@DavidAdam42

Father of 3 great girls. After 38 years in journalism, now working in Planning and Development for the City of Quincy. Love coaching and Cardinals baseball.

Quincy, IL
Joined March 2019
Yep. Guilty. Didn’t help, but guilty.
Every American man who’s over 50 years old and worth knowing has imitated Joe Morgan’s batting stance at least once in his life. Fact.
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If you don’t already follow @Super70sSports, why are you even on this site? Another spectacular effort. I like 80s SI Swimsuit Issues to win the title over High School Lunch Period. Dodgeball and Rodney Dangerfield to win a couple games as double-digit seeds.
Thirty-two “Why not …” poll Championship Friday winners are in the field but only ONE will remain standing. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the 2nd Annual Super 70s Sports Spectacular Bracket of Randomness! The action begins tomorrow.
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Do you believe a return to 2 class basketball “fixes” what ails the state tournament? Or simply giving kids a two-day experience and getting rid of third place games in prime time? Or is it deeper than that?
“OK. We’ll have 4 classes for basketball.” “We’ve gotta play all of the finals the same weekend.” “And we’ll play everything during the day during the week. Get em in and get em out.” “Yes! Double up and play for third in prime time with no TV.” @IHSA_IL:
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Most interesting T-shirt seen at tonight's Class 2A supersectional game in Carbondale ... a gray T-shirt worn by a Benton fan that says "Catholics vs. Cowboys."
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For all the people screaming about the Moore trade and how the Bears got hosed … this guy nailed it. Burden and Loveland will gladly take those extra catches.
DJ Moore will be 29 in April and was about to be Option #4 in the Bears offense behind Rome Odunze, Luther Burden II and Colston Loveland and they managed to not only clear cap space but gain a 2nd round pick in exchange for a guy they’d have likely cut as a cap casualty. ROBBERY
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Had the same situation happened in an Illinois high school game, does anybody believe the @IHSA_IL would have made a similar decision?
Here is the press release from MSHSAA explaining the resumption of the Highland girls basketball team’s sectional game against Principia. mshsaa.org/resources/Activit…
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Too bad Al Bundy was never in a movie. To overlook Reno Hightower is an injustice. He was a star and had to overcome Robin Williams as a receiver.
Best fictional football players in movie history 🎥🏈
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Saw tonight my first high school game with a shot clock since last year’s Quincy Shootout. The most important possession of the game was because of a shot clock error that couldn’t be fixed. Get ready for plenty of that when all games get shot clocks. #noshotclocknecessary
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Down one or up one (can’t remember) with about 2:30 to go, QND got a defensive rebound, took a quick shot that missed rim, got an offensive rebound and called timeout. Shot clock was clearly not properly reset and was at 03. Can’t be fixed. QND got a little luck and still scored.
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I remember this happening at QND (versus Midwest Central) one night many, many years ago. They only played for six minutes but that game was going to be a lot of fun before a wild crowd. Unforgettable night. apple.news/Ar-0FWhjnTZeNlbT1…
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This is really good
Athlete: Coach… I think I want to quit. Coach: Okay. Then let’s talk about why. Athlete: I’m tired. All the early mornings, the pain, the pressure. Sometimes I wake up and wonder what I’m even doing this for. Coach: That’s not quitting. That’s being human. Doubt shows up when you’re close to something that matters. Athlete: But I’m not even sure I’m good enough. I look around and see people stronger, faster… happier. Coach: Comparison is a liar. It shows you everyone’s surface but hides their struggle. You don’t need to be better than them. You need to be better than yesterday. Athlete: What if I never win? What if I give everything and still fall short? Coach: Then you’ll walk away with something most never touch—truth. The kind you only find when you’ve emptied yourself for something bigger than comfort. Athlete: So… you think I should keep going? Coach: I think you already know the answer. You wouldn’t be having this conversation if you truly wanted to stop. You just want someone to remind you that it’s worth it. Athlete: It hurts, Coach. Some days, it really hurts. Coach: Good. That means you care. And nothing worth having comes without pain. Now breathe. You’ve made it through every hard day so far. Most quit before the breakthrough! Don’t be like most!
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Wow. What a great tweet. Especially the part about “Select” and “Premier” teams. I’ve seen so much of this where travel ball becomes a family’s way of life.
Just my 2 cents: College Sports isn’t where this epidemic started. Did you sign your 6 year-old up for travel sports? 4 different teams in the last year or 2? Did you quit Little League & your School’s rec team to travel to Texas & Florida at age 9. Is every weekend at the Travelodge with your kids numbered sweatshirt on at 8am, blaring some premade, walk up song montage. Did you move your kid to a new school that you don’t even live in multiple times in their high school career?chasing the, it’s so much better there mindset, because the friends parents talked you into it and your excuses was, just wanna be part of winners. Did you have a meeting to get the volunteer parent coach fired or the school’s admin coach fired because he/she didn’t play your kid? Did you pay a personal trainer thousands of dollars all to watch your kid get burned out and tell you this sucks I just wanna play video games? Do you run your kids, social media, YouTube and NIL-potential so that you can market the next big star. Folks, we’re all guilty of wanting something better but stop acting and blaming college sports. That ain’t the problem here. This happens way before they get to college. How much money does it take to buy you or your family? Did you fall for the ole… Better Join the, “ Select”, “Elite”, “Top”, “Premier” Team sales pitch? Only to figure out you just ended up funding the scholarships for the A-Team . ADULTS, kids learn from Adults, they are taught & influenced by Adults. The Great “Coach Baird” always called us Kids, because that’s what we were, immature, impressionable Kids. Loyalty, commitment, integrity, and honesty is taught at the foundation, start there and we fix the issue. I Bleed 💜💛 forever, & I”ll leave you with the legendary “Coach Hart” quote… “Move The Drill, 5 yards Up” GO DAWGS! ☔️
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Let me first say I enjoy the work of @michaelsobrien covering Chicago preps. However, this take is terrible. The number of first-round blowouts will grow. 2-7 and 3-6 teams aren’t “dreaming about the state tournament experience” to trail by 6 TDs at halftime at East St. Louis.
High school football isn't for fans. It is for kids. With the expansion today, thousands of kids around the state get to dream about a playoff game for a couple more weeks, working harder to improve in practice. And thousands of kids get to experience a playoff game.
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Always good to see Quincy’s Ric Hinkamper officiating the big football games like tonight’s Indiana v. Ohio State game.
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Who in the hell is running the camera for the @BCHS_FOOTBALL1 vs Lena-Winslow game? The camera zooms out so far that you can’t tell what happens on any special teams play.
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I’ve never seen a Division II college coach running drills in pregame warmups. Interesting approach.
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Maybe it’s time for something like this to happen at @QUHawksFootball. What do you think @Quincy_uMcGee?
The Texas State University President rides his motorcycle out with his wife before every home game. Too cool! 😎 🏍️ @kdamp and his wife Beth are doing incredible things for this school.
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I don’t follow (and didn’t follow) wrestling enough to answer. But I know @DOB23 can answer this question.
Who is on YOUR Mount Rushmore of Pro Wrestling Enhancement Talent AKA Preliminary Wrestlers AKA JOBBERS? Mine:
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True dat
Growing up is realizing Loni Anderson wasn’t the hot one on WKRP
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Finished reading a handwritten letter from a friend. Yes, handwritten. No one takes the time any more to do that. I know it sounds old fashioned but we should all do that for a friend sometime. The letter I received was hysterical, thoughtful, rambling … just glorious.
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