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- 11/22/09
I am charmed, but purely because I'm a Ravens fan.
posted by boredom_08 at 01:11 AM on November 20
Congrats to Lincecum and all that. Anyone know if a pair of starting pitchers from the same team has gotten a higher vote total than Carp and Waino did this year?
posted by boredom_08 at 08:48 PM on November 19
And France goes through 2-1 on aggregate on one of the cheapest pieces of work I've ever seen. Great play, Thierry Henry. My heart goes out to Ireland.
posted by boredom_08 at 05:52 PM on November 18
When i first saw this headline at the Guardian, I thought it was a joke. Then I actually read the article.
posted by boredom_08 at 02:38 PM on November 17
It makes an interesting conundrum for schools hosting these games, however. The announcers at the Siena-Northeastern game currently airing were discussing the number of students who attended the game, compared to the fact that the university president or some official of the school had declared that going to the game was NOT an acceptable reason for missing class. Don't get me wrong, I don't think going to the game is a good reason to ditch class, but it's certainly giving students a big fat reason to not go to class. I'm glad that these morning games are just a one-time thing. I know if they'd had a noon start game at my school, there would be a lot of people there and not a lot of people in the academic buildings.
posted by boredom_08 at 01:51 PM on November 17
This 24 hours of college basketball thing ESPN's running is a bit on the ridiculous side.
posted by boredom_08 at 12:34 PM on November 17
I definitely thought of ZZ number two in MeatSaber's link. Especially since he's fresh in my head with his ridiculous promo for Adidas with Leo Messi.
posted by boredom_08 at 12:02 AM on November 07
In other news than the World Series... ah, who am I kidding, I'm not going to talk about the Europa League.
'Grats to the Yankees. So glad my dad's at home and I'm at school so I don't have to hear all about it from him.
Side note, I dunno if any of you are regular listeners to the Guardian's Football Weekly podcast, but they did a live video-cast of today's pod, and what I saw of it was quite nifty. Anyone else catch this/listen to Football Weekly at all?
posted by boredom_08 at 04:06 PM on November 05
Rubin Kazan held Barcelona 0-0 in Kazan just now. If the two teams had been playing a two-legged playoff format, Rubin would've taken it via their win at the Camp Nou. I hope Rubin make the last 16 of the Champions League, they could do some serious damage and surprise a few people again. And all the other Champions League matches start right about now. Sweet.
posted by boredom_08 at 02:25 PM on November 04
Wow. That's about all I've got on that one. Ridiculous stop, if only a defender could do that on purpose. 99 times out of 100 that's a goal no matter how badly you hit it. And I'd never seen the Stefan play before, that's just outrageous.
posted by boredom_08 at 12:12 AM on October 27
Wow, I didn't even realize he hadn't been on the air in a year or so until I saw this headline. Oops.
posted by boredom_08 at 02:29 AM on October 26
I think I'd just be a bit scared if my family was getting letters like that. Wow, that's crazy. I also can't offer any perspective on the whole sleeping-with-a-22-year-old thing, as I'm 19, so 22 years old is barely in my league on the other end of the spectrum.
posted by boredom_08 at 09:19 PM on October 21
still can't get over the beach ball goal of yesterday. ridiculous stuff, that. only thing i've got so far today is Burnley 2-3 Blackburn from the Premier League.
posted by boredom_08 at 10:06 AM on October 18
Wilson Palacios of Tottenham Hotspur and the Honduran national team was forced to stay in Honduras to celebrate rather than return to England for Spurs' match this weekend. I'd link an article, but I've got class in six minutes and don't have the link handy. Somewhere on guardian.co.uk.
posted by boredom_08 at 01:54 PM on October 16
King James might have swine flu.
posted by boredom_08 at 09:35 PM on October 15
Dang, Mr Bismarck beat me to that link. Also, the word is that D.Beckham's facial hair looks like 70s pubic hair. Thoughts? (reference from the Studs Up blog by Chris Toy)
posted by boredom_08 at 02:10 PM on October 15
MLB playoffs so far this year: if you're ahead going into the ninth, be VERY WORRIED.
posted by boredom_08 at 01:22 PM on October 13
As a Cards fan, I was obviously disappointed by the way things came out, but I certainly have high hopes for next season, for the reasons Bo pointed out earlier. Best of luck to the Dodgers.
