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Ben Coneybeare
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From way down town
I just realised that Ben Shapiro/Steven Crowder/Matt Walsh perfectly fulfil the criteria for being a ‘bad actor’ in both senses of the phrase

Shame they used their creative failures to make the world less safe but still made me chuckle
November 30, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Very fun game between the Blackhawks and Preds last night.

Nashville had a lot of success playing opportunistic offence and letting Chicago make mistakes for them to capitalise on, rather than risking exposing themselves by being super aggressive
November 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Late career James Harden can single handedly shoot the Clippers to an undeserved win

Or just as likely shoot them out of a game for an undeserved loss
November 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The Memphis Grizzlies have made the descent from exciting to depressing in what has be nearly a record time
November 29, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Charlie McAvoy = certified good guy
November 29, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Compelling case being made that the presidential pardon is a broken system that needs to be drastically curbed the next time non-criminals get into power
November 29, 2025 at 8:37 AM
I think at least one of Bryce Young’s INTs last night can be blamed entirely on his height

Big defenders were in his face as he was throwing over the middle and as a result he made an off target throw in a dangerous area
November 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
What the hell is Brock Purdy doing??

Three interceptions from being overly aggressive and not putting enough power on the ball
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The Detroit Lions remain NAILS
November 23, 2025 at 9:10 PM
It is abundantly clear after the X fiasco today, and in fact has been abundantly clear since 2016, that American democracy has been completely hijacked by the most extreme of right wing bad actors
November 23, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Ravens may not make the playoffs if Hamilton has to miss significant time

Impossible to understate his importance to that defence
November 23, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I don’t think JJ McCarthy works for the Vikings timeline

He may get better, but he won’t do it in time for them to cash in on their window
November 23, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Thoughts on Hawks-Pels from last night:

1) the Pels are probably the worst finishing team in the league when Zion is out
2) the previous coaching staff did not do a good job - way to many late clock heaves and getting caught in transition
November 23, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Right now, I’d only say Hellebuyck, Vasilevskiy and Shesterkin have been clearly better than Lukas Dostal since the start of last season
November 23, 2025 at 9:20 AM
A Ducks-Knights playoff series would feed families
November 23, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Funny how as soon as Anze Kopitar announces his retirement, Leo Carlsson instantly becomes his reincarnation

California can’t be without an elite playmaking and defensive centre it would seem
November 23, 2025 at 8:55 AM
The Basketball Hall of Fame is pretty widely seen as the easiest Hall of Fame to get into, which I’m not personally a fan of, so I thought I go back through and select which players I’d prune from the last few classes

(I’ll focus on men because the women’s HoF is more selective)
November 22, 2025 at 7:25 PM
There are not five point guards in NBA history better than Chris Paul

There’s Showtime, the Chef, Big O and maybe the Canadian with the lazy eye

And that’s it

The Logo would have been an SG in today’s game
November 22, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Niche take from me but I think the NHL’s ‘The new golden era is now’ ads are really really good

For a sport that has not been able to reach younger generations as well as the NBA and NFL, they do an excellent job of bridging that divide
November 22, 2025 at 3:33 PM
This season will serve as a stark lesson to all the Jayson Tatum haters

The Celtics are god-awful without him

I love me some Derrick White but he needs to stop shooting
November 22, 2025 at 1:51 PM
The Suns were a rollercoaster vs the Wolves

Defence was excellent, although I think the constant swarming did tire players out and lead to some of the turnover issues

Offence was just good enough
November 22, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Man not to kick a man while he’s down but Bradley Beal might just bring bad vibes with him like a virus even when he isn’t playing bad

Rockets are great with KD
Suns are fun to watch again
Clippers now circling the drain

There’s a common denominator
November 22, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Funny that the Prem has voted to impose a spending limit on player transfers/salary

Smug little me views this as a point in favour of my claim that the US sports had a better model of doing things

Maybe socialism ain’t so bad after all
November 21, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Did not have either the Bulls or the Blazers being so entertaining on my 2025 bingo card
November 20, 2025 at 8:06 PM
The Rangers were very very close to being on the level of the Golden Knights

They were level with them in 85% of game’s phases but they held onto the puck for slightly too long in the offensive end and let great chances degrade into good chances into weak chances into nothing
November 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM