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Where you in SEAL training? No, nothing special like the SEALs. First 'initiation' was being forced, along with all the other month's worth of new arrivals to our barracks, to drink a mixture of confiscated alcohol straight from a five gallon paint bucket into which the confiscated barracks alcohol...

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I have been hazed and that’s the weakest hazing practice I’ve ever heard of. Did you read how graphic the details of the investigative report are? IMO, they constitute criminal sexual assault. I have a hard time believing the hazing you went through can dismissively relegate Northwestern's hazing a...

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Head Coach Pat Fitzgerald quickly suspended for two weeks. But was it a little too-little, too-late? As more details are emerging there's a drum beat for his firing: "A former Northwestern University football player told The Daily some of the hazing conduct investigated by the university involved co...

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After competing as an independent since joining college Hockey's division 1 ranks in 2015, Sun Devils hockey has been voted into National Collegiate Hockey Conference. "Arizona State will join Colorado College, the University of Denver, Miami University, the University of Minnesota Duluth, the Unive...

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Welcome Elijah - Wow!

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I was reading an article about Draymond Green latest meltdown. If you set aside how good he is at basketball in an absolute sense and judge him merely by his bullshit, I've decided he reminds me of Trump. And last week the Warriors resigned Draymond to a $100M/4yr contract! A 33 yr old player who's...

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It was a blessing in disguise when my company sidelined us from flying for work travel during the Covid lockdowns. They asked me to drive to assignments in Portland several times. Was able to make roadtrips of seeing a number of sights I'd been waiting to see since I was a kid: Big Sur, the wineries...

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Sounds like the PAC12 Network is planning on surviving by acting as the producer of sports content for wherever a new PAC12 deal takes the conference.

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One of my Phoenix area college buddies, whose brother in-law is among my best friends, was diagnosed with cancer right before Christmas. Squamous Cell Carcinoma - cancer of the skin's top layer. Unfortunately it's Stage 4, far enough along for his right femoral head (ball in hip joint) to be severe...

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“The Cardinals violated the rules; they’ve acknowledged it. The violation created a distraction. Depending on the total amount of time Gannon spent preparing for the interview, the distraction might have kept him from properly doing his job, which could have undermined the integrity of the Super Bo...

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Took over two years, but the NCAA has finally decided penalties against Hardaway: "Memphis men’s basketball coach Penny Hardaway was handed a three-game suspension by the NCAA on Wednesday for recruiting violations that occurred in 2021. The issues stem from a pair of at-home visits to a person the ...

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Good list of offers: Washington, Colorado, Michigan State, and Central Florida

With Bell listed as an Athlete, any idea where our coaches are planning to play him? Secondary?

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You got to take the long view. More money, better coaches and better faculties , etc, etc, etc Disagree. There's a structural limit to paying more for better coaching or the arms race of better facilities. If ALL 16 SEC Teams pay their head coach $15M/yr thanks to the new TV deal it doesn't progres...

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Attended yesterday's Athletics home game Vs the Phillies. After hearing all season how small Oakland's home crowds have been, yesterday drew their third largest crowd of the season, only behind Opening Day and last Tuesday's Reverse Boycott. When I realized by the 4th inning this was most likely bec...

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It's quite a feat for a guy his size to hit .210. He either [#1] drank a shit ton or [#2] his liver is already trashed and it doesn't take all that much anymore. Pittsburgh police encountered evidence of #1: Empty beer cans filled a trash bag in passenger side floorboard & trunk. Was in Pittsburgh ...

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Probably? If it was Bud Light he was drinking that’s a no-go across WV.

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$60M yearly from the SEC once they receive full shares will make up for a lot of those losses. But who is getting the $60M?!?!? A bank account in Norman run by the Athletic Department as though that's the only thing that matters? College Football becoming ONLY about money/TV deals is at a cost to w...

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My reaction to Oklahoma and Texas joining the SEC is about the same as UCLA/USC bolting for the Big Ten. Fine, go make it harder on yourself if you felt you'd outgrown the Pac/B12. Oklahoma's schedule is brutal starting in 2024. Vs Texas Vs Alabama Vs Tennessee Vs South Carolina @ Auburn @ LSU @ Ole...

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Reverse Boycott Night:

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Welcome Kaho, more sturdy builds on the Lines please.

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Few weekends ago in Vegas was in the Venetian and bought a wallet for $480. Engraved with my initials.

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The future B1G schedule is pure chaos. I love it for UCLA and USC. Enjoy those 11am kicks at Maryland and Rutgers. Big Ten should give the LA Schools no favors. Let 'em both whine about the denser schedule. Whine about the travel distances. Whine about the colder weather in November. Whine about Mi...

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Getting ahead of ourselves, this is USC's 2024 schedule going into the Big Ten.

Which their fans wanting back into the Pac after walking the plank with LSU, Notre Dame, Michigan, Penn State, Wisconsin, and UCLA.

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So the details of this one threw me for a bit more than I was expecting - from the NY Post: "A British woman is standing trial for allegedly tricking a female teen into having a romantic relationship by posing as a man and forcing her nearsighted lover to remove her glasses during sex." "Georgia Bil...

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MrBug708 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 01, 2023 1:37 pm I don't know what's the unexplained part when they had multiple kids out with COVID during a pandemic.

That’s what the lawsuit is for. To get to a discovery phase and determine whether UCLA misrepresented their situation by using Covid as an excuse to back out.

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I had tickets to that particular Holiday Bowl and am still disappointed it was cancelled at the last minute, 3 hours before kickoff. I was even outside the stadium when the news came down, and had bought a t-shirt featuring the UCLA/NC State helmets for a Holiday Bowl that never kicked off. The Brui...

