Donesk kangroo court has sentence three foreign legion fighters to death, including Brits Aiden Aslan and Shaun Pinner who surrendered Mariopol defender. Foreign legionnaires are now incentivized fight to the death. Actually, Mr. Aslin is a dual-citizen of Ukraine/UK, so his execution is prohibited under the Geneva conventions.
Local swim meet where parents are volun-told to do a specific function. High 90s and the South's infamous humidity on a baking hot concrete deck for HOURS without the relief of being able to jump in the pool or stop for a refreshment. I was so relieved when my kid decided to quit the swim team.
The worst have been weather-related. The 2007 USC game in a cold, endless, November downpour while their band plays Tribute to Troy on repeat for 3 and a half hours. The 2011 UCLA game where it was about 100 degrees in the Rose Bowl under an oppressive sun for the whole game (although Maynard's 5 turnovers didn't help).
I don't think I've ever had a miserable experience at a baseball game despite going to dozens of games at parks all over the country.
Need to stick it out through a baseball game at Oregon State in a "slight drizzle" that was really the equivalent to standing in front of an open port of a fire hydrant, trying to shoot the game without destroying a camera body.
It was not even "heavy", but it was constant - the only home heavy downpour was that game against Oregon, but it was warm, and I think the only banana game in uniforms. Also, we won that game.
And the one thing that stuck with me in that game: super obnoxious SC fan siting nearby, standing up yelling "I didn't pay money to see us win like this!!!" on the final drive of USC, up by 7, clearly Carroll was just keeping the ball away from the Bears.
That one is high up on my list, but also 2010 @ $C was pretty bad. We were down 42-0 at half, one of my friends blacked out at the stadium so we had to take care of him for the majority of the game. Got lost leaving the stadium trying to find a ride back to the hotel as I had always gone previously with someone who had car. Eventually paid a passing airport van $75 to get us all back to our hotel in Korea town and then had to work very hard to convince said friend he needed to stay in the hotel while we went out for misery beers. Found a bar that ended up being a Korean mob bar where we were not so subtly told we were not welcome and that we should go to their "other bar" across the street. Made for a good story, but man was that a miserable day.
That was a miserable game to watch on TV, so I can only imagine how terrible it was in person. I was actually supposed to go to that game with some friends that lived in Santa Monica but he got called away to work in Atlanta at the last minute and then was going to visit family on the east coast after work.
My mother’s side is midwestern Irish Catholic and ND grads so I grew up a big ND fan. Went to a ND-Stanford game at Stanford stadium once. The Stanford band mocked the potato famine at halftime, ND lost, and then on the way out to our car after a drunk Stanford fan (of course, a young douche looking white guy in a polo shirt) kept screaming at us / mocking us. Finally my uncle turned to him and said “Boy, if you don’t shut the fuck up right now I am going to beat your ass.” The guy immediately turned around and left - only silver lining of a shit day
So many to choose from I'm going with Ohio State's visit to Memorial Stadium in 2013. Having opposing fans take over our home was beyond depressing, We had Buckeye fans to our right, to our left, behind us and in front of us. I always hate it when there's a boisterous fan or a cluster of them in our area so that game was a miserable experience.
I'm glad you were fine with it but I thought it was pretty fucking miserable to feel like visiting fans in our own stadium. (I hate it when people try to downplay another person's bad experience.)
Lighten up, Francis, its just an opinion. While I agree that that game sucked on many levels, having low expectations going in prevented me from feeling any long term grief over it. Personally, I find that walking past Frat row and hearing our "fans" shout obscenities at opposing fans, including children, to be a much worse experience. Maybe that's just me.
Here's the thing, if someone says to me they thought something was miserable I don't mitigate it, everyone is entitled to their feelings and I don't minimize what they experienced. Maybe that's just me. Sincerely, Francis
Traffic and parking at a couple of Cal games is right up there, but for consistent post-game misery, try to get away from Autzen Stadium. Worst post-game traffic anywhere in the Pac.
you have park at least a couple miles away on race day. then walk for at least an hour to get to your seats
there are no alcohol sales so EVERY SINGLE PERSON is carrying the maximal sized cooler that you are allowed to bring w/ about a case of beer. your arms are literally falling off since you are carrying all this beer.
in the end we didnt even drink it all, so we started selling them for about a $1/can on the way out since we didnt want to walk back to the car w/ them.
if the one hour walk back to the car wasnt bad enough, there was another 2-3 hours of traffic to get out of Indi.
