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Season 5 begins tonight with the first three episodes...

Herman's Head

peenie's time of the month?

Bert Convy

You went all the way to a grocery store on an island just to tell someone off?

Who knew a train was capable of stabbing someone...

Ugh... West Virginia RB Jahiem White expected to miss remainder of season: Knee injury sidelines Mountaineers star https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/west-virginia-rb-jahiem-white-expected-to-miss-remainder-of-season-knee-injury-sidelines-mountaineers-star/ One of the top playmakers in the Big 12 is expected to miss the remainder of the season due to an injury. West Virginia star running back Jahiem White suffered a knee injury during the Mountaineers' loss to Ohio on Saturday and is expected to be sidelined the rest of the year, sources tell CBS Sports. The junior was a preseason All-Big 12 selection after rushing for combined totals of 1,687 yards and 11 touchdowns the last two seasons, including 845 yards and seven touchdowns last year. White ran for 93 yards and two scores in West Virginia's season-opening win over Robert Morris this season. He also posted 40 yards and a touchdown on six carries against Ohio before suffering the injury on a horse-collar tackle late in the first half. The Mountaineers, who are in their first season under Rich Rodriguez after his return to Morgantown, face rival Pittsburgh on Saturday.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/09/phillies-to-place-trea-turner-alec-bohm-on-injured-list.html 2:58pm: Turner has a Grade 1 hamstring strain, manager Rob Thomson tells the Phillies beat (link via Lochlann March of the Philly Inquirer). The team is hopeful he’ll return by the postseason.

I probably could have received votes for pleading for votes and bumping threads in the US State Survivor threads... Almost finished though...

The fucky ducks

Just for @MDC: Megan is Focking

Fock-It Ralph

Good point...

seafoam

And the boy cries wolf........ Again...

After this round ends on Wednesday, there will be two rounds remaining... We are almost finished, please don't stop voting now...

Just picked up my winnings... With my $7 pay day, I can retire about six minutes earlier...

So now to be out of bounds, you just have to cross over into out of bounds before the clock stops and not actually touch out of bounds? I think the Ravens got hosed on that when I saw the replay...

