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On the 6/1 PTI, Tony Kornheiser was talking about the LA Rams making big moves.

Me: "They make money moves!"
 
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The New York Knicks are in Game 5 of the NBA Finals.

The FIFA World Cup is in the United States.

Here. We. Go.
 
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geosync said:
I only saw the knicks last 3 minutes. The wife is jazzed for the cup. I will drive around town like I was the hoops logo.
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The interesting part is that the Knicks also won the NBA Cup.

Soccer fans know the importance of winning multiple titles per season (there's at least four in England and it's rare to win the three big ones simultaneously), but considering the NBA's weak attempt at an in-season tournament, it's doubtful the American audience catches on.

The closest thing American sports would have had would have been back when MLB didn't play interleague. The best replication would have been to have teams play within their leagues Friday-Sunday and to play interleague Tuesday and Wednesday with teams being eliminated from interleague play as the season progressed. Teams would have to decide to chase one trophy over the other *or* be talented enough to go for both...and probably end up failing to win either.
 
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Ya, it's too many extras that won't helpful for teams in most of the sports. If we can add some games in the ncaa let's do it.
 
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geosync said:
Ya, it's too many extras that won't helpful for teams in most of the sports. If we can add some games in the ncaa let's do it.
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The soccer equivalent might be to run the NCAA basketball tournament alongside the regular season and to have smaller minnow teams start in earlier rounds. Teams like Siena, Montana State and BYU would get a chance to win a game or two before the big boys would come in.

...and I wouldn't mind seeing such. It'd be interesting to simulate a tournament where the top X seeds in each region would take the first round/weekend off.
 
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One of the earliest July 4th celebrations on the Banks of the Raritan:

From his headquarters, Washington ordered a celebration with a feu de joie for the second anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence:

Tomorrow, the Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence will be celebrated by the firing thirteen Pieces of Cannon and a feu de joie of the whole line; the Army will be formed on the Brunswick side of the Rariton at five o'Clock in the afternoon on the ground pointed out by the Quarter Master General. The Soldiers are to adorn their Hats with Green-Boughs and to make the best appearance possible. The disposition will be given in the orders of tomorrow. Double allowance of rum will be served out.

— George Washington, July 3, 1778

Ross Hall - Wikipedia

The bold emphasis is mine.

It's his great-times-seven-grandfather George Washington Booey.
 
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