- 11:26 PM
- 04/19/24
Apparently, Belichick and Pat McAfee are going to host a live real time NFL draft show of some sort.
I don't know what to think. Maybe the hidden inner gregarious Belichick will emerge. Or maybe it will be like one of post game pressers.
Ordinarily, a looming sports media event of uncertain character would make me check the inventory of the liquor cabinet.
This one has me checking the contents of the medicine cabinet.
But I reserve the right to go full Favre and combo up.
posted by beaverboard at 06:58 PM on April 18, 2024
I wonder who had a badder birthday cake, Rogers or Ty Dolla $ign.
posted by beaverboard at 06:50 PM on April 15, 2024
On a lighter note, it's amusing to google the Masters Day 1 leaderboard and see all the players listed by the usual first initial, full last name ("J. Spieth").
All except one: 2 time champion Bubba Watson listed with both full names.
Someone out there likes mac & cheese and confetti cake.
posted by beaverboard at 05:49 PM on April 11, 2024
I'll give OJ credit for accepting his lot in the draft and going to the Buffalo Bills.
The decent Bills teams of the mid-1960's had given way to sheer wretchedness by 1968-69 and the first few teams OJ played on were awful. They became competitive in the early 70's only to suck again by mid decade.
He ran for huge season totals whether they were 9-5 or 2-12. A hard working professional.
In 1969, the combined AFL-NFL draft was only a couple of years old and OJ would have been the perfect trailblazing player to pull an Elway-Dickerson-Eli Manning move and declare that he wouldn't play for the Bills if they drafted him. But he went where he was chosen and ran his ass off even though opponents knew he would be carrying the offense every Sunday.
I suppose that's the reason that NFL bigwigs have felt comfortable letting him remain in the HOF despite everything else.
I lost track of who has his Heisman. Maybe Fred Goldman does. He got OJ's mama's piano among other things in the civil judgment.
posted by beaverboard at 03:47 PM on April 11, 2024
Cancer is a real killer.
Leave it to Dershowitz to make it about himself by saying that OJ would always be remembered for the moment of acquittal.
Simpson is fortunate that things played out in the pre-internet era. You can imagine the freeway pursuit streaming live with folks hollering at the LAPD and CHP to quit backing off and crowd the hell out of the white Bronco since OJ was in the back seat threatening to kill himself.
OK, making it about sports: one of the best games of my adolescence was the 1969 Rose Bowl and the whupping that Ohio State put on OJ's USC squad. OSU was supremely prepared on both sides of the ball. I was a big Rex Kern fan at the time, and he mystified the TV production crew with his ball handling and fakery. OJ's fumble was a high point among a host of USC turnovers. The whole game was quite satisfying, especially with the national title on the line.
posted by beaverboard at 12:56 PM on April 11, 2024
When they showed photos of the UConn players who were out with season ending injuries, I thought "if this squad was at full strength, I could definitely see them winning the title".
A deep UConn rotation going against the deep SC team would be a coaching gem to watch.
posted by beaverboard at 02:14 PM on April 06, 2024
And Angel was playing at less than 100% on the bum ankle.
Clark's threes were ungodly, but her passing, hoops IQ and floor vision were what got my attention.
Also, the LSU offensive rebounding. The Tiger bigs were unreal on the glass.
If Caitlin and Angel came back for one more year, the stature of the women's game and the NIL money would go off the charts. Bueckers is coming back and JuJu is only a freshman.
I wouldn't leave for WNBA rookie pay, endorsements or not. That's bus money now.
Can't believe the historic Iowa-LSU game was played in Albany, of all places. That's like Wilt's 100 point game taking place in Hershey PA. (Yes, I think Albany is a weird place.)
posted by beaverboard at 11:32 AM on April 02, 2024
I've asked the AARP to send my complimentary New Member portable oxygen tank to NoMich.
Whatever UConn and Alabama come up with, it'll be the undercard to Burns vs. Edey.
posted by beaverboard at 08:14 PM on March 31, 2024
That "hit job" article on Kim Mulkey that she ranted about the other day has been published.
(There may be a paywall to view the Washington Post article if it didn't get posted on other sites.)
And now LSU is set to face Iowa again on Monday.
posted by beaverboard at 06:42 PM on March 30, 2024
NC State men's and women's teams take out two #2 seeds simultaneously.
NASA to NoMich - let Mission Control know when you're ready to re-enter Earth's atmosphere.
posted by beaverboard at 09:36 PM on March 29, 2024
Hard Knocks already has a juicy tidbit long before the start of training camp, as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has decided not to ask Aaron Rodgers to be his running mate.
