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Oh crap! I had them going to the final four. My wife's family is from Tucson and nearly every single one of them had Arizona winning it all.

He signed a hundred million dollar contract at the end of last year. That was a 20 million dollar post game celebration, at least.

Furman destroyed over 19 million brackets.

Oops. Yeah. I'll edit the post

It is that time of year again! I've gone ahead and set up a rush forum group for anyone who wants to enter. It's at ESPN'S website under Tournament Challenge, or you can download the free app. Group: Rush Forum 2023 Password: Marathon Good luck!

And getting finer! They just traded for Bertuzzi and extended Pastrnak. Although Pasta needs to man up more in the postseason.

8 in a row for the B's. This was completely unexpected this year.

It was actually pretty risky seeing as a couple of guys were bearing down on him.

I go there every year for vacation. I currently own 3 moose guitar shirts. Last year I offered to pick one up for anyone here.

I doubt Maiden will get in. Between Bruce Dickinson's beef with Sharon Osborne (Wenner buddy) and him blasting the HOF multiple times they are probably blackballed.

Go back and see how it would've been different though. Instead of being the young new hero, he'd be the 2nd year backup who played pretty well until he coughed up the ball at a critical moment in a playoff game. That would be the lasting image going into training camp. With Bledsoe being healthy and having the biggest contract in the league at the time, Bill probably would've went back to him. Brady may not have gotten another shot.

That's just the nature of the game though. One could argue that if the ref doesn't make an obscure call that no had ever heard of in 2002, Brady would have faded into oblivion.

Perhaps, but Shanahan has a close enough relation with Belichick that he would never take Brady.

Exactly! You know where that's from, don't you?

That just reeked of desperation. What are you, 9?😁

I get that with San Francisco. Miami is one bad hit away from not having a quarterback though.

The talk here on Boston sports radio is that this time he had a very short list of teams he would go to, and they told him no. Prime candidates were San Francisco and Miami.

I always thought Moynihan was better looking anyway.

How many times did Brady lose to Eli in the Superbowl?

Well, you may get your wish. Regional sports networks are being dropped by their providers left and right. That will drain the coffers of about 20 major league ball teams. I haven't been able to watch a Bruins game all year because NESN was dropped by YouTube TV and hulu. I'm not sure any fix of the product on the field will save them if no one can see it.

Football makes a huge amount of money from national marketing and TV deals. That money spreads equally. Baseball TV money comes mostly from regional networks, and are team-specific.

The last 3 years have shown why that was....🤔

The majority of team owners could not care less about the finished product. Even the deep-pocketed Red Sox are dealing with that now. They're just part of a portfolio that includes Liverpool FC and the Pittsburgh Penguins. They only spend enough to put what they feel will be a profitable product on the field. A championship run would cost too much and the financial return wouldn't be worth it if they don't win. Revenue sharing in baseball usually means the Yankees' owner pays for the Twins' owner's infinity pool at his Arizona winter home.

Bernie Sanders approves of this post.🤣

There is not a single Yankee currently not in the Hall who should be. But there is no denying that people spent money to go see those guys play. It's a pretty safe bet that no one over 8 ever said "I can't wait to go see Scott Rolen." I see the need for small market teams to use analytics, and their success over the long haul is not in dispute. But they need a larger sample size to be truly effective and a 7-game series does not provide that. Baseball has been far too slow in counteracting analytics' destructive effect on the game. I'm convinced the only way for the game to truly survive is to divide the league, similar to British soccer. Relegate and promote the best and worst teams between the divisions. Shorten the season. Add the best teams from Japan. It's time for drastic steps.