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my anti-Notre Dame side will punch me for saying this, but Mike Brey is one of the more underrated coaches in college basketball in the last decade -- nm - prayformojo Mar 18, 12:56 3
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  - kid, your face is in the bottom rung -- nm - prayformojo Mar 18, 12:59 1
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UCL: BarcavManCity and BourussiavJuventus kickoff now FS1 and 2 -- nm - budice Mar 18, 12:48 2
- City need to buck up or this is gonna get ugly real fast -- nm - CQ Mar 18, 12:55 1
  - Great game so far. -- nm - Loyola Mar 18, 13:07
Almost 30 years after its release, the Beastie Boys' License To Ill becomes ninth rap album to achieve Diamond status (10 million copies) -- (link) - con_carne Mar 18, 12:48 2
- next -- No. Sleep. 'Til Brooklyn !! -- nm - call me Ishmael Mar 18, 14:52
- Great album. -- nm - Volnelk Mar 18, 12:53
Licensed To Ill just hit Diamond certification. PIRR, how many other hip hop albums have gone diamond? - Krusty Mar 18, 12:45 14
- 8!!!! -- nm - groiny Mar 18, 12:49
- 8 -- nm - Ender (3 Days till Puerto Rico) Mar 18, 12:49
- Whoops! -- nm - con_carne Mar 18, 12:48 11
  - Heh. :-) I only count eight though. -- nm - Krusty Mar 18, 12:53 10
    - 1 for the Beasties, Hammer, Oukast and Biggie. 2 for 2Pac and Eminem. I don't see the ninth that sites are mentioning. -- nm - Krusty Mar 18, 12:54 9
      - Outkast = 2? -- nm - con_carne Mar 18, 13:01 3
        
        Just one, Speakerboxx/Love Below. -- nm - Krusty Mar 18, 13:14 2
        
        2 titles + 2 discs + 2 different singers = 2 albums is what I was thinking *shrug* -- nm - con_carne Mar 18, 13:29
        
        ~Yell out timber when you fall through the chop shop~ -- nm - Epiphany Mar 18, 13:18
      - Run DMC? -- nm - groiny Mar 18, 12:58 4
        
