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- 03/15/10
Finnish doctor: "glimmer of hope' for Beckham
posted by BornIcon at 07:29 AM on March 15
Who cares?
/politely raises hand
I do.
I still don't get it. Tiger didn't do anything that hasn't been done by flawed individuals, both male and female, famous or not. He cheated on his wife, he didn't break any laws or is going away to prison. It's a shame that he did what he did but that's really not my concern, that's between him and his wife.
I enjoy watching the man play golf and wasn't really a fan of the game until Tiger showed up and what he or any athlete does outside of their respective sport isn't something that my life is consumed with.
But that's just one man's opinion.
posted by BornIcon at 08:37 AM on March 12
I like to think of him as an alternate universe Hall of Famer...
Bizarro Nomar?
posted by BornIcon at 12:09 PM on March 11
Nomar retires as a member of the Red Sox
Question..Is Nomar a Hall of Famer or a guy that had a great 8 year span as a player with the Red Sox? I know that this didn't help.
Does anyone remember the debate about who was the better shortstop? Nomar, Jeter or A-Rod?
By the way, since Nomar is joining ESPN for Baseball Tonight, when a question is thrown his way will he adjust his tie and collar the way he obsessed about adjusting his batting gloves? That sure would be a long segment.
posted by BornIcon at 10:53 AM on March 11
Hunter says black Latino players are 'impostors'
posted by BornIcon at 06:09 AM on March 11
Aroldis Chapman hits 100 mph, strikes out three in Reds debut
posted by BornIcon at 03:28 PM on March 09
That doesn't make him a rapist by any stretch of the imagination, but it sure indicates that he is a spoiled brat.
Maybe or maybe it means that Roethlisberger is tight with his cash (it happens).
Not a comparision but this reminds me of my cousin that is a Trenton Fire Fighter and makes very decent money considering his ass only works 2 days a week but dude squeezes a quarter and makes the eagle scream. Spoiled brat? Nah. Cheap ass mo'fo? HELL YEA!!
posted by BornIcon at 01:31 PM on March 09
Congrats to the UConn women's basketball team, they deserve every accolade headed their way!
posted by BornIcon at 01:09 PM on March 09
"To us, he (Roethlisberger) comes off as a spoiled brat, not a nice guy," said Austin John Miller, 23, a waiter at the popular Mellow Mushroom restaurant in Lake Oconee.
Why? Because Roethlisberger didn't get an extra order of nachos or leave a healthy tip?
posted by BornIcon at 12:59 PM on March 09
If he plays in The Master's, and I don't cheer for him, am I really a socialist???
Damn commie!!
posted by BornIcon at 09:33 AM on March 09
After this latest ordeal, kinda makes you wonder.
It does make you wonder since it seems like a pattern is happening here with Roethlisberger but that doesn't make him guilty ...at least not yet.
I personally haven't heard all of the facts surrounding this case so I really cannot give my honest opinion until I know a little more.
posted by BornIcon at 09:04 AM on March 09
NFL suspends Ferguson for first 8 games of 2010
posted by BornIcon at 12:46 PM on March 08
Will this make my "Tyson v. Holyfield II t-shirt a classic?
"The Sound and the Fury"
I dig "The Disaster waiting to happen"
posted by BornIcon at 12:42 PM on March 08
Pound For Pound: UFC Signs James Toney
posted by BornIcon at 03:33 PM on March 04
Julius Erving and Bill Russell deserve more respect than Jordan IMO.
I loved Dr. J growing up but Jordan was a better overall player than Dr. J was and won more championships.
Mr. Russell won more championships than Jordan but because of the era and the way the game was changed because of Jordan, it's a toss up IMO, although all 3 legends do deserve respect.
/ever hear a Mr. Russell interview? Love that laugh of his
posted by BornIcon at 12:04 PM on March 03
Gerald Henderson is better than Michael Jordan....at H-O-R-S-E
posted by BornIcon at 03:59 PM on March 02
You'd think ESPN would want their podcasts to be entertaining.
Very true. I like the Tony Kornheiser show along with the B.S. Report with Bill Simmons but ESPN has made it difficult for me to listen to these shows knowing that these people cannot say what's truly on their minds. They rather have all their shows be like the Mike & Mike show (which is ok) but it's not everyone's cup of tea.
posted by BornIcon at 12:00 PM on March 02
Gamma! Punk! Gamma! Punk! Another Spike Lee joint, classic flick with Laurence Fishburn when he was Larry, pre-Morpheous days.
posted by BornIcon at 10:38 AM on March 02
ESPN and MLB are in bed together so any disparaging comments made about the MLB or Bud Selig is going to draw the ire of management from the mothership. Just ask Scott Van Pelt.
posted by BornIcon at 09:37 AM on March 02
Then multiply this by about 25, make it a Saturday night in State College, PA, and it will be a sorority.
