- 04:14 AM
- 11/22/09
Holy shit!! I knew he had to pull out of the fight, but that sounds very bad!
I know MMA fans hate him (and may I just say to them... Mir is an arrogant dick!) but I would hope none of them would wish this on him. (Though I guarantee some do.)
Have to say I'm shocked by this news.
posted by Drood at 12:57 AM on November 16
Seth McFarlane CLEAR has dirt on someone very high up at Fox given the amount of unfunny shit that man is allowed to put on the screen.
posted by Drood at 02:09 AM on November 13
In that shot above you've got a guy who can't wrestle for shit.
Oh and the guy on the left can't act.
posted by Drood at 11:31 PM on November 11
netminder?
GOALKEEPER!
Seems he's another of these selfish "suicide by train" narcissists who insist on ruining multiple lives to end their "pain".
Sorry, but I have no fucking time for them. Those poor drivers having to deal with the fact this prick was too much of a pussy to end his own life. (And I say that as someone who has tried. And I didn't feel the need to drag someone else into the event like this asshole.)
No, no . for you.
I do however give a . to his poor kid who will now grow up fatherless and his wife who is alone now, both due to his selfishness.
posted by Drood at 01:45 AM on November 11
Sammy's eyes scare me! Like he wants to eat my soul.
posted by Drood at 10:01 PM on November 09
cletus: Am I reading you right, that this one player had already had a concussion in the last week?
posted by Drood at 06:56 PM on November 08
WWE wouldn't hire her. She actually appears to have talent.
posted by Drood at 02:48 PM on November 06
Wowzers that was hardcore! The elbow and the punch was a bit much but HOLY COW the hair pull. And MAN did she ever sell it like death too!
posted by Drood at 02:08 PM on November 06
It's an herb. Next we'll be citing people for possession of Oregano.
posted by Drood at 02:05 PM on November 06
"Those without health insurance, who pay medical bills out of their dwindling savings. Those who trusted the pumped-up muscle of Wall Street, only to see it go as flaccid and tremulous as an unreliable old wrestler with bad habits."
Erm... What?
Baseball. Love the sport. Hate MLB. Well not so much "hate MLB" as "hate TV coverage with endless ads and asinine commentary rendering it unwatchable."
If I could get a channel where I could watch baseball without commentary and without commercials, I would gladly pay for that.
If MLB TV ever offered a "Shut the idiot commentators up" feature they'd have me hooked for life.
posted by Drood at 05:09 PM on November 05
The privateers are for sure in the case of Red Bull, but that's just sponsorship. Yeah, they own the team, but they're not there to sell cars.
The worlds finances have taken a down turn so the first thing the manufacturers say is "Bugger this, I'm off". Honda, BMW, Toyota, and Renault (potentially).
Yes, they're there to win, but they're ONLY there to promote their brand.
Force India, Ferrari, Red Bull, STR, Brawn, Williams, plus the 3 newbies next year. There's 18 cars. Not a manufacturer in sight. (Ferrari don't count as they'll always be there. McLaren are contentious as they are seriously linked with Mercedes, but then they might be fucking off to Brawn anyway.) If the Artist formerly known as BMW is allowed in, that's 20 cars. All privateers pretty much.
Good riddance to the manufacturers. They're the reason the spending went so out of control. Fucking Toyota were spending half a BILLION a season at one point. Despicable.
The more interesting story is Bridgestone. After signing up as the exclusive tyre supplier, they're leaving. Who will replace them? Michelin won't as they were pissed off and felt they were being punished for the Indy debacle.
I am intrigued to see what happens if no tyre company steps up to the plate.
And as I'm here may I just say Abu Dhabi can FUCK OFF! Shitty Tilke circuit, and like all this creations it's designed to ruin racing. The venue is utterly soulless and corporate, peopled by people there to be seen rather than there for the racing.
Abu Dhabi represents EVERYTHING wrong with F1. Whoring the sport to the rich so we can have our processions in a place with no heart and soul, around tracks that make the average parking lot look exciting, in an atmosphere of excess where the teams have no interest in being.
posted by Drood at 12:27 AM on November 05
I don't think Toyota will enjoy being muscled. Same with Renault.
