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But this will be an interesting story to hear at trial...... Vance Boelter told Kash Patel in letter that Gov. Tim Walz told him to kill Democratic lawmakers: report

Has the Starocci story even been published anywhere other than the Daily Collegian?

I don't think Nickal was scared of Taylor in 2019. Nickal was coming off a season at 197lbs and he weighed 92kg. Whether he picked 86, 92, or 97kg the path wasn't going to be easy. The options were 86kg/David Taylor, 92kg/J'den Cox, and 97kg/Kyle Snyder. Nickal was scared of Taylor so he went 92Kg where he'd have to beat Cox? Cox had beaten DT for the 86kg spot in 2017 and won the world title at 92kg in 2018. Making that choice out of fear of Taylor doesn't make much sense. NLWC didn't really have anyone at 92kg or 97kg that freestyle season. Kyle Snyder was still at Ohio RTC. Their only 92kg was Riley Lefever who wasn't a PSU alum and wasn't among the favorites to contend for the spot. Nickal had some kind of training relationship with Taylor, but maybe less so with Lefever. Taylor took him to Budapest as his training partner in 2018. Going 86kg means you have to beat the world champ and Taylor isn't going to be practicing with you or helping you anymore. Staying at 92kg you still have to beat a world champ that is just as good, but you get to practice with David Taylor everyday. The idea that Taylor had definitely decided he wasn't wrestling at Final X between his injury at BTS (May 6) and the start of the WTT (May 17) and intentionally withheld that information so that Nickal wouldn't give up his bye at 92kg and cut down always seemed really cynical to me. Taylor barely had time to get some opinions and assess what he was capable of doing. If Taylor actually did that and told Nickal that's what he did then Nickal has the right to be upset about it.

It has never been confirmed that he departed from NLWC. I'm not sure he did. PSU is still promoting him

He's locked up next to Ghislane Maxwell.

His silence is deafening...

Maybe in Earhart's plane.

Adam Waters Injury Defaults out to Michael White of Indiana. Waters was up 6-0 when he seemed to pull his hammy on a White takedown. He tried to wrestle through it, but White scored another 11 points unanswered before Waters called it while trailing 13-6. Obviously, injury was a factor, but White looked really good on his comeback; he hand-fought like a machine, and once he smelled blood in the water, he never stopped pushing.

You just called me a liar so go back find the post and quote it in your reply documenting the lie.

Great article explaining how Baltimore's embrace of 'Woke' approaches to crime have been a monumental success. Increased police presence and incarceration does not address crime. It's a Band-Aid over an open wound. Who would have thought you could have more success by treating the cause, not the symptoms?! Obviously, Scott didn't 'Abolish the Police,' but almost nobody during the BLM movement was advocating for a complete abolition of police departments. Instead, they argued that funds should be diverted from departments to invest in measures like what Baltimore has implemented with great success. https://popular.info/p/the-secret-to-baltimores-extraordinary This April, Baltimore saw five homicides. That is the fewest of any month since 1970, when the city began tracking monthly homicide numbers. In the first six months of the year, homicides were down 22% compared to 2024, and non-fatal shootings were down 19%. This is the latest in a string of historic declines in violent crime. In 2024, homicides dropped 23% from 2023 numbers, and non-fatal shootings dropped 34%. In 2023, the city also saw record-breaking decreases. Under Scott, Baltimore has fought violent crime not only through policing but through a network of programs that provide support for housing, career development, and education. Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott (D), who was first elected in 2020, has brought the city’s homicide rate down by treating violent crime as a public health crisis. That means treating violent crime as a symptom of multiple factors, including racism, poverty, and past violence. Addressing violent crime as a public health issue involves going beyond arresting people after violence is committed and taking proactive and preventative measures.

little known trivia fact, she's hiding from starocci

No. That scientist did. I just posted and asked if it came true. Then you called ionel a liar

Cav did.

What you're referring to is what he reportedly said during a private meeting with NYC business owners. It's being reported as a backpedal, but when you actually look at the quote they're using, it's exactly what he's always said about the phrase. He hasn't changed anything.

Any word sense the departure from the NLWC?

Kenny vs Mills @126 might be my match of the tournament so far

What headline? He’s getting pressure and doesn’t want to lose votes so he’s backpedaling.

Quote where I said anything about the earth cooling. You have no credibility.

Kellen Wolbert, WI over Dean Anderson, AZ (TF 16-3 (4:06)) Rocklin Zinkin, CA over Joseph Uhorchuk, TN (Dec 12-6)

Oh gotcha since GOATs that are generationally transcendent seem to grow on trees that's probably where I would put my resources too lol

Haakon peterson who was 100lbs for like 5 years looks freaking awesome at 144.

Nothing you said contradicted anything I said. Your point seems to be that building through the draft is preferred in professional sports. That is probably true for the NBA and to a lesser extent some of the other leagues, but I never said anything about how the players were acquired just that that's where the money should be spent. Furthermore, there is also no draft mechanism (currently) in NCAA sports so it is not an option. NCAA GMs/coaches can only sign free agents. Regardless of how the players are acquired, Draft or free agency, they have far more negotiating power than the coaches in the NBA and all top professional leagues. The highest paid NBA players get ~$60 million/year and the highest paid coaches ~$17M. If you order all the players and coaches by annual salary no coach would be in the top 100. The salaries of the top players are artificially suppressed by the CBA, but there is no CBA for coaches. Teams are free to pay a coach whatever they want and whatever the market determines. Coaches that have won multiple championships; Greg Popovich, Steve Kerr, Erik Spoelstra, only make ~$15-17M. If hiring the best coach was the path to a championship these guys would command more for their services. The ceiling for coaches' salaries in the NBA is where it is because they are largely replaceable. The Boston Celtics are an example of this. The coach is replaceable whilst the star players - Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown are not. The Celtics initially acquired the duo with Brad Stevens as the coach and they were very good. Made the conference finals twice with them in the lineup. Then when Stevens was elevated to GM one of his former assistant coaches who had never been a head coach in the NBA before, Ime Udoka, took them to the NBA finals in his first season. Udoka then left to go to the Rockets where he has yet to make it past the first round of the playoffs and one of his assistants, Joe Mazzulla, became head coach. Mazzulla had never been a head coach before and in his second season the Celtics won the NBA championship. There is a reason Tatum and Brown are each paid $50M+/year and Mazzulla ~$5M. Their relative salaries are easily explained; replacing Mazzulla is relatively easy, but replacing Tatum or Brown would be very difficult and costly. Getting a Cael Sanderson type player in the NBA would be even better than either Tatum or Brown. It would be one of the GOATS. It would be more like a LeBron James. James has taken teams to the NBA finals under 5 different coaches. When he left Cleveland the first time the Cavs went from having the league's best record to winning 19 games with a roster largely unchanged apart from James. When he left the second time, a team largely unchanged from the one that had lost in the NBA finals, apart from James, again won only 19 games. LeBron James was the difference between being one of the best teams in the league and winning only 19 of 82 games twice.