high school kid
It really has nothing to do with my age, I'm a huge fan of tons of bands from the same era as VH or older (Queen, Beatles, Zeppelin, Sabbath, Pink Floyd for example) it's just VH never appealed to me as much. I definitely wouldn't say I dislike them or anything, just that I never went out of my way to listen to them.
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Diamond David Lee could be annoying
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I'm guessing youse guys are just too young
rocked the world in 1978. I was 16 and it was great stuff for a high school kid
No, I love bands older than them. I don't dislike them at all. I think I have a Greatest Hits CD somewhere. They were just never a go to.
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The front man drama was always a problem, granted the two brothers were likely responsible for some of that but they were really done in by themselves. Pretty impressive run. I dont even really acknowledge or care about the Cherone era.
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rough 3 year run
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I did pick Hot For Teacher for the garter song at our wedding. So there's that.
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The front man drama was always a problem, granted the two brothers were likely responsible for some of that but they were really done in by themselves. Pretty impressive run. I dont even really acknowledge or care about the Cherone era.
They wrecked Extreme.
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I did pick Hot For Teacher for the garter song at our wedding. So there's that.
Careful OAM may read that wrong! 😜
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I don't feel tardy
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I don't feel tardy
You get a hall pass....and a Yuengling
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I brought my pencil!
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(https://scontent.ffod1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/121057463_10158722424326878_3669531857265690270_n.jpg?_nc_cat=104&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=0ZwbR_wk-QEAX8Yveut&_nc_ht=scontent.ffod1-1.fna&oh=8ced0be756dd8ec0121875c8c9bfc322&oe=5FA452A6)
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I can name that dead game show host in two notes.
RIP Tom Kennedy. I was just explaining this marvelous show to one of teams recently.
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had a good run
93 years
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Damn didn't recognize the name but the face brought back memories,yup not a bad run
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He was out of Central casting as a game show host, great pipes and presence but i always forgot his name.
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Hall-of-Fame baseball infielder Joe Morgan has died, according to USA TODY's Bob Nightengale. He was 77 years old.
A 10-time All-Star and two-time World Series Champion, Morgan spent more than two decades in Major League Baseball, debuting with Houston Colt .45s in 1963 before ultimately retiring with the Oakland Athletics in 1984. Morgan played for six different teams over the course of his professional career.
Morgan was perhaps best known for his time playing with the Cincinnati Reds from 1972-1979. Morgan won World Series titles with Cincinnati in 1975 and 1976, and was also named NL MVP in both of those seasons. Morgan additionally won five Gold Glove Awards, all of which also came during his time with the Reds and has since had his No. 8 retired by the franchise.
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Hall-of-Fame baseball infielder Joe Morgan has died, according to USA TODY's Bob Nightengale. He was 77 years old.
A 10-time All-Star and two-time World Series Champion, Morgan spent more than two decades in Major League Baseball, debuting with Houston Colt .45s in 1963 before ultimately retiring with the Oakland Athletics in 1984. Morgan played for six different teams over the course of his professional career.
Morgan was perhaps best known for his time playing with the Cincinnati Reds from 1972-1979. Morgan won World Series titles with Cincinnati in 1975 and 1976, and was also named NL MVP in both of those seasons. Morgan additionally won five Gold Glove Awards, all of which also came during his time with the Reds and has since had his No. 8 retired by the franchise.
I remember sitting in the stands watching Joe play 2nd base for the 45s
course I hated him when he played for the Reds cause he could beat you in so many ways
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Star Tribune sports columnist Sid Hartman dies at age 100
Sid Hartman was, for all of his 100-plus years, a hometown guy.
Born on the North Side of Minneapolis on March 15, 1920, he worked for newspapers in his hometown for nearly his entire life, until his death on Sunday afternoon.
From a humble start selling newspapers on the street in 1928, he wrote about sports for the Star Tribune for the ensuing decades. He was still writing three columns a week, his final one appearing on the day he died.
“My father’s extraordinary and resilient life has come to a peaceful conclusion surrounded by his family,” his son, Chad Hartman, tweeted early Sunday afternoon, announcing his passing.
“I want to make it clear — he didn’t die from COVID — but COVID took away the enjoyment from his life by making him stay home,” his son said later. “It took away the chance to see the people he liked. It took away his zest, not being able to go four, five different places every day and to laugh, to get on people and have them get on him.”
Sid Hartman also was for decades a radio voice on WCCO.
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With heavy hearts, the Minnesota Vikings family mourns the loss of Matt Blair.
A player of unmatched skill on the field, Matt's generosity and spirit in the community was equally unique. Always willing to help a teammate or support a worthy cause, Matt's life was vibrant. He brought joy to everyone he touched.
"Matt Blair was a great presence at Vikings events and a tremendous teammate long after playing. He embodied the best of what it means to be a Viking," said Vikings Owner Mark Wilf. "Matt is a Ring of Honor player whose legacy will live on forever with the franchise and in the community he loved."
Blair passed away Thursday at age 70.
Drafted in the second round out of Iowa State in 1974, Blair played all 12 of his NFL seasons for the Vikings (1974-85). He started 130 of the 160 regular-season games he played, racking up 1,452 tackles, the second-most in team history.
After becoming a starter in 1976, Blair went to six consecutive Pro Bowls (1977-82) and earned a First-Team All-Pro selection from The Associated Press in 1980.
Blair holds the team record with 20 blocked kicks (16 PAT, 3FGs, 1 punt) and also recorded more sacks (23) and interceptions (16) than any linebacker in team history.
A part of Vikings teams that reached Super Bowls IX and XI, Blair recovered two fumbles by the Rams in Minnesota's 24-13 victory in the 1976 NFC Championship.
Blair was named to the 50 Greatest Vikings in 2010 and inducted into the Vikings Ring of Honor on Oct. 25, 2012.
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Blair was a baller,on some very,very good teams but just short of Super.RIP MB
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RIP Jerry Jeff Walker
Country crooner, mostly of the 70s and 80s. He brought Jimmy Buffett to Key West. Had some good songs. Mostly played in Texas the last 20 years. Had a camp down in Belize for fans to go down and hang out with him and stuff.
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RIP Billy Tubbs. Some fun teams at OU. Hard to believe they lost to Danny. A lot of similarities to the Nova v Gtown upset.
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Alex Trebek. RIP Legend.
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What is.... too bad? Impossible replacement gig.
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Vanna White
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Drew Carey looks bored and depressed doing TPIR . I'm sure he reminds himself what he's paid and it soothes.
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An all-time American football legend has gone away with Paul Hornung, Notre Dame’s Golden Boy, dead aged 84.
Hornung was a high school star in Louisville, Kentucky, lettering all four years in each of the American Big Three: Football, Basketball, and Baseball. One of the mega recruits of his era, Hornung picked South Bend and the lore of the Fighting Irish over a young head coach called Bear Bryant and his fledgling Kentucky Wildcats program.
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David Lander who played Squiggy from Laverne and Shirley passed away at 73
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My Great Aunt Maxine on 12/4/2020, at 101, two weeks shy of 102. She was loved.
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I'll never forget attending a 100 year old's birthday party. Amazing people. May your aunt Rip.
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my Grandmother, who lived in the house next to mine growing up, celebrated her 102nd birthday years ago
my ex-wife's grandmother lived to be 103
great ladies
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Vanna White
She's still kicking.
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Has anyone had such a good income and next to no stress that came with the Position?I mean even the letters are lit for her,show up on time,pick out some clean clothes and one foot in front of the other - pretty much it
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coaching the bengals?
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Has anyone had such a good income and next to no stress that came with the Position?I mean even the letters are lit for her,show up on time,pick out some clean clothes and one foot in front of the other - pretty much it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gocPZA0HLA&ab_channel=%22WeirdAl%22Yankovic-Topic
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Has anyone had such a good income and next to no stress that came with the Position?I mean even the letters are lit for her,show up on time,pick out some clean clothes and one foot in front of the other - pretty much it
She is paid $10 million per year
I'd say she has it made
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Chuck Yeager dead at 97
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Dick Allen died. Decent chance the Baseball HOF vet committee would have elected him this year if CV didn't cancel the meet/vote. A very complicated man and career. RIP.
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Chuck Yeager dead at 97
I just came here to post that.
I recommend Tom Wolfe's The Right Stuff. The book moreso than the movie.
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US Air Force officer and test pilot Chuck Yeager, known as "the fastest man alive," has died at the age of 97.
Yeager broke the sound barrier when he tested the X-1 in October 1947, although the feat was not announced to the public until 1948.
His second wife, Victoria, confirmed to CNN Monday night that Yeager had passed after she tweeted from Yeager's verified Twitter account that the World War II flying ace had died.
"An incredible life well lived, America's greatest pilot," she tweeted.
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US Air Force officer and test pilot Chuck Yeager, known as "the fastest man alive," has died at the age of 97.
Yeager broke the sound barrier when he tested the X-1 in October 1947, although the feat was not announced to the public until 1948.
His second wife, Victoria, confirmed to CNN Monday night that Yeager had passed after she tweeted from Yeager's verified Twitter account that the World War II flying ace had died.
"An incredible life well lived, America's greatest pilot," she tweeted.
Fearless do you read the previous posts before you post something?
A whole new world will open to you.
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I had no clue Yeager was even still alive at this point. That's more of a surprise to me than to hear of his passing.
I spent a couple years of my childhood wanting to be a test pilot after learning about him. Knew all about the various X planes, was deeply interested in the skunk works, etc...
Amazing that I could have supported such arcane interests in the pre-internet world... IIRC, I read about all these things in... Books?! That can't be right...
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I just saw a doc about him like 2 months ago.
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Fearless do you read the previous posts before you post something?
A whole new world will open to you.
I don't always read the previous posts, but when I do they're just a bunch of political crap that Utee hasn't deleted yet
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I don't always read the previous posts, but when I do they're just a bunch of political crap that Utee hasn't deleted yet
someone would have to be pretty anal to post political stuff on the obit thread
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Unless the dweebs in DC are going toes up - then let her rip
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someone would have to be pretty anal to post political stuff on the obit thread
MrNubbz is watching and posting
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Just pointing out Political hacks dropping dead could be discussed here.With out much remorse I might add
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John Lennon was shot and killed 40 yrs ago today
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THE GAME
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THE GAME
Not dead. Just in a coma this year.
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https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/kevin-greene-hall-of-fame-pass-rusher-who-played-with-four-teams-in-15-nfl-seasons-dies-at-58/
Kevin Greene, Hall of Fame pass rusher who played with four teams in 15 NFL seasons, dies at 58
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HoF pitcher Phil Niekro, died at the age of 81. RIP.
Niekro had a fascinating career. The guy won only 31 games in his 20s. Then runs off 166 victories in his 30s, and 114 in his 40s, as a knuckleballer. 2020 has taken quite the rotation. Gibson. Ford, Seaver, Niekro and Larsen.
I think Niekro could have passed for 60 when he was 35. I saw him pitch when he pitched in the AL Began his career for the Milwaukee Braves in 1964, later ATL, and I remember he had some time with Yanks, Indians and even Toronto before he retired with Atlanta in 1987.
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Quite the Brave uni wardrobe.
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HoF pitcher Phil Niekro, died at the age of 81. RIP.
Niekro had a fascinating career. The guy won only 31 games in his 20s. Then runs off 166 victories in his 30s, and 114 in his 40s, as a knuckleballer. 2020 has taken quite the rotation. Gibson. Ford, Seaver, Niekro and Larsen.
I think Niekro could have passed for 60 when he was 35. I saw him pitch when he pitched in the AL Began his career for the Milwaukee Braves in 1964, later ATL, and I remember he had some time with Yanks, Indians and even Toronto before he retired with Atlanta in 1987.
I didn’t realize that about Niekro winning so many games late in his career.
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Knucksie pitched for the Tribe back in the mid 80's,great guy and funny.Here's what Bob Eucker(catching for Phil) once said "Niekro struck out a hitter once and I never touched the ball. It hit me in the shinguard, bounced out to Clete Boyer (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clete_Boyer) at third base and he threw out the runner at first. Talk about a weird assist: 2–5–3 on a strikeout.
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Uecker has about a dozen yarns jnvolving catching Niekro among other knucklers. He also got to talk to Niekro's parents every night he pitched when he went to the backstop to retrieve the passed balls.
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You've prolly read it but if not try Bob's "Catcher in the Wry"
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Yes, it is great stuff. I also have listened to Uke call Brewers games my entire life. I think a bunch of Brewers' fans could ghost write an anthology of his tales. He does PG them for on air but the guy's wit is world class. He loved talking about Niekro among dozens of other players past and present.
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He said something like."I signed with the Braves in '54 for $2,500.00.Which pissed off the old man as we really could have used the money".
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(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/26/53/99/26539901e0ebdc638f5fa29ac3d8a189.jpg)
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Rip Dawn Wells. Frustrating Gilligan's Island isn't as readily available to watch ar this time. Seems like a great CV binge for my kids.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/03/sports/football/floyd-little-dead.html
Floyd Little, Star Running Back for Syracuse and Broncos, Dies at 78
Gen. Douglas MacArthur urged him to attend West Point, but he became an Orangeman to honor a promise to Ernie Davis.
Damn good back
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Rip Tom Lasorda.
Incredibly colorful character and life, not without his own cringe worthy moments.
Probably the only human being in history to have his likeness in a photograph punched in the face in a movie. What is it about Chevy Chase and memorable punches.? He also doinked the Moose out front.
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Rip Tom Lasorda.
Incredibly colorful character and life, not without his own cringe worthy moments.
Probably the only human being in history to have his likeness in a photograph punched in the face in a movie. What is it about Chevy Chase and memorable punches.? He also doinked the Moose out front.
Never really cared for him but he was a great coach
died at 93
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I liked Tommy as a person and character
didn't like the Dodgers, but I liked Tommy
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When he went on a lecture tour promoting a book a buddy and I got tickets.He gave a good talk for about two hours.Read Jay Johnstone's "Temporary Insanity" lot of good LaSorda stories in it - funny book.RIP Tommy
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Rip Tom Lasorda.
He also doinked the Moose out front.
Wha..?
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wally world moose
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Wha..?
Chevy Chase punch, not Tommy Lasorda punch.
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Clark Griswold
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/e8/49/d4/e849d4d3bd676dd6e39fd3194c9f8896.jpg)
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https://youtu.be/ESzi8eoX7Tc?t=2
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R.I.P., Tommy.
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Hall of Famer and longtime home run king Henry Louis “Hank” Aaron died Friday morning, his daughter confirmed to WSB-TV in Atlanta. The Atlanta Braves legend was 86.
Aaron, a 25-time All-Star, played in MLB from 1954-76 almost entirely with the Braves organization first in Milwaukee and then in Atlanta. In 1957 he led the organization to their first World Series pennant since 1914. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1982.
He passed Babe Ruth’s on the all-time home run leaderboard in 1974 with his 715th shot. He finished his career with 755. It stood for decades until Barry Bonds passed him and set the mark at 762.
The slugger is still the game’s all-time leader in RBI (2,297) and total bases (6,856). He ranks third in career hits (3,771). The outfielder won three Gold Gloves as well as the National League batting titles in 1956 and 1959, the 1957 NL MVP award and the 1970 Lou Gehrig Memorial Award for character.
Aaron, who was born in Mobile, Alabama, in 1934, overcame racism in the deep south and received death threats while pursuing Babe Ruth’s record. He remained a role model up until his death. He joined civil rights leaders earlier in getting the COVID-19 vaccine earlier this moth to show Black Americans getting vaccinated is safe.
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Damn.
Also, I would have guessed he was nearly a decade younger than he was. Not sure why, but I always think of him as being much younger than Mays
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We omitted Don Sutton, may he RIP as well. Hank Aaron amazing life, one of the nicest celebrity/athletes I've ever met/been around.
Favorite Aaron story. He and Johnny Logan drove some young fans home from the ballpark, as they didn't have a ride and it was starting to rain.
Can you imagine?
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I can imagine Mike Trout giving a couple young fans a ride
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Aaron, a 25-time All-Star, played in MLB from 1954-76 almost entirely with the Braves organization first in Milwaukee and then in Atlanta. In 1957 he led the organization to their first World Series pennant since 1914. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1982.
how is that when he played 22 yrs?Anyway Aaron's still the home run king sorry Barry was juicing.
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There were two all star games each year for a period of time in his career.
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He certainly deserved it,he is a case study on preparation,sportsmanship and staying the course
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Hank Aaron was a class act through and through.
He's one of a very select group of people that probably deserved to live forever.
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They say he grew up with his hands reversed on the bat, not knowing any better.
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According to Wilbon in 23 seasons Aaron hit 30 or more HRs 8X & 40 or more 7X.In 15 of his 23 seasons hitting between 30-50 HRs and won 2 batting titles also.Excellence & dogged determination got him to the big time and into the Hall not steroids
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So, Larry King.
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You can take every HR away from him, and Hank Aaron still had 3,000 hits.
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It's not just that he still holds the total bases record, but by how much. The difference between him and 2nd place (Musial) is the same between 2nd and 10th (Yaz).
That's sick.
And if you're knowledgeable on such things: 19 consecutive seasons of a 140+ OPS+....that's era-neutral, park-neutral. THAT'S sick.
