The Chicago Bears missed out on a Hall of Fame QB because of a bug bite.

Here's the wild story ⬇️

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— Tyler Webb (@tylermwebb) March 4, 2024

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The Chicago Bears missed out on a Hall of Fame QB because of a bug bite.

Here's the wild story ⬇️

In 1998, Kurt Warner was playing in the Arena Football League for the Iowa Barnstormers.

He was having an incredible year:

∙ 4,149 yards

∙ 79 touchdowns

∙ 64.7% completion

So the Bears called and offered him a tryout that same week on a Friday.

But when Warner went to tell his fiancee, Brenda, she reminded him that they were getting married that Saturday.

So he called the team back and asked if they could reschedule his tryout for any other time.

They agreed and scheduled it for the following week.

But when he told his fiancee about it again, she reminded him that they were leaving for a week-long honeymoon in Jamaica right after their wedding

So Warner had to call the Bears back again and ask for the workout to be rescheduled for after the trip.

Luckily, the team allowed it and Kurt and Brenda went on their vacation.

But the night before they left to return home, Kurt was bitten by some sort of bug.

He says to this day he doesn't know what bit him.

But it caused his throwing elbow to swell up to the “size of a grapefruit.”

This meant that he had to call the Bears for a third time and explain why he couldn't do the tryout.

Expect this time, the team wasn't so understanding...

Kurt explained on an episode of

@PardonMyTake

that after this third call, the team hung up and never called back, and he never got the workout.

However, two weeks later he got a call from the St. Louis Rams...

Kurt worked out for them and ended up signing with the team ahead of the 1998 season.

And the next year he went from third-string QB to:

∙ Leauge MVP

∙ Super Bowl XXXIV Champion

∙ Super Bowl MVP

But the real irony is in his first full season with the Rams, he threw for:

∙ 4,353 yards

∙ 41 TDs

Both are things no Chicago Bear QB has done in the 100+ year history of the franchise.

I like to think of it as an inspiring story of God helping a talented QB not squander his career by having to play for the Bears.

To add insult to injury, here's the QB the Bears are expected to draft talking about how he idolizes Aaron Rodgers confirming Aaron Rodgers still owns them from beyond the grave

!football

🗣️ "I can tell you this secret...Fifa increased the number of teams at the World Cup to allow Scotland to participate."

Fifa president Gianni Infantino jokes he's doing everything to get Scotland to the World Cup in 2026. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏆 #BBCFootball pic.twitter.com/DI99cAHwil

— BBC Sport Scotland (@BBCSportScot) March 2, 2024

!football

!britbongs

Smh he just couldn't resist the big Irn Bru bucks

https://twitter.com/Thought_Scot/status/1764049260889395704

holy shit what a snorefest

“I’m Shane nice to meet you”
“I know who you are man”
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— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) March 1, 2024

!football

!football

https://twitter.com/ManUtd/status/1751660388997800395

They've gone full strength with the lineup as well £300m worth of players in that starting 11

i love baseball pic.twitter.com/qWg6DFRO6a

— chris kreider respecter (@jonmoxIeys) February 22, 2024

Even Reddits gayest sports sub is making fun of this

https://old.reddit.com/r/baseball/comments/1axrt6l/changes_to_mlb_uniforms_came_after_years_of_work/?sort=controversial

Here's the auction if anyone is curious

!football

Paris St-Germain striker Kylian Mbappe has agreed to join Real Madrid this summer.

The France captain, 25, has told PSG he intends to leave the club with his contract expiring in June.

Mbappe has not signed a contract with Real yet, but the deal could be announced once it is no longer possible for the clubs to meet in this season's Champions League.

The World Cup winner is PSG's record goalscorer with 244 goals.

Mbappe wanted his future sorted before March, so on 13 February, before training, he met PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi and told him he was leaving and joining Real.

After reports emerged last Thursday that he would leave, Mbappe was left out of the starting line-up for Saturday's match against Nantes, but came off the bench to score a penalty as PSG went 14 points clear at the top of Ligue 1.

He is set to sign a five-year deal with Real, earning 15m euros (£12.8m) a season, plus a 150m euro (£128m) signing-on bonus to be paid over five years, and he will keep a percentage of his image rights.

Real manager Carlo Ancelotti has already thought how he will use Mbappe in his team, with England midfielder Jude Bellingham playing a deeper role, Brazilian Vinicius Jr playing on the left and Mbappe playing left of centre.

If Croatia midfielder Luka Modric leaves this summer, then Mbappe would inherit the number 10 shirt he wears for France.

PSG are 2-0 up against Real Sociedad after the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie, while Real lead RB Leipzig 1-0.

How have we got here?

Mbappe won the French title with Monaco before joining PSG as an 18-year-old in 2017, initially on loan before a 180m euro (£165.7m) move.

Overall, he has 244 goals and 93 assists in 291 games for PSG and has helped the club to five Ligue 1 title wins.

Mbappe was set to leave PSG on a free transfer at the end of the 2021-22 season but ultimately signed a two-year contract extension, with the option of a further year.

However, after Mbappe told PSG he would not agree to the additional 12 months of the deal, he was not selected for their pre-season tour to Japan last July.

He subsequently refused to meet with representatives of Saudi Pro League side Al-Hilal, who made a world record £259m offer for him.

He later returned to first-team training following what PSG said were "very constructive and positive" talks.

Mbappe turned down a move to Real when he agreed to his current deal with PSG in May 2022.

He has a one-year extension clause, so it is expected his departure will involve either a sale with a transfer fee or financial sacrifices on the player's part.

"He is no doubt one of the players anyone would love to have on his side. He is an amazing player," former Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon told the BBC's Football News Show.

"We have very young players - he will join Vinicius, Rodrygo, Bellingham - and I think we have a very strong team. That's why we are leading La Liga and also we've won all our matches in the Champions League.

"So, for him it would be fantastic. Every fan of Real Madrid would like to see him playing in the Bernabeu.

"He will leave a mark. If he continues to play as he has up until now, for sure he will be one of the important players we have had in our history."

@salvadore6ft6-pilled. !football

Ima keep it real with y’all…I am NOT a fan of watching college football. It’s tough to watch.

— David Bakhtiari (@DavidBakhtiari) November 18, 2023

Sabrina Ionescu actually did really well. WNBA ball, but NBA three-point line. Impressive stuff.

As for the drama, Kenny Smith talked some shit and r/NBA is pissed. Plenty of seethe to be found.

Someone please save Harry Kane he doesn't deserve this.

There were rumours that Tuchel left Chelsea because of off the field reasons, anyone got any gossip? He seems weird.

!football

Deleted his account before I could get any more replies unfortunately. The rest of his account was just things like screenshots of the morning news where he was tagging the presenter and calling her beautiful

https://twitter.com/AlanTrotter14/status/1754436250994442244

He also seem to be obsessed with this one pornstar

!coomers

https://twitter.com/AlanTrotter14/status/1742314341351973111

https://twitter.com/AlanTrotter14/status/1697358283399479682

https://twitter.com/AlanTrotter14/status/1703535982358708481

Here's what the girl in the picture thought about it

https://twitter.com/AfcLei/status/1757335276349735031

“If you're using 10 percent of your brain, you don't even know that you're using 10 percent of your brain”

The Kansas City Taylor Kelce's win it