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Favoriting May 12, 2014: Man City takes the Premier League! Rangers force Game 7! Michael Sam got drafted! Wex Wyan goes defensive (again)! So much Sportsy, and we only gots a little hour!

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Listener comments!

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Danne D:

Yay Sportsytalk :)
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Danne D:

I realize baseball will be big tonight but for your edification I have a CFL Mock Draft for your perusal (they draft tomorrow):

cfl.ca...
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Adrian:

Hello sportsy talkers! :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:02pm
SeanG:

yah jeets
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Carmichael:

How about the big gay kiss? Not that there's anything wrong with that.
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Danne D:

I love that the first 2 projected picks are centres
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Studio B Ben:

Dang technical issues!
  6:04pm
Robert:

Wasn't the original plan to do a meetup & remote at a minor league game?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:07pm
Matt from Springfield:

Take - me out to the Sportsy game!
Take - me out to somethingsportsy..!!

Hi Bronwyn and Jim and Sportsyfans!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:08pm
Matt from Springfield:

*Petroleum* jelly--super flammable!

No Live UStream broadcast? I thought that was this week..
  6:08pm
?:

who do you think will win the Champions League? Atlethic de Madrird or Real Madrid?
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Carmichael:

You 2 should go to Brasil and cover World Cup.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:10pm
Matt from Springfield:

Sports Pope? Who's that? If there isn't one, let's take nominations for one!!
  6:10pm
Ralphine:

Staten Island Yankees would be easier.
  6:12pm
Robert:

Were you on the varsity, Bronwyn? JV? Frosh?
  6:12pm
Ralphine:

Nice Dodgeball reference.
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Carmichael:

Papeye restaurant in NYC.
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Danne D:

Here's a list of Ghana sports bars - though they actually are in Ghana:

www.ghananation.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:13pm
Matt from Springfield:

I've always wished for a WFMU-AM station and Internet stream--like a parody/tribute of the typical AM station--Bronwyn's Sportsy call-in show, Clay Pigeon would do a Morning Zoo show! If only we had the resources!
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Carmichael:

Here you go: blogs.villagevoice.com...
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Danne D:

Yelp listing for Ghana Restaurant - some are in Manhattan it looks like:
www.yelp.com...
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Danne D:

The friggin' Penguins better win!
  6:14pm
Ralphine:

Isn't that German guy coaching the US soccer team now? Maybe he'll be able to coach 'em up enough to beat Ghana.
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Danne D:

Game 7 is in Pittsburgh.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:14pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

The Brooklyn Nets play basketball tonight. They host the Miami Heat tonight at Barclays Center for game 4. Miami leads the series 2-1.
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Carmichael:

Goin' out to get my Ghana jersey! Gha-NAH! Gha-NAH!
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Danne D:

Subban - not Sudan, Jim.

To be honest, the water bottle thing isn't a race thing - guys have been going crazy with the water bottles a lot this playoffs.
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Jeff:

For odd historical reasons - especially given that I'm in general really thoroughly un-sportsy - I happen to know the rules (excuse me, "laws") of Cricket. At least at a basic functional level.

I could probably even do an introductory "Cricket for the Baseball Fan" explanation.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:16pm
Matt from Springfield:

"Is that an iPad in your pants, or are you clinically insane??"
Avatar 6:17pm
Danne D:

Ultimate showdown
Putin vs Kim Jong Un in golf.
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Danne D:

Go Not-Brooklyn!
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glenn:

i loathe the boston bruins to the core of my being. i wish for another boston molasses flood to come along and suck them into its vortex of sticky death.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:19pm
Matt from Springfield:

Go Sticky Molasses Floods!
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steve:

i just walked into the room. did i miss some Brooklyn bashing?
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Danne D:

And I hustled myself off - you guys need to call folks!

I had a nice long-winded thing about Michael Sam that I totally spared you guys from. So Please Call!

