Daryl Reaugh

Never confuse education with intelligence...and never eat yellow snow.

[Daryl Reaugh @Razor5Hole]

The epitome of the “Builder” category
👊 👔

[Hockey Hall of Fame @HockeyHallFame]

Welcome to the Hockey Hall of Fame, Brian Burke.

#HHOF2026 #HHOF

[30 for 30 @30for30]

One of the craziest days in sports history 😮

30 for 30: ‘June 17, 1994’ 🎥

[Daryl Reaugh @Razor5Hole]

Rod Brind’Amour has his Canes play a relentless, nads to the wall, man-on-man style from October on.

The message and ask never seems to stale

It’s demanding but it’s also their DNA

It’s supposed to be hard
#respect

[Orla Joelsen @OJoelsen]

Wow! 🇨🇦 Just wow! ✨🇨🇦

[Daryl Reaugh @Razor5Hole]

What a backstory! 🤯

[Farm Girl Carrie 👩‍🌾 @FarmGirlCarrie]

On the day John Ratzenberger walked into an audition room in 1982, he had a plane to catch.

He had been living in London for nearly a decade — acting, writing, performing improv comedy across Europe with a two-man theatre group that had played to standing-room-only audiences for 634 consecutive shows.

He had appeared in small roles in some of the biggest films of the era: *Star Wars:
The Empire Strikes Back*, *Superman*, *Gandhi*, *A Bridge Too Far*

He was a working actor, but
nobody's idea of a household name. That day, he was in Los Angeles on a writing assignment, and his ticket back to London was already booked.
He had one audition before he left.
A new sitcom about a bar in Boston.

Both Ratzenberger and another actor, George Wendt, were reading for the same role — a minor patron named George who had a single line: "Beer!" It was barely a part at all.

But Ratzenberger wanted the work, so he went in, and the moment director Jimmy Burrows told him he was there to audition, not have a conversation, he felt the energy in the room go cold.

By his own account, all the blood rushed out of his body. He delivered a forgettable read. The casting director thanked him on the way out — the polite, final kind of thank you that everyone in show business learns to recognize.

He was almost through the door when something stopped him. Not calculation. Not strategy. Just the instinct of a man who had spent a decade doing improv and knew that the moment before you leave a room is sometimes the best moment you'll ever have.
He turned around.

"Do you have a bar know-it-all?"
The producers didn't know what he was talking about. So he told them. Every bar in New England, he explained, has one — some guy who acts like he has the knowledge of all mankind stored between his ears and is not even slightly shy about sharing it.

He had grown up around exactly this type: a man named Sarge at his father's regular bar, who could answer any question with absolute confidence whether he actually knew the answer or not. The room would ask Sarge the length of a whale's intestine and Sarge would shoot back: "Baleen or blue?" And somehow, everyone deferred to him anyway.

Ratzenberger launched into an improvisation right there — the Boston accent, the lean against an imaginary bar, the slightly too-long explanations of facts nobody had asked for. The producers watched. Then they laughed. Then they asked him to do more.

George Wendt got the role of the bar regular, renamed Norm Peterson. And the producers, convinced by five minutes of improv from a man on his way out the door, wrote an entirely new character into the show.

His name was Clifford Clavin. United States Postal Service.
Cheers debuted on NBC on September 30, 1982, to nearly catastrophic ratings — finishing 77th out of 100 shows that week.

The network came close to canceling it in the first season. But the show found its audience, and then it found a much bigger one, and then it became one of the most beloved television series ever made. It ran for 11 seasons.

Ratzenberger appeared in 273 of 275 episodes.
Cliff became the man at the end of the bar with the white socks and the questionable facts and the magnificent certainty — the guy everyone tolerated and secretly enjoyed, the kind of person every room has and everyone pretends to find annoying and would immediately miss if he disappeared.

Ratzenberger was nominated for Emmy Awards in 1985 and 1986. By the time the show ended in 1993, Cliff Clavin was embedded in American culture as one of the great comic characters in the history of the medium. Cheers! 🍻

[Daryl Reaugh @Razor5Hole]

Lead decaying, deficit erasing hockey is the best hockey
So glad ‘first goal wins’ is dormant
#stanleycup

[Daryl Reaugh @Razor5Hole]

Important👇
(People routinely butcher this)

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

https://t.co/fPXFiygXs2

[Daryl Reaugh @Razor5Hole]

Been an abundance of sensational @DallasStars games and moments, but tough to top that night at ole Reunion

[Dallas Stars History @dalstarshistory]

On this day in 1999 (6/4/1999), Mike Keane scores twice to propel the Dallas Stars past the Colorado Avalanche 4-1 in Game 7 of the Western Conference Finals. Jere Lehtinen also scored, and Ed Belfour stopped 18 of 19 shots.