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So, Larry King.
remember when they thought they could replace him with that asshat Piers Morgan?
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Yep.
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never watched Larry King
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He was reeeeally old for a reeeeally long time.
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I was a child of the Jim Crowe South and 7 years old when the Braves became the 1st professional sports team in the Deep South. Henry Aaron was the only true hero of my life. It is my opinion he did as much to desegregate the South as MLK did. How the hell is this man less than? Every t-shirt I owned from ages 8-13 had number 44 written on them. Thankfully, my parents were not racists and did not discourage my Aaron worship.
In 1969 the Braves were swept in 3 in the 1st NL playoff ever but my memory from this is reading where Tom Terrific said every time he closed his eyes the night before the 1st game he could not sleep because all he saw was Bad Henry blasting another ball over the wall. This was the 1st time I ever knew MLB pitchers all called him Bad Henry instead of Hank.
On GMA this morning, someone did some math and found that in total bases, Aaron is 12 miles ahead of his closest competition and that is 90 feet at a time.
Bon Voyage, Bad Henry and thank you so much.
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I was born in 1980 and Aaron was basically the HR king to me. Kids learned that early on, but even when I got older and realized how great Ruth and Mays and all were, none of them had the magic of 755.
THAT was the number above all others. The most magical number in all of sports, I'd argue. So while I was too young for him to ever have been my favorite player and other players laid claim to the (non)consensus best player ever, to me, Aaron was always royalty because of 755.
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He was my hero as well, along with Knucksie. At some point, my father turned into a racist. I think at work someone black was promoted over him, he worked for the State.
If we watched a game and I said anything positive about Aaron, my dad would run him down, say he was lazy, he smoked, anything bad. I was old enough by then to suffer silently and not argue. When I was much younger, my dad made various comments about how it wasn't right how blacks were suppressed.
I am friends with some former Braves now who knew Hank personally and well and they all have had moving stories about him. It's a pity someone has to die for us to celebrate them this way, but it's reality. They told me he had not been doing well over the past couple of years.
We had Rico Carty at camp two years ago, he had some great stories about Hank, one how they got into a fight on a plane.
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really started watching baseball about 1968 or 69
Hank was at the top of his game and respected as possibly the most dangerous hitter
a few years later age began to take it's toll, but I vividly remember him hitting number 715 to set the record
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We had Rico Carty at camp two years ago, he had some great stories about Hank, one how they got into a fight on a plane.
Dee Big Mon,he played 4 seasons in Cleveland hitting 363 in '74.Did Carty and Hank square off?
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My first MLB game in attendance, Hank Aaron was in the lineup at County Stadium as Aaron returned, this time as a Brewer. As a toddler, I don't remember it of course.
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Dee Big Mon,he played 4 seasons in Cleveland hitting 363 in '74.Did Carty and Hank square off?
Yeah, they had a tussle on a team plane. Rico said he could recall what it was about, and it didn't last very long, but it made the news. He was called "De BEEG Boy", which today might be considered pejorative.
Rico once hit a line drive the short stop jumped for and it went over the fence. He said he rounded first and asked the coach where the ball went.
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Legendary Larry King
https://twitter.com/JillFilipovic/status/1353015447885672449?s=19
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I like the Seinfeld interview and any number of prank calls King had on the air.
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Rico once hit a line drive the short stop jumped for and it went over the fence. He said he rounded first and asked the coach where the ball went.
I was right down the left field line in Cleveland when Dave Winfield launched a liner with a vapor trail tailing.It never went higher than 6-7 feet,as soon as he swung we heard a thud..Never saw it as we ducked and never did I see a ball hit harder.No inertia was waisted climbing it simply went straight
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Winfield launched a liner with a vapor trail tailing.
that's what vapor trails do, they tail
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Was this when he fired a pea at the bird?
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that's what vapor trails do, they tail
Thank You Aerospace Technician
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Terrific bat speed coupled with almost no recoil when the ball contacts the bat, they can give the ball backspin which creates some lift (at the expense of speed). I have a book here somewhere called "The Physics of Baseball", really good read.
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I get a bit too much backspin with my driver
too high of launch, less distance
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The Packers' 2020 season died today.
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Former Temple coach John Chaney. When WVU was in the A10 in the 80s and early 90s Temple was the class of the league. They had some great battles. As a kid I hated Chaney and hated his teams. As I got older I respected what he did there and the kind of mentor he was trying to be to his players.
Probably the best coach to never make the FF. Took Temple to five E8 appearances but could never get over the hump.
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He looked 86 yoa when he coached.
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watched a ton of his games, some great basketball in the Philly area back then
don't forget his great run at Cheyney State
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He got a lot of crap for his "send in the goons" moment, but I loved it.
You don't see a lot of tough, physical basketball anymore.
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Probably the best coach to never make the FF. Took Temple to five E8 appearances but could never get over the hump.
I want to say when Temple went from Chaney to Dunphy they maintained employing the active head coach with the most D1 wins without a Final 4.
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He got a lot of crap for his "send in the goons" moment, but I loved it.
You don't see a lot of tough, physical basketball anymore.
You thinking of Chuck Daly?
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By The
Associated Press
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Mary Wilson, one of the original members of the Supremes, the 1960s group that helped establish the Motown sound and propelled Diana Ross to superstardom, has died. She was 76.
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Marty Schottenheimer, who won 200 regular-season games with four NFL teams thanks to his "Martyball" brand of smashmouth football but regularly fell short in the playoffs, has died. He was 77.
Schottenheimer died Monday night in Charlotte, North Carolina, his family said through Bob Moore, a former Kansas City Chiefs publicist. He was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2014. He was moved to a hospice on Jan. 30.
Schottenheimer was the eighth-winningest coach in NFL history. He went 200-126-1 in 21 seasons with the Browns, Chiefs, Washington and Chargers.
His success was rooted in "Martyball," a conservative approach that featured a strong running game and tough defense. He hated the Raiders and loved the mantra "One play at a time," which he'd holler at his players in the pre-kickoff huddle.
Winning in the regular season was never a problem. Schottenheimer's teams won 10 or more games 11 times, including a 14-2 record with the Chargers in 2006 that earned them the AFC's No. 1 seed in the playoffs.
It's what happened in January that haunted Schottenheimer, who was just 5-13 in the postseason.
His playoff demons followed him to the end of his career.
In his final game, on Jan. 14, 2007, Schottenheimer's Chargers, featuring NFL MVP LaDainian Tomlinson and a supporting cast of Pro Bowlers, imploded with mind-numbing mistakes and lost a home divisional playoff game to Tom Brady and the New England Patriots 24-21.
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Jeebus how'd I forget - he gave Bill Cower his 1st gig
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Marvelous Marvin Hagler. This one stings me a little. Loved that dude as a kid. My all time favorite fighter.
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Damn,great fighter and got jobbed vs Sugar Ray.One of my favorite's,thought I had read he'd joined the clergy.RIP Marvin
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To watch the Hearns v Hagler fight today is simply hard to imagine a more exciting fight.
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Hall of Fame forward Elgin Baylor, who followed his illustrious playing career with a decades-long tenure as LA Clippers general manager, has died at the age of 86.
Baylor died of natural causes Monday and was surrounded by his wife, Elaine, and his daughter, Krystal, the Los Angeles Lakers said in a statement.
Baylor's college career included leading Seattle to its only Final Four appearance in 1958, when the team lost to Kentucky in the title game and Baylor was named Most Outstanding Player. After the season, the Lakers picked Baylor first in the NBA draft.
It was actually the second time the Lakers had chosen Baylor in a draft. They picked him in the 14th round in 1956, but Baylor chose to continue playing in college at the time.
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On his first day as the man in charge of University of Miami football — a moribund program that had churned through five coaches in nine years and was seriously considering dropping to a lower level of competition — Howard Schnellenberger stood before his players and predicted the Hurricanes would win a national championship. Not necessarily that season but eventually.
Nobody could have imagined he would do it within five years. Schnellenberger, the architect of the Hurricanes football dynasty and the founding father of the Florida Atlantic University football program, died on Saturday at 87, leaving behind a legacy that forever changed two South Florida universities.
The cause of death was not disclosed, but Schnellenberger had been in declining health. He suffered a subdural hematoma from a fall last summer, requiring hospitalization.
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Not exactly an obituary but two students lost their lives while skulling on Little Wall Lake north of Ames, Iowa, about one-week ago. There were gusty winds and 40 degree waters. It seemed incredible that they were out there. Here is their leader's explanation: ISU Crew Club president recounts events leading up to fatal accident (msn.com) (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/isu-crew-club-president-recounts-events-leading-up-to-fatal-accident/ar-BB1fiBp7?ocid=msedgntp)
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That's horrible are life jackets shunned or too restrictive to use while "skulling"?
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That's horrible are life jackets shunned or too restrictive to use while "skulling"?
Life jackets are too restrictive to use while skulling.
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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bernie-madoff-dies-prison/
Hope is was death by Bunga
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Roughly 10,000 children will die today from starvation.
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at the southern border?
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Slick Leonard died. One of the most colorful characters from ABA history. Coached the Pacers to a couple ABA titles and was a Hoot as a color guy on later Pacers NBA broadcasts.
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Roughly 10,000 children will die today from starvation.
as much time as you spend on here the earnings from that second job could have saved one
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This place is kind of sick.
You guys REALLY value your echo chamber.
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So it's that field and not you,ya,OK,we'll go with that :D
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So it's that field and not you,ya,OK,we'll go with that :D
Well you send that back my way, and I'm quite likely the poorest person on this board......by an obscene amount.
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Purdue RB legend Leroy Keyes passed away at 74.
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Purdue RB legend Leroy Keyes passed away at 74.
I think he made it into our Big Ten Hall of Fame back on the old scout page, when that was a thing
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As a junior, Keyes scored 19 touchdowns (13 rushing and six receiving) to set the Purdue season record and led the nation with 114 points. The next season, he became the first Boilermaker to rush for more than 1,000 yards in a season.
Keyes saved some of his best games for the top opponents on Purdue's schedule. He led the Boilermakers to victories over Notre Dame in 1967 and 1968 when the Fighting Irish were ranked No. 1 and No. 2.
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Wow, didn't realize how many troubles he had over the past decade. Still, 37, wow.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/31427087/ex-hawaii-record-setting-qb-colt-brennan-dead-37
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Troubled before and after, his days playing at Hawaii gave him a stability he never had or regained since. Watched him live a half-dozen times while stationed at Pearl Harbor. Staying up late and watching him shred defenses for +400 TDs was one of the greatest shows in College Football.
Rip Colt 😞
https://twitter.com/jtylerconway/status/1392162799728697344
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Some of you met him, my dad passed away this morning.
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Some of you met him, my dad passed away this morning.
I am sorry to hear that Medina. I know from recent experience- it’s hard. Hang in there.
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Some of you met him, my dad passed away this morning.
sorry to hear this medinabuckeye1 may he RIP
not a day goes by that I dont think of my dad
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Rip. . Enjoyed my time meeting him.
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Condolences and RIP,may he get an audience with Woody
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Some of you met him, my dad passed away this morning.
Very sorry to hear MB. He's now in a better place and no longer suffering.
Celebrate his life. It sounds like he had a really good one, and it was made even better by getting to spend time with you.
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amen
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I'm sorry
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Some of you met him, my dad passed away this morning.
Terrible to hear. Never got to meet him, but we are all a product of our upbringing, and he did a hell of a job.
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Some of you met him, my dad passed away this morning.
Very sorry to hear this, MB.
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Thank you all.
I was going to revive the dementia thread to post the conclusion there but couldn't find it. Anyway, he enjoyed meeting you on our stadium tour. I'm so glad that he and my brother and I did that together. Those memories are there every time I flip to a game in any of the B1G stadiums. I see the stadium and think about our trip and being there with my dad. We traveled to Piscataway at the outskirts of NYC and to Lincoln on the Prarie. We jumped around in Madison (dad didn't get that) and froze in Minneapolis. We visited Gettysburg on our way to College Park Maryland and saw GameDay in Iowa City. All those and the stadiums in between were great trips.
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Thank you all.
I was going to revive the dementia thread to post the conclusion there but couldn't find it. Anyway, he enjoyed meeting you on our stadium tour. I'm so glad that he and my brother and I did that together. Those memories are there every time I flip to a game in any of the B1G stadiums. I see the stadium and think about our trip and being there with my dad. We traveled to Piscataway at the outskirts of NYC and to Lincoln on the Prarie. We jumped around in Madison (dad didn't get that) and froze in Minneapolis. We visited Gettysburg on our way to College Park Maryland and saw GameDay in Iowa City. All those and the stadiums in between were great trips.
Condolences MB. Glad you were able to share those memories with him.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/18/movies/charles-grodin-dead.html
Charles Grodin thought he was great in Midnight Run with Deniro,dry,deadpan sense of humor
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https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/18/movies/charles-grodin-dead.html
Charles Grodin thought he was great in Midnight Run with Deniro,dry,deadpan sense of humor
I really liked Midnight Run as it was Grodin at his best
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Mark Eaton RIP. I'll never forget the DV PSA he did with Bill Cartwright. Wonder if his type of Center will ever be fashionable again in hoops.
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Man, a bicycle accident. Between him and Shawn Bradley, these centers need to stay off the bicycles
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https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/29/entertainment/singer-bj-thomas-death/index.html
BJ Thomas
if you remember the mid-60's through the mid-70's you certainly remember B.J. Thomas, who passed away today at the age of 78 from lung cancer. "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on my Head" from the 1968 classic film, "Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid" was his biggest hit; along with "Hooked on a Feeling," "I Just Can't Help Believing," "Rock and Roll Lullaby," "(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song" and numerous other ballads and gospel recordings. Sadly, a truly unique and inspirational artist pased away Saturday from Lung Cancer at 78.
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The music box my parents bought me as a newborn, played raindrops keep falling on my head. I never knew what the song was until I heard it on the radio years after hearing the music box
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Wow, didn't realize how many troubles he had over the past decade. Still, 37, wow.
Sad LA Times article yesterday elaborating on Colt Brennan's decade of struggles with brain trauma and declining mental health:
https://twitter.com/latimessports/status/1406639731811647490
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Terry Donahue, the winningest coach in Pac-12 Conference and UCLA football history who later served as general manager of the NFL’s San Francisco 49ers, died Sunday. He was 77.
The school said he died at his home in Newport Beach after a two-year struggle with cancer.
Donahue has the most wins (98) of any coach in Pac-12 history and also the most wins (151) in UCLA history. He coached the Bruins from 1971-75, working as an assistant under Pepper Rodgers and then Dick Vermeil, before taking over as head coach at age 31 and serving from 1976-95. His first job out of college was as an assistant to Rodgers at Kansas for one season.
Donahue was the first to appear in a Rose Bowl game as a player, assistant coach and head coach. The Bruins won the New Year’s Day game in 1983, ’84 and ’86 during his coaching tenure. He was the first college coach to earn bowl game victories in seven consecutive seasons, from 1983 to 1989.
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AH,the good old days of CFB,RIP Coach
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Terry Donahue, the winningest coach in Pac-12 Conference and UCLA football history who later served as general manager of the NFL’s San Francisco 49ers, died Sunday. He was 77.
Donahue has the most wins (98) of any coach in Pac-12 history and also the most wins (151) in UCLA history. He coached the Bruins from 1971-75, working as an assistant under Pepper Rodgers and then Dick Vermeil, before taking over as head coach at age 31 and serving from 1976-95. His first job out of college was as an assistant to Rodgers at Kansas for one season.
Donahue was the first to appear in a Rose Bowl game as a player, assistant coach and head coach. The Bruins won the New Year’s Day game in 1983, ’84 and ’86 during his coaching tenure. He was the first college coach to earn bowl game victories in seven consecutive seasons, from 1983 to 1989.
LA Sports Radio read off these exact accomplishments as they announced Terry Donahue's passing last night. He left (1995) right as I was growing into college football, so I never had the chance to internalize his tenure or UCLA's glory days winning three Rose Bowls from 1982-1985.
The surprise in learning of his accomplishments is that 98 conference wins puts him atop the Pac 12 when east of the Rockies a number of coaches like Steve Spurrier or Bill Snyder can boast well over 100 conference wins while still getting overshadowed by the even bigger legends in their conferences.
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Donahue squared off with Osborne 6 times from 1983 - 1994
the Huskers won five of the six, with a loss to Aikman in 1988 in Pasadena
good series
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LA Sports Radio read off these exact accomplishments as they announced Terry Donahue's passing last night. He left (1995) right as I was growing into college football, so I never had the chance to internalize his tenure or UCLA's glory days winning three Rose Bowls from 1982-1985.
The surprise in learning of his accomplishments is that 98 conference wins puts him atop the Pac 12 when east of the Rockies a number of coaches like Steve Spurrier or Bill Snyder can boast well over 100 conference wins while still getting overshadowed by the even bigger legends in their conferences.
So this sent me down an interesting road. Here's where Donahue would rank on the current Power 5 lists:
SEC:T-6th (Behind Bryant, Spurrier, Saban, Vaught, Dooley)
Big Ten: 4th (Behind Hayes, Bo, Stagg)
ACC: 2nd (Behind Bowden)
Big 12: T-2nd technically
The Big 12 is confusing becuase they don't list the records in the record book and becuase sin some ways it starts in 1996. It think the Big 8 adds three more (Switzer, Osborne, Snyder). If you add in the SWC, you get in only Royal.
