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colorado complaining about a hit from behind into the boards that caused an injury? hmmm...

he's already 26. this is likely as good as it gets. that said, he's likely to improve a bit once he gets acclimated. otoh: it cant get any worse...

looks like kody is fitting right in with this squad.

somebody posted a meme of the wings being interested in tortarella but i doubt that's anything more than trolling.

u$c is doing is right. michigan - as usual - is sitting around wringing its hands and pretending that its above "pay for play". and as a result, they are falling behind again. even notre dame is doing it!

the white sox are as injured as us. and they also have a marquee player who is stinking up the joint (moncada). unlike javy, the scuttlebutt on moncada is that he just doesnt care. rumors all over the place of him partying all night while telling the team he cant play and can only pinch hit. other rumors that he never recovered from covid. either way, he's not playing. and when he did play, he was terrible.

i'd probably be fine with that too.

85 might run away with this division!

anything from okudah is gravy at this point. i dont expect anything from him and i think the lions will be taking a cornerback high in next year's draft. hopefully he proves me wrong.

how?

crypto also being a form of legalized gambling...lol.

i hate the ads too.

and i do like g2's attempt to make his anti-gambling into something "scientific" rather than a moral objection and acknowleding the cultural and religious roots of where that objection comes from.

i buy a lottery ticket every now and again too. must be the dopamine rush.

i have $5 says youre wrong! lol.

other than the top line, edmonton cant hang with the avs. so they try to beat them up and take them out of their game. that's the charitable version. it may well have been the oilers getting frustrated that they couldnt hang.

but you get the joy out of watching a game and rooting for an outcome. again, YOU dont do it, so you cant imagine why anyone else could get any enjoyment from it.

i bet $5-$10 here and there. i dont think that makes me "wired" for something or not. sounds more like you never do it so you struggle to understand why others do and get enjoyment from it.

meh, i can make my own choices. so can you. addiction to anything can be awful, i dont see legalized sports gambling in america as any worse than alcohol (in fact, much less worse). most countries all over the globe have legalized gambling and sports are intertwined with that. north america has its own little brand of puritanical protestantism that looks down its nose at anything fun or even fun adjacent. to me, this is a product of our national prudery.

addiction to anything can be bad for you. addiction to alcohol can actually kill you.

lol. and? do you win money on beer? i gamble on sports book sites. i've probably "lost" $100 in the last two years. four people at a sporting event can spend that on beers for one game! lol. the pearl clutching is over "addiction." if so, why not be as concerned about alcohol ads?

if you hate sports betting ads because it might cause addictive behavior, you must get really upset every time you see a beer ad during a game.

bad news: boston won good news: golden state lost

off a lefty too.

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