Political insiders speaking on the record anonymously claim that if RFK Jr. had picked a current Jets QB to run for VP, he would have chosen Zach Wilson because Wilson's polling numbers are better.
posted by beaverboard at 05:24 PM on March 26, 2024
I would carry a 30 pound bag for 18 holes if I could get some leftovers of this from the back door of the club kitchen.
posted by beaverboard at 09:20 PM on March 25, 2024
I'm not anxious for the 2024 NFL draft to take place.
The reason being that as soon as it's over, we'll be subjected to a non-stop year of Deion Sanders talking about his son and Travis Hunter in the 2025 draft.
The yakking has already started.
posted by beaverboard at 04:19 PM on March 25, 2024
Dear Washington Post:
Just remember that if you do publish a "hit piece" on LSU coach Kim Mulkey -
Her middle name is "Duane". Yes it is. She wants you to think twice about who you go after.
This is where I wish Katherine Graham and Ben Bradlee were still running the Post.
Wouldn't you love to see this woman do a Kim Mulkey impersonation?
posted by beaverboard at 01:16 PM on March 24, 2024
The profile of the men's and women's tournaments this year reminds me of what happened to tennis at one point.
The men played short, jagged points with almost too much speed and power for spectators to process and acted like entitled brats; the women played a much more watchable game and didn't go full McEnroe at the umpire all the time.
The women's game became the marquee side of the sport and I was not dismayed in the least.
And right now, I'd rather watch Catlin Clark play her final college games and see what happens on the court when Angel Reese finds out that she only polled at 18% in the name recognition quiz than watch Zach Edey and his teammates enigmatically underachieve in the big moments once again.
And hey, if the sideline viewing choice is between a bunch of vanilla off the rack Steve Alford types sweat staining their humdrum fleeces and white dress shirts or Kim Mulkey rocking a bayou blossom explosion coat, that contest is not even close to being competitive.
posted by beaverboard at 04:40 PM on March 22, 2024
NoMich synergy:
A team from Michigan knocks out Kentucky, a huge NC State tournament obstacle.
posted by beaverboard at 09:27 AM on March 22, 2024
And you can't be unhappy that Oakland U. just beat Kentucky.
If Samford beats Kansas, it'll be a UK-KU twofer.
posted by beaverboard at 09:54 PM on March 21, 2024
From the linked story I learned something I didn't know: if you are accused of a crime at a tribal gaming establishment, your case will be heard in a tribal court.
posted by beaverboard at 12:26 AM on March 21, 2024
I loved that run Dan Monson had with Gonzaga in 1999 and was sure that he would elevate the Minnesota program, which didn't happen.
He put Gonzaga on the map, at least as tournament darlings, then when his assistant Mark Few got the head coaching job and began fielding consistently competitive squads, they became an established force to be reckoned with.
Now, Few's career record is up in the stratosphere and his longtime assistant Tommy Lloyd is killing it with Arizona.
It's a bit similar to Boise State football, where Dan Hawkins did well, then Chris Petersen succeeded him and truly excelled.
The difference being that I would be delighted to hang with Coach Monson but don't even want to know the whereabouts of "intramurals brother" Hawkins.
posted by beaverboard at 09:02 PM on March 20, 2024
Virginia is trying to have every possible tournament experience:
- Thrashed by a 16 seed in first round as a 1 seed
- Won the title as a 1 seed
- Thrashed in the play-in as a 10 seed
I guess the next step would be winning a title as a play-in team.
At least they're not getting beat by Jim Boeheim any more.
posted by beaverboard at 08:39 PM on March 20, 2024
The line forms behind my alma mater Virginia, who should be suing the conference for allowing them to compete in the NCAA men's tournament.
posted by beaverboard at 01:08 PM on March 20, 2024
The Wolfpack is gonna put our man on an express train to Statin Island.
posted by beaverboard at 12:17 AM on March 17, 2024
Well, if I stop by a TGIF cocktail hour today, I won't be drowning my sorrows over this.
posted by beaverboard at 05:40 PM on March 15, 2024
NC State shocks Duke! - continuous Bojangles and beer being delivered to 123 NoMich Drive
posted by beaverboard at 10:33 PM on March 14, 2024
Seismic day in the hallowed NFC South.
Both Sam Howell and Desmond Ridder have been traded elsewhere.
posted by beaverboard at 06:50 PM on March 14, 2024
I feel like I'm in a time loop when I wake up to the headline: "Padres Pull Off Blockbuster Trade".
posted by beaverboard at 01:15 PM on March 14, 2024
Leave it to Atlanta to herald the second coming of Jon Koncak.
posted by beaverboard at 12:21 PM on March 12, 2024
New Pittsburgh OC Arthur Smith must feel like he's won the sweepstakes getting to work with the likes of Mariota, Heinecke, Ridder, Rosen, and now Pickett, Wilson and Rudolph.
