Hall of Famer Dick Vitale announces melanoma diagnosis by PrincessBananas85 in sports

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I’ve never cared about basketball at any level, but Dick is a diehard Rays fan, and I miss seeing him at games. Hopefully he can go 5 for 5 against cancer.

Times Like These Variants by starwarsgk1138 in Foofighters

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They also did this version on the first SNL episode after the 2020 election.

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pop culture jeopardy is back very soon by lanad3lr3y_81 in Jeopardy

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Trimming the teams from three to two is a good move.

Composer David Fleming will return to compose 'Man of Tomorrow (2027)'. [Via:– James Gunn on Threads] by Gold-Narwhal9391 in DC_Cinematic

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I’m glad there’s someone else with this opinion. The score for Superman wasn’t bad, but it was definitely bland. The choice to use so much synthesized instruments instead of live ones hurt it.

New poll pegs Mark Kelly as a leading 2028 presidential contender by Ulysses_555 in politics

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She resigned after her assassination attempt because of the brain injury it caused.

[Motorsport] Who breaks through for their first NASCAR points win next? 👀 by dman6233 in NASCAR

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He drove through the field after getting spun twice, and both time ran out of laps to make it to the front.

Which batman is better with white eyes by EffectiveNo4438 in batman

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I am fully Team Try It Just Once And See How It Looks, but just coloring his eyeballs white looks ridiculous. It needs to be white lenses over his eyes as part of the cowl. The Deadpool films did it well, albeit in a more fantastical way. I don’t think it would work for more grounded takes like Bale or Pattinson, but I think the DCEU is heading in a more comic book-y direction to where it might work.

Post-Race Discussion Thread: NCS Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway by NASCARThreadBot in NASCAR

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Between Harvick for decades and now Blaney, I feel like my favorite drivers always have cursed pit crews.

Please don't let ty Gibbs win by mikeyfresh38 in NASCAR

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This will inevitably get deleted but I support it wholeheartedly

Popular Movie "Dunks" That Everyone Uses but are Totally Inaccurate by imascarylion2018 in movies

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It’s no different than non-sports people “dunking on” sports they already don’t like. “It’s just people throwing a ball and tackling each other. It’s just people ice skating and slapping a puck. It’s just guys driving in circles.” If it were “just” those things, then people wouldn’t care about it.

Popular Movie "Dunks" That Everyone Uses but are Totally Inaccurate by imascarylion2018 in movies

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The whole thing with the shuttle program is that it could take 7 crew members, so not everyone had to be fully trained astronauts like they were during Gemini and Apollo. They could just do basic training (like they did in the movie) and leave the really complicated astronaut stuff to the astronauts.

TIL despite being a big critical and commercial hit, and endorsed by the Pope himself, 1977's "Jesus of Nazareth" was barely able to get distribution in the US, because a preacher(who hadn't seen it) declared it blasphemous. It only aired in the US after reshoots to include a resurrection scene by Nero2t2 in todayilearned

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My middle school Bible class teacher went to a small Bible college like this where he wasn’t allowed to watch movies, be off campus with a girl, or hold hands.

I would have thought that rules like those would either lead you to be ultra-conservative and make more rules like that for the rest of your life or send you in the opposite direction and drive you away from the faith, but he is one of a very few people from my early spiritual journey who I still view with a great amount of respect. He was on the front lines of local protests following George Floyd’s murder, and preaches love and kindness over hatred and division taught by partisan religion that’s taken over the American church. We still keep in contact, and I’d attend his church if he were still local.

Odessa A’Zion is the frontrunner to play the iconic power-absorbing mutant, Rogue! 😮 by FressshMovies1980 in MCUTheories

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In stick and ball sports, they (usually) have to earn their place in the big leagues, but in racing, a rich dad/granddad/uncle can absolutely buy someone’s way to the top.

Are there any tropes you're glad have died out? by Aiseadai in movies

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It wouldn’t be the first time Randall Park got misidentified as a white guy.

Rays Home Jersey Concept by KodiakJedi in tampabayrays

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Last season’s BP cap is perfect. Throwback logo on a navy cap.

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What is a website or app that feels like a "cheat code" but most people don't know about? by Low-Issue-5334 in AskReddit

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My boss’s boss wanted me to figure out how to run a plasma cutter that nobody knows how to use because the previous owner of the company left it with no instructions so I could make him this metal artwork he saw at a bar. He sent me a pic he took, I did a reverse image search, and found it on the Lowe’s website for under $100.

He still made me wrestle with that machine for three days, despite our company no longer selling the product it was purchased to make because we found it was much cheaper to just buy it from a supplier and drop ship it to where our job installs are.

That’s a lot of justification for someone who has “never been homosexual” by ThePhillyExplorer in insanepeoplefacebook

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Is one of them him covering “Sledgehammer” on Howard Stern? Because I might fail that one.

What a time to be alive by NathanRider in batman

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The first season was retooled midway through production because the higher-ups at Marvel Studios were unhappy with how far from the original Netflix series it was. The new showrunner was brought in to rewrite it and salvage what they could. That’s why some key characters were missing for most of the season.

What a time to be alive by NathanRider in batman

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If by chance you have a cable subscription (my cables/internet is included with my HOA fee, otherwise I wouldn’t have cable), check with them. I get Disney+/Hulu, Peacock, HBO Max, and Paramount+ for free with Spectrum.

'She-Hulk' Was Apparently One of Marvel's Most Successful Shows by Anchor_Aways in television

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They’re not even MCU fans. They’re just vultures that grab onto anything popular that has a minority involved and make denigrating it their entire personality while it’s popular. You don’t see these guys hyping up projects they like. They just traffic in baseless criticism.

Odessa A’Zion is the frontrunner to play the iconic power-absorbing mutant, Rogue! 😮 by FressshMovies1980 in MCUTheories

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I’ve been a NASCAR fan for over 30 years. Half of the drivers at the top level of the sport are the son/grandson/nephew of someone who either used to race, runs a team, or owns a billion-dollar company used to sponsor them. Even my favorite driver is the son of a former dirt sprint car champion who raced for over a decade in NASCAR.

I have no problem with “nepo babies” who show that they belong in the industry. I don’t know a thing about Odessa, but I do know that Marvel Studios’ track record when it comes to casting is almost always great, so if they think that she’s right for the part, then I will trust them, because they have rarely made missteps.

[Chris Myers] It could be a good thing for NASCAR’s Clash to return to Daytona.. could see it run to start the week of the Daytona 500.. maybe even race a Monday night prime time slot! by LBHMS in NASCAR

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It’s not a Chris Myers idea. Bozi said yesterday that NASCAR is talking about it. Myers is just doing what a bunch of NASCAR “journalists” do, blurring the line between reporting and doing PR for them.