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matt connors

@mcin412.bsky.social
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Pittsburgh, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Sports: Tennis, Pittsburgh Pirates/Steelers/Panthers & Vanderbilt Commodores, NBA, NHL, Golf, Motorsport, Boxing, Olympics, Cricket, Racing. Oh, and Cats, Twin Peaks⛰⛰& Grateful Dead

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matt connors @mcin412.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I don't like the #USOpen policy of letting fans keep balls hit into stands. The integrity of 6 new balls lasting 9 games (7 after warm-up) is important. Better to have an exchange where an usher gives the fan a certificate to pick up a ball at a designated location after they return the game ball.
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matt connors @mcin412.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
99% out = 100% in #USOpen #Tennis
A hawk-eye review on Aryna Sabalenka's serve to go up 40-30 in game 5 of the 2nd set of the US Open semifinal vs. Jessica Pegula. The image of the review is superimposed onto the background of the court at Arthur Ashe Stadium.
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matt connors @mcin412.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Greatest day on a single court in tennis history.
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matt connors @mcin412.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Sports.
Frances Tiafoe and Alex Micklesen, both from the USA, embrace after a thrilling and emotional quarterfinal round match at the US Open championships in Flushing Meadow, N.Y. The caption inside the bluesky post says, simply, "Sports."
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matt connors @mcin412.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
For everyone about to moan about the start time of the second match in the Ashe evening session: What are they supposed to do? There was 9.5 hours of tennis played. It started at noon. Two things will *never* happen on a quarterfinal day: moving a match to Armstrong and *one ticket for all 4 matches
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matt connors @mcin412.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Didn't realize Avery Brundage had taken over as B1G head of officiating
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matt connors @mcin412.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
If Doug Collins watched the end of Western Michigan at Michigan, he's definitely disgusted
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matt connors @mcin412.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Shadiest clock reset since the 1972 USSR vs USA Gold Medal basketball game in Munich. That was absolute robbery in Ann Arbor. Doesn't do a lot to help the image of the game right now, either.
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matt connors @mcin412.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I love the symmetry of the #14 men's and women's seeds at the #USOpen 🎾both being the Americans that are sort of sneaking up in the draw and into the consciousness of fans. For weekly tennis viewers, we've known all along, so it's nice to see both Iva Jovic and Learner Tien gain broader appeal.
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matt connors @mcin412.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Eala vs Jovic is the match of the #USOpen at the moment, and in contention for one of the best contests of the tennis year
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matt connors @mcin412.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
@rennaestubbs.bsky.social this match and your commentary with Lee & Andrea is the highlight of the USO so far. just outstanding in every way
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matt connors @mcin412.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Watching Larry David agonize over all the made shots by San Antonio is the best part of this game so far
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matt connors @mcin412.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
"Tennis has never seen anything like this before" -NYT Really? This is 2019 and 2021 We could have #3 vs. #10 (live rankings) in the men's championship. That should never be a surprise. This sport is deep. Both men's and women's tour. All that some players outside the top 100 need is opportunity
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matt connors @mcin412.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Diana Shnaider is going to win this match
Still from the broadcast of the French Open women's fourth quarterfinal, in the second set with Aryna Sabalenka leading Diana Shnaider 6-3, 4-1 & 30-love. Shnaider has since taken over the match.
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matt connors @mcin412.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Lara Logan returning to 60 Minutes any week now, huh
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matt connors @mcin412.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
If the $250 trump note happens, then the time for First CityWide Change Bank will be upon us
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First CityWide Change Bank 1 - Saturday Night Live
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
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matt connors @mcin412.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
WBD moron: We need an "event notification" button to generate alerts that people turn off immediately because they're so intrusive. What should the toggle button look like? WBD idiot: How about identical to the standard volume control button, in both design & location? Moron: DONE and DONE!
A notification button and a volume button are circled on an HBO MAX app screenshot of a tennis match. The buttons are near identical and this is reflective of terrible design and UI
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matt connors @mcin412.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Would love to see all accidental overdoses investigated the way Matthew Perry's was. Or Mac Miller. Or the Angels pitcher--I won't say his name because thousands of people die of the same cause and no one does a damn thing.
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matt connors @mcin412.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
I was really looking forward to another Corentin Moutet Experience concert on Simonne-Mathieu later this week, but one can understand that the band is exhausted after jamming their way through five sets
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matt connors @mcin412.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
For the CBS boycott proclaimers, here is your mission: These are ALL the channels you're now vowing never to watch again (plus the score of owned & operated CBS local affiliates) Hopefully you accomplish more than your BlueSky post on this mission. I have some faith in a few of you.
List of paramount/CBS television properties for people announcing their (probably actionless) boycotts of the company.List of paramount/CBS television properties for people announcing their (probably actionless) boycotts of the company.List of paramount/CBS television properties for people announcing their (probably actionless) boycotts of the company.List of paramount/CBS television properties for people announcing their (probably actionless) boycotts of the company.
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matt connors @mcin412.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
#BoycottReceiptsSky would break this place FOR GOOD It has become a repository for hollow, performative, boring and actionless boycotts. The #1 reason I'm less active here. The Amazon ones kill me. This runs on AWS!
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matt connors @mcin412.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
People aren't surprised, are they?
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matt connors @mcin412.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
WHO DARES QUESTION RYAN DORN?!?!
Still from Mr Show with David Cross doing the best James Lipton parody ever
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matt connors @mcin412.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
When the fish gets close to the boat, he hands the rod to someone else and slips out of the way www.espn.com/nba/story/_/...
espn.com
Ben Simmons' club captures SFC Blue Marlin Open in sportfishing
The Sport Fishing Championship's South Florida Sails -- and controlling owner Ben Simmons -- captured the Blue Marlin Open at Walker's Cay on Sunday in the Bahamas.
