If Renee Good is a "a domestic terrorist" according to Kristi Noem it means the label is meaningless and will be used by the Trump Administration to murder anyone it wants. From Venezuelan fishermen to anti Trump protestors in the No Kings Rally. Eyes wide open, friends.

If I was 63, making millions per year, employed in the same place for 18 years, and was parting ways, I would happily retire and enjoy the rest of my life. I certainly would not entertain coaching embarrassing franchises like the Las Vegas Raiders or Cleveland Browns.

The Bears face the Packers in the opening round of the playoffs, then face the winner of the Eagles and the 49ers. Since World War II, the Bears have not beaten the Packers in the playoffs. The Bears are 0-3 in the playoffs against the 49ers, and 1-3 in the playoffs against the Eagles.

Emanuel Wilson just got tackled for an 18-yard loss for Packers on a run play vs Vikings. Last RB to lose 18+ yards on a carry (without a fumble) was Jon Vaughn (-20 for Seahawks vs Chargers on 9/18/1994)

Best BBWAA HOF Vote Share For A Reliever Not In The HOF (excluding K-Rod) All-Time Roy Face (1987) 18.9% Since 1995 Jeff Reardon (2000) 4.8% Since 2001 John Franco (2011) 4.6% Since 2012 Joe Nathan (2022) 4.3% K-Rod received 10.2% last year and is projected to reach 15% this year.

An essential development over the past decade-plus is that the ignorant went from feeling chastened when their ignorance was revealed to banding together and deciding that, actually, they were right. They might disagree at times, but they agreed that ignorance itself was an indicator of trust.

Gene Benson was a very public and popular figure in Philly during and after his career He is also the great uncle of the Peanuts character Franklin. That’s right.

Donner’s bWAR is that low only because B-R doesn’t account for pitch framing.

Per ESPN: "The Bears have six wins after trailing in the final two minutes of the fourth quarter, the most such wins in a season since the 1970 merger." www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...

He’s got a handful of all-time records and most people refer to him as the stolen base king. But he didn’t want that. He wanted to be remembered for runs scored. “That’s why you play the game,” he said as if it was scripture, “and I beat Ty Cobb at something. Nobody beats Ty Cobb.”

Players who played 7 games at shortstop in the 2003 NLCS: Alex Gonzalez Álex González

Complete list of 1950s OFs who played 1000 games, had between 400-450 walks, and had between 500-550 strikeouts: Hank Bauer Hank Sauer

Every team that has won the NBA Cup has lost in the first round of the playoffs. #Knicks

this is not behavior becoming of a FIFA Peace Prize recipient.

Of someone who follows daily NBA news but not daily results until March or April ... um, wow re: Oklahoma City Thunder. 24-1?? Tied for the best ever with the Golden State Warriors 73-9 season?? Of the four others who went 23-2, three of them won championships.

I will say this loud & proud, as someone who grew up in the 80s: I think Jeff Kent in the HOF ahead of Mattingly and Murphy is absolutely the right call. If you want to change the Hall, fine, but it’s always been a place for people who had long peaks (at least 5-7 years) or long very good careers.

If anyone thinks the decision today was made on any criteria besides ”how do we get the ACC money but not take it away from the other conferences?” then you haven’t been paying attention to their decision making process since this CFP was created.

“Imagine there was a curved line in the outfield." New from me: The gapper is dead. Doubles hit their lowest rate in 3 decades. Triples are at their lowest rate ever. So who killed the double & triple? And what can MLB do about it? www.nytimes.com/athletic/685...

Here are a list of teams definitely deserving of playing for a National Championship: 1) Ohio State 2) Indiana 3) Georgia 4) Texas Tech or BYU 5) Ole Miss 6) Texas A&M Here's the teams that are arguable: 7) Oregon 8) Notre Dame 9) Vanderbilt

Hank’s sister Alfredia married (now Congressman) David Scott. One of their children Dayna married Kwame Vidal, and had Kimani.

Very solid ballot of hitters. We just need voters to figure out a 21st century framework of how to evaluate modern starting pitching. But I don’t put that on Adam; needs the whole HOF eval community working towards a paradigm shift.

This is one of my favorite replies, then threads, that I have written in awhile.

With the news today, I still conclude: Brees and Fitzgerald locks for this year. 3 of the other 5 get in. Phillip Rivers needs to wait, along with Frank Gore, and some other awesome WR and back seven defenders.

