sweep the leg

Yeah, apparently he also had ties to a terrorist organization...weird. There are some shady characters in the fight game.

The McGregor-Khabib press conference yesterday was weird without fans allowed in. I think the UFC made a mistake closing it to the fans. There's so much more energy when there are people cheering them on. They've got enough money to beef up security to keep the two sides apart. Don't know if any of you saw McGregor arguing with Khabib's manager after the face off, but McGregor was yelling "Where's Noah?" at him. Apparently the guy abandoned his family and owes approx. $40k in child support (for Noah). McGregor certainly does his homework on his opponents.

I don't think he ever has. He's put up some good numbers, but he's not at the same level as Rousey, GSP, Lesnar, or McGregor. He doesn't have a fight anywhere in the top 20 ppv's for UFC. He's very unlikeable, but not in a marketable way like Chael Sonnen, for example, was.

I remember reading that Montgomery was asked, but declined. I liked Casher too, but he's on the Lions pr now.

I'm not sure that needed to be clarified. I'm aware we can't force guys to come to Winnipeg and join our pr, but there must be some decent young de without a job we could have had talked into it.

The de situation seems weird to me. When Jeffcoat went down, we had to sign some guy off the street and dress him a few days later so we could have enough guys for our regular rotation. Why wouldn't we have at least one guy on the pr ready to go?

I also won't be surprised if he doesn't end up over those totals.

Why will that get in his head?

I thought the Sharks would win their division prior to this trade. They just got a lot better.

Pierre LeBrun‏Verified account @PierreVLeBrun Told that the official trade call was just completed. Erik Karlsson has been traded to the San Jose Sharks

That would be great. I'm not sure I see Connor putting up 30+ this year if he's not on that line though.

B/c we know Connor is good for 30+ goals with them and Laine was fine without them.

fantasy hockey question: I was offered Vesalainen and Hoffman for Debrusk and Kase. Dynasty league with 18 active, 8 player reserve, and 20 minor league spots. Pretty much every stat counts. Would you make this trade?

Tom Clements - HC Kliff Kingsbury - OC Kerwin Bell - qb coach Bob Wylie - OL Greg Marshall - DL Ike Charlton - Lb Tim Burke - db Jeff Reinbold - st

I didn't say we should hire Barker to replace Walters. I'd like to have them both here.

I'd like to see Barker come in as a player personnel guy. Ass't gm, scout, whatever you want to call him.

I think there will be lots of short passes b/c Nichols probably won't have enough time for longer developing routes. I don't think it's carved in stone yet that Hardrick is starting.

Connor Scheifele Wheeler Ehlers Roslovic Laine Perreault Little Vesalainen Copp Lowry Tanev Morrissey Trouba Niku Buff Kulikov Myers I think it could be any of Niku, Chiarot, Morrow, or Poolman in the spot I put Niku. That's the most interesting position battle imo. I guess Vesalainen too, if the Jets aren't comfortable putting him in the NHL immediately. Otherwise, I think the roster is pretty much set.

But he did play well for over two years prior to this skid. It's not unreasonable for a coach to let his starter try to play himself out of it.

edit: beaten to headline. Contract sounds pretty fair for both sides.

You're on the wrong forum if you think that's a clever response.

I'd take that bet. I'd put the odds of Lapo losing play calling duties after the next game somewhere around 0%.

This doesn't seem like good news... CBC British Columbia‏Verified account @cbcnewsbc In a stunning blow, the Federal Court of Appeals has quashed the government's approvals to build the Trans Mountain expansion project handing a major victory to Indigenous groups and environmentalists opposed to the $7.4 billion project. #TransMountain

Rivers played a few games with the Esks, so he should understand the CFL game. Unless that's why he got cut from Edmonton...

Jeff Hamilton‏ @jeffkhamilton #Bombers HC Mike O'Shea says OL Jermarcus Hardrick and DE Jackson Jeffcoat are doubtful for #Riders game this weekend. #wfp Losing Jeffcoat would be a big kick in the pants.