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    Fubo vs YouTubeTV vs Others

    Disney, Fox and Warner Brothers-Discovery today announced they are ending plans to roll out Venu - a proposed sports-only streaming service. plans for Venu had been blocked by legal action taken by Fubo. the recent deal between Disney and Fubo was thought to remove those objections, but now...
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    Official 2025 Roster Movement Thread - Who's In and Who's Out?

    my impression is that Fleck brings in portal players to fill specific areas of need - as in "I'm not sure about our younger players at (name position), so we're going to bring in someone from the portal who can jump right into the lineup - or at least be part of the 2-deeps." the more...
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    All Things 2024-25 Minnesota Twins Off-Season Thread

    the first word in my sentence is "if." It may not be a hard number - we don't know that for a fact. we also don't know if the accelerated sale process might lead the Pohlads to rethink some of their restrictions. If they know they're selling the team in a couple of months, they might say...
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    All Things 2024/25 College Football Transfer Portal Thread

    let's not forget that Beck is coming off the football version of Tommy John surgery. coming back to college for another year buys him time to do a complete rehab without having to worry about going through the Combine. find another school and - presuming that Beck is healthy - he has a...
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    All Things 2024-25 Minnesota Twins Off-Season Thread

    and - Twins sign arbitration-eligible players to one-year contracts. details tweeted out by Seth Stohs: #MNTwins Arbitration Summary (credit @DWolfsonKSTP and @DanHayesMLB). Willi Castro: $6.4M Ryan Jeffers: $4.55M Bailey Ober: $3.55M Griffin Jax: $2.365M Joe Ryan: $3.0M Trevor Larnach...
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    All Things 2024-25 Minnesota Twins Off-Season Thread

    Twins make a trade.................(details from mlb.com) The Dodgers traded catcher Diego Cartaya to the Twins in exchange for Minor League right-hander Jose Vasquez, the team announced Thursday. Cartaya, who was MLB Pipeline's No. 1 Dodgers prospect as recently as 2023, was designated for...
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    All Things MN United Season Thread

    Believe it or not, it's almost MLS time again. 1st pre-season training session is next Monday. 1st pre-season match is in one monthin California. Regular season opener in 6 weeks at LA FC. according to Jon Marthaler in the Strib: new 1-year contract with Wil Trapp with a club option for...
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    Wisconsin Badgers are idiots

    in that sense, WI is in a difficult situation. WI needs the collective to provide NIL - so it is dependent on the collective and wants to maintain a strong relationship. If WI lets the player take the money and run, that sets a precedent and undercuts any legal action the collective may be...
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    Wisconsin Badgers are idiots

    Not a lawyer - but I assume there is some type of formal agreement between the player and the collective. so it all hinges on the language of that agreement - specifically, the terms that are agreed to. (i.e. Player X will receive $$$ and in return agrees to ......something....) most legal...
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    All Things 2024-25 Minnesota Twins Off-Season Thread

    I watched the first episode of "Inside Twins" - their off-season show on radio and YouTube. guest was GM Jeremy Zoll. the only thing approaching "news" was that Griffin Jax will be in the bullpen. Zoll said they talked it over with Jax and his agent. He knows Jax has expressed interest in...
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    All Things 2024-25 Vikings Regular Season Thread

    over 2,000 structures reported destroyed and over 30,000 people evacuated from the various fires. my niece and her husband live in West Hollywood. they were ordered to evacuate at about 8:00pm when the fires got to within a mile of their apartment. they were going to crash with friends...
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    All Things 2024-25 College Basketball Other Games Thread

    St. Thomas wins 73-72 on 2 FT with 0:13 left. pretty physical game. SDSU much stronger inside - outrebounded the Tommies 47-25, but St. Thomas hit 13 3pt shots to 8 for SDSU.
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    All Things 2024-25 Vikings Regular Season Thread

    air quality from the smoke seems to post the most potential to impact outdoor sporting events. from The Athletic: According to air quality index (AQI) data from Plume Labs in El Segundo, Calif. — where the Chargers' practice facility is located — the area had an AQI value of 153 on Wednesday...
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    All Things 2024-25 College Basketball Other Games Thread

    here's an odd one: two games (men's and women's) are being played tonight in Richmond, VA with no fans in attendance. A winter storm led to a power outage that caused the city's water reservoir system to fail. parts of the city still have no running water and all residents have been advised...
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    Iowa Picks up Former TG transfer from Miami

    I remember the guy had a big game in the state tournament. was clearly the most athletic player on the floor. found a write-up on him coming out of HS on 247: While currently listed as a small forward by 247Sports, Johnson-Arigu is probably more of a combo forward right now. He's likely most...
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    MN HS Basketball 2024-25 Season thread

    and MN HS Girls Basketball ratings Class A: 1. Goodhue 2. Mayer Lutheran 3. Hillcrest Lutheran 4. Sleepy Eye-St. Mary's 5. Mountain Iron-Buhl 6. Kittson County Central 7. Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 8. Hancock 9. Walker-Hackensack-Akeley 10. Underwood Class 2A: 1. Providence Academy 2...
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    MN HS Basketball 2024-25 Season thread

    OK, time for an update -- MN HS Boys Basketball ratings Class A: 1. Cherry 2. Dawson-Boyd 3. Nevis 4. Henning 5. Deer River 6. Park Christian 7. Rushford-Peterson 8. Cedar Mountain 9. Red Lake County 10. Ada-Borup West Class 2A: 1. Albany 2. Caledonia 3. Waseca 4. Breck 5. Lake City 6...
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    All Things 2024-25 College Basketball Other Games Thread

    I'll post this quick and then duck. St. Thomas men are playing South Dakota State tonight. the game is on Fox 9+ on TV. depending on where you live, you can get it over the air, on cable/satellite or streaming. top two teams in the Summit. St. Thomas 12-5 on the season; SDSU is 10-6. I...
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    All Things 2024-25 Minnesota Twins Off-Season Thread

    that sent me down a rabbit hole. on May 20, 2005, Carlos Silva threw a complete game for the Twins while throwing only 74 pitches. I thought it was a shutout, but tracked down the box score. Twins beat the Brewers 7-1. Game time was 2:21. Silva gave up 5 hits with no walks and 3 K's...
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    Charlotte's Mayo bowl game suffered the smallest turnout in its 23-year history on Jan. 3.

    looks like the TV ratings come out to 3.4-million viewers - slightly down from last year. by comparison, Nebraska and BC at the Pinstripe had 4.2-million viewers. Vanderbilt-GA Tech at the Birmingham Bowl had 4-million viewers. context - the overall TV ratings for bowl games - all bowls...



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