Roundup: A Must-Read Obituary, the Oral History of Ace of Base’s ‘I Saw the Sign’ & Billy Joel is the Greatest

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Nicole Trunfio … killer commando dolphins on the loose! … here’s a popular Pittsburgh Panthers cheerleader … your Facebook likes say a lot about you! … a journalist’s guide to the media hordes at the Vatican … 6th grade teacher had sex with a 6th grader? … cited for driving too slowly in the left lane … the FCC is watching people who get paid to tweet … when do Zombie fads peak? … Twinkies back by the summer? … look, two Miss America candidates on the beach! …

In the last decade, no team that has lost a game by more than 17 points has won the NCAA title. Could be bad news for Duke and Georgetown. [WSJ]

The Steubenville rape trial begins this week, and Dan Wetzel is writing about it. You should read this. [Yahoo Sports]

Aquille Carr, high school stud, isn’t going to Seton Hall. He’s going overseas, Brandon Jennings-style. [Star Ledger]

“Sorry, MLB Commissioner Bud Selig. We won’t hand over records that detail the inner workings of Biogenesis, the controversial Coral Gables anti-aging clinic that allegedly supplied prohibited drugs to six professional baseball players, including Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez.” [Miami New Times]

This is being called one of the best obits ever written. [Sun Herald]

It’s shaping up as a monster year for Homer Bailey and the Reds. [Cincinnati.com]

Jason Cole makes it sound like the Jets are royally screwing up the Darrelle Revis situation. Shocker! [Yahoo Sports]

The oral history of Ace of Base’s smash hit, I saw the Sign. [Esquire]

Check out Derek Dooley’s $2.9 million house for sale. [Outkick the Coverage]

Nice read here on a bull rider who was paralyzed 15 years ago. [Observer]

Watch the boss jump in around the :30 mark and break it down like a math equation. Yes, this is eight months old.

Billy Joel is the man. [via Arash]

It’s too bad Detroit didn’t make the NCAA tournament. Doug Anderson can fly.

How did nobody tell him he was nearing the end of the stage? [via Adam]

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194 Responses to “Roundup: A Must-Read Obituary, the Oral History of Ace of Base’s ‘I Saw the Sign’ & Billy Joel is the Greatest”

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TheRealAC Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 8:32 AM
Paulina Gretzky wore this thong-ish bathing suit to the beach …
link doesn’t work. please fix!
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HuskerDawg Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 8:33 AM
cited for driving too slowly in the left lane
That cop is a hero.
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squawkbox Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 8:34 AM
That’s one helluva course hazard right there …
Golfer falls in sink hole.
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arkbadger Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 8:36 AM
look, two Miss America candidates on the beach!
the lack of the inner thigh gap is a little disappointing ladies, let’s step up the workouts a little bit.
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NinoBrown Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 8:38 AM
Billy Joel is the man
That was great
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squawkbox Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 8:39 AM
Dang… Miss Hawaii has really let herself go …
/But … Yes. Yes I probably wood.
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TheRealAC Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 8:41 AM
6th grade teacher had sex with a 6th grader?
6th grade!?!?! WTF?!?
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scripty Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 8:42 AM
He taught his two daughters practical things, like how to change flat tires, fish and choose a hammer.
This. This is one damn fine American.
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arkbadger Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 8:42 AM
Team Billy Joel. fuck the haters.
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squawkbox Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 8:42 AM
6th grade teacher had sex with a 6th grader?
6th grade!?!?! WTF?!?
… and Nick Saban subsequently offered him a scholarship.
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Career High Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 8:42 AM

killer commando dolphins on the loose
Sounds like a good idea for a crappy horror movie.
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HuskerDawg Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 8:43 AM
look, two Miss America candidates on the beach!
Ms. Hawaii looks almost nothing like the pageant version of herself.
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arkbadger Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 8:43 AM
Dang… Miss Hawaii has really let herself go …
honestly, she looks 500 times better in the bathing suit on the beach than she does in the pageant.
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squawkbox Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 8:43 AM
He taught his two daughters practical things, like how to change flat tires, fish and choose a hammer.
How to shoot a sidearm, a rifle and a shotgun are missing.
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NinoBrown Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 8:45 AM
two Miss America candidates on the beach! …
Actually one of them is Miss America.
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tonystarkssowhatchasayhuh Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 8:45 AM
Paulina Gretzky wore this thong-ish bathing suit to the beach …
link doesn’t work. please fix!
I second that emotion
/ apologies to all of you that now have that song stuck in ur head
// payback to j-Mac for getting “i saw the sign” stuck in mine
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guinnessgirl13 Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 8:45 AM
cited for driving too slowly in the left lane
Hell yea! Can we also cite people who don’t accelerate getting on to the interstate?
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HuskerDawg Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 8:45 AM
“I kept thinking of things — there are a lot of things I just couldn’t put in there — and I thought, ‘Mama’s not going to let me run that.’ But she read it and said, ‘That’s him,’” Lewis said.
“Probably the best compliment I’ve gotten is that at least six people asked if he wrote it,” she said.
That’s awesome. One of the best obits I’ve ever read, too.
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Jason McIntyre Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 8:45 AM
are there Billy Joel haters?
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TheRealAC Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 8:45 AM
… and Nick Saban subsequently offered him a scholarship.
lane kiffin offered him a scholarship and a house.
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Career High Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 8:46 AM

