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i added some baseball stuff on the UAB game in salty's thread.

i feel so blessed. i understand i am not everyone's cup of tea. heck sometimes i am not my own......grins. i would ask for thoughts and prayers for mr mims as well. he is not an attention ho like i am and he is worthy!

thank you!

thank you my auburn friend!

LP you are a good man. i have everything covered. it is like the petty song that the waiting is the hardest part. thank you for standing up big shooter.

i love yqa back swampy. my gosh you are the only person here that ever received nekkie pics of me........grins

i have been hard on you in the past and you always gave as good as you got. the fact you can wish me well shows you are top shelf. please do not stop coming at me if you feel the need just because i got health issues. i enjoy the back and forth and i have toned it down quite a bit. this means a lot............

thank you golf! i know i drive you crazy a lot so this means a lot coming from someone i consider to be a legend. they are doing the lapo thing whihc is supposed to be way less painful and quicker healing. i am sure i will be nervous but i am not as alarmed.i have a great staff and the doc does a lot at UAB so he is no slouch. the bad part is he is an OSU fan.

Auburn's top 10 NFL receivers: Darius Slayton moving up Updated: Feb. 20, 2024, 8:11 a.m.|Published: Feb. 20, 2024, 8:00 a.m. 6–7 minutes The New York Giants’ Darius Slayton continued to carry the banner for Auburn receivers in the NFL in 2023. Slayton had 50 receptions for 770 yards and four touchdowns this season as he led the Giants in receiving yards for the fourth time in his five NFL campaigns. Former Alabama prep star filming movie in NFL offseason Alabama’s top 10 NFL receivers: Current stars crowd in Former Auburn linebackers join NFL coaching staffs Last year, Slayton moved to seventh among former Auburn players for career NFL receiving yards – the first new name in the Tigers’ top 10 in a decade. This season’s total allowed Slayton to rise to fourth on Auburn’s NFL rankings for career receiving yards. Only two other former Auburn players caught passes during the 2023 season. New York Jets tight end C.J. Uzomah had eight receptions for 58 yards and one touchdown in 12 games, and Jacksonville Jaguars running back Tank Bigsby had one reception for 6 yards in 17 games. RELATED: AUBURN’S TOP 10 NFL RUSHERS RELATED: AUBURN’S TOP 10 NFL PASSERS The top 10 NFL receivers who played at Auburn (as ranked by career receiving yards): 1. Frank Sanders: 6,749 receiving yards Arizona Cardinals 1995-2002, Baltimore Ravens 2003: Sanders caught 507 passes, averaged 13.3 yards per reception and scored 24 receiving touchdowns during his career. Sanders had back-to-back 1,000-yard seasons in 1997 and 1998. The only other 1,000-yard receiving seasons produced in the NFL by Auburn alumni belong to Red Phillips in 1961 and Lionel James in 1985. 2. Red Phillips: 6,044 receiving yards Los Angeles Rams 1958-64, Minnesota Vikings 1965-67: The former Benjamin Russell High School standout caught 401 passes, averaged 15.1 yards per reception and scored 34 receiving touchdowns during his career. Phillips has the most career TD receptions among former Auburn players, a position he’s held since his All-Pro season in 1961, when he led the NFL with 78 receptions. 3. James Brooks: 3,621 receiving yards San Diego Chargers 1981-83, Cincinnati Bengals 1984-91, Cleveland Browns 1992, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1992: Brooks caught 383 passes, averaged 9.5 yards per reception and scored 30 receiving touchdowns during his career. Brooks, William Andrews and Joe Cribbs rank in the top 10 NFL rushers as well as receivers from Auburn. At second in rushing yards and third in receiving yards, Brooks produced the most NFL yards from scrimmage among ex-Auburn players with 11,583 – 2,037 more than any other former Tiger. 4. Darius Slayton: 3,324 receiving yards New York Giants 2019-23: Slayton has caught 220 passes, averaged 15.1 yards per reception and scored 19 receiving touchdowns during his career. 5. Dave Middleton: 2,966 receiving yards Detroit Lions 1955-60, Minnesota Vikings 1961: The former Ensley High School standout caught 183 passes, averaged 16.2 yards per reception and scored 17 receiving touchdowns during his career. The 12th player picked in the 1955 NFL Draft, Middleton started his pro career as a halfback and played on the most recent Detroit team to win the NFL championship in 1957. 6. Ed West: 2,665 receiving yards Green Bay Packers 1984-94, Philadelphia Eagles 1995-96, Atlanta Falcons 1997: The former Colbert County High School standout caught 237 passes, averaged 11.2 yards per reception and scored 27 receiving touchdowns during his career. West is the only tight end in Auburn’s top 10. Frank Sanders, Red Phillips, Dave Middleton, Darius Slayton and Byron Franklin are wide receivers, and James Brooks, William Andrews, Lionel James and Joe Cribbs are running backs. 7. William Andrews: 2,647 receiving yards Atlanta Falcons 1979-83, 1986: Andrews caught 277 passes, averaged 9.6 yards per reception and scored 11 receiving touchdowns during his career. Andrews packed most of his production into five seasons that included 5,772 rushing yards. In 1981, he finished fourth in the NFL with 81 receptions. A knee injury wrecked his career, although he tried a comeback that included playing tight end. 8. Lionel James: 2,278 receiving yards San Diego Chargers 1984-88: James caught 209 passes, averaged 10.9 yards per reception and scored 10 receiving touchdowns during his career. “Little Train” basically took over the role vacated when the San Diego Chargers traded James Brooks to the Cincinnati Bengals. James led the NFL in kickoff-return yards in 1984 and was a 1,000-yard receiver in 1985, when he led the NFL in all-purpose yards. Brooks had led the NFL in kickoff-return yards in 1982 and all-purpose yards in 1981 and 1982. 9. Joe Cribbs: 2,199 receiving yards Buffalo Bills 1980-83, 1985, San Francisco 49ers 1986-87, Miami Dolphins 1988, Indianapolis Colts 1988: The former Sulligent High School standout caught 224 passes, averaged 9.8 yards per reception and scored 15 receiving touchdowns during his career. Cribbs caught seven TD passes out of the backfield in the 1981 and 1983 seasons. 10. Byron Franklin: 2,016 receiving yards Buffalo Bills 1981, 1983-84, Seattle Seahawks 1985-1987: The former Sheffield High School standout caught 145 passes, averaged 13.9 yards per reception and scored 10 receiving touchdowns during his career. In Franklin’s biggest season, he caught 69 passes for 862 yards and four touchdowns in 1984. During the preseason the next year, the Bills traded Franklin to the Seahawks, and he caught only 44 passes in his three seasons with Seattle. If the top 10 were based on receptions instead of receiving yards, one through 10 would be Sanders, Phillips, Brooks, Andrews, Ronnie Brown, West, Cribbs, Slayton, Tony Richardson and James. FOR MORE OF AL.COM’S COVERAGE OF THE NFL, GO TO OUR NFL PAGE Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter at @AMarkG1.