For me, two games: Cal losing to stanfurd in 2007, took my sister who was visiting to her first Big Game, and there is no fucking way we should have lost to them, unlike the SC game, 'cause SC was actually good, unlike 'furd.
Second was 2001 ALCS game 4 A's vs Yankees, up 2-1, end up losing, Dye breaks his leg after hitting a foul ball, and I lost my favorite, and best fitting hat that day at the Coliseum. Blah.
Well, there was the ‘92 freedom bowl - my triumphant return to Southern California after a pretty crap first semester in grad school, and got to watch SC just sort of fuck around taking a well deserved L against Fresno State as we all stood in nasty cold rain in Anaheim stadium. Or the ‘00 kickoff classic in which we were surrounded by a bunch of asshole Penn State fans* in the old Meadowlands and ended up leaving early to beat traffic (I was amazed my wife agreed to come to that). Various cold early season DC United games. Or the ‘17 SC - Oregon State game where it was unclear whether the bigger risk for passing out was boredom or sitting in the direct sun when it was over 100F (leaving early for a Dodgers game was a significant improvement).
Cal vs Texas in the Holiday Bowl 2010 + Cal vs Utah in the Poinsettia Bowl 2009 - back to back bowl losses in San Diego; cold (underdressed - it's San Diego!), miserable team that really didn't want to be there.
Walking back to the car after that Holiday Bowl a couple Texas fans yelled to me that Rick Perry was going to win the 2012 presidential election. Probably the weirdest trash talk I've ever received at a game.
A friend of mine was at a Cal ASU game down there and happened to walk by their rooting section. Someone yelled at him, "hey Berkeley, go read a book." Others joined in.
We were at an @ ASU game when we were young and the Cal section was right up against some very obnoxious ASU fans who were berating the Cal section all game long. Sometime in the second half my mom had had enough, stood up, pointed at one particularly annoying man and yelled as loud as she could "See kids! This is why you need to study hard in school, so you don't end up at a place like Arizona State!" She sat back down and the whole Cal section around us loudly cheered. The ASU section was remarkably quiet towards the Cal fans for the remainder of the game
Both of those games were bad, Texas game was worse, and my son came this -><- close to punching an obnoxious Texas fan in the Casa Guadalajara after the game. But not my choice.
Only 4 bedroom over 21k square. It's way bigger, but it's not super-nice nor does it have a lot of function. It's like someone wanted a Daly City townhome vibe but wanted to walk 5 minutes to go to the kitchen to grab a snack.
I'm thinking to myself, what golf course is that on? There aren't any courses in that part of town. And I was right -- they built themselves a single hole in their backyard. WTF
As Spencer Hall said, "This is the dumbest house I've ever seen"
And the $56 million price tag is $40 million down from the original asking price.
I don't understand how you have that much money, and that little taste/imagination. Or even hiring an interior designer. (and how narrow is that aisle between the burners and island)
And what's up with the weird multiple twin bed rooms?
[SB] Jocelyn Alo - the star on the #1 Sooners and one-time Cal commit - smashed 2 homers and got 5 runs in their 16-1 romp over unranked Texas in game 1 of the WCWS finals.
I mean he’s badly behaved even for a 4 year old, but he wasn’t being set up to succeed with all that nonsense. And unlike his great uncle he’s not a nonce, which is important to keep in perspective
@Those products were not designed to kill people. There's nothing showing guns aren't doing what they were designed to do, so no need for further investigation@
[Boxing] African lightweight title fight between Buthelezi (4-0) and Mntungwa (6-1-2). Buthelezi is winning the fight but then things go off course as he starts punching the air, signaling that he has a brain injury. The fight is discontinued and he was taken to the hospital for observation, but died of his injuries.