Hey @stathead.com @baseball-reference.com @sports-reference.com Stathead's Cloudfare "are you human" check just cycles when you click on it... just spins then give you another box to click again after about 15 seconds...and yes, I've tried on multiple devices, one on Wifi, and one on mobile network.

The current BBWAA Hall of Fame ballot is so weird. I'd be fine with about 15 of these players getting in. But I also don't think there's a real obvious "lock" guy, a guy that will make me upset if the BBWAA passes on him. Can't ever remember a ballot like this.

I'm not a fan of heckling, but I never thought I'd see the day when a fan was taunting an NBA player by calling him "Angel Reese", and the comments by the player were more misogynistic than anything by the fan. Draymond has never been a favorite of mine. But this is just so idiotic.

With their win yesterday, UConn has won 8 pre-bowl games for the first time since they became an FBS IA program in 2000.

Most SB and CS in a career of anyone since integration who had roughly equal SB and CS. 108 SB 96 CS

SHOHEI OHTANI IS THE ONLY PLAYER TO WIN MVP UNANIMOUSLY MULTIPLE TIMES … HE’S NOW DONE SO FOUR TIMES

won a World Series and an MVP in the same season, multiple times:   Joe DiMaggio: 1939, 1941, 1947 Shohei Ohtani: 2024, 2025 Joe Morgan: 1975, 1976 Mickey Mantle: 1956, 1962

players to win at least one BBWAA award in each of first two MLB seasons: 2024-25 Paul Skenes 2015-16 Kris Bryant 1984-85 Dwight Gooden

There have already been 4 BBWAA awards won this year by individuals who won a BBWAA award last year, two more than in any other single year h/t @EliasSports

Paul Skenes had 4 "Tough Losses" (losses in a Quality Start), but not a single "Cheap Win" (win in a non-Quality Start) He also had 7 "Wins Lost" (in line for a win only to watch the bullpen blow it), but not a single "Loss Saved" (in line for a loss but the offense got him off the hook)

Won consecutive CYA 2024-25 Tarik Skubal 2018-19 Jacob deGrom 2016-17 Max Scherzer 2013-14 Clayton Kershaw 2008-09 Tim Lincecum 1999-2002 Randy Johnson  1999-2000 Pedro Martinez 1997-98 Roger Clemens  1986-87 Clemens  1992-95 Greg Maddux 1975-76 Jim Palmer 1968-69 Denny McLain 1965-66 Sandy Koufax

Down Periscope Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance Dude, Where’s My Car? The Bee Movie

I have a very low opinion of the average baseball player‘s intelligence, but the news today about Clase and Ortiz shocks me to the degree that I either need to lower my already very low bar for what I expect, or I need to raise my very very very low bar on what to believe about conspiracy theories.

“Possibly the greatest #ThiccSix of all time” @mikegolicjr.bsky.social HE WOULD NOT BE DENIED

Juan Soto has won a Silver Slugger in three straight years with three different teams The only other player to win a Silver Slugger in three consecutive years with a different team was Mike Hampton: 1999, Astros 2000, Mets 2001, Rockies h/t @EliasSports

Game-tying or go-ahead home runs in ninth inning or later of winner-take-all World Series game: 2025 Will Smith 2025 Miguel Rojas 1960 Bill Mazeroski

This year Jose Ramirez should move ahead of Eddie Murray for the most MVP shares of any integration era player who did not with the MVP.

We won't see the effects for at least 12 years, possibly closer to 18 years, but the Committee rule that if you get under 5 votes twice you can never be considered again is going to create future committees having exceptionally weak candidates. We'll check back in 2037 to see if I'm right.

I still can’t get over this.

The Bengals 42 points is the most ever allowed in Bears history during a win.

This ties the Bears record for most combined points by the teams in a win, tied with October 2008 win over the Vikings 48-41.

I think the Bengals just challenged to try to get something called a touchback instead of Bears ball near the goal line, and it will be overruled, but instead be a touchdown for the Bears rather than just a large gain.

Caleb Williams has 2 receptions today. The last time an NFL player had 2 receptions and 6+ pass attempts was 1953.

The Bears have lost 33 in a row when giving up at least 27 points. Their last win? 33-27 over the Vikings in 2020 (h/t Stathead).

The most career receiving TDs by a full-time QB in the Super Bowl era is two, shared by Josh Allen, Jim McMahon, and Danny White.

Three of the 12 most pivotal plays in baseball history by cWPA occurred last night

I shit you not this was the only other homer Miguel Rojas hit off a right handed pitcher this year-