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Russell Varner
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I used to know sports stats for a living. Now I know them for no good reason. 2x Elon University alum. Dad. Ex-Opta stat guy. Animal lover. Overall nerd, but you’ll catch onto that quickly enough.
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The solution to the male loneliness epidemic is attending a local Democratic Party canvassing event.
WOW. 81% of women 18-29 voted for Mamdani, 80% for Sherril, and 78% for Spanberger.

Gen Z women aren't playing around.
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SUPER MARIO RPG: LEGEND OF THE SEVEN STARS
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I still don't think people appreciate the job the Panthers OL is doing:
- Lost $100M Pro Bowl G Rob Hunt in Week 2
- 7 starting lineups in 9 weeks
- 0 starters playing all 9 games
- Opening holes for Rico Dowdle
- Ikem Ekwonu and Yosh Nijman erased Micah Parsons

www.panthers.com/news/embrace...
"Embrace the challenge:" Panthers offensive line handles another change well
The Panthers had yet another combination, and had yet another solid game from their line in the win at Green Bay.
www.panthers.com
Don’t have to tell me twice
The Panthers-Packers referees hate Key & Peele confirmed.
This may be my ultimate “I am definitely an old man” take, but can we all agree that that 6 7 song is just AWFUL?
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LOLOLOLOL JOSH REDDICK SET HIS TWITTER ACCOUNT TO PRIVATE
That plus the constant screams of “chokers” every postseason afterwards only helped create the monster the team has become
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think everyone underestimates how much the astros cheating scandal made the dodgers say nope that ain’t happening to us again and we will spend whatever it takes to make sure that’s the case. it’s like a core tenet there
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If you enjoyed, for lack of a better word, baseball bluesky tonight stick around for WBC in the spring
My son has been alive for one year and has seen two Dodgers World Series titles. He does not know a world where they are not champions.

I would’ve never thought this was possible just a few years ago.
a young boy wearing a florida shirt is sitting in a car seat
ALT: a young boy wearing a florida shirt is sitting in a car seat
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Like…so many storylines.

SO happy that Miguel Rojas makes those plays.

SO happy Kersh goes out like this.

Will Smith is now the only Will Smith I recognize.

Mookie Betts being a part of that last DP after all his work moving to SS.

Yamamoto making Reddick’s tweet look worse by the second.
What a freaking time to be alive.

To go from being labeled as chokers year in and year out to winning three World Series titles in five years and go back to back for the first time in 25 years?

They not like us. #Dodgers
A movie you've seen more than 7 times with a gif
There is some irony that one year after their hitting and bullpen led the Dodgers to a World Series while their starters lagged behind, it is their starters dragging the carcasses of the hitting and bullpen within two games of repeating. Idk how much further they can go though…
Charlotte FC without Zaha or Biel was forced to play basically the same way they did last season - basically a ton of defend and counter. Conceding first was the worst thing that could’ve happened to them, as they did not have any of their most creative outlets. And it showed.
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We need data on Gio's minutes spent giving interviews versus playing professional soccer
“I’m not just going to sort of sit here and take all the blame for something that was made out to be completely my fault…I was just upset that I wasn’t really playing.”
Completely tone deaf from Gio Reyna given Pochettino’s team-first messaging. #USMNT apnews.com/article/gio-...
Gio Reyna tells AP about plans to reboot career with new club and return to US team for World Cup
Gio Reyna went to the 2022 World Cup as one of United States’ brightest young soccer stars. He came back amid controversy over his commitment and his parents’ conflict with the then-coach.
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Absolutely yes.

(I also “only” lasted it the middle of the 13th. I tried, dammit.)