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Here is a link to Ford's wife's Baby Registry: https://www.babylist.com/baby-courtney-stuen I think it would be a cool way to show the support if the blog could throw her some support during this tough time.

I like the Billikens, Cardinals, and Blues. I'm not a big soccer fan, but I will root for City when they start up. EDIT: I forgot, I like the Memphis Grizzlies. I root for Mizzou and Northwestern in college football, but when either of them lose, it doesn't ruin my day. Pretty much any loss by the Billikens men's basketball team will ruin my day or at least p--- me off for a few hours. I hate losing 11 a.m. games on Saturdays because it maximizes the amount of time in which I'm in a foul mood. I am not mature enough to be happy for other teams'/programs' success when it comes to sports, so when schools like Loyola go on a run, it brings me no joy. My first-tier most hated are Notre Dame, Dayton, Cubs, Royals, Chiefs, and Rams. I hate Marquette. I hate LaSalle because of their stupid, low-budget arena. Creighton can get f-ed. So can pretty much everyone else. I have all sorts of reasons for hating all sorts of teams.

-I would guess there would be a way to donate to the family that gets released, if not, if Steve would collect contributions and donate in the name of Billkens.com that might be nice

Shot foot forward. The main thing for me is that the elbow points to the center of the rim. For most players it's easier to get there with the shot foot forward. For many it also helps to rotate slightly to the off hand side. Especially people with broad shoulders. Pulling that elbow in can feel stretched and unnatural. You can see he turns slightly left. What I like is he was consistent. He hit his shot pocket and didn't just push up through it and had a quick release. His hands finish great. His trajectory is perfect. It's just 4 shots and you could probably sit in front and nit pick but imo there is a lot to like in that shot. At least those 4

Fans who aren't old enough to have seen the most skillful big man performance of the last 30 years, I encourage you to watch Olajuwon's 93-95 playoff games on YouTube.

LIKE 80-88 Lakers 93-95 Rockets 2002-2014 Spurs HATE Duke

CBB --- Billikens (Acceptable) CBB --- Villanova, John Rothstein. (Hate) CBB --- Dayton, Duke, Dick Vitale, Joe Lunardi, most A10 teams. CFB --- Penn State. (Hate) CFB --- Notre Dame, tOSU. MLB --- don't care. NHL --- don't care. NBA --- really don't care. Soccer --- oh no. Not getting baited into this one!

Hate Mizzou. Like anyone playing them.

i was told that both tampa and miami areas are big retirees and transplant areas so their crowds vary a lot by the opponent and typically the fans cheer for that opponent more than the team. i.e. yankmes or red sox show up the place will have 3x the fans. mets or phils show up crowd grows. kind of sad. one would think over time the retirees or transplants if they were real baseball fans would adapt and come to all the games. i could see their lifetime allegiance to a team being strong, but my gosh go to some other games and root for the rays or the marlins too.

I'm all in. Let's do something.

Really makes you step back and look at what's truly important in the world. I'll be giving my kids an extra hug tonight. RIP Coach!

I think Nesbitt's issue is more shot selection. Just because you're confident shooting from anywhere doesn't mean you should.

New Marlins Park is pretty cool. We were there for the Cards series and the back window wall was open. Just don't try to walk and drink beer in there, it is forbidden.

Love - SLU Billikens, UT Vols, Gonzaga Pros Love St. Louis Cardinals, St. Louis Blues, Kansas City Chiefs, New Orleans Saints Pros Hate New England Cheaters aka Patriots, Tampa Bay Sucs aka Bucs College all Mizzou teams

So what have been some stu song of the day....anything from new kids on the block or debbie gibson

That's funny. Don't drive into smoke is a joke between my brother and I. Anytime one of us his driving home to DFW the other will call about when we enter Ok and remind you not to drive into smoke. Gotta be careful that first 10 or so miles on 69 after Big Cabin. Smokey's looking to get you there

Nice looking shot also.

