Yeah I got no idea what happened with Reem and JDS. They were big fan favourites. Dana has been bragging about UFC profits during the lockdown, whereas other sports have suffered, so it seems bizarre that he’s laying people off. I think he tends to divide his eggs between a few baskets and so when Khabib retires and big interest names such as McGregor, Rousey, Ferguson, Masvidal, Covington and Adesanya lose it comes back to bite him in the ass when the hype trains die. People will always watch Overeem and JDS because of their reputation, regardless of if they lose or not. I’m really hoping Cowboy doesn’t get the boot which is something I wouldn’t put past Dana.
March Madness starts tomorrow!!! I don’t really follow college sports, but there is something special about the tournament and the teams playing every other day. 68 teams!!!
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I haven’t followed it much this year, but Michigan has a really good team and Juwan Howard (Chicago native, by the way 
) became the first person to earn a #1 seed as both a player and a coach. He lost two championship games with the Fab Five, so it’d be cool if he finally won as a coach…but their best player was injured in the Big Ten tournament and is out for the rest of the season so the experts aren’t giving them much of a chance. 
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Yea I read about the injury. They will win a couple games I think, but then will go down. I’m always pulling for Chicagoans though so fingers crossed 
I just love rooting for an upset and a Cinderella story. The 5 seeds lose to the 12 seeds about 35% of the time and the 4 seeds lose to the 13 seeds about 15% of the time. Top 3 seeds are usually automatic in round 1.
I took Winthrop and Georgetown (both 12s)
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Oral Roberts just working over EVERYONEs brackets 
. Unbelievable; I love it
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Well, this sucks for the VCU kids. 
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I feel bad for the VCU squad, but it will be interesting to see if Oregon capitalises on the extra day of rest and shows up in tip top form to take on Iowa, or if it deflates the energy.
Kinda like when an NFL team sits all the starters on the last week of the regular season bc they already have a bye. Sometimes the extra extra rest makes them invincible and other times it teaches them how to lose.
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LSU played a fantastic game for 35 minutes and Michigan’s Freshman of the Year center committed some pretty dumb fouls, but the Wolverines pulled away in the last few minutes to make it into the Sweet Sixteen. 
The stress next weekend is going to kill me.
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I know a lot of it can be written off since Covid changed the normal season structure so drastically that the rankings were bound to be off, but holy shit! So many upsets! Illinois was number 1 seed and they lost in game 2 
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Formula One starts next though! 
Edit* haha! The emoji for a race car on iPhone is an open wheel red car. It looks like a Ferrari F1 car, on HMF it’s more like a NASCAR.
Will Ferrari have dug themselves out of the hole they were in last year?
Will Redbull have what it takes to challenge Mercedes? How will Checo be what they need to have 2 cars that can win races?
The midfield is a total toss up! How will Fernando Alonso do after his sabbatical, what about Vettel and Sainz at their new teams, and holy shit we have like 4 rookies !!!
Can anyone challenge Lewis Hamilton (were looking at you Bottas!)
I missed the fights last night but saw a highlight reel on ESPN. Looks like I missed a good one.
It’s funny bc Covid had originally left us with a lack of sporting events but yesterday between qually for the F1 and the men’s Sweet Sixteen games 
I had to choose what not to watch. It’s nice to have that problem again instead of struggling to find sports on tv.
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Well, that was relatively stress-free. Florida State played…poorly and Michigan was in control the whole game to make it to the Elite Eight. 
Now I’m just annoyed because Tuesday’s game is on TBS.
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Looks like I’m the only F1 fan here… but maybe some of you guys should convert. It was a great race and came down to the final lap with the guy in 2nd getting closer and closer in the last 10 laps. Then he passed but went off the track to do it (6 or 4 laps left) so he had to give the place back and tried to come back and pass again. Ultimately didn’t get the pass again, but it was all very exciting. Also fun to watch was a guy who was supposed to start 18th. His car died on the formation lap, but magically woke back up a few seconds later, so he got to race but had to start dead last bc of the situation. He came through the pack up to 5th. He (Checo Perez) may be my other guy to root for this year since I have always liked him and Ferrari look better than last year, but are not yet in the shape required to win a race.
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Mate Ngannou was absolutely phenomenal, what a beast! The strength that must have been behind that short left hook that put Miocic down was unbelievable. Miocic was an amazing champ, but Ngannou has that fantastic narrative with his journey to where he is right now. I have full confidence in him being able to finish Jon Jones, just need to wait if Jones is going to actually accept it; Dana’s comment about him heading back to 185 made me laugh my ass off though.
O’Malley definitely missed a trick not finishing that fight in the 1st round. What made me laugh was him throwing up a 0 when Bruce Buffer introduced him at the beginning, the guy thinks he got ripped off because he was injured during the match. Apparently Dominick Cruz has called him out and I think that would be a brilliant fight. I would definitely be backing Cruz there.
Not sure how long Woodley has left in the UFC. Credit to him for going out and earning FON, but that is 4 in a row now, so unless he’s willing to take a major pay cut, he may be off the roster. Not sure if he would go to Bellator or if he’d just retire altogether now.
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The NFL’s adding a 17th game. Because the Lions really want to be disappointing for an extra week each season. 
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This is excellent news. I would have been fine with 2 less pressesson games to be honest but I like the way they did it where it’s inter-conference and AFC will host in odd years and NFC will host in even years. It’s easy to remember instead of something more complex.
Edit: the players % of revenue goes up a point and a half too which I like. Although the NFL players are still behind the NBA and MLB in terms of earning compared to revenue.
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Damn, damn, damn, damn, damn, shit, damn.
Basketball is a stupid game anyway.
UCLA played a scrappy game after starting slowly and Michigan just couldn’t get anything to fall late, including a couple of chances to win in the last minute. 
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Yea that game was nuts. 2 points in the end. Close!!! I had UCLA but not with my heart just a bet to make it interesting.
Who do you like in the Final Four?
I’m thinking Gonzaga beats UCLA but Houston vs Baylor I have no idea.
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I don’t really know anything about Baylor or Houston, but I remember when Gonzaga was the school with the funny name that no one had ever heard of, so it’d be cool if they finally closed the deal.
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