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The Retro Coach (๐๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ) retweeted
BREAKING: Scientists confirm that the ADHD tendency to hold onto physical objects isn't clutter โ it's external memory. The jacket holds the feeling. The book anchors a time. Moving things without asking doesn't tidy a space. It deletes stored memories. 1/6
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The most misunderstood trigger in an ADHD marriage is RSD โ Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria.
It makes a simple question like "Did you pay the water bill?" sound like "You are a complete failure and I regret marrying you."
Here is how to break the loop: 1/6
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Great holiday gift! Autographed copies of both my books:
The History of Fantasy Sports and Winning Fantasy Baseball
A limited number of paperbacks are available at just the normal bookstore price, $25 each includes shipping. (And a few hardcovers of the History book at $35).
To order, message me here or email [email protected]
The History of Fantasy Sports: And the Stories of the People Who Made It Happen
This isnโt a dry textbook, itโs an entertaining narrative for lifelong fantasy players and anyone fascinated by sports, business, technology, and pop culture. Praised as โsimply fascinating from start to finishโ by Midwest Book Review.
Highlights include:
โข The real origin of fantasy baseball (no, it didnโt happen on an airplane!)
โข How a World War II hero helped spread fantasy football across the country
โข Five nuns in a Chicago convent co-managing a fantasy football team
โข A dedicated player with ALS finally winning his league after 39 years
โข The surprising role Monica Lewinsky played in saving fantasy sports
โข And dozens more stories of obsession, innovation, and underdog success.
"Despite spending my entire career in the industry, I was enlightened by all the interviews and countless stories throughout the book."
โ Paul Charchian, Former President, Fantasy Sports Trade Association (2009โ2020)
Winning Fantasy Baseball: Secret Strategies of a Nine-Time National Champion
The 2014 Amazon bestseller is still relevant for how to value players, maximize your rosters value for snake drafts, auctions, and salary cap formats...as well as projecting player performance, in-season management, and more. Many concepts also apply to fantasy football and other fantasy sports.
"It's all about winning, and all Larry Schechter does is win. This book is an absolute, 100% must-read." - Ron Shandler, author of the Baseball Forecaster and founder of Baseball HQ
More details and reviews on Amazon:
amazon.com/History-Fantasy-Sโฆ
amazon.com/dp/1937110575/?beโฆ
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STATEMENT FROM JACK CAMPBELL
My family and I want to sincerely thank everyone for the overwhelming amount of love, prayers, and support weโve received over the past few days. It means more to us than words can express.
Iโm incredibly encouraged by the progress Iโve made in such a short period of time. I have full movement in my lower body, and Iโm continuing to make progress with movement in my upper body. I know thereโs still work ahead, but I remain very optimistic. Iโm taking things one day at a time, staying positive, and focusing on getting better.
My faith in God has never been stronger. I know He has a plan for me, and I trust in that plan. I know there may be challenges ahead, but with my faith, my family, and so many people in my corner, I know weโll get through this.
I especially want to thank the athletic trainers and medical personnel who responded and cared for me on the field. I know those were difficult moments, and Iโm incredibly grateful for the professionalism, compassion, and care you showed me. The way you handled everything and looked after me when I needed it most is something Iโll never forget. From the bottom of my heart, thank you.
I also canโt say enough about the incredible care Iโve received from the medical team at Henry Ford Hospital and the Detroit Lions medical staff. Theyโve been amazing to me and my family throughout this process, and Iโm truly grateful for everything theyโve done.
To my teammates, coaches, and everyone in the Lions organization, I want you to know how much I love and appreciate you. This team is a family to me, and the way everyone has been there for me means everything. Iโm proud to be a Detroit Lion and couldnโt ask to be surrounded by a better group of people.
One thing Iโve learned about Detroit is that this city is built on toughness, resilience, and grit. Thatโs exactly how Iโm going to approach this challenge.
Please continue to keep me and my family in your prayers. We feel the love, and I canโt thank everyone enough.
God is good. My faith is strong.
Jack Campbell
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The last thing I would do is try to take the credit for this, but 13 teams remain undefeated in #SFB16, and three of them are @TheFFSanctuary premium members.
We're blessed to have a lot of smart people in our Discord & some great fantasy players
xitter.gq/ScottFish24/status/211โฆ
Just 13 undefeated teams remaining in #SFB16!
Tag people you know!
wanna draft live next year? submit interest here: scottfishbowl.com/live-eventโฆ
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27 years ago today, we lost my dad.
Sweetness. The man whose smile could light up a whole city and whose heart never stopped running. Not a day goes by that I donโt miss him.
What keeps me going is seeing how much you all still love him. The stories, the memories, the way you keep his name and spirit aliveโฆ it means everything to our family.
Thank you for never forgetting him. Thank you for carrying his legacy with us all these years.
Weโre good down here, Pop. The familyโs strong, and your Sweetness lives on in every person you touched.
โค๏ธ @walterpayton
#Bears ๐ปโฌ๏ธ
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Couldnโt get a Boo Bucket for my kids happy meal tonight because they were out but watched an employee walk out with the entire spectrum of every color bucket you guys have.