201-209-9368
Avatar 6:20pm
Danne D:

I'm just the warm-up call for Studio B Ben now y'know.
  6:20pm
Ralphine:

Tim Duncan won't be around forever.
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Danne D:

I woulda become a Spurs fan except their owner is a total right-wing nut.
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glenn:

well, there's always the clippers, danne.
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Danne D:

They were on the list for consideration too but for Sterling
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Carmichael:

I'm rooting for Indiana because they have the only real chance of beating the LeBrons.
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Danne D:

I know there's a Canadian or two on the board - you need to call about the CFL Draft :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:24pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

The Oscar Pistorius trial is 30 days old already. Someone in the trial claimed the amputations he endured caused him mental instabilities (Generalized Anxiety Disorder - GAD).
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:24pm
Matt from Springfield:

I hunt racoons for sport...with a TRUCK!!
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Danne D:

BailStarter can sponsor the SportsyTalk Demolition Derby Car
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:26pm
Matt from Springfield:

Pop-Up ads are kind of like Internet bums..
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glenn:

the c.f.l. rocks, buuuut..... i couldn't care less who the roughriders pick.
Avatar 6:26pm
Danne D:

@Ken From Hyde Park yeah so apparently the 'expert' the defense called in did everything but urge a guilty verdict and life in prison for him. Good job outta the defense there.
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Studio B Ben:

If I can do it--despite all my nerves--you can do it! I want a brand new caller to call in! 201-209-9368
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Danne D:

Send off my pledge today :)
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thunderish' Jay:

but when?
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Matt from Springfield:

"Tinder of a Broken Heart"
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SeanG:

Thanks!
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Studio B Ben:

@Danne: You're not the warm up! You have the prime first slot!
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Danne D:

Jim should set up a Sportsytalk World Cup pool group on ESPN :)
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glenn:

ummmmm, seabiscuit?
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thunderish' Jay:

wow
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davex:

Seattle Slew?
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glenn:

bars, bronwyn.
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Danne D:

www.preakness.com...

I'll go Ria Antonia because it would be crazy for a Canadian Horse to win.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:31pm
Matt from Springfield:

@Danne: Johnny Cochran isn't there to bail him out nowadays.

"If the bullets hit / You must acquit!"
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:32pm
davex:

Trial by combat?
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thunderish' Jay:

i cannot guess the winning horse there sorry
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Danne D:

Long story short - Prosecutor managed to get expert to say how Pistorius felt sorry that he shot his girlfriend - but that he wouldn't be sorry if it was someone else). Seriously the article I saw seemed to say he was screwed.
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thunderish' Jay:

but i would say the one with the lys flower
  6:34pm
Ralphine:

I can't remember. What college did the number one NFL draft pick this year go to?
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thunderish' Jay:

RIDE ON CURLIN
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Studio B Ben:

I hope Michael Sam inspires current and former NFL players to start coming out. Power in numbers.
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Matt from Springfield:

KBGBs! Best literary bar/punk club in NYC!
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Danne D:

What a great lineup :) I doubt I can make it up there though :(

Will Studio KGB Ben be there?
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thunderish' Jay:

wow danne
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Kurt Gottschalk:

and jesse jarnow!
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thunderish' Jay:

logic
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:36pm
Matt from Springfield:

Sen. Schumer is a bigoted liquid-ist!!
  6:36pm
Robert:

Stephen Cohen pointed out on "Coast to Coast AM" that most officers who had as long a career as Putin in the KGB made general, while he got out as only a colonel.
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Danne D:

@Ralphine Clowney went to South Carolina. Btw, it's pretty hilarious that Texas had 0 draft picks :)
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thunderish' Jay:

he got to a point of shame without exit - the hero turned villain
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Deacon Dave:

Hey!!!
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Deacon Dave:

Slugo Talk!
  6:39pm
Robert:

So there could be some overcompens'n in Putin's superhero schtick.
Avatar 6:40pm
Deacon Dave:

Slugo Putin?
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Foolbert:

Why didn't Bronwyn just answer the phone with a simple, `I'm with Jim, I'll call you back when we're done.'?
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Carmichael:

Manziel is the backup. They told him to start acting like it, goddamit.
Avatar 6:41pm
Studio B Ben:

Poor Josh Gordon. And for weed? Please. C'mon.
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Deacon Dave:

I miss "News of the Dead"
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Danne D:

Great article about how the Bucs turned the wrong pick in in 1982 and it basically destroyed their team for the next decade and a half:
sportsillustrated.cnn.com...
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Danne D:

Studio Weed Ben?
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Deacon Dave:

Who died?
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Danne D:

RIP Rix :(
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:42pm
Matt from Springfield:

I miss the "News of the Dead" music.
And "Jay's Theme" music!


RIP Rix. He was a longtime legend here.
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Deacon Dave:

RIP Rixon . . . .I remember his shows . . . . .sweet!
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Carmichael:

Thanks for the memories, Danne ... :(
  6:43pm
Ralphine:

I don't know how that Tampa Bay pick was any worse than Ryan Leaf was.
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Deacon Dave:

Why did he die?
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Jeff:

NOT BACKSLASH.

