Possibly the greatest radio play-by-play announcer in NFL history & without a doubt the coolest looking dude who ever graced the booth.
Heaven Birthday, Bill King 👑
A Quintessential Raider
Remembering the legendary longtime radio voice of the Raiders, A's, and Warriors — born 99 years ago today
A collection of some of Bill's most memorable, iconic calls for the Silver and Black
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What’s the opposite of overthinking it? Underthinking it. DQ is the master of underthinking it. Game management malpractice every week. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised anymore. Shows you every week that he’s not a head coach, by how he dresses, how he performs, all of it.
8 penalties for 70 yds while the opponent has supposedly none absolutely nothing wrong is hard to believe.
Upon further review…never mind. Lots of camera angles appear postgame that indicate ball was not fully inside the post, as rule requires. Tough night for the home team.
Poor Lou curled up in fetal position, listening to Renegade on repeat. 5 losses in a row at Cleveland. Wuf.
This is why @dariusrucker is one of one. Authentic!
This
I keep hearing people complain that gasoline is over $4.00 a gallon.
And yes, I'd love to see it at $2.00 again. But before we declare gasoline the most outrageously expensive liquid on Earth, let's put things in perspective.
For $4.00, I get a GALLON of gasoline. I pour it into a 4,000-pound machine, turn a key, and that gallon will haul me, my wife, the groceries, the golf clubs and half the junk in my trunk almost 30 miles down the highway.
That's actually a pretty impressive day's work for $4.00.
Now let's compare.
A restaurant sells me a 5-ounce glass of wine for $9. That's about $230 a gallon. And how far does it transport me?
Usually from the dinner table to the men's room.
A fancy coffee shop can charge $6 for a 16-ounce latte. That's $48 a gallon. It doesn't transport me 30 miles. It transports me from "Leave me alone" to "Okay, now you may speak."
Bottled water at a convenience store might be $2.50 for 20 ounces. That's $16 a gallon, for something that occasionally falls out of the sky FOR FREE.
A 12-ounce energy drink at $3.50 works out to more than $37 a gallon. Apparently caffeine becomes a precious mineral once you put lightning bolts on the can.
Buy one of those little 2-ounce bottles of "energy shot" for $3. That's $192 a gallon. At that price, it shouldn't give me energy. It should mow my lawn.
Maple syrup at $8 for a 12-ounce bottle? About $85 a gallon. And its principal technological achievement is making pancakes sticky.
Vanilla extract at $6 for two ounces? That's $384 a gallon. For $384, I expect the vanilla bean to come to my house and bake the cookies.
Printer ink can cost thousands of dollars per gallon. And unlike gasoline, it sometimes refuses to come out because the printer has decided cyan is low.
Even that $9 glass of wine deserves another look. At roughly $230 a gallon, filling a typical 15-gallon gas tank with restaurant wine would cost about $3,450.
Of course, after drinking 15 gallons of wine, transportation would no longer be your biggest concern.
So yes, $4.00 gasoline is expensive.
But it's also a remarkable bargain when you think about what you're buying. You're purchasing enough concentrated energy to push several thousand pounds of steel, glass, groceries and humanity nearly 30 miles.
Meanwhile, we'll cheerfully pay $6 for coffee, $9 for wine and $3 for water, then stand at the gas pump staring at the numbers like we're watching the national debt clock.
Maybe gasoline doesn't need better pricing.
Maybe it just needs a fancier name.
"Handcrafted Premium Petroleum, locally pumped, small-batch refined, with subtle notes of octane and dinosaur."
Put it in a 12-ounce artisan bottle and charge $14.
We'll line up around the block.
When I was there, students were more likely to go watch the Buckeyes than support their own school. What a turnaround it has been. And they’re 20 years in to playing consistently good football now.
Derek Scott retweeted
A quarter of a century has passed since September 11, 2001, when the peace of our Nation was shattered by terrorists.
Today, we remember the 2,977 precious lives taken from us, honor the heroes who answered the call, & keep their families in the heart of our Nation.
Above all, we must ensure the memory of 9/11 never fades, but is carried from one generation of Americans to the next.
We will never forget. 🇺🇸
The man, the myth, the mullet. RIP
"Barry Melrose stood for everything that is good and great about hockey."
@JeremySchaap pays tribute to the hockey icon ❤️
Derek Scott retweeted
Welles Crowther is a hero. A @BCEagles graduate. A son, a brother & friend. At 24, he saved over a dozen lives on 9/11. And he’s known as the “Man in the Red Bandana”.
This story is a must watch every year. May Welles’ memory continue to be a blessing.
Great narcissistic quotes has a new addition.
Lane Kiffin to the @CollegeGameDay crew: “A lot of times to do great things, you are going to be hated”
Derek Scott retweeted
This is fitting. Dolly Parton is American royalty.
She easily could've been a billionaire, but she just kept giving away her money. She gave over $600M to charity, without any fanfare. When Gatlinburg got decimated by wildfires, she didn't give to an NPO...she paid $1,000 a month directly to families who lost their homes, totaling over $12M in direct cash aid to the victims. She also paid 100% of the tuition & books for the kids of any of her 11K employees. Dolly was the ultimate icon of American greatness: be great so you can do great.
She simultaneously built a formidable business empire, and fostered a universally-beloved reputation that spans every clique in America. I've literally never heard a single disparaging word about Dolly from anyone. I know everyone will try to "claim" her for their pet political issue, or whatever...but she transcended politics and petty partisanship her entire life, and we should honor that now that God has called her home. She was just a genuine blessing to our country, and perhaps the best example of what an American should aspire to be. Faithful. Great. Prolific. Kind. Generous. Humble.
This video gives me chills. My final season on Marshall broadcasts. Men against boys for 15 games. The greatest 1-AA college football team of all time.
Yoooooo. I had a heck of a block on Chapman run(weight room).ohhhhhhh and we were LOADED!!thanks for this videoWE ARE
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Tonight, I memorialize Jim Toman. Beloved on baseball diamonds across this state.
Gregarious. Hilariously funny. He loved baseball, his family, and his pythons (biceps). A true recruiter. A groomer of talent. Beloved.
Thanks to Monte Lee, Landon Powell, Stuart Lake and others for coloring in this story- to bring the flavor that Jim Toman brought to any dugout he sat in.