Mookie
Footballguy
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/41530918/hall-famer-dikembe-mutombo-dies-brain-cancer-age-58Are you sure? I don't see anything about that in the news.Dikembe.
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______ Passed Away Today, RIP (1 Viewer)
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rip Mutombo
McBokonon
Footballguy
There was about a year or two where we all watched it together (college, as well) a few times a week in between bong rips and laughed like hell. It seemed like they didn't take themselves seriously at all, which helped. The first episode I saw had John tied to a tree (I believe someone else was also suffering from Jungle Madness which would cause rage and super strength) and picked up a knife with his foot and flung it into his hand, which let him cut the ropes. I was hooked immediately.Lesser known…but as a kid id be subject to Days of our lives when sick and and Grandma’s house. Then in college it became a fun thing to watch and laugh at our apartment with our girlfriends. RIP John Black. This guy was born to be a soap opera actor.
Days of Our Lives Superstar Drake Hogestyn (John) Dies At 70
Days of Our Lives superstar Drake Hogestyn, who joined the show as John in 1986, has passed away at the age of 70.www.soapoperadigest.com
dino259
Footballguy
Dikembe.
No, No, No....sad day for a small town boy in High School who somehow became a Georgetown fan.
zamboni
Footballguy
I’ll always associate Dikembe with that image of him lying on the floor with the ball after his #8 Nuggets upset the #1 SuperSonics in the 1994 playoffs.
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General Malaise
Footballguy
I was at the playoff game in Portland when he suffered his career ending knee injury. He was taken off in a stretcher and the packed crowd at the Rose Garden all stood and cheered for him when we was taken off the court as if he played for the home team and not the hated Rockets. I don't know many athletes that get that sort of treatment from the opposing fans, but it was unlike anything I've ever been a part of. The respect that man earned as a human is a level we should all try and emulate. RIP.
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
Doug B
Footballguy
This is a sampling of Mutumbo's humanitarian work. His 1990s "NBA Cares" TV ads were no mere lip service. He actually put up over $18 million of his own money -- and personally negotiated the land rights -- to the construction of a major hospital in his hometown.
James Bond
Footballguy
Yes. Died of brain cancer at age 58
Willie Neslon
Footballguy
UncleZen
Footballguy
It's such a shame that all that guy ever wanted was to be in the HOF but was completely shunned by baseball. Yes, he screwed up as a manager but to deny his contributions as a player is Stoopid.
UncleZen
Footballguy
For sure, Kris is one of the GOATs. He hasn't looked well for a while so I'm sad to lose him but happy that he can find peace now.
massraider
Footballguy
Pete Rose, his entire story, is about American as it gets. RIP
northern exposure
Footballguy
The HBO documentary "Charlie Hustle & The Matter of Pete Rose" opened my eyes about him.
El Floppo
Footballguy
Always thought he was a solid actor too.
ShamrockPride
Footballguy
Watch the Hall put Rose in next summer.
UncleZen
Footballguy
If they did, I would never watch another baseball game again.
The Jerminator
Footballguy
Rose was not shunned by baseball and literally no one has ever denied his contributions as a player. This is simply false and an attempt at revisionist history. Rose willingly agreed to and accepted his lifetime ban from MLB and knew exactly what he was agreeing to at the time. He literally signed the document himself. Its a shame he passed away today but his legacy as a manager and after his ban from baseball are as much his own doing as his accomplishments on the field were.
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Major
Footballguy
I know I told you this before but you missed your calling as a writer for The Onion.
Wingnut
Footballguy
When MLB embraced gambling, Rose should have been unbanned IMO.
The Gator
Footballguy
The Jerminator
Footballguy
That is a perfectly reasonable opinion to have. A lot has changed since 1989. I just bristle when people suggest that this ban happened TO Pete Rose, as if he didn't negotiate it and agree to it - which he did.
Capella
Footballguy
My dream job
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
The HOF adopted the rule that it would not admit anyone who was banned from the game AFTER Pete agreed to his ban. I wonder if he would have agreed if the rule was in place in 1989.
The Jerminator
Footballguy
That is a great point, but I have never heard Rose claim that he would not have agreed if he knew this rule change might come to pass. I do know that Rose appealed to the HOF in 2017 and the Hall heard his appeal and denied him an exemption. He had multiple hearings and made multiple pleas with MLB and the HOF over the years to have his fate changed. He is no victim. His made his arguments again and again. His actions and decisions were his own and his fate is as such.
