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https://www.reddit.com/r/DetroitPistons/comments/46m2oq/oc_10_years_and_38_trades_the_detroit_bad_boys/ Hi all! I'm a basketball noob so your feedback and insight is appreciated. I plan on submitting it to r/nba once you folks have had a chance to peek at it. In 30 for 30: Bad Boys Pistons GM Jack McCloskey says, "It took 10 years and 38 trades" to build the Bad Boys ... and within 2 years (after the wins in '89 and '90), the Pistons lost their GM, coach, Dennis Rodman, and Isiah Thomas punched Bill Laimbeer in the head, and that was the end of the Bad Boys . This is a look at those 10 years and 38 trades leading up to the 1988-1989 season. *** Part 1: The Trades A year-by-year list of moves Pistons made leading up to "Bad Boys" 1979-80 Received Washington No. 1 draft picks in 1980 and 1982 in exchange for free agent signing of Kevin Porter . Traded Andre Wakefield to Phoenix in exchange for future draft pick. Sent Detroit No. 1 pick in 1980 and Wash...

Amorim in danger of being taken down by mess at United A year on from Ratcliffe’s arrival at Old Trafford there are very few signs the club is moving in the right direction 18 Feb 2025 - The Guardian Jonathan Wilson Covering Manchester United these days feels a little like being a character in Silent Witness : every week you end up writing a postmortem. The Sunday defeat at Tottenham was an engaging if scrappy affair that finished 1-0 largely because the poor quality of defending on show was compensated for by the low level of attacking. It was fun in its way, but it didn’t feel a lot like Premier League football. It also meant United dropped to 15th in the table, having won just four of 14 league games under Ruben Amorim. With Erik ten Hag at the helm this season, United were taking 1.22 points per game; on Amorim’s watch that’s down to 1.00. Nobody was under any illusions about the scale of the task he was taking on, but four months after Amorim accepted the job it would be very diff...

Cinquante-huit coureurs découvrent cette année l’épreuve émirienne – dont la première étape a été remportée hier par l’Italien Jonathan Milan –, particulière en raison des paysages désertiques, de la chaleur et de sa confidentialité. "C’est bien de découvrir des endroits après quinze ans chez les pros"    - ADRIEN PETIT 18 Feb 2025 - L'Équipe YOHANN HAUTBOIS LIWA – Du sable, du sable et du sable. Et aussi des centaines de kilomètres de câbles haute tension, prolongés d’un pylône à l’autre, certains plus hauts que d’autres qui fendent l’ horizon dessiné entre le sol came let le camaïeu gris bleu du ciel. Le peloton s’est élancé, hier, de Madinat Zayed, à l’ouest de la capitale Abu Dhabi, dans un cadre lunaire, composé de grandes lignes droites, ellesmêmes bordées, parfois, d’une végétation retorse à pousser et de palmiers parfaitement alignés car irrigués par des tuyaux noirs posés au sol.Peu habitués à ce type de décor, les coureurs ont évolué sur des (auto)routes le plus...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/02/14/snl-best-sports-sketches/ “Saturday Night Live” and sports have been a fruitful combination over the last 50 years. Projections and lights commemorate Saturday Night Live's 50th Anniversary, at Rockefeller Center in New York City. (Sarah Yenesel/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock) By Matt Bonesteel The Washington Post - February 14, 2025 With “Saturday Night Live” celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, we thought it would be an opportune time to go back and look at some of the best SNL sketches that drew from the world of sports. Little Chocolate Donuts Season 3, Episode 6 (1977) SNL plumbed the depths of John Belushi’s real-life persona for laughs on numerous occasions in its early years ( “The Thing That Wouldn’t Leave,” a second-season cold open that made light of his drug use and notorious unreliability), but the most remembered probably is the commercial parody that had stumpy-bodied Belushi performing Olympian feats, all thanks to lit...

Jonathan Milan, 24 anni: a destra, il colpo di reni in volata.  In basso, con la maglia di leader dell’UAE Tour Jonathan in volata impone la sua legge: «Un bel lavoro verso le classiche» Pogacar in luce: 10° 18 Feb 2025 - La Gazzetta dello Sport © RIPRODUZIONE RISERVATA In Belgio, per tentare di descriverne la potenza, hanno paragonato Jonathan Milan a Obelix, il personaggio dei fumetti coprotagonista della serie Asterix dotato di una forza fisica ineguagliabile: «Sembra che, come lui, sia caduto in una pentola piena della pozione che gli ha dato il superpotere». Ma quelle sono storie di fantasia – e il fisico di Obelix non ricorda quello di un ciclista... - mentre ciò che Johnny riesce a fare in bici è reale e riesce anche a impressionare, tipo ieri.  Tipo la prima tappa dell’Uae Tour negli Emirati Arabi, 138 chilometri e finale inedito a Liwa Palace, 1500 metri al 4,2% di pendenza media (massima 8%). In una situazione di caos anomalo in cui si è lanciato ai 400 metri pure l’...

