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The Pope materially supporting the White Sox and the Cubs playing the Padres makes it feel like the Catholic Church has abandoned the North Side.

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Tony Cardone @tonycardone.com · 22h

The Manchester City ruling has got to be one of the most “well yeah obviously” decisions ever produced. It’s shocking the extent to which they were cheating and yet nobody is surprised by it.

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Tony Cardone @tonycardone.com · 29/09/2026

Despite the millions of dollars pumping into collegiate sports and the media covering it, The Daily Toreador is doing real work to protect women’s sports. Student journalism matters.

dailytoreador.com

Graystone accused of physical abuse, medical mistreatment before dismissal

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Tony Cardone @tonycardone.com · 28/09/2026

We really gotta get better at accuracy when it comes to ICE. What happened: The office park that Austin FC leases from had ICE staging there a while back. What spread on social yesterday: ICE is conducting operations at Q2 Stadium and is at the match. There is no indication this happened.

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Tony Cardone @tonycardone.com · 27/09/2026

As much as I was disappointed with conceding three goals, I have to say that San Diego was pure ass for the 15 minute window we scored our three. Like truly ass. And now I feel bad we did not get all three points there.

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Tony Cardone @tonycardone.com · 26/09/2026

The SEC marketing machine is gonna have to work overtime to convince people that the last sequence there was anything but atrocious.

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Tony Cardone @tonycardone.com · 24/09/2026

The @statesman.com is no longer pretending that the opponents have legitimate concerns by putting this as the lede, and I am here for it. www.statesman.com/news/local/a...

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Tony Cardone @tonycardone.com · 23/09/2026

Marist poll leaked early (I guess?) Talarico: 50 Paxton: 44 Hinojosa: 49 Abbott: 46 Trump favorability: -14 Sampled 39% GOP, 33% Dem, 25% Independent. Total 1,139 registered voters

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Tony Cardone @tonycardone.com · 23/09/2026

I’m all for small groups working together for a common goal, but I do raise an eyebrow when I see Palestine-aligned movements in Austin forming alliances with Save Our Springs and PODER on local policy. I am not sure too many people understand the recent history of these groups in the modern era.

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Tony Cardone @tonycardone.com · 22/09/2026

They are planning to build a mixed use district on the Historic Copa Tejas Parking Lot. This cannot stand.

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Tony Cardone @tonycardone.com · 22/09/2026

This is deep in Texas politics, but Quorum Report has a small Republican poll of SD-9, who sent a Democrat to the State Senate in a Trump +17 district in a Jan ‘26 special election: Talarico over Paxton 52-41 Hinojosa over Abbott 49-40 Goodwin over Patrick 46-43 If this is accurate…

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Tony Cardone @tonycardone.com · 21/09/2026

The MLS NEXT Pro playoffs have the opponent selection show on Wednesday, but the play-in games don’t start until October 9th. Thus, the two lowest seeded teams in each conference are going to be picked as a package deal, where the selecting team will get one of them, but not knowing which. #MLSing

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Tony Cardone @tonycardone.com · 20/09/2026

The Extremely Normal Western Conference, where the gap between 8th and 13th is 4 points but it’s impossible to figure out what’s happening because there is a three game differential between teams in the hunt.

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Tony Cardone @tonycardone.com · 20/09/2026

Austin FC somehow, improbably, two points back of Portland in the last playoff spot despite being depressingly awful for the first half of the season. Send good energy to @nickintheatl.bsky.social everyone!

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Tony Cardone @tonycardone.com · 20/09/2026

Weird how FC Dallas isn’t being awarded the Copa Tejas in the parking lot as is standard in Frisco.

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Tony Cardone @tonycardone.com · 20/09/2026

Pete Hegseth in town to watch A&M lose is way too on brand. Scriptwriters out of ideas.

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Tony Cardone @tonycardone.com · 19/09/2026

TV’s ruining college football in a lot of ways but forcing North Texas to play Texas State in the early slot when it’s 95 degrees outside in order to fulfill a PAC-12 contract with USA Network has got to be up there. Night games are superior this time of year.

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Tony Cardone @tonycardone.com · 19/09/2026

With tonight’s win in Lubbock, Texas Tech: - Evened the all-time series with Houston (18-18-1). - Has won 8 in a row against Houston. - Has won 13 of 14 matchups against Houston since 1991. (Tech was 5-17-1 against Houston going into the 1991 game) - Has not lost at the Jones since November 9, 2024.

