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  1. pourcyne

    Shower Thoughts

    Time to gather up all our Wet Wisdom, thanks to BlueSky. These are brief but undeniable truths that you realize while taking a shower, assuming that you stop singing long enough to have any. Speak up, CyFan Nation. What revelations have you had during your ablutions? Here's one to get you...
  2. pourcyne

    Who's the Funniest Person You Know in Iowa?

    https://www.thegazette.com/people-places/cedar-rapids-native-named-funniest-person-in-iowa-by-annual-comedy-competition/
  3. pourcyne

    An Evening with TJ Otzelberger

    Just got the announcement by e-mail. Sorry if it's already been published elsewhere here on CF. https://www.businessrecord.com/business-of-sports/
  4. pourcyne

    MLB To Use Robot Umpires in 2026

    https://apnews.com/article/robot-umpires-mlb-2026-d70c6431d1cccfcf7a6e69e3ce47b417
  5. pourcyne

    MLB: MLB's First Female Ump in the Regular Season

    Not too long ago, The Atlantic had an interesting article about women in baseball. One point in particular made me smile. The original organizers didn't really want women to play, but they did want women to attend ball games to have a softening influence on the rowdy crowds. At any rate, here...
  6. pourcyne

    Robot Soccer...it's for real

    In Chinese culture, people use the term Jiayou (加油), which literally translates to "add oil," to express encouragement and support, often at sporting events or competitions. It's a versatile phrase used both as a rallying cheer and a personal motivational phrase.
  7. pourcyne

    RIP Mick Ralphs, but now how'm I s'posed to Rock Steady?

    https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/mick-ralphs-guitarist-bad-company-mott-the-hoople-dead-1235370273/
  8. pourcyne

    The Week the Music Died... Brian Wilson gone at 82

    Damn. I gotta quit checking the news in the daytime. Sharing full article: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/arts/music/brian-wilson-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.OE8.kAhS.qkLkxcMUqAP-&smid=url-share
  9. pourcyne

    Farewell, Sly Stone

    Gifting all y'all the article from NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/arts/music/sly-stone-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Nk8.bJk9.QrSBlwjIOWcx&smid=url-share
  10. pourcyne

    Any news on men's basketball?

    Does anyone know how basketball practice is going? Looking forward to the season.
  11. pourcyne

    Everybody's working for the weekend...

    A Wells Fargo employee was found dead in her cubicle four days after clocking in to her office in Tempe, Ariz., police said. The woman [...] was pronounced dead at 4:55 p.m. on Aug. 20, a Tuesday. She had scanned in to work on the morning of Aug. 16, a Friday, and had not scanned out or in...
  12. pourcyne

    Paris Paralympics Thread...including Murderball

    Article from WaPo has great photos and video for Wheelchair Rugby: https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/interactive/2024/paralympics-wheelchair-rugby-murderball-paris-2024/?itid=hp-top-table-main_p001_f006
  13. pourcyne

    Happy Birthday, Mark Knopfler...75 and still alive

    You probably know him from Dire Straits...that ain't woikin'...but here he is with the amazing Emmy Lou Harris.
  14. pourcyne

    Go PrISUm!!

    Looks like ISU finishes 9th at the Electrek American Solar Challenge 2024 https://www.race-monitor.com/Results/Session/8157160
  15. pourcyne

    All Hail the Summer Solstice

    Thu, Jun 20, 2024, 3:50 PM
  16. pourcyne

    AI will transform sports betting (opinion piece)

    Gifting you this article from the Washington Post. Excerpt: AI-powered algorithms and machine learning can instantly analyze huge amounts of historical data and statistics in real time. How has a certain baseball player fared batting against left-handed pitchers on overcast days in a specific...
  17. pourcyne

    Auriemma on WNBA Eligibility Age

    ESPN asked UConn women's coach Auriemma what he thought about the WNBA possibly changing the draft age for female athletes. "Well, it depends whether you want the game to grow or whether you want to kill it. If you want to kill it, then let the kids leave after freshman year. Which is like on...
  18. pourcyne

    You've got to make your own kind of music

    Just discovered Udio, an AI music generator. Free to play with, can sign in with your Google account. Now, I'm a cheap a$$, so won't spend any money to generate an entire song (assuming that's how it goes), but you Gotrocks, have at it. Let's hear your jam...
  19. pourcyne

    Farewell, Dickey Betts.

    https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/dickey-betts-allman-brothers-band-dead-727523/
  20. pourcyne

    What March Madness Looked Like the year you were born

    https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2023-04-03/what-march-madness-looked-year-you-were-born Here's one from a vintage year...Bill Russell...I'm just sayin'.
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