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I would go with, "When the Dallas Stars introduce their new head coach."

My only question: Who paid? My guess is there's a "sponsor logo" on each of those giveaways. And the sponsor picks up the bill for the trinkets. My guess as to the Saturday sponsor? Buffalo Wild Wings. (That wasn't too tough of a guess. )

I still say the NCAA system of "thoust shalt sponsor N sports to play at level X, or M to play at level Y, or < yadda yadda >" is a big part of the problem. Those additional sports aren't loss leaders (meaning there to get you in and then get your money); they are dead-red ink.

Getting testier in Ypsilanti. https://www.freep.com/story/sports/college/2018/05/01/eastern-michigan-sports-cut-wrestling-swimming-softball-tennis/546525002/

You're so mean. Why limit that to just Schmaltzes.

If I believed social media I'd think UND women's hockey was bigger than UND men's hockey.

Not recently. Why?

I guess some of us move through the stages (Kubler-Ross) more quickly than others. Or to take the newer (Bonanno) view, some stay stuck in chronic grief. Personally, I'm experiencing what Bonanno terms 'resilience', described by: “it is not that they don't grieve, or that they didn't care; far from it. Rather, they are able to put the pain aside when they need to and they continue to meet the demands of their life. They work, they take care of loved ones. They even laugh and experience moments of joy. They accept the loss, readjust their sense of what is, and move on.” I sincerely hope you find a way to work through this. If you don't it's going to continue to wear on you and affect daily life for you. And that's not life.

The kid's name is Magic ... What? And it does what? No. Wait. Donwannaknow.

No, Bob, I just looked away before permanent retinal damage occurred.

Geez Bob, in the future please leave pictures of you on your way to your "Saturday night adventures" off the board. Some of us just finished lunch. And the "John Stockton" shorts ... wow, ... just ... wow.

That's a tough one. I don't think Wilson was targeting, but he has "reputation". I think Dumoulin was ducking when he saw Ovechkin and Wilson already had him lined up.

I'm wondering why they don't have the ND Hawks logo on the right bicep so it's facing forward and the mascot can do the ol' muscle beach show off the bicep and tat routine. Or is that too masculine. Here, let me show you where I'd put it on my right bicep.

@Ray77 Agree.

I like Y for two reasons: - black legs - the head (don't like Z, and X too much bald eagle-like)

Yeah, but you know there will be haranguing about it.

This was brought up in another thread but deserves its own. That's why I pulled it from the Summit League thread to its own. SDSU is dropping M/W tennis. Excuse: facilities. https://www.argusleader.com/story/sports/college/south-dakota-state-university/2018/04/24/south-dakota-state-university-jackrabbits-announces-end-men-women-tennis-programs/548700002/ Or is this a move to realign the sport offerings in their department.

Correct-a-mundo.

Or Haula.

And you have to eat everything from concessions without silverware.

He missed the Cooper's hawk. Nasty buggers chase the song birds away from my feeders. I wish the great horned owls or the bald eagles that have been around lately would chase the Cooper's away. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_birds_of_North_Dakota

Vegas puts on a show.

Oh if only Chris Berman still did SportsCenter. He'd have to call him "He's Skatin'". Yes, Evgeny He's skatin' Kuznetsov. Wait a minute here ... Kuznetsov from Ovechkin? Collusion in Washington.

Just heard about this ad. Well done.

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