Updoots to the left for visibility (or downdoots). The people must know because it's a short betting week!

Note: Last week I literally forgot the Falcons-Giants game and nobody noticed... whoops. Sorry. I hope you all took advantage of carp's bonus Ravens-Steelers thread to make some extra

Week 17 this is what the playoffs are looking like via NFL

Finally for those keeping track, here's a excel spreadsheet I've been using to track gambling wins/losses. Column A has the winner of their matchup (listed in the same order I list them for this thread, B is the gross Payout , C needs to be filled with a 1 if you won that bet, and a 0 if you lost. So it will be easy to track your weekly and seasonal gains/losses. Prior threads: week 1, week 2, week 3, week 4, week 5, week 6, week 7, week 8, week 9, week 10, week 11, week 12, week 13, week 14, week 15, week 16

pings: !mensfootball !goomblers !bets @IRREDEEMABLE-KRAMPUS @Freak-Off @Drippo as always if you want to get @'ed and don't want to join those ping groups, just ask. We love our gamblers. @SpudsMackenzie Gamble here if you need more opportunities.

Thursday Night Football is... NOT the first game so it's not here! Christmas Wednesday has 2 games, TNF, THREE (3) SATURDAY games, Sunday has games too- 6 early, 2 afternoon (Packers @ Vikings got flexed up ), & SNF, and finally MNF. Our first game is Wed 1PM

Enter BetChiefs - 3,400 total betted - WINNER!

Enter BetSteelers - 2,600 total betted

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Baseball's "Man of Steal," Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson is dead after a bout with pneumonia ... TMZ has learned.

Sources with direct knowledge tell us ... Henderson passed away Friday in the Oakland area, and had been getting treatment at a hospital for a brief period.

The MLB legend holds the record for stolen bases, and played left field for 9 teams from 1979 to 2003. Most of those years were spent with the Oakland A's, where he debuted in the majors, but he also starred with the Yankees, Blue Jays, Mets, Padres and others ... before retiring with the Dodgers.

Throughout his career, Rickey racked up more than 3,055 hits and 297 home runs with a .279 batting average. He also holds the all-time record for runs scored with 2,295.

As for his prowess at stealing bases -- his all-time record is 1,406, and to give you an idea how impressive that is ... no other player in history has reached 1,000 stolen bases!

Rickey was a 10-time All-Star player and entered the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2009.

The stories about him as a teammate are legendary, you'll definitely be seeing them all over social media today.

As the news of his death broke, several baseball icons who played with Rickey -- including Dave Winfield and Ozzie Guillen -- shared their condolences.

Rickey was 65.

RIP

!baseball, pour one out for the Man of Steal.

Curry's two points were from free throws. Draymond Green also scored zero points the entire game.

Grizzlies apparently had it in for the Warriors after Green called their coach and one of their players soft.

https://archive.is/OjIx3

The skit came in a game break during the second quarter of Monday's game against the Philadelphia 76ers at Spectrum Center. The boy joined Charlotte's mascot, Hugo, who was dressed as Santa, on the court. In-game host Ohavia Phillips read a letter to Santa that included a request for a PS5 for Christmas as a Hornets cheerleader walked up to Hugo and gave him a gift bag. The mascot then pulled a PS5 out of the bag and gave it to the surprised boy.

However, the Hornets took the PS5 from the fan after the cameras turned off and a staffer replaced it with a jersey.

Genuinely, how on earth did that get signed off?

The boy was confused and disappointed, and cheerleaders, dancers and other team staff members standing nearby were also shocked he could not keep the item, according to Phillips.

Charlotte lost to Philadelphia 121-108 Monday night, falling to 7-19 on the season.

In a dramatic shift, the Ivy League's football teams are now going to be able to compete for FCS national championships.

Starting in the 2025 season, the Ivy League teams will be able to play in the FCS postseason.

The genesis for the change for the Ivy League to play in FCS playoffs came via a proposal from Ivy League student-athletes. And the proposal from the league's student-athlete advisory committee (SAAC) was approved Tuesday by a vote of the Ivy League council of presidents.

