SPORTS BALL!!! v2.0

[hanselthecaretaker2]

https://www.olympics.com/en/milano-cortina-2026/schedule?utm_source=google&utm_campaign=dp_google&utm_content=schedules

I’ve always thought the Winter Olympics were more entertaining, being into skiing and snowboarding. Apparently Vonn was competing with an ACL injury, which likely contributed to her fall. She’s in her forties and has won a bunch of medals. These people are obsessed, but her knees finally told her they’ve had enough.

 

[hanselthecaretaker2]

Ok wtf -


The comments lol.

 

[Bob_McMillan]

Ok wtf -


The comments lol.

Huh, when I heard about the scandal I figured that the athletes were just giving themselves erections to make their penises bigger. I did not at all expect them to be injecting shit into their dicks, crazy.

 

[Bob_McMillan]

I have no stake in the Super Bowl, but I do enjoy watching the half time show occasionally. This one seems especially politically charged, since they got an artist who sings in Spanish. Gotta say though, this one seemed pretty bad. I have no problem at all with music that I can't actually understand, but the performance felt incredibly flat. Like Bad Bunny was just shouting his lyrics with no music. Maybe it was a sound mixing thing, but I genuinely couldn't keep watching because I was embarrassed for him.

 

[Xprimentyl]

Welp, Super Bowl LX is in the bag, and the Seahawks won it handily... in MY stadium. Fuck's sake.

My girlfriend has been a Seahawks fan since 2014 when they beat the Broncos to win their first Super Bowl; she doesn't understand why I'm not happy for her and her team. I'm a 49ers fan, and I've hated the Seahawks basically my whole life. Her? She was at the Waste Management PGA event in Arizona during the SB that year (not a fan of any team at the time,) and since everyone there was going for the Broncos, she decided to be the contrarian, and literally ran across the street from the bar she was at to buy a bunch of Seahawks gear; been a fan ever since.

Relationship goal #1: Understand that you, as a casual fan, cannot reasonably expect your S/O, who's a die-hard fan of a rival, to put their hatred aside for your feelings. I've told her dozens of times: "I've hated the Seahawks longer than I even knew you existed." I do not compromise; fuck the Seahawks every day of the week, and twice on Sundays. Now I just need my Niners to get healthy so we can beat the Seahawks over the head with that Lombardi they've brought into our division.

 

[Phoenixmgs]

The game was entirely what I expected it to be, I even got the point total spot-on with 42 points (not that it mattered because of how shit I did in the rest of the playoff confidence pool, though I won 1st place in the season so I won a few hundred bucks). I thought Seattle was the better team by a decent margin and then the football podcasters I listened to mentioned how good the Seattle rush defense has been while having to deal with teams with really good rush offenses during the season. I knew the Patriots couldn't win if they couldn't run the ball and they weren't gonna be able to do that against Seattle and the game was extremely one-sided. Even when it was like 9/12-0, it felt like it was 21/28-0 essentially as the Patriots couldn't move the ball at all, they didn't have the O-line, receivers or experienced quarterback to pass against Seattle.

I have no stake in the Super Bowl, but I do enjoy watching the half time show occasionally. This one seems especially politically charged, since they got an artist who sings in Spanish. Gotta say though, this one seemed pretty bad. I have no problem at all with music that I can't actually understand, but the performance felt incredibly flat. Like Bad Bunny was just shouting his lyrics with no music. Maybe it was a sound mixing thing, but I genuinely couldn't keep watching because I was embarrassed for him.

My standard for music is that I demand you (the entire group/act) sing and play instruments at least, which I don't feel like are high standards but today's pop music rarely reaches those minimum standards nowadays. Bad Bunny did not meet those requirements so I couldn't care less about his act.

 

[Bob_McMillan]

My standard for music is that I demand you (the entire group/act) sing and play instruments at least, which I don't feel like are high standards but today's pop music rarely reaches those minimum standards nowadays. Bad Bunny did not meet those requirements so I couldn't care less about his act.

The standard I judge all half time shows by is when Bruno Mars did a drum solo on a moving platform.

 

[BrawlMan]

Welp, Super Bowl LX is in the bag, and the Seahawks won it handily... in MY stadium. Fuck's sake.