[NFL] JFC. The Deshaun Watson case gets weirder and weirder. NYT says that not only was Watson trolling Instagram for blowies and taint rubs, he allegedly kept a regular room at a hotel. Not only that, but he allegedly did it to the Texans' massage therapists. When the Texans found out about his behavior, they gave him an NDA for masseuses to sign. If I did this, I'd be in jail.
Kupp: $3 year 80m extension. Kupp is my poster child for guys who works exceptionally hard, especially in the film room. This is why I'll take low 3-star guys like Cam Bynum all day long over 4 star divas who expect success to come easily at the next level simply because they are gifted athletes.
Hoping Curry is ok, he always downplays injuries but did say it was not nearly as bad as the last time he got hurt when a Celtic landed on him. Klay looked back on track, just too bad it was in this wasted game. Draymond fouled out, but at that point their comeback bid had been lost.
[MT&F] Cal's 2nd team All-American shotput star Josh Johnson has an okay day - not bad but not his best and comes in right where one might expect him - 10th place. Even if he tied his personal best, he wouldn't have been in the top 5 as the elite shotputters are on another level
On the back of the "Aluminum" DBD, I baked some potatoes, chopped up some chives, fried some bacon, and put out the butter and sour cream and salt. So simple and yet the family was like "why don't we have these more often?"
Wife made another in the recent line of meatless meals: Roasted sweet potatoes & onions w/black beans in Mole sauce, served over Spanish rice, with Mexican sour cream, cilantro & cotija cheese as garnishes. I paired it with Zinfandel, which worked really well, better than I thought it would.
Donesk kangroo court has sentence three foreign legion fighters to death, including Brits Aiden Aslan and Shaun Pinner who surrendered Mariopol defender. Foreign legionnaires are now incentivized fight to the death. Actually, Mr. Aslin is a dual-citizen of Ukraine/UK, so his execution is prohibited under the Geneva conventions.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/09/britons-sentenced-to-death-russian-occupied-ukraine-aiden-aslin-shaun-pinner
But I thought the J6 commission was the kangaroo court?
What's the most miserable sporting event you have been to? Not results on the field - but gameday experience - rain, parking, horrible fans, etc.
Local swim meet where parents are volun-told to do a specific function. High 90s and the South's infamous humidity on a baking hot concrete deck for HOURS without the relief of being able to jump in the pool or stop for a refreshment. I was so relieved when my kid decided to quit the swim team.
The worst have been weather-related. The 2007 USC game in a cold, endless, November downpour while their band plays Tribute to Troy on repeat for 3 and a half hours. The 2011 UCLA game where it was about 100 degrees in the Rose Bowl under an oppressive sun for the whole game (although Maynard's 5 turnovers didn't help).
I don't think I've ever had a miserable experience at a baseball game despite going to dozens of games at parks all over the country.
Need to stick it out through a baseball game at Oregon State in a "slight drizzle" that was really the equivalent to standing in front of an open port of a fire hydrant, trying to shoot the game without destroying a camera body.
eh, it wasn't that cold, and while the rain was fairly constant, it wasn't a downpour.
RE: Downpour. Sez you. It was not just constant, it was heavy. That's close enough to qualify as a downpour.
It was not even "heavy", but it was constant - the only home heavy downpour was that game against Oregon, but it was warm, and I think the only banana game in uniforms. Also, we won that game.
Maybe you were partially shielded by the Press Box; I was not.
It was heavy.
And the one thing that stuck with me in that game: super obnoxious SC fan siting nearby, standing up yelling "I didn't pay money to see us win like this!!!" on the final drive of USC, up by 7, clearly Carroll was just keeping the ball away from the Bears.
What an asshole.
The '07 U$C game was truly awful.
That one is high up on my list, but also 2010 @ $C was pretty bad. We were down 42-0 at half, one of my friends blacked out at the stadium so we had to take care of him for the majority of the game. Got lost leaving the stadium trying to find a ride back to the hotel as I had always gone previously with someone who had car. Eventually paid a passing airport van $75 to get us all back to our hotel in Korea town and then had to work very hard to convince said friend he needed to stay in the hotel while we went out for misery beers. Found a bar that ended up being a Korean mob bar where we were not so subtly told we were not welcome and that we should go to their "other bar" across the street. Made for a good story, but man was that a miserable day.
