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[Thwomp!]

Giannis hasn't taken the ball out correctly all series. Glad they finally noticed.

Still won't call him for it though.

[Hoss]

27 minutes ago, Thwomp! said:

Giannis hasn't taken the ball out correctly all series. Glad they finally noticed.

Still won't call him for it though.

This is a slugfest. Some weird no calls tonight but I don't think it impacted the result in the end.

[Thwomp!]

8 hours ago, Hoss said:

This is a slugfest. Some weird no calls tonight but I don't think it impacted the result in the end.

I'm loving this finals! Two teams that you never see there battling out.

It's been a close and fun series to watch.

[Thorner]

Pretty solid 80 today for Lefty at the Open 

[Hoss]

Man, it's been really cool to see Giannis and the Bucks celebrate along with the city of Milwaukee. This was a really entertaining playoff across the board and Giannis put in one of the greatest championship performances you'll ever see (in any sport). And he made it all look easy ... just weeks after his leg went the wrong way entirely.

[WildCard]

6 hours ago, Hoss said:

Man, it's been really cool to see Giannis and the Bucks celebrate along with the city of Milwaukee. This was a really entertaining playoff across the board and Giannis put in one of the greatest championship performances you'll ever see (in any sport). And he made it all look easy ... just weeks after his leg went the wrong way entirely.

That was a great Finals to watch. Giannis is incredibly entertaining.

[WildCard]

Cleveland Guardians lol that is such a bad name

 

[Hoss]

I see nothing wrong with the name considering it’s connection to the history. Unique, for sure.

[JujuFish]

The Athletic ran a big poll back in March or so about what the new name should be, and Guardians won.  Personally, I liked Spiders (which is ironic considering my arachnophobia).

[Wyldnwoody44]

And coming next... Every single verb, noun and adjective will be racist. 

[Taro T]

4 minutes ago, Wyldnwoody44 said:

And coming next... Every single verb, noun and adjective will be racist. 

Believe you're at least a week late with that prediction.  😉

[LTS]

1 hour ago, WildCard said:

Cleveland Guardians lol that is such a bad name

 

C'mon... they chose the name Guardians and then made their logo look like Thor's helmet. The next thing you know, Cleveland will be in a Marvel film.

[Hoss]

17 minutes ago, LTS said:

C'mon... they chose the name Guardians and then made their logo look like Thor's helmet. The next thing you know, Cleveland will be in a Marvel film.

It already was in Marvel in the tv show Agents of SHIELD

[LTS]

4 minutes ago, Hoss said:

It already was in Marvel in the tv show Agents of SHIELD

Oh. Well then.

[Eleven]

TIL that Switzerland has beaches.

[ubkev]

Team USA hoops just lost to France. Lol.

If they don't win gold, I propose that we deny them reentry into the country for a term no shorter than...forever!

[inkman]

29 minutes ago, ubkev said:

Team USA hoops just lost to France. Lol.

If they don't win gold, I propose that we deny them reentry into the country for a term no shorter than...forever!

Meh

[Doohicksie]

On 7/23/2021 at 9:02 AM, WildCard said:

Cleveland Guardians lol that is such a bad name

Eh.

[ubkev]

6 minutes ago, inkman said:

Meh

Rumor has it that Kevin Durant's agent is working on getting him French citizenship so he can go play with them now.

[Taro T]

Read elsewhere that apparently there already was a "Cleveland Guardians" professional sports team.  Wonder how much the trademark infringement will end up costing the former Indians?  (And yes, even without the trademark registered they might be able to win a suit.  Any IP lawyers here could expound upon it.  Hopefully one does if we have one.)

Oooops.

[Hoss]

1 hour ago, Taro T said:

Read elsewhere that apparently there already was a "Cleveland Guardians" professional sports team.  Wonder how much the trademark infringement will end up costing the former Indians?  (And yes, even without the trademark registered they might be able to win a suit.  Any IP lawyers here could expound upon it.  Hopefully one does if we have one.)

Oooops.

I imagine the team is well aware of this and has already handled it.

[SwampD]

2021: An Olympics Oddyssey.

 

[Thwomp!]

6 hours ago, SwampD said:

2021: An Olympics Oddyssey.

 

That was a great moment.

[Taro T]

10 hours ago, Hoss said:

I imagine the team is well aware of this and has already handled it.

They might have.

The Vegas Golden Knights supposedly gave Clarkson University a tidy sum to keep them from preventing the Vegas hockey club from being able to borrow their team name.  So there definitely may be a benefit for the little guy to let the big one have his way.

But wouldn't put it past a MLB team to be so arrogant as to not consider non-registered trademarks as something they need to be concerned about.

[Eleven]

2 hours ago, Taro T said:

But wouldn't put it past a MLB team to be so arrogant as to not consider non-registered trademarks as something they need to be concerned about.

Neither would I, but the MLB team can buy their way out of this for less than it costs to pay a middle-inning reliever for one year.