al.com Spring football in Auburn: Notes and quotes on the safety room ahead of spring camp Updated: Feb. 20, 2024, 12:45 p.m.|Published: Feb. 20, 2024, 12:31 p.m. 4–6 minutes Auburn safety Terrance Love (16) breaks up a pass intended for Samford wide receiver R.J. Starkey (8) during the second half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023, in Auburn, Ala. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)AP The second spring camp of the Hugh Freeze era at Auburn is just around the corner as it’s set to get underway Feb. 27. The Tigers will then proceed to hold 13 spring practices in preparation of Auburn’s spring game — also known as A-Day — which is set to be played on April 6 at Jordan-Hare Stadium. Before spring practices get underway, AL.com will take a position-by-position look at the Tigers’ roster, starting with Auburn’s room of safeties. Who did the Tigers lose from the safety room? Auburn will be without five safeties from the 2023 season when the Tigers take the field in 2024. The biggest losses come in Jaylin Simpson and Zion Puckett — two guys who are bound for the NFL Draft. Together, Simpson and Puckett combined for 72 total tackles, six interceptions and five pass breakups in 2023. Meanwhile, the Tigers saw three other safeties hit the portal as Marquise Gilbert, Austin Ausberry and Donovan Kaufman all made the decision to transfer with Kaufman being the biggest loss of the three. Kaufman appeared in 12 games, tallied 37 total tackles and an interception before deciding to take his talents to NC State. Who are the Tigers returning in the safety room? Auburn is set to return four safeties who were a part of the Tigers’ 2023 season in junior Caleb Wooden, sophomore Terrance Love, redshirt freshman Sylvester Smith and redshirt freshman CJ Johnson. Wooden returns as the most experienced after appearing in 12 games last season, which saw him tally 15 total tackles and an interception as a reserve. Wooden also has a big fan in Simpson, who gushed about the rising junior during an interview at the Senior Bowl in January. “You know, I text(ed) Caleb the other day because I had a dream – a weird dream,” Simpson said. “I dreamed about him that he caught like two interceptions in one game. And I had to tell him.” Simpson went on to say he’s confident in what the Tigers are returning to the position, despite many of them still being “rookies.” In 2023, Love appeared in 10 games and logged six tackles, Smith appeared in five games and logged three tackles. Meanwhile, Johnson didn’t see action last fall. “I think they’ll get the job done,” Simpson said. “All them guys, man. They’re going to be just fine.” Who did the Tigers add to the safety room? In addition to the four returners, Auburn also added four bodies to the safety room with senior Texas transfer Jerrin Thompson, junior JUCO transfer Laquan Robinson and freshmen Kensley Louidor-Faustin and Kaleb Harris joining the group. In adding Thompson, the Tigers are getting a seasoned player who tallied 38 tackles, three interceptions and seven pass breakups with the Longhorns in 2023. Off the field, the Tigers are adding a guy who can help take on the leadership role that guys like Simpson and Puckett once held. “Leadership comes from guys doing what they’re supposed to do and having the other guys trusting them,” Texas defensive coordinator Pete Kwiatkowski said at the start of fall camp last season. “(Jerrin Thompson) and those other guys are being selfless and pulling guys along with them through the grind.” Meanwhile, in signing Robinson, the Tigers added the No. 1 safety out of the JUCO ranks this cycle. During his time at Holmes Community College in 2023, Robinson appeared in nine games, tallied 49 tackles, 2.5 tackles for a loss, a fumble recovery and an interception. In the signings of Louidor-Faustin and Harris, Auburn added a 4-star and 3-star safety, respectively. And Freeze is excited to have all of the in the fold. “I’m also excited about our DBs, with Faustin and (cornerback) Amon Lane, and (cornerback) Jalyn Crawford and Laquon Robinson... and Kaleb Harris, who’s really physical. And we need that,” Freeze said during his national signing day press conference on Dec. 20. If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our User Agreement and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