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matt connors @mcin412.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Rai with the Due shot lead
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matt connors @mcin412.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
I, for one, bow to our new automotive overlords
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matt connors @mcin412.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
pretty soon there will only be two NFL games left for Sunday afternoon of Thanksgiving week and they'll both be Jets versus Cardinals
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matt connors @mcin412.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
real old bucco fans still type pirateball.com , possibly into netscape navigator
pirateball.com
Official Pittsburgh Pirates Website | MLB.com
The official website of the Pittsburgh Pirates with the most up-to-date information on news, tickets, schedule, stadium, roster, rumors, scores, and stats.
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matt connors @mcin412.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
John Sterling is the reason I don't hate the Yankees. And I think that when you consider how reviled they are in most other major league baseball cities, it really is high praise. I loved listening to him when I lived in NY ages ago, and kept listening on scratchy AM and then satellite.
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matt connors @mcin412.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
With Jamahl out, it's time for the Magic to turn to Alonzo Mosely
FBI Special Agent Alonzo Mosely, as played by Yaphet Kotto in 1988's Midnight Run
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matt connors @mcin412.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
I think this "secret Epstein suicide note" is really just the cocktail napkin on which Bill Belichick wrote "I resign as HC of the NYJ" in January 2000
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matt connors @mcin412.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
When Flyers #41 Glendening was called for cross-checking Penguins #19 Dewar... It was single malt on blended violence 🥃
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matt connors @mcin412.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Never saw this on a Grateful Dead set list: E: Jerry Skateboard Fail > It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
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matt connors @mcin412.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
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matt connors @mcin412.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Flyers have had a lot of one-on-one chances vs Skinner. They haven't converted yet, but the defense-first, counter-attacking strategy has been effective. They've earned this late lead
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matt connors @mcin412.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Confident, locked-in Sascha Bublik is one of the best watches in men's tennis. Well he's a lot of fun when he's on tilt, too. But the Bublik we're seeing in recent months is sensational viewing.
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matt connors @mcin412.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
A thread of sPoRTsBaLL folks telling sport what to do 🙄
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matt connors @mcin412.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
This would be a great menu for the white house executive chef to serve tonight: •chicken tartare •castor bean soup •oleander salad •filet of lionfish, arsenic reduction, rosary peas •baneberry pie
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matt connors @mcin412.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Dear businesses, transportation providers, buildings and any public indoor places of Pittsburgh: TURN OFF THE FUCKING HEAT It's over. And moreover, it's finally comfortable outside. But inside, you still have your thermostats dialed up to "July in Baghdad." Open windows & doors, enjoy the air!
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matt connors @mcin412.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
It's #HOPEningDay Hoist the Cone, boys, Hoist the Fucking Cone 🏴‍☠️⚾
Poorly made T-shirt from fanatics & Nike that says Hoist The Cone, a new, absurd and possibly mysterious rally call for the 145th season of the Pittsburgh National League Base Ball ClubAI derived image of the Pirate Parrot mascot waving an orange traffic cone on a flag stick, behind him is an altered image of a scoreboard that says Hoist The Cone
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matt connors @mcin412.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
The career arc of Scottie Scheffler is so eerily similar to that of Pete Sampras, right down to the ridiculous "why isn't he more charismatic?" criticism
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matt connors @mcin412.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
This Netflix broadcast is a nightmare Bert Kreischer as a hype man of some kind, screaming interjections over heavy rock instrumentation... Followed by the presentation of colors--in wartime no less--and the anthem sung by a sailor
Homer Simpson saying "are you ready to laugh"An audience member saying "quiet, you awful man," to Homer Simpson
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matt connors @mcin412.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
In March, NCAA tournament games will air on TruTV for the ***16th year*** and for the 16th year, a majority of viewers will act like they're being asked to find Czech television to see certain games. Tru has even evolved into a spoke channel for the Turner sports hub and still people are befuddled 😒
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matt connors @mcin412.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Would love to see a major outlet news editor with some sack to start calling all this WWIII. What are we waiting for? Is there an officially-adopted definition of a "world war?" What's the fucking delay? It's never gonna look like the first two. But the world certainly feels like it's at war, so 🤷‍♂️
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matt connors @mcin412.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
It's 2041 We're all riveted to the three-part-docuseries™️ exposing the heinous crimes and transgressions of the Savannah Bananas that everyone overlooked because of dump trucks of money
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matt connors @mcin412.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
The capital one March Madness ads without Spike are horrendous I've seen several and Magic is just an ornament That horse has gone to the farm upstate A shame, as it was a funny campaign for a time Annapolis
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matt connors @mcin412.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
If it were 'penko that gave the same handshake at net to Elina that Iga did, there would be a lot of ire directed at the Latvian Tennis fans, you are often annoying fanboys & fangirls and you prove it every week with your ever-changing goalposts on player behavior
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matt connors @mcin412.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Here's how the first race experience on CrappleTeeVee is going Literally I haven't had to re-log into MyChart in over two years But watching a niche (in the U.S., people) sporting event requires a birthday, a csc code and 58 laps of two factor authentication, among other circus hoops
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matt connors @mcin412.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
In March, NCAA tournament games will air on TruTV for the ***16th year*** and for the 16th year, a majority of viewers will act like they're being asked to find Czech television to see certain games. Tru has even evolved into a spoke channel for the Turner sports hub and still people are befuddled 😒
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