- 01:30 AM
- 11/22/09
Fuck this, I'm taking my ball and going home. You're going to have to get it back from Snyder, as he already took it.
posted by Jeffwa at 06:01 PM on July 06
who else is good, quick, knowledgeable and is known even slightly on the American national stage? Darren Pang? Brian Engblom? They've both worked for ESPN before.
posted by Jeffwa at 05:51 PM on June 24
As a Blackhawks fan, I've always had tremendous respect for Yzerman. I don't think you could find a better definition of 'class' than him.
posted by Jeffwa at 08:28 AM on June 06
I don't understand why Terry was so distraught after the match. It's not like he isn't used to disappointment in major events. After all, he plays for England.
posted by Jeffwa at 07:42 AM on May 22
@lbb: IIRC, qualifying for regionals only required a qualifying time/distance/height, which you only needed to get one time, so you didn't have to participate in all the events you did throughout the season, just at least once during the season. I actually qualified* my freshman year in the varsity 400m by running one race. * Purely by accident. My coach thought he was throwing me into the 400m JV race to give me 4 events and to try and get points since there was only 3 entries. Turns out it was the varsity race (he made a mistake when reading the time schedule). My time was good enough to qualify for regionals, but I didn't know that until ~1wk before, and I didn't run that event again all season (or train for it) so I passed.
posted by Jeffwa at 10:42 AM on May 13
This isn't a typical high school meet, though. It's the state finals which has more athletes competing, which means they'll need to spread things out over a couple of days. I know California & Ohio run their state meets over two days, but don't know what their event limits are.* * When I was in high school in the late 80s-early 90s, we were limited to 4 events for a single meet, but don't remember what the restrictions were for the regional & state meets. (I never qualified for enough events for regionals for the limit to ever be an issue :) )
posted by Jeffwa at 12:05 PM on May 12
Joke: Jesus, Moses & an old guy are playing golf. On the first hole, Moses tees off and slices badly towards the water. He walks out to the lake, parts the water, chips up onto the green for an easy birdie putt. Then, Jesus tees off. He slices towards the water, too, but rather than his ball sinking, it floats on top. He walks out on the water, chips up onto the green for an easy birdie put. Then the old guy tees off. He, too, slices towards the water. Right before the ball hits the water, a fish jumps out and catches the ball. Before it can swim away, an eagle swoops down and grabs the fish and flies off over the green. It drops the fish, the ball popping from the fishes mouth. Just then, a gopher runs from off the green, grabs the ball and puts it in the hole. Jesus turns to the old guy and says, "Dad, you never play fair."
posted by Jeffwa at 10:07 AM on March 22
While this is loathsome, it's certainly not in the same category as Vick, though it does warrant punishment. I'd be willing to bet he's only remorseful because he's now facing charges.
posted by Jeffwa at 05:56 AM on March 08
A friend of mine from college used to make dunk videos with his friends in middle/high school. He never showed me anything like these videos, though! And that kid ripping his knee up in the hoop made both my (surgically repaired, multiple times) knees ache. But at the same time, if I was there age and didn't see a broken bone sticking out of his leg, I'd laugh at the absurdity of him hanging upside-down from the rim by his leg, too.
posted by Jeffwa at 10:35 AM on February 20
Is that the most remixable scene ever or what? There have been some really good ones. This one is up there.
posted by Jeffwa at 09:44 AM on January 28
What WeedyMcSmokey said. You mean I might finally be able to watch my city's pro hockey team on TV? Not so fast. His family still owns the team. I hope they change the way they run the franchise, but I'm betting it's unlikely to change.
posted by Jeffwa at 10:15 AM on September 26
He's not the champion, just the world record holder. To be champion he has to be Kobiyashi at the Nathan's contest on the 4th of July.
posted by Jeffwa at 09:03 AM on June 04
Suing the tow truck company, driver and the person who's car stalled because his son was an idiot and was drunk behind the wheel? Unbelievable. I mean I can possible understand the restaurant, but the people he hit? Sorry my son was drunk, possibly high, talking on a cell phone without his seatbelt and speeding, but you should have known he was coming and not had a near accident or stopped to help.
posted by Jeffwa at 09:04 PM on May 24
Gretna will be ground sharing with Motherwell Football Club next season.
posted by Jeffwa at 12:16 PM on April 30
1) You're assuming they haven't already fixed the mistake, or at least begun teh process of fixing it. 2) The NIT isn't what it used to be because the NCAA owns the NIT. Since the NCAA tournament is it's bread and butter, that's where the focus goes. IMO, the NIT is just kept around to make the teams that missed the tournament (and should have made it but didn't because of automatic births to the lesser conferences) happy (relative to not playing at all) and bring home some money.
