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@SportsCenter

[Eazy @SpeakEZsports_]

POV: You just won a gold medal for your country, came back to work, scored two points, and broke Sergei Fedorov’s record for overtime goals for the storied Detroit Red Wings, who also happen to be your hometown team. What a week for Dylan Larkin.

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@LeBatardShow cold beer

[Dan Dickerson Calls📞 @dannydHRs]

Riley Greene gives the Tigers the lead with a solo home run. Dan Dickerson on the call #RepDetroit

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@StampedeBlue zero

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@mikegolicjr said out loud during the play, “LT! teach tape!”

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@DougJunior5 @JonMetler 🧵

[Kyle Brandt @KyleBrandt]

Pickleball is the air fryer of sports.

And the Denver Broncos are the pickleball of playoff teams. One shot, many takes 🎥

[Zak Keefer @zkeefer]

Takeaways from Chris Ballard's season-ending presser:

— The failure of 2024 has forced him to look in the mirror and admit his approach was wrong. "I've kicked myself for being so daggum stubborn."

— Look for this spring to be different: more aggression in F.A, more outside adds to the roster. In other words, players need to be pushed, need more competition. But, as Ballard said, words mean nothing now. Actions will.

— Sure sounds like they're bringing in competition for Anthony Richardson at QB ahead of a make-or-break year for him.

— Of the accountability/culture issues @PatMcAfeeShow spoke on and @RomeovilleKid and I wrote about at length last week, Ballard admitted the building had slipped in that area: "Today's compromises become tomorrow's standards."

"A good culture has some friction in it ... and we've gotta get there," he said. "Ultimately what I've done is created an atmosphere that wasn’t competitive enough."

[Pat McAfee @PatMcAfeeShow]

This is about the culture in that Colts building.

#PMSLive

[Pat McAfee @PatMcAfeeShow]

I’ve said what I believed to be the truth about the team.. & a bunch of “Colts fans” on the internet were trying to get me booed out of the city..

Current players, who have won nothing during their entire tenures, started using me and my face to try and paint me as the enemy in the city I’ve committed my life to.

And in the end… everything went.. just like I fucking said it would

In the biggest moments everybody with a brain knew they’d crack.. and they did.

A blind person could see the red flags on this team.. Work ethic questions, NEVER happens on good teams.. Preparation commitment questions, NEVER happens on good teams.. Late to meetings, NEVER happens on good teams.. Late to/skipping treatment, NEVER happens on good teams.. The franchise QB tapped out of a game.. on 3rd down.. in the red zone.. because he was tired… NEVER HAPPENED in the history of the NFL.

That’s literally the only thing you need to tell someone (who knows ball) and they could tell you everything about this team…

“Hey the franchise quarterback, who’s a professional athlete getting paid millions of dollars, and the face of a multi billion dollar franchise tapped out of the game because… because… because he was tired in the middle of the season”

“Oh wow.. that team has no chance” would be the immediate response..

And to the surprise of nobody.. that was the response by everybody who’s ever played/coached the game before but.. Colts blogs and fans who have been covering the Colts since 2020 and more recent knew better than everybody… Started personally attacking me and trying to kick me out of town.

When I said Joe Flacco gives us a better chance to win than AR immediately after the tap out.. I would’ve said whatever backup QB we had on the roster. That can’t be what the face of your team is doing.. just can’t be.. and to a bigger aspect of it all, somehow AR thought it was ok to do that. That’s a locker room issue.. that’s a culture issue.. thats an indicator of a loser attitude radiating thru a building that was built by greats.

I have no idea how they fix it.. I don’t think it’s like a light switch. “Alright, we’re gonna become Pros now” but… maybe it is, but what do I know?

Oh wait….. how this was all gonna work out. I knew that.

As a multiple year season ticket holder (not renewing).. and someone who has actively, daily, attempted to be an additive to this beautiful city. I hope they become a good franchise again.. this city deserves it.. the OGs in the Colts building deserve it (equipment managers, trainers, ticketing, PR, sales).. and on the flip side the players/coaches in that building deserve whatever happens to them. Your unwarranted arrogance, laziness, and lack of professionalism has lead you to ANOTHER early vacation… which is probably what most of you entitled bums have been hoping for.

I don’t speak for the city.. and I don’t speak for all ex Colts players because I was only a punter.. nominated for the HOF 3 times now but nonetheless.. I speak from my own perspective.. I’ve never seen a group waste opportunities/talent/money more than this group.

Cheers… #ForTheShoe #LahdHahse

#ForTheBrand #Pittsburghese

[James Boyd @RomeovilleKid]

The #Colts look terrible.

If they go on to lose this game, it's fair to question everything from the top down. Hell, it's fine to question it even if they come back and win.

Why Indianapolis looks completely inept with a playoff berth on the line is an organizational failure.

[San Antonio Spurs @spurs]

A good day for chess ♟️

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

Christopher Nolan’s next film is an adaption of ‘THE ODYSSEY’

• Described as a mythic action epic that follows the tale of Odysseus & his 10-year journey home after the Trojan War

• Starring Tom Holland, Zendaya, Anne Hathaway, Matt Damon, Lupita Nyong’o and Robert Pattinson

[The 33rd Team @The33rdTeamFB]

The Colts -1.37 EPA per Play against the Broncos in the 2nd half is the 2nd worst performance in any half by any team in any game since 2000

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@KevinOConnorNBA well that’s Clint Capela

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[Courtside Buzz @CourtsideBuzzX]

Jaylen Brown says the Boston Celtics would play through Payton Pritchard and Sam Hauser when playing against bottom feeder teams like the Detroit Pistons so they could gain confidence & rhythm ☘️💪

“Don’t mean to disrespect them, but, the Detroit Pistons, who, have struggled over the last year or two: We gonna play through Payton, let him go for 30. Play through Sam, let him shoot 10 threes tonight. We gonna still win the game. That gives those guys confidence, ability to run free & we gonna need that down the line.”

Pritchard averaged 6.4 PPG in 18.7 MPG & Hauser averaged 5.4 PPG in 14.9 MPG for Boston in the playoffs as Brown described as “down the line!” 💪

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“What happened?”

[Brett McMurphy @Brett_McMurphy]

Ryan Day vs. Michigan: 1-4
Ryan Day vs. rest of Big Ten: 44-1

[Capt. Andrew Luck @CaptAndrewLuck]

Dearest mother —
The battleground has called for my glorious return. I’m thrilled to say, I shall heed that call.

I have reenlisted.

While my sidearm is permanently holstered — I shall help train other young men to be great soldiers. Please send care packages of squirrel oil and skunk cakes to our basecamp at Stanford. I love you.
— Andrew

[Andrew Micovich™ @amicovich]

Our coaching staff has been awarded All-Region! Although it appears as an individual award, it’s far from it. The entire program has been working tirelessly to raise the Milford football program from the depths and this is a representation of everyone’s hard work!

#BYOJ #TopGun