I'm also pissed for purely selfish reasons. My dad, a Yankees fan, promised me earlier this season that if it came to a Cards-Yanks World Series, he would do everything he could to get tickets to a game in St. Louis, it being actually close to my home in Iowa. in short, DAMN.
posted by boredom_08 at 04:24 PM on October 11
Yesterday afternoon's game about killed me. Two outs in the ninth, and then it all goes down the drain. Well, now to come back from 0-2 down. Go Cardinals.
posted by boredom_08 at 01:46 PM on October 09
I'll third THX's thoughts.
Anyway, we'll see how well Edwards does in a different scenario. Could be good for him, or terrible for the Jets. We'll see by how long it is before he starts talking again, that'll be the real thermometer for this trade.
posted by boredom_08 at 02:21 PM on October 07
A link on the Crabtree signing: here.
The only part of that article I actually read was the part where it said "and rapper MC Hammer even got involved in finally making this happen."
So, to all future teams dealing with holdouts: Stop. It's Hammer time.
posted by boredom_08 at 02:15 PM on October 07
Arsenal and Blackburn have put five goals in through the course of the first half so far, looks to be an entertaining match. Looking forward to Chelsea-Liverpool, even though I'll miss seeing it. Also, another point-steal during stoppage time for Man. United yesterday. They're far too good at that.
posted by boredom_08 at 10:21 AM on October 04
that is RIDICULOUS. and awesome.
posted by boredom_08 at 02:28 AM on September 30
Phil Mickelson won his first event since his wife was diagnosed with cancer. Oh, and that Tiger guy still won the FedEx Cup.
Also, the Yankees clinched the AL East.
posted by boredom_08 at 06:38 PM on September 27
I have that link bookmarked for future reference, Mr Bismarck. Many thanks, although I might be glad I didn't see this one. Ech.
posted by boredom_08 at 10:37 PM on September 20
In an (apparently) thrilling tie, Manchester United defeated Manchester City 4-3 on a Michael Owen goal five minutes into second-half stoppage time. City equalized three times through the course of the match, including a Craig Bellamy strike in the 90th minute to tie it at 3, but United had the last laugh. Match report here, minute-by-minute report here.
Also, I'm sitting on this page reloading frantically and praying that Spurs win against Chelsea.
posted by boredom_08 at 11:14 AM on September 20
The president of the NCAA, Myles Brand, passed away yesterday. Story from the NCAA's website here.
posted by boredom_08 at 01:33 PM on September 17
That cameraman learned a valuable lesson: Don't get in the band's way. Especially not members of the band with large instruments. I thought about doing something similar to a University of Iowa football player last weekend when he remained on the field after the band had entered, and he was distinctly in my way. However, even with my tenor drums, he still had a good 75 pounds and 8 inches on me, so I decided against it. (this was at Iowa's game against the Univ. of Northern Iowa.)
Also, Champions League today starting in about an hour. Any upsets, or do things run to form?
posted by boredom_08 at 01:50 PM on September 15
If you were a Lions fan, would you be encouraged by the plus sides of yesterday's game, or discouraged by how badly Drew Brees dissected your defense?
posted by boredom_08 at 09:49 AM on September 14
All sorts of international qualifier news for the world cup, as England and Spain both clinch their berths with convincing victories, while the convoluted mire that is the eight-of-nine second-place finishers to the playoff in Europe gets even more confusing. Moving to the Americas for tonight's action, all six CONCACAF teams play, and Argentina really need a win, as they've dropped into fifth in CONMEBOL with Ecuador's victory earlier today (and could be sixth by kickoff if Colombia comes back and wins their game with Uruguay, who are down to 10 men but lead 1-0 at half).
