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Matt Ryan
Just a thought on football that I would like to make while the 2024 NFL Draft is going on. It has been brought to my attention that quarterback Matt Ryan has officially called it a career. I was hoping that he would continue playing but I guess for some players when it is time to go then it is time to go. But anyway, I would say that he had somewhat of a successful pro football career even though…
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Why the Philadelphia Eagles Win with Unpopular Decisions - Bloomberg Originals
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ok so as someone still relatively new to TWST (and someone just taking the events as they come to EN instead of keeping up with the JP side) and as a Jack Howl simp
I am of the (CORRECT) opinion that he should absolutely get an Applepom look because... fwuffy. and hat with ear holes. and he'd be SO insistent that he's used to the cold and doesn't need it but he will take it once it's insisted on because he's polite and won't refuse Gramma Felmier
Also I think a fun twist on the "someone's sled breaks and their plushie tears so they have to come up with another idea" bit from the other event is that Jack goes wolf mode to pull the sled (because as said in his starsending wish he pulls sleds back at home on breaks to try and get faster as a wolf!)
I'm biased though because I need more Jacc in my life
Thoughts?
thank you anon for bringing the mental image of harveston Jack into my life. he would be SO fluffy...so warm...he would haul so many apples...
also while I love the imagery of him pulling the sled, I feel like that would probably get them insta-disqualified. :( unless they can somehow 1) convince the judges that this enormous talking wolf is actually a very well-made plush, and 2) get Jack to go along with it (I do think Jack would instantly respect Marja as being more alpha or whatever and would have to, like, choose between his sense of JUSTICE, or going along with cheating at this sporting event so an authority figure doesn't get mad at him) (...wait this is just the plot of episode 2 again) (DANGIT)
#art#twisted wonderland#marja would never stand for cheating though. this is NOT how she became idia's sports anime waifu.#that said we deserve a jack in cuddly winter knits#maybe next winter-themed event...#if i remember right he also canonically snowboards and now i suddenly want a card of that#i want to see whatever weird fantasy twist on snowboarding they would do for an event#jack: for contrived reasons i need 3-5 peers to join my traditional hometown competition where the boards are made of candy or whatever#no you don't understand it would be like...peppermint-themed and extremely cute. i actually do very much want this now.#(sorry to keep doing the marker-style stuff i'm just having fun with ~brushes~)#(also sorry for taking forever with this) (stuff is busy right now!)#(eyes slide away from inbox timestamps...)
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Why Logan Sargeant should go to Haas (from a sports management major/lens of corporate sponsorship):
- Haas has an empty seat
- Both are American
- Logan being with an American team is a draw for American sponsors, especially with America being a budding F1 market
- American fans have a growing interest in F1, so an American driver and team is a draw for fans who don’t want to be the Cowboys/Duke Basketball/Yankees/Dodgers fans of F1
- Logan needs a seat next year and pookie deserves the best
- The American sponsors that brought money into Williams for Logan are more likely to connect with the Haas sellers more due to the American draw
- If I am Haas, sign Logan, then make overly American merch (at a good price for fans), you can bet your ass every American fan will be buying it
- honestly the property assets alone that can be made by going all in on “american greatness” would be worth it
In conclusion:
Logan Sargeant + Haas = 🇺🇸💸🦅
#logan sargeant#formula 1#f1#haas f1 team#silly season#sports business#give logie bear a contract#i graduate in the fall#please hire me
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An update to an older story that’s goods news!
When Jenny Nguyen signed the lease to create her dream bar, she wasn’t sure it would stay open for more than a few months.
But earlier this month, 43-year-old Nguyen’s first-of-its-kind establishment in Portland, Oregon, celebrated its one-year anniversary. Aptly named The Sports Bra, it’s a sports bar where only women athletes appear on the TVs.
Business has been good, despite the niche business model and record inflation sending food and beverage prices soaring. The Sports Bra brought in $944,000 in revenue in the eight months it was open in 2022, according to documents reviewed by CNBC Make It.
It was profitable in that first year of business, Nguyen adds.
“It turns out, it’s pretty universal — that feeling of being a women’s sports fan and going into a public place, like a sports bar, and having a difficult time finding a place to show a [women’s] game, especially when there are other men’s sports playing,” Nguyen says.
Initially, she wasn’t sure the idea would work at all. The vast majority of money and attention historically goes to men’s sports only — a big reason why The Sports Bra was reportedly the country’s first bar to only play women’s sports on TV.
It’s also not the kind of thing Nguyen would ordinarily do: She describes herself as “very cautious, risk averse.” But her obsession with women’s sports and frustration with its lack of representation on television screens drove her to empty her life savings — about $27,000 — and give it a try.
