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  1. coolhandgopher

    Requiem for College BB

    I don't know that I have the right to pen this screed-I've lived out of country for the last 15 years and have gradually then suddenly became disengaged from what was my sport of kings, finding it difficult to keep consistent tabs on college BB and even harder to find a reliable internet...
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    Who's Your Side Show Bob's?

    With Richard Lewis' passing and the recollection of all his highlights from Curb, it got me thinking of other characters who would pop up occasionally (sometimes rarely) and who would always elevate that episode of a beloved show to another level. I'll call it the Side Show Bob Award and as...
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    Austin Booker

    I was scrolling through a cbs sports mock draft when Booker's name popped up towards the end of the second round. I hadn't realized that he had vaulted his stock into this territory, but it looks like he had a pretty solid season at Kansas and the brief scouting report I read spoke to his solid...
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    A little Vikings trivia…

    There have been three quarterbacks who have started for the Vikings whose NFL careers were exclusively spent with the purple and gold. One is current QB, Jaren Hall; who are the other two?
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    NFL Hall of Fame class of '24

    Let's start with this--the Chicago contigent must have had a hell of a Power Point presentation this year. Selecting Patrick Willis, Dwight Freeney, Andre Johnson, and Julius Peppers raises no eyebrows for me. Randy Gradishar is interesting, given how long its been since he's played (retired...
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    Court filing against Vince McMahon

    A slice of my Twitter feed was blowing up this morning regarding the 67 page report filed in a lawsuit against McMahon and James Laurinitus and the WWE from a former female employee, Janel Grant, who claims McMahon courted, groomed, abused and trafficked her to friends and WWE wrestlers over a...
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    Meet Your Dynastic Minnesota Twins of the '70s!

    Over on the Immaculate Grid thread, I've been dabbling around the question of "what could have been. . ." for the '70s Twins, a period that I caught at the very tail end of the decade when sports fandom was taking hold on me and the most appealing aspect of the team was their baby blue uniforms...
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    Merry Christmas!

    To those who celebrate… (Still the only Christmas song I am interested in hearing outside of the season)
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    Dwight Twilley passes away, age 73

    My awareness of Twilley’s music extends to two songs, but both are corkers-I’m On Fire and Girls. This article summarizes his star-crossed career well: https://bestclassicbands.com/dwight-twilley-obituary-10-18-233/
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    Jim Caple, former Pioneer Press and ESPN Page 2 columnist, recently passed away

    I stumbled upon this beautifully penned tribute written by Caple’s nephew a couple of days ago and was caught completely off guard. Caple’s easily my favorite columnist that I ever read from Pioneer Press and then enjoyed his ascension to Page 2 on ESPN in its salad days. An awful ending to a...
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    All Things Immaculate Grid-related (MLB, NBA, NFL)

    Perhaps this will just be Ope3 and I trading cryptic messages back and forth about our particular triumphs or moments of despair, but my wife will have me committed if I exclaim too often such facts that Atlee Hammaker was an All-Star for the Giants and that garnered a 0.1% score for me on the...
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    Thiam is in the portal

    I wonder if this is connected to other moves coming or entirely separate decision:
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    All Things Class of 2025 Gophers Basketball Recruiting Thread

    Call me a cock-eyed optimist, but perhaps we can be in the mix for someone on this list in a couple years. And yes, if you didn't already know and were wondering, #1 and #24 on the list are the twin sons of Carlos Boozer. I'm pulling for Calipari to hire him onto his staff, so they stay away...
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    2021 Portal Misses--How Did They Do?

    Between Fuller's article in the Strib on last year's Gophers and the 2022 portal beginning to rev up, it got me to thinking about some of the players whose names were bandied about last year and how they did this season. Without having seen a minute of action from any of them, I'll give an...
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    Tony O and Kitty Kaat are in the Hall of Fame!

    Great day for the organization and of course, these two 83 year olds who happen to be the only living members elected from today's group. Also happy to finally see Buck O'Neil elected posthumously. If you've got 2 hours to kill, here's Kaat's masterful Game 2 win in the '65 World Series...
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    Anthony Edwards all things awesome thread

    A highlight reel on the court and on the mic:
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    Greder: Connor Olson, record breaking Golden Gopher

    Andy Greder has a really nice profile on Olson in this morning’s PP, in advance of Olson setting the record for most games started by a Gopher football player later today...
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    What were you able to enjoy in the prime of its existence?

    I recently lamented that I wasn't born about 10-15 years younger, because then I would have been able to enjoy the glory years of bands like Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, Stevie Wonder, The Who, etc etc and attend concerts for (relatively) dirt cheap costs. Which got me thinking, what have I been...
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    Let's Remember Some Guys (MN pro sports edition)

    Borrowing from old Deadspin's original series, let's remember some guys from the Minnesota pro sports scene of yore: I loved the way Luis Rivas would turn a double play, I thought he'd be a fixture on the team for years.



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