Chiefs released QB Chris Oladokun. Released WR Kadarius Toney. Released WR Justyn Ross. Released Louis Rees-Zammit. (courtesy ESPN)
Sorry to lose Ross. They also picked up a TE and a LB today by trading '25 and '26 seventh round picks. Not at all sure what that is all about.
@nuleafjhawk Althouugh I agree we are swimming through a tsunami of BS, there is a bit of good news in the bovine discharge department: scientists have discovered a way to genetically engineer the intestinal tracks of calves so they won't produce as much methane. Cattle produce 4% of the CO2 in the atmosphere.
Breathe easier!
@dylans Kind of like a Wheel of Fortune spinner where the "Bankrupt" spaces increase randomly to about 60% of the wheel.
Everyone seems to be 4th on depth charts. Final cuts are tomorrow. Puni did get a lot of playing time in the final preseason game. Bean's injury status is "questionable" with the Colts. No info on Booker (Bears) or Fairchild (Saints).
@wissox Your post sets out why I don't use the ESPN app. I use the ESPN web site, and have saved on my sports home page separately each of the links for their front pages for MLB, NBA, CFB, CBB and NFL. Oh, golf, too.
@rockchalkjayhawk So, 2 years in a row the Chiefs get back a WR at a minimal cost who had left to get more money in free agency.
@wissox Fun stuff! Veeck actually owned the St Louis Browns when he sent Eddie Gaedel to bat. His number was 1/8. He owned the Browns after the Indians, and brought Satchel Paige back for a season. The other owners forced Veeck to sell the Browns, who then moved to Baltimore to become the Orioles. (I am still shocked he was allowed to buy the White Sox.)
Disco demolition day is covered very extensively in the Mike Veeck documentary. It was his idea but his dad took the blame.
Fun fact: The previous Orioles left Baltimore in 1903 for NYC to become...the Highlanders, and later the Yankees. Can't get away from them in this thread.
Has anyone seen "Damn Yankees" on stage? The staging seems easy to imagine from the movie, but I can't imagine a better Devil than Ray Walston (My Favorite Martian...his antennae going up was the first tv special effect many of us saw. Lost in Space looked sophisticated next to that!)
Oh, should have warned y'all...Boomers only on this comment.
@wissox With Reinsdorf, I am surprised anyone stays a fan.
By the way, if you are a Bill Veeck fan, who owned the Sox until the 70's, there is a really engrossing documentary on Netflix about his son, Mike. "The Saint of Second Chances." I never knew his story. 50 to 60 years of a fascinating life. Had no idea he was basically just like his dad, only more so.
@Crimsonorblue22 I don't have +
@wissox Technically, someone else said they wished the problems facing the White Sox were facing the Yankees instead. A back and forth ensued in which several people, including you and me, participated.
Here's the thing...do you really feel like wallowing in W Sox misery?
@jayballer67 Thank you for the vb updates for the past few years. Keep it up! Much appreciated by us Kansas refugees stuck in the Confederacy!
@jayballer67 He got a shoulder injury last night. Don't know how serious.
@nuleafjhawk I actually have more respect for those crazy followers who fervently believe DJT was annointed hy God to save America. It is the people who are well-reasoned who deliberate and then choose him who scare me the most. The Nazis would not have succeeded if they were only the lunatics. Opportunistic but sane people hungry for position and riches gave the brownshirts their passive permission to seize power.
@kjayhawks Probably 90% of humankind, to be honest.
@nuleafjhawk I'd love to see how that would work!
Bleacher Report sucks, but they have a list of their top 10 NFL rookies who are draft "steals" (round 3 to 7 doing unexpectedly well). Booker and Puni both made the list.
Between those 2, Fairchild, and Bean, KU is doin' great!
@ImmunoHawk Actually, if you have followed this KU bb fan forum very long, you will notice the waves of positivity and pessimism are as predictable as the tides.
Recruiting: Bill can't recruit/We got a great player/Bill gets the wrong players/ We will win it all/Why aren't we UConn?
Season 1st semester: We will stomp 'em/Why are we so bad?/Watch out Big 12
2nd semester: Will miss tourney/Wow, still a 1 seed/Sweet 16 is best case scenario/Damned refs cost us a Final 4
Post tourney: Why aren't we UConn?/Got great players returning/Good players going pro/Bill can'trecruit....
and always:
Muck Fizzou!!!
@dylans I read an interesting article highlighting why the AL Central is doing so well. Twins and Royals are way over .500 against CWS, although the Guardians are around .500. They get to play against Chicago many more times than other divisions. Which requires this:
"It's unfair!" the other teams cry. "Darn those Sox!"
@nuleafjhawk said in No matter what team you pull for:
But I’m still not a Yankees fan.