al.com Detroit pitcher Casey Mize: ‘I’m not scared to play’ Updated: Feb. 20, 2024, 8:41 a.m.|Published: Feb. 20, 2024, 8:30 a.m. 5–6 minutes Detroit Tigers pitcher Casey Mize throws during a spring-training workout on Friday, Feb. 16, 2024, in Lakeland, Fla.(AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) By Mark Inabinett | minabinett@al.com Pitcher Casey Mize is ready to do something in spring training this year that he couldn’t do when the Detroit Tigers opened preparations for the 2023 season. “I’ll throw as much as they let me,” Mize said. “I just want to play. That’s pretty much where I’m at on it.” Former MLB first-rounder from Alabama joins Phillies Former Alabama pitcher getting another MLB opportunity Say hey, it’s Willie Mays Day The Tigers chose Mize from Auburn with the No. 1 pick in the 2018 draft, but the right-hander most recently pitched for Detroit on April 14, 2022. Two months later, he had Tommy John surgery and, shortly after that, back surgery. In Tommy John surgery – or ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction – a tendon from elsewhere in the injured player’s body or from a donor is attached to the inner side of the elbow in place of the damaged ligament. The surgery is named after the first pitcher to undergo the procedure in 1974 and resume his career. “I definitely went through a really challenging time,” Mize said, “so it just means a lot to me to be able to be back and compete. I’ve always loved baseball. I’ve loved every single part of it. But I think it’s just a new perspective on how much I need to focus just on day by day and on competing and being present and not looking back on what I just went through and what’s in the future. I just really need to be focused on today. “I don’t want to be the player that’s viewed as always hurt. I don’t think that’s really the case. It’s just, obviously, I missed a lot of time, but I had a very major, very common surgery. If you look around the room at the scars, there’s a few. And I was able to lean on them for those experiences, too.” Mize had a 19-2 pitching record at Springville High School before going 20-13 in three seasons at Auburn, where he struck out 324 in 267.1 innings. Mize made 26 minor-league starts, with an 8-3 record and 2.71 earned-run average, before he made his MLB debut on Aug. 19, 2020. His minor-league work included a no-hitter for the Erie SeaWolves in his Double-A debut on April 29, 2019. Mize made seven starts during the coronavirus pandemic-affected 2020 season. In 2021, Mize posted a 7-9 record with a 3.71 earned-run average in 30 starts for Detroit. He’s pitched 10 innings for the Tigers since. The Tigers had seven pitchers start at least 15 games last season. But Detroit is counting on only three of them to be back in the rotation this season – Tarik Skubal, Reese Olson and Matt Manning. No. 1 starter Eduardo Rodriguez signed with the Arizona Diamondbacks as a free agent, Joey Wentz has been moved to the bullpen, Michael Lorenzen remains a free agent and Matthew Boyd had Tommy John surgery last year. In the offseason, the Tigers added starting pitching candidates Kenta Maeda and Jack Flaherty. Maeda has 155 MLB starts, and Flaherty 125. In 39 starts for Detroit, Mize has a 7-13 record with a 4.29 earned-run average. In 188.2 innings, he has struck out 148 and yielded 172 hits and 56 walks. “You guys are going to see some different pitch mixes, maybe a tiny adjustment mechanically,” Mize told MLive.com. “I don’t feel like I’m the same. I feel like we’re always adapting and changing, so I don’t want to say I’m the same, but that doesn’t mean I’m worse. I feel like it’s going to mean I’m better. “Am I anxious to play? I am. But I’m not scared to play. I’m just itching at the opportunity to compete. That’s what I’ve been missing the last two years -- just the competition aspect of it. I’ve been training and preparing and doing all this, and the competition is what I’ve been waiting for.” Detroit opens its Grapefruit League schedule on Saturday, when the New York Yankees visit Joker Marchant Stadium in Lakeland, Florida. The Tigers start the 2024 season on March 28, when they visit the Chicago White Sox. Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter at @AMarkG1.

