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Tim Tebow is causing seizures in order to 'save' people

Maybe Tim's got some metal in him... He's either causing the seizure... He's basically a human Pokemon. He is a Pokemon, and he's giving people seizures. He's causing the seizures and he's treating them, which is... a good position for business.

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There is no medical evidence that Tim Tebow is a human Pokemon who causes seizures through electromagnetic interference.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Every new iteration of Jesus is better than the last

Every time that Jesus shows up, he's better than his old Jesus. He makes his old Jesus look like a chump. Jesus 2 never hit a dinger. That's a facts only right in everyone's face.

While Tim Tebow (Jesus 2) did hit home runs in minor league baseball, comparing athletic feats across millennia of religious figures is not a verifiable fact.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Phoenix Suns are going to suck during the 2016-17 season

I don't think they're going to be good this year. No, the Suns are going to suck this year. We're going to have to continually update this.

The Suns finished the 2016-17 season with a 24-58 record, the second-worst in the NBA.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Ken Bone is a government plant to distract us from the election

I think that Ken Bone is either a plant for the Red Sweater Company... or he might be just a guy that's inserted in there to make us just stop freaking out about the election. I think that Ken Bone might actually be like a Jason Bourne type situation where he's an assassin.

Ken Bone was a genuine undecided voter from Belleville, Illinois, not a CIA plant or professional assassin.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The U.S. government should sell sponsorships for wars to pay for them

The U.S. should sell sponsorships for wars. The Iraq War, sponsored by the Susan Komen Foundation. Why not? I think it's a great idea. It pays for itself.

This is a satirical political proposal.
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Big CatBig Cat

The Alabama Crimson Tide could beat the Cleveland Browns

I think it's time to dust off the old could Alabama beat the Browns argument again. I love it. It's that time of year. I don't know. Alabama's looking good. They got an offense now.

The 2016 Browns went 1-15, but even the worst NFL team is virtually guaranteed to beat a college team due to depth and age.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Sam Bradford will eventually suck and prove me right for criticizing the trade

I'll be right in the long term on that one. Okay. How about that? ... But what I will say is that one day Sam Bradford's going to suck, and then I will be sure to let you know about it then.

Bradford's career was derailed by injuries and he never reached elite status, finishing with a mediocre win-loss record.
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Big CatBig Cat

Tony Romo will break his back again within two weeks of returning

Tony Romo comes back. It's his job. He's going to break his back within a week or two again. Back Prescott. Yeah. That's what I call him. And then back to Dak. Back to Dak.

Romo never regained the starting job as Dak Prescott remained the starter; Romo retired at the end of the season without suffering another major on-field back injury that year.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The NFL's ratings are down because players' backs aren't falling off enough

The NFL's ratings are down. Maybe it's because your players' backs aren't falling off enough.

This is a satirical commentary on media narratives and cannot be factually proven.
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Big CatBig Cat

The Cubs are going to win the World Series as long as nothing crazy happens

They're the best team at baseball. As long as nothing crazy happens, they're going to win the World Series.

The Cubs famously won the 2016 World Series, breaking their 108-year drought.
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Big CatBig Cat

Hillary Clinton is going to jail and Donald Trump is going to be elected president

Trump gets elected president. She's going to jail, by the way. She is.

Trump did win the election, but Hillary Clinton was never incarcerated.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Losing an election should result in an immediate prison sentence

That should actually be the rule in this country. If you lose the election, you should have to go to prison.

This is a satirical policy proposal, not a factual claim or prediction.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

I'm picking the Red Sox in five because I haven't heard anyone from Cleveland sound confident about anything

I haven't heard anybody from Cleveland sound confident about anything. So I've got to go with [the Red Sox] because I haven't heard anybody from Cleveland sound confident... Red Sox in five.

The Indians swept the Red Sox 3-0 in the ALDS.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Jim Harbaugh and Nick Saban are the same person because they are so committed to the process they don't know the score

I think [Harbaugh] and Saban are the same dude... they are so committed to the process. I would be shocked if Nick Saban knew what the score was in the middle of the game.