So not counting something like the Western Conference, you have Terry behind 14 men. Which is kinda insane to think about. Donahue coached a little more than 150 conference games, which is a whole lot. It's funny. Because of where I'm from, I associate his name with the 49ers more than anything.
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Spurrier also had 86 wins at USCe, don't forget. So almost Donahue + his 122 at Florida.
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Tanner Morgan's father passed this evening
was a heck of a nice guy by all accounts
fought a battle against a brain tumor
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Rip Mr. WONDERFUL. Great villain and one of the original headliners at the first Wrestlemania.
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Paul Orndorff,if I remember correctly he was teamed with Rowdy Roddy Piper in one match and they started squaring off in their own corner.Lot s of these WWF guys passing before their time and roids I'm sure have a lot to do with it
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A pro wrestler hitting 70 is like a normal person hitting 100
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Dusty Hill of ZZ Top has passed at 72
I remember when they were a local Houston group playing backyard parties
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vppbdf-qtGU
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That one really hit me. They have been one of top favorites of mine for over 50 years.
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Ron from Ronco has passed away. He was 85.
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Dusty Hill of ZZ Top has passed at 72
Lot of musicians from my youth are leaving us hope it's a good long while before we join them in the great sing along in the sky
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Bobby Bowden, RIP.
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The FSU/UF was must see TV once SS & BB started locking horns for the Sunshine State's bragging rights. Rest in Peace,Coach
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coach Osborne was always respectful of Bobby
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Helluva coach.
He took what had been an all-girls school 27 years years earlier and went on an unprecedented run in the 80s and 90s. Even Alabama under Saban hasn't been as consistent.
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Helluva coach.
He took what had been an all-girls school 27 years years earlier and went on an unprecedented run in the 80s and 90s. Even Alabama under Saban hasn't been as consistent.
Plus, as you said. Saban did it at a helmet school, Bowden did it at about the farthest thing from it
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Plus, as you said. Saban did it at a helmet school, Bowden did it at about the farthest thing from it
It's funny.
OU is 6-1 all-time vs. FSU. 4 of those wins (3 in Orange Bowls) were against Bobby Bowden, and 2 of them kept FSU from winning the MNC. 2 were against Jimbo Fisher.
The loss was against Bill Peterson in the 1964 (season) Gator Bowl. Peterson, beyond being the coach who produced Fred Biletnikoff, was known for saying things like, "Pair off in groups of threes, then line up in a circle."
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Osborne was 2-6 vs Bowden
including losses in Lincoln in 1980 and 85 that helped Bowden get rolling
the last 4 losses in Bowl games Tempe and the Orange were to dern fine Seminole teams - nothing to be ashamed of
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80 and when?
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oops, typo
80 & 85
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In Florida's best 12-year run in school history (Spurrier), Bowden went 7-4-1 against us.
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helluva coach
had some players
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Tom T. Hall to the great beyond. Drinking a beer because I like it .
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Tom T. Hall to the great beyond. Drinking a beer because I like it .
Sorry to hear that.
Tom's passing, that is. Not your beer.
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Surprised nobody noted this earlier, Charlie Watts the Rolling Stones drummer has passed away at age 80. He was with the Stones for nearly 60 years.
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My daughter informed me of this. She says, 'guess they won't be touring anymore.' We've long discussed how my Mom saw them in the 60s, I saw them in the 90s and planned to drag her to see them in the 20s.
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My daughter informed me of this. She says, 'guess they won't be touring anymore.' We've long discussed how my Mom saw them in the 60s, I saw them in the 90s and planned to drag her to see them in the 20s.
I thought he had pulled out of their tours recently. I distinctly remember my parents seeing their Voodoo Lounge Tour, worried it would be their last chance to see them. That was 30 years ago.
I saw them in 1999(?) and was supposed to go to their SARS benefit concert in 2003 in Toronto with Rush and Our Lady Peace, but the US-Canadian border became stricter post 9/11. I had no passport, and getting my birth certificate, would require telling my.parents I was going to Toronto. Simpler times, simpler pandemics
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Tom T. Hall to the great beyond. Drinking a beer because I like it .
That song always made me smile.It should be played at every Okctoberfest.I can see the Gerries klinking their Stein's belching that out in Munich
RIP Charlie & Tom
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Stones Steel Wheels tour, Oct of 89 in Ames
never saw Tom T., but always happy to sing that famous song
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Tom T. Hall to the great beyond. Drinking a beer because I like it .
I hope he rests in peace. Trouble is, the fella owes me forty bucks.
https://youtu.be/b_008bZiLrk
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Surprised nobody noted this earlier, Charlie Watts the Rolling Stones drummer has passed away at age 80. He was with the Stones for nearly 60 years.
I saw the Stones in 2015 when they came to the New Brickhouse. If it is possible to look even worse in person than on screen, the Stones made it possible. Good show, though. Loud as hell, even at the far back of the horseshoe.
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never saw Tom T., but always happy to sing that famous song
Whiskey's too rough, champagne costs too much, vodka puts my mouth in gear
This little refrain should help me explain as a matter of fact I like beer
:singing:
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I thought he had pulled out of their tours recently. I distinctly remember my parents seeing their Voodoo Lounge Tour, worried it would be their last chance to see them. That was 30 years ago.
I saw them in 1999(?) and was supposed to go to their SARS benefit concert in 2003 in Toronto with Rush and Our Lady Peace, but the US-Canadian border became stricter post 9/11. I had no passport, and getting my birth certificate, would require telling my.parents I was going to Toronto. Simpler times, simpler pandemics
Way back when I was in school at Ohio State in the mid-90's the Stones played the Horseshoe one fall weekend when the Buckeyes had a road game. It was the only road game that E. Gordon Gee ever attended while President of tOSU. At the time he said that he left town because "the rock stars are now older than the University Presidents". That was 25 years ago and somehow they are STILL touring.
I saw the mid-90's tour and I distinctly remember seeing "old" people there in their 70's era Stones Concert T-Shirts. Then when I saw them again a few years ago, I wore my 90's era Stones Concert T-shirt and suddenly realized that I had become the "old" guy in the ~20 year old T-Shirt.
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Very similar to my last Metallica concert. Plenty of parents bringing kids and Mom and Dad wearing Metal Up Your Ass shirts from '86.
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I saw Rush in the late 90s in Tinley Park, IL. It was the strangest collection of concertgoers I've ever seen. All ages and demographics were covered...
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Yeah I saw Rush in Austin in '94 and it was definitely a strange mix.
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Yeah I saw Rush in Austin in '94 and it was definitely a strange mix.
Well it was Austin
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Very similar to my last Metallica concert. Plenty of parents bringing kids and Mom and Dad wearing Metal Up Your Ass shirts from '86.
That is before I was able to drive myself to concerts but I still have my "Wherever We May Roam" T-Shirt that I bought at the Richfield Coliseum (outside of Cleveland, where the Cavs used to play) on December 1, 1991 when I was 16.
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saw Rush Signals tour in Omaha around 1983
didn't seem strange to me
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Just heard that Sam "the bam" Cunningham died. As an Ohio State fan, you had to dislike him after what he did to the Bucks in the Rose bowl, but he was quite the fullback.
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/norm-macdonald-dies-influential-comedian-former-snl-weekend-update-anchor-was-61/ar-AAOrnmK?ocid=winp1taskbar
RIP Norm McDonald dies at 61,use to watch the Norm Show in the late'90's unique and gifted style.Also doing Turd Ferguson in SNL spoof of Jeopardy as Burt Reynolds
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/norm-macdonald-dies-influential-comedian-former-snl-weekend-update-anchor-was-61/ar-AAOrnmK?ocid=winp1taskbar
RIP Norm McDonald dies at 61,use to watch the Norm Show in the late'90's unique and gifted style.Also doing Turd Ferguson in SNL spoof of Jeopardy as Burt Reynolds
FK cancer. That succcccks. I LOVE Norm MacDonald. Easily one of the best comedians ever and right up there with John Belushi, Phil Hartman, Eddie Murphy, and Chris Farley as the best SNL has ever produced.
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Damn... Way too young.
He was never one of my personal favorites as a comedian or actor, mainly just stylistically, but being a fan of comedy, I respected his work.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9EsIFBs26o
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Just heard that Sam "the bam" Cunningham died. As an Ohio State fan, you had to dislike him after what he did to the Bucks in the Rose bowl, but he was quite the fullback.
How did Sam the Bam die? I thought he was younger than me, but he was several years older. I still see him leaping over defensive linemen, when no one else did that, and it seems like yesterday(year).
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RIP Commander Cody - A Michigan Grad
https://youtu.be/868DSi85odQ
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Warren Powers, the former Husker player and assistant who coached Washington State and Missouri to upset wins over Nebraska in the late 1970s, has died at age 80.
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RiP. Doug Jones. Great journeyman pitching career. One of the best repertoire of change ups I've ever seen. Got a lot of guys out with 45-60 mph pitches. Played 7 years in minors before he stuck in the show for a long while Didn't know he went to high school in Lebanon, IN. When he was on Brewers, the second time, I remembered him driving an old diesel Mercedes.
Also, Bill Virdon, 55 NL roy with Cards, longtime Pirate and bespectacled tinted glasses manager thereafter with Houston and others. He was 90.
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Jones played like 6-7 yrs in Cleveland,very good pitcher with some mediocre teams
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Rip Don Shondell. 92. No person more responsible for the growth and development of volleyball in the Midwest that Shondell. His roots have grown way beyond Muncie and the State of Indiana.
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Rip Don Shondell. 92. No person more responsible for the growth and development of volleyball in the Midwest that Shondell. His roots have grown way beyond Muncie and the State of Indiana.
Thanks for the edit... I was sitting here thinking "Isn't Dave Shondell still Purdue's active WVB HC? I can't even imagine that he's 92!"
Sad to hear regardless...
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Either autocorrect or I was too fast and made a slip. Yeah, Dave is alive and well. Good dude. All good dudes. The coaching tree extending from Don is pretty dang impressive.
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Hall of Fame defensive lineman Curley Culp dies at 75
Hall of Fame defensive lineman Curley Culp, who helped the Kansas City Chiefs win their first Super Bowl during a 14-year NFL career, has died of complications from pancreatic cancer
Culp learned to use his speed and leverage while at Arizona State. He was an All-American in football (https://abcnews.go.com/alerts/Football) for the Sun Devils and, standing 6 feet and weighing about 265 pounds, won the heavyweight national championship in wrestling.
https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/hall-fame-defensive-lineman-curly-culp-dies-75-81422732
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Curley and his defensive mates kicked the crap outa Joe Kapp and the Vikings in that Super Bowl
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That KC team should have got another trophy,man the defense was stacked - when that meant something
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RIP OU's ego and LSU's coaching search success. Have fun with Bill O'Brien or Mark Stoops or whoever.
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Medina Spirit crossed the Rainbow Bridge.
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Hasn't Baffert have this happen a few other times out there
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A dirty secret has been a relatively high number of horse fatalities at this track lately. Though not really a secret just not widely known
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A dirty secret has been a relatively high number of horse fatalities at this track lately. Though not really a secret just not widely known
Yep. Fairly well known here in SoCal, even for people not all that close to the horse racing circles.
But I wouldn't think it's highly known elsewhere, given that the average person doesn't really know much about horse racing outside of the Derby and Breeder's.
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A dirty secret has been a relatively high number of horse fatalities at this track lately. Though not really a secret just not widely known
I'm neither physically close to that track, or mildly follow horse racing, and I knew
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I heard about all the horse deaths a couple of years back, but not since. If it's been ongoing, someone's been spending some money to keep it out of the spotlight.
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https://nypost.com/2021/12/10/monkees-singer-michael-nesmith-dead-at-78/
Michael Nesmith, singer and guitarist for the Monkees, died on Friday from natural causes at the age of 78.
https://nypost.com/2021/12/10/al-unser-one-of-four-time-indy-500-winners-club-dies-at-82/
Al Unser, one of only four drivers to win the Indianapolis 500 a record four times, died Thursday following a long illness. He was 82.
Indianapolis Motor Speedway said early Friday that Unser died at his home in Chama, New Mexico, with his wife, Susan, by his side. He had been battling cancer for 17 years.
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RIP John Madden
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RIP John Madden
His personality betrayed his expertise... he was the greatest football mind of all time or at least to this time.
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Add Harry Reid .
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John Madden is one of those guys when you find out they died you thought he had already died years ago
anyway RIP John Madden
BOOM!!
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Madden an interesting guy to talk about, in terms of what type of career would he have had, had he stuck around coaching. Tremendously successful as a young coach. Incredible legacy in really three different worlds.
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Madden was a great announcer because while he had ALL the knowledge to talk your ear off about the play, he knew that would put the audience to sleep. So the guy with all the knowledge would sprinkle it here and there, but through an entertaining delivery.
Praising Nate Newton's trap block in one breath and tell you he's keeping track of the butt sweat line on the offensive linemen's pants with the next.
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JM and Summerall made a good/great pair.As some one parroted "seeing him and Pat Summerall as the standard bearers for football broadcasting"
RIP John
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RIP Betty White
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RIP Betty White
wow I just saw a clip yesterday where she was talking about living to 100
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wow I just saw a clip yesterday where she was talking about living to 100
Apparently that would have been two weeks from now.
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wow I just saw a clip yesterday where she was talking about living to 100
Ya I saw the same one,apeared sprite and alert
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Loved watching Betty White get 'cuckooed' on Pyramid as a kid. I was always wondering.. what did she say?
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/reaction-to-the-death-of-former-nfl-coach-player-dan-reeves/ar-AASl3lE
“Legendary NFL player and coach Dan Reeves passed away, peacefully and surrounded by his loving family at his home in Atlanta, GA, early this morning at age 77 due to complications from dementia. His legacy will continue through his many friends, players and fans as well as the rest of the NFL community.” -- Reeves family statement.
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https://sports.yahoo.com/nba-news-hall-of-famer-10-time-celtics-champion-sam-jones-dies-at-88-192543605.html
Hall of Famer Sam Jones, who won 10 titles during the Boston Celtics (https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/teams/boston/)' dynasty in the 1950s and 1960s, died Thursday, the team announced. He was 88.
He was the Celtics' No. 8 overall pick in the 1957 draft by iconic coach Red Auerbach. Auerbach had never been to North Carolina Central to see the young star play, but had heard of him while in North Carolina to scout the Tar Heels.
Jones averaged 17.7 points, 4.9 rebounds and 2.5 assists for his career. He led the team in scoring five times, including the 1963 champion run. That roster had eight Hall of Famers. He averaged 18.9 points throughout the club's postseason runs.
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Oh man Bob Saget died
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He had perhaps the widest chasm between notable roles/public persona vs how he really was/would like to be. Not in a bad way.
Hokey dad on a family sitcom + hokey host of a funny video show vs the dirtiest jokes ever. I think that's awesome...he was smart enough to get paid, but comedians and friends knew it.
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He had perhaps the widest chasm between notable roles/public persona vs how he really was/would like to be. Not in a bad way.
Hokey dad on a family sitcom + hokey host of a funny video show vs the dirtiest jokes ever. I think that's awesome...he was smart enough to get paid, but comedians and friends knew it.
I didn't realize that until he died. I was never a Full House fan but I was aware of his role and also his role on the funny video show. Also, he voiced "Old Ted" on How I Met Your Mother which was basically another "hokey dad" role. Thus "Hokey dad" was how I saw him but apparently his stand up was seriously raunchy.
I wonder how many fans of Full House / Funny Videos / HIMYM bought tickets to his stand up expecting a bunch of dad jokes and got the real Bob Saget?
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I wonder if you could even pull that off now. He signed those deals back when unless you saw a stand up live, it was only the absolutely biggest names (Carlin, Pryor, Clay) who would get HBO specials, so you weren't otherwise seeing their material.
Now, almost every comedian you even might have heard of, has a Newflix or Amazon special, and the lesser known ones still have a podcast or their stuff up on YouTube. You couldn't stick a blue comedian on a family show, knowing that nobody has seen their comedic persona.
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Back in like '85 Saget did Dangerfield's Young Comedian Special where Kinnison,Rose Ann,Louie Anderson,Yakov Smirnoff and a few others put together maybe the best hour of stand Up I've seen
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHeZS3mGDKY
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A bit off the radar but biographer, playwright and long time Drama critic for the WSJ, Terry Teachout died today at 65. Small-town Missouri roots, just fantastic writer, covered theater productions all over the country, probably my favorite critic to read on anything, music, drama, whatever. His biography on Louis Armstrong was fabulous. He also wrote a lot in Commentary and other publications over the years.
I'll add, he was absolutely the most genuine person I've ever witnessed on Twitter. Not an ounce of cynicism or bs. I think he and Vin Scully are the world's most honest users of the medium in history.
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Lead singer of the Ronettes
Ronnie Spector
https://youtu.be/GM5r0Ve8Las
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She was dish before our time and a hell of a set pipes to go with it .RIP Ronnie
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Rip Ron Franklin, 79. The voice of ESPN college football during some of my formative years working w Gottfried, Dr Jerry Punch and Fran franchilla.