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Was reading up on Masterson's conviction yesterday and, though I knew he was a Scientologist, I had no idea his church was so aggressively involved in protecting Masterson against the consequences of the clear and obvious harm he caused unfortunate women. From the Hollywood Reporter: "The Church of ...

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Flew through Chicago-Midway last week for the first time since late 2017. Midway's most memorable feature - the very sizable food court and concessions area just past the central security gates where Midway's three terminals branch off - is boarded up and undergoing major renovations. From Midway's ...

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If efficiency of production is paramount then in economic terms AI should be wildly deflationary, turning a dangerous fraction of humans into Luddite burdens on the state. But in a more aggregated whole doesn't it make sense that AI would recognize what structures in humanity are important for syst...

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Tanking would mean trading him for at least a couple of draft picks . This is just malpractice. It’s like if your doctor diagnosed you with a very minor and mild form of skin cancer and then decided to choke you to death. Saw this posted by the radio guy who does the morning drive on 910am (Phx): "...

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azgreg wrote: ↑Mon May 22, 2023 1:21 pm San Diego's airport sucks

Assuming you used one of the two Southwest terminals? Those are terribly cramped, but the main terminal where the non-discount/international carries embark is quite nice.

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Just so happened to be at last night's Cubs home game. Cubs won 7-2 last night with Drew Smyly picking up the win to go 5-1. Gorgeous weather with temps right around 70F at first pitch. Seats about a dozen rows behind Cubs dugout. Guy one seat in front of us caught a stray foul ball. Right outside s...

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It’s easier for us to jump ahead and suspect quickly advancing AI as eventually capable of enacting the obvious sci-fi plots to wage a conflict to enslave the human race, such as from Will Smith’s 2004 film I, Robot . But before the AI/Mankind relationship reaches that extreme, I find it more subtly...

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Coming as quite a surprise USC's Athletic director is abruptly stepping down today. No clear reason given, and speculation is in it's early stages. Early Trojan reactions are a mix of confusion and suspicion. To pull a few quotes from the socials: "Man, this Mike Bohn resignation sure seems... fishy...

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Not much fan fare for the release of the Cardinals 2023 schedule. Of course it didn't help that this was dropped the same night the Nuggets knocked the Suns out of the playoffs. I see five wins max, with hopefully one over the Rams. https://cardswire.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/60/2023/05/...

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My daughter is. Took her to a Buffet concert last year and enjoyed it as much as us old farts. Has a parrot head hat and t-shirt she wears around. If only Coach Dilly would wear this on the sidelines: https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS5byioWOdmtXbQEGmHX7wIsu8Sq_Tppt8tN3UXm3qjxs...

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“…Kenny Dillingham is living his best life, the 33-year-old head football coach at his alma mater, and in his hometown. Today seems even cooler: Dillingham is decked out in a sweet Arizona State Tommy Bahama shirt, citing his roots as a big Jimmy Buffett fan , and is a day removed from attending a ...

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AI and its future implications are factoring into Hollywood’s ongoing Writer’s Guild strike – from the Hollywood Reporter: “Concerns about AI taking over writing also are alleged to have been glossed over by the studios. The WGA wanted to regulate the use of AI and wanted assurance that it could not...

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The Lakers started with exactly the defensive gameplan I wanted to see, by blanketing Curry even when he was away from the ball. A combination of Schroder, Reaves, and James stayed on Curry at all times. Only time it broke down and Curry was able to start landing daggers was when briefly guarded by ...

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I wish I hadn't smoked so much in high school and college. Your insights in the Economy thread offer clarity on a number of matters I'm otherwise unsure of, so I don't think your brain suffered. At least not like this - from the Scientific American: Heavy Cannabis Use Linked to Schizophrenia, Espec...

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This intersection of Las Vegas BLVD and Tropicana Ave where the aging Tropicana might be torn down for a new baseball stadium is famed for boasting the most hotel rooms in the world, accounting for also the New York/NY, MGM, and Excalibur. https://twitter.com/LasVegasLocally/status/16561351675836088...

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To elaborate: Football player Jermaine Burton strikes Tennesee coed on field Football player Tony Mitchell arrested for gun & weed Basketball player Darius Miles arrested for capital murder Basketball player Brandon Miller investigated as accomplice to murder Basketball transfer commit Jaykwon Walto...

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Does anyone actually think Bronny is a future first rounder? I have never seen Bronny play, not even highlight reels, but I imagine some team will take a flyer on him in the first round just so the Lakers have to trade for him. Give up two future 1st round picks or something like that. This was my ...

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Howard Stern has reached Late-Stage Fame , and isn’t a fan. The way Stern revolutionized talk radio no longer has traction and can’t be aired across today's entertainment environment. His 90s mainstreaming of the shock jock radio personality sexually harassed his female callers, badgered his (female...

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Godfather of AI quits Google; regrets life’s work due to risks to humanity: “Geoffrey Hinton, an award-winning computer scientist known as the “godfather of artificial intelligence,” is having some serious second thoughts about the fruits of his labors. Hinton helped pioneer AI technologies critical...

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Random thoughts, but my mind drifted off to wondering why (or how) we, as a species, evolved away from consuming raw meats? Wouldn't it be to our evolutionary advantage for our system to continue handling raw meat? And I wonder how the tradeoff exactly worked? According to the long game of evolution...

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Glowing, inordinate assessment of Kenny Dillingham making an early mark on ASU Football – from 247Sports: “…Kenny Dillingham is living his best life, the 33-year-old head football coach at his alma mater, and in his hometown. Today seems even cooler: Dillingham is decked out in a sweet Arizona State...

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