While both coaches were famously process-oriented, they obviously tracked the score to manage games.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Oregon is back to sucking like they did before they were good

The University of Oregon is back to sucking like they did before they got good.

Oregon finished the 2016 season 4-8, their worst record since the 1970s.
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Big CatBig Cat

Oregon will be back on top of college football in four years when Chip Kelly returns

I'm going to call my shot. I'm going to say Oregon's going to win. If we can do like four years to call who's back, in four years Oregon's going to be back to being back. ... When they get Chip Kelly back, right?

Chip Kelly became the head coach of UCLA in 2018, not Oregon. Oregon did eventually return to relevance under Mario Cristobal, but the Chip Kelly part was wrong.
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MillmoreMillmore

This is finally the breakout year for Reggie Bush

I think this is the year for Reggie Bush. ... So on the year, his year average is negative four. So today he had three, so I think that was the rush he needed.

Reggie Bush finished the 2016 season with -3 rushing yards, becoming the first NFL player to have 10+ carries and finish with negative yardage in a season.
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Jay GlazerJay Glazer

Real life in the NFL is way more wild than the show 'Ballers'

Oh, no. Are you kidding me? Real life is way worse than that. In fact, half the stuff you know went down in the NFL. If I went to the producers of Ballers and said, hey, man, I got a great storyline for you. If this actually happened, they'd say, Glaze, are you out of your damn mind? Nobody would ever believe that.

This is an insider's professional opinion on the culture of the NFL compared to media portrayals.
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Jay GlazerJay Glazer

Kyle Long is the strongest and most violent athlete I have ever trained

That is the strongest, most violent individual who's ever put his hands on me in my entire life. And that includes the Chuck Liddells and the Dan Andersons and the Randy Coutures. I mean, it's not even close, dude.

This is a subjective assessment of physical power by a trainer.
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Jay GlazerJay Glazer

Former NFL linebacker James Anderson could clean out the UFC heavyweight division

James Anderson... I've been actually trying to convince to fight. ... This dude could fight. He really could. He is so athletic and violent, and he understands it. And he's not a big name, but he would clean out the heavyweight division.

Anderson never fought professionally in the UFC, so his dominance is theoretical.
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Jay GlazerJay Glazer

The Rock outworks everyone and is the epitome of who you want to be

He is the epitome of what you want to be. He outworks everybody. You don't just get lucky. You don't just be in the right place at the right time. You outwork everybody else to make sure you are in the right place at the right time. And he epitomizes that.

This is a subjective assessment of work ethic and character.
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Jay GlazerJay Glazer

The Spygate tape contains footage of the cameraman creeping on cheerleaders

The starter tape is great because the guy is focusing in on women in the stands. ... Total creeper. He's focusing on, like, women in the stands, and he's focusing it on the Jet cheerleaders. And he's a totally creeper. And then all of a sudden, boom, goes to Jets coaches.

While the existence of Spygate tapes is a fact, the specific detail about 'creeper' footage remains Glazer's first-hand account as he claims to be the only one with a copy.
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Big CatBig Cat

The NFL will finally cure breast cancer this year

I think this is the year that the NFL finally cures it [breast cancer]. ... Stay woke on breast cancer.

The NFL did not cure breast cancer in 2016.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Cubs will not win the World Series this year

Spoiler, the Cubs aren't going to win the World Series this year.

The Cubs won the 2016 World Series.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

It is impossible that Dwight Howard doesn't know the names of the players on the Golden State Warriors

This comes to us from Dwight Howard, who said that he couldn't name the players on the Golden State Warriors. [Big Cat/PFT]: Yeah, right. Yeah, right. Okay, Dwight... I had no idea. I don't even care about other teams. Yeah.

It is highly unlikely an active NBA player wouldn't know the core of the 73-win Warriors team that had just added Kevin Durant.
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Big CatBig Cat

True locker room talk is just men wondering why the old guy won't put on a towel

The real, if people want to know what real locker room talk is around America, locker room talk is basically just an inner monologue saying, why is that old guy not put a towel around his body? Like, why do I got to look at that old guy's dick?

