Kevin E Forte

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[Kevin E Forte @KevinEForte]

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[ESPN @espn]

ANGEL REESE IS THE FASTEST PLAYER TO REACH 1,000 REBOUNDS IN WNBA HISTORY ✨

[Kevin E Forte @KevinEForte]

Don’t care where it comes from, this is the fire these losers need.

[Jomboy Media @JomboyMedia]

Tarik Skubal got in a screaming match with the White Sox dugout after leaving the bases loaded with a strikeout

[Casey @C4SEY85]

Let’s see what @Lions fans are paying attention right now :)

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Free Nike STITCHED Vapor Fuse Jersey (subject to availability). I have a feeling you’ll have good odds for this one.

Do your thing #OnePride

[Kevin E Forte @KevinEForte]

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[DNP Sports @notthefakeDNP]

All these pedos on celebrity row and she ain’t doing shit.

[Yogi @Houseofyogi]

Chicago lost the Bears this week. A team that's been in the city since 1921.

They didn't lose them to a bigger market or a better deal. The Bears decided they'd rather be a tenant in Indiana than deal with Illinois for one more year.

Think about how badly you have to run a place for that to be the smart move.

They lost them for two reasons.

The people running Illinois would rather villainize a builder than keep one. And they're bad at their jobs.

In 2021 the Bears spent $197M on the old Arlington Park racetrack.

Before they could break ground, Cook County valued the empty lot at $192M (Bears said $60M). They were salivating at the chance to extort a building that didn't even exist yet.

That fight dragged on for years.

The Bears were ready to put $2B into the stadium. All they wanted was a promise the county wouldn't reassess them into oblivion, plus $855M for infrastructure everyone uses. Roads, transit, utilities. A $3B project, two thirds of it private money pouring into Illinois.

Springfield had since 2021 to get this done. They dragged it to the final night of session, passed it through the Senate at 3:39AM, and the House went home without voting.

So now it's all gone.

The funniest part? This started because Cook County tried to grab the tax early. They knew a built stadium would pay $53M a year. Now they get under $4M on a vacant lot. No jobs, no buildout, no new anything.

Congrats on fighting for scraps and losing the whole prize.

Pritzker: they're "an $8.5B valued business" that doesn't need propping up.

But be smart for a second. Almost every NFL city throws in public money for a stadium. Not charity. The return is real. Tourism, hotels, restaurants, jobs, game days, property tax on a huge development. The math works.

Indiana did the math. While Illinois sat on it for years, Indiana passed a bill in months, put up $1B, and took the team.

And the Bears took a worse deal to get there. In Illinois they were going to own their stadium. In Indiana they rent it from the state. A team that wanted to build its own home gave up ownership just to escape Chicago.

Nobody won but Indiana. The Bears lost their stadium. Illinois lost the team, the $2B, and $53M a year in taxes.

Pritzker after they left: "I wasn't willing to give up billions of dollars of taxpayer money to give it to a billionaire-owned family or team."

There it is. "Billionaire-owned."

That's how Democrats talk about any business right before they run it out of town. Call them a billionaire, act like you're saving working families, take a victory lap while the tax base drives across the state line.

Meanwhile they're running the whole state into the ground. And you already know how this ends. You're living in it.

Pensions are $143B in the hole, worst in the country and not close. You pay $6,285 a year in property taxes, double the $2,969 national average, for a city that's $1.15B in the red. The mayor called its finances "the point of no return."

When you run things this badly, you sell what's left.

They leased the parking meters for 75 years to Morgan Stanley and a sovereign wealth fund in Abu Dhabi. Took $1.15B and burned through it in two years. The investors already made it all back, with 58 years left to collect.

Sold the Skyway. Sold the downtown garages. Every asset that made money, gone for one check.

But a fixed property tax rate for a team that's been here 106 years? That's "propping up billionaires."

Companies are leaving. Boeing for Virginia. Caterpillar for Texas. Citadel for Miami. In 2023 alone Illinois lost 56,000 people and $6B in income to other states. The ones who left earned a third more than the ones who moved in.

Indiana didn't outbid anyone. AAA credit, 16 years straight. A $676M surplus. Fourth-lowest debt per person in the country. They just weren't a disaster.

Illinois could have collected $53M a year. It chose zero. Ignore all the bad management but make sure to stick it to those evil, pesky billionaires.

[Bob Wojnowski @bobwojnowski]

Dylan Larkin is not a villain in this situation, asking to be traded. In a way, he's doing the Wings a favor, forcing Yzerman to shake up a stale roster in a 10-year playoff drought. It's Larkin's most forceful act as captain, and it doesn't have to be a disaster for the Wings.

[Kevin E Forte @KevinEForte]

@JimCosta_ Love Larks, but he is also at the root of the problems.

[Lost Internet @LostMemeArchive]

NBA Jam had hidden code that made the Chicago Bulls miss last-second shots against the Detroit Pistons.

The creator was a Pistons fan.

So if the Bulls tried to win at the buzzer against Detroit, the game quietly sabotaged them.

Petty coding at an elite level.

[Darren McCarty @DarrenMcCarty4]

Just heard the news on #ClaudeLemieux
This is extremely sad no matter what feelings from past or present you hold. My thoughts and prayers to his family and friends and people who got to see the person off the ice wasn’t the person on. As I’ve said and will always call it as I see it

“If your on the ICE with Claude Lemieux and your turn your back. YOU Are an IDIOT.
But off the ICE I’ll turn mine”

And please. If you are struggling at all please reach out and talk to someone

Godspeed my friend

[Spencer Raxter @Spenmorax]

The Cleveland Cavalier have shot 40 more free throws than the Pistons in the past two games.

72 for Cleveland, 32 for Detroit.

Ridiculous disparity favoring the jump shooting team. Awful stuff @NBA

[Dez Walker @Dez_Walker]

This is how a Brunson and Harden ECF showdown would look

[Kevin E Forte @KevinEForte]

@Underdog Now let’s do FTs.

[Kevin E Forte @KevinEForte]

Dagger.

[Kevin E Forte @KevinEForte]

@bfidelman Might be the current Red Wings captain last home game.

[Kevin E Forte @KevinEForte]

@lady_valor_07 Empty the clip.

[Kevin E Forte @KevinEForte]

@Sparty_Cade_SZN The key words are: Michigan Natty. Fucking Nerd.

[Stone Cold Steve Yzerman @McCartyDangles]

Sure, then you slap us in the face...

Your season ticket packages fucking suck,

you won't spend top dollar on players

and when everybody BEGGED you to not throw a goddamn ad on the best jersey in sports you ignored them

Fuck you

(This is not aimed at the admin at all)

[Stone Cold Steve Yzerman @McCartyDangles]

Todd Mcllelan on the boos during the salute

"This is hockeytown, they're not even clamoring for a cup...they just want a group to give them something to cheer for. We earned that reaction..."

[Kevin E Forte @KevinEForte]

So many fanbases in shambles about Michigan winning a natty and it warms soul.

[Kevin E Forte @KevinEForte]

@timelesssports_ @nateburleson @JalenRose thinks he’s sneaky