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/tsn/news/best-sports-moments-snl50-peyton-manning-bronny-james/cb47470c46fe724e874570c6 ANDREW KATZ The Sporting News 14 hours ago • 10:00 pm GMT+1 Hyped up for months, "SNL50: The Anniversary Special" did not disappoint. SNL50, a three-hour celebration of the 50th anniversary of the first show, featured cast members from every era of "Saturday Night Live." However, the guest list was not limited to the regular cast, as celebrities and former hosts showed up left and right, sometimes in sketches or simply as spectators in the crowd. N Djokovic and F Verdasco vs A Bublik and K Khachanov Match Highlights Doha February 17 2025 As one can imagine, a three-hour show featured a few sports-related jokes, from nods to former host O.J. Simpson to an appearance from Peyton Manning. Here are the best sports moments from SNL50. MORE: Every athlete who hosted 'Saturday Night Live' | Revisiting Peyton Manning's best SNL sketches Best s...

18 Feb 2025 - Corriere della Sera Di Aldo Grasso © RIPRODUZIONE RISERVATA Il Saturday Night Live ha organizzato una festa speciale per festeggiare i suoi 50 anni al Radio City Music Hall di New York: «SNL50: The Homecoming Concert». Il mitico Studio 8H, dove lo show viene registrato dal 1975, si è trasferito per una notte in uno dei luoghi più conosciuti di Manhattan per presentare ospiti come Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus, i Backstreet Boys, David Byrne, DEVO e tanti altri. A condurre la serata c’era Jimmy Fallon. Domenica è andato in onda «SNL50: The Anniversary Special», una trasmissione di tre ore che ha celebrato la storia del programma con sketch storici, ospiti illustri e la musica dei Blues Brothers (su Youtube). Al Rockefeller Center è stata allestita un’installazione interattiva «Live From New York: The SNL50 Experience». Ci siamo spesso lamentati perché da noi non c’è uno show simile: ci giustifichiamo dicendo che SNL è una «filosofia di vita», un modo di affrontare le cose, un’imp...

Jeter, Manning and Jordan all had memorable  hosting gigs on 'Saturday Night Live.' / NBC https://www.si.com/nba/liangelo-ball-performed-tweaker-at-nba-all-star-saturday-night Many athletes have impressed audiences while hosting SNL over the past 50 years. Jimmy Traina | Feb 14, 2025 SPORTS ILLUSTRATED Oregon Ducks Infielder Mason Neville: "The Team Really Caught Fire." Before we get to today’s topic, let me just remind you that two SI Media With Jimmy Traina podcasts dropped this week. One episode featured a conversation with Puck’s John Ourand about Fox’s broadcast of Super Bowl LIX. The other episode features an interview with golf journalist Dan Rapaport and my weekly Traina Thoughts segment with Sal Licata. So make sure you check those out. We’re breaking our traditional format today to acknowledge Saturday Night Live’s 50th anniversary, which will be celebrated with a three-hour special Sunday night on NBC. Over the past 50 years, many, many sports figures hav...

https://abc7ny.com/post/top-moments-athletes-hosting-saturday-night-live/12908343/ By Jeremy Willis - ESPN Monday, February 17, 2025 4:21AM On Sunday night, "Saturday Night Live" is celebrating its 50th anniversary with an alum-filled special -- Peyton Manning in attendance and all. The show has featured a number of sports tie-ins since it debuted in 1975, with such greats as Bill Russell, Deion Sanders, Derek Jeter and Tom Brady hosting. The first athlete to host the show was then- Minnesota Vikings quarterback Fran Tarkenton, who was the guest star on the 13th episode of the second season. He was joined by English singer-songwriter Leo Sayer as the musical guest. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson has hosted the show five times, more than any other athlete. His first turn came in 2000 with musical guest AC/DC. Ahead of SNL's 50th anniversary special, we look at some notable sketches from sports figures who have appeared on the show. John Madden | Sept. 7, 1982 Long b...

https://eu.usatoday.com/story/sports/2025/02/15/snl-50-favorite-sports-sketches/78477648007/ JEFF ZILLGITT , CASEY L. MOORE , TOM SCHAD   USA TODAY View |46 Photos Celebrate 50 years of SNL with some of the best cast members in history Look back at NBC's "Saturday Night Live" cast as the comedy show celebrates it's 50 anniversary. A hallmark of "Saturday Night Live" has been capturing – and skewering – pop culture with sharp, smart, and sometimes sophomoric comedy. Sport is not immune from that mission, including the games, athletes and announcers – right from the start on Oct. 11, 1975. In the first episode of "SNL," which celebrates its 50th anniversary this weekend , sports were part of the opening monologue when host George Carlin delivered his epic bit on the difference between football and baseball. Sports have been a staple at "SNL." Maybe not every show. But enough to stay in touch with what’s happening with the people who ar...