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NFL (AND CFB!) Week 2 Live Thread!
You know, he’s a friendly Viking. I am sure that in their history there had to be SOME friendly vikings, right? Continue reading NFL (AND CFB!) Week 2 Live Thread!
NFL WEEK ONE LIVE THREAD!
Ravens’ mascot Poe is on season ending IR from a leg injury in the preseason. For real. I mean, I think they’ll get another person for the suit but ya know. Some teams can’t catch a break. New season, let’s … Continue reading NFL WEEK ONE LIVE THREAD!
Sports Corner Acknowledges Football Season
Yours truly, as I have noted from time to time, is ambivalent about America’s single most popular form of entertainment. On the one hand, it’s violent and exploitative and laced with sexism and racism and homophobia and if it went … Continue reading Sports Corner Acknowledges Football Season
AEW All Out 2022 Live Thread
Match card AEW Championship: Jon Moxley (c) vs. CM Punk. Bryan Danielson vs. Chris Jericho. Interim AEW Women’s Championship: Toni Storm vs. Jamie Hayer vs. Hikaru Shida vs. Britt Baker. AEW Tag Team Championships: Swerve in my Glory (c) vs. … Continue reading AEW All Out 2022 Live Thread
All Things Cricket: August 30th
It’s another Minor League Cricket post! Minor League Cricket (MiLC) is, for now, the only sanctioned domestic cricket league in the US. Major League Cricket (MLC), owned by the same entity, American Cricket Enterprises (ACE), hopes to become the primary … Continue reading All Things Cricket: August 30th
2022 US Open Discussion Thread
The final Grand Slam of the year, the US Open, is now underway at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Use this thread to talk about the tournament, discuss players’ strategies, and live-chat matches. Stuff to watch: On … Continue reading 2022 US Open Discussion Thread
NFL PRESEASON WEEK 2 LIVE THREAD!
Fantasy Football 2022
So it is another year of Fantasy Football, and I’m posting this exactly 52 weeks since I posted the last one, so one could consider me a genius master of timing. Anyways, the season starts on September 8th, so I … Continue reading Fantasy Football 2022
NFL Live Chat Preseason Week 1
Are you ready for some football? ARE YOU? Continue reading NFL Live Chat Preseason Week 1
Sports Corner Makes All the Trades
A week later, the dust has settled on an epic MLB trade deadline day. I think it’s clear that no player of Juan Soto’s stature has ever been traded, though odds are getting higher and higher that we will see … Continue reading Sports Corner Makes All the Trades
Sports Corner Moves Out of the July Doldrums
It’s not that there isn’t much going on in July. Except that there isn’t. Wimbledon is over, the British Open is over, the NBA and NHL are more or less on vacation, and while there’s plenty of baseball, the daily … Continue reading Sports Corner Moves Out of the July Doldrums
All Things Cricket: MiLC Edition
What if I told you there was a sports league that starts at 10 am on Saturday, runs until 7 pm and then repeats that schedule on Sunday, has 10 or so games each day that span the USA, and … Continue reading All Things Cricket: MiLC Edition
Sports Corner Signs with the Knicks
Or it would if they offered me a contract. For now, though, I will just be content with the Knicks’ signings, even as the dust settles from an eventful if not game-changing Free Agent Weekend. Not yet, at any rate, … Continue reading Sports Corner Signs with the Knicks
Wimbledon 2022 Discussion Thread
Tennis’s premier grass court tournament is back for another year, this time (controversially) sans Russian or Belarusian players. Use this space to talk about the tournament and live-chat matches. Continue reading Wimbledon 2022 Discussion Thread
2022 NBA Draft Live Thread
It might be a week since the Finals, but NBA talk isn’t over as the NBA Draft is happening today. As some have noted, this year’s draft is where there isn’t a consensus #1 prospect. Now some might say that … Continue reading 2022 NBA Draft Live Thread
Sports Corner Trades Up
The NBA season is over! All hail the Warriors! OK, now that that’s done, we can start the off season! The NBA Draft is tomorrow, and for the first time in ages, no one can say with any certainty who … Continue reading Sports Corner Trades Up
Stanley Cup Finals Live Thread
Here is your live thread for discussing Round 4 of the National Hockey League’s Stanley Cup playoffs. Starting June 15th, Eastern Conference champions (and winners of the Stanley Cup for the past two years) the Tampa Bay Lightning face off … Continue reading Stanley Cup Finals Live Thread
30 Day Wild Card Challenge Day 13: Eliminate One Sport
We’re changing things up for the month of June by doing a “wild card” approach where there is no theme other than my own whims. Every day can shift gears, wildly, from one topic to the next! Today, let’s talk … Continue reading 30 Day Wild Card Challenge Day 13: Eliminate One Sport
Sports Corner Looks for a New Coach
Or manager. But there are a lot of openings now, from the surprise firing of Joe Maddon to the slightly less surprising departure of Quin Snyder. It’s the nature of sports in 2022 for the people put in charge of … Continue reading Sports Corner Looks for a New Coach
Stanley Cup Playoffs Conference Finals Live Thread
Here is your live thread for discussing Round 3 of the National Hockey League’s Stanley Cup playoffs. In the Eastern Conference Finals we have the New York Rangers versus last year’s champions, the Tampa Bay Lightning. In the Western Conference … Continue reading Stanley Cup Playoffs Conference Finals Live Thread