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THALHIMERS RESPONDS TO DIBELLA SUIT

  MORE NOTES (still trying to catch up): Anyone want to bet your Flying Squirrels, had they known  what they know now, would have left town years ago and never  gotten involved with the CarMax Field project? Talk about a  (not-so) fine mess. Now, according to “Richmond Bizsense,” Thalhimer’s Realty  Partners Thursday filed a response to the federal defamation  lawsuit filed by Squirrels’ principal owner  LOU DiBELLA   against them last month. The response includes a signed  declaration from  ANGIE RODGERS , director of the  Richmond Economic Development Authority, denying she told  DiBella that Thalhimer’s  JASON GUILLOT  told her that  DiBella threatened to kill him. So, as expected, it’s come down to s he said: he didn’t say  …  which could be hard to shake … except this is Richmond where  anything is possible, and nothing should ever be discounted. So, what do you think? Will the Squirrels tell ...

ONE GUESS WHICH CUP TEAM TURNED GAME UGLY

  More THOUGHTS WHILE THINKING …  like the beautiful game turned ugly last week… and you will  never guess which team lowered the bar in the 2026 FIFA  World Cup. Oh, no, say it isn’t so … not Paraguay. Who else? In a first-round match against Turkey, the South Americans  eked out a 1-0 decision, scoring 65 seconds in on a pinpoint  goal from outside the box by  MATIAS GALARAZA  then  resorting to all the nonsense that drags the sport down – like? Well, going ballistic just about every time a call went against  them … and complaining constantly when they didn’t get the  benefit of a perceived foul by the opposition. Paraguay spent the second half a man down when   MIGUEL  ALMIRON   slapped a Turk in the face during a break in first- half stoppage – which, we were quickly told, was an automatic  red card. It probably should have played short-handed most of  the match after Galaraza was guilty of a reckless ta...