        Nope, not on the list. -- nm - Krusty Mar 18, 13:13
        
        Flobots! -- nm - prayformojo Mar 18, 12:59 2
        
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        maybe we can help! -- nm - 311 Mar 18, 13:07
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- Interesting. Thanks! -- nm - Krusty Mar 18, 13:17
- *pop* -- nm - Meerkat Bubble Mar 18, 13:17
so, this is happening in my hometown today - 50 vehicle pile up (a tangle of transports, mostly) -- (link) - Andie Mar 18, 12:40 3
- (you can skip the video and scroll down for pics - it's basically 40 transports in one big accident) -- nm - Andie Mar 18, 12:41 2
  - Gotta love our hometowns today -- nm - eag Mar 18, 12:50
  - whoa. that pic is out of TWD. but with snow. -- nm - Diva Mar 18, 12:45
I always enjoy this column: Best Case/Worst Case scenarios for all the tournament teams. -- (link) - Tim Mar 18, 12:26 1
- I will sum it up. - Ultron Mar 18, 12:27
Myopia (near-sightedness) reaching epidemic proportions in kids. Scientists looking at too much time spent indoors/looking at screens as possiblecause -- (link) - con_carne Mar 18, 12:23
The Nachos are goooooood -- nm - amoxy Mar 18, 12:17 4
- our vendor took us to a place that had chicken fried rib eye. Melt in your mouth good - Epiphany Mar 18, 12:21 2
  - It wasn't just chips and cheese. Had steak, onions, avocado, some hot sauce to give it a kick and caso fresco - amoxy Mar 18, 12:23 1
    - *drools* -- nm - Epiphany Mar 18, 12:31
- I'm nacho friend. -- nm - Ultron Mar 18, 12:18
Update 6 people shot and one dead in that shooting spree in Mesa -- nm - eag Mar 18, 12:15 1
- Suspect still on the loose -- nm - eag Mar 18, 12:15
ST Poll -- what wacky rule change would you make to any major sport? - znufrii Mar 18, 12:15 71
- NFL: Overtime is X minutes. No more of this score first = win crap. - oblique Mar 18, 13:10
- Real suggestion. No warm up pitches on a pitching substitution. The pitcher has just been warming up in the bullpen. Why do they need another 10-12 - pmb Mar 18, 13:06
- no more rotating in volleyball, let stars shine in their best position like any othere team sport -- nm - zeitgeist roaming the dark galaxy Mar 18, 12:52 1
  - I love the game and I think I'd be okay with this. -- nm - Krusty Mar 18, 12:55
- NHL uses one of those random-bouncy dog toys in place of the puck. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 18, 12:38
- Golf Clock. -- nm - Ultron Mar 18, 12:38 4
  - Play golf for time instead of strokes. All players are timed from the opening tee to the final hole. No waiting for the other golfer to hit. - pmb Mar 18, 12:50 2
    - honestly this could be a whole new sport kind of and long distance sprinting and long distance running -- nm - zeitgeist roaming the dark galaxy Mar 18, 13:20
    - And play Yakkety Sax on a loop the entire time -- nm - znufrii Mar 18, 13:04
  - Hell yes. -- nm - Loyola Mar 18, 12:39
- The closer you are to the end zone the closer to the sideline the ball is spotted to try for a field goal - znufrii Mar 18, 12:36
- I have many - rollo Mar 18, 12:36 1
  - Alternatively, the dwarf NBA, except don't lower the hoops. -- nm - Loyola Mar 18, 12:43
- Random large camouflaged holes in the outfield. Wrong step and the outfield falls in and can't get to the ball. -- nm - pmb Mar 18, 12:34 1
  - This is getting very violent. Losing team in the Superbowl are tied to a rocket and fired into space. -- nm - Loyola Mar 18, 12:37
- Christino Ronaldo and David Beckham have to make out when either of them scores - Epiphany Mar 18, 12:30 8
  - Shirtlessly! -- nm - Diva Mar 18, 12:39
  - Oh God do I ever love this idea ... . -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 18, 12:34
  - make the cheerleaders make-out next. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 18, 12:32
  - This one is gaining traction. -- nm - Loyola Mar 18, 12:31
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    - she really likes fauxhawks -- nm - CQ Mar 18, 12:31 2
      - yes, yes I do.. also my internet is glitchy but it is a good idea! -- nm - Epiphany Mar 18, 12:32 1
        
        Two other people are having the same glitch ... So it's not just you :) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 18, 12:35
- Each sideline during a football game would have a canon that fires beanbags. During field goals they can shoot the ball out of the air (or - pmb Mar 18, 12:29 1
  - safeties can throw bolos at the running back or wide receivers -- nm - zeitgeist roaming the dark galaxy Mar 18, 13:26
- Marathon runners at the Olympics may be pelted with water balloons by the crowds. -- nm - Loyola Mar 18, 12:28 2
  - *major* sport -- nm - znufrii Mar 18, 12:29 1
    - Eff you! -- nm - Pheidippides si Mar 18, 12:43
- NBA. On free throws, one opposing player is allowed to throw another basketball from the 3-point range to try and deflect. -- nm - Jovian Mar 18, 12:28
- ole English Long bowman firing at the basepaths at a baseball game. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 18, 12:27 6
  - you have the best ideas. -- nm - Diva Mar 18, 12:27 5
    - I'm now imagining a catapult set up on the Budweiser deck full of flaming black tar - CQ Mar 18, 12:29 4
      - or at Clay Buccholz when he taking too damn long. again. -- nm - Diva Mar 18, 12:32 3
        
        he's brutal. like playing golf with Ben Crane. Nice little 9 hour round -- nm - CQ Mar 18, 12:35
        
