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Money and the Fun with Pleasurable Online Joker Slots

Posted on September 26, 2022 by Cathy Carter

From a financial standpoint, slot machines have been quite successful and profitable. Slots are a form of entertainment, and you can instantly tell the difference when you play. Playing online slots is a straightforward concept, and when you add an extra dash of excitement, it becomes thrilling and engaging. With the proper technology now available, it is time for you to play the game and experience the thrill of earning significant sums. It is the kind of online gaming metamorphosis that appears to be fairly popular right now. Slot machine players are mostly motivated by convenience. You can experience the thrill even at home if you use the internet slot.

Cherishing the Slotting Alternatives 

There are several alternatives available when playing slot online. There are no restrictions that must be followed, and you can play simultaneously from your couch at home. You don’t need to get dressed to play slots; you can do it from the comfort of your own home. Due to the dense crowds in the physical casino, you could occasionally lose focus. Playing at home does not take place in this situation. You may play in peace and take advantage of all the online gaming options available. In this case, you don’t have a timetable in place to attend an actual casino to play slots.

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5 Ways of Making Money as a Fitness Influencer

Posted on September 17, 2022 by John Harris

There are many ways to make money as a fitness influencer. Some of them are more popular than others, but all of them have the potential to bring in a good income. This blog post will discuss different methods that you can use to make money as a fitness influencer. We will also provide some tips on how to get started in each field.

1) Sponsorships: 

This is one of the most common ways that fitness influencers make money. You can get sponsored by companies who want to promote their products through your social media channels. The amount of money you can make from sponsorships depends on your social media following and engagement rates.

To get started with sponsorships, you will need to reach out to companies that you think would be a good fit for your brand. Once you have established a relationship with them, you can start negotiating terms and conditions.

2) Sport management

If you are a successful fitness influencer, you can also use your influence to make money in the sports management industry. You can help athletes with their training and nutrition plans, and you can also promote products that they use.

To get started in this field, you will need to build up a good network of contacts within the industry. You can start by working with smaller athletes and then move on to bigger names once you have established yourself.

3) Become an instructor

Another way to make money as a fitness influencer is to become a Group Fitness and Bootcamp Instructor. You can teach classes in your local gym or studio or create your own online course.

To get started as an instructor, you will need to have a solid understanding of the fitness industry and be able to provide value to your students. Once you have built up a good reputation, you can start charging for your services.

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Top 10 Gravel Bike Races in the U.S.

Posted on August 17, 2022 by Tyler Tafelsky

Gravel bikes have become a common staple in the cycling world. Allowing cyclists to experience a wider range of riding – from forest roads, two-tracks, single track, and other forms of unpaved terrain – gravel bikes give ways to more freedom and more possibilities.

With the growing popularity of gravel bikes has come more gravel-centric races throughout the U.S. A unique cross between road cycling and mountain biking, these events provide participants with a greater sense of adventure. You don’t need a high-performance bike to get involved, either. Many cyclists, especially those who are beginners, find a budget gravel bike gets the job done.

If you’re keen to participate in a gravel event sometime in the near future, check out these top gravel bike races found all throughout the U.S.

1. Unbound Gravel

Formerly known as Dirty Kanza, Unbound Gravel is one of the most widely-known gravel bike races in the US offering a range of short-course options along with the coveted 200-mile course and XL version extending 350 miles. Navigation is key for this race, so it’s highly recommended to use a GPS-enabled multisport watch or bike computer to help guide your way.

Bringing amateur and professional cyclists from around the world, Unbound Gravel transforms the small town of Emporia, Kansas in early June. The long courses meander the rugged and remote roads of east-central Kansas’ Flint Hills region, which hosts the only remaining expanse of natural tallgrass prairie in North America.

Unbound Gravel attracts several thousand gravel cyclists every year, yet not all participants finish. The race is extremely challenging with considerable climbing, self-supported race dynamics, and hot conditions. Learn more about this world premiere gravel bike race at UnboundGravel.com.

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America’s Storyteller Vin Scully Passes Away at Age 94

Posted on August 03, 2022 by Dean Hybl
Vin Scully has been an icon since announcing his first major league game in 1950.
Vin Scully was one of America’s great storytellers of the 20th Century.

Legendary sports announcer Vin Scully has passed away at the age of 94. Scully began his broadcast career as the third announcer along with Red Barber and Connie Desmond for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1950 and spent 67 years broadcasting baseball for the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers before retiring in 2016.

Listening to a Vin Scully broadcast was not just an afternoon enjoying live baseball. It was an afternoon remembering both legendary and relatively obscure players from baseball’s past while also likely having American culture and history woven into the conversation.

Scully was not just a walking baseball encyclopedia, he was a walking American history book.

Having grown up in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan, Scully spent two years in the U.S. Navy before attending Fordham University. During his college career, Scully played on the baseball team while writing for the school newspaper and broadcasting football and basketball games on the radio.