For what it's worth: The only sports I cannot miss is solely Billiken hoops. I don't watch a lot of other college BB games, but will watch parts of some A10 teams just to see how we compare. I'm kind of over pro sports for various reasons, ie politics, no team or fan loyalty, too much showboating. That said: FAVORITE ALL SPORTS TEAM: Billiken hoops CASUAL INTEREST TEAMS: NY Giants, Red Sox, Celtics, Golf Majors, Clemson FB. I will watch every Giants game when they are on here. As for the rest of "my teams" only if it's a big game, eg playoffs. Free Agency has killed my interest. I fear college sports may be going down the same dark path with the new transfer and player branding rules being considered. I also think that NCAA hoops someday, likely sooner rather than later, will go the way of FB, and that might kill interest in college hoops for a lot of fans. If college hoops loses the David v Goliath theme it will take a lot of drama away from the game, and we folks love our drama. SPORTS I HAVE 0 INTEREST IN: Soccer, Hockey, Boxing, NASCAR/Auto Racing, Tennis. Soccer is especially boring. TEAMS i HATE; Philadelphia Eagles with a passion, St. B's and Davidson, because they seem to beat us when they shouldn't, Ohio State, because they cheat bigger than any other school I'm aware of, although there are probably many other schools just like them.

David Burns, the best JUCO in my memory.

All Consuming Hate Above All Else - Mi$$ou, SPUMAC, Boone County Correctional Facility Hate, Hate Hate - Marquette, Dayton, Xavier, Cincinnati, SWMO St, Duke, North Carolina, Arizona, Other sports hatred - Rams, Yankees, Lakers, Red Sox, Cubs Total Indifference - Blues Developed an unhealthy obsession with - Billikens Other Favorite teams - Butler, SIUE, Indiana St, Loyola, and now Oklahoma Other favorite Pro teams - Raiders, Cardinals (though I hate all the BFIB nonsense), White Sox, Celtics, . As a kid for some reason I also loved all Seattle teams. Late 80s early 90s they had a ton of cool players Largent, Griffey Jr, Mark Langston, Randy Johnson, Edgar Martinez, even ARod. The Sonics were my team. Tom Chambers was my favorite player, X-Man, Ricky Pierce, Nate McMillan, Derrick McKey, Sam Perkins, Kemp, Payton, Dale Ellis, Schrempf, Eddie Johnson, I loved them all. RIP Sonics.

CBB-Billikens. Cheer for other teams based off context, if there’s a player or coach I like in a given year. Hate: Mizzou, (Insert Blue Blood Here). CFB-Mizzou and UCF (my Dad went bro UCF, so it was fun watching them be so good for a couple years). Hate: Alabama, OU, Clemson, Ohio State MLB: Braves, Cardinals. (I cheer for the Cards whenever they’re not playing the Braves). Hate: Yankees, Phillies NHL: Blues. Hate: Blackhawks, Preds (used to hate the Redwings, but they’ve been so bad for so long, that hatred has waned). NBA: I don’t really care, but I do root for local guys like Tatum and Beal. Soccer: Billikens men and women. USMNT and USWNT. I’ve become a big Chelsea guy because of Pulisic, but follow and root for a lot of the Americans playing in Europe. Soon to be a big STLSC fan!

I am a spiteful sports fan so here we go... You will notice not much love and lots of hate Love (College Basketball): Billikens Hate (College Basketball): Dayton, St. Bonaventure, Butler, Creighton, Davidson, Duke, Kansas, VCU, Richmond, Duquesne, Gonzaga, Mizzou, Mizzou, Mizzou Love (College Football): Certain coaches - Mac Brown, Gary Patterson, Matt Campbell, David Shaw, Mike Leach Hate (College Football): Mizzou, Baylor (their scandal was atrocious and somehow forgotten) Coaches - Dabo, Jimbo, Jim Harbaugh (I will take this take to my grave - Jim Harbaugh is and has always been the most overrated/overhyped coach in any sport... Has only won an NFC title but until recently was always discussed in the upper echelon of all coaches)

Hate Houston / Calvin Sampson Mo. State, VCU, Duke, NC, Kentucky All B10 schools Love Billikens and all Jesuit schools.