The Steelers have a history of mediocre QB's overachieving into a (temporary) state of pro football competence: Brister, Batch, Maddox, Duck Hodges, et al.
Also in that group is Neil O'Donnell, but I hate to bring him up as he is responsible for helping Barry Switzer win a NFL championship.
Edit: It shouldn't read Pickett, Wilson above. It should read Wilson Pickett.
posted by beaverboard at 09:51 PM on March 11, 2024
Mac Jones is going home to rcade country. Traded to the Jags for a whopping sixth rounder.
Belichick would be psyched about the deal. The sixth and seventh rounds are where you find quality starters.
Mac could have a renaissance along the banks of the St. Johns.
But for now, some college ball fans won't waste any time telling Saban that his former Tide QB will be backing up a Clemson man.
posted by beaverboard at 12:13 AM on March 11, 2024
"Hell is empty and all the devils are here."
posted by beaverboard at 03:54 PM on March 10, 2024
For sports fans who always wanted something special named after Hope Solo, Bill Romanowski, Ron Artest or Pete Rose: astronomers have just announced the discovery of a new moon around Uranus.
posted by beaverboard at 07:27 PM on March 08, 2024
Elway is a rich man by most anyone's standards, but he has been a major knucklehead about a few things through the years.
posted by beaverboard at 04:43 PM on March 05, 2024
A record $85 million dead cap hit. (Walton family retail slogan: "Save Money. Live Better.")
John Elway traded away the farm to get Russell Wilson before parting ways with the Broncos.
Former Denver owner Pat Bowlen once owed John Elway less than a quarter of Wilson's dead cap hit in deferred salary.
He offered Elway a 20% ownership stake in the Broncos for the value of that deferred salary plus an additional $15 million in cash.
Elway declined the offer. Had he become an owner, his share would have been worth more than 10 times the value of Wilson's dead cap hit when the team was sold.
posted by beaverboard at 11:30 AM on March 05, 2024
tahoe, are you bearing up ok with that blizzard? It must be a hell of a situation.
posted by beaverboard at 10:27 PM on March 02, 2024
The LA Clippers are rolling out a new logo and uniform design. Thank goodness.
The current blocky "LA inside a big C" logo looks like it was done on an Etch A Sketch.
It could be a maze for lab rats. Ballmer mediocrity.
However, the new logo kind of looks like a cruise ship full of cholera and norovirus cases headed straight for an innocent, unsuspecting dockside promenade.
posted by beaverboard at 05:06 PM on February 26, 2024
Yeah, big Cam's got his hat
Find out where it's at
It's not hustlin' people strange to you
Even if you do got a two piece custom-made pool cue
Yeah, you don't tug on Superman's cape
You don't spit into the wind
You don't pull the mask off that old Lone Ranger
And you don't mess around with Cam
posted by beaverboard at 04:34 PM on February 26, 2024
That is the funniest thing I've seen in a while.
posted by beaverboard at 03:28 PM on February 25, 2024
And he did it in just six innings.
All told, the Arkansas pitchers accounted for 23 K's over nine innings. Against another top 10 team. Damn.
posted by beaverboard at 03:40 PM on February 24, 2024
How many pages is the document that let the likes of Syracuse in?
posted by beaverboard at 11:07 AM on February 20, 2024
What a sports moment yesterday with Taylor on hand, struggling early, down late in the game, rallying to draw all even at the end of regulation, then winning it with a big time moment during extra play.
Great finish to the Phoenix Open.
posted by beaverboard at 02:53 PM on February 12, 2024
I feel bad for the Oilers having their win streak interrupted by the break, then not being able to extend it when league play resumed.
It almost seemed inevitable that their streak would end the first game back. I didn't want to look at the scores.
posted by beaverboard at 11:45 AM on February 07, 2024
So sorry to learn about this. RIP.
posted by beaverboard at 02:45 PM on January 30, 2024
I was glad to see that Barry Sanders has stayed connected to the Lions.
posted by beaverboard at 06:57 PM on January 29, 2024
I don't know if Reid will end up with more rings than Belichick, but Spags might.
The throws that Kelce caught on the field outshine any catch up in the box seats.
Chiefs get to wear their dark unis this year. If they get the Niners, it'll be a colorful game.
posted by beaverboard at 09:31 PM on January 28, 2024
I remember when the Marlins and Rockies joined MLB, someone in Miami said that they were interested in acquiring "the Canseco contract" to give the team a big boost right out of the gate.
Not only because Canseco was Cuban born, but also because they thought he would hit the ball a country mile in Miami.
