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Spud2nique · Post #921 » by **Spud2nique** » Tue Mar 19, 2019 6:45 pm

Jamaaliver wrote:
Spud2nique wrote:
King Ken wrote:Trout unlikely to leave Anaheim

Oh I definitely disagree...I’m just hoping he doesn’t go to the stinking Yankees. Trout is already gone in his mind.

That dude gonna get $400 mill..

Somehow, you were both right.

Mike Trout, Angels 'Finalizing' Historic 12-Year, $430M Contract

Mike Trout and the Los Angeles Angels are "close to finalizing" a record-breaking 12-year, $430 million contract, according to ESPN's Jeff Passan.

Trout currently has two years and $66.5 million remaining on the six-year, $144.5 million deal he signed back in 2014. He was set to hit free agency following the 2020 season. Per Passan, the new deal would add on 10 years to Trout's current deal.

The 10-year extension will be worth $363.5 million and includes a full no-trade clause.
Bleacher Report

The 'Barry Sanders' rule projects that both parties will regret this by the midway point of the contract. You'd have thought Angels would have learned from the Pujols contract debacle.

Let’s call it the Deion Sanders rule, Barry never hurt nobody! :cry:

Post #922 » by **Jamaaliver** » Tue Mar 19, 2019 6:50 pm

Spud2nique wrote:Let’s call it the Deion Sanders rule, Barry never hurt nobody!

The Calvin Johnson Rule?

Spoiler:

Spud2nique · Post #923 » by **Spud2nique** » Tue Mar 19, 2019 9:15 pm

Jamaaliver wrote:
Spud2nique wrote:Let’s call it the Deion Sanders rule, Barry never hurt nobody!

The Calvin Johnson Rule?

Spoiler:
"There are not many guys when you do a contract of this magnitude," team president Tom Lewand said. "We obviously did one years ago with Barry Sanders, and he was one of those kinds of guys, who is so special on the field, truly deserving of a contract of this size, and a guy who you have no doubt will handle all that comes with it with a great deal of skill on and off the field."

really? The knife has been inserted please don’t twist...

lethalweapon3 · Post #924 » by **lethalweapon3** » Tue Mar 19, 2019 9:59 pm

A pair of touching family-related stories involving our Hawks players.

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~lw3

jayu70 · Post #925 » by **jayu70** » Tue Mar 19, 2019 10:42 pm

lethalweapon3 wrote:A pair of touching family-related stories involving our Hawks players.

~lw3

Love our Hawks with positive vibes.

Post #926 » by **Jamaaliver** » Wed Mar 20, 2019 7:38 pm

Anybody else here a fan?

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Post #927 » by **Jamaaliver** » Thu Mar 21, 2019 6:10 pm

Tweet of the Day:

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lethalweapon3 · Post #928 » by **lethalweapon3** » Thu Mar 21, 2019 7:00 pm

Hearts out to the Durant family.

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~lw3

jayu70 · Post #929 » by **jayu70** » Thu Mar 21, 2019 11:55 pm

Almost a quarter of a century already! WOW....time flies.

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Post #930 » by **Jamaaliver** » Fri Mar 22, 2019 12:11 pm

What's that you say, you've long wondered what former All Star PG Tim Hardaway Sr. was up to these days?

Well, wonder no longer.

Watch on YouTube

“Dribbling at home making no noise? Amazing,’’ Hardaway said. “Dribbling is all about repetition. You can watch a game and you can do dribbling while watching the game. If they do an in-and-out move, you do it without bothering your parents.’’

NY Post

lethalweapon3 · Post #931 » by **lethalweapon3** » Fri Mar 22, 2019 1:29 pm

The Second Quarter-Century of Excellence begins Today!

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~lw3

IheartTHEhurt · Post #932 » by **IheartTHEhurt** » Sat Mar 23, 2019 4:42 pm

Watch on YouTube

Any fans on here? Season 4 is coming :nod:

Post #933 » by **Jamaaliver** » Sun Mar 24, 2019 10:24 pm

IheartTHEhurt wrote:Any fans on here? Season 4 is coming

One of the most beautifully filmed shows I've ever seen. It helps fill that Game of Thrones void in my TV watching.

Post #934 » by **Jamaaliver** » Sun Mar 24, 2019 10:26 pm

I hate the Pats as much as anyone, but this dude will go down as legend. The Jim Brown of modern tight ends:

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Post #935 » by **Jamaaliver** » Mon Mar 25, 2019 2:32 pm

AKA An economist's guide to asset management:

Nobel Prize Winner Explains Raiders' Logic Of Khalil Mack Trade

The Oakland Raiders received the Best Transaction award by MIT for the Khalil Mack, which was explained by Richard Thaler.

Thaler won the 2017 Nobel Prize for Economics and has consulted with an NFL team about the value of draft choices and how to build a team.

Oakland received two first round picks, a third round pick and a fifth round pick for Mack and a second round pick.

“Here’s the argument,” Thaler said. “The Raiders are down, and they will be getting these [four] picks to help them rebuild their team. I believe the only way to win in football is to have players who play better than their salaries. Let’s stipulate that Mack is getting top-of-market value for his services, so it will be hard for him to play better than his salary. Let’s also stipulate Mack is worth the money.

But is Mack worth all that money plus four good draft choices?

RealGM Wiretap

Spud2nique · Post #936 » by **Spud2nique** » Mon Mar 25, 2019 4:54 pm

21 days till... STANNIS BARATHEON..

:lol:

jayu70 · Post #937 » by **jayu70** » Mon Mar 25, 2019 10:00 pm

Holy SchNike!

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Instead Feds got him for extorting Nike!

In the California case, Avenatti was accused of embezzling a client's money to pay his own expenses and debts -- as well as those of his coffee business and law firm. The U.S. attorney's office also said he defrauded a bank by using phony tax returns to obtain millions of dollars in loans.

Federal prosecutors announced the charges against Avenatti on Monday less than an hour after he tweeted that he was holding a news conference on Tuesday morning.

According to prosecutors, Avenatti demanded that Nike pay his client $1.5 million to remain silent regarding any claims the coach might have about Nike's alleged payments to top players and their families, and said Nike must hire Avenatti and the co-conspirator to conduct an internal investigation, with the stipulation that if the company hired another firm to conduct the inquiry, it would still have to pay Avenatti and the co-conspirator "at least twice the fees of any other firm hired."

"At the end of the meeting, Avenatti and [the co-conspirator] indicated that Nike would have to agree to accept those demands immediately or Avenatti would hold his press conference," the complaint says.

Later that day, Nike's attorneys contacted the co-conspirator to tell him that the company needed more time. Avenatti and the co-conspirator agreed to give Nike two days to consider the offer. Nike's attorneys contacted the Southern District of New York and made prosecutors aware of Avenatti's threats and extortion demands.

http://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/26357332/feds-avenatti-tried-extort-20m-nike