Team Billy Joel. fuck the haters
I grew up on Billy Joel, Peter, Paul and Mary and the Carpenters as that was what my Mom listened to. I have a soft spot for all three. So yeah, fuck the haters!
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squawkbox Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 8:47 AM
nicole trunfio
Eat a fucking cheeseburger now and then, sweetheart.
/waif with a pretty face … Yes. Yes I wood. But very carefully.
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Benjamin Franklin Rodriguez has the highest WAR evah! Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 8:48 AM
Billy Joel is the man.
Tell her about it
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Career High Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 8:49 AM

are there Billy Joel haters?
Yup
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scripty Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 8:49 AM
Play the Piano Man!
Sorry sir, only 80′s Billy Joel!
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tommyp Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 8:50 AM
Billy Joel is one of the most unassuming and unpretentious rock stars ever.
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TheRealAC Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 8:50 AM
Peter Banks died. Damn. Love me some Yes.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/13/entertainment-us-banks-idUSBRE92C00220130313
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HuskerDawg Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 8:50 AM
How to shoot a sidearm, a rifle and a shotgun are missing.
Definitely things people need to know. I mean, how else could they survive in a world without this knowledge.
/wait, what?
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arkbadger Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 8:51 AM
are there Billy Joel haters?
yeah, they are known as assholes.
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Some Random Old Dude Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 8:51 AM
This is being called one of the best obits ever written.
What a guy. There’s a “Bacon of the Month Club”? I want this.
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HuskerDawg Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 8:51 AM
are there Billy Joel haters?
People hate everything. Surely you know this.
/that video was awesome
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johndewar Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 8:52 AM
cited for driving too slowly in the left lane
More of this, please.
From the article:
The woman who got the ticket sais she’d never been cited before — but on Friday, she said, she had to slow down due to heavy winds.
“Sometimes when it’s dangerous, you have to do what you can to stay safe,” she said
If it was so dangerous, why didn’t you get in the right lane, where you can go as slow as you please?
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HuskerDawg Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 8:52 AM
lane kiffin offered him a scholarship and a house.
Urban Meyer offered him God’s grace, an AK47 and a bag of weed.
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scripty Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 8:53 AM
Yeah to what somebody said above, my mom would have Billy Joel or Rod Stewart on a lot so that music all is pretty nostalgic to me. He’s a pickled alkie and some of his stuff seems pretty cheesy in hindsight but I still enjoy it.
Wikipedia says be sold between 150-200 million records.
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The Wayne Fontes Safari Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 8:53 AM
are there Billy Joel haters?
If there are, they certainly don’t own auto body shops.
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HuskerDawg Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 8:53 AM
are there Billy Joel haters?
yeah, they are known as assholes.
High fives Ark.
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Benjamin Franklin Rodriguez has the highest WAR evah! Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 8:54 AM
Peter Banks died. Damn. Love me some Yes.
he is no longer the owner of a lonely heart
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guinnessgirl13 Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 8:54 AM
It was good to see that my basketball team is just as prolific on offense as our football is
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scripty Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 8:55 AM
WELCOME BACK TO THE AGE OF JIVE
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johndewar Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 8:55 AM
The oral history of Ace of Base’s smash hit, I saw the Sign. [Esquire]
Not a knock for linking this as much as it is a knock for the original article.
I mean, why stop with “I Saw The Sign”? Where’s the oral history of “Humpty Dance”?
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johndewar Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 8:56 AM
Yeah to what somebody said above, my mom would have Billy Joel or Rod Stewart on a lot so that music all is pretty nostalgic to me. He’s a pickled alkie and some of his stuff seems pretty cheesy in hindsight but I still enjoy it.
Still like Billy Joel. I’ll go through a period where I want to listen to Billy Joel for about a week straight. Then, I’ll not want to hear another Billy Joel song for a year.
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squawkbox Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 8:56 AM
Urban Meyer offered him God’s grace, an AK47 and a bag of weed.
The awesomeness of this statement cannot be understated.
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squawkbox Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 8:57 AM
I’ll go through a period where I want to listen to Billy Joel for about a week straight. Then, I’ll not want to hear another Billy Joel song for a year.
Agree.
And I agree with this statement on pretty much everything I listen to.
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NinoBrown Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 8:57 AM
are there Billy Joel haters?
Theyre just mad because he used to bang a young Christie Brinkley. Uptown Girl
/Team Billy
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TheRealAC Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 8:58 AM
Urban Meyer offered him God’s grace, an AK47 and a bag of weed.
Urban offered Paul Kruger a scholarship to play QB at Utah.
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tonystarkssowhatchasayhuh Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 8:58 AM
If it was so dangerous, why didn’t you get in the right lane, where you can go as slow as you please?
great call. sometimes i want to become a cop just so i can pull these rope-a-dopes over for being in the “passing” lane but not passing anyone. WTF people!! i do enjoy passing them and getting in front of them and then giving em the double tap on the brake
/ trucker code for THANK YOU or F**K YOU, depending on the situation
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Clayton Cargill Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 8:58 AM
This is being called one of the best obits ever written
arguably.
Agree to disagree.
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Black Douglas Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 8:58 AM
If there are, they certainly don’t own auto body shops.
WFS always brings the heat. Good job, sir.
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NinoBrown Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 8:59 AM
I mean, why stop with “I Saw The Sign”? Where’s the oral history of “Humpty Dance”?
We need to know what Burger King bathroom he got busy in.
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reggie_dunlap Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:00 AM
Everybody’s talkin’ ’bout the new sound
Funny, but it’s still rock and roll to me
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QueeferSutherland Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:00 AM
When are we done with the oral histories? Some can be interesting, but most just feel like lazy journalism.
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HuskerDawg Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:01 AM
“I’d rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the Saints
The sinners have much more fun”
That line is awesome and true. Haters gonna hate I guess.
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arkbadger Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:01 AM
It was good to see that my basketball team is just as prolific on offense as our football is
Stan Heath in the house!!!!
welcome to what Razorback fans lived through for 5 years. just terrible, terrible basketball. you can thank Antonio Gates for that.
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Jason McIntyre Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:02 AM
daily mail bricked. it wasn’t Paulina in the bikini. so they pulled the link/photos.
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Black Douglas Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:02 AM
The 90s had some weird trends. On all the list shows, they would have you believe that it was nothing but grunge but to me that only lasted a couple of years. The rest of the decade was odd waves of pop fads. Swing, club music, ABBA style ACE of Base stuff. Strange times indeed.
