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Oeditpus Rex

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11. Personalities

Reply to Diamond_Dog (Original post)

Mon Aug 11, 2025, 07:47 AM

Aug 11

figure into most voting for awards in sports, if not all, especially when sportswriters are the voters. A lot of sportswriters are assholes (I can say that, having been one), and they'll refuse to vote for a guy who's totally worthy because they didn't get along.

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