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4 hours ago, BGleas said:

I haven't looked this up, but I would guess that way more baseball teams own their stadiums vs. NBA teams. Also, most baseball teams, if not all, aren't competing with another in-season sport (NHL for the NBA) where some of the other sports teams actually own the playing venue. 

Edit: I'm not saying eliminating back-to-backs can't be done. Just saying the scheduling is no small task. It's really complicated and there are a ton of competing logistics. 

I only looked up a handful, but the ones I looked up...

United Center and American Airlines Center (Dallas) are 50/50 jointly held between the basketball and hockey franchises.

Rose Garden, Scotiabank Centre and Madison Square Garden are held by their basketball tenants' corporate parent.

Barclay's Center, Toyota Center, Spectrum Center (Charlotte), AT&T Center (San Antonio), and American Airlines Arena (Miami) are owned by the local municipality.

TD Garden and Staples Center are owned by different corporations.

5 minutes ago, 5fouls said:

I don't know.  His quad is heavily wrapped, but he does not appear to be in too much discomfort.

He does appear to be mooooving pretty well there.

2 hours ago, IU Scott said:

He did miss most of one year with a calf injury

Quad, not calf.  Slightly (sarcasm) more critical and painful than a calf injury. 

1 hour ago, Hoosierhoopster said:

An update on Hoosiers in the NBA -- 

OG killing it, Bryant killing it, Cody with 2 more double doubles

Yogi getting screwed by the lousy Sacto decision-makers, EJ not starting off well, Vic of course out, Vonleh mixed

https://hoosierstateofmind.com/2019/11/04/indiana-basketball-cody-zeller-great-play-hoosiers-struggle/

 

 

Gotta wonder how much gas EJ has left in the tank. 

2 minutes ago, Drroogh said:

I get you, the vast majority of non franchise truck stop food is not that great! Have to say though, there are exceptions! Like the best Mexican outside of Atlanta is in a truck stop near Newnan GA. Also, for me where I live since ALLL the resteraunt' s around think catfish is the ONLY seafood, I regularly visit a truck stop for their Grouper Basket!   

Oh I know. I just never pass up a chance to make a West Virginia joke. Hey, I live in Kentucky. Legally, we're only allowed to make fun of West Virginia, Arkansas, Mississippi and Alabama (if it's not college football season on the latter).

16 minutes ago, Drroogh said:

If you're going on a road trip, you might want to take this list along! 

Best Truck Stop eats' in every State!

https://www.msn.com/en-us/foodanddrink/restaurantsandnews/the-best-truck-stop-eats-in-every-state/ss-AAJERR7

"Best" truck stop in West Virginia? If you leave a truck stop in WV without dysentery and/or the clap, it can be considered "best".

And yes, the 2nd part of that and/or takes out the one where 5fouls' ex wives #'s 3,5 and 7 "work".

27 minutes ago, NotIThatLives said:

Can little guys stay healthy long term?

Double edged sword.  Less body mass means less strain on the lower body joints.  If they're able to avoid catastrophic injuries, little guys don't wear down as fast as big men. 

Edit: And worst case, he becomes more of a spot up shooter.  Nowhere near as dominant, but like him or not (and I fall more towards the latter), you have to admit, dude is a damn sniper from deep. 

10 minutes ago, NotIThatLives said:

Curry will be 32 in march, dray and clay are both 29. They don't need Dray for scoring when you have healthy steph and clay.  I'd say Russel is tradeable unless he decides to play d. Draft the best big available or flip the pick for a nice piece and next year that's a top 3 starting 5.  Luck into James Wiseman.  Who knows.  They have no cap space so they have no depth.  At some point you have to think business over loyalty and maybe they trade Dray.  If they go the Belichick route they ship Steph before his value plummets.  

Or is Steph their Brady?

8 hours ago, Hoosierhoopster said:

Or it could well be the end of the arrogant warriors. They’ve had their run. 

I'm no fan of them either, but you have to admit, put the right lottery level forward with Curry/Klay, flip Green for 1-2 other assets/cap space....could be worse.

11 hours ago, Hoosierhoopster said:

If that's going out on a limb, I'm going to officially say the Knicks and Sacto aren't either, lol.

GS is done. They most likely weren't making the playoffs even with Curry, God their D is the worst in the League, just horrible. They are now, officially, in rebuild mode. They'll be playing for the draft.

