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Guns N Roses - Madagascar

Nope, I don't.

Wild forward Ryan Hartman has been suspended 10 games for his roughing penalty against the Senators the other night, which lead to five-minute major and ejection. Hartman has appealed the suspension. This appears to be another attempt to injure by Hartman, who tried something similar against the Jets last season. Senators won the game 6-0, scoring twice on the major penalty.

Couple more news items: Chicago Bears owners Virginia Halas McCaskey has died at the age of 102. Her father, George Halas, was one of the founders of the NFL and was the Bears owner. Virginia inherited the team after he died in 1983 and had been the owner for more than 40 years, including during the 1985 season where the Bears went 15-1, won their only Super Bowl, and that team is still considered arguably the best single season team in NFL history. Her children, who already work in the franchise, will now inherit the team ownership. President Donald Trump is expected to attend Sunday's game in New Orleans. It will be the first time in history a sitting President will be attending the Super Bowl. The NFL MVP finalists are Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson, Joe Burrow, Jarred Goff, and Saquon Buckley. Josh Allen appears to be the frontrunner to win it. The announcement will be made later tonight. Current betting line is Chiefs by 1.5 with the over under at 48.5

I think it is rather common in a lot of types of businesses, people who own the place making fake reviews to prop it up. Corruption is everywhere. I once had a friend who asked me to write a bogus review of a restaurant he worked at because he was furious about the ownership but did not want his name on it because he would get fired and it would hurt his chances getting a job somewhere. I didn't do it and we eventually stopped being friends. I didn't appreciate the suggestion that I should lie about my experience as a customer so he could make his boss look bad. Ridiculous. I've never personally experienced or heard about it in MA. I hope they bust the person impersonated your wife online to serve themselves, that is outrageous.

Right now, the top two teams in the league are Washington in the East and Winnipeg in the West. I still think Vegas is one of the best teams in the NHL, just going through a slump. They will snap out of it.

Neurotic Outsiders - Six Feet Under

MLB umpire Pat Hoberg was fired for sharing sports gambling accounts with a friend of his who was betting on baseball, including a number of games, I think eight, where Hoberg was the umpire. It is a long and detailed investigation that goes back to February of last year. Hoberg was not allowed to umpire in the 2024 season due to the investigation. Hoberg said that he never bet on baseball "in any way shape, or form." Despite acknowledging that the baseball bets were profitable, MLB concluded that the data did not support fixing games. The umpire union also released a statement saying that they "would never defend" and umpire who they thought was betting on games.

Tone Loc - Ace is in the House

Carrie Underwood - Drinking Alone

Winners on Tuesday were the Islanders, Capitals, Sabers, Devils, Bruins, Lightning, Jets, Oilers, and Maple Leafs. Several games still going on. Another busy Tuesday night with 14 games.

A few news items: The Raiders have hired former Eagles and 49ers head coach Chip Kelly to be their offensive coordinator. Saints remain without a head coach but more rumors about Kellen Moore being the leading candidate have surfaced. Kicker Mason Crosby has officially retired after 17 seasons in the NFL. Crosby spent 16 years with the Packers, winning a Super Bowl ring with them in the 2010 season. He last played for the Panthers in 2023. More massage therapists have come out against Justin Tucker, now a total of ten. This could lead to Tucker being cut by the Ravens in the offseason.

Wow, sorry to hear that @sensei8 hope your health improves quickly,

White Lion - When the Children Cry

With the salary cap, free agency, and now a longer season, no question that winning two or three in a row is as challenging as ever.

