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  • Maine Sues To Allow Sasquatch To Continue Competing In Women's Sports

    04/17/2025 10:20:31 AM PDT · by bitt · 16 replies
    AUGUSTA, ME — The state of Maine has recently continued its struggle for equity by suing the federal government to allow Sasquatch to continue competing in women's sports. According to Governor Janet Mills, Maine will "always be a safe place" for Sasquatch to play women's volleyball or any other women's sport his enormous mammalian heart desires. "Deep inside Sasquatch's hulking muscles and furry coat is a little girl who just wants to play," said Mills. "We in Maine will never kowtow to the federal government's argument that 'sometimes Sasquatch rips girls' limbs off, creating an unsafe environment.' Sasquatch has not...
  • He's Baaack! Bob Baffert Could Make Triumphant Return to the Kentucky Derby

    04/17/2025 7:09:36 AM PDT · by hardspunned · 14 replies
    KSR ^ | 4/17/25 | Nick Roush
    “Who’s the bad guy now?” “I’m the one who knock-knocks.” “Either die a hero, or live long enough to become the villain.” Bob Baffert may be practicing some of those lines ahead of his return to Churchill Downs. The Hall of Fame trainer from the West Coast has a chance to do something that would make Hollywood producers blush. America loves to tear down public figures, then build them back up. This spring, Bob Baffert is preparing for the ultimate comeback story.
  • Wild golf brawl erupts over slow play, ends with shirtless man getting pummeled

    04/17/2025 7:05:36 AM PDT · by BenLurkin · 49 replies
    At the beginning of the video, those involved exchanged words and little shoves when a man in a white shirt shouted: “It’s Monday night f–king golf, you in a rush? Where you gotta be?” to another man in a blue shirt before nearly pushing him to the ground. he two men began exchanging blows, with the man in the white shirt eventually having his top taken off and being punched to the ground. Global News reported that man might have suffered a broken jaw. What appeared to be outside parties began trying to break up the fight as the two...
  • DC, Commanders close to $3B deal for new stadium at RFK site

    04/16/2025 3:45:48 PM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 27 replies
    NBC4 WASHINGTON ^ | April 17, 2025 | Mark Segraves
    D.C. is close to a deal worth more than $3 billion to bring the Washington Commanders back to the District and build a new stadium at the RFK Stadium site. The deal isn’t final as negotiations are ongoing, so the number could change, but multiple sources familiar with the deal told News4 that Mayor Muriel Bowser and the Commanders have the framework for a deal in place that would see the team paying the vast majority of the costs to build a new stadium and much of the money provided by the city going for infrastructure that will support the...
  • 105-year-old Pearl Harbor survivor throws out 1st pitch at AmFam Field

    04/16/2025 12:02:01 PM PDT · by DFG · 10 replies
    mlb.com ^ | 04/16/2025 | Adam McCalvy
    MILWAUKEE -- Ed Miklavcic said the secrets to his longevity are simple: He took care of himself and worked hard. It showed on Wednesday at American Family Field, where the 105-year-old Miklavcic, a World War II veteran and the second-oldest living survivor of the attack on Pearl Harbor, threw a ceremonial first pitch for the ages prior to the Tigers-Brewers game. Brewers outfielder Sal Frelick and manager Pat Murphy were among those who visited with Miklavcic before his pitch. He is one of 15 veterans of Pearl Harbor alive today after this week’s passing of 106-year-old Vaughn P. Drake Jr....
  • 464-pound NFL draft prospect Desmond Watson knows he must ‘change my life’ to have chance at football future

    04/16/2025 10:38:10 AM PDT · by Olog-hai · 54 replies
    New York Post ^ | April 15, 2025, 5:12 p.m. ET | Dylan Svoboda
    At 6-foot-6 and 464 pounds, there’s only one thing standing in the way of Desmond Watson’s NFL dreams. His weight. The Florida defensive tackle might become the heaviest player ever selected in next week’s draft, but he’s doing everything in his power to make sure that’s not the case. “Stopping while driving,” Watson said when asked by Fox Sports about what he’s doing to lose weight. “My biggest thing is keep going, get to where I need to get. There are stores and a lot of temptations. That’s helped me immensely: Don’t go inside the gas station. Pay at the...
  • NEW Corvette C9 Concept Car