Not a bad pbp guy. His verbal tic was always saying a kick 'had the distance' whether it did or didn't off the foot. Probably hung on too long but certainly a 'college football' guy which made him superior to blowhards like Tessitore and others today.
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He was the University of Texas radio broadcast PBP guy for several years in the 80s before moving on to television and ESPN, and to me, his is THE voice of college football, even moreso than Keith Jackson.
RIP
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I was a big Ron Franklin fan
RIP
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I think he'd do the Thursday night and Saturday night games every week. He was great.
"has 5....has 10..."
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2022/01/21/meat-loaf-dies-age-74-family-says/6605016001/
Meat Loaf, 'Bat Out of Hell' and 'I'd Do Anything for Love' rockstar, dies at age 74
RIP MARVIN
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Meat Loaf and Louie Anderson
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Meat Loaf and Louie Anderson
Louie too,crap both big guys and great entertainers
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https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/howard-hesse-man-dead-wkrp-in-cincinnati-police-academy-1235167152/
Howard Hesseman, Prolific Character Actor and Star of ‘WKRP in Cincinnati,’ Dies at 81
Hesseman found his most iconic role playing radio DJ Dr. Johnny Fever on the CBS sitcom “WKRP in Cincinnati.” Hesseman earned two Emmy nominations for his performance on the series, which ran from 1978 to 1982. Hesseman was also well-known for his starring role as Charlie Moore on ABC’s “Head of the Class” and his performance as Sam Royer on “One Day at a Time.” Hesseman joined the CBS sitcom as a main cast member for its ninth and final season
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PJ O'rourke died at 74. World class satirist. Loved his books as I was coming of age and into 20s. Quite versatile in his subject matter too.
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Dwayne Haskins died in a car accident this morning. Incredibly sad. Seemed like a tremendously good guy. One of those stories you never want to read.
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/33706232/pittsburgh-steelers-qb-dwayne-haskins-dies-being-hit-car
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So strange to be hit by a car. That's really sad.
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unreal. the kid was only 24. they haven’t released any details yet. just says hit by a car in south Florida. doesn’t say what city or area, what time of day, or how the hell this could possibly happen.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOFTn82EeHE
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unreal. the kid was only 24. they haven’t released any details yet. just says hit by a car in south Florida. doesn’t say what city or area, what time of day, or how the hell this could possibly happen.
The first report I read said car accident and the rest have said hit by a car. Truly sad. One of those guys from a rival school that was easy to respect due his talent and like because of his personality.
Washington was such a bad fit. Thought the Steelers was a great landing spot. Terrible!
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https://wsvn.com/news/local/dump-truck-fatally-strikes-pedestrian-along-i-595-wb-lanes-in-fort-lauderdale/
Apparently ran out of gas on the freeway and when he stepped out of his car he got hit.
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Absolutely horrible. I really thought if given a chance he could make it. Thought the Steelers should have rolled with him this year over Trubisky
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Washington was such a bad fit. Thought the Steelers was a great landing spot. Terrible!
Absolutely horrible. I really thought if given a chance he could make it. Thought the Steelers should have rolled with him this year over Trubisky
RIP DH,agreed thought the Steelers would be a good fit.And a fine Buckeye
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It has also made it clear that going forward if Adam schefter and gil brandt are given a platform to say anything, it is on their employers
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Just so Adam Schefter and Girl Brandt aren't allowed to drive the narrative
https://twitter.com/casekeenum/status/1512892783031431171?t=avW6tc9i350pnnx1s16n_w&s=19
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(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FQAKym4X0AwL5C6?format=jpg&name=4096x4096)
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Very sad.
Gary Brown, Wisconsin running backs coach last season, dies at age 52 (jsonline.com) (https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/college/uw/2022/04/10/gary-brown-wisconsin-running-backs-coach-last-season-dies-age-52/7203386001/)
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Very sad.
Gary Brown, Wisconsin running backs coach last season, dies at age 52 (jsonline.com) (https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/college/uw/2022/04/10/gary-brown-wisconsin-running-backs-coach-last-season-dies-age-52/7203386001/)
Cancer just sucks.
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F Cancer.
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My friend in Vegas had his liver cancer pulverized, which was great news and he was doing the steps to get a heart & liver transplant, but now they found something in his femur.
FFS
I wish I could take his place, he's been through enough already. Hopefully it's nothing, maybe it's something, but everything has been put on hold.
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https://twitter.com/jpafootball/status/1513554363935084551?s=20&t=FDLjZrW6JvGemmqX8tu6-Q
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My friend in Vegas had his liver cancer pulverized, which was great news and he was doing the steps to get a heart & liver transplant, but now they found something in his femur.
As an aside to the original topic (but since this thread is about dying), I’m surprised and disheartened by those I grew up with, in various capacities, already passing, few as they may be. If I had to guess, I didn’t think it’d be until well into my fifties, a good twenty years from now, that faces going back to my days in Cub Scouts, Little League, Church Youth group, High School sports, and summer jobs are starting to show up in obituaries.
Just this past two years:
-High School buddy/Cub Scouts: complications with 20 years of Type 1 Diabetes
-High School buddy: no explanation in obituary but likely an OD or Car accident
-Another High School buddy: no explanation in obituary but likely an OD or Car accident
-High School buddy/Summer coworker (Burger King/Landscaping): Fatal motorcycle accident resulting from a police chase, pronounced dead at scene, motorcycle reported stolen, warrants out for Meth possession
-High School/Church youth group: ODed on pain prescriptions skimmed from elderly patients she was serving as a nurse to for their hospice care
-College buddy: OD in Scottsdale, Fentanyl cut in regular supply of Coke
-College buddy: Homicide victim during home invasion
-College buddy: Left nightclub very drunk and was run over by truck while riding an E-Scooter on Scottsdale Blvd
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Wait till you get to your 70s
My HS class was 473 and I knew most of them
as of last count by our 1967 grad class committee 116 have passed
life is just too short
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Gilbert Gottfried rip. Interesting career and act to say the least. Great wise ass.
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Gilbert Gottfried rip. Interesting career and act to say the least. Great wise ass.
Yeah but he made that comment about a tsunami or something 15 years ago.
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Gilbert Gottfried rip.
Like most 90s kids, my intro to Gottfried was through all his voice acting roles. Namely the obnoxious bird Iago in Aladdin, both the movie and the animated series on Disney Afternoon.
(https://i.imgur.com/xDq5J8w.jpg)
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https://twitter.com/TerryReithCBC/status/1517185972709969921
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Cripes, I think Quibi may have lasted longer than CNN plus.
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Daryle Lamonica, one of the Raiders' all-time greats, died at age 80, the team announced Thursday.
"The Raider Nation will forever miss his easy-going nature and warm smile. Our deepest condolences are with his wife Mary, son Brandon, the rest of the Lamonica family, teammates and friends," the team said in a statement.
Lamonica, who was known as "The Mad Bomber," still holds the team's single-season record for touchdown passes which he set in 1969, when he had an AFL-leading 34 scoring tosses. He started 84 games for the Raiders from 1967-73. A two-time first-team All-Pro selection, Lamonica complied a 62-16-6 record with the Raiders and led the franchise to five playoff appearances as a full-time starter.
In total, Lamonica played 12 NFL seasons with the Bills and Raiders. His 16,655 passing yards with the Raiders ranks fourth all-time in the franchise's history.
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Cripes, I think Quibi may have lasted longer than CNN plus.
Still trying to figure out how making people pay to watch a network that they won't watch for free was ever a good idea.
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Still trying to figure out how making people pay to watch a network that they won't watch for free was ever a good idea.
Wallace!
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CNN+ Exceeds All Expectations By Lasting Nearly 3 Weeks | The Babylon Bee (https://babylonbee.com/news/cnn-exceeds-all-expectations-by-lasting-nearly-3-weeks)
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https://www.freep.com/story/sports/college/michigan-state/spartans/2022/05/09/adreian-payne-dies-obituary/9702652002/
Adreian Payne dead at 31. Of course, he played his college ball at Michigan St. Looked like for a while WVU might land him.
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Several names from yesterday:
Ray Liotta who, like most everybody else, I'll always remember from Goodfellas
Andy Fletcher, keyboardist of Depeche Mode
Alan White, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame drummer
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Gopher legend Marion Barber III
https://twitter.com/clarencehilljr/status/1532125465472815106?t=g0V_jkhhkkPizj4Mk3yadg&s=19
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Gopher legend Marion Barber III
https://twitter.com/clarencehilljr/status/1532125465472815106?t=g0V_jkhhkkPizj4Mk3yadg&s=19
Very sad news. Much too young
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Damn, really loved those dual threat backfield Minnesota teams that could never get over the hump
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tR_aN0qg--g
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R.I.P. MB III,how many seasons did they play together?
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Damn, really loved those dual threat backfield Minnesota teams that could never get over the hump
Those teams had such a type. Unreal ground game (I think it was outside zone), Wisconsin-esque QB play, suspect defense and kind bad close game luck.
Man they had some backs (and a coach who feels more strange as the years pass)
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Very sad news. Much too young
I just read about this. Very sad. I loved to watch him run.
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My undergrad at the U of MN was concurrent with Barber's time laying out opposing defenders. He was indeed fun to watch, but Glen Mason's lengthy rap sheet of horrific 4th quarter collapses tarnished his early 2000s teams.
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Another former Big Ten player gone WAY too soon
https://twitter.com/BoilerBall/status/1539248588202692611?s=20&t=Q174YUf7IE6DRJgOM8f-lw
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Tony Siragusa passed away at 55.
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RIP James Caan.
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Most famous MSU alum?
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I'd say Magic.
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RIP James Caan.
One of the greats. To me, he's Sonny, to my kids he's Buddy's father.
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I'd say Magic.
Then I'd say Jimmy Hoffa?
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not to derail an important thread, but George the Animal Steel is also an alum...did not know this.
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I'd say Magic.
Yeah, sorry, meant non-athlete
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Most famous MSU alum?
Can you count him if he didn't get his degree?
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Can you count him if he didn't get his degree?
An actor? Sure
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Most famous MSU alum?
did he finish?
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WWII veteran, last member of ‘Band of Brothers,’ Bradford Freeman dies at 97
https://www.stripes.com/veterans/obituaries/2022-07-05/bradford-freeman-band-brothers-obit-6561608.html
(https://i.imgur.com/MVFqqkQ.png)
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FORMER OHIO STATE LINEBACKER, MICHIGAN HEAD COACH GARY MOELLER DIES AT 81
https://www.elevenwarriors.com/the-big-ten/2022/07/131654/former-ohio-state-linebacker-michigan-head-coach-gary-moeller-dies-at-81
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His firing from UM after his drunken outburst, wound up leading to some simmering behind the scenes stuff in the Michigan football department, that is still going on.
He did a pretty damn good job with the Lions in 2000, taking over midseason, and deserved the job full time, but of course Matt Millen screwed it up
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Ya but to get tarred and feathered for pretty much what was an unblemished rep all around was unjust.Great article by Mitch Albom
https://www.yahoo.com/video/mitch-albom-gary-moeller-deserved-100101152.html
He’d had no record before that. No trouble, No belligerence. He didn’t have Schembechler’s temper, let alone that of their former mentor, Woody Hayes. He was honorable, his players loved him, he ran a clean program and in five seasons at U-M, while he didn’t win at the same percentage as his famous predecessor, he captured three Big Ten titles and won four out of five bowl games.
Their basketball coach Juwan Howard throws a punch at a UW coach while sober on National TV - shows no remorse - keeps his job - SMDH
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Yeah, this one and the Mike Price situation were always a bit strange to me.
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WWII veteran, last member of ‘Band of Brothers,’ Bradford Freeman dies at 97
https://www.stripes.com/veterans/obituaries/2022-07-05/bradford-freeman-band-brothers-obit-6561608.html
(https://i.imgur.com/MVFqqkQ.png)
From the article:
“He’s a true American hero and we need to honor those people … we owe them more than we could ever repay them.
Truer words were never spoken. They are known as the Greatest Generation for a reason. RIP
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/oregon-football-star-spencer-webb-22-dies-after-falling-on-rock-slides-hitting-his-head/ar-AAZyKd7?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=a477cf8db99641078ee55b84bf28f110
Oregon Ducks tight end Spencer Webb was killed in a diving accident less than a mile from Eugene,
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Bill Russell RIP.
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Feherty interviewed him about 5 yrs back on the Golf Channel .Great exchange and an interesting guy. Both were recovering from "the thirst". Love the fact he played Defense when it meant something. RIP Mr Russell
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Bill Russell RIP.
Shame he had to play for Boston
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any Trrekies?
(https://groovyhistory.com/content/70781/3051e67f0f24a55138205376e2a5177d.jpg)
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She passed? Think her and Captain Kirk had one of the 1st interracial kisses on TV - it raised some eyebrows back in the Day though it shouldn't have
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Yup. We are down to Kirk, Sulu, and Checkov as the only surviving original series main cast.
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Plenty of Klingons left,see them all the time,some post here
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Vin Scully died. THE single reason I started getting Extra Innings so long ago. Master of the English language.
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Vin Scully died. THE single reason I started getting Extra Innings so long ago. Master of the English language.
I stayed up way too late watching Dodgers games on EI, just to hear him. I'm partial to Ernie Harwell, as the voice of my youth, but Scully was the best
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Harwell is inner circle as well. Same though, as much as I adore Uecker my entire life, Scully is the best.
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It's crazy that the Brooklyn Dodgers had a Red Barber-Ernie Harwell booth, and when Harwell left, they replaced him with Vin Scully.
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This sucks.
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It's crazy that the Brooklyn Dodgers had a Red Barber-Ernie Harwell booth, and when Harwell left, they replaced him with Vin Scully.
👀,that's damn near devine intervention and what it's all about. I've previously mentioned and always liked listening to CFB in the early saturday afternoon with the radio crackling in the backgound while getting the leaves raked. Good radio talent brings a whole other dimension. Perhaps it's taking in the games over the original means of calling the contests that captures the imagination. They allow you smell & taste the peanuts/popcorn/hotdogs/crackerjack while waving down the guy screaming "cold beer here" as bat cracks.
RIP Mr Scully
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Harwell is inner circle as well. Same though, as much as I adore Uecker my entire life, Scully is the best.
Don't have to be a best just amazingly good in different aspects.Eucker could/can be engaging and side splitting at the same time. Use to listen to him as Harry Doyle when he called the Tribe games ;D. He told a story one time about when he was a back up with the Phillies.Forget who Philly was playing but they were pounding the opponent by like 15 runs and it was getting monotonous. So Manager Gene Mauch looked at Eucker and told him to grab a bat and put a stop to this. If you haven't read his book "Catcher in the Wrye" do so.
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Manager Gene Mauch, never got to the World Series
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August 3rd, 2005
A day that haunts me every single day of my life. I honestly don't know how to tell this story. There is so much pain that goes with it. Its not an easy story to tell, but I believe our guys deserve their story to be told. 17 years ago, I guess it actually starts with August 1st. Two sniper teams went out to overwatch an area outside of Barwanah. Somehow or another their position had been compromised, which led to an attack from the insurgents. A squad of mujahideen started a mortar attack on them, and at the same time rushed their postion. The snipers fought back but eventually were overrun. All six Marines lost their lives that day. Five initially, with one still alive but seriously wounded. After the attack, the insurgents drug off the wounded Marine’s body through the streets of Barwanah, handcuffed. As soon as we heard about this we all left the dam and headed straight for the site of the snipers. At that point, some of our grunts loaded up on aluminum boats to patrol up and down the river searching for any sign of the missing Marine. They soon hit contact (firefight) on the banks of Barwanah and Haditha and did gun runs up and down the river, but found no trace of the body. This is what led into Operation Quickstrike two days later. Our mission was to clear out the town of Barwanah and recover the Marine and all of the equipment. August 2nd we all staged outside of the town, and the morning of August 3rd we pushed towards the city. We approached the city early that morning, I remember like it was yesterday. Driving up to the city we were nervous like always. There's always that fear of the unknown, but like always we knew we had a job to do so we just suck it up and push forward. Nothing could prepare us for what was about to happen though. Our first couple tracs made it into the city. Then all of a sudden, BOOM. I saw the biggest explosion in my life. An IED exploded on one of our amtracs. 15 men lost their lives in that one instant. 11 grunts, 3 trackers, and 1 interpreter. The explosion was so big it flipped the 27 ton amtrack over on it's top. The whole convoy came to a halt and the first couple vehicles in front quickly unloaded and cleared out the general area. As much pain as we were in we couldn't even show our emotions because we couldn't let our guard down, we still had a job to do. Never in my life have I felt so much pain, seeing the aftermath was horrific. That by far was the worst day of my life. Here we are about to clear a town, and within the last couple days we just lost 21 of our guys. Everything after that just became numb. We all felt like our time was coming, it's just a matter of when. That feeling was strong throughout our whole deployment, but that day that moment solidified it. We kept on with the op though, we cleared the city. Our grunts just lost a third of their platoon, and they still nutted up and cleared the city. That's bravery on a whole new level. We also got intell that the insurgents drug the Marine across the river to another city. And that Delta force went in and recovered the body. During that op we got our revenge. That was the first time I've seen F-18s doing a gun run. We pushed the insurgents out of the city and they were literally jumping into the Euphrates river. That's when our F-18s swooped in and lit them fuckers up. Although we got our revenge, it still will never replace the men we lost. And by some crazy miracle one Marine survived that blast. He was one of our trackers, the driver. The guy 2 feet behind him was completely gone, but he survived and crawled away. While the ammo inside the trac was cooking off after the blast, another vehicle drove between him and the trac to shield him from getting hurt. He was med evaced and that guy is still alive and well today. Angels had their wings around him that morning.