https://nypost.com/2025/09/06/sports/legendary-mets-manager-davey-johnson-dead-at-82/ Davey Johnson, who made the final out of the 1969 World Series as the Mets won their first world championship and who guided the franchise to its second and most recent World Series title as the team’s manager 17 seasons later, died on Friday, per team historian Jay Horwitz. He was 82. A second baseman with the Baltimore Orioles on that October afternoon, Johnson launched a fly ball just in front of the warning track in left field where a genuflecting Cleon Jones made the catch, setting off a raucous celebration that saw thousands of Mets fans stream onto what would become a ravaged Shea Stadium field. After a successful 13-year major league playing career, Johnson managed the Mets from 1984-90. He also managed the Reds, Orioles, Dodgers and Nationals during a 17-season managerial career, compiling a record of 1,372-1,071. He was twice named manager of the year, winning the honor in the American League with the Baltimore Orioles in 1997 and in 2012 with the National League’s Washington Nationals. Johnson was the manager of the Mets’ Triple-A affiliate in Tidewater, Va. when he was tapped to manage the big-league club in 1984, taking over a team that had won just 68 games the previous season. The 1984 Mets would go on to win 90 games, no doubt helped immeasurably by the arrival of 19-year-old Dwight Gooden, who would win 17 games in his rookie season and the continued blossoming of 22-year-old Darryl Strawberry. It would be the first of five consecutive seasons of 90 or more wins for the Mets under Johnson as he became the only manager in major league history to win 90 or more games in each of his first five seasons. Johnson’s Mets would twice win 100 games or more (1986, 1988). But, with only the division winners qualifying for the playoffs, they would only reach the postseason twice, a track record that led to those teams — which one writer labeled a “traveling frat party” — being viewed as underachievers and the laissez-faire Johnson as an ineffective motivator. “I treated my players like men,” he once said. “As long as they won for me on the field, I didn’t give a flying f–k what they did otherwise.” That philosophy didn’t sit all that well with Mets management, especially veteran general manager Frank Cashen, and after an 87-win season in 1989 followed by a 20-22 start in 1990, Johnson was fired. At the time of his dismissal, Johnson had won more games than any manager in baseball over the previous six years and his teams had never finished lower than second in their division, the NL East. “I felt our ballclub was underachieving,” said Cashen, who replaced Johnson with third-base coach Bud Harrelson. “The time came to head in a new direction.” David Allen Johnson was born Jan. 30, 1943, in Orlando, Fla. His father, Frederick, was a highly decorated World War II tank commander, rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel. His dad left for the war just as Davey was born and spent time in an Italian prisoner of war camp. He later escaped, and lived with the Italian resistance. The son never learned of his father’s wartime exploits until he became an adult. As the child of an Army officer, Johnson lived on Army bases in Germany, Georgia, Texas, and Wyoming. The family eventually settled in San Antonio, Texas, where Johnson attracted the attention of baseball scouts. Johnson went to Texas A&M, where he played shortstop for “the greatest coach in the world, Tom Chandler, a real classic who taught me real respect for the game, and gave me an opportunity to show what I could do.” After two years in College Station, where he also played guard for the Aggies basketball team, Johnson signed with the Orioles. He reached the majors with Baltimore in 1965 as a backup infielder, but was sent back to Triple-A after hitting just .170 in 47 at-bats. Johnson was given the second-base job the following season and the Orioles won the World Series, sweeping the Dodgers. Johnson had the distinction of getting the final hit off Sandy Koufax — a single in Game 3. Koufax retired following that season. With Johnson the Orioles would appear in four World Series, winning in 1966 and ‘70 and losing in ‘69 and ‘71. His best season with the Orioles came in 1970 when he batted .282 with 18 home runs and 72 runs batted in while helping the Orioles to a third straight AL pennant. He was traded to the Atlanta Braves in 1973 and immediately made an impression on his new league. After never hitting more than 18 home runs in a season with the Orioles, Johnson joined the Braves and hit 43 homers. Johnson, Henry Aaron (40) and Darrell Evans (41) became the first trio of teammates to each hit 40 or more homers in a season. “It was the greatest thing that ever happened to me in baseball,” Johnson said of the trade, “and the big reason was joining Aaron. He helped make me a better hitter.” He spent two full seasons with the Braves and, after losing his starting job and appearing in just one game in 1975, abruptly left to play in Japan. After a falling out with his manager there, Johnson resurfaced in the majors with the Phillies in 1977 and was traded to the Cubs that August. He retired following that season. A four-time All-Star and three-time Gold Glove winner during his playing career, Johnson finished with a lifetime batting average of .261. The holder of a mathematics degree from Trinity College in San Antonio, Johnson also had his real estate license and was a licensed pilot and certified scuba instructor. He had become interested in computers while playing for the Orioles and took graduate courses in computer science at Johns Hopkins University. He was among the game’s first managers to rely on computers for information. After leaving the Mets, Johnson managed the Reds, where he clashed with controversial owner Marge Schott, and the Orioles where he warred with owner Peter Angelos. In Baltimore, Johnson navigated the shifting of future Hall of Famer Cal Ripken from shortstop to third base, an idea Ripken initially resisted. He also managed the Dodgers and the Nationals, guiding Washington to the best record in baseball in 2012 (98-64) when they lost to the Cardinals in the NL Division Series. His team won 84 games the following year, missed the playoffs and Johnson announced his retirement at the end of the season. As a manager, Johnson’s .562 winning percentage is 10th all time among managers with at least 1,000 victories. Johnson and Baltimore’s Earl Weaver, his manager for almost all his time with the Orioles, are the only men on that list who began their managerial careers after 1960. Johnson is survived by his wife, Susan. A daughter, Andrea, died in 2005.

https://www.tmz.com/2025/09/07/supertramp-founding-member-rick-davies-dies/ Rick Davies -- a founding member of the band Supertramp -- has died ... according to the group. The singer-songwriter passed away in his Long Island home on Friday after a long battle with cancer, the band announced in a public statement. The group offered its condolences to his widow, Sue Davies. Rick founded Supertramp in 1970 with fellow singer and songwriting partner Roger Hodgson ... and the two teamed up with Dougie Thomson, Bob Siebenberg and John Helliwell to form the original lineup form 1973 to 1983. During this time, the band put out hits like "Give a Little Bit" and "Breakfast in America" -- both of which Davies co-wrote -- as well as "The Logical Song" and "Take the Long Way Home." Hodgson left the group to pursue a solo career after they released their 1982 album "...Famous Last Words..." ... but Davies and the other members kept it going until 1988. They periodically reunited over the next few decades ... and, they planned a 25-date European tour in 2015 -- but had to cancel because of Davies' health issues, including plasma cell cancer. Supertramp was nominated for four Grammys -- including Album of the Year for "Breakfast in America" in 1980. They sold many records in Canada where two of the band's albums went diamond. Rick and Sue were married in 1977 ... and, they remained together until his passing on Friday. Rick was 81. RIP

