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What a bad throw. Need to understand time and score much better than that. But that’s for the film. Respond well and it will be okay

[Bobby Cote @BobbyCote1]

Watching football on ice is pretty fun

[Bobby Cote @BobbyCote1]

Supervising this operation

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Tatum struggles to maintain his weight throughout the season. Probably not all his fault but it affects his game quite a bit

[Sara Rose 🇺🇸🌹 @saras76]

Shane Gillis replaying the leader of Isis, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's death, is a classic 🤣

[Bobby Cote @BobbyCote1]

❤️ she’s hot

[Bobby Cote @BobbyCote1]

Fredrick nylander #bucciovertimechalleng

[Korked Bats @korkedbats]

RIP in peace Howie Schwab

Nobody could Stump The Schwab

[Bobby Cote @BobbyCote1]

@CoryGreenleaf Bill looks like he’s ready to call the defense 💙

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@yaboyevanb ?

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@27MilanLucic @mmcguirk10 Milan Lucic is like a shark

[Jon Finkel📚💪 @Jon_Finkel]

Dads and 90s kids, here's a fact:

We had it so good with SportsCenter and we didn't know it.... How could we?

We didn't know what was on the horizon that would try to take it down: first, league passes and TiVo and DirecTV... then the Internet and social media and YouTube...

During that brief, bright spot in sports media in the 1990s, SportsCenter was the only way to get the day's highlights...

We had black and white photos and box scores and features in the newspaper...

We had brilliant writing and reporting and pictures in Sports Illustrated and Sporting News and ESPN: The Magazine...

But for the day's highlights...

To watch Ken Griffey Jr. make a diving catch or Jordan hit a game winner or Barry Sanders twirl through a defensive line...

If you didn't catch it live, the only way to see it was on SportsCenter (maybe your local news sports show - maybe)...

And into this void stepped Dan Patrick and Keith Olbermann and Stuart Scott and Rich Eisen and Craig Kilborn and Linda Cohn and Robin Roberts and crew...

And all the catch phrases every kid in high school and college would repeat: "cool as the other side of the pillow"... Jumanji... En Fuego....

We'd watch SportsCenter at night then again in the morning.

It was a monolith. You'd show up at school and you'd have the same frame of reference for the highlights you saw. It was a shared experience.

It was awesome. And even though the show still exists and works, it's not a cultural touchstone anymore... it can't be... not with every highlight available from 1,000 sources across social media instantly...

And there are bright spots to be sure... My man and Top 10 Randy (@RandyScottESPN) is terrific. So are plenty of others.

But classic SC, man. It was a shared experience. By everyone.

These kids don't know... Sitting there, retweeting highlights, sharing reels, scrolling their feeds... Doing the work to find what they like with no commentary or context.

Times change. I get it. And we always glorify what we grew up on. Maybe that's all this is.

Still, I miss Stu Scott. He ruled.

If you agree, share this and follow me @Jon_Finkel.

Boo-Yah!

[Bobby Cote @BobbyCote1]

@spittinchiclets Grilling 101

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@yaboyevanb

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Shark Attack Bathroom Toilet Paper Holder for $23.24, retail $42!

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.@nba

https://t.co/aPT45fNCkd

[Coach LeBlanc @Biddbaseball]

Gino Mariello pitched a 3 hit shutout. Good win!

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@Spieth_Tracker Good

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@Jimmy_Strohm20 @Tyler_Scott3 Close second to the ‘19 Virginia team

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I haven’t seen a team this dominant in the tournament since nova a handful of years back. No chance for a comeback this game is over #kod @Tyler_Scott3 @Jimmy_Strohm20

[Bobby Cote @BobbyCote1]

@PardonMyTake 2. I haven’t played since I was 10