Slash.

Thank you.
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Jeff:

Here are his playlists:

wfmu.org...
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Studio B Ben:

RIP
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Danne D:

Archives: wfmu.org...

Rix blog: bobrixon.blogspot.com

Poetry: murderismymusic.homestead.com

Rix Youtube channel with 1000+ songs: www.youtube.com...
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Deacon Dave:

That stinks . . . .
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thunderish' Jay:

thanks dan
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Danne D:

Favorite memory, I can't remember the year. It was the end of the marathon and Rix was the first DJ on after the end of the Hoof N Mouth and I remember him playing Thelonius Monk's version of "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" - just perfect.
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Deacon Dave:

I say let's throw some toilet paper around in memory of Rix!
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Studio B Ben:

Michael Sam Jerseys have sold more than the first pick of the NFL draft and all other picks, despite being sold 48 hours after them.
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Studio B Ben:

www.outsports.com...
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Studio B Ben:

Okay, maybe it looks like Johnny Football eventually caught up and took the #1 spot, but still.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:47pm
dale:

nobody needs cable. a tv antenna on the roof and a roku box is all you need.
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Danne D:

only Manziel has sold more. Largely b/c Browns fans are suckers ala Charlie Brown kicking the football
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Deacon Dave:

I would sell my underwear for $50 bucks!
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Studio B Ben:

Johnny Factory Of Sadness!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:47pm
dale:

food is a different issue, though.
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Deacon Dave:

Ok, $35 would be fine!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:49pm
Matt from Springfield:

Price it at $35 clean, $50 unwashed! ;)
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Danne D:

14 1pm games for the crappy Browns
1 4pm game.
1 thursday night game where my Bengals will destroy them on national TV
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People Like Us:

Samantha will be in to board op
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Deacon Dave:

Wait, I did not consider washed . . . . or not.
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Danne D:

"I should have just paid her off" - Donald Sterling
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thunderish' Jay:

i cannot render the audio
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Matt from Springfield:

"Sterling Says He's Not A Racist"...that's right, YOU are the racist for thinking he is!!!...
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Deacon Dave:

I can't wait for Do or DIY!!!!!
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Danne D:

@PLU - Samantha is good people :)
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Deacon Dave:

I don't like sports!
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Deacon Dave:

Sorry, but this is how I am!
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Matt from Springfield:

@Danne: Good people, and quite the good DJ in her own right now! :)
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People Like Us:

Hello :)
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People Like Us:

that was not good singing
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Deacon Dave:

Hi Do or DIY!!!!
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Danne D:

Hi Vicki :)
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Studio B Ben:

Yeah Jeetz!
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People Like Us:

ha ha
  6:54pm
Ralphine:

The FA Cup starts this coming Saturday. Ridiculous.
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People Like Us:

keep it up
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:54pm
Matt from Springfield:

Not good singing--careful, or that might end up in one of Vicki's mixes! ;)

Oh wow, the 90s police drama musical! I'd like to see clips of that!!
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Deacon Dave:

I'm not singing because, well, my singing is awful!
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thunderish' Jay:

i could call give me the correct number: portuguese origin
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Deacon Dave:

Put Pete Rose in the HOF!!!!
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Danne D:

GO HULL CITY!!!!!!
Win the FA CUP!!!! :)
You all can watch on FOX :) noon on Saturday.

Go Tigers!
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Danne D:

@Ralphine - actually it's the FA Cup Final. FA Cup ends on Saturday. Hopefully with Hull City lifting the Cup :)
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Deacon Dave:

Do or DIY with Vihicky!
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Deacon Dave:

Vicky you are the best . . . . I love your show . . . . you need to do it all year!
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glenn:

ray fosse.
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Studio B Ben:

YEAH CLEATS! Good show!
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Deacon Dave:

Who?
  6:57pm
Ralphine:

So it goes on at the same time as Premier League. Too much trouble to keep up with.
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Danne D:

Bye Bronwyn :) Bye Jim :) Bye everyone :)
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thunderish' Jay:

lol right .. gonna stick to good Rix music likes .. in his memory love you all
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Deacon Dave:

Bye
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Matt from Springfield:

BroSho, fo' sho'!

Thanks for coming into our homes, and may God bless! Thanks Bronwyn, Jim, callers and commenters!
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