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PRO
ESPN ranks the top 50 US soccer players
https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/47269862/top-50-usmnt-players-club-form-new-no-1-tops-usmnt-player-performance-index
TJ Watt had surgery for a collapsed lung because of dry needling. What the hell? How bad do you have to screw up dry needling to make that happen?
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47287260/steelers-tj-watt-surgery-collapsed-lung
CAL
The GOAT joins WGYM coaching staff
https://calbears.com/news/2025/12/10/womens-gymnastics-cal-adds-mya-lauzon-to-gymnastics-coaching-staff.aspx
Tomorrow: MBB (9-1) vs. Northwestern State (2-7) at home. Should be a blowout win.
ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE
Kyle Whittingham retires. Here comes Utah's regression to the mean.
That's 25 minutes without traffic.
https://x.com/on3sports/status/1999144324265611744?s=46
UNC fire their Offensive Coordinator and Special Teams coaches
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/47285327/sources-unc-one-worst-offenses-25-fires-oc-kitchens
Sherrone Moore saga gets weirder.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/47286996/fired-michigan-coach-sherrone-moore-charged-three-crimes
DBD AV CLUB
Today the Bear Dump is a Cat Dump!
Heard a Christmas song on the radio that must be old, but I’d never heard it before: “I’m gettin’g nothin’ for Christmas…I’ve been nothin’ but bad.” Cute.
Spike Jones. Really old.
My dad used to play his albums (yes, on vinyl).
That's new to me. I haven't heard that one before.
It’s really old. Here’s a link to a Shirley Temple version.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DaUA7BPnog_0&ved=2ahUKEwj51bm95LiRAxVeFTQIHcqIJHwQwqsBegQIDRAB&usg=AOvVaw2guTkHZtGQj6xR89UESsIw
Here's the Plain White T's 2011 version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3ZhSMmEFFU
And Sugarland's 2009 version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTjUZlLdmu8
I love this. Thx!
PRO
ESPN ranks the top 50 US soccer players
https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/47269862/top-50-usmnt-players-club-form-new-no-1-tops-usmnt-player-performance-index
TJ Watt had surgery for a collapsed lung because of dry needling. What the hell? How bad do you have to screw up dry needling to make that happen?
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47287260/steelers-tj-watt-surgery-collapsed-lung
CAL
The GOAT joins WGYM coaching staff
https://calbears.com/news/2025/12/10/womens-gymnastics-cal-adds-mya-lauzon-to-gymnastics-coaching-staff.aspx
Tomorrow: MBB (9-1) vs. Northwestern State (2-7) at home. Should be a blowout win.
ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE
Kyle Whittingham retires. Here comes Utah's regression to the mean.
That's 25 minutes without traffic.
https://x.com/on3sports/status/1999144324265611744?s=46
UNC fire their Offensive Coordinator and Special Teams coaches
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/47285327/sources-unc-one-worst-offenses-25-fires-oc-kitchens
Sherrone Moore saga gets weirder.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/47286996/fired-michigan-coach-sherrone-moore-charged-three-crimes
DBD AV CLUB
Today the Bear Dump is a Cat Dump!
Heard a Christmas song on the radio that must be old, but I’d never heard it before: “I’m gettin’g nothin’ for Christmas…I’ve been nothin’ but bad.” Cute.
Spike Jones. Really old.
My dad used to play his albums (yes, on vinyl).
That's new to me. I haven't heard that one before.
It’s really old. Here’s a link to a Shirley Temple version.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DaUA7BPnog_0&ved=2ahUKEwj51bm95LiRAxVeFTQIHcqIJHwQwqsBegQIDRAB&usg=AOvVaw2guTkHZtGQj6xR89UESsIw
Here's the Plain White T's 2011 version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3ZhSMmEFFU
And Sugarland's 2009 version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTjUZlLdmu8
I love this. Thx!