Eric Stephens

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Ignore the hacked and now fake @icemancometh tweets on X. Doing the writing thing for The Athletic. SoCal bred. Eyes on the California teams and beyond. Still love the grits. Still kinda goofy. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/

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Might be impossible to do but would be good to get the person who created the fake Holly Rowe video and have them speak to their thought process on that. If you're so willing to create the AI for public consumption, at least explain why you did it and have that out there, too.

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I still tweet occasionally mainly for professional reasons. Sometimes it's just a stream-of-consciousness thing to put into the airspace. But I didn't get too hung up on getting my original account hacked. It was a blessing in a way. That platform is one where people just vomit their inner filth.

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The thing with people defending vile posts or behavior (even if AI) itself is that about 0.00001 percent of those people actually have their real name or image attached in their accounts to stand behind such shitty takes. Most slink behind crappy avatars or anonymous handles.

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As some insiders have noted this morning, the Ducks and Cutter Gauthier seem to be on a path toward hammering out an extension as Thursday's camp opening approaches. A positive sign all along has been the two sides talking numbers and maintaining regular contact over the last few weeks.

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Michigan getting a phantom extra second and "second" final play for an unbelievable Hail Mary walk-off to survive Western Michigan is up there with Colorado's winning TD on a fifth down to beat Missouri way back when.

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Ducks will retire Ryan Getzlaf's No. 15 jersey on Jan. 30 ahead of home game against Nashville. His number will join those of Paul Kariya (9), Teemu Selanne (8) and Scott Niedermayer (27) in the Honda Center rafters.