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squawkbox Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:04 AM
This is being called one of the best obits ever written
Meh. It reads like that old “Greatest College App Essay Ever” that we all have seen …
“I woo women with my sensuous and godlike trombone playing, I can pilot bicycles up severe inclines with unflagging speed, and I cook Thirty-Minute Brownies in twenty minutes.”
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HuskerDawg Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:04 AM
Prosecutors say the girl had no memory of the incident and there is no physical evidence, but because of the photos – including one of her limp body being carried by only her wrists and ankles – and descriptions of the night on social media, word of the alleged rape leaked out. One high schooler tweeted: “Song of the night definitely is ‘Rape Me’ by Nirvana.”
I don’t want to say I hope this dude gets raped in prison, but I’m not saying I’d mind, either.
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KC Resident Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:04 AM
cited for driving too slowly in the left lane
That cop is a hero.
Indeed. Give that man the Congressional Medal of Honor.
I shed a tear last night knowing that either Tim or Art are going to die this season.
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spencer096 Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:05 AM
The oral history of Ace of Base’s smash hit, I saw the Sign.
is this really necessary?
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jbird669 Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:05 AM
Play the Piano Man!
Sorry sir, only 80′s Billy Joel!
Effin’ Catalina Wine Mixer!
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scripty Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:06 AM
-As a point of pride, he purported to remember every meal he had eaten in his 80 years of life.
-His signature every day look was all his: a plain pocketed T-shirt designed by the fashion house Fruit of the Loom
-He only stayed in the finest quality AAA-rated campgrounds
-It is not lost on his family that he died the very day that he would have had to spring his clock forward
This guy was like a cross between the Dos Equis Most Interesting Man and some Wes Anderson movie. Fucking boss.
I also like how he pronounces Vienna Sausages with the long I sound. Much respect.
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HuskerDawg Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:06 AM
When are we done with the oral histories? Some can be interesting, but most just feel like lazy journalism.
Agree, but when they’re good (Good Will Hunting, Pulp Fiction), they’re outstanding.
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jbird669 Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:06 AM
To this day, Piano Man is my favorite song. My 30 year old contemporaries think I am crazy, but that’s the first song I recall being exposed to.
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Black Douglas Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:07 AM
Plus, Gangsta Rap dominated every party I attended in high school, which is kind of strange since I was in rural texas. There was a lot of spanish-club music that was huge in the Houston area at the time. I’m not sure how big it was nationally though.
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s1rweeze Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:07 AM
Look out! Here comes Billy Joel!
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Human Vacuum Cleaner Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:08 AM
Agree, but when they’re good (Good Will Hunting, Pulp Fiction), they’re outstanding.
Any way someone can toss me a link to the Pulp Fiction oral history?
/Roundup’d
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s1rweeze Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:08 AM
The oral history of Ace of Base’s smash hit, I saw the Sign.
Coming up next, an oral history of Right Said Fred
/oral histories are the new lists
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Benjamin Franklin Rodriguez has the highest WAR evah! Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:09 AM
Steubenville sounds like a great place to visit.
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TheRealAC Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:09 AM
Stan Heath in the house!!!!
welcome to what Razorback fans lived through for 5 years. just terrible, terrible basketball. you can thank Antonio Gates for that.
he really cashed in on that elite 8 appearance. that team was not that good.
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MP III Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:09 AM
Team Billy Joel. fuck the haters.
team anti billy joel. F*ck the lovers.
He is music kryptonite for me. cannot stand anything he does except his entrance into christie brinkley.
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TheRealAC Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:10 AM
Steubenville sounds like a great place to visit.
might as well consider it western PA
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Caribou Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:10 AM
nicole trunfio
Eat a fucking cheeseburger now and then, sweetheart.
/waif with a pretty face … Yes. Yes I wood. But very carefully.
all true
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HuskerDawg Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:10 AM
Steubenville sounds like a great place to visit.
I’m reading this piece now. Holy hell that entire town needs to be nuked.
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scripty Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:10 AM
My dad was an unrepetant hard ass who lived to make my life miserable growing up. But “It’s Still Rock and Roll Me Me” was a song that would get him out of his shell for a few minutes.
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KC Resident Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:10 AM
The oral history of Ace of Base’s smash hit, I saw the Sign.
is this really necessary?
I’m starting to align with Mole on this.
Any way someone can toss me a link to the Pulp Fiction oral history?
/Roundup’d
It was linked about five times over two weeks in the round-up. A record that continues to be threatened.
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Black Douglas Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:11 AM
I also like how he pronounces Vienna Sausages with the long I sound. Much respect.
I thought that was the way it is pronounced.
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Black Douglas Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:11 AM
/I’m uncultured.
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Caribou Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:12 AM
. But “It’s Still Rock and Roll Me Me” was a song that would get him out of his shell for a few minutes.
as a kid, I got my music thru my 2 older sisters, especially the oldest one. We used to play Glass Houses cassette non-stop on a hand-held tape recorder from JCPennys. Loved that tape.
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scripty Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:12 AM
His middle name was Weathersby. Really fucking jealous and I don’t plan on having anymore kids. If only I’d heard of this guy 5 years ago.
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HawkEye Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:13 AM
The oral history of Ace of Base’s smash hit, I saw the Sign.
I think it’s time for a moratorium on oral histories.
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jdeeser5 Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:14 AM
WEEI is classic right now. The new guy, Kirk Minihane just said “Don’t be a dick Jerry. Don’t be a dick.” The discussion is about if Jackie Bradley Jr. should be kept on the team or not and a caller wants him up.
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scripty Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:14 AM
as a kid, I got my music thru my 2 older sisters, especially the oldest one.
yep. Top Gun Soundtrack, Bobbie Brown’s first tape, Corey Hart, The Outfield were cycled through the tape player thousands of times over along with Billy Joel Vol I & II.
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NinoBrown Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:15 AM
But “It’s Still Rock and Roll Me Me” was a song that would get him out of his shell for a few minutes.
Growing up, I remember I always liked the sax solo in that song.
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squawkbox Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:15 AM
I’m reading this piece now. Holy hell that entire town needs to be nuked.
The greatest example of how society would completely degenerate if Ohio and West Virginia were the only two states remaining after a nuclear war.
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Benjamin Franklin Rodriguez has the highest WAR evah! Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:16 AM
I’m reading this piece now. Holy hell that entire town needs to be nuked.
won’t work. they say cockroaches can survive a nuclear blast.
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squawkbox Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:16 AM
as a kid, I got my music thru my 2 older sisters, especially the oldest one.
Yep – 4 older sisters for me.
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Career High Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:17 AM

