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Hidden Figures

Playoffs Week 4: June 4, 2023

For every shocking upset and Cinderella Cup run there are at least as many ho-hum mathematical marches to the promised land. Such is the case this season, as #2 Charcoal survived the Losers’ Bracket gauntlet to find themselves in the Final ring against #1 Silver. While perhaps lacking in ‘storybook’ underdog-makes-good energy, this Final has no shortage of great storylines (Perks v Perks being the one I’m paying to watch), and while Silver has the upper hand as I type, this season could absolutely have a ‘big twist ending’, with the wire to wire wrecking ball finally meeting (and losing to) their match…

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Fox Force Five

Playoffs Week 3: May 21, 2023

It has been brought to my attention that Captain Audrey Stratton’s ‘Silver’ was branded as ‘The Silver Foxes’ back in late February. This somehow completely missed my radar…it has been known to happen. The name may be new to me (and you), but the story remains the same for the top seeds…they just go out and win. No DaCosta…no Gattey…no Gottfried…no matter…hand over the W. Put any five players out there, with Silas Perks behind them, and you are ‘a force to be reckoned with’. Another big win, this time over rival Royal Blue, has ‘The Silver Foxes’ lying in wait at the final gate to Cup glory. They will look to complete their shimmering wire to wire run on June 11th, when they will face the survivor of Purple, Charcoal, and Royal Blue in a Week Four repechage rumble on tap just after the holiday weekend…

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Poetry In Motion

Playoffs Week 2: May 14, 2023

I am running low on front page ideas that fit the theme and tell the story of the week, much less am I able to find apt and interesting front page images. So (for the second time this season, actually), I have turned to our soon-to-be overlord, AI, to generate an image of ‘Maya Angelou jumping over charcoal’. Yes, POTW honoree, Nick Meglich, kept the Charcoal grill cold, as Captain Janet Goins and the gang cooked up one of three upsets in Week Two to move within one game of the Final. Silver managed to maintain their Cup momentum, slipping into the Winners’ Bracket Final with a 1-0 hand-wringer over Purple, while Olive and Maroon became the first two playoff casualties, falling in upsets to Aqua and White, respectively. The action resumes this Sunday with two more eliminations, and a ticket to the Final at stake…

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Check Boxes

Playoffs Week 1: May 7, 2023

Unfortunately, this week’s ‘headline’ is not so much a clever turn of phrase as it is instruction…please check the boxes for the ‘stories’ this week. You’ll just have to imagine my Pulitzer-level journalistic jabs and witty weaves…circumstances beyond my control have sapped any vim and verve this time around…perhaps I can find them in the one hour black hole in the the Week Two schedule….

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Dissent

Week 13: April 30, 2023

Captain Kerri Sevenbergen’s ‘Ruth Bergen GIndigo & The Dissenters’ served notice that they would not roll over and roll along with the prevailing wisdom that Silver is an unbeatable team. In a shocking 5-4 ruling, Purple bested the wire-to-wire number one, improving their playoff position enough to avoid an immediate rematch, and serving notice that laws can be rewritten come playoffs time…

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