I'm not a NYY fan either, but after watching the Netflix special about him I am definitely a Yogi Berra fan!
@Texas-Hawk-10 My point was that so many people blame Title 9 for not having additional men's sports, or when cuts are made to men's programs. Athletic departments pour gas on that fire by posturing as if they are required to even up the numbers rather than meeting the standards by adding programs for women.
As you say, KU could add new programs for women if they wanted to add men's soccer. I was referring to the hypothetical situation IF no women wanted to join those programs. Trying to do it in good faith but not succeeding is a valid Title 9 defense to numerical disparities. As I said, no one uses that defense and just lops men's programs on Title 9.
To be honest, your comment indicates the likely reason: schools are cutting men's, and not adding women's, programs because in all likelihood the sports would be successful participation-wise, and ADs don't want the expense of carrying more non-revenue sports. The definition, really, of a zero-sum situation due to limited budgets. (I do hope Breaking, despite its apparent popularity, doesn't become an NCAA sport, but the revenue possibilities might be intriguing. Recruiting trip reports might be fun: "No, we didn't visit any dancers' homes. We spent the entire trip in clubs.")
@wissox Don't let the facts bother you:
Judge has hit more home runs this season away from NY (25) than at home, (19). https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/splits/_/id/33192/aaron-judge ↗
If you look at his year by year stats available on that site, you can see in his first 3 years (2016-18) he hit more at home than on the road (55 to 29). Starting in 2021, he has hit more on the road every season, 20 more all together (101 to 81).
Overall, in 9 seasons Judge has hit 152 hrs at home, and 149 on the road. He has probably become better overall by not trying to go for that porch.
@Texas-Hawk-10 From the perspective of the rest of the world, KU already has a men's "football" team. 🤷♂️
Actually, they would not have to add an actual team in other women's sports if they can show they offered the opportunity to women to play in other sports but could not draw enough participants to make it viable despite legitimate recruiting efforts.
Almost every school complies with the equal numbers test (which looks distorted due to college football teams having so many men), but there are two other ways schools can comply. One is the one I just referred to (it has been awhile, so my description is a rough summary), but I forget the third "safe harbor." No one wants to go to the trouble of using tests 2 or 3.
@dylans Can't see the link. ☹️
@wissox "Asterisk" detracts from "amazing."
No asterisks in baseball.
@FarmerJayhawk When did you start following Kansas politics?
@FarmerJayhawk I'm in SC so I can relate to the vote itself being of little numerical value. But I won't be sitting on the sidelines thinking my voice can't make a difference.
Incidentally, I have been thinking about your comment that we should be able to expect more from candidates. Can you please give me an example of a major party candidate for VP or President in the 20th or 21st centuries that meets your test if the Walz DWI/2006 (shorthand) issue is disqualifying in and of itself?
@FarmerJayhawk You seem remarkably willing to have Trump become president again if you previously thought he should be removed. Maybe you think his campaign promises are just hot air. I hope you are right.
@FarmerJayhawk The partial deafness ruse was concocted by Walz's 2006 campaign manager but I haven't seen any indication Walz ever made that assertion. The campaign manager apparently hasn't worked for Walz since 2006. Walz admitted to the DWI when it happened, resigned as a coach and offered to resign as a teacher--not exactly consistent with denying responsibility. He doesn't drink.
I don't know the source of your contention he faked hearing loss since he had surgery in 2005 to help correct it. If you know people who served in artillery or armor units, you know hearing loss is quite common.
But obviously this 30 year old crisis is far more scandalous than being found liable for defamation and sexual assault, being convicted of felonies and being charged with dozens more, encouraging supporters to beat up journalists, insulting wounded and dead soldiers and police and their families, endorsing calls for execution of critics and opponents (even in his own cabinet), and the literally hundreds of other crappy things Trump has done. And is proud of.
I guess Democrats have to be pure. After all, a DWI and someone else's lie about it are equally as bad as denying an attack on Congress and promising to make voting unnecessary for religious extremists to achieve all their goals.
Well, I never saw any news about it but Fairchild was released just a few days after he was signed by N.O. on Aug. 3rd.
Not to worry! He was re-signed by N.O. again today!
@rockchalkjayhawk Do you have Steele (UCLA fullback) confused with our rugby experiment? Steele blasted his way through the defense and scored oour only TD, carrying guys to the goal line. The rugby guy had some trouble.
@Texas-Hawk-10 Will Sacramento's stadium improve the A's stadium rank next year?
From NBC Pro Football Talk:
The Saints made several moves involving tight ends on Saturday.
The team announced that they have signed Kevin Rader and Mason Fairchild to the 90-man roster. They waived Jesper Horsted and placed Tommy Hudson on injured reserve as well.
