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Paul Hornung died today at age 84. The Notre Dame grad was not famous enough to be asked for as a response in his archive appearances:


#6965, aired 2014-12-19 POINTS! $800: In 1960 the Packers' Paul Hornung truly did it all in scoring 176 points: 15 TDs, 41 PATs & 15 of these
#4942, aired 2006-02-21 LEADER OF THE "PACK" $400: Don Hutson, Paul Hornung & Lou Brock (no, not that Lou Brock) are in this team's Hall of Fame
#4599, aired 2004-09-09 PRO FOOTBALL $400: In 1960 Paul Hornung set the NFL season record for scoring with 176 points: he had 15 TFDs, 41 PATs & 15 of these
#4323, aired 2003-05-21 U.S. UNIVERSITIES $800: (I'm Tim Brown of the NFL) This school has produced the most Heisman Trophy winners with 7, including Paul Hornung & me
#3901, aired 2001-07-16 TEAM PLAYERS, HALL OF FAME EDITION $800: Paul Hornung (1957-1966)
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MarkBarrett wrote: Fri Nov 13, 2020 3:53 pm Paul Hornung died today at age 84. The Notre Dame grad was not famous enough to be asked for as a response in his archive appearances:


#6965, aired 2014-12-19 POINTS! $800: In 1960 the Packers' Paul Hornung truly did it all in scoring 176 points: 15 TDs, 41 PATs & 15 of these
#4942, aired 2006-02-21 LEADER OF THE "PACK" $400: Don Hutson, Paul Hornung & Lou Brock (no, not that Lou Brock) are in this team's Hall of Fame
#4599, aired 2004-09-09 PRO FOOTBALL $400: In 1960 Paul Hornung set the NFL season record for scoring with 176 points: he had 15 TFDs, 41 PATs & 15 of these
#4323, aired 2003-05-21 U.S. UNIVERSITIES $800: (I'm Tim Brown of the NFL) This school has produced the most Heisman Trophy winners with 7, including Paul Hornung & me
#3901, aired 2001-07-16 TEAM PLAYERS, HALL OF FAME EDITION $800: Paul Hornung (1957-1966)
I also found this when looking up info about Hornung. Thought you might like to know as you are a Vikings fan.

https://www.foxnews.com/sports/matt-bla ... acker-dies
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CBS 3 Philly reports that John's Pork Roast, the subject of a J! clue that aired November 5, 2020, is closed until further notice due to Covid-19.
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Bamaman wrote: Fri Nov 13, 2020 4:44 pm
MarkBarrett wrote: Fri Nov 13, 2020 3:53 pm Paul Hornung died today at age 84. The Notre Dame grad was not famous enough to be asked for as a response in his archive appearances:


#6965, aired 2014-12-19 POINTS! $800: In 1960 the Packers' Paul Hornung truly did it all in scoring 176 points: 15 TDs, 41 PATs & 15 of these
#4942, aired 2006-02-21 LEADER OF THE "PACK" $400: Don Hutson, Paul Hornung & Lou Brock (no, not that Lou Brock) are in this team's Hall of Fame
#4599, aired 2004-09-09 PRO FOOTBALL $400: In 1960 Paul Hornung set the NFL season record for scoring with 176 points: he had 15 TFDs, 41 PATs & 15 of these
#4323, aired 2003-05-21 U.S. UNIVERSITIES $800: (I'm Tim Brown of the NFL) This school has produced the most Heisman Trophy winners with 7, including Paul Hornung & me
#3901, aired 2001-07-16 TEAM PLAYERS, HALL OF FAME EDITION $800: Paul Hornung (1957-1966)
I also found this when looking up info about Hornung. Thought you might like to know as you are a Vikings fan.

https://www.foxnews.com/sports/matt-bla ... acker-dies
Thanks, I did see that about Matt Blair as the S.F. Chronicle Sporting Green has a section called Digest that covers miscellaneous things like transactions and death. Matt Blair (even though not a Bay Area player) got a paragraph around the time of his death and today (can take several days or even longer) it was Lindy McDaniel (pitched for Giants) whose passing got a mention.
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Bamaman wrote: Thu Nov 19, 2020 10:25 pm Jake Scott, MVP of the undefeated Dolphins Super Bowl win, dies at age 75.

