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- [The Athletic] 18 GM's were polled regarding Tua Tagovailoa's health. On a 1-10 scale of how concerned they were the average was 7.6/10. Key Quote: "I don’t want to put my whole franchise on a left-handed, beat-up, 6-foot quarterback. No thank you," said an AFC personnel man. https://theathletic.com/1752494/2020/04/17/mcginns-nfl-draft-series-scouts-on-top-quarterbacks/ 272 comments nfl
- [Princiotti] Once, when I was covering the Patriots, Rex Ryan got really annoyed with our beat group on a conference call because his record was brought up against the backdrop of his claim that he was an "above-average" coach. He responded by working "above-average" into every answer https://twitter.com/NoraPrinciotti/status/1452683788782292993 28 comments nfl
- [James Jones] disses Austin Rivers behind Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’ beat: “11 seasons, 7 different teams. Averaged 9 points over your career, top 10 pick — you know what that sound like to me? In the streets we call you a BUST. Now, I led the league in touchdowns. I won a Super Bowl…” https://streamable.com/tdo638 19 comments nba
- Average homebuyers are beating out Wall Street landlords https://www.businessinsider.com/average-americans-beating-wall-street-new-homes-real-estate-homebuying-2023-11 6 comments economy
- Maven told friends that pro wrestling wouldn't turn him into an addict. Then it did: "My body had taken a significant beating. By this point, I was completely addicted... I was taking on average between 35 and 50 painkillers every day." https://www.sescoops.com/news/maven-was-sure-wrestling-wouldnt-make-him-an-addict-until-he-was-on-50-painkillers-a-day 51 comments squaredcircle
- [ESPN Stats & Info] Today is the 31st anniversary of the original Dream Team winning the gold medal game at the 1992 Olympics, beating Croatia, 117-85. The Americans won their 8 games by an average of 43.8 PPG, winning every game by over 30 points. https://twitter.com/ESPNStatsInfo/status/1688882751615688705?s=19&t=qIRA8bEn2gtSm8_IfkrTiA 18 comments nba
- Democrats Beat GOP for Control of Congress by Slim Margin: Polling Average https://www.newsweek.com/democrats-beat-gop-control-congress-slim-margin-polling-average-1737567 60 comments politics
- Mirabile dictu: UK inflation is below the OECD average, and growth is beating Europe https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2022/08/04/mirabile-dictu-uk-inflation-oecd-average-growth-beating-europe/ 25 comments europe
- [Adam Stern] Heading into the summer break, ESPN's F1 ratings are up another 35% this year from last year to an average of 1.3 million viewers. F1 averaged 934,000 viewers last year which was up 39% from 2019 and the best all time in the U.S., beating the prior record of 748,000 in 1995. https://twitter.com/A_S12/status/1554584119132274688?s=09&t=VfTsbw9_LCkJoPKK_tVTIg 303 comments formula1
- [Michael Salfino] 9.624 Ks per homer in MLB is the highest since 1920. It’s narrowly beating 1968: 9.595. 1920-2022 average is 6.685. https://twitter.com/MichaelSalfino/status/1518234583095037964 11 comments baseball
- [Brandon Thurston] AEW Dynamite last night on TNT was watched by 1,175,000 viewers on average. 574,000 viewers were aged 18 to 49 (0.44 rating). Dynamite narrowly beat Raw (0.43) in the demo for the second week in a row. 📊 More analysis across various demos: https://t.co/EHc6sPQuKc https://t.co/B https://twitter.com/brandonthurston/status/1438593413994135560?s=19 667 comments squaredcircle
- Solskjaer “Everyone raves about the FA Cup team that Liverpool beat Everton with. Our league team is a year younger on average. We're fifth, not too far behind fourth place. We need to keep things in perspective, know where we've come from” https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/liverpool-solskjaer-manchester-united-preview-17554182 804 comments soccer
- [Person] Tre Boston on Cam Newton: "The rest of those boys are playing to 40, but they got O-lines. Why does Cam get to have just average lines, get beat up & the rest of these guys have healthy O-lines and get the same treatment as, 'Aw man, these guys can play til they're 40 with ease?' https://twitter.com/josephperson/status/1211678542662193152 80 comments nfl
- After losing the MVP race to David Robinson, Hakeem Olajuwon averaged 35.3/12.5/5.0/1.3/4.2 on 56/50/80 shooting to beat the Spurs in the 1995 WCF https://streamable.com/48s5n 60 comments nba
- Who is your team's emergency QB, and do you think you'd have a chance of beating an average, 8-8 team with him? https://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/a2xm85/who_is_your_teams_emergency_qb_and_do_you_think/ 150 comments nfl
- In the 1995 NBA Playoffs, 32-year old Hakeem Olajuwon lead the 6th-seeded Houston Rockets to its second consecutive NBA title beating the top 4 teams in the league while averaging 33/10/5/1/3 on 53% throughout the playoffs https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/7o41r1/in_the_1995_nba_playoffs_32year_old_hakeem/ 251 comments nba
- New Humble Bundle, the Humble "Wild Frontier" Bundle. Includes 'Gods Will Be Watching' & 'Ice Lakes' (PWYW), 'Hard West' & 'Renowned Explorers' (beat the average), and 'Slime Rancher' ($13). Slime Rancher alone is worth the $13 https://www.humblebundle.com/wild-frontier-bundle 5 comments linux_gaming
