James (Bucky) Dent @writingump
Full-time freelance sportswriter, covering mostly SIU sports. Umpire, jack of some trades and awesomely sarcastic according to a friend. Johnston City, IL Joined March 2014-
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Probably gets a bonus from the cult leader for pepper spraying a woman.
Grateful that he didn’t shoot her in the face with bullets! Goons like this Make America Garbage. We have to be better than this shit.
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𝗔𝗹𝗹-𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗨𝗽 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁 💪 Derek Harden has been named to the 2026 Phil Steele Preseason All-American Third Team. Congratulations to the ⚓ of our offensive line! #MaroonMade | #Salukis
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Republicans have convinced millions of willfully ignorant Americans that immigrants, vaccines, labor unions, NATO and Dr. Fauci are bad…while convincing those same fools that environmental deregulation, tariffs, tax cuts for the rich and RFK Jr are good.
@AMFKristensen Is it magisterial?
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𝑾𝒆𝒍𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒃𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒍𝒆📍 Join us in welcoming our fall 2026 recruits: Lillian Dempkey, Dafne Sosa, and Una Stepic! #MaroonMade | #Salukis
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Coach Nagy mentions the addition of former Wright State superstar Loudon Love to the staff. Love comes off multiple years playing in the G-League. This is his first coaching job
Head Coach Scott Nagy recaps Summer Access! He tells us what he is most optimistic about, the growth of the team over the summer, and what led to the shoutout on the Pat McAfee show last week. #MaroonMade
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Sources: Murray State is hiring Rose Bowl GM Derek Doolittle as the new COO for athletics. He’ll play a big role in the impending entertainment village and driving commercial activity.
Pedro Martinez.
Who is your all-time favorite Montreal Expos player? 1. Gary Carter 2. Tim Raines 3. Andre Dawson 4. Vladimir Guerrero 5. Larry Walker 6. Rusty Staub 7. Steve Rogers 8. Tim Wallach 9. Dennis Martinez 10. Write in a player
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Remember this in November
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NEW: Judge Sweeney clarified that her injunction does NOT block transfer rules, roster caps, rev share caps. This means players who receive the extra year CANNOT transfer and may only play for their former teams. Huge news.
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Netanyahu: I need $12 billion Trump: Approved Elon Musk: SpaceX needs $4.16 billion Trump: Approved Jeff Bezos: Amazon needs $17.5 billion Trump: Approved Top 1%: We need a $1 trillion tax cut Trump: Approved Average Joe: My wife has cancer. Can we get Medicaid? Trump: Denied
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I miss when the three branches of government weren’t pedophiles, corporations, and billionaires.
@AileenBowers20 @DaveKerner The trade feels like a blinking middle finger not just to Tigers fans but the sport as a whole.
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I just heard from my good friend, @KUHoops Perry Ellis. He wants everybody to know that he’s still available.
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The NCAA has sent the following message to its members.
@LesWinkeler @RepBost Because the cult leader told him to.
Watching Las Vegas at Chicago in WNBA action for work purposes. Some of the whistles (and non-whistles) have been especially shambolic, even by WNBA standards.
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The next time some MAGA chud cries about the 'liberal media', remind them that the majority of MSM outlets are owned by republicans.
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