That was a miserable game to watch on TV, so I can only imagine how terrible it was in person. I was actually supposed to go to that game with some friends that lived in Santa Monica but he got called away to work in Atlanta at the last minute and then was going to visit family on the east coast after work.
I went with my family and everyone but me wanted to leave at halftime. I caved, and actually given the result it was probably a good call
The jersey looked great
It was fun to watch from my living room.
My mother’s side is midwestern Irish Catholic and ND grads so I grew up a big ND fan. Went to a ND-Stanford game at Stanford stadium once. The Stanford band mocked the potato famine at halftime, ND lost, and then on the way out to our car after a drunk Stanford fan (of course, a young douche looking white guy in a polo shirt) kept screaming at us / mocking us. Finally my uncle turned to him and said “Boy, if you don’t shut the fuck up right now I am going to beat your ass.” The guy immediately turned around and left - only silver lining of a shit day
So many to choose from I'm going with Ohio State's visit to Memorial Stadium in 2013. Having opposing fans take over our home was beyond depressing, We had Buckeye fans to our right, to our left, behind us and in front of us. I always hate it when there's a boisterous fan or a cluster of them in our area so that game was a miserable experience.
Here here. I was at that game and it was a sea of crimson. Embarrassing actually.
but it was pretty close at the half...better than I'd expected
Not nearly as depressing as when Henry’s rented out the bar to Tennessee’s visiting contingent. Pathetic.
Eh, that was frustrating, but not that bad - the Fresno State fans at the Candlestick game were WAY more obnoxious.
I vaguely remember a game at Fresno St from my youth where the only distinct memory is how terrible the opposing fans treated us.
meh, they were pretty good natured though and its not like we expected anything else both off and on the field.
I'm glad you were fine with it but I thought it was pretty fucking miserable to feel like visiting fans in our own stadium. (I hate it when people try to downplay another person's bad experience.)
Lighten up, Francis, its just an opinion. While I agree that that game sucked on many levels, having low expectations going in prevented me from feeling any long term grief over it. Personally, I find that walking past Frat row and hearing our "fans" shout obscenities at opposing fans, including children, to be a much worse experience. Maybe that's just me.
Here's the thing, if someone says to me they thought something was miserable I don't mitigate it, everyone is entitled to their feelings and I don't minimize what they experienced. Maybe that's just me. Sincerely, Francis
Traffic and parking at a couple of Cal games is right up there, but for consistent post-game misery, try to get away from Autzen Stadium. Worst post-game traffic anywhere in the Pac.
It took me 3 hours to get out of Arrowhead Stadium Parking lot after the Black Coaches Classic in 2003 (Cal vs Kansas State in Kansas City).
I am usually out of Berkeley 25 minutes after I get in my car.
I've always noticed that bad weather feels terrible win you lose and tolerable when you win.
Indi 500 -
you have park at least a couple miles away on race day. then walk for at least an hour to get to your seats
there are no alcohol sales so EVERY SINGLE PERSON is carrying the maximal sized cooler that you are allowed to bring w/ about a case of beer. your arms are literally falling off since you are carrying all this beer.
in the end we didnt even drink it all, so we started selling them for about a $1/can on the way out since we didnt want to walk back to the car w/ them.
if the one hour walk back to the car wasnt bad enough, there was another 2-3 hours of traffic to get out of Indi.
2010 Big Game was in the pouring rain and the result on the field was even worse.
For me, two games: Cal losing to stanfurd in 2007, took my sister who was visiting to her first Big Game, and there is no fucking way we should have lost to them, unlike the SC game, 'cause SC was actually good, unlike 'furd.
Second was 2001 ALCS game 4 A's vs Yankees, up 2-1, end up losing, Dye breaks his leg after hitting a foul ball, and I lost my favorite, and best fitting hat that day at the Coliseum. Blah.