The 90s had some weird trends. On all the list shows, they would have you believe that it was nothing but grunge but to me that only lasted a couple of years. The rest of the decade was odd waves of pop fads. Swing, club music, ABBA style ACE of Base stuff. Strange times indeed
I remember it as all grunge and gangsta rap until about ’95 then all the other genres arrived.
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squawkbox Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:18 AM
The oral history of Ace of Base’s smash hit, I saw the Sign.
I think it’s time for a moratorium on oral histories.
Why? You actually read that piece?
/Turn the channel!
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spencer096 Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:18 AM
as a kid, I got my music thru my 2 older sisters, especially the oldest one.
was she a slot WR in the welker mold too?
kidding aside, and i dont mean to be sexist here, but women ruin music. stevie fuckin’ nicks yo.
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Clayton Cargill Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:18 AM
The oral history of Ace of Base’s smash hit, I saw the Sign.
is this really necessary?
Up Next, the oral history of oral histories, which will also be written down, just like all oral histories.
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NinoBrown Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:19 AM
So when Miss America and Miss Hawaii hang out, does Miss America laugh at her, point, and say I represent the WHOLE country bee-atch? Then does the DGeneration X sign with her arms
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Clayton Cargill Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:19 AM
Why? You actually read that piece?
it opened up my eyes
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Caribou Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:19 AM
Nice read here on a bull rider who was paralyzed 15 years ago
One of his heroes, Lane Frost, was a bull-riding champion who was gored to death in 1989 at a Wyoming rodeo. Davis would later do some stunt work for the movie “Eight Seconds,” based on Frost’s life.