i get email from at least four dems a day and i just delete them.

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"The math keeps getting worse": James Comer admits he may have to give up on Biden impeachment probe Tatyana Tandanpolie Tue, February 20, 2024 at 1:16 PM CST·1 min read 1.8k The impeachment inquiry House Republicans launched into President Joe Biden may not end with an impeachment vote, House Oversight Chair James Comer, R-Ky., admitted in a recent interview with Spectrum News. Speaking to the news source last week, Comer indicated that the House holding a vote is decreasingly likely because the "math keeps getting worse" for the GOP, a statement reflecting Republican's narrowing majority and internal skepticism about the merits of the investigation, Mediaite reports. Comer's probe — which is examining allegations that Biden accepted bribes, laundered money and peddled influence in connection to his son's overseas business activities — has yet to yield any substantial evidence of the president committing any wrongdoing, which some Republican representatives have admitted. How the Democrat-controlled Senate addresses the recent impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas will be an indication of how their inquiry will go, Comer told Spectrum. “I think the conference will get to see what happens with this Mayorkas impeachment in the Senate and how serious the Senate treats that as to whether or not we impeach Joe Biden over here or we just focus on holding him accountable?” Comer said, expressing hope for "accountability." He went on to suggest that Biden could later face a probe from the Justice Department should Trump win back the presidency in November. “At the end of the day, my goal is to get the truth out there and hold people accountable for wrongdoing," Comer concluded. "That may encompass impeachment. If it doesn’t, that’s fine with me."

Liberty coach Jamey Chadwell claims LSU paid transfer WR CJ Daniels $300,000 among other benefits Tyler Nettuno Tue, February 20, 2024 at 12:53 PM CST·1 min read 48 College football has always been a dog-eat-dog world, but with the growing disparity in resources, particularly when it comes to NIL benefits, we’ve seen that gap become as wide as it’s ever been. This is perhaps best exemplified by Liberty, which lost a number of star players to the portal following a 13-1 season that saw it reach the New Year’s Six for the first time. Among the players who left is receiver CJ Daniels, who joined LSU, and Flames coach Jamey Chadwell didn’t mince words when discussing it, according to a report from Ross Dellenger of Yahoo Sports. Per Dellenger, Chadwell claimed that LSU paid Daniels $300,000 to come to Baton Rouge while also paying for both a car and an apartment. “Those guys would be all-conference for us,” Chadwell said, per the report. “LSU paid for a car and an apartment and like $300,000. What do you do?” Daniels is coming off a 1,000-yard season at Liberty, and he was considered one of the top wideouts in the portal this offseason. This is certainly not the only case where something like this has potentially happened, but if it were true, it would be understandable why so many coaches at the Group of Five level feel a sense of hopelessness with where the sport is heading, a theme that was the ultimate centerpiece of Dellenger’s article. Contact/Follow us @LSUTigersWire on Twitter, and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Louisiana State news, notes, and opinions.