posted by boredom_08 at 06:04 PM on September 09
Chris Carpenter threw a one-hitter yesterday. Not the exciting no-hitter-until-two-outs-in-the-eighth kind of one-hitter, but a one-hitter nonetheless. He moves to 16-3 on the season. Recap here.
posted by boredom_08 at 01:59 PM on September 08
At the U.S. Open, Melanie Oudin just keeps on winning, today taking out the 13 seed Nadia Petrova 1-6, 7-6 (2), 6-3 to move into the quarterfinals of the women's draw.
posted by boredom_08 at 05:05 PM on September 07
In international soccer news, USA won 2-1 against El Salvador last night (SpoFi discussion here), and Argentina didn't help their qualification cause by losing 3-1 to Brazil (minute-by minute report here). With three matches left in South American qualification, Argentina is fourth with 22 points, safe at the moment (top four auto-qualify, fifth goes to playoff), but with Colombia and Ecuador both breathing down their collective neck with 20 points apiece, they're nowhere near safe. Their last three matches are home to Peru (last in group) and away to Paraguay (3rd in group) and Uruguay (7th in group).
posted by boredom_08 at 10:41 AM on September 06
In a play I'd never seen before today, the University of Iowa has to block potential game-winning field goal attempts not once, but twice in the last seven seconds of their game against U. of Northern Iowa today. Recap
posted by boredom_08 at 08:47 PM on September 05
Articles: the Guardian and ESPN.
trox, a point the ESPN article made about the African Cup of Nations/Jan. transfer window: (direct quote)
An interesting twist would surround the timing of Chelsea's appeal. It will be a number of weeks before the official papers are delivered to Stamford Bridge, from which time the club will have those 10 days to appeal. It then takes at least three months for the CAS to hear a case and that means it is highly possible Chelsea will be able to sign players for some or all of the January window.
posted by boredom_08 at 02:55 PM on September 03
Q: How did your club fare?
Spurs picked up Kranjcar, which was a great move to back up for Modric's injury. Hopefully he can pick up where his countryman left off and keep this perfect start to the season going for a bit more.
Also, news update from tennis, Melanie Oudin (70th in the world) upset No. 4 Elena Dementieva, which is exciting stuff. Oh, and No. 1 Safina almost lost again.
posted by boredom_08 at 02:36 PM on September 03
I did a bit of research on Hillsborough earlier this year for a project here at school, and from every sign, this was a terrible tragedy and one which should not be ridiculed like Mr. Cohen apparently did. I never read his stuff as far as I can recall, and now I'm certainly glad I didn't.
posted by boredom_08 at 11:05 AM on August 25
to justgary: That's what she said.
Also, you'd think they would account for these things in building a state-of-the-art new stadium, but apparently not.
posted by boredom_08 at 09:58 PM on August 22
As a collegiate musician, I appreciate this story so very much. Awesome.
Also, drummers know how to beat it. I'm just saying.
posted by boredom_08 at 11:46 PM on August 18
Along the lines of the Murray match, he mentioned afterwards that the roof being closed raises the temperature quite a bit. The Guardian also did an excellent game-by-game report on the Murray-Wawrinka match.
posted by boredom_08 at 04:24 PM on June 30
Whee, a sports story from Iowa.
Yeah, that's pretty much my only input.
posted by boredom_08 at 05:54 PM on June 15
Burnley played well against Premier League clubs in the FA Cup this year, although I know that may not be saying too much. What about Wolves and Birmingham City, the other two promoted clubs? Are they up to stay or just there for a one-year stint?
posted by boredom_08 at 11:44 PM on May 25
I enjoy Kornheiser overall, but I have to agree with the above people saying he just didn't fit in on the MNF crew. He just never seemed to find his comfort zone. I really do enjoy PTI though, and his radio show was great, so I hope he keeps doing both of those.