In addition to the tight end moves, the Saints waived wide receiver Jermaine Jackson with an injury designation.
Rader has appeared in 35 games and made four starts for the Steelers and Titans. He has made three catches for 14 yards and recorded 19 special teams tackles in those appearances.
Fairchild was undrafted out of Kansas this year. He caught 82 passes for 1,111 yards and ten touchdowns while with the Jayhawks.
Silverado is one of the best westerns I have ever seen.
On TV, The Wild West was the most fun show of the 60's slew of westerns. The movie version with Will Smith was appallingly bad.
@wissox Oooooops, all the confusion is my fault. I was relying on a Reddit reviewer for the details about recording and they had it wrong (big surprise). Sorry!
Premium PLUS ($11.99/month) is necessaary to download shows to watch later and to rewind/ff/pause. So we are in same boat. Sorry!
@wissox $7.99 is indeed for Peacock Premium, which does have replay and on demand. The cheap version I have doesn’t. 😟
Since Snoop is a celebrity commentator for the games, seeing him cheering the team at events is no different than seeing Hoda or Savannah. I'd prefer less of all of it, but we're stuck with it.
I have really liked being able to switch between total coverage of events on Peacock. Only drawback is you would have to go Premium to save events to watch later. Not worth the $79 addition to my $19 annual basic!
@approxinfinity Thank you, Drew Carey!
Film clips of events alone during new- and sports-casts of events probably aren't compensable. Fair use. But using those clips to promote other events and future telecasts of those events might be.
Makes me wonder if the PGA's contracts with networks results in lots of residuals to Tiger for their Masters commercials replaying that chip shot on 16 at Augusta.... On the other hand, Nike stopped making golf balls despite all the free publicity they got from all those CBS commercials.
@dylans Thanks for the inspiring story. Yet another reminder that so many people who are facing awful challenges wake up every morning from the peace of sleep needing to be almost unfathomly strong as they face the day.
@Texas-Hawk-10 Did I miss a link to the Filipowski story?
@FarmerJayhawk Raiders are serial relocators, as are the A's. How'd they both have controversies with Oakland, and designs on new stadia in Las Vegas in common?
@Texas-Hawk-10 said in So, Kansas Reinstated the Border War (for the Chiefs):
If these stadiums provided the ROI claimed to swindle the public to vote for them, then the owners of these teams would have zero issues building and paying for everything themselves because they would make a nice profit from those deals.
Excellent point, PHOF-worthy by my reckoning!
@FarmerJayhawk On the other hand, relocating the teams will result in millions of people finally being correct about how Kansas City's teams "are in Kansas, right?" This will save us ex-KCers from Kansas, now living hundreds of miles away, from untold hours of frustration, resulting in no longer wasting massive amounts for therapy...or bourbon. (Ok, the bourbon is a fixed cost.)
Aggregate savings of hundreds! That is more than 2 billion, right?
Chiefs, KU mens bb, ku fb, Olympics (varies)
@rockchalkjayhawk said in NCAA proposal to expand NCAA tourney to 72 or 76 teams.:
I’m all for some version of all 351 Division 1 basketball schools in the tourney.
The conference tournaments all have automatic entries into the Dance for the winners. So, effectively that is the opening round for any team not good enough to be selected by the committee. So, you already have your all-inclusive tournament!
Well, except that it excludes independents (are there any now?).
@FarmerJayhawk But, gee, I thought that every penny of corporate welfare always produces hundreds of millions of dollars in tax revenue! I so fondly remember how trickle down economics of the 80's made so made impoverished people into millionaires. Or was that millionaires into billionaires?
And I am soooooo looking forward to the plan of a certain ex-president to eliminate income tax altogether and to initiate 100% tarrifs!!! Our economy will just burst at the seams as inflation goes into double-digits with prices for many consumer goods being doubled! Combined with eliminating numerous agencies and voiding federal regs left and right, there might be a few hiccups associated with throwing 2 million federal employees out of work, and flying will be a tad more dangerous without actual air traffic controllers and because we will let every manufacturer self-certify like Boeing, and without those safety fanatics at the FDA untested drugs could wreak havoc, but those things aren't as important as making the top 1% richer than King Midas while surfing on the delusions of millions going broke. And gosh, without OSHA we can finally get back to having more emergecy medical care like we have always wanted.
Wow, too bad you don't understand math, being so confused by all those dozens of impartial economic studies and your years of education and experience and useless stuff like that.
@dylans "All hate State!" is my suggestion.
@nuleafjhawk said in I Know it's Pointless, but what if. . .:
@mayjay Dude. You're Wilt bashing?
Never! And it causes me no moral qualms to believe that very few athletes I ever rooted for at KU had chastity belts on their bank accounts.
@nuleafjhawk Like Wilt?