These guys that do this shit, while I admire them, are crazy as fock. They truly got the big balls of a bull.
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Urinal Mint Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:19 AM
Yep – 4 older sisters for me.
Brutal.
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s1rweeze Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:20 AM
Not sure which was signing was stupider, Jared Cook or Paul Kruger. Two things we can count on every offseason: 1, Jeff Fisher will sign a bunch of guys that used to play for his mediocre Titans teams. 2, someone will overpay like crazy for an average DE who will promptly disappear.
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Urinal Mint Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:20 AM
it opened up my eyes
Thankfully JMac dragged it into the light where it belonged
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squawkbox Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:21 AM
These guys that do this shit, while I admire them, are crazy as fock. They truly got the ~~big balls~~ small brains of a bull.
Fixed for extreme accuracy.
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NinoBrown Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:21 AM
as a kid, I got my music thru my 2 older sisters, especially the oldest one.
Same here. Although my middle sister was the bigger musical influence. Billy Joel (she had the Glass Houses album), Earth Wind and Fire, etc…
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Caribou Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:22 AM
was she a slot WR in the welker mold too?
kidding aside, and i dont mean to be sexist here, but women ruin music. stevie fuckin’ nicks yo.
This made me chuckle in my office. Following up with that post last nite, I didn’t know Wallace was only 6ft, fock! My recollection of him in a PIT uniform made me think he was taller than that. And yeah, Hartline is 6’2″. I was thinking Wallace was as tall or taller than him.
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squawkbox Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:22 AM
Yep – 4 older sisters for me.
Brutal.
You don’t know the half of it.
My dad and I spent lots of time together – just the two of us. He even used to take me to the “Tap Room” while he had a few beers just to get me away from all the estrogen.
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HuskerDawg Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:22 AM
Not sure which was signing was stupider, Jared Cook or Paul Kruger. Two things we can count on every offseason: 1, Jeff Fisher will sign a bunch of guys that used to play for his mediocre Titans teams. 2, someone will overpay like crazy for an average DE who will promptly disappear.
The Kruger deal seems like a total overpay at this point. $8 million a year for that dude seems like way too much money.
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PurdueMatt Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:23 AM
The video of that Steubenville kid joking and laughing about how raped and “dead” the victim was is pretty offensive.
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Tom Joads Ghost Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:23 AM
Check out this obit…..
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/york/obituary.aspx?n=linda-m-oakley&pid=162805823#fbLoggedOut
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spencer096 Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:24 AM
in any event, i really like wallace on the dowfeen. pop the top off the opposing defense, shoddy route running aside.
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AllWhoYonder Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:24 AM
definitely had the older sib influence on my music. they had me at JFK stadium to see the Dead at the wee age of 13, introduced me to Zappa, King Crimson, Pink Floyd, etc. etc… thank you, brothers!
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squawkbox Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:24 AM
kidding aside, and i dont mean to be sexist here, but women ruin music. stevie fuckin’ nicks yo.
Absolutely yes.
I still like to listen to a little Heart now and then but essentially no chicks on my playlist.
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Caribou Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:25 AM
Yep – 4 older sisters for me.
Brutal.
While I can where you’re coming from Urinal, Squawkbox, I bet they had your back as a kid growing up, amirite?
/mine did.
//especially when I got into fights.
///plus, buying me beer when I was 15.
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Clayton Cargill Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:25 AM
Thankfully JMac dragged it into the light where it belonged
right where it belonged
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spencer096 Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:25 AM
definitely had the older sib influence on my music. they had me at JFK stadium to see the Dead at the wee age of 13, introduced me to Zappa, King Crimson, Pink Floyd, etc. etc… thank you, brothers!
what’s a non-gay way to ask you to go camping?
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AllWhoYonder Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:27 AM
“hey do you want to share an in tents experience?”
/sorry
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Clayton Cargill Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:27 AM
Check out Derek Dooley’s $2.9 million house for sale.
that first comment is poorly worded, but a quality joke just the same.
Bad when you have more bathrooms than conference wins in 3 years.
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AllWhoYonder Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:28 AM
I blame years of working in outdoor recreation for that horrible pun
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johndewar Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:28 AM
they had me at JFK stadium to see the Dead at the wee age of 13,
Any concert at JFK Stadium was just a beautiful mess.
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scripty Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:28 AM
Kruger deal is more like $20.5 for 3 so if it fails they abort at that point. He is basically and end rusher in a league that now passes the bulk of the time. A bit situational but in a league where teams use 3 WR and pass more than they don’t, and teams are only in a base defense like 40% of the time, I don’t think it was too wild at that price. They are moving to a 3-4 and don’t have anybody for that spot, on a team with almost no dead cap space I think it’s a fair price with some risk.
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Jim Harbaugh Scramble Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:29 AM
Check out Derek Dooley’s $2.9 million house for sale.
I’ll wait a few months for the follow up story. “Dooley’s 2.9 Mill house in foreclosure.”
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Caribou Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:30 AM
I still like to listen to a little Heart now and then but essentially no chicks on my playlist.
This another album(s) my older sister had when I was growing up. I was in love with Ann Wilson. LOL
/Dreamboat Annie
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squawkbox Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:30 AM
I bet they had your back as a kid growing up, amirite?
Yeah.
One sister is a year older than I am. She was great about weeding out the crazy chicks and setting me up with the fun ones. Unfortunately, she never set me up with the easy ones – I had to work those alone.
And my oldest sister would get the liquor for us. The fad was Sloe Gin – but I usually just drank beer.
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Clayton Cargill Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:31 AM
I’ll wait a few months for the follow up story. “Dooley’s 2.9 Mill house in foreclosure.”
nope. He got 5 million for getting fired, regardless of whether he got a new job. No offset language there. It’s like Tannenbaum drew up his contract.
And he’s also getting money from Dallas now.
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spencer096 Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:32 AM
i blame years of recreational p0t use for laughing at it.
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Urinal Mint Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:32 AM
WTF are the Dolphins doing?
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PL StabbinKabin Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:33 AM
The town of Stuebenville is as useful as tits on a bull. It really needs to fall into Western PA where it truly belongs.
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spencer096 Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:33 AM
i like the browns’ quentin groves signing about as much as like the kruger one…groves had a pretty solid season last year and is super cheap.
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Black Douglas Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:33 AM
This made me chuckle in my office. Following up with that post last nite, I didn’t know Wallace was only 6ft, fock! My recollection of him in a PIT uniform made me think he was taller than that. And yeah, Hartline is 6’2″. I was thinking Wallace was as tall or taller than him.
I didn’t know Hartline was white until I read that post.
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TheRealAC Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:34 AM
groves had a pretty solid season last year and is super cheap.
i think 2.8mm for 2 years
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Black Douglas Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:34 AM
I remember it as all grunge and gangsta rap until about ’95 then all the other genres arrived.
It definitely seemed that way at times. I watched MTV non-stop then. Twas a golden age.
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HuskerDawg Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:35 AM
This is awesome.
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KC Resident Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:35 AM
WTF are the Dolphins doing?
Nobody knows. However, if you see them, be careful. They are armed and dangerous.
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Clayton Cargill Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:35 AM
WTF are the Dolphins doing?
spending a bunch of money that they have available to spend. Way too much, but whatever. Also, amassing LBers like there’s no tomorrow.
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tommyp Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:36 AM
kidding aside, and i dont mean to be sexist here, but women ruin music. stevie fuckin’ nicks yo.
I don’t know…I kinda like the soulful sounds of great female blues/jazz singers. Etta James, Ella Fitzgerald, Phoebe Snow. That style.
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scripty Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:36 AM
I once took a lot of cash off a guy from Steubenville in a poker game. He wore a “Big Red” Steubenville football shirt and regaled us of stories of his football days all night.
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Urinal Mint Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:36 AM
Also, amassing LBers like there’s no tomorrow.
So, are they attempting to counteract Gronk/Hernandez with a plethora of LBs?
I’m surprised they haven’t backed up a truck for Bernard Pollard yet.
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arkbadger Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:36 AM
they had me at JFK stadium to see the Dead at the wee age of 13
I bet that was awesome.
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HuskerDawg Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:36 AM
spending a bunch of money that they have available to spend. Way too much, but whatever. Also, amassing LBers like there’s no tomorrow.
Signing a UGA LB and cutting an Auburn LB. I like the cut of their jib.
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TheRealAC Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:37 AM
WTF are the Dolphins doing?
spending Gloria Estefan’s royalty checks.
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HuskerDawg Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:38 AM
I don’t know…I kinda like the soulful sounds of great female blues/jazz singers. Etta James, Ella Fitzgerald, Phoebe Snow. That style.
Dusty Springfield was awesome. Or at least Son of a Preacher Man was.
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Blue Horseshoe Loves Anacott Steel Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:38 AM
Holy fuck Miss America looks awful
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Cowboy Mike's Old Original Red Hot Ricochet Barbeque Sauce Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:38 AM
here’s a popular Pittsburgh Panthers cheerleader …
She’s orange and her lips look like a gaped rectum.
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Jim Harbaugh Scramble Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:39 AM
I didn’t know Hartline was white until I read that post.
no sure if serious. He’s a white receiver from OSU.
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Cowboy Mike's Old Original Red Hot Ricochet Barbeque Sauce Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:39 AM
The town of Stuebenville is as useful as tits on a bull. It really needs to fall into Western PA where it truly belongs.
Given the rapist football players I think it’s just right at home in Ohio.
/Big Ben
//Brady Quinn, probably, to prove he’s straight
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Career High Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:41 AM