"The Ivy League prides itself on a storied tradition of impact, influence and competitive success throughout the history of college football. We now look ahead to a new chapter of success and to further enhancing the student-athlete experience with our participation in the NCAA FCS playoffs," said Ivy League executive director Robin Harris in a statement. "I want to commend the students on our SAAC for their thoughtful and thorough proposal as well as their commitment to the league's legislative process.".

Football had loomed as the only sport that Ivy League teams could not compete for NCAA national championships in. The league had long ended its season at the end of the regular season. The Ivy League has confirmed with the NCAA that the league's winner will get an automatic bid to the FCS playoffs starting in 2025.

The 2024 season culminated with Columbia, Dartmouth and Harvard earning a share of the Ivy League title. Over the next several months, the league will develop tiebreakers to determine how its automatic qualifier will be awarded when there are co-champions in the future.

!mensfootball, time for some nerd football. Go Tigers!

This doesn’t look good by Caleb Williams or for Caleb Williams… pic.twitter.com/YdImsXKXpZ

— Emmanuel Acho (@EmmanuelAcho) December 17, 2024

Now we gotta draft another one....

TNF, 2 Saturday games (1 and 4:30pm), 7 Sunday early games, 4 afternoon, 1 primetime, and 1MNF game.

Playoff odds via nfl.com (your team is still in the race, right anon?)

Finally for those keeping track, here's a excel spreadsheet I've been using to track gambling wins/losses. Column A has the winner of their matchup (listed in the same order I list them for this thread, B is the gross Payout , C needs to be filled with a 1 if you won that bet, and a 0 if you lost. So it will be easy to track your weekly and seasonal gains/losses. Prior threads: week 1, week 2, week 3, week 4, week 5, week 6, week 7, week 8, week 9, week 10, week 11, week 12, week 13, week 14, week 15

pings: !mensfootball !goomblers !bets @IRREDEEMABLE-KRAMPUS @Freak-Off @Drippo as always if you want to get @'ed and don't want to join those ping groups, just ask. We love our gamblers. @SpudsMackenzie Gamble here if you need more opportunities.

Thursday Night Football is

Enter BetBroncos - 5,400 total betted

Enter BetChargers - 2,200 total betted - WINNER!

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The rumors of a bout with topurio are false. I am in preliminary agreements with the Ambani family to face Logan Paul in a boxing exhibition in India.
I have agreed.
I will then seek my return to the Octagon.

— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) December 17, 2024

"The NBA...ratings are down 48% in the last 12 years and they have fallen off a cliff this year and Adam Silver's solution is let's make the courts brighter...Go ask the Democrats. Be warned, once you detach from regular people in America, you will pay a price." - Colin Cowherd pic.twitter.com/V3wifBWu5a

— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) December 13, 2024

There's been a lot of online discourse with regards to the NBA losing viewers and even more about how to fix the issue. I am in no way an avid NBA fan, but I find it fascinating how a league can drive away so many fans in such a short period of time. The NBA could be considered the second-most popular sport in America (hardcore baseball fans might disagree) and an institution in a way, so it's very surprising how there is such a lack of appetite to watch the games?

Without listing out all the online critiques (i.e. too many threes, flopping, etc.), personally, I would say the main issue is people these days just have way more media to entertain themselves, and the NBA isn't equipped to acquire back those fans they lost. It's far easier to throw on a YouTube video or fire up Steam than it is to watch a game these days, and if you can't indoctrinate more kids then in the long-run you're fricked as a growing league and business.

Besides just the low hanging fruit of "LOL BIPOCS" what do you guys think the main issue is/are and how can the NBA remedy this decline (if possible)? I know we're all r-slurs here, but I feel like we'd get a less overly biased take than from say the NBA Twitter and NBA reddit users that's why I ask.

Thanks for taking this long journey with me, and just know once we hit land you will be sold into slavery .