Collusion, stealing, and shameful @McDonalds
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2024: โLetโs just order a trophy off Amazonโฆโ
2026: โYeah, we messed up. Time to order a CUSTOM trophy from TrophySmack.โ ๐๐
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If youโre old enough to have rostered Priest Holmes in fantasy, itโs time to call your doctor and schedule that colonoscopy
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Bob Costas was 18 when his father dropped dead at JFK airport. At the wake, a man handed him a thick envelope with $6,000 in $100 bills. It was everything his father left behind, and a bookie would never have paid it to a dead man.
In the video below, he tells the story himself.
His father, John, was a big-time gambler. Not casinos, not racetracks. Ball games. Bob says the mortgage was literally riding on his bets.
When the games went the wrong way, he threw things, cursed and yelled. Bobโs mom and sister would leave. Bob stayed, because watching the games with his dad was the only way to be close to him.
Friday, May 15, 1970. A cop knocks on the door. Before he says a word, Bobโs mother asks, โMy husbandโs dead, isnโt he?โ John Costas had a heart attack walking through JFK. He was 42.
At the wake, one of his gambling buddies walked in with the envelope. โYour father was up when he died. Give this to your mother.โ A bookie never pays a dead man, so the friend went to the bookie himself and said John sent him to collect.
Decades later, Bob Costas refused to read sports betting ads on air. Today the bookie lives in everyoneโs phone. Is that progress?
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Update on my Babydoll. Man I hope this encourages someone in the battle today. Thank you isnโt enough to all of you that have been praying for us. No greater gift you can give someone.
Her oncologist called me Friday during our HS football game. He left a voicemail that said this, Um, the results came back stunning. Like, no tumor. I mean, it's, it's, we don't completely understand it. But give me a call and I'll explain what we think maybe going on and tell you how we resume.
He doesnโt understand, but we doโฆ GOD and PRAYER!!!!
Thank you for faithfully praying!
WHAT A GOD!!โค๏ธ๐๐ป
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Adam Schefter is a owner and investor of two sports betting apps. Within a span of hours he tweeted that Jalen Hurts wouldnโt be put on injured reserve. Hours later the eagles put Hurts on IR. How is this not investigated?
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๐ฅ Signed Helmet Giveaway! ๐ฅ
I'm giving away a signed Jaxon Smith-Njigba helmet.
Rules:
1. Follow @Schultz_Report
2. Repost this post
3. Reply with how many yards JSN has vs the Broncos on TNF
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I legitimately don't know one college football fan who is favor of this.
This is college football's business people chasing some potential casual viewer in the sport's wastelands (like the Northeast) and the dollars they'll get selling the hope of that.
Absolutely horrible.
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I think one of my biggest pet peeves in fantasy sports is when people donโt treat a trade offer as the start of a conversation. Iโll never understand the logic of rejecting a trade and not proposing a counter or reaching out to the other manager to talk through options
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It's a TUESDAY episode...๐๐๐
@Jeff_Erickson joins the show to break down the WEEK 6 WAIVER WIRE...
...plus I'll review the classic Monday nighter and the all the other games I didn't cover on Monday's show!
Go beyond the spreadsheets and box scores!
(link is ๐)
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This is one contemporary journalists have gotten largely wrong, thanks to a biography written by Al Stump, a notoriously irresponsible scribe, and the movie Cobb that relied on it. For a more accurate depiction of a complicated man, read Charles Leerhsen's "Ty Cobb."
"Five years after Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier, Ty Cobb publicly supported blacks and whites playing baseball together, adding:
"Certainly it is okay for them to play.
I see no reason in the world why we shouldn't compete with colored athletes as long as they conduct themselves with politeness and gentility.
Let me say also, that no white man has the right to be less of a gentleman than a colored man;
In my book that goes not only for baseball, but in all walks of life."
Using even stronger language, Ty Cobb told the Sporting News in 1952 that:
"The Negro should be accepted and not grudgingly, but wholeheartedly."
In 1953, black newspapers cited his praise for Brooklyn Dodgers' catcher Roy Campanella, who Cobb said was:
"Among the all-time best catchers in baseball."
Following Roy Campanella's accident that left him paralyzed, the Dodgers staged a tribute game where tens of thousands of spectators silently held lit matches above their heads.
Cobb wrote Walter O'Malley, the Dodgers owner to show his appreciation:
"For what you did for this fine man."
Cobb also stated that Willie Mays was the:
"Only player I'd pay money to see."
In the Ty Cobb obituaries that ran in the black press following Cobb's death, Cobb was praised for:
"Speaking in favor of racial freedom in baseball."
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In honor of @Jahmyr_Gibbs1 breaking the record for TDs under 25 years old, I am giving away a few signed cards from my personal stash.
1 - Follow Us
2 - Retweet and tell us your favorite TD that #0 or #20 scored for the @Lions
Winner selected at random
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This oneโs for Da Coach. ๐ปโฌ๏ธ
In honor of Mike Ditka, 3๏ธโฃ winners will each receive a Mike Ditka jersey.
To enter: LIKE + RT โ
Rest easy, Coach. Forever a Chicago legend. ๐๏ธ
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In partnership with the Ditka Family, our Mike Ditka Collection is now live on our website with all of the proceeds going to Misericordia.
These shirts are pre-orders and will ship out October 19th. Rest in Peace, Coach. A Chicago Icon and an absolute football legend. You will be missed. #DaCoach