        that catapult would be full of "sun screen". -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 18, 12:34 1
        
        heh! -- nm - Diva Mar 18, 12:44
- In baseball, if someone makes an error, he has to sit on the bench for a half inning so only 8 play the field -- nm - CQ Mar 18, 12:27
- 4pt shot in basketball for a 28ft shot. We can call it the Kobe until people get good, then it can be the Steph. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 18, 12:25
- Runners are out if the ball in play is thrown at them and hits them while they are off base. - howie Mar 18, 12:24
- At-speed refueling and driver changes in endurance racing. -- nm - Max Mar 18, 12:24
- NASCAR. Half the field drives in the opposite direction. -- nm - Jovian Mar 18, 12:24 2
  - That would be similar to another baseball one I thought of - znufrii Mar 18, 12:25
  - That's genius. -- nm - Loyola Mar 18, 12:24
- Christino Ronaldo and David Beckham have to make out when either of them scores - Epiphany Mar 18, 12:23 2
  - Shirtlessly. -- nm - Diva Mar 18, 12:24 1
    - yes! -- nm - Epiphany Mar 18, 12:31
- If the ref in any sport makes a bad call, the viewers at home get to vote how long he sits in the mild electrocution chair. -- nm - Loyola Mar 18, 12:22
- If field goal kicker panics and doesnt think he can do it. He can pick it up and throw it through the uprights for 2 points. - Jovian Mar 18, 12:22 2
  - but he has to scream like a girl the whole time. -- nm - Diva Mar 18, 12:23 1
    - yes exactly. While having his one free arm flailing about over his head. -- nm - Jovian Mar 18, 12:25
- Players who dive in soccer are given automatic game suspensions. -- nm - Walt_Disney Mar 18, 12:21 1
  - how abuot that guy who pretended to be unconscious for a real long time? that was cray. -- nm - Diva Mar 18, 12:22
- Football - you must play the full 60 minutes and not be walking off the field at 59 minutes and 35 seconds. -- nm - Walt_Disney Mar 18, 12:20
- The clock in soccer should count down instead of up. -- nm - CQ Mar 18, 12:19 4
  - In general, clocks counting down fill me with dread. -- nm - Loyola Mar 18, 12:20 3
    - You do realize I'm completely effin joking, right? -- nm - CQ Mar 18, 12:25 2
      - I do. You don't realise I am too :) -- nm - Loyola Mar 18, 12:27 1
        