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/jake ... ge-75/amp/
This is going to make any memorabilia with his autograph skyrocket in price. My dad is a big sports memo. collector, and one of his most prized items is an old-style Miami Dolphins helmet with a signature of every member of the undefeated '72 Dolphins. The most impressive signature on it was Super Bowl MVP Jake Scott because he was well-known in collecting circles to be very unwilling to give out his signature, but my dad was luckily able to get him. I'll have to inform him about this one.
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Bamaman wrote: Thu Nov 19, 2020 10:25 pm Jake Scott, MVP of the undefeated Dolphins Super Bowl win, dies at age 75.

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/jake ... ge-75/amp/
Fun trivia question and bar bet. How many games did the Miami Dolphins lose in 1972?
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One.
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Against the Cowboys. They lost 24 to 3.
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On January 16. Super Bowl VI.
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opusthepenguin wrote: Fri Nov 20, 2020 9:58 am
Bamaman wrote: Thu Nov 19, 2020 10:25 pm Jake Scott, MVP of the undefeated Dolphins Super Bowl win, dies at age 75.

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/jake ... ge-75/amp/
Fun trivia question and bar bet. How many games did the Miami Dolphins lose in 1972?
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One.
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Against the Cowboys. They lost 24 to 3.
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On January 16. Super Bowl VI.
Ooh, sorry...
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The answer is 4. The Dolphins were 3-3 in the pre-season.
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jeff6286 wrote: Fri Nov 20, 2020 10:02 am
opusthepenguin wrote: Fri Nov 20, 2020 9:58 am
Bamaman wrote: Thu Nov 19, 2020 10:25 pm Jake Scott, MVP of the undefeated Dolphins Super Bowl win, dies at age 75.

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/jake ... ge-75/amp/
Fun trivia question and bar bet. How many games did the Miami Dolphins lose in 1972?
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One.
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Against the Cowboys. They lost 24 to 3.
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On January 16. Super Bowl VI.
Ooh, sorry...
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The answer is 4. The Dolphins were 3-3 in the pre-season.
Ooh, sorry.... Nice try.
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Yeah and then there were the games they played against themselves in practice scrimmages. Those count as one loss plus one win each. Only, as you well know, they DON'T count. I thought about specifying non-preseason for smart-arses like you. But I didn't want to tip people in the right direction. So I figured everyone knows that games that don't count don't count. I'm still pretty confident that's the case.
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econgator wrote: Sat Nov 28, 2020 3:02 pm Sarah Fuller becomes the first female to play in a Power 5 (ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, SEC or Pac-12) college football game, when she kicked off to start the 2nd half.
Could've gotten more kicks in if Vanderbilt wasn't terrible...
https://www.tennessean.com/story/sports ... 403266002/
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Volante wrote: Sat Nov 28, 2020 5:47 pm
econgator wrote: Sat Nov 28, 2020 3:02 pm Sarah Fuller becomes the first female to play in a Power 5 (ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, SEC or Pac-12) college football game, when she kicked off to start the 2nd half.
Could've gotten more kicks in if Vanderbilt wasn't terrible...
https://www.tennessean.com/story/sports ... 403266002/
And today Vandy fired their coach.
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Volante wrote: Tue Dec 01, 2020 10:47 am https://twitter.com/DeborahTiempo/statu ... 1069192195

Can you spot what's missing?
I don't see a radio telescope.
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Cat Hammarskjold wrote: Tue Dec 01, 2020 7:52 pm
Volante wrote: Tue Dec 01, 2020 10:47 am https://twitter.com/DeborahTiempo/statu ... 1069192195