They could well wind up like San Antonio: a season in the basement and wind up with a lottery pick (Duncan) to fold into an otherwise pretty solid team.

3 hours ago, IUFLA said:

So rich and decadent you can only eat 1...

Oh really?

Challenge accepted if I'm ever in that area of Florida. 

Edit: These?

Oh yes, challenge accepted.  Pretty sure I could put the depicted tray away and ponder seconds. 

Never knew peanut butter fudge was a Kentucky thing. 

One other from the list I've had: Missouri's gooey butter cake. Very much a St. Louis thing, and one not to miss.  It's up there in terms of unhealthiest things you could eat, but well worth it.

7 minutes ago, 5fouls said:

Was Phil in it?  

No, but Lexi had Dr. Phil's mustache for some reason. 

On 8/12/2019 at 2:57 PM, 5fouls said:

I played in a foursome once with Tiger, Phil, and Lexi Thompson. Unfortunately, after slicing into the woods off the first tee, I woke up. 

I had a dream involving a foursome and Lexi Thompson once.  Didn't involve golf though. 

12 minutes ago, Hoosierhoopster said:

Troy was shooting well fwiw, and moving without the ball, and McD can't defend my deceased grandmother.

In his defense, she does have a wicked crossover. 

7 minutes ago, FKIM01 said:

Yogi would be another candidate. 

I think the Kings would be opposed to the Pacers doing that. 

1 minute ago, FKIM01 said:

I'm guessing you're right.  Pretty poorly worded, though...

"Troy Williams was among multiple players who were signed and waived Saturday."

Par for the course for what passes for journalism nowadays. 

14 hours ago, FKIM01 said:

That's good enough for my purposes.  The tweet made it sound like they were signed and waived the same day which I found odd.

Interpretation of the headline: Troy Williams was one of the players that was either signed or waived on Saturday

4 hours ago, BGleas said:

As someone that is 6'6", I think there should be a 6'5" (I'm willing to negotiate down to 6'4" but it stops there) or taller requirement for sitting in the emergency row on an airplane. 

Waivers can be given to the spouses of the tall people if they'd like to sit together. 

I have yet to encounter one in person, but if I'm ever on a plan with someone that claims that their turkey or aardvark or other "emotional support animal" that should either be in a zoo or lunch has a right to sit next to me, one of us will not be surviving the trip.

Makes me want to get a king cobra and carry it around as my support animal. "Yes, it's my emotional support cobra. Helps keep my emotions steady. How? Because 99% of humanity leaves me the f*** alone finally!"

2 hours ago, milehiiu said:

The Brown Hotel.  Home of the Hot Brown sandwich.  

That's the one. Haven't been there, but good sandwich if it's made well.

Yeah, I'd disagree on KY/OH too. Greyhound Tavern is well known locally, but it's not exactly top of mind. I'd have gone with the dining room at the Brown Hotel.

And I can come up with several OH restaurants better known than Golden Lion: Lola, Bar Symon, The Precinct, Orchids at Palm Court....

Edit: And in all honesty, the most famous restaurant in Kentucky is the first KFC location.

On 10/11/2019 at 6:58 AM, 5fouls said:

Based on the photos, this family was eating a lot of sandwiches.

https://nypost.com/2019/10/10/allegedly-intoxicated-driver-insists-she-was-fed-a-meth-sandwich/

Meth shake, meth sammich....what,no meth onion rings?

28 minutes ago, IUFLA said:

" You can't get caught smoking crack at McDonalds and get your job back!"

There was a time when I probably had 80% of that special memorized, including the timing.  That was the '90s equivalent of Eddie Murphy Raw. 

20 hours ago, IUFLA said:

When do you eat this one? After you've smoked some crack?

A) I laughed way harder than I should have at this.  Well done. 

B) Can't help but think of Chris Rock's riff on Marion Barry.  "Smoked crack, got his job back.  Who was he running against? What was the other guy on....heroin? *slurred speech* Vote for me! Vote for me! Don't vote for crack, vote for smack!"

18 hours ago, BGleas said:

Nice! I hope Yogi gets more of a shot in Sacramento this year. He was carving out a nice little niche as a promising, young back-up/spot starter point guard in Dallas, then had his minutes cut in half last season with the move to Sacramento. Hope that move doesn't end up being a career-killer for him. 

Dallas only offered him a 1 year contract. Sacto offered him 2 years guaranteed.