We all lost a huge part of us in iraq, and I believe most of that part was in Barwanah. We left that city about 6 days later, all changed men. But what little we had left, our boys kept pushing forward, we kept fighting. We completed the mission and completed the deployment. There are so many more details that I care not to share, but I just wanted to give the men we lost the respect they deserve, as well as the rest of our men that never gave up. Semper Fi warriors. Today, this sacred day, is our day. Let us raise our glasses. Let us live for them.
August 1, 2005
Cpl. Jeffrey A. Boskovitch
Lcpl. Roger D. Castleberry Jr.
Sgt. David J. Coullard
Lcpl. Daniel N. Deyarmin Jr.
Lcpl. Brian P. Montgomery
Sgt. Nathaniel S. Rock
August 3, 2005
Cpl David Stewart - 24
Lcpl Kevin Waruinge - 22
Sgt Bradley Harper - 25
Sgt Justin Hoffman - 27
Lcpl Timothy Bell Jr - 22
Lcpl Eric Bernholtz - 23
Lcpl Michael Cifuentes - 25
Lcpl Christopher Dyer - 19
Sgt David Kreuter - 26
Lcpl Aaron Reed - 21
Lcpl William Wightman - 22
Lcpl Edward Schroeder II - 22
Lcpl Nicholas Bloem - 20
Lcpl Grant Fraser - 22
The tattoo on my back was actually drawn up by one of our grunts during the operation just a couple days after the explosion. Most of the company got this drawing tattooed. It is by far the most meaningful tattoo that I have.
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RIP former UGA RB Lars Tate. Died at age 56.
He was part of a trio of good RBs for the Dawgs in the late 80s/early 90s, including Tim Worley and Rodney Hampton.
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RIP Steve Worster
Famed Texas FB, speaheaded the wishbone offense that led to 30 straight wins for the Horns.
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Steve was a tough hard nosed player
He played the full back position of the wishbone and was one of the best inside runners Ive ever seen
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https://apple.news/A2GgloO4rSUqeCP3SXz4xEA
Tom Weiskopf.
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TOM WEISKOPF DIES AT 79
(https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio-state-athletics/2022/08/132354/tom-weiskopf-former-ohio-state-golfer-and-british-open-champion-dies-of-pancreatic-cancer-at-79)
(https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio-state-athletics/2022/08/132354/tom-weiskopf-former-ohio-state-golfer-and-british-open-champion-dies-of-pancreatic-cancer-at-79)
(https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio-state-athletics/2022/08/132354/tom-weiskopf-former-ohio-state-golfer-and-british-open-champion-dies-of-pancreatic-cancer-at-79)
Tom Weiskopf, who starred on the 1962 golf team at Ohio State before enjoying a long and successful career on the PGA tour, died in Scottsdale, Arizona, on Friday, according to Golf Digest.
Weiskopf passed at 79 after a two-year battle with pancreatic cancer.
(https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio-state-athletics/2022/08/132354/tom-weiskopf-former-ohio-state-golfer-and-british-open-champion-dies-of-pancreatic-cancer-at-79)
Weiskopf was a member of the 1962 golf team at Ohio State, arriving the year after Jack Nicklaus left Columbus to start his own pro career. An outstanding golfer, known by his nickname the “Towering Inferno” due to his 6-3 height and temper on the course, the Massilon native claimed 15 PGA tour victories, including the 1973 British Open at Royal Troon
(https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio-state-athletics/2022/08/132354/tom-weiskopf-former-ohio-state-golfer-and-british-open-champion-dies-of-pancreatic-cancer-at-79)1973 would be his best season on the Tour when he won the Open and notched five tournament titles in an eight-week span. He finished that season ranked second in the world behind fellow Buckeye Nicklaus.
(https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio-state-athletics/2022/08/132354/tom-weiskopf-former-ohio-state-golfer-and-british-open-champion-dies-of-pancreatic-cancer-at-79) (https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio-state-athletics/2022/08/132354/tom-weiskopf-former-ohio-state-golfer-and-british-open-champion-dies-of-pancreatic-cancer-at-79) (https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio-state-athletics/2022/08/132354/tom-weiskopf-former-ohio-state-golfer-and-british-open-champion-dies-of-pancreatic-cancer-at-79)
“UNQUESTIONABLY, THE BEST YEARS OF MY LIFE WERE THOSE SPENT IN COLUMBUS, AT OHIO STATE. THOSE YEARS GAVE ME THE CONFIDENCE TO BECOME SUCCESSFUL.”
(https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio-state-athletics/2022/08/132354/tom-weiskopf-former-ohio-state-golfer-and-british-open-champion-dies-of-pancreatic-cancer-at-79)
(https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio-state-athletics/2022/08/132354/tom-weiskopf-former-ohio-state-golfer-and-british-open-champion-dies-of-pancreatic-cancer-at-79)
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Mr. Gorbachev died. One of the last surviving major players from the Cold War.
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I think he "Got It" - seemed like a decent guy RIP Mikhail
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Long Live the Queen. Passed at 96 today.
70 years. Wow.
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Long Live the Queen. Passed at 96 today.
70 years. Wow.
milestone
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The Queen is dead. Long live the King.
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I'll never understand why they still do all that royalty stuff. May she rest in peace.
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CNNs last news anchor, Bernard Shaw died. Rip.
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I'll never understand why they still do all that royalty stuff. May she rest in peace.
Yup the still have Dukes,Marquess,earls,Viscounts,Barons and such. That have long held on to their titles,manors,estates,ya know for fox/quail hunting,crikett and polo.That crap should have been scrapped long ago
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It's symbolic and the British people love it.
Let it be.
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It's symbolic and the British people love it.
Let it be.
It's 100 million taxpayer pounds a year. Just to fund one family. Because reasons.
Fuck that noise.
If it was here, you'd be against it.
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The will of the people over there makes it be. If they didn't want it, it wouldn't be.
Don't care. Does not affect me in the slightest.
I'm definitely not for it here, but it is here.
It just looks different.
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It's 100 million taxpayer pounds a year. Just to fund one family. Because reasons.
Fuck that noise.
If it was here, you'd be against it.
Thats funny as hell
It is here
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It's 100 million taxpayer pounds a year. Just to fund one family. Because reasons.
Fuck that noise.
If it was here, you'd be against it.
To be fair, there are advantages to the British people/taxpayers as well including:
- If the Royals didn't host State visits and go on goodwill tours then someone else would have to do it. The someone else would likely be either the PM or a highly ranked cabinet member and they have other actual responsibilities so it probably makes sense to leave it to the Royals.
- Tourism: I don't know how much Britain rakes in each year in tourism spending but a decent percentage of it is probably fueled by Americans and others visiting Buckingham Palace and whatnot. It would be impossible to separate it but some would come anyway to see the place while some are there to see an actual Royal and for most it is probably a little bit of both.
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It's 100 million taxpayer pounds a year. Just to fund one family. Because reasons.
Fuck that noise.
If it was here, you'd be against it.
The Royal Family and all their nonsense is just another matter to take in jest.
Queen Elizabeth's cultural value was serving the British public as a living embodiment for the older generations to respectfully cling to their sentiments of the Old World. For them she was the time before the world went into hyperdrive. A Merry England unto herself. Now a vacancy of national identity the Monarch is unable to fill. With her deceased, Charles and the rest aren't strong enough pillars to keep what is a hollow Monarchy institution plodding along like a house waiting to be condemned and razed once the elderly person living there passes away. The match to be lit by Meghan Markle herself.
RIP Queen Elizabeth.
Opening line of BBC's official obituary - HM The Queen 1926 - 2022: "She became for many the one constant point in a rapidly changing world as British influence declined, society changed beyond recognition and the role of the monarchy itself came into question."
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There was a war fought so that we wouldn't have to give a crap about the royal family.
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There was a war fought so that we wouldn't have to give a crap about the royal family.
Its not a matter of having to
its a matter of pride
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Best as I can tell... Charles has the personality of a wet fart. I'm thinking the end is near for the royals??
Elizabeth was the epitome of what a statesman and lady should be. She kept things going and did a lot of good things for the people.
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The will of the people over there makes it be. If they didn't want it, it wouldn't be.
I don’t believe it’s that simple. There are plenty of things here that people don’t want.
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lhttps://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/joseph-hazelwood-captain-of-the-exxon-valdez-that-spilled-oil-in-alaska-is-dead-at-75/ (https://www.songfacts.com/songs/peter-gabriel)
Joseph Hazelwood, the captain of the tanker Exxon Valdez, which ran aground on a reef in the icy waters of Alaska’s Prince William Sound in March 1989, dumping at least 10.8 million gallons of crude oil in one of America’s worst environmental disasters, has died. He was 75.
The spill killed 250,000 seabirds, 2,800 sea otters, 300 harbor seals, 250 bald eagles and as many as 22 killer whales, according to the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council, a joint federal-state monitoring agency.
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The spill killed 250,000 seabirds, 2,800 sea otters, 300 harbor seals, 250 bald eagles and as many as 22 killer whales, according to the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council, a joint federal-state monitoring agency.
just an estimate, Dude
you want a toe?
I can get you a toe
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Kind of hard to misidentify a killer whale.Of course with the creative license you take with scorecards I can see the rub. I remember watching a live feed back in the '80s and the Green People(not martians) cleaned up a harbor seal and had this ceremony releasing it and the crowd clapped as it propelled it self to the open sea and a Orca surfaced grabbing it.Did not see film of that again
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I'm not questioning that there were seabirds, sea otters, harbor seals, bald eagles and as many as 22 killer whales
I'm questioning the numbers
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Maury Wills, the star Los Angeles Dodger shortstop who revived the art of base-stealing in the 1960s and became one of the most exciting ballplayers of his time, died on Monday night at his home in Sedona, Ariz. He was 89.
His death was announced by the Dodgers.
The chants of “Go, go, go!” resounded from Dodger fans when the slender Wills took a lead off first base. He was soon off and running — stealing second base, and sometimes third moments later, spurring the usually light-hitting Dodgers to scratch out enough runs to come up winners.
Wills had spent more than eight seasons in the minors when he joined the Dodgers in early June 1959. But he took over at shortstop and helped bring the team four pennants and three World Series championships.
Wills set a modern major league record when he stole 104 bases in 1962, eclipsing the record of 96 set by Ty Cobb in 1915 and transforming baseball from the power game that had prevailed since Babe Ruth’s heyday. He set the stage for Lou Brock of the St. Louis Cardinals, who stole 118 bases in 1974, and Rickey Henderson of the Oakland A’s, who set the current record with 130 steals in 1982.
The Seattle Mariners hired Wills in August 1980 as the third Black manager in major league baseball history, following Frank Robinson of the Cleveland Indians and Larry Doby of the Chicago White Sox. But Wills’s managerial tenure was brief and unsuccessful. He was later plagued by cocaine addiction.
In his base-stealing prime, Wills was adept at getting a quick jump off the bag, and he was a master of sliding under or around a tag. He took long leads and studied pitchers’ habits intently.
Most of all, it was a mental duel for Wills.
“Stealing is a matter of confidence, even conceit,” he told The New York Times in September 1962. “It’s more than getting a good jump, a big lead. It’s being in the right frame of mind. I run with the thought that the pitcher will make a perfect throw and the catcher will make a perfect throw and I’ll still beat them. I don’t have a doubt.”
A hardly imposing 5 feet 10 inches and 165 pounds, Wills, known as Mouse to his teammates, was a popular figure among Dodger fans in Los Angeles during the team’s first decade there after leaving Brooklyn.
Early in September 1962, while covering the race for California governor between the incumbent, Edmund G. Brown, and Richard M. Nixon, the Washington columnist James Reston of The Times wrote, “If, after the season, Maury Wills were to run for governor, neither Brown nor Nixon would have a chance.”
Maurice Morning Wills was born on Oct. 2, 1932, in the Anacostia neighborhood of Washington, D.C., one of 13 children of Guy and Mable Wills. His father was a minister who also worked as a machinist at the Washington Navy Yard. His mother worked as an elevator operator.
At Cardozo High School in Washington, Wills played football — quarterback on offense, safety on defense and kicker on special teams — and starred in baseball as a pitcher, winning all-city honors in both sports. He was converted to an infielder after joining the Dodgers’ organization in 1951.
In his rookie season with the Dodgers, the team won the World Series, defeating the Chicago White Sox, who had their own outstanding base-stealer in Luis Aparicio. Wills stole 50 bases in 1960, his first full season, and went on to win the National League’s base-stealing title every year through 1965.
He was named the league’s most valuable player in 1962. He played on Dodger World Series championship teams again in 1963 and 1965 and a pennant-winner in 1966, teams powered by the pitching of Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale.
Wills was traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates after the 1966 season. He later played for the Montreal Expos and then was traded back to the Dodgers in June 1969, finishing his career with them in 1972.
He stole 586 bases (putting him 20th on the all-time major league career list) and had a career batting average of .281, with 2,134 hits — only 20 of them home runs. He was a five-time All-Star and winner of the Gold Glove award for fielding in 1961 and 1962. He remained on the Hall of Fame ballot for 15 seasons but was never inducted.
Wills was a baseball analyst for NBC-TV’s “Game of the Week” during the 1970s.
Taking over a weak team when he was named the Mariners’ manager, he was probably most remembered in Seattle for being suspended for two games after he was caught illegally ordering the team’s groundskeeper to extend the batter’s box by a foot toward the pitcher’s rubber before a game with the Oakland A’s on April 25, 1981. Billy Martin, the A’s manager, believed Wills was trying to give Mariner batters a better chance to connect against his starting pitcher, Rick Langford, before his deliveries broke.
Wills was fired on May 6. He had only a 26-56 record as the Mariners’ manager.
He acknowledged in his memoir, “On the Run: The Never Dull and Often Shocking Life of Maury Wills” (1992), written with Mike Celizic, that he struggled with cocaine addiction, but he became sober in the late 1980s. He was later a baserunning instructor for the Dodger organization and for other teams.
Wills had six children, all from his first marriage, to Gertrude (Elliott) Wills, whom he married in high school, according to his memoir. That marriage ended in divorce, as did his second marriage, to Angela George.
He is survived by his third wife, Carla; two sons, Barry and Bump; four daughters, Mauricia Wills, Anita Wills, Wendi Wills and Susan Wills-Quam; seven grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. A number of his siblings also survive him.
Wills’s son Bump was an infielder for the Texas Rangers and Chicago Cubs in the late 1970s and early ’80s.
Though his Dodgers were usually winners, Wills didn’t need to look at the scoreboard to tell when he had fallen short. “I know when I have had a lousy day just by looking down at my uniform,” he told Sports Illustrated in 1965. “If it isn’t dirty, I haven’t scored two runs, I haven’t done my job.”
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He'd be at spring training every year, accessible and talking with people.
Statistically not a very good MVP, but it was more about being unique than anything else.
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as you know, I don't like many Dodgers, but Wills was very likeable
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as you know, I don't like many Dodgers, but Wills was very likeable
I liked Davey Lopes a lot. Great player. That was one helluva infield they had...
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how about the Penguin?
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Best as I can tell... Charles has the personality of a wet fart. I'm thinking the end is near for the royals??
Elizabeth was the epitome of what a statesman and lady should be. She kept things going and did a lot of good things for the people.
I agree with your conclusion but I want to add another reason in addition to Charles' personality compared to his mothers'.
It is a generational issue. During the blitz and the later V1 and V2 attacks the Royal Family stayed in London and faced the dangers with the English people. The recently deceased Queen even worked as an ambulance driver as a teenager during this time and the Royal Family (King George VI, Queen Elizabeth, Princess Elizabeth, and Princess Margaret) made many morale boosting visits to hospitals, bombed areas, and even to the London Subway during attacks when the subway was being used as a massive public bomb shelter.
The generation of English people who huddled in the tube with the Royals singing "The White Cliffs of Dover"* was never going to end the Monarchy.
The current generation is much less English and WWII to them is as ancient as the War of the Roses so all bets are off.