WTF are the Dolphins doing?
Nobody knows. However, if you see them, be careful. They are armed and dangerous.
I might be the only one KC Resident, but I got it.
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spencer096 Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:42 AM
I don’t know…I kinda like the soulful sounds of great female blues/jazz singers. Etta James, Ella Fitzgerald, Phoebe Snow. That style.
that’s because they sound more like men…gravelly, deeper voices, aggressive phrasing, wide dynamic ranges.
/and hope i dont have to say this, im kidding about women in music…id give up a pinkie finger for a bass lesson with tal wilkenfeld
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Babar 2.0 Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:42 AM
here’s a popular Pittsburgh Panthers cheerleader …
She’s orange and her lips look like a gaped rectum.
I stopped clicking on those sponsored links months ago. They are unattractive.
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ButtersBC Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:44 AM
If they’re not going to do an oral history of Rich Kotite’s coaching career what’s the fucking point?
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Urinal Mint Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:45 AM
that cheerleader creeper is just ripping pics off of facebook accounts, right?
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scripty Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:45 AM
if you live in Crown Heights – walk in pairs.
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Caribou Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:46 AM
spending a bunch of money that they have available to spend. Way too much, but whatever. Also, amassing LBers like there’s no tomorrow.
Signing a UGA LB and cutting an Auburn LB. I like the cut of their jib.
Dansby, who signed a five-year, $42.5 million contract in 2010, was blindsided by the team’s decision to part ways.
I think he pissed off the coaching staff last year when he spoke out on Chad Johnson getting canned before the start of the season. Also, I guess he talked about playing with a torn bicep, when the team asked him not to discuss it publicly.
While Dansby was the leading tackler, he provided no “big plays” on Def, no ints/forced fumbles last year (I believe). Looking for a spark at LB
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Cowboy Mike's Old Original Red Hot Ricochet Barbeque Sauce Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:48 AM
if you live in Crown Heights – walk in pairs.
We’ve got a multiple rapist. Wait no, that’s from my other job ignore that. Actually, don’t ignore that.
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HuskerDawg Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:48 AM
While Dansby was the leading tackler, he provided no “big plays” on Def, no ints/forced fumbles last year (I believe).
Sounds like an Auburn player to me.
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Duke Silver Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:48 AM
That WSJ article about Georgetown, Duke, and Michigan is hot garbage. It’s convenient how the “research” goes back to 1994, considering that the 1993 and 1991 championship teams were both blown out by 20+ points during the regular season.
And it’s funny how the author touts that only Indiana and Louisville have not lost a game by double digits this season, as if it predicts any kind of NCAA tournament success. Only 5 championship teams since 1980 haven’t lost a regular season game by double digits. Five. That’s it.
So if you insist on stupidly going by worst losses during the regular season to predict NCAA tournament success, it’s actually better to have lost by between 11 and 17 points at least once during the regular season.
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knitty Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:49 AM
Any Colts fans here? 4 yr / $16M for Erik Walden? Yuck… at least they dont have any dual threat QBs in the division.
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Badger Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:49 AM
Nobody knows. However, if you see them, be careful. They are armed and dangerous.
I might be the only one KC Resident, but I got it.
link
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Cowboy Mike's Old Original Red Hot Ricochet Barbeque Sauce Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:49 AM
Any Colts fans here?
Depends if it’s internet access day in prison.
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Urinal Mint Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:49 AM
While Dansby was the leading tackler, he provided no “big plays” on Def, no ints/forced fumbles last year (I believe). Looking for a spark at LB
Jerry Jones just got out his checkbook
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HuskerDawg Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:51 AM
Depends if it’s internet access day in prison.
Oh that was good. Love me some Bsanders, but that was good.
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PL StabbinKabin Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:51 AM
Depends if it’s internet access day in prison.
lolz.
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ButtersBC Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:51 AM
4 yr / $16M for Erik Walden? Yuck
I don’t like to be that guy who immediately slams any free agent that leaves going on about how he sucks (/high fives coop) but man alive does that deal not make sense…even if they think Green Bay was using him wrong and they can do better who were they bidding against?
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Caribou Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:52 AM
look, two Miss America candidates on the beach! …
This kinda reminds me of the porn stars without makeup post yesterday. Amazing what a little spray tan, make-up touching up, and a month of working out/watching what you eat can do for you on stage
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Milk Steak To Go Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:56 AM
Amazing what a little spray tan, make-up touching up, and a month of working out/watching what you eat can do for you on stage
Much like bodybuilders, beauty pagernt contestants are actually at their weakest when they perform.
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s1rweeze Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 9:57 AM
I don’t like to be that guy who immediately slams any free agent that leaves going on about how he sucks (/high fives coop)
Mike Wallace is the WORST RECEIVER EVER!
/runs upstairs into bedroom and slams door
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Nada Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 10:01 AM
So ESPN’s top headline right now is about Ray Lewis joining ESPN. Another top story is Gruden meets T’eo.
Is there where the phrase “keep fucking that chicken, ESPN” would be applied?
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PeerLessPrices Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 10:03 AM
Nobody knows. However, if you see them, be careful. They are armed and dangerous.
I might be the only one KC Resident, but I got it.
link
I thought he was referring to The Simpsons
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Cowboy Mike's Old Original Red Hot Ricochet Barbeque Sauce Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 10:06 AM
I thought he was referring to The Simpsons
You’ve gotta hand it to the dolphins, they just wanted it more.