Following his graduation, Scully was a fill-in announcer for CBS Radio station WTOP in Washington, DC. It was during this time that Red Barber, the Sports Director for the CBS Radio Network, recruited him to broadcast college football games.

After joining the Dodgers broadcast team in 1950, Scully continued to learn his craft from the legendary Barber. In 1953, Barber got into a salary dispute with World Series broadcast sponsor Gillette, propelling the 25-year-old Scully into the broadcast booth for his first World Series. He still holds the record as the youngest broadcaster to announce a World Series game.

He eventually became the lead announcer for the Dodgers and stayed with the team when they moved to Los Angeles following the 1957 season.

Though he was originally a New Yorker, it was in California where Scully truly became a broadcasting legend. Announcing Dodger games during the era of Sandy Koufax, Don Drysdale and Maury Wills, Scully became a fan favorite as many would bring transistor radios to the stadium just to hear Scully call the action.

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Which Casino Has The Best Payout?

Posted on July 28, 2022 by John Harris

If you are a passionate gambler, you probably have faced a problem with your payout. It is only natural and most people have been there back in the days. Of course, some high-class casino platforms such as betheat have good payouts and a good review among their clients.

What is the payout?

When you are intensively gambling every day, and you seem to be getting really not only in the activity but the game rules, results and dynamics, you actually start thinking automatically about turning this in your real profession. When you have made some money in an online casino and you want to withdraw them, you start the withdrawal procedure. It might take some time. This really depends on the provider of the gambling services that you are using. It might even take more than a week to have your winnings in your card.

However, there are some super fast ones and you get your money in your bank account in just a few hours, but I would not recommend that you keep waiting for this to happen as these providers are very rare and most are not fast enough, if not moody and slow.

The payout is literally the percent of your winnings that you can see coming into your bank account. Usually, a few percent of the whole value of your winnings is missing and the true payout is what is left of your winnings for you to have. This percent may not be a big amount of money if your winning was not massive, so a few dollars missing would not be a big deal. However, if you have won a lot of money, and a few percent of it is missing, then, it is very probable that the amount of money missing can be a significant and noticeable one.  This amount of money is literally the profit for the casino.

 To avoid this we have to check out what are the best and biggest payouts in different sites.  Here are the best sites with the biggest payouts and lowest profit for the casinos.

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2022 Baseball Hall of Fame Inductions: Better Late Than Never

Posted on July 24, 2022 by Dean Hybl

The 2022 Baseball Hall of Fame induction class is quite interesting as it includes a recent star with a questionable history and then several greats from past eras who waited far too long for Hall of Fame induction.

Minnie Minoso is among the seven inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame for 2022.

Based on career numbers and post season success, there seems little doubt that David Ortiz has the credentials to enter the Baseball Hall of Fame. However, given that many other greats from recent eras with similar association with the steroid era have been shunned by the Hall of Fame electorate, it seems a bit odd (and perhaps hypocritical) that Ortiz is being inducted in his first year of eligibility.

It seems clear that the reason Ortiz is being inducted in the same year that Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens roll off the ballot after a decade of receiving below the voter threshold is related almost totally to likeability. Even before they became the poster boys for the steroid era, Clemens and Bonds were seen as surly and self-absorbed. They were unquestionably among the top talents of their era, but that was not enough for either of them. When their bodies started the natural breakdown associated with baseball players in their 30s, they fought back with banned substances and ultimately posted otherworld numbers into their 40s.

The career of Ortiz is quite different. He was an inconsistent power-hitter in six seasons with the Minnesota Twins. In 2002 he posted career-high numbers in home runs (20), RBI (75), Slugging Percentage (.500) and OPS (.839), but still struggled against left-handed pitchers (.203 average, .637 OPS) and was released following the season in a cost-cutting measure.

As they say, “the rest is history”. Ortiz signed with the Boston Red Sox as a free agent in December 2002 and quickly became a key component of the most successful era of Boston Red Sox baseball in 100 years. He helped the Red Sox break the Curse of the Bambino by winning the 2004 World Series and ultimately won three World Series rings with the Red Sox.

Ortiz was one of the most consistent sluggers in baseball from 2003 until his retirement in 2016. He averaged 34.5 home runs and 109 RBI in 14 seasons with the Red Sox.

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  • Vintage Athlete of the Month

    • Rusty Staub: A Man For All Ages
      April 8, 2024 | 1:26 pm
      Rusty Staub

      The Sports Then and Now Vintage Athlete of the Month is a former major league baseball player who came into the game as a teenager and stayed until he was in his 40s. In between, Rusty Staub put up a solid career that was primarily spent on expansion or rebuilding teams.

      Originally signed by the Colt .45s at age 17, he made his major league debut as a 19-year old rookie and became only the second player in the modern era to play in more than 150 games as a teenager.

      Though he hit only .224 splitting time between first base and rightfield, Staub did start building a foundation that would turn him into an All-Star by 1967 when he finished fifth in the league with a .333 batting average.

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