Jay Rigdon

Cover of Nagano Winter Olympics '98 for the N64

Filibustered the actual analysis, way too shouty, ruined the whole thing. And I've been a luge guy since this game

I'll be honest CJ: I'm pretty loose here tonight (it's Mardi Gras season) but that sounds right. "Just a tenth off!" as if that isn't a huge deal

Guy doing luge PBP is a very bad broadcaster. Color analyst is great.

I think they were absolutely going to go into the tax to keep Myles before Tyrese was hurt, to keep the team together. But once this year was clearly not going to be it, they could upgrade, and they did. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Tyrese was 100% amazing for Myles. Myles was absolutely not close to amazing for Tyrese, and we're seeing why the Pacers weren't willing to overpay him by how poorly it's going in Milwaukee. They couldn't even finish games with him on the court in the playoffs. Turner was like the 8th-best player.

Stewart should actually get a bonus for this, and I say that as someone who isn't exactly a fan of the Pistons starting brawls. Bridges deserves to get punched more than almost anyone in sports.

If Eric Gordon hadn't gotten hurt I think he would have had at least one 50-point game, much less a 40. I realize I'm the only person who cares about this.

Siakam is also an unselfish player too, so they even added a second star-level guy who fit the right ways.

It's been interesting watching Indiana tilt the roster to guys who fit around Haliburton in similar ways. Nesmith/Nembhard/Zubac/Furphy/Sheppard types. While being okay with moving Mathurin, letting Turner leave instead of overpaying for him, etc. When you have a team-oriented star you can do that.

it's like showing the toledo zoo during a detroit lions game

It's wild that a Democratic politician is getting treated as edgy for comparing Trump to a Klansman when that's a stance my rural Indiana Reagan-loving uncle had back in 2016 when he became the Republican nominee

Pride myself on an acute sense of when Guy really isn't feeling a particular bite on Triple-D

"I can finally say the R word again!"

It's kind of nice to know that as society decays NBC's stupid approach to Olympic primetime remains unchanged

A float passes in a Mardi Gras parade, Uptown New Orleans

What a vibe

Sun sets over Tchoupitoulas in New Orleans as a parade float heads to the starting line

So @lisamarietea.bsky.social is currently on a Mardi Gras float en route to the start of a parade and sent me this. New Orleans is an amazing city.

@caitlinmaycooper.bsky.social I always felt like Mathurin fits well in the role he had last postseason, but that role was never going to be worth paying him AND it was likely not going to be satisfying to him too. I think it's a very good trade and if they somehow keep a top-4 pick it's EXCELLENT

Oh so I'll basically be chewing glass during the draft lottery great

Had the end of Panthers-Bruins on randomly

Are there any search engines that basically just provide what Google did in like 2012?

Watching my 9th minute of hockey in years and already saying things like "You can't waste a shorthanded breakaway like that, get something on frame"

I've never been a conspiracy theory guy, but you're never gonna convince me that there hasn't been a specific cabal of ultra-rich dullards trying to buy, strangle, and bring to heel all of the most important reality-shaping machines since the uptick in power labor had during COVID

Can't sleep and remembered in 7th grade English the teacher asked for an example of sarcasm and a kid offered "Have a nice TRIP, see you next FALL!" Dead silence. So I said "How about 'That was a good one, Daniel!'"

The whole class laughed and the teacher made me go sit in the hall for 15 minutes.

I've never gotten into it either but @lisamarietea.bsky.social has thoughts I'm sure

Hero's work but yeah you're going to get some Charmed

Chicago also lapping this field in number of Ed Debevic's

Performed one of my strongest bar patron functions just now: got the TVs changed to the most relevant sporting events while giving bartender clear directions as to which specific networks they were looking for

I never think about Lacoste outside of Grand Slam tennis watching

Larry King always delivered when playing himself in movies

Amusing how a lot of people weirdly defended MIN for Darnold leaving by noting they made that call when they drafted JJ McCarthy as if that somehow made it more defensible only for the Vikings to say "No actually this is all fireable"