“Me, personally, I thought the idea was brilliant and that [it was] what the world needs,” Nguyen says. “But I had no idea that the world would want it. I just wanted to give it a shot.”
How The Sports Bra went from running joke to reality
Nguyen is a lifelong basketball fan who played the sport at Clark College in Vancouver, Washington, before tearing her ACL. She’s also a longtime restaurant worker who spent three years as Reed College’s executive chef.
In 2018, Nguyen and a group of friends wanted to watch the NCAA women’s basketball championship game. They went to a mostly empty sports bar and still had to plead with a bartender to switch one of the smallest TVs — which played without sound — from a men’s sport to the women’s championship game, she recalls.
Together, they jumped up and down celebrating “one of the best games I’ve ever seen,” Nguyen says, as a buzzer-beating three-point shot sealed the championship title for Notre Dame. Afterward, she was struck by the normalcy of her situation.
″[We’d] gotten so used to watching a game like that in the way that we did,” she says, adding that they’d only find better viewing conditions “if we had our own place.”
Days later, she channeled her disappointment into a hypothetical: What would she name her bar? “The very first thing that came into my mind was The Sports Bra,” Nguyen says. “And once I thought it, I couldn’t un-think it, you know? It was catchy. I thought it was hilarious.”
For years, she joked about it. Then, the fallout from social justice movements like #MeToo and the country’s racial reckoning after George Floyd’s murder left her wanting to make a meaningful impact on the world and her community.
Nguyen, who came out as a lesbian at age 17, says she doesn’t always feel welcome at most traditional sports bars. The Sports Bra could help her, and anyone else who’d rarely felt accepted in other sports establishments, feel like she belonged.
“I thought about, if we can even get one kid in here and have them feel like they belong in sports, it’d be worth it,” she says.
Helping other women’s sports bars get started
At first, Nguyen had her savings, and $40,000 in loans cobbled together from friends and family. That would keep The Sports Bra afloat for three months, based on her cost estimates for labor, inventory and other overhead.
In February 2022, she launched a Kickstarter to raise $48,000 — enough money for an extra six-month financial cushion, to build up the sort of regular clientele any bar or restaurant needs to survive long-term.
To Nguyen’s surprise, the campaign raised more than $105,000 in just 30 days, thanks to a viral article in online food publication Eater. “At that moment, when I was looking at that Kickstarter graph, I thought to myself, ‘This might work,’” she says.
But the money, which came from around the country and world, was no guarantee of success. Actual people in Portland still needed to frequent the bar.
Today, there’s often a line out the door. Women’s basketball icons like Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi showed up, for an event sponsored by Buick, earlier this month. Ginny Gilder, co-owner of the WNBA’s Seattle Storm, has even waited in line to watch her team play on The Sports Bra’s TVs, Nguyen says.
That’s a far cry from the Kickstarter days, which Nguyen says only happened after she was denied business loans by multiple banks and small business associations. The denials commonly cited the high risk of a unique concept run by a first-time entrepreneur during a pandemic, she adds.
Even the bar’s core concept is a struggle: It’s hard to find enough women’s sporting events to fill up the televisions. Only about 5% of all TV sports coverage focuses on female athletes, according to a 2021 University of Southern California study.
Nguyen says she’s taken to reaching out directly to sports networks and streaming services, some of which have hooked her up with access to more women’s sports content. She also spends an inordinate amount of time “scouring” TV listings, a process she likens to “taking a machete and chopping through a jungle.”
But she’s no longer alone. Another bar specializing in women’s sports has opened in nearby Seattle, and Nguyen says she’s in touch with a handful of other prospective entrepreneurs asking her for advice on opening similar visions in other cities.
“I would love to have as many people experience the feeling people experience when they walk through these doors,” she says. “It feels very selfish to keep it to this one building that holds 40 people at a time.”
#USA#oregon#Portland#jenny nguyen#The Sports Bra#A sports bar for women and women’s sports#She was originally denied business loans
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#poorly drawn mdzs#mdzs#wei wuxian#xue yang#lan wangji#blood#This was supposed to be no.69 but I forgot that I don't number the bonus episodes B*( In my heart it's 69.#LWJ hasn't had dialogue in 10+ comics but that's because his mouth has been busy biting and ripping and tearing into flesh#He and LXC never fought as children so he has all this pent up rough and tumble energy he needs to let out#A LWJ does not hunt for sport. A untamed LWJ hunts to protect his territory and a tamed one hunts on command#however it is very hard to get the loyalty of a LWJ. One must prove themselves worthy by demonstrating acts of standing up for justice#once a LWJ chooses you then he will stay by your side forever.#He will need daily nutrients in the form of head pets. Do not let him starve#I had a lot of alternates for the third panel line. Hanguang-jun-jitsu. Going for the Hanguang-jugular. Hanguang-judge jury and executioner#Hanguang-june means Hanguang-jokes
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I’m going insane rn
Doing one of my never-ending rereads and... even when Neil hated Andrew and fully believed all the worst rumors, he still expected someone to be in Andrew’s corner... and then in book three we see him decide to be that person:
something about the way Neil, a perfect stranger to the concepts of friendship and teamwork, still expected better from Andrew’s team and family... I know that’s the entire core of their relationship but it still knocks a hole in my chest to see it laid out so baldly
#the continuity of these fucking books fucking astounds me sometimes#a throwaway line on page 42 of book one being referenced explicitly on page 170 of book three#say what you want about Nora that is still absolutely insane#edit: because i accidentally posted this to my main blog#this is a 978 page self-published book series about a made up sport and the mafia#It has no business having some of the best fucking continuity I've ever read outside of agatha christie or tolkien okay?