*Check out the lyrics (https://www.google.com/search?q=vera+lynn+the+white+cliffs+of+dover&client=ms-android-tmus-us-revc&sxsrf=ALiCzsZf8EIHckWqYDnvYHQtJiHEfSKO0w%3A1663771600452&ei=0CMrY7CXG_ys0PEPh7a92Ao&oq=blue+skies+over+the+white+cliffs+of+dover+lyrics&gs_lcp=ChNtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1zZXJwEAMyBQghEKABMgUIIRCgATIFCCEQqwI6CggAEEcQ1gQQsAM6BggAEB4QFjoFCAAQhgNKBAhBGABQ5xRYni5gvDVoAXABeACAAfMBiAGoEJIBBTAuNS41mAEAoAEByAEIuAEDwAEB&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-serp&si=AC1wQDAXKblb4YtxZaDquKpQ5Js55CVph8NS1FIwBhgs6qyyHsXnc_rghz-WRUw7zhtcWLXG43MMC16TnCME04CI373SJHF2_JVCGRBV31y5hp3IELcCxY80w3EEqqgGiscO5jfnYEvsNm2CPagekcquE7kgbl2sdw%3D%3D&ictx=1&ved=2ahUKEwj3wJihkKb6AhWRHzQIHbgsC68QyNoBKAB6BAgEEAc#wptab=si:AC1wQDAmhH4WxhqkLyzXLNCgm7uMlL-cwjtGo7YoiLsJI42k1Zt3T5h9PClNLNtt0Z7jv-_mhUKbgLlj9bkHL5jIslBDHH5g-vyzwY1NI-ySy_Vg6PTJGEZ8Xq8qyEDMwKZSaXlBzj9nGfuSEg790jgvyLFGJsRVvC8xCmMoBmKorbEkuwR1E5Y%3D). The White Cliffs of Dover are along the Channel Coast of England and when Londoners were singing that song in the Tube there were bombers with Swastikas over those Cliffs. Families huddled in the Tube with their children sang "There'll be bluebirds over
The white cliffs of Dover
Tomorrow, just you wait and see
There'll be love and laughter
And peace ever after
Tomorrow, when the world is free
The shepherd will tend his sheep
The valley will bloom again
And Jimmy will go to sleep
In his own little room again"
Imagine singing that while huddling in a subway with your terrified wife and children while Nazi Bombers prowled the skies above your house!
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RIP Bruce Sutter
one of the best relievers ever, and the first pitcher ever to reach the Hall of Fame without starting a game. That split finger pitch was devastating. He learned it in the minors after an arm injury. An old pitching coach in the Cubs organization taught it to him. The splitter evolved from the forkball. The two pitches are gripped in almost the same way, except a splitter is generally held with more ease and placed toward the top of the fingers. Splitters are also thrown with the same minimal wrist action as a fastball, unlike the wrist-snap used for a forkball.
https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2022/10/14/23404399/former-cubs-closer-hall-of-famer-bruce-sutter-died (https://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2022/10/14/23404399/former-cubs-closer-hall-of-famer-bruce-sutter-died)
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First pitcher inducted into the HOF without starting a game
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Ya saw that.I remember when he was still with the cubs - early 80s and I think Nolan Ryan at the time was the only player in MLB that had a million $ a yr contract.Cubs offered Sutter 800,000,he countered with "I can't live on 800,000 a year" which was both offensive and funny at the time
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Ended the WS striking out Gorman Thomas in Game 7 and the other team was without their HOF relief man for the series I won a 25 cent bet with our paperboy. I was six.
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RIP Charley Trippi
100 years old
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Cincy will fill you in on the details.
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His career NFL stats are super weird
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Another UGA loss: longtime HC Vince Dooley
25 seasons as a HC, all at UGA
201 wins, 77 losses, 10 ties
1980 national championship
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Another UGA loss: longtime HC Vince Dooley
25 seasons as a HC, all at UGA
201 wins, 77 losses, 10 ties
1980 national championship:
OrangeAfroMan:
I think 1980 was the Herschel Walker year, which made things a bit easier for Vince Dooley. I was in Tallahassee, then. Back then, Walker was a man amongst boys. Whatever happened to H. Walker? When I was in Tallahassee there was a high school kid, James Massey, from Monticello, Fla. who was getting comparisons to H. Walker. He was one of the top high school RB recruits in the country. I thought he would be the next Herschel Walker. But after he arrived at UF he barely played. You are a UF guy. Do you remember James Massey?
James Massey RB Jefferson County (Monticello) 1982
Set a still-standing state career scoring record with 658 points (also kicked in HS). First RB in Florida history to rush for 2,000 yards twice. A member of the co-champion state title team (with Clewiston). Signed with Florida and lettered all 4 years from 1983-87. Part of the famed three 100-yard rusher game for the Gators in 1984 against Cincinnati.
100 years of Florida high school football: The 100 greatest players (tcpalm.com)
(https://archive.tcpalm.com/sports/100-years-of-florida-high-school-football-the-100-greatest-players-ep-404810200-349234841.html/)
James Massey at UF:
499 yards rushing / 113 yards receiving, in four years.
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always interesting he was an AU alum. a Mobile native, a city punching way way above their weight in producing sports legends.
Jerry Lee Lewis also died. Always a good indicator (for me at least) what my kid's think of these musicians which predate them by more than 1/2 a century. They love his hits. That Chuck Berry type aura. Great move to check out Sun Records in Memphis if you have a chance.
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Dooley went 18-0 in the SEC with Walker toting the rock.
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Massy was before my time. But Florida had Neal Anderson, John L. Williams, and Lorenzo Hampton running the ball those years (all three 1st round draft picks). Looking up his stats, the 1 year between those 3 and Emmitt showing up, Massey averaged 2.9 ypc. Maybe he was injured or had trouble no longer being a man among boys, idk. To this day, Jefferson County FL doesn't have a red light in the entire county. Maybe the change of scenery at UF was too much for him. Who knows?
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By 1987, Emmitt came in having run for the 2nd-most yards in national high school history. No one was going to take carries from him once he stepped on campus.
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Ray Guy died. Probably needs no introduction here.
RiP
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Wow! wasn't he the 1st kicker to get drafted 1st,man I'm gettin' old.That cat was worth the pick.He averaged 44.7 yards per punt for his career,
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600+ games without a blocked punt. Probably So. Miss 2nd best Pro and his name on the award.
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Wow! wasn't he the 1st kicker to get drafted 1st,man I'm gettin' old.That cat was worth the pick.He averaged 44.7 yards per punt for his career,
Funny enough…..heard on sports talk this morning that Guy’s career best year for punting yds avg would rank 26th in the NFL THIS YEAR.
I was shocked.
Bigger, faster, stronger?
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Legendary Washington defensive lineman, two-time Super Bowl winner Dave Butz dies at 72
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/legendary-washington-defensive-lineman-two-time-super-bowl-winner-dave-butz-dies-at-72/
Butz, born in Alabama, was raised in Illinois and was a two-time All-American. He went on to play his college ball at Purdue where he was a First Team All-Big Ten selection, was named to Purdue's All-Time Football Team, and was eventually elected to the College Football (https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/) Hall of Fame in 2014.
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Two deaths this week.
First off, RIP to Gallagher. He was ahead of his time. Always loved his style (even without the props).
Second, though of you probably don't know him, Kevin Conroy lost his battle with cancer. Kevin had been THE voice of Batman in all of the animated series, movies, and video games for the past 30 years.
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Chuckie Carr, former MLB OF, who famously said after explaining to his mgr Phil Garner why he ignored a take sign on a 2-0 count. 'That ain't Chuckies game. Chuckie hacks on 2-0'
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I've also been told that former Racine Park and UW star RB, Brent Moss has died.
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RIP Robert Clary, aka LeBeau on Hogan's Heroes, Dies at 96
https://news.yahoo.com/hogans-heroes-star-robert-clary-014315505.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9kdWNrZHVja2dvLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAF3jhRpPtJ4SNscO
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I remember being startled when i saw him show up on the Bold and the Beautiful.
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Christine McVie, Keyboardist and Singer for Fleetwood Mac, Dead at 79
https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/christine-mcvie-keyboardist-and-singer-for-fleetwood-mac-dead-at-79/ar-AA14KKWv?OCID=ansmsnnews11
Such a talented singer song writer and played a big part in '70s Rock & Roll.
RIP Christie
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John Hadl. Longtime NFL quarterback, Kansas star John Hadl dies at 82 (espn.com) (https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/35148815/long-nfl-quarterback-kansas-star-john-hadl-dies-82)
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Gaylord Perry who won 314 games in his MLB career died at age 84. He looked old when he pitched for Cleveland. I am surprised he died so young.
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I saw him pitch in '83. 44 yoa, he was very gray then. Perry, Niekro, Kuenn, always looked past 65.
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the spitter
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Gaylord Perry who won 314 games in his MLB career died at age 84. He looked old when he pitched for Cleveland. I am surprised he died so young.
Saw him play back in the day in Cleveland - what a character. Think it was like '73-'74 he pitched 29 complete games.Went down to some games with my older bros and their buddies. Alot of great pitchers back then had beer guts or Milwaukee Tumors as the old timers use to call them. RIP Gaylord
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the spitter
He said later he used KY Jelly as it evaporated before it got to the plate :D. Gotta admire the trial and error for finding the right formula
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RIP Bob McGrath. You made my childhood (and likely the childhood of every single poster on this board) better, and I will always remember belting out "Sing, sing a song" to my children at night to help them go to sleep.
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https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/paul-silas-three-time-nba-champion-and-longtime-coach-dies-at-79/
Legendary NBA player and former coach Paul Silas has died at the age of 79, the Houston Rockets confirmed (https://twitter.com/HoustonRockets/status/1601999379510218754). Silas spent 16 years as an NBA (https://www.cbssports.com/nba/) player, winning three championships, two with the Boston Celtics and one with the Seattle SuperSonics. He was a two-time All-Star and a five-time All-Defensive player during his playing career which spanned five teams over nearly two decades.
Silas was drafted in the second round of the 1964 NBA Draft (https://www.cbssports.com/nba/draft/) by the St. Louis Hawks, after spending four standout years at Creighton, where he had career averages of 20.5 points and a ridiculous 21.6 rebounds in college.Silas is one of just five players in NCAA history to average over 20 points and 20 rebounds during his college career, putting him alongside other legendary names like Bill Russell, Julius Erving, Kermit Washington and Artis Gilmore.
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https://www.wtae.com/article/steelers-hall-of-famer-franco-harris-dead-at-72/42304035
Pittsburgh Steelers Hall-of-Famer Franco Harris has died at the age of 72, just days before the 50th anniversary of the Immaculate Reception.
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https://www.wtae.com/article/steelers-hall-of-famer-franco-harris-dead-at-72/42304035
Pittsburgh Steelers Hall-of-Famer Franco Harris has died at the age of 72, just days before the 50th anniversary of the Immaculate Reception.
They were retiring his number during the Raiders game this weekend
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I remember watching that game,being a Brown's fan i was screaming for the Raiders.That was an illegal catch but the refs said they were afraid to overturn it
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was illegal
never liked the Squeelers
or Terry Bradshaw
I did like Rocky - great story
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I think Pele was the only professiinal soccer player I could name the first 16 years of my life. Loved crushing people in Atari 2600's Pele's Soccer. Seemed larger than life.
Meanwhile, how will we ever get a crying celebrity on the couch again with Barbara Walters passing?
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Former UT baseball coach Cliff Gustafson passed away today. His teams won 2 NCs and 22 SWC titles whilst he was coaching at Texas.
RIP Coach Gus
https://www.statesman.com/story/sports/college/2023/01/02/legendary-longhorn-baseball-coach-cliff-gustafson-dies-at-91/69771103007/
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Charles White, RB - USC died.
(https://i.imgur.com/9m0ICR8.jpg)
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Also, Jeff Beck
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Remember White getting a phantom TD on a fumble in the game a "W" over Michigan 17-10. It was games like that spurred on calls for slo-motion review. Great idea - bad implementation
(https://i.imgur.com/gKF2L1u.png)
Back then there were only 15 Bowl games so i always rooted for the BIG. Since the Conference always had to travel south,southwest,far west playing in road games many teams were in defacto home games. Wolvies got screwed,same Bowl Season that Woody got fired
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Also, Jeff Beck
Back in the day I bought two(Blow by Blow & Wired) of his albums(though in cassette) so I could listen in the car. Should have got the LP as i was recording my own tapes anyway. Definitely worth a listen if you like instrumental Jazz-Rock fusion
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Remember White getting a phantom TD on a fumble in the game a "W" over Michigan 17-10. It was games like that spurred on calls for slo-motion review. Great idea - bad implementation
(https://i.imgur.com/gKF2L1u.png)
Back then there were only 15 Bowl games so i always rooted for the BIG. Since the Conference always had to travel south,southwest,far west playing in road games many teams were in defacto home games. Wolvies got screwed,same Bowl Season that Woody got fired
You shouldn't have needed replay for that one. Full speed, grainy video, it was still blatantly obvious
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Watched it with older brothers we picked it up in real time. Couldn't really miss it.....but they did
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Maybe they didn’t.
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https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/david-crosby-dead-obituary-1234664235/
DAVID CROSBY (https://www.rollingstone.com/t/david-crosby/), THE singer, songwriter, and guitarist who helped shape the sound of Sixties rock and beyond, died Wednesday night(jan 18) at the age of 81. A source close to Crosby confirmed the musician’s death to Rolling Stone, but did not disclose a cause.
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RiP Burt Bacharach. Huge catalog of beautiful songs, melodies and lyrics.
Always partial to Do you Know the Way to San Jose.
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Damn how old was he he was like around forever when I was a kid and seemed to have a hand in every other hit somehow.
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94
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Former Arizona Cardinals guard Conrad Dobler, who was with the team for six years in St. Louis, died on Monday in Pueblo, Colo., the team announced. He was 72.
Cobler was one of the NFL’s top offensive guards during his 10-year career with the Cardinals, Buffalo Bills and New Orleans Saints. The "troublemaker," as he was frequently called, and hilariously called himself in a 1987 Miller Lite commercial, earned three consecutive Pro Bowl selections from 1975-77.
“He was the kind of tough, physical and fierce player that you love to line up with as a teammate and hate to line up against as an opponent,” Cardinals owner Michael Bidwill said in a statement. “On the field, Conrad was a big reason for the success of the Cardiac Cards of the 1970s.”
The Cardinals selected Dobler with a fifth-round draft pick in 1972. He spent six years with the Cardinals, two with the Saints and two with the Bills.
https://youtu.be/21QtXjUodsg
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Raquel Welch, actor and international sex symbol, dies at 82
The Golden Globe-winning actor died Wednesday morning following a brief illness, her management company said
(https://i.imgur.com/eSvPP7X.png)
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(https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/meadvilletribune.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/1/da/1da4e34f-c9b2-538d-b09d-44630b40c3d7/63ed558e5a81c.image.jpg?resize=696%2C500)
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Rachel Welch and Lynda Carter my two celebrity lust growing up
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Tim McCarver, former standout catcher and famed baseball broadcaster, dies at 81
https://siouxcityjournal.com/sports/baseball/tim-mccarver-former-standout-catcher-and-famed-baseball-broadcaster-dies-at-81/article_41242b4a-3194-5ac2-9f62-61774154befa.html?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook_Sioux_City_Journal&fbclid=IwAR11Du7UgCSl2WcJRMv8TrJKQq2KBQIqiIieTKXelfQFg3B0sXU670O2AM4 (https://siouxcityjournal.com/sports/baseball/tim-mccarver-former-standout-catcher-and-famed-baseball-broadcaster-dies-at-81/article_41242b4a-3194-5ac2-9f62-61774154befa.html?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook_Sioux_City_Journal&fbclid=IwAR11Du7UgCSl2WcJRMv8TrJKQq2KBQIqiIieTKXelfQFg3B0sXU670O2AM4)
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Tim McCarver, former standout catcher and famed baseball broadcaster, dies at 81
https://siouxcityjournal.com/sports/baseball/tim-mccarver-former-standout-catcher-and-famed-baseball-broadcaster-dies-at-81/article_41242b4a-3194-5ac2-9f62-61774154befa.html?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook_Sioux_City_Journal&fbclid=IwAR11Du7UgCSl2WcJRMv8TrJKQq2KBQIqiIieTKXelfQFg3B0sXU670O2AM4 (https://siouxcityjournal.com/sports/baseball/tim-mccarver-former-standout-catcher-and-famed-baseball-broadcaster-dies-at-81/article_41242b4a-3194-5ac2-9f62-61774154befa.html?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook_Sioux_City_Journal&fbclid=IwAR11Du7UgCSl2WcJRMv8TrJKQq2KBQIqiIieTKXelfQFg3B0sXU670O2AM4)
I just saw him doing a commentary a night or two ago; I don't recall if it was on a current topic, but I thought it was very recent. That is a great article you linked.
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Tim McCarver, former standout catcher and famed baseball broadcaster, dies at 81
https://siouxcityjournal.com/sports/baseball/tim-mccarver-former-standout-catcher-and-famed-baseball-broadcaster-dies-at-81/article_41242b4a-3194-5ac2-9f62-61774154befa.html?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook_Sioux_City_Journal&fbclid=IwAR11Du7UgCSl2WcJRMv8TrJKQq2KBQIqiIieTKXelfQFg3B0sXU670O2AM4 (https://siouxcityjournal.com/sports/baseball/tim-mccarver-former-standout-catcher-and-famed-baseball-broadcaster-dies-at-81/article_41242b4a-3194-5ac2-9f62-61774154befa.html?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook_Sioux_City_Journal&fbclid=IwAR11Du7UgCSl2WcJRMv8TrJKQq2KBQIqiIieTKXelfQFg3B0sXU670O2AM4)
I always liked him unlimited basis doing the national broadcasts. I'm not sure I could handle him on a day-to-day basis, as a team, broadcaster, considering how much he would overdo stuff. I don't remember who said it, maybe Rick Riley? But they said if you asked him what time it was, he would explain to you how a watch worked. I thought that was pretty dead on
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A famous Tim McCarver quote about Bob Gibson … “Bob Gibson is the luckiest pitcher I ever saw. He always pitches when the other team doesn’t score any runs” … he was also quoted as saying “I remember one time going to mound to talk with Bob Gibson. He told me to get back behind the batter; that the only thing I knew about pitching was that it was hard to hit.”