I laughed out loud when I read that. I had grown up in the south Florida wall of heavy, wet summer air and knew damn well in my own ignorance that if you want to hit the ball like a king you go to Denver, not Miami.
posted by beaverboard at 11:11 AM on January 24, 2024
When a Stanley Cup obsession becomes a motivated player's driving force.
posted by beaverboard at 12:14 PM on January 23, 2024
Yes, to torment the rest of the division and find out firsthand what Lawyer Milloy and Drew Bledsoe experienced when Belichick sent them packing.
Belichick would relish the opportunity. The only thing better in his world would be to have Art Modell's body exhumed so he could scatter it across open fields between Cleveland and Baltimore.
But Belichick is a potentially problematic hire. I could see him not getting a job right away.
posted by beaverboard at 05:27 PM on January 22, 2024
A friend of mine grew up in Michigan and moved to Tampa some years ago.
He's a die hard Bucs and Lions fan. I have no idea what sort of turmoil he went through yesterday.
I just found my deep sided Detroit style pizza pan which I haven't used in quite a while. I think it's time.
posted by beaverboard at 05:20 PM on January 22, 2024
If the Bills had a little imagination and a devilish streak, they'd fire McDermott and hire Belichick.
posted by beaverboard at 03:02 PM on January 22, 2024
George Michael Sports Machine was must watch every Sunday night.
I loved how he connected with some athletes - like Dexter Manley.
Having grown up with professional wrestling in South Florida, George reminded me a little bit of Gordon Solie.
Our favorite was when George showed drag racing clips. We knew that we were about to see a massive fireball or airborne event. We waited for George's inevitable classic comment, that the driver had "devastated his equipment".
posted by beaverboard at 06:24 PM on January 16, 2024
I'm rooting for the Steelers to beat the Bills, which would increase the groundswell of support for making a coaching change in Buffalo.
Who wouldn't want to see Belichick take the Bills job and do everything in his power to torture the Pats at least twice a year? It would be like the bygone Steve Spurrier - Phillip Fulmer hostilities taken to another level.
It would also be ironic, as Buffalo has been a prime landing spot for notable Belichick castoffs such as Lawyer Milloy and Drew Bledsoe.
posted by beaverboard at 07:13 PM on January 15, 2024
I happen to know a sports radio personality. My take is that tribal, smarmy in-studio bro power overrides any semblance of reflective insight, workplace navigational ability and discipline.
It's a team sport. And woe betide the on-camera dude who has no doodads, swag and memorabilia festooning his spot at the table.
At my age, my wife wants to know what beverages McAfee keeps at his desk that render him unable to sit down comfortably and why he sometimes stands behind a chair. I've expressed to her my willingness to have what he's having.
posted by beaverboard at 06:40 PM on January 15, 2024
I don't know what's worse - listening to Jason Garrett provide color commentary on NFL broadcasts or remembering that Jerry Jones let him coach the Cowboys for 10 years.
I'd like to offer a heartfelt promise to Mr. Jones: if you rehire Jason Garrett, the Cowboys will never go 8-8 again.
posted by beaverboard at 04:12 PM on January 15, 2024
Does Jerry Jones have Belichick's cell number?
posted by beaverboard at 07:10 PM on January 14, 2024
I wouldn't be bitter about Stroud. I'd be concerned about Tepper's apparent urge to fill the void left by Daniel Snyder's expulsion.
Riverboat Ron has worked for both owners. If I were a ghostwriter, I'd be recording and transcribing lengthy discussions with him right now.
posted by beaverboard at 04:03 PM on January 14, 2024
Hopefully, young Noah Eagle isn't hearing a lot of nepo baby bullshit as he climbs the sports announcing ranks. He did well calling the Browns - Texans game.
The kid can do this. And his father Ian Eagle did the radio game call for Westwood One.
Looking over the wild card announcing rosters, the radio teams have it over the TV teams in some instances. Kevin Harlan over Mike Tirico was a no brainer yesterday.
posted by beaverboard at 01:18 PM on January 14, 2024
Dang, it looks like my long held wish to see a Browns - Lions Super Bowl is going to have to wait at least another year.
Although I do enjoy watching this Texans team. I'm so glad that Stroud isn't on David Tepper's payroll.
I was a Stroud semi-doubter coming into the season, but I marvel at his release and the ball flight. The darn football is flat out propelled from the pocket.
posted by beaverboard at 06:56 PM on January 13, 2024
That's great, thank you. They sure kept Mayo's contract language quiet. If Pats insider Tom Curran knew about it, he wasn't saying. I wonder how much Belichick even knew about it.
posted by beaverboard at 09:12 AM on January 13, 2024
SportsFilter: The Friday Huddle
Argentina wants to join NATO.
Isn't that sort of like Stanford and Cal joining the ACC?