https://www.tmz.com/2025/09/05/charlie-sheen-sex-with-men/ Charlie Sheen is opening up about his past sexual encounters with other men ... and he says it's "liberating" to tell his story. In an upcoming Netflix documentary about his life, Charlie says he decided to try something new and he started having sex with men after years of banging women. According to People, Charlie explains it like this in the doc ... "I flipped the menu over." The interviewer then asks Charlie how it feels to talk publicly about having sex with men for the first time, and he responds, "Liberating. It's f***ing liberating." Charlie claims he started having sex with men when he was in the throes of drug addiction ... namely, when he was smoking crack. He says his crack use "started it ... That's where it was born, or sparked. And in whatever chunks of time that I was off the pipe, trying to navigate that, trying to come to terms with it -- 'Where did that come from? ... Why did that happen? -- and then just finally being like, 'So what?' So what? Some of it was weird. A lot of it was f***ing fun, and life goes on." Charlie also told Michael Strahan on "Good Morning America" he was a sex addict at the time ... and he kept his trysts with men secret because he was being extorted, and he felt it was easier to pay to keep it quiet in the hopes it eventually went away. After a while, he says he felt like he was being held hostage. At some point during his drug-fueled sex romps, Charlie contracted HIV ... and in 2015 he went public with his diagnosis in an interview on the "Today" show. He says he stopped using drugs in 2015 and has been completely sober for 8 years. Charlie talks sex, drugs and more in the Netflix doc, "aka Charlie Sheen," and his memoir, "The Book of Sheen." The memoir comes out Tuesday and the doc drops Wednesday next week.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/46158235/cal-ripken-baltimore-orioles-streak-iron-man-anniversary

https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/46171948/hall-fame-canadiens-goaltender-ken-dryden-dies-age-78 MONTREAL -- Ken Dryden, the Hall of Fame goaltender who helped the Canadiens win six Stanley Cup titles in the 1970s, died of cancer at age 78. The Canadiens announced his death early Saturday, saying Dryden's family asked for privacy. A team spokesperson said a close friend of Dryden's appointed by the family contacted the organization, adding that he died peacefully Friday at his home. "Ken Dryden was an exceptional athlete, but he was also an exceptional man," Canadiens owner Geoff Molson said. "Behind the mask he was larger than life. We mourn today not only the loss of the cornerstone of one of hockey's greatest dynasties but also a family man, a thoughtful citizen and a gentleman who deeply impacted our lives and communities across generations." Dryden backstopped the NHL's most successful franchise to the championship in six of his eight seasons in the league from 1970-71 to 1978-79. He won the Calder Trophy as rookie of the year, the Vezina as the best goalie five times and the Conn Smythe as playoff MVP in 1971 while being a six-time All-Star. "Ken embodied the best of everything the Montreal Canadiens are about," Molson said. Known for resting his blocker and glove hands on top of his stick in a relaxed manner that became one of hockey's most recognizable poses, the 6-foot-4 Dryden retired at age 31 in 1979. "From the moment Ken Dryden joined the Montreal Canadiens as a 23-year-old rookie in 1971, he made an immediate and lasting impact on the NHL, the Canadiens franchise and the goaltending position," NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said. "Ken's love for his country was evident both on and off the ice." Inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1983, Dryden amassed a record of 258-57-74 with a .922 save percentage, 2.24 goals-against average and 46 shutouts in just over seven seasons. He went 80-32 in the playoffs. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney posted on social media that he was "deeply saddened to learn of the passing of the Hon. Ken Dryden, a Canadian hockey legend and hall of famer, public servant and inspiration." "Few Canadians have given more, or stood taller, for our country," Carney said. "Ken Dryden was Big Canada. And he was Best Canada. Rest in peace." From Hamilton, Ontario, Dryden played three seasons at Cornell from 1966 to 1969, leading the Big Red to the 1967 NCAA title and finishing with a career record of 76-4-1. Dryden entered the NHL in 1971 and spent just six games in the crease before making his NHL postseason debut. He and Montreal upset rival Boston in the first round and beat Chicago in the final. He also was a cornerstone of Canada's 1972 Summit Series team that defeated the Soviet Union, starting in goal in the decisive 6-5 victory in Game 8. "I feel the history of that tournament, the legacy of that team just as strongly as all Canadian fans do," Dryden told The Canadian Press in 2022. "It never goes away. It's kind of like a good wine, I guess. Actually, the legacy of it grows." Dryden worked at a Toronto firm while sitting out the 1973-74 NHL season -- after previously earning a law degree at Montreal's McGill University. After retiring as a player, he went into broadcasting and wrote "The Game," one of the best-known books about hockey, after publishing "Face-off at the Summit" as part of an accomplished career as an author. He was the color analyst alongside Al Michaels for the "Miracle on Ice" when the U.S. beat the Soviet Union and went on to win the gold medal at the 1980 Winter Olympics. Dryden served as president of the Toronto Maple Leafs from 1997 through 2004 -- a stretch accented by trips to the Eastern Conference finals in 1999 and 2002 -- before resigning to enter politics. He ran for the federal Liberals in 2004 and was named minister of social development in Prime Minister Paul Martin's cabinet. Dryden, who also taught at various universities across Canada, held on to his seat in Toronto's York Centre riding in 2006 when the Liberals were ousted, and again in 2008, but lost in 2011. Dryden is survived by wife Lynda and their two children. His brother Dave Dryden was a longtime NHL and WHA goalie. He died in 2022 at age 81.

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