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KC Resident Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 10:06 AM
I thought he was referring to The Simpsons
Ahh. Forgot about that one. Nice.
However, that Simpsons episode may be prophecy. Watch out for killer dolphins coming ashore.
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Urinal Mint Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 10:08 AM
so did the winner of the Puerto Rico Open get into the Masters?
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MancitysShabbySheik Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 10:09 AM
as a kid, I got my music thru my 2 older sisters, especially the oldest one. We used to play Glass Houses cassette non-stop on a hand-held tape recorder from JCPennys. Loved that tape.
I grew up in the town Billy Joel lived/grew up in and actually had a friend who lived in the house used on the cover of Glass Houses. Awesome house
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scripty Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 10:14 AM
so did the winner of the Puerto Rico Open get into the Masters?
No b/c it is an off-field event.
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Shining Base Path Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 10:15 AM
Kruger deal is more like $20.5 for 3 so if it fails they abort at that point. He is basically and end rusher in a league that now passes the bulk of the time. A bit situational but in a league where teams use 3 WR and pass more than they don’t, and teams are only in a base defense like 40% of the time, I don’t think it was too wild at that price. They are moving to a 3-4 and don’t have anybody for that spot, on a team with almost no dead cap space I think it’s a fair price with some risk.
plus, sb winners command a bit more
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ButtersBC Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 10:15 AM
I shed a tear last night knowing that either Tim or Art are going to die this season.
I just hope that someone puts Cousin Johnny out of his misery…what did Raylan promise him anyway?
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scripty Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 10:16 AM
That win only moves that guy to 160th in world rankings. So no he wont be getting in. Top 50 before the Masters will get in.
Geoff Oglivy is 49th, he’s probably the main guy in the Top 50 who hasnt otherwise qualified
http://www.officialworldgolfranking.com/rankings/default.sps?region=world
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Benjamin Franklin Rodriguez has the highest WAR evah! Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 10:18 AM
So ESPN’s top headline right now is about Ray Lewis joining ESPN. Another top story is Gruden meets T’eo.
ESPN is just trying to allow all of their talent the opportunity to have a link on ESPN.com.
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Nada Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 10:18 AM
Billy Joel is one of the most unassuming and unpretentious and unsober rock stars ever
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Shining Base Path Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 10:18 AM
they had me at JFK stadium to see the Dead at the wee age of 13
I bet that was awesome.
first concert was eddie rabbit with mom and a buddy. second was charlie daniels band with same buddy and his older sister
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Shining Base Path Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 10:21 AM
/and hope i dont have to say this, im kidding about women in music…id give up a pinkie finger for a bass lesson with tal wilkenfeld
don’t sleep on whatsername spaulding now
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Shining Base Path Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 10:22 AM
esperanza
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Watsonian Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 10:22 AM
We’ve got a multiple rapist. Wait no, that’s from my other job ignore that. Actually, don’t ignore that.
Don’t go chasing waterfalls.
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Nada Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 10:23 AM
Where’s the oral history of “Humpty Dance”?
It’s graffiti’d on the wall of a Burger King bathroom.
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KC Resident Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 10:26 AM
I just hope that someone puts Cousin Johnny out of his misery…what did Raylan promise him anyway?
I think Raylan is sick of messing with Boyd and basically told him to work with him and Johnny could have what was rightfully his. Which is the same thing the Dixie Mafia told him.
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spencer096 Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 10:28 AM
I think Raylan is sick of messing with Boyd and basically told him to work with him and Johnny could have what was rightfully his. Which is the same thing the Dixie Mafia told him.
agreed…after last night, things are gettin’ fairly juicy. the whole ellen mae thing was fucking crazy. what a blunder.
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Liquor Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 10:30 AM
Good roundup, clicked a lot of things.
It should be legal to shoot at motorists who drive too slow in the left lane. At the bare minimum I need to be allowed to run them off the road.
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scripty Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 10:30 AM
Don’t go chasing waterfalls.
Keaton on the TLC quotes is so awesome.
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Watsonian Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 10:31 AM
Keaton on the TLC quotes is so awesome.
He really is. That whole movie cracks me up. Underrated comedy.
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Caribou Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 10:31 AM
I grew up in the town Billy Joel lived/grew up in and actually had a friend who lived in the house used on the cover of Glass Houses. Awesome house
very cool
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PeerLessPrices Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 10:31 AM
Great episode. I keep hearing Tim will be featured more, but have yet to see it. Tim won’t be dying next week, according to the article that was possibly linked here last week /RoundUp’d
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NinoBrown Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 10:32 AM
are there Billy Joel haters?
Spike Lee.
He never liked the “I walked through Bedford-Stuy alone.” line
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Nada Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 10:37 AM
I grew up in the town Billy Joel lived/grew up in
Friend of mine delivered papers in Joel’s neighborhood when he was a kid. He says Joel beat him up and stole his bike one day.
Kid grew up to be a Marine, wasn’t exactly wimpy.
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ButtersBC Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 10:37 AM
I keep hearing Tim will be featured more, but have yet to see it
Him simply having scenes this season that aren’t just looking at Raylan bemused qualifies for being featured more…hoping he satisfies his blood thirst against Colt, that guy stopped being an interesting character some time ago now
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Career High Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 10:38 AM

