OT: Non-Hockey Sports Thread IX - Let's Go Bowling! (Two-Minute Tommy Edition)

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HotDish

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I didn’t even know we got the twinkies from Washington
What’s even crazier is that originally the New York giants were going to move to Minnesota. This was during the craze of all the east coast teams moving to the west to get that new market money. The NY giants Top farm team was the Minneapolis millers which gave the giants first dibs to move to Minnesota.

however, the dodgers owner and Sf mayor called up the giants owner and convinced him to move to California since the MLB wasnt going to allow the dodgers to move to Cali unless another MLB team did too.
 

MuckOG

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Timberwolves won the lottery!

And of course it just so happens that the year the Wolves win the lottery there isn't a consensus top prospect to pick....like an Anthony Davis or Zion Williamson.

I wonder if there is a deal that can be worked out that would involve the Wolves sending their 1st overall to the Knicks and the Rangers sending their 1st overall to the Wild?
 

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Who would've thunk a year ago that Dobnak would be worth more than Dubnyk?
 
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Ngakoue had made it clear to Jacksonville that he wouldn’t be playing for them this season, and as a result, the Jaguars no longer required a first-round pick in return for the defensive end. Talks moved quickly between the two sides. By Saturday morning, they had the framework of a potential deal. For Jacksonville, it would yield more draft picks as their rebuild marches on. And for Minnesota, it would pair Ngakoue with Danielle Hunter and give Zimmer another fearsome pass-rushing combo.
As the trade talks continued, Vikings brass viewed it as relatively low-risk once a first-round pick was off the table. In the worst-case scenario, Ngakoue decides not to re-sign with the Vikings in the offseason. But given his planned production and next contract, the Vikings would likely still receive a third-round compensatory pick in that event. So while they’re giving up a second-round and conditional fifth, they’ll likely either sign Ngakoue to a long-term deal (something they’d view as a win) or get a third-round pick when he leaves, mitigating what the Vikings gave the Jaguars.
The Vikings entered Sunday with around $12 million in cap space, not enough to add Ngakoue on his $17 million franchise tag. So they asked Ngakoue to take a pay cut and the 25-year-old agreed, partly because he was going to lose money during the holdout and partly to finally leave Jacksonville and begin with a franchise he believes is a contender.
That was the last significant hurdle in the trade. The Vikings will likely still need to restructure the contract of a current player (perhaps Riley Reiff), but getting Ngakoue to agree to a pay cut was the big step. The teams finalized what the conditions would be on the fifth-round pick (it turns into a fourth-rounder if Ngakoue is a first-ballot Pro Bowler and a third if he’s a first-ballot Pro Bowler and the Vikings win the Super Bowl).
 
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Why can't they let a few in with lots of space in between them , like notre dame did yesterday
Because the state regulations won't allow more than 250, the Stadium loses more money opening for such a small crowd than they do just staying closed.
 

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Vikings are getting killed by Rodgers. He can do whatever he wants out there. I hope the vikings tank for Trevor Lawrence
We have the worst set of corners in the NFL.

We overpaid Barr last year and thus couldn't afford to keep Waynes, now we're paying the price.
 

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The Vikes are looking like a 5-11 team so far. Cousins is terrible.
I don't see anything close to 5 wins.
Re-signing him was brilliant. :laugh:
As was letting Waynes walk, overpaying Barr last season, re-signing Cook, letting Diggs walk, not fixing the offensive line...

I used to defend Spielman, as the team we had, he did build, but his ineptitude on where to allocate money on that good team... who to keep and who he thought wr could afford to let go... that's all on him.
 

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They play the Giants, have a divisional win or two in them. Panthers shouldn't be good.

I got them to 3 or 4 wins now. :laugh:
 
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