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First launch in almost a decade. I’m downright giddy right now.

The Falcon project is amazing. I can only imagine how much money is saved being able to reuse the entire first stage rocket.

I think I saw earlier that the scrub date is May 30.

GAHHHH! Scrapped 15 minutes before launch. Bad weather.

If the two-part photo I posted shows up, the top one is the screens from the interface on the screen from inside the space shuttle Endeavor. That last launch was only nine years ago.

The future is now. That's the interface the pilots see in the cockpit. It genuinely feels like real-life has caught up to sci-fi here.

Set to go just after 4:30 pm today. Had it on in the background for a couple hours now. First manned launch from American soil since the last shuttle flight in 2011. I'm fascinated by this. As a long-time supporter of the space program, I've been waiting a long time for this.

I think the pro leagues have known this was coming for a while. Just two weeks ago, in the middle of all this business, little ol' Louisville City FC in USL announced the coaches for youth teams in the new academy in something like 14 different age groupings counting both boys and girls. It was a big jump and clearly they think there's money to be made and talent to be found.

This has been building for a while. MLS academies weren't happy with the inconsistent level of competition, USL has entered the game and has a bunch of teams in ECNL, and US Soccer has no capable leadership at all. Youth soccer in the US remains the Wild West. Don't see that changing anytime soon.

Friend of a friend passed this week. I'd never met him. Corrections officer in New York who undoubtedly caught it on a shift at Rikers Island. Died alone in his house trying to keep away from his family. Curse this miserable thing. Stay safe everybody.

I'm on Day One of work from home protocol at the office. It's still open (since we all have separate offices and plenty of independent space), but in-person client meetings have been cancelled. The courts closing made this a lot easier... can't miss deadlines if there aren't any.

I worry about it specifically because of my 95-year-old grandmother and my girlfriend's 70-year-old father who's recovering from recent surgery and has respiratory problems. Extremely vulnerable people to this particular disease. I worry less about me getting it. I worry a lot about me being out somewhere and then taking it on to them before I even know I'm carrying it.

If everyone wasn't able to play in the tournament, I'd agree with you. If only two teams made the post season from a district and everyone else stayed home, sure. But that's not how it is. Every team gets a chance to made a run. It's a really, really, really tough thing to string together enough consecutive wins to win a title in a single-elimination format. That weak district will get their two teams in and probably be out on the first day of regionals... but everyone gets that shot.

I think they can win a game -- maybe even two -- if the pairings break right, but this whole thing runs through Male or Ballard and it would be a huge upset for someone else to win the 7th.

What's nice about this new world without cable providers and set-top boxes is that it's not much more complicated than about a few clicks if I decide to switch from YouTubeTV to Hulu Live or one of the other services that still carries the Fox Regionals.

Seneca, Waggener, and Trinity were all 2-1 in the district this year with a loss and a win over each other. Trinity beat Seneca by a point way back in early December but got clobbered by Waggener just a couple weeks ago. Seneca lost that 1-point game to Trinity but got a 1-point win over Waggener just a couple weeks later. I assume Seneca got the top spot because they opened the district tournament with 0-3 Atherton while Trinity and Waggener were playing each other.

Welp, see you later Redlegs. I think Sinclair is having trouble selling all this at a price sufficient to match the price they paid for all this content when Disney sold them off after the FOX merger. Sling and Fubo both dropped the Fox Sports Regionals recently as well.

That table has Hailey Van Lith as undecided. She signed her letter of intent to play for Louisville back in November.

Woodford Porter was a big deal at UofL. I remember when he died 15 or so years ago. First African-American to get elected to the Board of Education. Trustee at UofL, even served as president for a while. Sat on the board at the old Bank of Louisville before it merged with BB&T. That scholarship program in his name is something UofL is hugely proud of and rightly so. Welcome to the UofL family, Darrian.

With the passage of time, the UofL and UNC cases appear substantially different to me and I understand why each school took the path it did. Now, I think UofL did a silly thing giving away a postseason appearance it didn't have to, but I get it. The NCAA had UofL square in the crosshairs on the Katina Powell stuff and no amount of obstruction was going to save it. Third party witnesses, transaction records, and a salacious public story made the whole thing pretty easy. The UNC case was trickier and they knew it. There was no way for the NCAA to make the case without serious help from inside the university and they weren't going to get it. I'm not trying to rehash either of those cases, but I just don't think the UNC case is illustrative of how the NCAA dealt with UofL on the Powell matter. To say nothing of how it STILL MAY YET deal with UofL on the Adidas scandal. The KU case is similar to UofL for me... they don't need anyone inside the university to come forward and start spilling the beans on the athletic department. They've got everything they need. I think KU is losing their 2018 Final Four appearance and who knows what else.

I don't know for sure but it was built sometime in the neighborhood of 15 years ago. On the home side they basically tore down a smaller version of the same stand and built a slightly bigger but much nicer stand. The visitors side used to be movable bleachers to open up the whole thing into a baseball field but baseball was relocated and the away stand was made permanent.

Trinity Stadium: Named for R.W. Marshall, who despite not being an alumnus, was a long-time St. Matthews resident and a great supporter of Trinity both during his lifetime and apparently in his estate plan. Field: Fr. Harry Jansing. A faculty member for nearly 40 years and the Athletic Director for 20 years.

Honestly, if you're a American Catholic school named "Trinity" in an area with even a hint of Irish heritage and you're something OTHER than "Shamrocks"... what are you even doing?

I know Brentwood is always solid. I don't know about the PA or FL schools. But I do know that Trotwood Madison is in the Dayton area and is the reigning Ohio D-II state champion and have made it to at least the state semifinals each of the last three years.

Now that I'm up in this area full time, I'm hoping to take in a Cov Cath game this season. Hopefully one of the big ones.