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S.D. Thompson @sdthompson.bsky.social · 8h

That'd make sense. The Mon-SJ-Fred market covers 10 of New Brunswick's counties, which would give you about that many people

S.D. Thompson @sdthompson.bsky.social · 12h

How in hell do they get more than 600,000 people between Saint John and Moncton?! I *live* in Greater Saint John, and between us, Greater Moncton, and the Kings Region between us have 350,000 people (per last census)!

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S.D. Thompson @sdthompson.bsky.social · 4d

Don't forget about the Buffalo Bisons, AAA Blue Jays affiliate and gracious hosts for the Jays during the COVID border restrictions. I hope there are some Jays fans in Erie County!

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victoria zeller (buy ONE OF THE BOYS) @dirtbagqueer.rocks · 9d

the cover photo here really just makes the implicit racism inherent to transphobia explicit huh

Katelyn Best @kabest.bsky.social · 9d

Deeply disappointed in Liz Eddy here, who I've always liked and respected. A reminder that we have a lot of work to do when it comes to educating the public about why trans inclusion isn't just morally correct, but competitively sound share.google/Gjf9a1Sl01eL...

National Women’s Soccer League must adopt gender standards to keep growing

Recent controversies across women’s sports — from swimming to track and field — have highlighted professional soccer lacks clear eligibility policies, unlike a growing number of other competitions.…

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S.D. Thompson @sdthompson.bsky.social · 10d

C'mon, Gang Green. Do it for Nick. #NYJets

Awful Announcing @awfulannouncing.bsky.social · 10d

CBS pays tribute to former New York Jets center Nick Mangold, whose passing was announced earlier today after suffering from complications of kidney disease.

He was 41 years old.

S.D. Thompson @sdthompson.bsky.social · 12d

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S.D. Thompson @sdthompson.bsky.social · 12d

he he he the ball went away!

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S.D. Thompson @sdthompson.bsky.social · 14d

What's the game?

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S.D. Thompson @sdthompson.bsky.social · 21d

Well, it's good UMass gets a conference rivalry, and Buffalo finally has someone in the MAC to hate like Bowling Green-Toledo.

That said, the Minutemen's greatest rivalry will now and ever be the CUM Game!

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 23d

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy passed away today according to the House of GG. She was a veteran of the Stonewall rebellion and a lifelong organizer for the safety and dignity of trans people, sex workers, and the incarcerated. She came from the same generation and milieu as Marsha and Sylvia. She was 78.

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S.D. Thompson @sdthompson.bsky.social · 23d

You guys already had your first bye week. You played my Jets Week 2.

I miss when my team was competent.

S.D. Thompson @sdthompson.bsky.social · 24d

At least college hoops starts in about a month and the PWHL (go Ottawa!) starts Nov. 21. And hey - I can see the local semi-pro team, the MWBA's Port City Fog, in the Spring.

S.D. Thompson @sdthompson.bsky.social · 24d

I hope something happens so there isn't a WNBA lockout next season. I'd love to go watch a Toronto Tempo game next season, but my god has Englebert completely screwed up with both players (in negotiations) AND ownership (by selling a stupidly undervalues stake in the league to private equity).

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S.D. Thompson @sdthompson.bsky.social · 24d

Justin Fields and the Jets have made me give up on football.

So much I flipped to NBA TV Canada to watch the WNBA Finals Game 4 replay. Great game, A'ja Wilson is GOATed, and my goodness, I think Cathy Englebert, at the trophy presentation, got booed worse than Gary Bettman.

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S.D. Thompson @sdthompson.bsky.social · 25d

Follow-up - Mt. A has won a football game!

Canada's last winless university football team improve to 1-6 with a 24-20 victory over St. F.X.!

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S.D. Thompson @sdthompson.bsky.social · 25d

There is good football everywhere - even in Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada, where the Mount Allison Mounties trail the St. Francis Xavier X-Men 20-17 in the third. Mt. A is 0-6 on the season.

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S.D. Thompson @sdthompson.bsky.social · 27d

It's the pushing the QB that gets me, because logically that should be considered helping the runner and a ten-yard penalty.

Hurts and others are good enough to get a yard or two on a normal QB sneak.

If I want to see a running maul, I'll watch rugby. They do it better anyway.

S.D. Thompson @sdthompson.bsky.social · 28d

Thoughts on (Rogers) Sportsnet's scorebug? While this screenshot isn't from the ALDS, the Canadian network is originating a full national broadcast of the Blue Jays' postseason run (with Dan Shulman at the mic!).

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S.D. Thompson @sdthompson.bsky.social · 28d

I don't know if it's a strict substitution. Schlereth was Chris Myers's regular partner through September, while Sanchez worked with Adam Amin. FOX's broadcast pairings are scrambled by Amin & Joe Davis's work on the MLB Postseason.

S.D. Thompson @sdthompson.bsky.social · 29d

I think I watched The Brave Little Toaster for the first time during one of those pre-emptions. WLBZ certainly made come programming choices back in the day.

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Dan Nguyen @dancow.bsky.social · Oct 4

Hoping he recovers from his injuries but also:

onion article:

Dickhead In Sanchez
Jersey Turns Out To Be
Mark Sanchez

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S.D. Thompson @sdthompson.bsky.social · Oct 2

FWIW, ESPN Radio broadcasts the entire MLB Postseason nationally and streams live game audio on their website. It's how I followed the postseason in university in Canada and baseball is still the best sport to listen to on the radio.

S.D. Thompson @sdthompson.bsky.social · Oct 1

I wrote that tongue-in-cheek, but that could actually be the case.

S.D. Thompson @sdthompson.bsky.social · Oct 1

Ben will be listening to ESPN Radio's coverage of the MLB Division Series, of course. Heck, he could even be working one of those series!

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S.D. Thompson @sdthompson.bsky.social · Oct 1

Kinda surprised the ALDS has start times for their game 2s already. I would have thought they'd wait to see the ALWC results first in case FOX wanted to nudge the end of a possible Yankees-Blue Jays game into prime time.

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