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell was asked about the refs favoring the Chiefs and if the games were rigged. He was quick to brush it off calling it a "ridiculous theory," despite lots of people saying they don't agree with him, including former NFL player Terrell Owens who has recently stated that he thinks the game is rigged, as well as the brother of Dean Blandino. Blandino is the former NFL Head of Officials, and his brother is now saying that the league favors the Chiefs, and because of an NDA Dean is required to keep quiet about it. An online poll in recent days showed that over 73% of the people who answered believe that the NFL is favoring the Chiefs. Further fanning the flames was the fine handed out to Travis Kelce for taunting. During the game against the Buffalo, Kelce was taunting Bills safety Damar Hamlin after a touchdown. He was fined over 11k dollars for it, but there was no penalty on Kelce during the game. A clearly missed call by the official which benefited Kansas City. Despite no "smoking gun" that there are fixed games in the NFL, more and more fans appear to believe it and it could become a perception problem for the NFL. I don't expect this to have a big impact on the viewership of the Super Bowl, nor do I think it will harm the league long term. The NFL has been through plenty of controversy over the decades, including allegedly covering up concussions, the botched Ray Rice situation, and the kneeling for the National Anthem come to mind, yet the NFL remains the most popular show on TV and the most profitable sports league in world history. If the games are rigged, what the NFL should do is rig the Super Bowl for the Eagles, that way it ends the conversation that it was rigged for the Chiefs, because they will have lost and it discredits everyone who claims that the NFL has fixed it for the three peat. If the Chiefs win, and there is questionable officiating that goes their way, expect more of this after the game. Less than six days until kickoff!

Taking a look at the other teams that attempted to win three consecutive Super Bowls, we start with the Packers in the 1960s. Green Bay won the first two Super Bowls ever played, and actually did win three titles in a row but the first of those three was the year before the NFL launched the Super Bowl. Won in 65, the won the Super Bowl in 66 and 67, beating the Chiefs in SB I and then the Raiders in SB II. After SB II Coach Lombardi retired and in year three the Packers finished with a losing record. Next is the Miami Dolphins, winners in 1972 and 1973. The Dolphins also made it to the Super Bowl in 1971 but came up short, losing to Dallas. In 1972 they went undefeated and in 1973 they repeated, their wins coming against the Redskins and Vikings, and in 1974 the Dolphins had an 11-3 season, winning the division, but lost in the divisional round against the Raiders in a two-point game. The Raiders would lose to the Steelers in the AFCCG, setting up the next team to win back-to-back. The Steelers won the SB in 1974 and 75, behind the famous Steel Curtin defense and QB Terry Bradshaw the Steelers won against the Vikings and Cowboys. In year three they returned to the AFCCG losing the John Madden and the Raiders. The next team to go back-to-back was the Steelers. Yes, I know I just wrote about the Steelers, but they did it again, this time in 1978 and 79. The Steelers beat the Cowboys again in 78, and the Rams in 79, creating the Steelers dynasty, the team of the 70s, four SB wins in six seasons. In season three they finished with a 9-7 record, just missing out on the playoffs. The team of the 80s was the 49ers, and they went back-to-back in 88 and 89, the final two titles for Montana, squeaking out a victory against the Bengals, then blowing out the Broncos the next season 55-10, in what is still the largest Super Bowl blowout in NFL history. Things looked on track for the 49ers to win three in a row, but they lost 15-13 to Bill Parcells and the Giants, who went into SF and won without scoring a touchdown. Much credit to Bill Belichick's defense who held Montana to 190 passing yards. The Giants went on to beat the Bills in the Super Bowl. The performance by the Giants defense got Belichick national recognition and he was hired as the Browns head coach in 1991. Jimmy Johnson led the Cowboys to back-to-back titles in 1992 and 93, both against the Bills. Johnson however split ways with the Cowboys after the 93 season due to conflicts with Jerry Jones. Barry Switzer was the Cowboys coach in 1994, and Dallas went on to a 12-4 season but came up short in the NFCCG, losing to the 49ers in San Fransico. The 49ers would go on to win Super Bowl 29 against the Chargers in a blowout where Steve Young had six touchdown passes, which remains the Super Bowl record. The Cowboys would bounce back in 1995 though, return to the Super Bowl, and beat the Steelers to become the dynasty of the 90s, the first team to win three SB titles in four years. Dallas was not the only team to go back-to-back in the 90s, another team that starts with D also accomplished it, the 1997 and 1998 Denver Broncos. Lead by John Elway and Terrell Davis the Broncos won their first and second Super Bowl in team history, pulling an upset against Brett Favre and the Packers in SB XXXII, then going an impressive 14-2 in 98 and winning against the Atlanta Falcons. However, after achieving his second ring, John Elway retired and instead of going for a three peat, the Broncos went into rebuilding mode, winning only six games and finishing in last place. Then there is the New England Patriots, who won it in 2001, then 2003 and 04, making them the second team in NFL history to win three titles in four years. The 03 and 04 Patriots both went 14-2, winning against the Panthers in the final seconds, then against the Eagles, both by three points. It was part one of the Patriots dynasty with Brady and Belichick. In the 2005 season the Patriots won the AFC East but came up short in the divisional round losing at the Denver Broncos. In 2016, 17, and 18, the Patriots played in three Super Bowls in a row, beating the Falcons in 2016, losing to the Eagles in 2017, and beating the Rams in the 2018 season, the second team to play in three consecutive Super Bowls and win two of them. Kansas City stands alone as the only team to win back-to-back and then make it to the Super Bowl in the third year. Their wins against the Eagles, and then last year's overtime win against the 49ers, set them up for a possible three peat. The only thing left in their way is another game with the Eagles.