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Fearless that 2nd quote was from Bob Ueker and it's in his book and I forget the pitcher but I don't think it was Gibson.Euker stated guys would get so mad when they didn't get to play but not him - he figured the less he played the longer he stayed in the Majors.
"You throw batting practice, you warm up pitchers, you sit and cheer. You do whatever you have to do to stay on the team."
"Anybody with ability can play in the big leagues. But to be able to trick people year in and year out the way I did, I think that was a much greater feat."
"When I came up to bat with three men on and two outs in the ninth, I looked in the other team's dugout and they were already in street clothes."
"Phil Niekro and his brother were pitching against each other in Atlanta. Their parents were sitting right behind home plate. I saw their folks more that day than they did the whole weekend."
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Raquel Welch, actor and international sex symbol, dies at 82
The Golden Globe-winning actor died Wednesday morning following a brief illness, her management company said
https://youtu.be/_8aXGtF6kOw
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she was 26 in that
wow
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Bob was younger as well
the good ol daze
and we got a couple posts here w/o anyone dying!
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I took a walk through the cemetery a few days ago with my camera, with the intent of photographing deer that reside there, but the deer were out visiting their friends elsewhere. I came across this gravestone and steel model of a dumpster. Terry Houlihan hauled trash in our town of 5,000. His wife helped. They had a small crew of workers. If you had old furniture or carpet you'd call and they had it out of there same day for only a few dollars more. They did a nice job. There is money in garbage these days.
This made me smile.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52713606681_97af9d2cf7_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2oj81KB)Gravestone and memorial decoration (https://flic.kr/p/2oj81KB) by Mark Roeder (https://www.flickr.com/photos/82428620@N00/), on Flickr
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weren't married too long
Mary Lou is the tea lady?
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Never saw that on a head stone an obit perhaps. Did they have kids out of wed lock or second time for both? People need to know these things
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My only relationship with them was that if I had a large item to haul, I would call in the morning, and within hours it would be gone. They were good at what they did, but I didn't really know them other than to call on the phone. So like you I was surprised by the short marriage, and do not know about the children.
I just thought it was a humorous memorial that reminded me that there is money in trash, and memories in trash, too.
The company is no more. A few years ago the city contracted with a new hauler.
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https://youtu.be/NDqgrZZtLnE
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Who wrote that song? Yeeesh. Learn what a syllable is.
Kudos to Cher for not shying away from wearing that while knowing no one was going to be looking at her.
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Gary Rossington, a guitarist and the last surviving original member of the rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, died March 5, at the age of 71
(https://i.imgur.com/0XfgOIT.png)
Rossington founded My Backyard, the band that would eventually be renamed Lynyrd Skynyrd, with lead singer Ronnie Van Zant and drummer Bob Burns as teenagers growing up in Jackson, Fla.The history of band is marked by the 1977 plane crash that killed multiple members of Lynyrd Skynyrd, including Van Zant. Rossington survived with severe injuries, but he rejoined the band a decade later when it was reformed by Van Zant's brother.
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Bud Grant
https://twitter.com/Vikings/status/1634604808320557056?t=rWBbQNbIg7E7R5sg1f_cwQ&s=19
https://twitter.com/GopherSports/status/1634614439075782657?t=5syC_bDvq24yajnmF88a8w&s=19
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There are renowned names frozen for all time in Minnesota Vikings lore.
Fran Tarkenton, the Purple People Eaters, Paul Krause. They are reminders locked in time of the franchise's best of times.
The architect of all that success in the 1960s and 1970s -- highlighted by four Super Bowl appearances -- was head coach Bud Grant.
A Hall of Famer who constructed an NFC dynasty, Grant passed away on Saturday morning, the team announced. He was 95.
"We are absolutely heartbroken to announce that legendary Minnesota Vikings head coach and Hall of Famer Bud Grant has passed away this morning at age 95," the Vikings said in a statement Saturday. "We, like all Vikings and NFL fans, are shocked and saddened by this terrible news."
A member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 1994, Grant built the Vikings into a dominant bunch of marauders where the NFL/NFC Central was concerned. In an 11-season span from 1968-1978, Grant's Vikings sailed to 10 Central Division titles.
In total, Grant coached 18 NFL seasons -- all with the Vikings -- and compiled a 158-96-5 record to stand as the winningest coach in franchise history. In his time with Minnesota, Grant's Vikings earned 12 playoff berths and won 11 division titles.
Synonymous with the Vikings as their legendary coach, Grant was also a historically gifted athlete in his own right and an all-time great in the Canadian Football League coaching ranks.
History still holds Grant as the only person to have played in the NFL, CFL and National Basketball Association. Drafted by the NBA's Minneapolis Lakers and the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles in 1950, Grant would eventually play for both teams before moving on to play for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the CFL. Following his playing career with the Blue Bombers, Grant became their coach and a legendary one at that, leading the franchise to six Grey Cup appearances and four Grey Cup triumphs.
Grant was the first to coach teams to a Grey Cup and a Super Bowl, with the only other coach to do so being fellow Pro Football Hall of Famer Marv Levy.
After his storied career on the gridiron closed, Grant found his place in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Canadian Football Hall of Fame and the Vikings Ring of Honor.
Born May 20, 1927 in Superior, Wisconsin, Harold Peter Grant Jr. was a stellar multisport athlete.
At the University of Minnesota, Grant garnered nine letters in three sports – baseball, basketball and football.
With the Lakers, Grant played two NBA seasons and was part of the 1950 NBA championship squad that featured the great George Mikan. Grant also was selected in the 1950 NFL Draft's first round by the Eagles, but he didn't join them until 1951 after he'd decided to give up his career on the hardwood. Grant played two seasons with the Eagles before heading to play for the CFL's Blue Bombers.
From 1957-1966, Grant coached the Blue Bombers, winning the aforementioned four Grey Cups during a career that led to a statue being erected in his honor outside of Winnipeg's IG Field.
Grant became the second head coach in Vikings team history, succeeding Norm Van Brocklin, in 1967. By 1968, Minnesota was in the playoffs and in 1969 it was in Super Bowl IV where it lost to the American Football League's Kansas City Chiefs.
Grant had brought in rough-and-tumble quarterback Joe Kapp, a CFL transplant like his coach, to lead his Vikings then, but the majority of his career saw Grant linked to Tarkenton at QB and the Purple People Eaters defensive line. Grant coached a cavalcade of Pro Football Hall of Famers, including Tarkenton, Krause, Alan Page, Carl Eller, Mick Tingelhoff and Ron Yary.
Page, Eller, Jim Marshall, Gary Larsen and later Doug Sutherland comprised the Purple People Eaters, who were a driving force in the success of Grant's squads.
Minnesota returned to the Super Bowl in the 1973 and 1974 seasons, but lost to Washington and the Pittsburgh Steelers, respectively. The Vikings returned to the biggest game of them all for a fourth and final time in the '76 campaign, but this time were downed by the Oakland Raiders.
Grant retired as the Vikings head coach following the 1983 season, but his successor Les Steckel was fired after a 3-13 1984 campaign, so Grant returned in 1985. The Vikings went 7-9 that year and Grant retired a coach for good, handing the reins to his longtime defensive coordinator, Jerry Burns.
Grant was the first NFL coach to pilot a team to four Super Bowls and though he was unable to win a Lombardi Trophy, his success is inarguable and the legacy he left on the Minnesota franchise unparalleled.
A stoic figure who preached discipline and toughness, Grant and his Vikings shined and dominated amid the frigid Minnesota winters, relentless in their focus as they called Metropolitan Stadium home, flexing their might while their opponents shivered.
The open air above them, the frozen ground below, these Vikings were emblematic of their coach. They were tough, they were enduring, and they were winners.
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Must've been way before my time, I never heard of him before. Didn't know the Vikings were that good for so long.
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that's the reason I'm still a Viking fan.
1968 I was 6 years old and got a Gary Cuozzo - QB bubble gum card
One of my older friends said I should pick a team
The Vikes went 8-6 that season and made the playoffs - wasn't bad
I liked Running backs Bill Brown & super Dave Osborn
Wasn't a bandwagon pick cause the previous two seasons were
1966 = 4–9–1 record
1967 = 3–8–3 record
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Bud Grant
https://twitter.com/Vikings/status/1634604808320557056?t=rWBbQNbIg7E7R5sg1f_cwQ&s=19
One report said "shocked and saddened" well saddened for sure he was a great guy but "shocked" I dunno but at 95ys old most would be shocked to make it that far
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some folks are easily shocked
or they just like to be dramatic and use emotional terms for everything
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Joe Pepitone, a New York Yankees shooting star, dies at age 82
He helped the Yankees to their second straight World Series title in1962, a team led by Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris and Elston Howard. Pepitone drew attention for his off-the-field conduct. In a time when most players were staid and conformist, Pepitone was thought to be the first to bring a hair dryer into the clubhouse,He posed nude for a January 1975 edition of Foxylady magazine.
Pepitone’s 1975 autobiography, “Joe, You Coulda Made Us Proud,” detailed nightlife with Frank Sinatra, smoking marijuana with Mantle and Whitey Ford and Pepitone’s jailing at Rikers Island.
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He actually spent one season with the Astros so I have some memory of him
may he RIP
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RIP to all the Tornado victims the last couple of weeks,hoping/wishing/praying that'll be the end of it
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Former Ohio State All-American John Brockington died on Friday at the age of 74.
"John Brockington, an All-American fullback who helped Ohio State win two national championships and set school rushing records during his senior year, died Friday at 74 years old," Eleven Warriors tweeted.
In three seasons as a Buckeye, Brockington had 378 carries for 1,663 yards and 24 touchdowns. He made history in 1970 by rushing for 1,142 yards and 17 touchdowns, both of which were school records at the time, on 261 carries.That record-setting final season led to Brockington being selected with the No. 9 overall pick by the Green Bay Packers in the 1971 NFL draft. He became the first player in NFL history to rush for over 1,000 yards in each of his first three seasons in the league, earning NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year honors in 1971 and making the Pro Bowl after all three seasons, in which he ran for 3,276 combined yards.
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respected the hell outta Brockington, he was a brute
him being a Packer and running over the Viking defense, I didn't enjoy it
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He was a monster. A great player. It would hurt to tackle this man.
In high school we had a player who would become the Big Ten leader in tackles. He played fullback on my high school team. He would come through the line in practice. I was little but never failed to take him down, and each time I took him down I would get back up as fast as I could but I would be dazed - my bell was rung every time. But, I only let him know this at our 40th high school reunion.
This is how I envision defenders of John Brockington's felt each time he collided with them.
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respected the hell outta Brockington, he was a brute
If I recall right,the Packers picked up MacArthur Lane from St Louis - another brute. That was like two steam pistons on an old train hammering away
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you recall correctly, grasshopper
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RIP, Bernie.
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edit to add quotes from The Hollywood Reporter (http://"https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-reviews/jerry-springer-appraisal-critic-1235404471/"):
"You could say that Jerry Springer was the anti-Oprah Winfrey Show; if aliens monitored our broadcasts in those days, they would have been hopelessly confused about whether mankind was worth preserving or not."
"The Jerry Springer show didn’t need a legal team; it needed a human rights commission."
https://twitter.com/TMZ/status/1651591294127423488
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If You Could Read My Mind was a great song, Edmund Fitzgerald kind of sucked
https://twitter.com/RollingStone/status/1653215662783823873?t=v7YMv1ublqLIWIWp66Z9EA&s=19
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Huge influence on Jimmy Buffett.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0qTgyevtI0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0qTgyevtI0)
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If You Could Read My Mind was a great song, Edmund Fitzgerald kind of sucked
https://twitter.com/RollingStone/status/1653215662783823873?t=v7YMv1ublqLIWIWp66Z9EA&s=19
Saw him in Akron almost exactly a year ago, May 14, 2022.
And I disagree, I love "Winds of November".
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I think I went too hard. It's a decent song. But it's very repetitive for being like 7 minutes long. It's the first song that is always brought up when he is mentioned. And I don't think it deserves to be that
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I think I went too hard. It's a decent song. But it's very repetitive for being like 7 minutes long. It's the first song that is always brought up when he is mentioned. And I don't think it deserves to be that
"Early Morning Rain" is another great song he wrote made famous by Peter, Paul and Mary
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I think I went too hard. It's a decent song. But it's very repetitive for being like 7 minutes long. It's the first song that is always brought up when he is mentioned. And I don't think it deserves to be that
I always liked some of his music. Sundown was a good song and a decent album. RIP
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If You Could Read My Mind was a great song, Edmund Fitzgerald kind of sucked
Um No actually compelling and haunting,kid from my home town went down on it.Many Buckeyes went down with the ship. The Captain was living in the Toledo area at the time. But Lightfoot songs were established before it came out. Always liked Care Free Highway the most,Sundown was clever also.
lines like
I can see her lyin' back in her satin dress
In a room where ya do what ya don't confess
She's been lookin' like a queen in a sailor's dream
I can see her lookin' fast in her faded jeans
She's a hard lovin' woman, got me feelin' mean
RIP Gordon
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Saw him in Akron almost exactly a year ago, May 14, 2022.
And I disagree, I love "Winds Gales of November".
FIFY but the point still stands
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He was a good songwriter, but a GREAT storyteller. His songs were never background music. Every single one was worth listening to the lyrics
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https://youtu.be/PIq1ELxH2do
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When I moved to the Phoenix Area, I assumed that Carefree Highway was named after the song not the other way around.
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JIM BROWN 1936-2023 RIP JIMMY
May 19 (Reuters) - Jim Brown, one of the greatest running backs in the history of the National Football League who quit the game at the height of his career to act in Hollywood movies and add his voice to the civil rights movement, has died. He was 87.
Brown died on Thursday night, his wife Monique Brown said on Instagram.
"To the world he was an activist, actor, and football star. To our family, he was a loving and wonderful husband, father, and grandfather. Our hearts are broken," she wrote.
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Rip Iron Sheik. Hogan defeated him to win the belt almost 40 years ago.
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Brazilian singer Astrud Gilberto dies at 83, famous for ‘The Girl From Ipanema’
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sVdaFQhS86E&pp=ygUhZ2lybCBmcm9tIGlwYW5lbWEgYXN0cnVkIGdpbGJlcnRv
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RIP
I'm forever grateful that song exists, to provide us with this classic scene:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AZQox85JLI
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Actor Treat Williams killed in motorcycle auto accident
He was 71
I first saw him in the movie 1941
RIP
He comes in around 3:14
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blDj_E0X9xI&t=157s
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Actor Treat Williams killed in motorcycle auto accident
He was 71
I first saw him in the movie 1941
RIP
Good actor I thought he and Duvall did a good job in "The Pursuit of DB Cooper",nowhere near historically accurate but entertaining. Also worked with Duvall and Michael Caine in "The Eagle has Landed" RIP Treat
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RIP
He was actually legit, unlike most of the 70s-80s foreign gimmicks: he was actually Iranian and actually a real wrestler.
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https://twitter.com/LIVERavenNation/status/1673816037123342336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1673816037123342336%7Ctwgr%5Ea181d00d1e46f68c25109f2f38ea22f436ad3c89%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2F247sports.com%2Fcollege%2Fohio-state%2Fboard%2F120%2FContents%2Fryan-mallett-212171704%2F%3Fpage%3D1
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Alan Arkin died.
I liked him in everything I've seen him in.
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I have always been a big fan of Alan Arkin
He was a scream in The Russians are Coming
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBHYbeg2nao&t=48s
RIP Alan
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RIP Randy Meisner (March 8, 1946- July 26, 2023) was a Bass Player, Vocalist and Songwriter. Founding member of The Eagles and played in Poco previously. Sanfg the EAGLES 1st no.1 hit "Take it to the Limit". He was 77
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RIP Pee Wee.
Not sure if he was a bad guy or what.
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Genuinely funny dude. Loved his five second deadpan bit part as a waiter in Blues Brothers .
Certainly got derailed by his porn theater escapades.
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https://youtu.be/ZLUiK2lbN2s
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RIP Pee Wee.
Not sure if he was a bad guy or what.
Before being famous he was in Cheech/Chong's - think it was "Up in Smoke" I'm S-O-R-R-Y,I'M NOT S--O--R--R--Y,H-A-A
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https://www.npr.org/2023/08/09/1192999637/robbie-robertson-guitarist-for-the-band-and-bob-dylan-has-died-at-80
Robbie Robertson, the lead guitarist and the primary songwriter for Canadian rock luminaries The Band, has died at age 80.
Family member Dawn Robertson confirmed the news to NPR.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer's songwriting credits include several touchstone songs that would go on to establish the blueprint of Americana music, including "The Weight," "Up On Cripple Creek" and the controversial "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down," a song narrated from the perspective of Confederate soldiers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLFAQuWFcTo
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Rip Bob Barker .