posted by Jeffwa at 09:46 AM on March 31
Steroids aren't going to help a player beat Tiger. It's not like Tiger is just out there hitting the ball further than anybody else. (He's not.) It's that he's making the shots other players just don't have the confidence to attempt.
posted by Jeffwa at 08:34 PM on January 28
One of the best football games I've ever seen. I thought for sure Boise State was done when Oklahoma tied it up. The INT TD just meant it was going to be in regulation rather than overtime. Mrs. Jeffwa got sucked into the game with me and was rooting for Boise State (underdog factor) and was really bummed when Oklahoma went ahead, both in regulation and overtime. She felt so bad for those kids. However, this morning she's just mad at me for 1) getting her sucked into the game, and 2) for it going until ~1AM EST. (And not to be nit-picky, though I am, the wide receiver option pass was for a TD in overtime, not a two point conversion.)
posted by Jeffwa at 08:44 AM on January 02
Didn't he do that when he was playing for the Washington Redskins? Yes, that's why the quote says After scoring in the second quarter of a game for the Washington Redskins
posted by Jeffwa at 01:12 PM on December 15
If the Dolphins having tape of Brady's line calls really made that much of a difference, do you think the Dolphins would be bragging about it? When a team looks for (and possibly finds) an advantage, do you really think they're going to tell the media? If it did make a difference, don't you think now that the Pats & Brady know they're going to, oh, I don't know, maybe change their calls? Why would you give away a (perceived) advantage like that?
posted by Jeffwa at 02:34 PM on December 14
Tressel is a coward. He knew Michigan would beat Ohio State if played again. I'm guessing Michigan fan, and that you really didn't pay attention to the game, but rather are going by final score. Aside from leading 7-0, Michigan never led again during the game. In fact, in the 2nd half, only one time did Michigan have the ball with a chance to take the lead. They failed to move the ball and went 3 & out on that possession. Ohio State on it's next possession scored it's final TD. I'm not seeing how you can decisively say that Ohio State would lose to Michigan if they played again. I can't say Ohio State wouldn't lose, but of you really have no evidence that Ohio State would certainly lose if they played again.
posted by Jeffwa at 12:34 PM on December 05
Notre Dame was part of the negotiating entity that is the BCS. Rules are in place that they automatically earn a BCS bid if they are in the top 8: 4. Notre Dame will have an automatic berth if it is in the top eight of the final BCS Standings. From the BCS Website
posted by Jeffwa at 08:33 PM on December 03
I think they'll sign him next year when they're allowed to and then put him on loan somewhere so he can get some playing time and get acclimated to the EPL. Then, once they feel he's ready, bring him back to the big club or sell him off if he's not progressing well.
posted by Jeffwa at 12:46 PM on November 21
93? I knew American football had big squads but 93? And to see them all doing a haka, that has gotta be intimidating. I went to high school in California and my sophomore year the Frosh/Soph team had ~85 players. (Varsity had ~50.) The coach didn't cut any one. If you wanted to be on the team and participate, you could.
posted by Jeffwa at 11:57 AM on November 17
As an OSU alum and fan, this saddens me. As much as I hate that school up north, I still respected the program and the man who was it's face for many years. Truly a sad day.
posted by Jeffwa at 11:52 AM on November 17
The kid's mom was at the game and a few feet away from where the incident took place. Boy I deserved a few smacks like that when I played on the line in High School damn what an ass why do fans and players still love this asshole? I guess were all supposed to just lie back and enjoy it Umm, what?
posted by Jeffwa at 09:30 PM on November 14
I saw the game live, and the commentator just kept talking about how he shouldn't be out there, that he's too old and an incident like this was bound to happen because of his age. (At least I think that's what the stink was about.) And leave it to a Michigan fan to get something so easy so wrong. (Penn & Penn State are not synonymous.) GO BUCKS!
posted by Jeffwa at 01:41 PM on November 05
Its too bad that there is no relationship there. Why is that so bad? He's obviously the person he is despite her, so why should he maintain a relationship with someone in which he had no choice to start in the first place? Just because she's his mother? No thanks. He's probably happier without her anyways. (And for the record, I love my mother and get along well with her.)
posted by Jeffwa at 08:10 AM on November 01
A friend of mine had his high school sued about their logo which was identical to the WV from West Virginia. He said to have the case settled they changed the logo to remove the trailing stripes from the W & V.
posted by Jeffwa at 07:15 PM on October 18
For the love of the game
As a Bills fan, I particularly liked this line from the Deadspin article:
Since Losman is now the face of the league, I assume they'll be changing the logo to a silhouette of a QB flat on his back.
And is Fassel talking about the same JP Losman from the last 4 years:
"You've got to be blind not to see this guy can play quarterback," the coach said.
Only two teams (Denver & Carolina) gave him a sniff in free agency, and those teams opted for Chris Simms and Josh McCown.