posted by boredom_08 at 03:35 PM on May 18
But then he would have to take drugs to mask those drugs, rcade, and so on and so forth. Something illegal will come in, he'll deny it, and we'll go through this whole cycle once more.
posted by boredom_08 at 02:03 PM on May 12
well, i'm terrible at QWOP. wow. and I feel like I might understand cricket a little better now, THAT game is addictive.
posted by boredom_08 at 12:27 PM on May 12
Note about the Canseco press conference: He actually said that the media was on overkill about steroids. There's something delightfully ironic about him saying that. Can't quite place what, though.
posted by boredom_08 at 08:43 PM on May 08
hincadenza, I would add Albert Pujols to that list of players I would be sad to find out were juicing. I am a bit of a homer for that one, but he's been so good for nine years now, and he's had the consistency a lot of the other juicers lack.
posted by boredom_08 at 11:24 AM on May 08
It sounds like this could just be an unfortunate situation, as Debo points out. However, now that the words "Manny" and "steroids" have been said in a sentence together, that's never going to go back in the box. I hope it's nothing more than the doctor mistake, I've truly enjoyed watching Manny's antics the past few years.
posted by boredom_08 at 12:43 PM on May 07
I should make an addendum that ESPN has for sure said that it was performance-enhancing drugs, not some other drug violating the substance abuse policy.
posted by boredom_08 at 11:50 AM on May 07
And here are the goals from the Man U-Arsenal game. The one I especially appreciated has a good view starting at 0:55.
posted by boredom_08 at 09:43 PM on May 06
Quite a bit of questionable refereeing in both of the two semi-finals, the other being Manchester United's 3-1 victory over Arsenal. Alves and Abidal may be sorely missed in the final for Bara, but Darren Fletcher will be missing on the United side as well.
That being said, both of the goals in this match were lovely pieces of work. Essien's hit in the 9th was a thing of beauty, and Iniesta's winner was also a great shot. My favorite goal of the semis, however, was United's third goal yesterday, a beautiful sequences of passes leading to a smooth Ronaldo finish. I'm looking forward to the final in a few weeks, it should be a great match.
posted by boredom_08 at 07:06 PM on May 06
Beautiful story. Here's hoping that one day they end up in the same league as MK Dons. That would be quite a match.
posted by boredom_08 at 01:42 AM on April 29
If Newman's car had hit Edwards' at the right angle, not very much more. The catch fence worked impressively well in this circumstance, but as Edwards said, this will keep happening until someone dies. I guess I'll just be thankful that no one was seriously injured for the moment, because I can't think of much else NASCAR will be willing to do about this.
posted by boredom_08 at 12:05 PM on April 27
Anyone else mentioned that Sanchez is now a Jet? That could be very interesting as well.
I'm not sure how Stafford will do, but it'll be interesting to watch and see if anything's different for the Lions this year, if he starts or not.
posted by boredom_08 at 07:05 PM on April 25
That looks like one of the holes in the Wii Sports golf game. Wow.
posted by boredom_08 at 10:54 PM on April 22
I've been following it as much as one can without FSC or anything of the like. I love the concept, but this year was certainly a year for the big teams, seeing as the last four were identical to the Champs League last four if you switch Everton for Bara.
posted by boredom_08 at 05:28 PM on April 19
The only thing that saddens me about this is that I now have to invest in a better cable package in order to watch any football at all, as I've been surviving with only these Champions League broadcasts. Ah well. Besides, I have to watch them on mute most of the time to stop my ears from bleeding.
Also, any bets on whether Porto evens it up in these last 20 minutes?
posted by boredom_08 at 04:12 PM on April 15
I did a bit of research on this for a speech I did in class this semester. One of the most gruesome things I have ever read was the official report on the incident by Lord Justice Taylor. If you want the fullest descriptions there are (that are currently not held by the government), read that. It's available for download as a .pdf from this page.
posted by boredom_08 at 01:19 PM on April 15
Lincecum Wins NL Cy Young
Thanks, grum, much appreciated.