Bongs and homosexuals in shambles (it's the same picture)

"I want to say I've earned every single thing, but as a white person, there is privilege," says Clark. "A lot of those players in the league that have been really good have been Black players. This league has kind of been built on them. The more we can appreciate that, highlight that, talk about that, and then continue to have brands and companies invest in those players that have made this league incredible, I think it's very important. I have to continue to try to change that. The more we can elevate Black women, that's going to be a beautiful thing."

why didn't this racist piece of shit give the award to black players since she's so ashamed of being a white basketball player?

"America was founded on segregation and to this day is very much about Black and White,"

White America has rallied around Caitlin Clark. The support looks mostly amazing, sometimes fanatical and territorial, sometimes racist.

"It doesn't matter what we all do as Black women, we're still going to be swept underneath the rug," Wilson said. "That's why it boils my blood when people say it's not about race because it is."

what the frick is this article how are you gonna name someone athelete of the year and then dedicate a huge chunk of the article to black women good and special. white women bad and unspecial and get things based on them being white and nothing else

!dixie

IT WAS ALL SABAN

Noticed we didn't have a thread going, let's discuss thing banger card

Fudge Packers gay and frauds. Love sucks.

Sean why do you like motorcycles?

Because I'm not a gay who grew up jerking off to anime

We had titties posters, the pages of our titties mags were stuck together

You'd get your ass kicked just because your dad had a bad day at work

Yall will never understand terminator

— Sean Strickland (@SStricklandMMA) December 4, 2024

Needed a stud at LB, and we Noah guy. @KniggaNoah (Noah Knigga) just made it OFFICIAL! ✍️#ETOUGH ⛓️ #25OVERDRIVE pic.twitter.com/ZERjzMXCV0

— Eastern Michigan Football (@EMUFB) December 4, 2024

if eastern michigan had even the smallest bit of balls they would have said they noah neighbor instead of noah guy

i guess i don't know how the dudes name is pronounced the family probably says it's KUH-NEE-JUH or something so they don't have to say the neighbor word

6 teams with a bye this week: Ravens, Broncos, Texans, Colts, Patriots, and Commanders

TNF, 7 Early Sunday games, 3 Afternoon, 1 SNF, and MNF this week

I just saw that a documentary on Concussions/CTE got released. I'll let you know if it's worth watching.

https://tubitv.com/movies/100029277/concussed-the-american-dream

Finally for those keeping track, here's a excel spreadsheet I've been using to track gambling wins/losses. Column A has the winner of their matchup (listed in the same order I list them for this thread, B is the gross Payout , C needs to be filled with a 1 if you won that bet, and a 0 if you lost. So it will be easy to track your weekly and seasonal gains/losses. Prior threads: week 1, week 2, week 3, week 4, week 5, week 6, week 7, week 8, week 9, week 10, week 11, week 12, week 13

pings: !mensfootball !goomblers @IRREDEEMABLE-KRAMPUS @Freak-Off @Drippo as always if you want to get @'ed and don't want to join those ping groups, just ask. We love our gamblers. @SpudsMackenzie Gamble here if you need more opportunities.

Thursday Night Football is

Enter BetPackers - 1,200 total betted

Enter BetLions - 4,200 total betted - WINNER!

It is with sadness Chester FC has been made aware of the tragic death of the individual involved.

We have disabled comments out of respect and the immediate thoughts of everyone at the club are with his family and friends. https://t.co/oS4ODwNjMc

— Chester FC (@ChesterFC) December 2, 2024

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14148627/Chester-FC-fan-dead-reported-police-racist-gesture.html

CHUDS IN A BOX

!Incels, find yourselves a girl that's as loyal as Evan Engram.

Seriously tho, frick Al-Shair. He made the Alonso-Flacco hit look clean by comparison.

I have no horse in this race but frick OSU. Sucks to suck.

And frick Gus Johnson for being as overdramatic as possible.

Jahmyr Gibbs nooooooooooooo pic.twitter.com/80wIBGcyTT

— The Coachspeak Index (@CoachspeakIndex) November 30, 2024

!mensfootball

Is it a Dan Campbell psyop?