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Rip Bob Barker .
died at 99
we should be so lucky
RIP Bob
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https://youtu.be/Hwz8vlZUL4E
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Jimmy Buffett died.
I'm not really a fan of the world right now.
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Jimmy Buffett died.
I'm not really a fan of the world right now.
Ordinarily on the first Saturday of CFB I'd obviously be in scarlet and gray but today
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https://www.wspa.com/news/national/margaritaville-singer-jimmy-buffett-who-turned-beach-bum-life-into-an-empire-dies-at-76/
“Margaritaville,” released on Feb. 14, 1977, quickly took on a life of its own, becoming a state of mind for those ”wastin’ away,” an excuse for a life of low-key fun and escapism for those “growing older, but not up.”
The song is the unhurried portrait of a loafer on his front porch, watching tourists sunbathe while a pot of shrimp is beginning to boil. The singer has a new tattoo, a likely hangover and regrets over a lost love. Somewhere there is a misplaced salt shaker.
The last voyage for the son of son of a sailor. May ye have Fair Winds & Calm Seas.
RIP. Cheesburger in Paradise!
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It bothers me when reports call him a legend but only cite Margaritaville.
I have 300+ of his songs. They're not all great, but many are. He was a great songwriter.
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Dick Butkus
https://twitter.com/ChicagoBears/status/1710063847359287777?t=vveQrZ7JyYcd4Pos0UujuA&s=19
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I'm lucky to have watched him play
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If he and Ray Nitschke had business cards it would simply say Football Player.
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Ya both so similar
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/10/05/dick-butkus-dead-chicago-bears/
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RIP, Chef Michael Chiarello.
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DALLAS -- Walt Garrison, who led the Big Eight in rushing as an Oklahoma State Cowboy, won a Super Bowl with the Dallas Cowboys, and in the NFL offseason competed as a rodeo cowboy, has died. He was 79.
The NFL team said in a story posted on its website Thursday that Garrison died overnight. It did not give a cause of death.
A fifth-round draft choice out of Oklahoma State University, Garrison played nine seasons in Dallas and retired in 1974 as the No. 3 rusher and No. 4 receiver in franchise history. He is still fourth on Dallas' all-time list with 4.32 yards per carry and ninth with 3,491 rushing yards.
But it was Garrison's rodeo career -- which he called his first love -- that made him the ultimate cowboy. As a little-used backup during his rookie season, the Cowboys said he would go out after team meetings and compete in local rodeos as a steer wrestler, then get back to the hotel before 11 p.m. curfew.
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Somebody once asked Garrison if Tom Landry ever smiled,he said "I don't know - I was only there 9 yrs."
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My friend in Vegas is still kicking. I got to spend 4 days with him and his family.
He's eating more, but has a water retention/swelling issue.
At least he can eat now. He's starting PT to build his body back up - he went from small to smaller.
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If he had weeks before, he has months now. Hopefully more. Any rebound is good.
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https://people.com/suzanne-somers-dead-at-76-8358227 (https://people.com/suzanne-somers-dead-at-76-8358227)
Suzanne Somers (https://people.com/tag/suzanne-somers/), best known for her roles on Three's Company and Step by Step, has died.
Somers died on Sunday morning, PEOPLE confirms. She would have been 77 on Monday
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If you're younger than 45 and older than 40, she's best known for selling (and demonstrating) the thigh master.
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https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/frank-howard-four-time-all-star-and-washington-senators-legend-dies-at-87/ (https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/frank-howard-four-time-all-star-and-washington-senators-legend-dies-at-87/)
Frank Howard, former baseball and basketball All American for Ohio State in the 1950's has died.
Howard was the 1960 rookie of the year playing for the LA Dodgers. He slugged 382 career home runs, including 44 to lead the majors in 1968 with the last place Washington.He spent most of his career with the Washington Senators.
I was but a lad when he was socking them out.Remember him Boog Powell,Ken Harrelson,Willie Horton,Reggie Jackson,Harmon Killebrew,Norm Cash,Kaline,Yaz,Freehan and those guys - good times - RIP Frank
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Bobby Knight died. His legacy around here still capable of starting a barroom fight.
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There was never a question where his heart was
He lived and breathed college BB
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https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/frank-howard-four-time-all-star-and-washington-senators-legend-dies-at-87/ (https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/frank-howard-four-time-all-star-and-washington-senators-legend-dies-at-87/)
Frank Howard, former baseball and basketball All American for Ohio State in the 1950's has died.
Howard was the 1960 rookie of the year playing for the LA Dodgers. He slugged 382 career home runs, including 44 to lead the majors in 1968 with the last place Washington.He spent most of his career with the Washington Senators.
I was but a lad when he was socking them out.Remember him Boog Powell,Ken Harrelson,Willie Horton,Reggie Jackson,Harmon Killebrew,Norm Cash,Kaline,Yaz,Freehan and those guys - good times - RIP Frank
Frank Howard played for South High School and my dad played for Central and North in Columbus. My father always called him a "fat bum" every time he saw him play. Carried whatever his issue was from High School rivalry.
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Bobby Knight died. His legacy around here still capable of starting a barroom fight.
Nobody, but nobody, threw a folding chair like him.
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I think I was slightly too young to hate him. His only great team I saw was the 1992 Calbert Cheaney team that lost to Duke in the Final 4. Although I was at this game, where he got tossed, because he was done watching it
https://youtu.be/K3VayQJDtdw?si=nyVh4rSAVPoM1qJB
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The Diamondbacks' hopes and dreams died tonight.
RIP
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Rip Henry Kissinger. 100 years old. Gotta be one of the most important figures of the 20th C.
Also one of the super famous names even if most of the public can't quite recall what he did or who he was.
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Rip Henry Kissinger. 100 years old. Gotta be one of the most important figures of the 20th C.
Also one of the super famous names even if most of the public can't quite recall what he did or who he was.
This is the sad part.
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Tom Smothers passes away at 86
wow I spent many moments listening to the Smothers Brothers
sad to hear this
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Tom Smothers passes away at 86
wow I spent many moments listening to the Smothers Brothers
sad to hear this
My DIL's mother is married to Dick Smothers. Weird dood, but interesting. Tom owned a winery in Cali.
I'll see Dick in January.
They live on Longboat Key up North a bit during the winter.
It's all her money. He's broke.
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Rip Killer Khan. Wonder if autopsy will show he indeed had glands producing venomous green spray.
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https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/frank-howard-four-time-all-star-and-washington-senators-legend-dies-at-87/ (https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/frank-howard-four-time-all-star-and-washington-senators-legend-dies-at-87/)
Frank Howard, former baseball and basketball All American for Ohio State in the 1950's has died.
Howard was the 1960 rookie of the year playing for the LA Dodgers. He slugged 382 career home runs, including 44 to lead the majors in 1968 with the last place Washington.He spent most of his career with the Washington Senators.
I was but a lad when he was socking them out.Remember him Boog Powell,Ken Harrelson,Willie Horton,Reggie Jackson,Harmon Killebrew,Norm Cash,Kaline,Yaz,Freehan and those guys - good times - RIP Frank
I recall all of these guys, too. As for Al Kaline:
As a kid we would go into Chicago and watch the White Sox occasionally. Uncle Wes liked to go early and watch batting practice, so once when Uncle Wes went with us we got there very early. We were watching the Tigers batting practice. Al Kaline was an aging star near the end of his career, and I was a kid who figured he can't do much now. He stepped into the batters box for batting practice and then ball after ball landed in the right field upper deck. Kaline was one of the greats.
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Another Frank
Frank Ryan, the last quarterback to lead the Cleveland Browns to an NFL title, has died at 87
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/frank-ryan-the-last-quarterback-to-lead-the-cleveland-browns-to-an-nfl-title-has-died-at-87/ar-AA1mmZfB
RIP Frank
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Another Frank
Frank Ryan, the last quarterback to lead the Cleveland Browns to an NFL title, has died at 87
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/frank-ryan-the-last-quarterback-to-lead-the-cleveland-browns-to-an-nfl-title-has-died-at-87/ar-AA1mmZfB
RIP Frank
This guy was truly an incredible human. Not only his success on the football field, but also later in life in his career. Case, Yale and then helped implement electronic voting systems. Read a lot about him last night.. Truly a guy more incredible than just his football legacy in Cleveland.
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Jerry Jones
https://changingthegameproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/angry-sports-fans.jpg
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Keith Jackson has passed away.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/22076254/legendary-broadcaster-keith-jackson-dies-age-89 (https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/22076254/legendary-broadcaster-keith-jackson-dies-age-89)
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Keith Jackson has passed away.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/22076254/legendary-broadcaster-keith-jackson-dies-age-89 (https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/22076254/legendary-broadcaster-keith-jackson-dies-age-89)
Whoa Nellie!
For me growing up, he was the voice of the big games and that continued basically up to Ohio State's NC win over Miami. I was in Tempe for that game so I didn't hear it until watching it later but Keith Jackson was on the call.
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UM that was in '18 ,thanx for the update
Keith Jackson has passed away.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/22076254/legendary-broadcaster-keith-jackson-dies-age-89 (https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/22076254/legendary-broadcaster-keith-jackson-dies-age-89)
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Carl Weathers.
One of those guys who didn't have a ton of roles in major movies, but man, some of the roles he did have are as iconic as any.
Appollo Creed, Colonel Dillon, Chubbs.
Then he played an awesome caricature of himself in Arrested Development
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Carl Weathers.
One of those guys who didn't have a ton of roles in major movies, but man, some of the roles he did have are as iconic as any.
Appollo Creed, Colonel Dillon, Chubbs.
Then he played an awesome caricature of himself in Arrested Development
One of Schwarzenegger's greatest lines was to him:
"What's the matter Dillon, CIA got you pushing too many pencils?"
Crazy but true:
Not just one but two future US State Governors were in that movie.
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Goes to show you political office is prolly more about fame and fundraising & not ability to handle financing or organizational skills
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Carl Weathers 😥
Man that one stings
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Hawkeye great Wilburn Hollis, died Feb. 1, 2024 at age 83. He played quarterback for the Hawkeyes. As a junior in 1960 he helped lead Iowa to an 8-1 record, good for No. #3 in the final AP poll, in Forest Evashevski's final season as head coach. Hollis was 2nd team All American in 1960.
As a senior he sustained an injury early in the season, and was out for the remainder of the season. Born in Mississippi, but from age 9 grew up in Boys Town, and led his high school team to a Nebraska state championship.
Former Hawkeye Wilburn Hollis Passes Away - Sports Illustrated Iowa Hawkeyes News, Analysis and More (https://www.si.com/college/iowa/football/former-hawkeye-wilburn-hollis-passes-away)
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One of Schwarzenegger's greatest lines was to him:
"What's the matter Dillon, CIA got you pushing too many pencils?"
Crazy but true:
Not just one but two future US State Governors were in that movie.
Also hard to believe he was 76. I know the 80's was 40+(!) years ago but man it doesn't seem all that long ago. Predator was a great movie.
I think maybe when he was at the height of his fame (post Predator) he made some bad moves (Action Jackson) and never really recovered. I've also heard from time to time that certain actors don't really want that much fame and intentionally pull back their career. I don't know, it seems like he could have been a much bigger star. And then there's always things that maybe the public doesn't know about, that keeps them from being bigger. But CW could have been a much bigger star IMO.
RIP, I always loved your movies, and my 1980's self didn't think Action Jackson was all that bad, even if I can't remember it much !
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Man RIP Carl Weathers. Definitely stings.
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Whoa Nellie!
For me growing up, he was the voice of the big games and that continued basically up to Ohio State's NC win over Miami. I was in Tempe for that game so I didn't hear it until watching it later but Keith Jackson was on the call.
Same. Was there. Listened later. Loved that man’s style.
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RIP Toby Keith
only 62
you will be missed
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Virgil,61. DiBiase better pay for that funeral.
Also Richard Lewis. Rip.
Have to admit Always found him annoying as a comedian. His Boku ads were really .. no. Outstanding in Robin Hood Men in Tights.
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https://twitter.com/OldSchool80s/status/1764653271728201823
30 freaking years. Still miss John Candy. Only 43...
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Juice dead at 76
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https://youtu.be/TCSCJtuyfUY?si=T_XjbBMEA5YqGZCX
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If you have nothing nice to say....
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If you have nothing nice to say....
You might be talking about OJ
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I am. So, I'm not gonna say anything.
But I think I just did without saying.
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But without him searching, how will we ever find the real killer?
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The real killer is dead now.
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But without him searching, how will we ever find the real killer?
beat me to it, I'm sure Norm would have a hunch - hopefully there's an afterlife
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https://youtu.be/TCSCJtuyfUY?si=T_XjbBMEA5YqGZCX
Go to 1:27 & 2:02 I've binged watched Norm on Letterman/SNL/YouTube lot of hilarious stories
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https://youtu.be/TCSCJtuyfUY?si=T_XjbBMEA5YqGZCX
And to keep it on topic
https://twitter.com/CollegeSportsO/status/1778439980177555726?t=pLa6yvh7B2k_DQf5zLS64A&s=19
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I'd much rather remember OJ on the field of play
one of the greatest
much like many star athletes - some where not great humans
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I'd much rather remember OJ on the field of play
one of the greatest
much like many star athletes - some where not great humans
You dice up 2 people I don't care what he played,the only thing I want to hear about him is screams from hell
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I'd much rather remember OJ on the field of play
one of the greatest
much like many star athletes - some where not great humans
Yeah I gotta agree with Mr. N on this one. This dude's not a tax evader, or even a drug dealer just trying to make ends meet after a hard life on the streets.
He's a straight up double murderer who got away with it.
Zero chance I'll ever want to remember him for his play on the field, or for anything else. Goodbye and good riddance.
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saw off an ex-wife's head and your labeled for life
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saw off an ex-wife's head and your labeled for life
A tourist is backpacking through the highlands of Scotland, and he stops at a pub to get a drink. The only people in there is a bartender and an old man nursing a beer. He orders a pint, and they sit in silence for a while.
Suddenly the old man turns to him and goes, "You see this bar? I built this bar with my bare hands from the finest wood in the county. Gave it more love and care than my own child. But do they call me MacGregor the bar builder? No."
Points out the window. "You see that stone wall out there? I built that stone wall with my bare hands. Found every stone, placed them just so through the rain and the cold. But do they call me MacGregor the stone wall builder? No."
Points out the window. "You see that pier on the lake out there? I built that pier with my bare hands. Drove the pilings against the tide of the sand, plank by plank. But do they call me MacGregor the pier builder? No."
"But you #^$% one goat..."
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A rural Irish parish is having trouble with ghosts, so the Vatican sends a very new and inexperienced priest there. He decides to hold a special meeting after weekly mass, just for people who have had trouble with ghosts. He starts the meeting with a question: (Fake Irish Accent not required, but is a good touch) "Who here has seen a ghost?" Everyone puts their hands up. "Alright, who here has talked with a ghost?" Half the people there put their hands up. "Who here has touched a ghost?" Five people raise their hands. The priest raises an eyebrow. "Who here has had intercourse with a ghost?" The whole congregation is shocked that the priest would ask that, bar one. Only one person in the church, the village's old man, raises his hand. The priest is shocked, so he calls the old man up to the front, and asks again. The old man's face goes white, and he says weakly, "I'm so sorry, father. I thought you said goat."
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Yeah I gotta agree with Mr. N on this one. This dude's not a tax evader, or even a drug dealer just trying to make ends meet after a hard life on the streets.
He's a straight up double murderer who got away with it.
Zero chance I'll ever want to remember him for his play on the field, or for anything else. Goodbye and good riddance.
Thats just because you're an Enterprise man
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OJ can finally rest easy knowing that his wife's killer is dead.
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Clarence "Frogman" Henry
passed away 4/7/24
For those who dont know who he was:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIvy9nSlZf0
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I remember OJ as pretty good as commentator for ABC's "Monday Night Football"
Of course I also enjoyed Howard Cosell
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Clarence "Frogman" Henry
passed away 4/7/24
For those who dont know who he was:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIvy9nSlZf0
Oddly OJ had just completed a pilot for NBC called Frogmen, that was cancelled once he was arrested
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is nothing sacred
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Oddly OJ had just completed a pilot for NBC called Frogmen, that was cancelled once he was arrested
ELA how'd you find that one out? Good detective work if accurate,perhaps you should have been on the initial investigation
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ELA how'd you find that one out? Good detective work if accurate,perhaps you should have been on the initial investigation
That might be the worst insult Ive ever received
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is nothing sacred
People die. Some were good and some weren't.
Are all the past victims among the 150,000 non-celebrity deaths each day less sacred?
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nothing is sacred
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nothing is sacred
Not even Taylor Swift?
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Some obituaries are much easier to read than others.
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Some obituaries are much easier to read than others.
When they abbreviate their name?
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That might be the worst insult Ive ever received
What that you should have been in on the intial investigation??? :017: I didn't refer you were 😜
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What that you should have been in on the intial investigation??? :017: I didn't refer you were 😜
Don't lump me in with that crowd.
Granted back then I was a UM fan, so I made some questionable decisions in the 90s. :c023:
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Whitey Herzog dies at 92. 2nd winningest manager in Royals history, third in Cardinals, #29 in MLB history.
Promoted a fun brand of baseball, and was certainly good for a quote