Well, there was the ‘92 freedom bowl - my triumphant return to Southern California after a pretty crap first semester in grad school, and got to watch SC just sort of fuck around taking a well deserved L against Fresno State as we all stood in nasty cold rain in Anaheim stadium. Or the ‘00 kickoff classic in which we were surrounded by a bunch of asshole Penn State fans* in the old Meadowlands and ended up leaving early to beat traffic (I was amazed my wife agreed to come to that). Various cold early season DC United games. Or the ‘17 SC - Oregon State game where it was unclear whether the bigger risk for passing out was boredom or sitting in the direct sun when it was over 100F (leaving early for a Dodgers game was a significant improvement).
Cal vs Texas in the Holiday Bowl 2010 + Cal vs Utah in the Poinsettia Bowl 2009 - back to back bowl losses in San Diego; cold (underdressed - it's San Diego!), miserable team that really didn't want to be there.
Just blah.
Walking back to the car after that Holiday Bowl a couple Texas fans yelled to me that Rick Perry was going to win the 2012 presidential election. Probably the weirdest trash talk I've ever received at a game.
A friend of mine was at a Cal ASU game down there and happened to walk by their rooting section. Someone yelled at him, "hey Berkeley, go read a book." Others joined in.
We were at an @ ASU game when we were young and the Cal section was right up against some very obnoxious ASU fans who were berating the Cal section all game long. Sometime in the second half my mom had had enough, stood up, pointed at one particularly annoying man and yelled as loud as she could "See kids! This is why you need to study hard in school, so you don't end up at a place like Arizona State!" She sat back down and the whole Cal section around us loudly cheered. The ASU section was remarkably quiet towards the Cal fans for the remainder of the game
Phoenix is a shithole city.
Both of those games were bad, Texas game was worse, and my son came this -><- close to punching an obnoxious Texas fan in the Casa Guadalajara after the game. But not my choice.
Party house for Big Game
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/610-Los-Trancos-Rd-Palo-Alto-CA-94304/64706362_zpid/
Only 4 bedroom over 21k square. It's way bigger, but it's not super-nice nor does it have a lot of function. It's like someone wanted a Daly City townhome vibe but wanted to walk 5 minutes to go to the kitchen to grab a snack.
I'm thinking to myself, what golf course is that on? There aren't any courses in that part of town. And I was right -- they built themselves a single hole in their backyard. WTF
As Spencer Hall said, "This is the dumbest house I've ever seen"
And the $56 million price tag is $40 million down from the original asking price.
I don't understand how you have that much money, and that little taste/imagination. Or even hiring an interior designer. (and how narrow is that aisle between the burners and island)
And what's up with the weird multiple twin bed rooms?
it's like the kid room at a ski cabin
but, so hideous! the carpet, the appliances, the counters...
and is that a hockey rink I see.
Ugly furniture
Not with that Stanford belt.
Also, love to eat in my $54 million dollar mansion and replicate the TGI Friday's booth experience.
Elsewhere in college
[SB] Jocelyn Alo - the star on the #1 Sooners and one-time Cal commit - smashed 2 homers and got 5 runs in their 16-1 romp over unranked Texas in game 1 of the WCWS finals.
https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/34061911/top-seeded-oklahoma-sooners-score-16-unanswered-runs-game-1-win-texas-longhorns-women-college-world-series
Hopefully none of them get pregnant while celebrating their WS title and then want to terminate their pregnancy.
she is redonk. That whole team is redonk
Those back to back home runs - i really felt for that pitcher
Meanwhile, in today's game, this outrageous play
https://twitter.com/OU_Softball/status/1535051224935956493
"I came to K-State because I wanted to win"
https://twitter.com/SXMCollege/status/1534594190239211521
And because he likes soccer
https://www.instagram.com/marisa.weichel/?hl=en
***** remains undefeated
Caption the photo
Louis
https://twitter.com/notcapnamerica/status/1533478115112112131
The funniest comment I've read was something along the lines of "well, I guess my kids treat me like royalty too".
I mean he’s badly behaved even for a 4 year old, but he wasn’t being set up to succeed with all that nonsense. And unlike his great uncle he’s not a nonce, which is important to keep in perspective
"set up to succeed"
His brother and sister literally have to die for him to succeed.
