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  1. Longtime NFL reporter Chris Mortensen passes away
  2. woodstock

    Motorsports

    Congratulations Rajah Caruth! First pole position and first win🥳 In other news, Verstappen wins the Bahrain GP but the real drama seems to be happening at Alpine and the Visa CashApp RB teams👀
  3. Finally finished all episodes. Lots of random thoughts: The Team Principals (and Management) seemed to be the focus and I did like seeing and hearing their perspectives on everything happening throughout the season. James Vowles is my new F1 crush; he is very thoughtful and he explains things in a way where you don't feel like he is talking down to you. I found Fred Vasseur to be very likable also. Otmar's firing was SO awkward; I felt bad for how that played out but he was crazy to think that pairing Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon was going to go well. Add in a bad car and an underperforming season and well....you could see his demise coming. And that was possibly the weirdest, lamest pep talk ever🤪. Unlike most people I don't hate Lawrence Stroll; he's always struck me as a no-nonsense, calculating, business-oriented individual who doesn't show much emotion. I'm pretty neutral on him. I am so jealous that Toto Wolff can speak multiple languages and he switches between them so smoothly. My brain would freeze switching between English, German, Italian, etc.😂 And then there's Guenther Steiner. Poor Guenther. This show will not be the same without him. And I loved Mattia Binotto's cameo appearance! Lewis Hamilton leaving Mercedes after the 2024 season makes sense now. He offered suggestions on how to improve the car after the disastrous 2022 season and the Mercedes' engineers basically saying 'you're wrong' then in 2023 having to admit that he was right and they were wrong spoke volumes. (Engineering 101: always listen to the end-user.) If Mercedes had implemented some of Lewis' suggestions in the W14 and they had not worked then the engineers could have said 'We tried it your way Lewis' I think Lewis would have been like 'ok you guys really do know better than me, I'll shut up now'. Instead, 2023 was another season of lost opportunities and frustration. I think Lewis has lost faith in the team's ability to design a competitive car. The clock is ticking for him; he doesn't have years for them to figure it out. Apparently, there was a real possibility that Lando Norris would have left McLaren if they had not turned their season around...Ferrari really is a religion in Italy. I need to hire Nyck DeVries to clean my house...I hope Liam Lawson gets another shot in F1. Alex Albon is a budding tv/movie director. Things that were missing or barely mentioned in S6: Absolutely nothing on Alfa Romeo. Sergio Perez's and George Russell's struggles last season. Oscar Piastri's sprint win. Lewis' and Charles Leclerc's double disqualifications at COTA. Max Verstappen's and Red Bull's domination. Toto's rant during a press conference at the Las Vegas GP - I mentioned this because before the start of the race, a lady thanked Toto for speaking up in support of the GP and the people who worked at the event. If you haven't seen his rant that moment is missing context.
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    Motorsports

    Crazy finish in Atlanta Congrats to Daniel Suarez. Hopefully, we’ll get finishes like this in F1😉
  5. S6 Full trailer That exchange between Lewis and Toto hits different now that we know Lewis is joining Ferrari next year. I completely forgot about the Alpine drama with Otmar.
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    Motorsports

    F1 teams and the American sports teams they resemble Fun article relating each F1 team to an American sports team 🙂
  7. woodstock

    MLB Thread

    Cancer Sucks! Sending positive and healing vibes to Ryne Sandberg. I became a huge baseball fan thanks to Cubs day games on WGN back in the day. Ryno is one of my all time favorite players.
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    Motorsports

    Bye bye Guenther Stunned. Didn’t see this coming😱
  9. End of an era Tiger, Nike part ways.
  10. Three time NASCAR champion, Cale Yarborough, dies at 84
  11. Former Tarheel Eric Montross passes away at 52 Cancer sucks☹️
  12. woodstock

    Tennis Thread

    Cancer Sucks Chris Evert undergoing treatment for recurrence of ovarian cancer and will miss Aussie Open. Sending healing vibes her way.
  13. woodstock

    Motorsports

    Congrats Ryan Blaney I am still wrapping my brain around the Brazilian GP. Great finish between Alonso and Perez. I didn’t think anything could top Charles Leclerc’s ‘Nooo!’ from the French GP last year but his radio message after crashing out on the formation lap was even more gut-wrenching. 2023 can’t end fast enough for him. Same for Lewis Hamilton. Crazy that it may be 2 straight years without a win for him. Please Mercedes build this man a competitive car for 2024. Next up: Vegas Baby!
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    Motorsports

    Hamilton, Leclerc DQ’ed from US Grand Prix Gutted for Lewis after finishing P2 in the race and having a strong weekend overall. It’s a good thing he didn’t win; the conspiracy theorists would have been out of control🤣. Poor Charles. It feels like another lost season for him. Due to the disqualifications Logan Sargent scored his first point in F1. His is the only seat in question for 2024. Congratulations to Max on joining the 50 win club. I don’t understand the fans booing him. It’s not his fault RB has the best car on the grid and he’s doing his job and winning. While the F1 season has lacked championship drama things are heating up in NASCAR land.
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    Motorsports

    Danny Ric breaks hand and is out of Dutch GP Liam Lawson will drive for Alpha Tauri this weekend.
  16. Cancer Sucks! Dick Vitale diagnosed with cancer again😔
  17. woodstock

    Motorsports

    Danny Ric is back!
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    Motorsports

    Jimmie Johnson will miss Chicago race Horrific. I had heard about this but did not know the people involved were his in-laws.
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    Motorsports

    Chase Elliott suspended for one race I’m shocked it wasn’t Ross Chastain. For once he’s not involved in any on track shenanigans 🤣.
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    Motorsports

    GP called off This weekend’s GP in Italy called off due to heavy rains and flooding in the region. Disappointed there will be no racing but completely understandable. Safety first.
  21. woodstock

    Motorsports

    Intense battle between Larson and Hamlin for the win at the end of the Kansas race. Some controversy over the move Hamlin made that led to Larson hitting the wall but I thought it was just hard racing. Oh well. Meanwhile Chastain punched Gragson on pit road following an on track incident. Is it me or does it seem like Chastain is involved in some shenanigans in every race? 😂 In F1 world Max comes from P9 to win the GP in Miami. Will anyone besides him or Sergio win this year? Red Bull looks unbeatable.
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    Motorsports

    A mess in the pit lane Media members in the pit lane when Ocon was pitting. Thankfully no one was hit. Pretty uneventful GP. Happy for Checo and Charles. The most exciting thing to happen over the weekend was the Max and George ‘chat’ after the Sprint race. Next up Miami! Rain postponed the NASCAR race at Dover to tomorrow at 12:00 noon.
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