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Why Not Seattle?

Why Not Seattle?

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The Seahawks are contenders this year. I don’t know why we aren’t talking about it. Maybe it’s because the last time we saw their new quarterback Sam Darnold in a big spot, he turtled like Dee Reynolds doing stand-up. Is it because their head coach Mike McDonald hasn’t quite penetrated the mainstream as a defensive genius yet? Whatever it is, they aren’t getting the respect they deserve even after demolishing the Commanders in prime time. But if you look around the league, they have to be in the conversation. Part of the reason has to be their recent history. The…
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The Nostalgia Trap And How The MLB Avoided It

The Nostalgia Trap And How The MLB Avoided It

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Two things happened this weekend that seemed to be in conversation with one another. The first was that Oasis came to Melbourne, continuing their world tour of bangers from the 90s. Here's the story Liam Gallagher promised us here on @oasisworld_ Proper psychedelic 😅#oasislive25 https://t.co/TZ4CWm0zDI pic.twitter.com/5JDcMtY8QC— Oasis World (@oasisworld_) November 1, 2025 The second was the LA Dodgers won the World Series in a classic Game 7. Video: Japanese announcers react to the Dodgers winning the World Series. It was wild seeing Yamamoto pitch two days in a row, but it worked out in the end. pic.twitter.com/UFsi0kRd71— Jeffrey J. Hall…
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What to do With the Denver Broncos?

What to do With the Denver Broncos?

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The Broncos have me confused, like I’m Michael Bluth meeting Anne for the very first time. They just demolished the Dallas Cowboys in a de facto prime time spot. How 'bout them Broncos‼️ pic.twitter.com/wH4SFBEzui— Denver Broncos (@Broncos) October 26, 2025 They did it on the back of a dominating defensive performance where they rendered the Dallas death star no better than one of the SpaceX rockets that explodes all the time. The Cowboys had their worst success rate game of the season offensivelyand quarterback Dak Prescott had his worst game for the season by both EPA/play and total EPA. DAK…
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The Tom Aspinall Problem

The Tom Aspinall Problem

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Tom Aspinall is the UFC heavyweight champion and clearly the best in that division in the UFC. Tom Aspinall has beaten three of the four best contenders in the UFC’s heavyweight division. So, what’s the problem? Aspinall is a disputed heavyweight champion. But it’s not Aspinall’s fault. His recent history in the UFC could have been told by Lemony Snicket. In 2022, in what was meant to be his coronation in London, Aspinall tore his knee 15 seconds into fighting Curtis Blaydes after having won his first five UFC fights. Then, after coming back and winning the interim heavyweight championship,…
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Kyle Shanahan is a World Builder

Kyle Shanahan is a World Builder

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As I watched the series finale of Task last night, tearing up during Mark Ruffalo’s Oscar bait speech, I got to thinking about what I would do if my son killed my wife. I moved on pretty quickly after I realised I have neither a son nor a wife and instead started thinking about structure. TASK on HBO has truly reminded us all just how incredible of and actor Mark Ruffalo is. This entire sequence was insanely emotional and I believe we’ll get him a nomination come Emmys next year. pic.twitter.com/W3Xf9CQl3A— Movie Files (@MovieFilesLive) October 20, 2025 Brad Inglesby, the…
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Three Takeaways from the Trade Period

Three Takeaways from the Trade Period

• GuyWhoLikesSport
Trade period has ended, as it always does, with a rush. But this one was like The Godfather with the way it came home with an especially wet sail. It even finished like The Godfather with Tom Petroro demanding Hawthorn not tell him they’re innocent, because it’s insulting, and it makes him very angry. Zach Merrett’s manager Tom Petroro visibly animated in the Hawks trade room as a Zach Merrett mood looks more and more unlikely with just 7 minutes remaining until the deadline. pic.twitter.com/O427giFHqQ— Ball Don’t Lie (@BDLShow) October 15, 2025 They could’ve thrown Cam McKenzie in the deal…
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Drake Maye is a One Man Rebuild

Drake Maye is a One Man Rebuild

• GuyWhoLikesSport
Success at the quarterback position in the NFL now, for the first time in living memory, has a lot of the same prerequisites as success in the rest of the league. All the new quarterbacks coming into the league have to be big, fast, smart, and strong. The quarterback’s general ability to turn chicken shit into chicken salad, at least partly because line play has gone the way of Mike Lombardi’s talent evaluation rather than the way of his ever-expanding ego, is now 80% of the cake rather than the icing. Mike Lombardi is a wild human being. https://t.co/N7rcqfBWYZ pic.twitter.com/VJvZy3Wc4a—…
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The Harden Scale

The Harden Scale

• GuyWhoLikesSport
How toxic do you want to make this? That’s the question at the heart of the final three days of the AFL’s trade period. That question is lingering so ominously because it’s the one that I imagine each the three biggest questions marks of the trade period are asking themselves. Christian Petracca, Zach Merrett, and Charlie Curnow each need to work out their appetite to make it truly toxic for their clubs, so that their clubs holding them to their contracts is truly untenable. Are they in an unhappy marriage that they’ll stick out for the kids? Or are they…
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The 2025 Trade Value Column: Part 2

The 2025 Trade Value Column: Part 2

• GuyWhoLikesSport
Following on from Part 1, let’s run through the 15 players with the highest trade value in the AFL. If you want to read how we ranked players 30-16 you can find that here. But let’s go through the best of the best. Right in Their Primes 15. Hugh McLuggae, 27, 6 years left 14. Ed Richards, 26, 5 years left 13. Chad Warner, 24, 2 years left 12. Zak Butters, 25, 1 year left 11. Izak Rankine, 25, 2 years left 10. Noah Anderson, 24, 2 years left Are you noticing a pattern here? We’re into the top-15 and…
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The 2025 Trade Value Column: Part 1

The 2025 Trade Value Column: Part 1

• GuyWhoLikesSport
I don’t know if you can tell based on the truly insufferable coverage, but the trade period is on! Even despite the fact that it’s virtually impossible to microwave a team by paying sticker price for players other clubs are willing to let walk, don’t let that stop the chat about whose fortunes Connor Budarick is going to singlehandedly change. "He's toured Arden Street and the Whitten Oval and it is down to those two clubs." @JoshGabelich breaks down where Connor Budarick could play in 2026 on the Continental Tyres AFL Trade Radio: https://t.co/CX6xu3ke56 pic.twitter.com/1qTyA5sPg6— AFL (@AFL) October 2, 2025…
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