It should be legal to shoot at motorists who drive too slow in the left lane. At the bare minimum I need to be allowed to run them off the road.
I always like to pass them, get in front and go slower than them forcing them over to the right lane. Then I’ll take off.
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Nada Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 10:41 AM
Dido rules.
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PeerLessPrices Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 10:44 AM
Colt, that guy stopped being an interesting character some time ago now
He even acts like he’s doped up. Need more scenes of him snorting up before saying something like a scared, stupid puppy
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spencer096 Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 10:53 AM
colt was awesome last night with shelby/drew. that was a fucking great scene.
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HawkEye Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 11:04 AM
Colt, that guy stopped being an interesting character some time ago now
I can’t get him as Skank Martin from Mystery, Alaska out of my head,
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QueeferSutherland Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 11:28 AM
Next week’s Justified is going to be a hillbilly Fast & Furious. Cannot wait. Good episode last night, too.
Ravens releasing cheap 28-year-old safeties for no apparent reason.
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MancitysShabbySheik Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 11:28 AM
Friend of mine delivered papers in Joel’s neighborhood when he was a kid. He says Joel beat him up and stole his bike one day.
I won’t say it DIDN’T happen since he for a long time was a lousy drunk who was constantly being escorted back home either by a tow truck or cop car, but whenever I’ve seen him in public, he’s always been accommodating, pleasant and happy to take pictures, etc. Hell, him and Christie used to come to the church carnival every summer, and he’s got an open to the public bike shop in Oyster Bay
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Nada Says:
March 13th, 2013 at 12:09 PM
I won’t say it DIDN’T happen
This was when they were both kids, back in the early ’60s.