#TexasHockey

[Daryl Reaugh @Razor5Hole]

Pretty full throttle.
Nice having really good teams, with full complement rosters, and rested
#pissandvinegar
#stanleycup

[Daryl Reaugh @Razor5Hole]

This kid is fantastic!
👏👏👏👊

[O’Shea Jackson Jr @OsheaJacksonJr]

I saw it. Now you have to see it. His name is Samuel. And he…is a king.

[Daryl Reaugh @Razor5Hole]

Congrats to our boy, 26, the Suomi Arkkitehti, Jere Lehtinen

[TSN @TSN_Sports]

Aleksander Barkov lifts the #MensWorlds Championship Trophy! 🏆

[Daryl Reaugh @Razor5Hole]

Only nine teams, but could muster-up just the eight nicknames…🤷🏻…😐
🇨🇦!
#ourscore
#roughriders14roughriders6

[Super 70s Sports @Super70sSports]

I was always down for some Rough Riders versus Roughriders action.

[Daryl Reaugh @Razor5Hole]

Difficult to process this.
Sad and shocking news.
“Pepe” leaves an indelibly memorable legacy in the game…
Sympathies to those closest to him

[NHL Alumni @NHLAlumni]

The NHL Alumni Association is devastated to share that Claude Lemieux has passed away at the age of 60.

Born in Buckingham, Quebec, Claude was selected by the Montreal Canadiens in the second round of the 1983 NHL Entry Draft and would make his NHL debut just a few months later on October 13, 1983 and scored his first career NHL goal on December 4, 1983.

Claude split time between the Canadiens organization and the QMJHL from 1983 to 1985, capturing the President’s Cup with the Verdun Junior Canadiens in 1985 as QMJHL playoff champions, while earning the Guy Lafleur Trophy as Playoff MVP.

The very next season, Claude recorded 10 goals and 16 points in 20 playoff games as he and the Montreal Canadiens won the Stanley Cup. Claude remained with the Canadiens for an additional four seasons before joining the New Jersey Devils ahead of the 1990-91 season.

In 1994-95, his fifth and final season with New Jersey, Claude led the Devils to their first Stanley Cup championship, registering 13 goals in 20 playoff games, taking home the Conn Smythe Trophy as Playoff MVP. As a member of the Colorado Avalanche in 1995-96, Claude was once again an integral part of team history as the Avalanche hoisted Lord Stanley’s Cup for the very first time in 1996.

Claude played 297 regular-season games in an Avalanche uniform before rejoining the New Jersey Devils in November of 1999, and for a fourth and final time, would be crowned a Stanley Cup champion on June 10, 2000. Claude later played for the Phoenix Coyotes and Dallas Stars before making a comeback with the San Jose Sharks during the 2008-09 season.

Internationally, Claude represented Canada on several occasions, including capturing a gold medal at the 1985 World Junior Hockey Championships and winning the 1987 Canada Cup.

He was loved by his wife and four children, and on behalf of the Lemieux family, we kindly ask that everyone respect their privacy during this difficult time.

Memorial service details to follow.

[Daryl Reaugh @Razor5Hole]

Last night watched start of NBC NBA and ESPN NHL

NBC: 7 minutes
- never went to break/3talent on floor…player intros…hit from each sideline…tip

ESPN: 17 minutes!
- tease/introtease/2box of announcers/studio hit/2commercial breaks/anthem/starting goalies/puckdrop

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[Daryl Reaugh @Razor5Hole]

#bruisedpeaches

[Daryl Reaugh @Razor5Hole]

I love you @oldwaver
#ticket80sprom
I know how badly you want to play Strangelove. Do it, you badass!

[dave lane @oldwaver]

not by a radio and want to listen to #ticket80sprom ?

stream on the DFWSportsDay app or right here:

https://t.co/rYgF3JO77Z

[Daryl Reaugh @Razor5Hole]

Trinity Forest and @SCDallasTX brought the currently adversarial @DallasStars and @dallasmavs together in the always delightful Celeb-Am for the Nelson
Never a bad day catching up with @coopmavs
#rockinthecolors
#gostars

[Daryl Reaugh @Razor5Hole]

Well, gotta hand it to @EASPORTSNHL They simtradamus the East!
The West?…a bit clitchy, dog
#itsinthegame

[EA SPORTS NHL @EASPORTSNHL]

The sim has spoken 🔮

Your #NHL26 Playoff Simulation Stanley Cup Champions:
The @CanadiensMTL 🏆

[Corby Davidson @corbydavidson]

The last great golfer to wear TWO black gloves was Tony D'Annunzio from Caddy Shack. If Aaron Rai wins with the double black glove look, he better thank him profusely for the inspiration.

[Daryl Reaugh @Razor5Hole]

In the parlance of our youth, “this slaps”