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Tony Cardone @tonycardone.com · 19/09/2026

Friday Night Lights on the South Plains. It was always gonna be Texas Tech. #WreckEm

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Tony Cardone @tonycardone.com · 18/09/2026

I’ve been to a LOT of away games for Austin FC over the years, but this weekend is the first time I’m not going to a road Copa Tejas game. I’m not paying $55 and sitting in a car for 8 hours to be subject to FC Dallas’ asinine security and stadium policies that make it all miserable.

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Tony Cardone @tonycardone.com · 17/09/2026

Marked myself safe from the Campeones Cup, whatever that is.

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Tony Cardone @tonycardone.com · 15/09/2026

Szoboszlai my *goodness*

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Tony Cardone @tonycardone.com · 14/09/2026

Probably not a great sign for the health of the University of Texas when a state railroad commissioner candidate goes on a racist tirade against some of your students and you don’t say a damn thing about it. (Worse: Cody Campbell, known talker and chair of the Tech BoR has, but nothing from UT.)

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Tony Cardone @tonycardone.com · 14/09/2026

Going into last night’s match, I thought Vancouver was a top contender for MLS Cup, but that’s changed. Not for the play, but how absolutely rattled they were in the last ten minutes of the match. Plenty of opportunities to equalize but huge lack of focus. The playoffs test that like no other.

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Tony Cardone @tonycardone.com · 13/09/2026

This Texas Tech team has 8-4 written all over it at the moment because this is an asstacular performance on both sides of the ball.

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Tony Cardone @tonycardone.com · 12/09/2026

Emergency session of the Texas Board of Regents occurring now to discuss canceling the football program for not doing the benevolence.

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Tony Cardone @tonycardone.com · 11/09/2026

On behalf of all of us who have enjoyed a game at the MCG, we demand the NFL play the greatest sport anthem ever created that used to ring out during Aussie rules football games: KFC’s Fried Night Footy.

bigfooty.com

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Tony Cardone @tonycardone.com · 10/09/2026

In the six years this franchise has existed, I don’t think I’ve seen Brad Stuver ever that animated at the officials like he was at halftime. It’s been a run of poor officiating lately, yet #AustinFC haven’t lost in league play in the last 5 and are 4 points back of the last playoff spot.

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Tony Cardone @tonycardone.com · 09/09/2026

Something immensely satisfying about beating Atleti at Anfield that you don’t get from most European wins.

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Tony Cardone @tonycardone.com · 08/09/2026

Does this mean other schools will stop playing LSU in volleyball or is that reserved for when Texas Tech is in the crosshairs?

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Tony Cardone @tonycardone.com · 07/09/2026

What kind of secret code does Chris Armas have at this point? KC are 11-4-8 this year, giving him his best win rate of his four permanent head coaching jobs, but KC went 21-2-3 last season under Vlatko.

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Tony Cardone @tonycardone.com · 07/09/2026

Rough weekend for the Big Ten: - UMass takes Rutgers to the barn - The Michigan Incident - Wisconsin gets blown out in Sunday primetime - A national showcase for women’s volleyball at Wrigley gets canceled due to humidity on the court

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Tony Cardone @tonycardone.com · 07/09/2026

Bet you forgot the Leagues Cup final is on tonight!

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Tony Cardone @tonycardone.com · 07/09/2026

Has anyone located Michigan’s Secret Clock yet, or do we need to wait another 24 hours before filing a missing persons report?

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Tony Cardone @tonycardone.com · 06/09/2026

From PRO about last night, via @verdeallday.bsky.social: PRO has just decided that they’re making up VAR as they go. There is nothing in the IFAB protocols that indicate a referee should be sent to the monitor if they “see something different” than the VAR. It MUST be a clear and obvious error.

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Tony Cardone @tonycardone.com · 06/09/2026

Speaking for the Big Ten Conference, Gianni Infantino.

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Tony Cardone @tonycardone.com · 06/09/2026

PRO having an atrocious night at Q2 apparently was topped by a disaster declaration level debacle at the Big House, so another weekend without accountability by America’s Finest Football Officials.

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Tony Cardone @tonycardone.com · 05/09/2026

Dumping a six point game between Houston and Oregon State to ESPN News in favor of Texas vs Texas State on ESPN? ESPN is never beating the allegations.

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Tony Cardone @tonycardone.com · 05/09/2026