Connections: Sports Edition
Puzzle #333
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Microblog
Simple and to-the-point, I love this new ad campaign to support our French Women’s National Rugby Team ahead of the Women’s Rugby World Cup
Strands #536
“Marvel-ous and then some”
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Daily Walkoff ⚾️ Orioles #356
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Connections: Sports Edition
Puzzle #332
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Honestly truly didn’t need a study to confirm this, but I guess it’s always good to have data to back up street-level facts…
…The study did not answer the question of why Americans were reading less. But the authors suggested some possible explanations, including **increased use of social media **and other technology, or more time spent at work because of economic pressure.
The decline in reading could have implications for Americans’ learning, relationships and overall well-being, the researchers said.
“Even though reading is often thought of as more of an individual activity, when we read stories, we actually form connections with characters”
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John Wall’s speed, with or without the ball, registered as a whole other thing, something uncanny and exhilarating and miraculous. (…) John Wall was fast more or less the way Steph Curry is good at shooting three-pointers. (…)
…The sound of the team’s in-arena announcer’s drawn-out JOHHHHHNNNNN WALLLLLLL is the backing track to some of the most fun I ever had watching professional sports in person. Basketball as a whole, too, benefited from having in it a guy who, for a time anyway, could break games more or less the way the Road Runner broke Wile E. Coyote’s traps, by sprinting straight through them at the speed of sound.
🏀 My point gawd announced his retirement yesterday:
Thank you John Wall, Washington Wizards and DC legend! His peak years with the Wiz were arguably the last time that the team was relevant, which is very sad to point out. We’re gonna need a jersey retirement ceremony and everything. Someone tell owner Ted Leonsis to get on it!
Daily Walkoff ⚾️ Orioles #355
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📚 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️: Fahrenheit-182
8/19/25
📚 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️: Finished the Fahrenheit-182 by Mark Hoppus of blink-182 during my run today
As a pop-punk kid, I had been meaning to get a copy of the physical book, but the audiobook version narrated by Mark was a great format!
It’s hard not to compare it with Deryck Whibley’s memoir (of Sum 41) since these two books came out less than a year of each other, and I preferred reading Whibley’s book in comparison.
Even if I knew of some of the stories and anecdotes through the years, it gave a great and compelling view into Mark’s story and the creation of this band that means so much to me, to this day!
Day two: back to back
My First Five Steam Purchases (after reading the related article on The Verge):
- Torchlight
- Team Fortress 2
- Portal 2
- Poker Night
- Left 4 Dead 2
- Plants vs. Zombies
Daily Walkoff ⚾️ Orioles #354
“Saves Across The Decades”
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Puzzle #330
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⚽️ “This is Stadio”, this is Football.
Considering the stadium and running track are close to where I live I’m trying to set up new routines to get in better shape and become healthier
Connections: Sports Edition
Puzzle #329
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Final holiday pics before getting back to work tomorrow: a well deserved break and staycation!
📰🎙️🎧 NYT: Where have all my male friendships gone 😢
Daily Walkoff ⚾️ Orioles #352
“Hit Tiers”
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Connections: Sports Edition
Puzzle #328
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🏀 #Eurobasket25 France vs Spain:
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Connections: Sports Edition
Puzzle #327
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Daily Walkoff ⚾️ Orioles #350
“Top 10”
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Connections: Sports Edition
Puzzle #326
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Daily Walkoff ⚾️ Orioles #349
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Very excited to start this show later this week… reviews have been very positive so far! 👽🫀
Alien: Earth establishes some of its most compelling ideas about what happens to people when their lives are defined by their relationships to technology.
It’s worth keeping in mind that Americans might also be hypocrites.
Daily Walkoff ⚾️ Orioles #348
“30 Year Gap”
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