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Joe T., always working hard…<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n By Joe Torosian<\/p>\n “Oh, but love grows<\/strong> Kick it!<\/p>\n Oh, I’ve always been a Podziemski fan!<\/p>\n (Hold on, I’ve got to shoot a three.)<\/p>\n Each team has age, but the Lakers looked much older than Golden State last night.<\/p>\n For the record, I’ve never been anti-LeBron as a player\u2026 I’ve only been anti-LeBron as the GOAT. He’s not even close to the GOAT, but in this era of basketball, he has been the best.<\/p>\n That said, the way he went down in the first quarter against the Warriors made me think the Lakers had reacquired Anthony Davis.<\/p>\n (Wait, I’ve got an open three.)<\/p>\n NCAA Tournament Notes:<\/strong> Real fast\u2026<\/p>\n The tournament has been okay but not great. <\/p>\n The ATT commercial with the Villanova players has been the thing for me.<\/p>\n Note to the Networks, SEC, and Big Ten:<\/strong> You guys call the shots, so get rid of the foul-out rule in college basketball.<\/p>\n On Saturday a trip and a bad call could saddle Cooper Flagg with two personals five minutes into the first half. Why are we still messing around with this?<\/p>\n The best players are only around for a season, so why let a quick whistle or two put a star on the bench? There are plenty of ways to punish a player who commits more than five fouls. One would be to add more free throws. <\/p>\n It’s not rocket science, but five personals in the age of the one-and-done is as archaic as the term “student-athlete.”<\/p>\n Last Note to the NCAA, SEC, and Big Ten:<\/strong> Require the networks to broadcast player introductions. Again, players come and go and transfer so quick\u2026give the fans a chance to identify with these players.<\/p>\n (Open three\u2026stroke!)<\/p>\n These days, fans are better connected with the dudes balling at the park than the players vying for a national championship.<\/p>\n *** On our RamView podcast Wednesday, we asked our audience what they would be willing to pay Rams running back Kyren Williams in an extension. <\/p>\n The consensus was that if Williams wanted more than 13 rocks per year, they should let him walk or trade him.<\/p>\n I thought it was cold, callous, and incredibly healthy.<\/p>\n (Heat check\u2026Boom!)<\/p>\n *** *** Not that I, as a Mets fan, would want to see that\u2026Much\u2026<\/p>\n (Pull up on the break\u2026swish!)<\/p>\n *** *** On April 22, 1975, the Rams sent a fourth-round pick to the Philadelphia Eagles for Dempsey. He played two seasons with the Rams, with mixed results.<\/p>\n (One more three\u2026Yes!)<\/p>\n But that fourth-round pick the Rams gave up for him was traded by the Eagles to the Green Bay Packers. <\/p>\n The Packers then traded that same fourth-round pick to the Houston Oilers in April 1976, along with John Hadl, Ken Ellis, and a third-rounder (who turned into fullback Tim Wilson), for quarterback Lynn Dickey.<\/p>\n The Oilers took a wide receiver with that fourth-round pick (#117 overall), but he flamed out in camp, and they waived him before eventually trading him to Seattle for an eighth-round pick.<\/p>\n The receiver?<\/p>\n Hall of Famer, Steve Largent.<\/p>\n (I’ve got the moves, Chief! Hit me!)<\/p>\n The Dude abides\u2026<\/p>\n 1,232 By Joe Torosian “Oh, but love grows Where my Juan Soto goes And nobody knows like me.” \u2014Mets Fans Kick it! Oh, I’ve always been a Podziemski fan! 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\nWhere my Juan Soto goes<\/strong>
\nAnd nobody knows like me.”<\/strong>
\n \u2014Mets Fans<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nCooper Kupp’s departure has caused Rams fans to go full Quarterflash. They’ve hardened their hearts and swallowed their tears.<\/p>\n
\nDid anyone watch Villanova-USC?<\/p>\n
\nAre any Dodgers fans concerned or worried that the start of the 2025 season has been a little too storybook? Do you have any fears it may all come crashing down?<\/p>\n
\nThe only thing missing from the Minnesota Twins uniforms on Thursday was Hosken Powell.<\/p>\n
\nLast Add Rams:<\/strong> On this date in 2020, former Rams kicker Tom Dempsey died at 73. He is best remembered for his record-breaking 63-yard field goal in 1970 that helped the New Orleans Saints beat the Detroit Lions.<\/p>\n
\n2 Corinthians 1:9
\njtbank1964@yahoo.com
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\nYouTube: \u201cRamView\u201d (MWF)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"