Damn I miss those Penn State frat parties! Good times!
posted by BornIcon at 08:55 PM on February 27
Unless Olympics are held in U.S. (which still prints the $1 notes), competition could get real expensive real fast.
Sooooo... will the judging be based on who has the most dollar bills?
posted by BornIcon at 07:25 PM on February 25
Wish they had included more footage of Jones going after Tarkenton. Watching that is better than having a scotch on the rocks.
I enjoy seeing old footage of Tarkenton running for his life like the next man but com'on now, you took it a bit too far there with that one.
/takes my scotch neat
posted by BornIcon at 06:27 PM on February 25
I don't see how that makes it ok to knock Hannah Storm for her appearance.
Not saying that it does justify him saying what he said about Hannah Storm or her choice of outfit, it just means that this is the sort of thing he does all the time regardless if it's a man or woman and he even says these things about himself. The suspension was just a bit much IMO.
posted by BornIcon at 10:07 AM on February 25
I mean come on, he has no right to insult anyone for dress when he is a bald, vest wearing clown.
Kornheiser calls himself a "bald troll" so it's not he thinks that he's some good looking guy. Tony makes these sort of comments all the time but even he acknowledged that he went overboard and apologized to Hannah Storm twice, which she accepted. After he apologized to Hannah, that should've been the end of it.
posted by BornIcon at 09:11 AM on February 25
I enjoy Kornheiser's radio show. It is better than any other one I have heard in the DC area.
He's not in the D.C. area but check out the Dan Patrick Show on iTunes and I'll bet you that you'll get hooked. The DP show is the best radio/simulcast show out there IMO and he'll leave you in stitches by the time the shows over.
posted by BornIcon at 10:54 AM on February 24
*crawls back into bed with the lifesized Japanese girly pillow*
Hello Kitty.
posted by BornIcon at 10:46 AM on February 24
No dressing up, BI.
Dammit! And I already made the dip. Count me out.
posted by BornIcon at 07:42 AM on February 24
He lived in a different time and didn't need to worry about it.
Like a time when you were able to go to a bar and have a drink and smoke. Those days are long gone.
To paraphrase JG:
Ah, the good ol' days.
posted by BornIcon at 07:39 AM on February 24
She's what I would call a Holden Caulfield fantasy at this point."
That's actually a pretty good Catcher in the Rye reference....unless he meant the band.
posted by BornIcon at 04:04 PM on February 23
And the cat left a surprise on his shoulder.
posted by BornIcon at 01:33 PM on February 23
Willie parker is pretty much gone..
I'm no Steelers fan but what did happen to 'Fast' Willie Parker? Did the 'Fast' get taken out of his name and now he's just 'Normal' Willie Parker?
posted by BornIcon at 01:29 PM on February 23
IT should not have taken 8 years for this to happen.
What's even nuttier is that it took longer for him to be sentenced (8 years) than his actual sentence (5 years).
posted by BornIcon at 01:22 PM on February 23
Former NBA star Jayson Williams is sentenced to five years in prison
posted by BornIcon at 12:31 PM on February 23
I guess none of you would be up for my annual one day viewing of the extended DVD version of the Lord of the Rings trilogy then.
Like Norm from Yes Man and his Harry Potter party but without dressing up as the LOTR characters?
posted by BornIcon at 12:14 PM on February 23
No one else has the size and athleticism to compete.
Or Brock's power and speed for a guy his size (6'3" 265 lbs. plus). Brock can be the greatest heavyweight to fight in the UFC and I totally agree with your Dan Severn comparison. The Beast was exactly just that in his prime, a beast and Brock has all the tools in his arsenal to surpass Severn.
The dream MMA fight that I hope happens one day is Fedor Emelianenko (who is considered by many to be the best heavyweight fighter out there) versus Lesnar but I don't think it'll ever happen. I sure don't know why Emelianenko has declined Dana White's UFC invitation but if I was ever asked to fight Brock, I would decline as well.
posted by BornIcon at 11:53 AM on February 23
Brock is a Beast and the more experience he gets, the less likely Mir is to get him in a submission move again.
Absolutely. Brock just made a mistake in his debut against Mir and it cost him but before that, Brock was all over Mir just like in their seond fight when he won the UFC heavyweight championship.
posted by BornIcon at 11:03 AM on February 23
Mir is entertaining but a loud mouth. After he made Lesnar tap out in Lesnar's UFC debut, he was talking trash about Lesnar not being a legit MMA fighter. Before Lesnar/Mir II, Mir kept talking so much trash that Lesnar was fed up and went out there and shut Mir up.