This is an observational comedic take.
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Big CatBig Cat

The Boston Red Sox are effectively dead in the playoffs

It is Friday, October 7th, and the Boston Red Sox are dead. They're not dead, but Buck Showalter had to be very confused watching Terry Francona manage that game because Andrew Miller and Cody Allen pitched 40 pitches each.

The Red Sox were swept 3-0 by the Indians, so they were indeed 'dead'.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Red Sox regret getting rid of Terry Francona

Hank, do you think that the Red Sox are regretting getting rid of Terry Francona? No. I'm going to be the first to say that they are. That's definitely a conversation that needs to happen in America starting now.

This is a subjective narrative claim about team regret.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Chip Kelly's current strategy is to suck for three years before getting fired with a massive payout

Chip Kelly, he's in phase one. He does the football producers everywhere he goes. Phase one is tank. Phase two is draft good players. Phase three is trade those good players away and then suck again. And then you get fired after three years and then you have a lot of money.

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Kelly was fired by the 49ers after just one season (2-14 record) in 2016.
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Big CatBig Cat

Chip Kelly will be the head coach at Oregon within the next few years

Chip Kelly back to Oregon... yeah, because they're in some turmoil. Lost three games in a row. Silicon Valley to Nike Town... Chip Kelly to Oregon, going back to college. Listen, like Skip [Bayless] and Stephen A. [Smith], they need each other, right? That's when they were both at their most successful. So I think that's definitely going to happen.

Chip Kelly eventually returned to college football but at UCLA in 2018, not Oregon. He did not return to Oregon in this timeframe.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Browns will cover the spread against the Patriots in Week 5

So I did not take the Cardinals. So you're a Larry Fitzgerald this week? I am a big-time Larry Fitzgerald. I'm swimming with the Fitzgerald. But you didn't take the Cardinals. I didn't take the Cardinals. So instead of that, I'm going to take the Browns against the Patriots. I'm going to have them covering.

The Patriots beat the Browns 33-13, easily covering the 10.5-point spread.
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HankHank

The Patriots covering against the Browns is the easiest bet of all time

Patriots. Yeah, we know you're going to take the Patriots. It's not even bias aside. All bias aside, you can take my bias, put it to the side of me. The Patriots is still the easiest bet of all time.

The Patriots won 33-13.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Patriots are idiots for betting on themselves against the Browns

I knew that everybody in America was going to be taking the Patriots, so that's why I went with the Browns. I wanted to take the Patriots, so I'll give you that. It's not because you're a Pats fan. It's because you're an idiot that you're betting on the Patriots.

The Patriots beat the Browns 33-13, easily covering the spread.
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Big CatBig Cat

The Redskins are trash

I got the Vikings. I have the Ravens. I think the Redskins are trash. Trash. Our words.

The Redskins beat the Ravens 16-10 and finished the season with a winning record (8-7-1).
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Big CatBig Cat

The Bears will cover +4.5 against the Colts because Indianapolis is jet-lagged after playing in London

I have the Bears. Plus four and a half... the Colts is not a bad choice... They're jet lagged. Yeah. Exactly. First team ever to go to London and not elect to have a bye week after.

The Colts beat the Bears 29-23, and the Bears did not cover the +4.5 spread.
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Addison RussellAddison Russell

This is the year the Cubs are having the most fun

This is the year that we're having the most fun. I guarantee you that. We're having a lot of fun, guys.

Russell's guarantee of fun was the most intense emotion he displayed in the entire interview.
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Addison RussellAddison Russell

We're confident in the guys we're going into battle with and if we do the same thing as the regular season, things might turn out pretty good

I don't see that at all happening. I know that we're confident in the abilities that we have. I know that we're confident in the guys that we're going into battle with, so I think we do the same thing that we do during the regular season, and things might turn out pretty good.

Russell deployed the phrase 'going into battle' to describe playing a children's game. Things did turn out pretty good.
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Big CatBig Cat

The Cubs would have won the 2015 NLCS if Addison Russell was healthy

People forget that you got injured before the NLCS last year... I think we probably win that series if you're healthy. Would you agree? I would like to agree. I would like to agree.