    04/15/2025 12:10:55 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 90 replies
    YouTube ^ | April 15, 2025 | Planet Car News
    881 views Apr 7, 2025 #Corvette #CorvetteC9 General Motors has expanded its global design studio footprint with the official opening of a new advanced design studio in Royal Leamington Spa, about 20 miles from Birmingham. In connection with the opening, GM revealed an advanced design study Chevrolet Corvette concept car developed by the UK team as part of a global design project involving multiple studios that will see additional Corvette concepts revealed throughout 2025. Concept technical specifications and assumptions: Body structure: Additive manufacturing body structure For low mass, manufacturing efficiency, part count reduction and driving agility Halo roof structure with...
  • Sedona Prince Not Picked in WNBA Draft With Sexual Assault Claims Hanging Over Her

    04/15/2025 10:05:22 AM PDT · by nickcarraway · 31 replies
    New York Post ^ | April 15, 2025 | Madeline Kenney
    Skilled 6-foot-7 center Sedona Prince didn’t hear her name called at Monday’s WNBA draft. Prince was projected to go as high as late first round, but a series of concerning allegations made her one of the toughest WNBA prospects to evaluate. Multiple women have accused Prince of sexual assault or abuse in recent months. She also faced backlash from fans, with more than 200,000 people signing a Change.org petition to have her removed from the TCU women’s basketball team. “Sedona has not been charged with a crime or found guilty of any wrongdoing,” Prince’s lawyer, A. Boone Almanza, told ESPN...
  • Watch this legend end a delay of game caused by bees in the most American way possible 🇺🇸

    04/14/2025 8:14:31 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 49 replies
    Not The Bee ^ | April 14, 2025 | Staff
    So there was a delay in the Rice v. South Florida baseball game yesterday due to this beehive in the visitor dugout. But never fear, this random hillbilly came in to save the day, and he did it with his bare hands. VIDEO: This guy just bare handed a beehive to end the bee delay in the South Florida-Rice game pic.twitter.com/pisDOiWUkA— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) April 13, 2025No protective gear, no gloves, no nothing - and not even a flinch from that man! Grabbed the hive, tossed it in a container, and he's gone. Bro's just adding to that 2025 honey...
  • Playoffs at the Masters

    04/13/2025 3:59:09 PM PDT · by cowboyusa · 50 replies
    Rory is on the cusp of an EPIC choke.
  • Caitlin Clark doubles down on controversial WNBA 'white privilege' stance... despite past backlash

    04/10/2025 8:07:17 PM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 56 replies
    The Daily Mail ^ | 10 Apr 2025 | ISABEL BALDWIN
    Caitlin Clark has maintained that she benefits from 'white privilege' amid her WNBA success, despite previously suffering severe backlash to her previous comments on the issue. The Indiana Fever star first addressed the topic of race in the WNBA in December when she was named TIME Magazine's Athlete of the Year, acknowledging the 'white privilege' that fell her way as she entered the league and drove up the interest levels. The 23-year-old faced criticism over her comments at the time but that hasn't deterred her as she doubled down on the stance in her episode on David Letterman's Netflix show,...
  • INDYCAR GRAND PRIX OF LONG BEACH by ACURA. April 11 - 13, 2025 [This is a Test Thread to see who's interested in the INDYCAR Series this Season]

    04/10/2025 6:33:54 PM PDT · by mabarker1 · 63 replies
    INDYCAR RACING SERIES ^ | 04/10/2025 | Self/INDYCAR
    Ok Race Fans, I'm going to see if there's enough FReepers interested in The INDYCAR Series for 2025 to do this for the Season. If there's enough then I'll start an INDYCAR PING LIST and have Threads for the rest of the Season. This is the 3rd Race of the Season and next month Race 4 is The Children's of Alabama Indy Grand Prix at Barber Motorsports Park near Birmingham, AL followed by The Indianapolis Motor Speedway hosting Race 5 the SONSIO GRAND PRIX on the Road Course and Race 6, the 109th Running of The Indianapolis 500 on the...
  • 2025 FORMULA 1 GULF AIR BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX Live Thread

    04/10/2025 5:02:11 PM PDT · by Chode · 34 replies
    4/10/2025 | chode
    Bahrain International Circuit First Grand Prix2004 Number of Laps57 Circuit Length5.412 kmRace Distance308.238 kmLap Record1:31.447Pedro de la Rosa (2005) Track
  • Ray Shero, Stanley Cup-winning GM, dead at 62

    04/10/2025 1:44:01 PM PDT · by airborne · 9 replies
    NY Post ^ | April 9, 2025 | Andrew Crane
    Ray Shero, a longtime NHL executive who constructed the Penguins’ Stanley Cup-winning roster in 2009 and assembled the Devils’ current star-filled core, died Wednesday, the league announced. He was 62 years old. No cause of death was announced.
  • McIlroy's daughter steals show at 'cool and unique' Par 3 Contest

