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  1. 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/
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. pourcyne

    Any news on men's basketball?

    Does anyone know how basketball practice is going? Looking forward to the season.
  5. 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...
  6. 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
  7. 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.
  8. pourcyne

    Go PrISUm!!

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

    All Hail the Summer Solstice

    Thu, Jun 20, 2024, 3:50 PM
  10. 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...
  11. 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...
  12. 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...
  13. pourcyne

    Farewell, Dickey Betts.

    https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/dickey-betts-allman-brothers-band-dead-727523/
  14. 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'.
  15. pourcyne

    It's the Year of the Dragon, Baby

    Don't care what the Super Bowl halftime show is, they won't top Singapore's 1500 drones.
  16. pourcyne

    Beardshear (who knew?)

    "Beardshear’s legacy includes fostering the start of athletic programs, increasing faculty 25 to 78 while enrollment quadrupled during his 11-year tenure. The Cyclones nickname also came about in 1895 during Beardshear’s time as President. In 1938 the central building on campus was named...
  17. pourcyne

    This Day in Hilton Coliseum History

    The Cyclones started off hot in Johnny Orr’s third season at the helm with five straight wins. The season, however, ultimately proved an up-and-down endeavor. Sitting at 10-9 as the 18-3 Tigers crossed the border to arrive in Ames, the young Cyclones squad relied heavily on sophomore Barry...
  18. pourcyne

    It's here! (ISU vs Texas)

  19. pourcyne

    Jon Stewart enters the Transfer Portal...

    He's coming back to host "The Daily Show".
  20. pourcyne

    Good ads

    I know, after seeing one 6,000 times (often during the same commercial break), any ad becomes annoying, but seems to me some of the ads showing these days on streaming are rather clever. For example...