Eephus
Footballguy
This would be unpopular with both his supporters and critics. Of course we're talking about MLB who have a real knack for that kind of move
Ben & Jerry's
Footballguy
The fact he bet ON the Reds should have been a larger mitigating factor. What exactly did he gain by signing the ban agreement? (honest question)
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
Right with you. Great player. Also a complete idiot. I have no sympathy over the HoF thing. He made his dumb choices.
Sullie
Footballguy
RIP Charlie Hustle. I grew up a fan of the Reds, I moved to Cincinnati in 1986 and I'll never forget my first game. Pete was coaching and he played 1st base. Davey Concepcion was still playing short stop (even though I was rooting for Barry Larkin to take over), sometimes they would play Tony Perez at first, Buddy Bell and Dave Parker were also on that team. Thanks for all the great memories Pete. . . and my sister forgives you for flipping her off in your Porsche 911 on I-75. 
The Dreaded Marco
Footballguy
John Sayles was clearly a big fan. He was great in Lone Star and Limbo.
Eephus
Footballguy
I watched Lone Star last night. Complex story that covers a lot in just over two hours. Kristofferson was great as the villain.
Another fine Kristofferson performance in an underrated (albeit weird) movie was Alan Rudolph's artsy neo noir Trouble In Mind.
The Dreaded Marco
Footballguy
I watched it last night too after hearing that he passed away.
It's one of my favorite movies and he was fantastic as Charlie Wade.
Galileo
Footballguy
Frank Fritz from American Pickers
General Malaise
Footballguy
He was. I really liked the movie "Lone Star" where Kristofferson played a mean SOB sheriff. Might have to find that movie this weekend.
General Malaise
Footballguy
Should have read the entire thread before posting.
Great minds.....well, yours and a somewhat functional mind over here.
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
All I could find was this (see below). I guess if he did not sign it, he would never have been allowed to even petition to get reinstated...
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Rose signed an agreement with Giamatti declaring him permanently ineligible for baseball but allowing him to petition for reinstatement and avoid a formal declaration that he bet on baseball. Multiple efforts at reinstatement failed.
The Dreaded Marco
Footballguy
And I watched Limbo last night---not quite as meaty of a roll for KK but still quite good. And David Strathairn is great in this one.
Should have read the entire thread before posting.
Great minds.....well, yours and a somewhat functional mind over here.
Willie Neslon
Footballguy
John Amos
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'Good Times' Star John Amos Dead at 84
John Amos, who led "Good Times" as patriarch James Evans, has died ... his son Kelly Christopher Amos announced.
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General Malaise
Footballguy
And I watched Limbo last night---not quite as meaty of a roll for KK but still quite good. And David Strathairn is great in this one.
Should have read the entire thread before posting.
Great minds.....well, yours and a somewhat functional mind over here.
Were you able to stream this and if so, where?
Eephus
Footballguy
And I watched Limbo last night---not quite as meaty of a roll for KK but still quite good. And David Strathairn is great in this one.
Should have read the entire thread before posting.
Great minds.....well, yours and a somewhat functional mind over here.
Were you able to stream this and if so, where?
It's on Tubi
Sand
Footballguy
As a corollary to thisRosalynn Carter.
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sho nuff
Footballguy
From Good Times, to Coming to America, to the West Wing…he always brought it to whatever role.John Amos
'Good Times' Star John Amos Dead at 84
John Amos, who led "Good Times" as patriarch James Evans, has died ... his son Kelly Christopher Amos announced.
gump
Footballguy
Immortalized in my mind as Cleo McDowell…RIP.John Amos
'Good Times' Star John Amos Dead at 84
John Amos, who led "Good Times" as patriarch James Evans, has died ... his son Kelly Christopher Amos announced.
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shuke
Black Ice Skeptic
My thoughts on Pete are to this day still very mixed. As a Reds fan growing up, he was considered larger than life. I was obviously a fan and focused a still have a large collection of Pete cards and memorabilia I collected as a kid. I was very pro-HOF for a long time, but started to sour at some point because Pete just couldn't help but continue to say stupid stuff. My mind has changed also from "not betting on his own team means he didn't do anything wrong" to understanding how is planned betting may have led him to make managerial decisions he otherwise wouldn't have.
I can't say I'm a fan of him as a person, but there's not many people I'd rather listen to talking about baseball.
I can't say I'm a fan of him as a person, but there's not many people I'd rather listen to talking about baseball.