Can you spot what's missing?
I don't see a radio telescope.
https://gizmodo.com/gut-wrenching-photo ... 1845790190

...though the pictures aren't half as bad as the slideshow format
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cinemaniax7 wrote: Wed Dec 02, 2020 3:32 pm Rafer Johnson, who won the Olympic gold medal in the decathlon for USA in 1960, has died at the age of 86. He was the first Black American to carry the U.S. flag in the Olympic opening ceremonies, lit the cauldron at the 1984 Olympics, and was one of the men who disarmed Sirhan Sirhan after he shot and killed Robert Kennedy in 1968.

His obituary is well worth reading.
I believe that Rafer Johnson was the correct response to a clue I missed on my contestant test in 2002.
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cinemaniax7 wrote: Wed Dec 02, 2020 3:32 pm Rafer Johnson, who won the Olympic gold medal in the decathlon for USA in 1960, has died at the age of 86. He was the first Black American to carry the U.S. flag in the Olympic opening ceremonies, lit the cauldron at the 1984 Olympics, and was one of the men who disarmed Sirhan Sirhan after he shot and killed Robert Kennedy in 1968.

His obituary is well worth reading.
It isn’t worth buying a subscription to the LA Times.
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Bamaman wrote: Wed Dec 02, 2020 9:04 pm
cinemaniax7 wrote: Wed Dec 02, 2020 3:32 pm Rafer Johnson, who won the Olympic gold medal in the decathlon for USA in 1960, has died at the age of 86. He was the first Black American to carry the U.S. flag in the Olympic opening ceremonies, lit the cauldron at the 1984 Olympics, and was one of the men who disarmed Sirhan Sirhan after he shot and killed Robert Kennedy in 1968.

His obituary is well worth reading.
It isn’t worth buying a subscription to the LA Times.
I simply paused Adblock in order to read the story. Feel free to read about RJ via another site. I meant to imply that his life was well lived, not that the LA Times did a particularly stellar job recounting it.
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Volante wrote: Wed Dec 02, 2020 11:45 am
Cat Hammarskjold wrote: Tue Dec 01, 2020 7:52 pm
Volante wrote: Tue Dec 01, 2020 10:47 am https://twitter.com/DeborahTiempo/statu ... 1069192195

Can you spot what's missing?
I don't see a radio telescope.
https://gizmodo.com/gut-wrenching-photo ... 1845790190

...though the pictures aren't half as bad as the slideshow format
https://gizmodo.com/drone-video-shows-d ... 1845799543

Okay...that one got me...
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teapot37 wrote: Sun Dec 06, 2020 10:15 pm With season points leader Lewis Hamilton sidelined with a positive coronavirus test result (making this the first race he's missed since his F1 career started in 2007), the field was wide open...
To be fair, it wasn't wide open at all. Firstly, Mercedes called Russell in for a pit stop that they never should have and then Russell got unlucky and hit some debris and got a slow puncture and had to pit again, dropping him down to 14th from 1st. He did put on quite the show in the last few laps and got up to 9th to score his first 3 points in F1 (2 for 9th plus 1 for fastest lap), but small consolation when he most likely would have won the race. I think we're looking at a future world champion.

This isn't to say that Perez didn't deserve to win. He absolutely did. He lost a podium last week when his engine blew with about 4 laps to go and he's clearly one of the best drivers on the grid. The fact that he doesn't have a ride for next year so far is a travesty.
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Former Senator Paul Sarbanes died yesterday. He's probably most famous for the TPH-friendly named Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
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Volante wrote: Sat Nov 28, 2020 5:47 pm
econgator wrote: Sat Nov 28, 2020 3:02 pm Sarah Fuller becomes the first female to play in a Power 5 (ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, SEC or Pac-12) college football game, when she kicked off to start the 2nd half.
Could've gotten more kicks in if Vanderbilt wasn't terrible...
https://www.tennessean.com/story/sports ... 403266002/
Or if she were a punter.
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