        It just took me back to the World Cup talk, heh -- nm - CQ Mar 18, 12:28
- NASCAR would have to use a Le Mans-style start. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Mar 18, 12:19 1
  - boo! -- nm - spamlet Mar 18, 12:25
- Doing a stupid dance at any point that isn't directly becuase you scored a touchdown is an automatic ejection. - Will Hunting Mar 18, 12:18 2
  - in their defense I have been known to bust a move in front of the copy machine. -- nm - Diva Mar 18, 12:25
  - I said wacky, not sensible. -- nm - znufrii Mar 18, 12:18
- Blurnsball! -- nm - amoxy Mar 18, 12:18 1
  - Calvinball!!! -- nm - Krusty Mar 18, 12:19
- The same players who play offense in NFL, should play defense. 5 substitutions per game. -- nm - Loyola Mar 18, 12:17
- Would the run around the bases after the third straight homer be the Turkey Trot? -- nm - Ender (3 Days till Puerto Rico) Mar 18, 12:16 1
  - Why not? -- nm - znufrii Mar 18, 12:44
- Baseball games should be 6 innings. -- nm - Ultron Mar 18, 12:16 1
  - They already are - znufrii Mar 18, 12:17
We ordered stuff from Costco at 2:30 and it was delivered to my door by 3:00. Suck it, Amazon! - Krusty Mar 18, 12:13 3
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  - WE ORDERED STUFF FROM COSTCO... - Krusty Mar 18, 12:24
- ! -- nm - Andie Mar 18, 12:16
This *is* hard to top: Winnipeg man on first date pulls man from fiery wreck in front of new girlfriend. -- (link) - Andie Mar 18, 12:11 7
- Which one was Dignan? -- nm - professor smartbrain Mar 18, 12:30
- She actually spontaneously had his child after watching it. -- nm - pmb Mar 18, 12:25
- He could have been the guy in the fiery wreck -- nm - Roger More Mar 18, 12:18 1
  - Yeah, I have had my share of bad first dates. -- nm - Ultron Mar 18, 12:23
- How is she already a girlfriend if its the first date? What if it did not click on the first date? -- nm - Walt_Disney Mar 18, 12:16 1
  - After he did that she.... well... this is a family board so I will just say she became his gf. -- nm - Ultron Mar 18, 12:17
- Wow. If she breaks it off, she's definitely hard to please. -- nm - Loyola Mar 18, 12:13
Also, I think that Agents of Shield and The Flash both shows that Heroes and Alphas both dreamed of being -- nm - Jovian Mar 18, 12:06 9
- Not sold on Blair Underwood yet -- nm - budice Mar 18, 12:09
- Different animals, but yeah. And AoS ratings actually bumped up (finally). -- nm - Ultron Mar 18, 12:07 7
  - oh totally. but (spoilerish on both shows) - Jovian Mar 18, 12:11 6
    - My only concern about Flash (spoils) - eag Mar 18, 12:29 3
      - I suspect the next episode will introduce some complications that make it more trouble than it's worth. -- nm - Ender (3 Days till Puerto Rico) Mar 18, 12:31 2
        
        Well (spoilers) - eag Mar 18, 12:53 1
        
        Not specifically because of that though. He didn't know about that, so now only we know. -- nm - Ender Mar 18, 14:58
    - That Star Labs explosion had an INCREDIBLE bad guy-to-good guy ratio. -- nm - Ender (3 Days till Puerto Rico) Mar 18, 12:15 1
      - heh, yeah no shit -- nm - Beaker Mar 18, 12:56
I never expected to say this, but Minka Kelly isn't in enough things lately. -- nm - Max Mar 18, 12:05 2
- and vice versa -- nm - a perv Mar 18, 12:07
- word. -- nm - budice Mar 18, 12:06
10 years since Baseball testified to Congress about PEDs. -- nm - budice Mar 18, 12:03 1
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What about a game where a soldier on the battlefield wears a cam on his helmet and you get to tell him where to go and who to shoot. - Loyola Mar 18, 12:02 2
- Just think of all the money it costs to have pilots guide drones around the world, when we could have people *pay* to do it...awesome -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 18, 12:06 1
  - Then when you log off you could say; "Go get some chow bro, you earned it" -- nm - Loyola Mar 18, 12:07
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- Confession: This is how I feel about 2 point conversions. - Ultron Mar 18, 12:04 2
  - Add in the Golden Snitch for an additional 50 points. -- nm - pmb Mar 18, 12:06 1
    - I still think basketball needs a 5 point shot line added, as well. -- nm - Ultron Mar 18, 12:10
So did anyone check out iZombie last night? -- nm - Jovian Mar 18, 12:00 3
- Putting an "i" in front of something is a surefire way to get me to dislike your product immediately. - Krusty Mar 18, 12:18
- Forgot to set the DVR until it was halfway through, will catch it on hulu tonight. -- nm - Ender (3 Days till Puerto Rico) Mar 18, 12:08
- on the dvr -- nm - Remlik Mar 18, 12:04
Here's the actual Final Fantasy XV summon video. -- (link) - Shaun Mar 18, 11:59 [Backboard]
6.2 earthquake in Chile. Quite a bit south of Peru, so the folks we know in that area are probably fine. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 18, 11:59
The ball is tipped? -- nm - Jerry Mar 18, 11:57 2
- Just the tip? -- nm - Sterling Archer Mar 18, 12:08
- poison-tipped? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 18, 11:58

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