I meant literally just succeed in not being a little shit in public, but I can see where you would have thought I meant “getting the top job”
Not yet, anyway
OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY
One child died from a Peleton and it was subject to a recall. Lawn darts killed one child and it is now banned.
https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1534590720983572486
@Those products were not designed to kill people. There's nothing showing guns aren't doing what they were designed to do, so no need for further investigation@
[The tobacco industry has left the chat]
PRO
[Boxing] African lightweight title fight between Buthelezi (4-0) and Mntungwa (6-1-2). Buthelezi is winning the fight but then things go off course as he starts punching the air, signaling that he has a brain injury. The fight is discontinued and he was taken to the hospital for observation, but died of his injuries.
https://twitter.com/TimBoxeo/status/1533472348149514241
Jack Del Rio has a big mouth
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/34060113/washington-commanders-defensive-coordinator-jack-del-rio-apologizes-calling-capitol-insurrection-dustup
What a moron.
My sister follows Rich Campbell (ex-Cal QB) on Twitter. He said of Jack Del Rio "Once a Trojan, always a Trojan"
[NFL] JFC. The Deshaun Watson case gets weirder and weirder. NYT says that not only was Watson trolling Instagram for blowies and taint rubs, he allegedly kept a regular room at a hotel. Not only that, but he allegedly did it to the Texans' massage therapists. When the Texans found out about his behavior, they gave him an NDA for masseuses to sign. If I did this, I'd be in jail.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/07/sports/football/deshaun-watson.html
I really don't understand how pro athlete with money has difficulty finding consenting women OR sex workers.
When it comes to powerful men and men with money, everything is about sex, except sex, sex is about power.
I know! It is such a bizarre story, he is such a weirdo.
Kupp: $3 year 80m extension. Kupp is my poster child for guys who works exceptionally hard, especially in the film room. This is why I'll take low 3-star guys like Cam Bynum all day long over 4 star divas who expect success to come easily at the next level simply because they are gifted athletes.
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/34060696/sources-cooper-kupp-los-angeles-rams-reach-3-year-80m-extension
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CI_Oc_kuk7U
Give me 5 stars who work exceptionally hard.
did you know Alex Mack was a 2 star?
Rumor has it.
Celtics beat the Warriors 116-100. Curry injured in the 4th quarter.
https://www.espn.com/nba/recap/_/gameId/401442532
Hoping Curry is ok, he always downplays injuries but did say it was not nearly as bad as the last time he got hurt when a Celtic landed on him. Klay looked back on track, just too bad it was in this wasted game. Draymond fouled out, but at that point their comeback bid had been lost.
Curry update: No MRI needed, will participate fully in practice today.
Dubs simply got out-worked in this one. Beaten to every loose ball. Not that uncommon when the road team gets its first home game in a series.
Jaylen Brown: balling!
I wouldn't be surprised if he got Finals MVP should the Celtics win the series, he is certainly outplaying Tatum
JB's had two massive quarters crucial to each of the Celtics' wins
CAL
[MT&F] Cal's 2nd team All-American shotput star Josh Johnson has an okay day - not bad but not his best and comes in right where one might expect him - 10th place. Even if he tied his personal best, he wouldn't have been in the top 5 as the elite shotputters are on another level
https://flashresults.ncaa.com/Outdoor/2022/017-1_compiled.htm
Go Bears!!!
CAAAAAAAAAAAMRYYYYYYYN RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRODGEEEEEEEEEEEERS!!!
https://twitter.com/SGBear2/status/1535056457594712064
DBD test Kitchen
On the back of the "Aluminum" DBD, I baked some potatoes, chopped up some chives, fried some bacon, and put out the butter and sour cream and salt. So simple and yet the family was like "why don't we have these more often?"
Wife made another in the recent line of meatless meals: Roasted sweet potatoes & onions w/black beans in Mole sauce, served over Spanish rice, with Mexican sour cream, cilantro & cotija cheese as garnishes. I paired it with Zinfandel, which worked really well, better than I thought it would.
https://twitter.com/nquadlin/status/1534224179016347648?s=20&t=zbZ28_ibmq-Ib0jN38r8gw
@nquadlin: When shelter dogs have racialized names, what happens to their adoption outcomes?
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/01902725221090900
In a new paper with Bradley Montgomery of @osusoc, we tracked dogs for six months and found that their names did in fact matter - a short 🧵