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Pete Oppel @peteoppel.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

#Texas' leading rusher ran for only 36 yards tonight against #Georgia in tonight's game. The rest of Texas' runners combined for a minus 13 yards rushing. Not going to win many games that way.

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Pete Oppel @peteoppel.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

I can't prove it, but I've been told by reliable sources this is the Halloween lawn decoration installed by one of RFK's neighbors. Even if that's not true, it provokes a good chuckle anyway.

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Pete Oppel @peteoppel.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Finally the @dallasmavs.bsky.social have a decent quarter outscoring the @torontoraptor.bsky.social b 39-25 in the third.

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Pete Oppel @peteoppel.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

How many point guards dunk like Cooper Flagg? (Hint: He shouldn't be playing point guard.)

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Pete Oppel @peteoppel.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Texas needs to get more disciplined. Committing 12 penalties for 115 yards, as the Longhorns did against San Jose State today, is going to come back to bite them in #SEC play. #Longhornfootball.

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Megan Cassella @megancnbc.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Strong reporting here from ProPublica, which found that three Trump Cabinet members -- at Labor, Transportation and EPA -- call multiple homes their primary residence on mortgages. That's the same move that led Trump to fire Lisa Cook from her job at the Fed. bit.ly/466yMyI

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Trump Is Accusing Foes With Multiple Mortgages of Fraud. Records Show 3 of His Cabinet Members Have Them.

The White House has targeted opponents, including a Fed governor, for having more than one primary residence on their loan papers. ProPublica found that, in one case, a Trump cabinet secretary got two...

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Pete Oppel @peteoppel.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Believe the winner of tomorrow's Denver-Oklahoma City game will win the #NBA championship.

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Pete Oppel @peteoppel.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Nobody's mentioning the quirky fact that both of Dallas' pro basketball teams -- #NBA and #WNBA -- won their respective lotteries this season. What are the odds of that.

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Pete Oppel @peteoppel.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

In all the brouhaha about the Mavs winning the NBA lottery, it's worth remembering that Dallas' WNBA team also won that league's lottery this year.

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Pete Oppel @peteoppel.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

For anyone living in #Austin, here's your chance to have a say in the city's future: surveys.zencity.io/austin/FC5PqE/en?s=SD

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Zencity Surveys

Zencity surveys

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Pete Oppel @peteoppel.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Watching the @sixersnba.bsky.social at @ny-knicks.bsky.social tonight reinforces my opinion that the Quentin Grimes trade was actually the worst @dallasmavs.bsky.social trade this year.

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The Marsh Family @marshfamilysongs.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Here’s a song about #Signalgate – the flamboyant US security breach – adapted from one of our all-time fave Bee Gees songs, titled “You Were Not Supposed to Message it Through!” A quick turnaround, but only 5 of us as Alfie (really our best fake Bee Gee) is away 🔥👊💪🙏🎶 youtu.be/rPfwtXulKS4

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"You Were Not Supposed to Message It Through" - Marsh Family parody of the Bee Gees on #Signalgate

YouTube video by Marsh Family

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Pete Oppel @peteoppel.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Hats off to the marketing genius who conceived the Batman/Bateman gimmick for State Farm. Would love to read an in-depth account (attention @nytimes.com) of how this came together.

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Pete Oppel @peteoppel.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

I was working for a newspaper in San Diego, Calif., the day George Wallace stood at the entrance of an auditorium at the University of Alabama in a futile attempt to prevent two black prospective students from enrolling.

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Pete Oppel @peteoppel.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

All the players in tonight's #Mavericks/ Bucks game are wearing brightly colored shoes. It seems more than merely coincidence. Is this any kind of tribute to #Kyrie? Can someone offer a clue/explanation?

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Pete Oppel @peteoppel.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Can't recommend the #Netflix 6- episode documentary "Court of Gold" strongly enough. Best sports documentary since "Hoop Dreams." The filmmakers obviously had unfettered access to all the basketball Olympians and they used it superbly.

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Pete Oppel @peteoppel.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Anora wins both PGA and DGA, making it an overwhelming favorite to win the top #Oscars award.

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Pete Oppel @peteoppel.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Why does the #NBA still have divisions, especially when it no longer appears to affect playoff seedlings? You can argue it makes for more geographically compact schedules, but Minnesota is closer to Memphis and OKC then they are to Denver, the division team that's closest to them.

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Pete Oppel @peteoppel.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

My ranked ballot for best picture this year: 1 Nickel Boys 2 Anora 3 The Brutalist 4 I'm Still Here 5 Conclave 6 The Substance 7 Dune: Part 2 8 Wicked 9 A Complete Unknown 10 Emilia Perez

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Pete Oppel @peteoppel.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Been watching a lot of #nyknicks game recently and believe the #mavs biggest crime was letting Jalen Brunson without getting anything in return. At least they got 30 cents on the dollar for Luka.

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Pete Oppel @peteoppel.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

It turns out MFFL really stood for #Mavs Fans for Luka.

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Pete Oppel @peteoppel.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

The #Mavs have overdosed on stupid pills

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Pete Oppel @peteoppel.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

#Mavs starting five was a +119 for that first half against the #Wizards and 6th man Omax Prosper was a +23.

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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

For some reason I've been thinking about the most conspicuous contribution by Kevin Hassett, soon to be Trump's top economist, to Trump 1.0: a model predicting that Covid deaths would drop to zero by May 15, 2020 www.vox.com/2020/5/8/212...

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The Trump administration’s “cubic model” of coronavirus deaths, explained

An extremely foolish way to forecast the pandemic.

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Pete Oppel @peteoppel.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

I realize there's another quarterfinals game tomorrow night, but to these orange-tinted, Longhorn eyes, #OhioState appears to be far- and-away the class of the inaugural #CFB playoffs.

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Pete Oppel @peteoppel.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

Do NBA teams get to pick which games players will miss due to suspensions? I ask because, as I write this, only Luka and PJ are listed as out for tonight's game against Portland.

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Pete Oppel @peteoppel.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

How often do two college football teams from the same conference face each other in a post-season bowl game? #AlamoBowl #Big12

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Pete Oppel @peteoppel.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Add Crest's Dr. Garcia to the list of annoying people I never hope to meet.

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Pete Oppel @peteoppel.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

In today's NBA, you rarely see a team that commits 25 turnovers and misses 14 free throws win a game. #Mavs vs Memphis

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Pete Oppel @peteoppel.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Why do basketball announcers say a three-point attempt comes from "downtown" when downtown is the interior center of most cities. Why now say "that shot came from way out in the suburbs"?

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Bobby Karalla @bobbykaralla.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Said this on the postgame but man it's such a pleasure watching Kyrie Irving play basketball. A common complaint from bball fans is that the stars simply don't care enough - they skip games, flop and complain, etc. Kyrie doesn't do any of that.

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Pete Oppel @peteoppel.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Can't help but wonder if Denver's altitude caught up with #DallasMavs. With 5 minutes left, the Mavs have scored 7 points less in the second half than they did in the second quarter.

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Pete Oppel @peteoppel.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Gafford's shoes go well with Denver's NBA Cup court. #NBA #DallasMavs

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Pete Oppel @peteoppel.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Jeez. Denver shooting 47% from three.

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