Now, Mir is back to his trash talking routine and truly went too far with his, "I want to break his neck in the ring...I want him to be the first person that dies due to Octagon-related injuries." comments.
His mouth is writing a check that his ass can't cash and Lesnar is going to beat him down even more so than he did in the second fight. IMO, Lesnar had Mir beat in their first fight and Lesnar made a rookie mistake by standing up and turning his back to Mir and Mir capitalized on that but like their second fight, Lesnar was straight pounding Mir's face with his hamhock hands, he just didn't finish him off.
posted by BornIcon at 10:52 AM on February 23
I perfer the long version. Now I just have to find it again on a medium i can keep.
Netflix.
The 4 hour version is European?
As far as I know, the 4 hour version is called the european version.
posted by BornIcon at 10:15 AM on February 23
the cat jumped off my shoulder
What kind of pirate are you?
Flamboyant.
posted by BornIcon at 09:58 AM on February 23
Wow, I still have a few VHS cassettes that I'm holding on for dear life like the double VHS for Scarface, Bull Durham and Akira to name a few.
I believe the shortened version of Once Upon A Time In America is not the 4 hour long european version which is excellent.
posted by BornIcon at 09:06 AM on February 23
In unrelated LT getting released by San Diego news, has anyone seen this before?
posted by BornIcon at 08:56 AM on February 23
It's just a little L O N G. Is it over yet?
I agree, it was long and not as good as the original GF or GFII but it's not like it was that bad.
Speaking of a long movie, ever see Once Upon A Time In America with DeNiro? That joint is close to 4 hours long.
posted by BornIcon at 07:04 AM on February 23
And I will choose to ignore its existence, just like I have with The Godfather III...
The Godfather III is just misunderstood.
posted by BornIcon at 10:49 PM on February 22
One of the best episodes of Homicide was when Junior Bunk shot up the squadroom.
Yeah it was, I remember that episode. As a matter of fact here it is.
posted by BornIcon at 03:47 PM on February 22
"You can't be 100% authentic"
Nope, but it's not from the lack of trying.
posted by BornIcon at 01:42 PM on February 22
Of course, bperk finds an exact quote for the exact subject of discussion...
Don't you just hate that?
posted by BornIcon at 01:06 PM on February 22
How many attacks have occurred inside of police stations crawling with armed officers?
Answer your own question. I can't think of any.
"Terminator"?
Or Assault on Precint 13.
posted by BornIcon at 12:47 PM on February 22
He said "bad" action movie.
Red Dawn is an AWESOME action movie. ;)
Maybe he got it confused with Red Sonja?
posted by BornIcon at 11:04 AM on February 22
Durant, Thunder spoil McGrady's Knicks debut
posted by BornIcon at 07:44 AM on February 21
Whatever Tiger does on a golf course win or lose, the public has a right to know but what he does outside of a golf course is really no one's business. Of course people are disappointed with Tiger's behavior since regardless if he likes it or not, he is still considered a role model (maybe not so much now).
Maybe his apology was in fact orchestrated but it's still not an easy thing to do to stand in front of all those people, in front of the entire world and say I'm sorry like he did.
posted by BornIcon at 12:20 PM on February 20
It must of been not only humiliating for Tiger to stand there and apologize on national television for his behaviour but it must have been humbling as well. Sure, there are going to be skeptics that say, "Yeah he apologized but it didn't sound sincere" but with all due respect, it isn't easy to apologize in the first place let alone while the world is watching.
No matter the situation, the point is, Tiger is still a human being with flaws (just like the rest of us) except that his life is out there in the open for the world to see and to nitpick.
posted by BornIcon at 11:40 AM on February 20
Just heard the press conference on ESPN radio and I like what Tiger had to say. He sounded sincere even though there were parts in the press conference that did sound rehearsed but that was expected.
posted by BornIcon at 11:28 AM on February 19
George Karl's cancer: Nuggets coach says no guarantees in life
posted by BornIcon at 08:09 AM on February 17
One of the greatest power hitters that I ever had the privilage of watching play for a long time. Hands down Hall of Famer.
posted by BornIcon at 07:27 AM on February 12
I remember exactly where I was when this fight happened. I was about 12 years old and in our old apartment on Second Street here in NJ and I just remembered being in shock that Tyson got knocked down and then counted out. This fight happened in Japan because it was replayed the next day in the US and it was still morning when I saw it on TV because I thought it was a old Mike Tyson fight replay because it was about 10 in the morning when they showed the fight. I can't believe it's been 20 years, still feels like yesterday.
posted by BornIcon at 07:25 AM on February 12
SportsFilter: The Monday Huddle
Was Sampras-Agassi tension a bad thing?