My girlfriend has been a Seahawks fan since 2014 when they beat the Broncos to win their first Super Bowl; she doesn't understand why I'm not happy for her and her team. I'm a 49ers fan, and I've hated the Seahawks basically my whole life. Her? She was at the Waste Management PGA event in Arizona during the SB that year (not a fan of any team at the time,) and since everyone there was going for the Broncos, she decided to be the contrarian, and literally ran across the street from the bar she was at to buy a bunch of Seahawks gear; been a fan ever since.

Relationship goal #1: Understand that you, as a casual fan, cannot reasonably expect your S/O, who's a die-hard fan of a rival, to put their hatred aside for your feelings. I've told her dozens of times: "I've hated the Seahawks longer than I even knew you existed." I do not compromise; fuck the Seahawks every day of the week, and twice on Sundays. Now I just need my Niners to get healthy so we can beat the Seahawks over the head with that Lombardi they've brought into our division.

Still better than the Patriots winning.

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[Xprimentyl]

Still better than the Patriots winning.

I'm assuming this is a sentiment born of dynastic exhaustion, and several years ago I would have agreed with you. For over a decade, Tom Brady and the Patriots being in the Super Bowl was about as guaranteed as the sun rising in the East, and I was just as tired of it as most non-Patriots fans. But they fell off pretty hard after Brady left, then Belichick; this new team with a young QB and coach Vrabel having brought potential back to their storied franchise is a good comeback story given how far they came and how quickly. Also, they were playing the Seahawks, my long-hated divisional rival; in +30 years, I've yet to find any reason to ever root for them.

I'm in a couple of 49ers fan groups, and was surprised to see the sentiment repeated that they wanted the Seahawks to win because they didn't want the Patriots to win their 7th championship; they want us to finally win our 6th, and eventually a 7th, 8th, and become the team with "the most." Get the fuck out of here. No one cares who has "the most" as every season it is about the ONE. I never once saw a team win and not celebrate because they didn't win others. The goal is to win the ONE every year, and to advocate for a divisional rival to win it just because the other team has more is dumb. That'd be like preferring your worst enemy fuck your wife simply because the other guy in the room has a bigger dick.

 

[BrawlMan]

Also, they were playing the Seahawks, my long-hated divisional rival; in +30 years, I've yet to find any reason to ever root for them.

Even though I like watching football on a occassion, I really have no petty hatred for a majority of the teams. Though I do find the Patriots boring.

I'm in a couple of 49ers fan groups, and was surprised to see the sentiment repeated that they wanted the Seahawks to win because they didn't want the Patriots to win their 7th championship; they want us to finally win our 6th, and eventually a 7th, 8th, and become the team with "the most." Get the fuck out of here. No one cares who has "the most" as every season it is about the ONE. I never once saw a team win and not celebrate because they didn't win others. The goal is to win the ONE every year, and to advocate for a divisional rival to win it just because the other team has more is dumb. That'd be like preferring your worst enemy fuck your wife simply because the other guy in the room has a bigger dick.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Ain't that the truth?!

This is why I am glad to not get mixed up in the shitty fandom side of sports. I've encountered a few jerks here and there, but most people I've met or known are cool/good people, but don't let these things go to their head. Then again, it helps to be around family who gives shit and wants to make sure both their sons are to become good men, regardless of what they're interested in or not.

 

[Xprimentyl]

Even though I like watching football on a occassion, I really have no petty hatred for a majority of the teams. Though I do find the Patriots boring.



HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Ain't that the truth?!

This is why I am glad to not get mixed up in the shitty fandom side of sports. I've encountered a few jerks here and there, but most people I've met or known are cool/good people, but don't let these things go to their head. Then again, it helps to be around family who gives shit and wants to make sure both their sons are to become good men, regardless of what they're interested in or not.

There's a difference between "fans" and "fanatics." The former like their team and appreciates the rivalries established over decades of contention with other teams, the latter are fans that can't be rationed with when it comes to their dedication to their team, and their fandom bleeds into the stupid if not unhealthy. There was a heated debate a few years ago in one of my groups over whether or not 49ers fans should be called "Niner Nation" or "Niner Empire." Most of us don't care either way; call us "Niner Numbskulls" for all we care, doesn't affect our love of the team. But there were a scant few who very vocally demanded we be called "Empire" because an empire is bigger than a nation, and some of the comments going back and forth with these fanatics got heated, nasty, and personal enough that several people were banned from the group. How dumb is that? Sacrifice a space to share in the love of your team over what we collectively call ourselves as fans? I even once got roasted because I said I also like the New Orleans Saints; you'd have thought I said I I get off shaking babies for such heresy. The admin deleted my post, not because I was in the wrong, but he got tired of people trolling with hate comments about how I wasn't a "real Niners fan."

