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England. Still the Dallas Cowboys of the World Cup. All that noise. All that angst. All that belief soccer is their birthright. No title in decades.

USMNT is the Houston Texans of this World Cup. Got past the Jags, Titans and Colts in the group stage. Beat the Chargers in the Saturday 4:30 pm Shakey’s Game… and lost 38-7 to the Ravens/Bills/Chiefs.

Spain-Portugal was like watching 22 male models run around for two hours.

While not in her strata, I feel some of that vibe a couple times a week myself. Ready to be done.

Anchor jobs are rented, not owned outside of the Berman gig. Linda had an incredible run, 34 years in Bristol. She survived just about every layoffs the last 15 years. The reality, though, is that very few people watched SC because of Linda Cohn. She was there, reliable, steady...

Love you too, Sam. Given the awful navigation of this site in the last change has led me to come here once every couple months, “SJ, you’re welcome”. :)

For the degenerates (or those who want to be)... Today is also why, if you think a game MIGHT finish 0-0, you never bet under 0.5 goals. Always bet the "no goalscorer". It pays out about 5-10% lower but it covers a 1-0 finish where its an "own goal". Little tip from your Uncle 'Ex...

The little secret in TV news is that Emmys are easy to win. I’ve got 13. And I’m a hack.

I am imagining Pelley being loud and disruptive in that slow, deliberate voice where everyone else is checking their phone as he battles through each syllable at that awful pace.

I still hate that ******* stopwatch. Means that my weekend is over and time to get the **** beaten out of me on the playground on Monday, while the teachers looked the other way, was approaching.

Everyone actually comes out of this with their objectives intact. Weiss and Bilton clear $1-2M off the books with Pelley leaving, especially for cause. Now Pelley doesn't have to be there. Unless he's into getting divorced and a coke habit, he's got enough money stashed away. This also frees...

Good lord. Really? After the anchor’s mom on Day 17 of no news, that should be next. Wish Gumbel was there.

Same for me. A Reagan baby… yet I also liked Jesse Jackson because I felt he was “real”. He walked the picket lines. He comforted MLK in his final moments. That matters. That always matters. He spoke in 1992 at a campaign rally at my university and he was as great as I expected. Today...

I wanted to call this season the “Ba-tang Death March”. Now today was just the Tangbang.

One of the best elements of watching with a woman unfamiliar with football. The cutaway of Robert Kraft. Explaining the young woman next to him. Then the massage parlor arrest. Then seeing the range of emotions on her face as unveiling the story.