- [Kennedy]MIN won 3 of last 4, beating UTA, LAC, GS. Average margin of victory? 14.6 pts. MIN also beat HOU, TOR, ATL (2x), CHI (2x), OKC this season. https://mobile.twitter.com/alexkennedynba/status/840595656884527104 29 comments nba
- Solar could beat coal to become the cheapest power on earth: Global average solar cost may fall below coal within 10 years https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-01-03/for-cheapest-power-on-earth-look-skyward-as-coal-falls-to-solar 21 comments worldnews
- Could my 2 average 22 year old friends beat today's MJ in a 2v1? https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/5kub5n/could_my_2_average_22_year_old_friends_beat/ 23 comments nba
- TIS-100, Infinifactory, Dungeons 2 in the new Humble Bundle, remember to choose where your money goes, try to beat the Linux average! https://www.humblebundle.com/nicks-staff-picks-bundle 9 comments linux_gaming
- Student population rises 30%, Muslims beat national average http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/student-population-rises-30-muslims-beat-national-average/articleshow/52680570.cms 4 comments india
- Poll Average 2016: Sanders, Not Clinton, Would Beat Trump In Landslide General Election http://www.inquisitr.com/2924143/poll-average-2016-sanders-not-clinton-would-beat-trump-in-landslide-general-election/#xezazgvfet8rs5xm.99 1030 comments politics
- Hillary’s Stumbling Cakewalk: "Last month Mrs. Clinton won all eight of the polls taken in Iowa, beating Bernie by an average of 16 points. But now her edge has fallen to only four points in the Real Clear Politics average for the state. Even that number is bolstered by an outlier..." http://www.wsj.com/articles/hillarys-stumbling-cakewalk-1453336267 6 comments politics
- Summer 2015 Was The Hottest In Recorded History, NOAA Finds: global land and ocean temperatures jumped up 1.53 degrees Fahrenheit above the 20th century average, beating the record set in 2014 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/summer-2015-hottest_55fae2bfe4b0fde8b0cd408e 3 comments politics
- U.S. officials say July was Earth’s hottest month on record, smashing old marks. July’s average temperature was 61.86 degrees Fahrenheit, beating the previous global mark set in 1998 and 2010 by about one-seventh of a degree. That’s a large margin for weather records. Records go back to 1880 http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/feeling-the-heat-earth-in-july-was-hottest-month-on-record/2015/08/20/b6a509a2-474c-11e5-9f53-d1e3ddfd0cda_story.html 35 comments worldnews
- Why Go is beating the averages http://didipkerabat.com/posts/1434380433653410969-why-go-is-beating-the-averages.html 26 comments golang
- Humble Flash Bundle: Pay what you want for 140, Electronic Super Joy: Groove City, beat the average for ESJ bonus content and Runner2 + character pack https://www.humblebundle.com/flash?rhythm_flash 16 comments linux_gaming
- Why The Vast Majority Of Average Investors Never Beat The Averages http://sumitsinha.com/2013/10/19/why-the-vast-majority-of-average-investors-never-beat-the-averages/ 9 comments stocks
- Can Alabama beat a bad NFL team? John Ewing simulated and found that even the Jacksonville Jaguars win 91.4% of games with an average score of 32-13. http://predictionmachine.com/winless-nfl-teams-vs-alabama 1153 comments nfl
- Poland: Warsaw region GDP per capita beats EU average http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2013/03/26/poland-warsaw-region-gdp-per-capita-beats-eu-average/#axzz2ofbgf2zf 8 comments europe
- Sick of hearing that the average Joe could beat him out on the hardwood, Brian Scalabrine took on four of Boston's best ballers one-on-one and beat them all by a combined score of 44-6 http://boston.cbslocal.com/2013/01/22/toucher-richs-scallenge-no-challenge-for-brian-scalabrine/ 14 comments sports
- As the SEC investigates S&P for alleged insider information leaking, just a reminder that the SEC will not investigate *insider trading exempt* members of Congress who systematically beat the market by 12% per year, while the average citizen lost 1.4% per year... http://ssrn.com/abstract=1633123 7 comments politics
- Insider Trading: House members stock portfolios beat the average by 6% annually. Senate members beat it by 10%. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/24/members-of-congress-get-a_n_866387.html 26 comments politics
- Humble Indie Bundle: Only 10 hours left to up the Linux average, beat Mac and get 11 great DRM free Linux games! http://www.wolfire.com/humble 28 comments linux
- Insider Trading Inside the Beltway: In 1990's Senators beat the market by 12% per year. Average private citizen did -1.4% during same period. Businesses averaged 6%. http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1633123 309 comments politics
- Go Reddit! We beat Digg in average pageviews per visitor per month! http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-of-the-day-monthly-page-views-per-visitor-for-social-network-sites-2010-1 74 comments reddit.com
- Another perk of being a US senator: beat stock market averages by 12% http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0309/p01s03-uspo.html 34 comments reddit.com