    04/10/2025 12:16:18 PM PDT · by Kid Shelleen · 9 replies
    BBC Sport ^ | 04/09/2025
    Rory McIlroy's four-year-old daughter Poppy holed a 25-foot putt in the Par 3 Contest to steal the show on the eve of the Masters at Augusta National. But while Rory, Shane Lowry and the patrons around the ninth green celebrated the putt as though she'd won the Green Jacket, Poppy was less enamoured and just wanted a comforting hug from dad.
  • Duke star Khaman Maluach could be deported under new Trump policy — after losing Final Four heartbreaker

    04/09/2025 5:14:48 PM PDT · by Libloather · 13 replies
    NY Post ^ | 4/06/25 | Isabel Keane
    A Duke star hoops player may face deportation because of a State Department ruling on South Sudanese visa holders — put into place right before the team lost its Final Four heartbreaking game against Houston. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on social media Saturday that he is “taking actions to revoke all visas held by South Sudanese passport holders,” which would include Duke University’s starting freshman center, Khaman Maluach. Maluach, who was born in South Sudan, concluded his freshman season with the Blue Devils’ stunning loss to Houston on Saturday night. Rubio claimed the restriction was “due to the...
  • Female Fencer Wins Big Award after Refusing to Fence Trans Opponent

    04/09/2025 8:04:12 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 48 replies
    American Tribune ^ | April 09, 2025 | Will Tanner
    Female fencing star Stephanie Turner declined to face a transgender opponent in a late-March tournament, leading to her disqualification from the tournament and an explosion of a debate about women’s sports online. But while she lost the tournament because she declined to compete, it wasn’t all a loss for Turner: she also won a big award and reward from a pro-women’s sports clothing brand. The match at which the original incident occurred was the USA Fencing tournament on March 30, 2025, during which Turner was slated to compete against transgender competitor Redmond Sullivan. Turner took a knee and refused to...
  • Woke marketing exec responsible for Bud Light's downfall now works at LIV Golf. No, I’m not joking.

    04/09/2025 5:20:11 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 32 replies
    Not The Bee ^ | April 09, 2025 | Staff
    Remember Alissa Heinerscheid? Bud Light marketing VP behind Dylan Mulvaney partnership takes leave of absence, will be replaced by Budweiser exec Anheuser-Busch's Dylan Mulvaney disaster is not going away. NOTTHEBEE.COM https://notthebee.com/article/bud-light-marketing-vp-behind-dylan-mulvaney-partnership-takes-leave-of-absence Whatever happened to Ms. Heinerscheid after the Bud Light fiasco, you may ask? Now we know. Beyond Parody: LIV Golf — the league trying to make pro-golf tournaments more like massive frat parties — has hired the lady that almost killed @BudLight, who infamously said she hated Bud Light's "fratty" image.Good luck with that,@LIVgolf_league! https://t.co/4XNo7Vmz40 pic.twitter.com/WBp3KJ2Tci— Will Hild (@WillHild) April 8, 2025Yes, the woman who almost singlehandedly destroyed the...
  • World Longtime MLB Relief Pitcher Octavio Dotel Killed in Dominican Nightclub Collapse

    04/08/2025 3:25:28 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 3 replies
    NBC News ^ | April 8, 2025 | Nicole Acevedo and David K. Li
    The nation’s sports minister Kelvin Cruz confirmed that the 51-year-old Dotel, who pitched for 13 teams, died.Longtime MLB relief pitcher Octavio Dotel was among the dozens of people killed in the Dominican Republic when a nightclub roof collapsed in Santo Domingo, officials said Tuesday. The nation’s sports minister Kelvin Cruz confirmed the 51-year-old Dotel, who pitched for 13 teams, was among the victims. "We deeply regret the passing of former Major Leagues and Immortal of Dominican Sport, Octavio Dotel," Cruz said in a statement. "His legacy on and off the field leaves an indelible mark on national baseball history. Peace...
  • USA Fencing's 'insulting' pro-trans policy to be investigated after woman refused to face transgender rival

    04/08/2025 9:35:58 AM PDT · by Morgana · 13 replies
    Daily Mail UK ^ | April 8, 2025 | Alex Raskin
    Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has launched an investigation into USA Fencing over the disqualification of a female participant who refused to compete against a transgender opponent. The incident went down on March 30 at a USA Fencing-sanctioned regional tournament in Maryland, but Paxton has nonetheless issued a ‘Civil Investigative Demand’ over potential violations to Texas law. As Paxton described in his statement, Stephanie Turner was disqualified by USA Fencing for ‘bravely taking a knee instead of competing against a biological male.’ Turner was set to face Redmond Sullivan, who is reportedly transgender. The investigation will uncover documents related to...