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Thank you for the love and support you've shown us in light of Alain's passing. If you want to make a donation in Alain's memory, his family suggested they be made to the following organizations:\xa0* Family Defense Practicum at Main Street Legal Services (https://www.law.cuny.edu/giving/give-in-support-of-our-clinics/)\xa0(write "Family Defense Practicum" in the Additional Comments section)\xa0* Anseye Pou Haiti (https://www.anseyepouayiti.org/ht)\xa0* Haitian Education Leadership Program (https://www.uhelp.net/)\xa0Typically, we close the year with our Wild Prognostications year in review, instead, we just wanted to leave you with a light-hearted episode to counter the heaviness with a bit of whimsy.\xa0When did we stop inventing sports?\xa0This episode, Aaron, Joey, and Jess talk about Cher, sports, spectators, Esports, cyberwarfare, and The Ocho. They don\u2019t talk about the\xa0Techno Parrot (https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cb-AOmItBRm/).\xa0references\xa0* I Hope You Dance (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RV-Z1YwaOiw)\xa0with the\xa0Scatman (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hy8kmNEo1i8)\xa0* Echolalia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echolalia)\xa0* Channeling Emerson (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZXRV4MezEw)\xa0* Future Tense Fiction: Stories of Tomorrow\xa0* Battlestar Galactica's\xa0Pyramid (https://www.battlestargalacticamuseum.com/pyramid/)\xa0* Pickleball (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickleball)\xa0* Quidditch (real-life sport) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quidditch_(real-life_sport))\xa0* Mayan Ball Game (https://www.chichenitza.com/mayan-ball-game)\xa0* Calvinball (https://calvinandhobbes.fandom.com/wiki/Calvinball)\xa0* Jai alai (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jai_alai)\xa0* Armada\xa0by Ernest Cline\xa0* Ender's Game\xa0by Orson Scott Card\xa0* ESPN8 The Ocho (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESPN8_The_Ocho)\xa0* \u0431\u043b\u044f\u0434\u044c (https://www.tandem.net/blog/russian-swear-words)\xa0* North Figueroa Bookshop (https://northfigbookshop.com/)\xa0* This Is Why They Hate Us\xa0by Aaron H. Aceves\xa0* The Player of Games\xa0by Iain M. Banks\xa0* Thank U (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOgpT5rEKIU)