I may not sound like it Sundays when my boys are playing (I've been known to speak in tongues, I've shouted myself hoarse more than once, and I once clapped a bruise into my palms,) but I am firmly on the sane side of fandom.

 

[hanselthecaretaker2]

Ok so SB’s over. How about some old school / new school NBA contrast ahead of this weekend’s All-Star game -


Seems like just running the court is enough to pass for defense in the modern era lol.

 

[hanselthecaretaker2]

 

[Phoenixmgs]

Looks like the right tackle for the Patriots had a very obvious tell for whether it was a run or pass. Even on audibles he would change stances.

 

[hanselthecaretaker2]

All he can do is score, and even that would be tough for him if the league still played defense.

 

[BrawlMan]

I am so glad I stopped watching ESPN in the early 2010s.

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[Xprimentyl]

Welp, the first weekend of Formula 1 racing is in the books. Mercedes dominated, Ferrari looked fast, Red Bull gonna Red Bull, Aston Martin might be the worst at everything, and the new kids on the block Cadillac are officially an F1 team that has raced... I'm just happy to see Valtteri Bottas back on the grid. I really hope Cadillac figures things out; it's not a great sign when the car is literally falling apart while just normal driving. In Practice 1, Sergio Perez's right mirror flew off, and like two minutes later, Bottas' left mirror flew off; no contact, just vibrated off. And during the race Saturday, Bottas inexplicably DNF'd after being told to stop his car just before the pitlane, and a huge piece of something flew off of Perez's rear end causing a yellow flag while stewards had to remove it.

Anyway, I know I bitched about Apple TV's exclusive rights to all things F1 for the foreseeable future, and I'm still not entirely sold (well, I AM sold, I literally purchased an Apple TV subscription,) I really like all the extra stuff I can see now. I can see F2 ad F3 races, plus they have driver-specific "channels" where you can follow any driver you want for the duration of an event, i.e.: I was able to watch Practice 2 from only Bottas' perspective for the whole hour, which was fucking sweet. Granted those individual feeds don't come with the box commentary or graphics; you just hear team/driver communications, but it gives you a better feel for what the drivers are doing and going through while they drive which is something I'd never have gotten on ESPN.

 

[Xprimentyl]

The Chinese GP was simply fantastic. Yes, both McLarens were out before the start, but the battle between Mercedes and Ferrari was one for the ages. Kimi Antonelli, at only 19 years of age, got his first F1 win, and Lewis Hamilton finally got his first podium with Ferrari (finished 3rd.) The battle between Hamilton and LeClerc was amazing; I'm still warming up to the new regulations, but its indisputable that they've made the field more competitive. Gone are the days of DRS trains, and now it's down to the drivers to manage their battery and when to deploy to attack/defend, basically strategy has overtaken situation and you can see it on track.

Cadillac? Yeah, they're still on the track, and both drivers even finished the race! Yeah! Yeah... (c'mon, Cadillac.)

 

[Xprimentyl]

So Lewis Hamilton is apparently dating Kim Kardashian. After being famously single and private given his commitment to the rigid F1 schedule, he found Kim K., and decided "yeah, this is the woman I openly want by my side." Look, I don't slut sham anybody, but that used condom of a woman isn't worth any of the bullshit she's going to bring into his life and career. That's like a diabetic claiming all the used needles he found under a Dollar Tree dumpster is the score of his insulin injection-riddled life. I've actually grown a bit fond of Hamilton since his separation from Bottas at Mercedes where his success demanded Bottas' #2 wingman obedience; they've got a genuine friendship that I respect, but then he goes and does this? He could literally bed any woman he wants, and he choses this garbage human being? Despite hosting three of the +20 races of a season, the US still has a long way to go gaining credibility in the international community when it comes to F1; why would the [arguably] GOAT of F1 suit the GOAT of American trashiness?? Bad looks all around, Lewis; go find yourself a lesser-known hottie from literally any other country like the other drivers have done! Or better yet, come out as gay, and watch the fandom's collective head explode as they try and restrain themselves from the hate sentiment outrage!! Anything other than dating a Kardashian!!

 

[Thaluikhain]

I don't slut sham anybody, but that used condom of a woman