Matt Dente

[Chris Mason @cmace30]

Debate topic:

If the playoffs were to start today, the 2nd & 3rd best teams in the NHL would play in the first round.

By the end of the second round two of the top three teams in the entire NHL will be eliminated from the playoffs!

Dallas and/or Minnesota are better off dropping down to the first wild card spot than finishing higher in the standings.

How is this good for the league? It punishes excellence, kills potential blockbuster matchups in later rounds, and undermines the entire 82-game (soon 84-game) regular season grind. Teams battle all year to earn the highest possible seed and the advantages that come with it, only for the format to throw that merit out the window.

Division rivalries, less travel, it changes every year. Yes, those factors exist. But they don’t justify a system where the best teams knock each other out early while lesser seeds move on.

The fair, logical fix: Go back to true conference seeding 1 vs 8, 2 vs 7, 3 vs 6, 4 vs 5. Reward the regular season. Protect the top teams. Deliver better, more meaningful hockey throughout the playoffs.

It’s mind blowing to me that more GM’s aren’t more vocal for this change.

Thoughts???

I’ll hang up and listen ✌️

[49ers & NFL News 24/7 @49ersSportsTalk]

🚨 NEW STUDY from UTEP (published in Financial Review): It’s not just in your head.

From 2015–2023, data shows the #Chiefs have statistically benefited from slanted officiating, especially in the playoffs. 👀

Researchers found penalties vs Chiefs opponents were:
•More likely to be subjective (RTP, PI)
•Covered more yardage
•Led to more 1st downs

It’s literally proven science now. 🧠📊
#NFL | #ChiefsKingdom

[Kurt Warner @kurt13warner]

All I’ll say is this is incredible & maybe part of why he became the GOAT (I’m sure he would have been great without also)!! I never got any of this stuff in all my years playing… never had a defensive coach sit down with me on coverages, never talked to a personnel guy about tendencies, had a number of OCs/QB coaches that had never played position to know the nuances of it, etc… there is no doubt in my mind this approach is uncommon, but teams should consider how valuable it could be for their QBs!

[This Day In Sports Clips @TDISportsClips]

June 23, 2010: On the brink of World Cup elimination, @LandonDonovan scores the game winner in stoppage time against Algeria 🇩🇿 to send USA 🇺🇸 to the knockout round.

[BucciOT.Com @Buccigross]

Holy Cross and Bentley will meet in the AHA Championship game next Saturday after the Crusaders and Falcons won their respective semifinal series 2-0. Winner goes
To NCAA Tournament. Bentley has never made NCAA Tournament. Holy Cross twice.

[Danny Deraney @DannyDeraney]

For the last 4 years, I share this video.

French caretakers take sand from Omaha Beach in Normandy and scrub them into the letters to give them the gold coloring.

They do this for all 9,386 soldiers who died.

France also gave us this land as American soil. #memorialday #dday

[Reading Boys Lacrosse @RMHSLacrosse]

Reading Rockets, family and friends...we are getting ready to meet with the School Committee to propose the renaming of Turf 2 to Charlie Hardy Field. Coach Hardy spent 22 years on this field and it is time to put his name on it!

[Tone Digs @ToneDigz]

Crazy how similar these records are.

John Harbaugh: 160-99. Playoff 11-9. 1 SB
Mike Tomlin: 173-100-2. Playoff 8-10. 1 SB
Mike McCarthy: 167-102-2. Playoff 11-11 1 SB
Sean Payton: 160-98. Playoff 9-8. 1 SB

[Ben Fawkes @BFawkes22]

Las Vegas Raiders QB Aidan O'Connell did not complete a pass in 3 entire quarters and the Raiders beat the Chiefs 20-14.

1Q: 62 passing yards
2Q: 0
3Q: 0
4Q: 0

Never seen that before

[Jared Carrabis @Jared_Carrabis]

This is cinema.

[This Day In Sports Clips @TDISportsClips]

October 12, 1997: NLCD Game 5. Taking advantage of umpire Eric Gregg’s generous strike zone, Livan Hernandez throws a 15 strikeout complete game to lift the Marlins over the Braves 2-1.

[Brian Tobin @tobintiger]

With @RMHSLacrosse 'Ship win Sunday Coach Hardy has amassed a record of 403 Wins & only 103 losses. That's winning 80% of your games. This to go along with 148 points as a player in only 2 seasons a @UMassMLacrosse. First ballot HOF! @RocketsRMHS @RMHSHallofFame @LacrosseRockets

[Rose @UnknownModeX]

June 13, 2011

Bruins defeat the Canucks (5-2) in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Finals at the Boston Garden to tie the series at 3 games.

Brad Marchand

Had the 1st goal and also decided to use Daniel Sedin’s face as a speed bag

Why, you ask? Just because

[Rose @UnknownModeX]

June 12, 2010

Daniel Nava makes his MLB debut

1st pitch he ever sees

Grand Slam

A record that can never be broken, only tied

[Rose @UnknownModeX]

June 9, 1978

Larry Bird is selected with the 6th pick in the 1st Rd by the Boston Celtics

Hall of Fame
3x NBA Champ
3x MVP
2x Finals MVP
10x All NBA
12x All-Star

[Warren Sharp @SharpFootball]

it's not just WHO you play

the NFL doesn't control that

it's WHEN you play them

the NFL has 100% control of that

they set their schedule

unfortunately, I found the 2023 schedule is less fair & equitable at a historic level in many areas

a deep dive into the worst issues 🧵

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

In 2009 while attending Davidson College, Steph Curry made a rap song about an all you can eat campus restaurant