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depths of the bayou
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close up of Alastor-
as well as the line art- while I think it looks better without it, I worked too hard on it for it to not be seen lol
#Alastor#hazbin hotel#hazbin hotel fanart#Alastor fanart#hazbin hotel alastor#depths of the bayou#fanart#my art#bayou#deer#skeleton#the coat design is based off 1920s sport suit style coats#and the rifle is the ‘1920 Savage’ American hunting rifle#for the deer skeleton i referenced the 1733 bone anatomy book ‘osteographia’#that’s right#I did research for this fanart of a fictional cannibal serial killer#I wanted to merge the boundary of where he came from and who he used to be vs what he is now#hence the demon form but is in the bayou hunting deer#also I love the idea that the human world has its own spirits and monsters seperate to the heaven/hell business#and that when he was alive he would have been familiar with it
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Zach Parise
Back once more and I am happy that I took some time off from writing in here because I was feeling a bit burned out from writing in here while I wasn’t getting any views. So I decided to take a bit of a break from here to rest a bit so I can find some fresh stuff to talk about. Now that I am back I am just going to lay down some news that has come from the NHL regarding American player Zach…
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#Business Of Sports#Colorado Avalanche#Entertainment#hockey#Ice Hockey#National Hockey League#New Jersey Devils#NHL#Sports#Team USA#USA Hockey#Zach Parise
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I've said this a lot (a lot of people have actually) but I will say it again because we got two seconds of cross guild in the new opening and I can't stop thinking about them:
Cross guild is the funniest and most random dynamic to exist ever. How did Oda even come up with the idea like what was the thought process
"I bet you can't come up with the most ridiculous trio and make it work so hard that they become the most iconic trio to ever exist"
"alright bet"
#not enemies not lovers but a secret third option#business partners#except one of them is basically being held hostage#jokes on the other two because they're gonna end up in love with him#pathetic man sneaks his way into the hearts of every men he meets like it's an olympic sport#save me buggy the clown#one piece#buggy the clown#cross guild#dracule mihawk#sir crocodile#egghead
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cursed modern human garashir au where ds9 is an old ruined resort that was built by some evil rich motherfuckers years ago and was recently seized back by the native people whose land and economy it had destroyed. it's since been converted into an affordable apartment complex sort of situation (just... with a pool, bar, restaraunts, spa and tennis court built into it lol) and is run by sisko and kira. since it is rundown, odo gets hired back on to keep kids from further vandalizing it and o'brien's team gets hired on from the nonprofit organization sisko works for to fix the place up best he can. dukat is the old overseer of the property who drops by sometimes to remind them he and his hospitality business still exist, and my, what a fine job they’ve done renovating the place! it’s actually nice again. sure would be a shame if someone bought the property out from under them (lmao jk kardasi hospitality and starfleet are friends! no hard feelings. they should collaborate on some future projects, actually).
garak's a sad bitch who just lost his amazing morally dubious nepotism career at obsidian corp. (which absorbed kardasi hospitality) and moved into the complex just for the comfortingly familiar architecture. even tho he's not on the payroll for his (secret) dad's evil exploitative company anymore he's still vital to its continued efficiency and is an absolute sucker who still does unpaid shady work for them from time to time. so no one in the complex likes him, but also he's a very pleasant and fastidious queer man who pays his rent on time and has completely taken over the laundry room, to the benefit of everyone, because all the machines actually work now, it's always tidy, and there's a variety of forever-stocked detergents and soaps available, plus an iron?? there was not an iron before garak moved in. which is how it eventually becomes public knowledge that garak has an online tailoring and fashion design business, and he's actually pretty good at restoring clothes that get fucked by the washing machine or eaten by rats, soooo. yeah. they let him stick around.