This is a hypothetical 'what if' scenario that cannot be proven.
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Addison RussellAddison Russell

I want to play the Mets in the postseason for revenge

Definitely I would like to play the Mets... i didn't miss out on this series i would like to play them again. okay i i agree i'd like a little revenge as well

The Cubs played the Giants and then the Dodgers; they never faced the Mets in the 2016 postseason because the Mets lost the Wild Card game.
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Addison RussellAddison Russell

Theo Epstein is more intimidating than Tom Ricketts

Who is more intimidating when they come walking around the clubhouse, Ricketts or Theo? I would say Theo. What about Jed? Jed has some intimidation factor, but he's just kind of like a little bit short.

Subjective opinion of a player.
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Addison RussellAddison Russell

Most likely Cub to ground into a double play besides Jason Heyward

I would say myself.

Russell grounded into 13 double plays in 2016. Heyward grounded into 17. Russell was at least aware of his tendencies.
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Addison RussellAddison Russell

I can't remember a single dirty joke Joe Maddon has told me

Can't remember that.

Russell either has no memory of a single Joe Maddon joke or was protecting Maddon's comedy material from being leaked on a podcast.
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Addison RussellAddison Russell

I'm the best dancer on the Cubs — Rizzo is a liar

Oh, if he told you that himself, he's a lion.

The strongest conviction Russell showed in the entire interview was about his dancing ability relative to Anthony Rizzo.
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Addison RussellAddison Russell

I believe in ghosts but I don't believe in curses

I believe in ghosts, too, but I don't believe in curses at all.

Russell drew a firm metaphysical line between ghosts (real) and curses (not real). The Cubs won the World Series three weeks later, confirming his position on curses.
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Addison RussellAddison Russell

The Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee is haunted

The Pfister Hotel is haunted.

Russell stated this with more conviction than anything else in the interview, including baseball.
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Stingray SteveStingray Steve

Mississippi State must beat Auburn to have a chance at a bowl game

Mississippi State football because they're at home in Starkville and they have to beat Auburn to go to a bowl game I think... at 11 a.m. I'll be sitting in the stadium ringing the cowbell and hopefully helping Mississippi State beat Auburn.

Mississippi State lost to Auburn 38-14. They finished 5-7 but still went to the St. Petersburg Bowl.
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Dan HarenDan Haren

Cubs fans should be scared of Madison Bumgarner in the NLDS

Man, I don't know. I'm scared for the Cubs. I'm serious. The problem with playing the Giants for the Cubs' sake is you really need to win the first two games. Ideal situation would be not going back to San Francisco in a 1-1 series and having to face Bumgarner.

The Cubs won the first two games, lost Game 3 (started by Bumgarner), and won Game 4 to clinch the series.
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Dan HarenDan Haren

In a one-game win-or-die scenario, Clayton Kershaw is the best choice

if you had one game to win and you could have your pick of, let's call it Scherzer, Arrieta, and Kershaw, who are you taking? Kershaw, no doubt. Yeah, but you're friends with him. Yeah, so.

This is a subjective player evaluation.
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Dan HarenDan Haren

Jake Arrieta is spraying his fastball around more than usual and is cause for worry

I'm a little worried about the way he's throwing the ball. It seems a little wild... he just seems kind of spraying his – it seems to me he sprays his fastball around a little more than usual... it's led to him getting into more like two and three, one counts.

Arrieta's BB/9 went from 1.9 in 2015 to 3.5 in 2016, supporting Haren's observation of lost control.
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Dan HarenDan Haren

Kyle Hendricks will do really well in the postseason

Kyle Hendricks obviously had an unbelievable season. The playoffs are a different beast... Should I be worried at all about that? No, he will do. He's going to do really well... he's added a little bit to his arsenal... He's going to be good.

Hendricks had a 1.42 ERA across 5 starts in the 2016 postseason, including a masterpiece in Game 6 of the NLCS.

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