Thoughts going out to those impacted by the plane crashes this week in Washington DC and Philadelphia. This is shocking. Between the crashes and the fires in California, 2025 is off to a tragic start for many.

Alanis Morissette - Ironic

The Saints are still looking for a Head Coach, possibly Eagles OC Kellen Moore or Chiefs DC Steve Spagnolo. With the new rule this year teams can interview coaches of playoff teams but are not allowed to hire them while that team is still playing, so if the Saints decided to hire Moore or Spagnolo, they would have to wait until after the Super Bowl. Likely why both Ben Johnson and Aaron Glenn were hired just days after the Lions season ended. Other possible candidates include former Dolphins coach Brian Flores, now with the Vikings, former Cardinals coach Kliff Kingsbury, now with the Commanders, and former Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy, currently unemployed, among others.

Baltimore Ravens kicker Justin Tucker has been accused of "inappropriate sexual behavior" by several massage therapists in Baltimore. Tucker quickly called the allegations false on social media calling the allegations "desperate tabloid fodder."

Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lyndsy. It is the first novel in the Dexter series, and the book the first season of the show is based on.

Whether it was deflated footballs, a player getting arrested the night before the Super Bowl, a "wardrobe malfunction," or going all the way back to Joe Namath's guarantee, it wouldn't be the NFL playoffs without some controversy. This year it appears to be questions about if the games are legit. All you have to do is go on Google and type in "NFL is rigged" and story after story will pop up where fans are claiming that the league has been compromised through bad officiating in order the assist the Chiefs back to the Super Bowl. While fans being upset with officials and using bad calls as an excuse for their team losing is nothing new, nor is claiming that the game is fixed, this year it seems to be at new heights. Over the last two games many fans argue that the Chiefs have been the beneficiary of several bad calls, including two person fouls against the Texans, and a 4th down spot against the Bills, where fans claim Josh Allen picked it up. Did Allen get a first down? Perhaps. If the call was different, would it have changed who won? We will never know, but a lot of fans seem to think so, and are saying that the combination of bad calls and the NFL being in business with sports betting makes the outcome of some games suspicious. Others go as far as to say the entire league is now rigged and they are going to boycott the Super Bowl. Then there are those who think it is "sour grapes" and point to mistakes by the Bills and Texans that were the real reason for the outcome. Legit or not, more and more fans are expressing their frustrations about how they think the league has turned into WWE. It's Super Bowl week; drama is the norm.

You two have fun with this game, I don't have any interest.

Paul Anka - You Are My Destiny (Live)