meanwhile julian's a hot doctor who works at the local hospital and is absolutely buried in student debt that he refuses to let his moderately-wealthy family help him with because they're awful people who had him on illegal drugs without his knowledge since he was a little kid. they were afraid he had something wrong with him, apparently. he was too far behind in his class or w/e. they couldn't handle having a kid with special needs, so they pumped him full of dangerous experimental stimulants. only reason he found out is because he snuck off somewhere to start transitioning and had some tests done that revealed all the crazy shit in his system. he's insanely lucky he didn't end up in the hospital with seizures or fall into a coma or worse. not to mention his parents still dead-name him left and right over a decade later. it's a whole mess and a huge secret, because he technically has a history with illegal drug abuse, and it's a partially ongoing history because going cold turkey off drugs he's been on since he was six is Not A Good Idea, so??? fuck his life, actually. he lives in the apartment just down the hall from garak's.
garak hates the country his dad's company expanded into and would like nothing better than to move back home, but it's not really logistically possible. especially since everyone there hates him cuz his (secret) dad's company is a mega-corporation that's completely taken over everything p much and is a complete monopoly nightmare, and he did... kinda... work there for decades. no one would hire him if he went back. it would be an extreme conflict of interest, since everyone wants to stay on tain's good side, including garak. but starfleet is interested in him, so he does some begrudging contract work for them sometimes, but he really has no desire to join them. he just wants to resume his old career and reclaim his assets.
julian's hospital is owned by starfleet, tho. his scholarship into medical school was also from starfleet, in fact--they're the only reason he was able to (sort of) afford becoming a doctor at all. so he's a big fan, even tho they are pretty hardcore anti-drugs in a way that's made him have to forge medical records and risk serious legal charges and prison time. julian comes across as a squeaky clean medical professional and an adorable idiot, but he's intimately familiar with back-alley dealings. which is kind of how he ends up helping garak with his drug addiction, and keeps said addiction off the record.
but basically, how it begins is julian likes to support the local restaurants in the complex and garak finds him there and thinks he's gorgeous, and it proceeds as expected. they fuck nasty and become codependent. ten years later, julian lives in a modest house with garak in his home country and garak irons all his old university hoodies.
#julian's addicted to trashy romance novels with mysterious ceo love interests with fancy high rise apartments and private jets#if they have an accent Even Better and garak has a thick one#so when he meets garak he's immediately drooling#but he later finds out garak was never especially wealthy he was the bastard son of the housekeeper in his (secret) dad's mansion#and as an adult he was Not paid well so he lived pretty much like a normal person#he does not drive an italian sports car it's just a kia#but garak Was on his way to taking over his dad's company and becoming filthy rich and he Is familiar with that lifestyle#so he plays it up to impress julian in the beginning of their relationship#saving up to take him to fancy hotels and restaurants in exotic locations for business purposes and doing weird sex stuff#this eventually peters out into them just loving each other for who and what they really are#but julian can't deny finding garak particularly irresistible when he's in a suit and talking about the stock market#garashir#my posts
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no clever caption today I just missed drawing Ted SO much
#Ted needed to wear pink#I’ve been busy with school and also had spn art deadlines#Ted = serotonin so I was in dire need#I love him sm#also in my head he’s ofc talking to Trent#you can hc this as Tedbecca too tho if you want#it’d be funny if he called her sport lol#sketch.art#tedtrent#tedependent#ted lasso#ted lasso fanart
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when i say that this was my 9/11 i fully mean it. i would pull out my computer and write it myself if it weren’t so personal to dan. i will go into debt to make this happen. @danielhowell if there is anything i can personally to get dan is not okay out into the world i will do it i don’t care if i’m a freshman in college i would die for this.
#DINOK MY BELOVED#i’m getting way too fucking emo about this#actually idc#this is everything i could ever want#not only is this concept so fucking interesting and cool#but i love dan and everything he does so much#i have full trust in everything he creates#idc if it’s parasocial#i went to wad it was the best thing ever#i’ve watched every dd episode five times as they came out#daniel howell is a true creative visionary who should get to run wild#but also i need to go back to the plot#not only is it a reflection of dan’s life#but so many people are actually going through this same thing#and will continue to#i go to class every day and see the guys who are business majors or whatever#and i just want to scream in their face that there is more to life than d3 sports#also as somebody who’s interested in dan this is everything to me plotwise#like yes queen i am also incredibly grateful that you dropped out of law#i am so happy that you have become comfortable not just with your sexuality#but with who you are in general#you don’t know me but you raised me#and i am so proud of you#AKDHAKDHSK SORRY IM DONE NOW#BUT I COULD GO ON FOR HOURS#daniel howell#dan is not okay#dinok#why i quit youtube#dan howell
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Website by @bibipins
#which item poll#binders#transgender#bras#sports bra#black owned business#polls#poll game#random polls#bibipins
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And he will forever prosper ❤️
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