We'll see. I'll be glad to see the back of all the manufacturers. The privateers are there for the sport. Manufacturers are just there to whore their wares as long as it suits them.
posted by Drood at 08:11 PM on November 04
And in breaking news after I posted, Renault are in emergency talks in regards to pulling out of F1 with immediate effect.
This in itself is funny as they promised the FIA they'd stay for next season if they went easy on them during the cheating hearings.
Renault may have played Mosley like a cheap violin. Wonderful!
posted by Drood at 03:45 PM on November 04
How far the Timelords have fallen.
posted by Drood at 04:36 PM on November 03
This book needs to leak onto tha intrawebs right now!
posted by Drood at 02:42 PM on October 31
I guess now we can look forward to Smith and Wesson being sued in court for failing to tell users that guns kill people.
posted by Drood at 05:39 PM on October 30
The biggest problem these days is that decent sports reporting no longer exists. And I know some folks claim that blogs are where you find the best sports writing these days, but that's balls as they are just as dull.
posted by Drood at 04:38 PM on October 24
soocher: Likewise. No Ferrari bias in the FIA there, no siree...
afx: Who knows. Hope so. The fact that Max survived that entire thing was staggering.
BTW, assuming your name is from where I assume, great taste in music:)
posted by Drood at 07:55 PM on October 23
LOL! That's awesome and shows how pedestrian sports reporting has become.
posted by Drood at 03:32 PM on October 23
Oh for gods sake, when did this site become Sports Entertainment Tonight? (I realise my pun.)
posted by Drood at 11:37 PM on October 22
It's very sad that this story which isn't remotely sports related has the second most comments of any story on the front page, and will no doubt end with more.
This is private life stuff by someone who isn't even a sportsman.
Why is it on here?
posted by Drood at 04:05 PM on October 21
From the picture it would seem Corey Feldman has found a new career.
posted by Drood at 11:03 PM on October 20
Oh look, Jenson has joined us. (Not.)
Kobayashi may be a talent for the future I think. He did bloody well for his first race and resisted Button superbly.
Clearly the solution to F1 is to shitcan all the Tilke atrocities, and have 3 hour rain delayed qualifying sessions.
posted by Drood at 03:10 PM on October 19
Off the top of my head that'd be title number 8 I think. 7 with Schumacher. One with Jenson. And it's 9 titles if you go outside F1 and included a sportscar title in the early 90's.
Find it interesting. Interlagos is one of the few non-Tilke circuits, and produced one of the best races of the year.
I do not think this is a coincidence.
Comment of the on day on BBC was Brundle saying about Heikki "setting fire to random Ferrari's in the pitlane."
So last year Massa and Ferrari fans claimed Timo moved over to let Lewis through so he'd win the title. How long until we hear that Lewis collided with Rubens deliberately to cause the puncture?
I bet this is the only time you'll hear that theory. Why?
Because Rubens fans aren't batshit insane like Ferrari's...
posted by Drood at 06:00 AM on October 19
Apologies for the run-on sentence from hell in that! Good lord.
posted by Drood at 02:22 PM on October 18
Tolerancefail!
posted by Drood at 05:25 AM on October 17
Let's see 'em earn that big paycheck and play with it!
posted by Drood at 05:42 AM on October 16
*Insert obligatory derogatory comment about real racing turning right here*
posted by Drood at 10:50 PM on October 14
A friend of mine is pissed as it's going through her town for the first time. She's already talking about making sure she's gone for that week.
posted by Drood at 10:48 PM on October 14
Isn't the whole point of the Olympics supposed to be AMATEUR COMPETITION?
Oh, wait, that was until McDonalds etc... Got their fucking filth encrusted paws on it.
posted by Drood at 04:22 PM on October 09
The water thing I can kinda see, but an iPod? Talk about not moving with the times.
posted by Drood at 02:07 PM on October 08
afx: LOL! F1 seemed a lot more exotic in the days where for non-European rounds all we got was 30 minutes of highlights.
NoMich: I've tried. Two wheels just don't do it for me. No idea why. I mean my Dad used to race bikes. I grew up around bikes. I just don't really enjoy the racing. I think probably because 2 bikes going into a corner side by side is a lot less exciting for me than 2 cars.
I follow some sports car racing, but can never remember when they're on, the ALMS series leaps around networks etc...
If I could get decent live coverage of Australian V8 Supercar that'd probably pull me away.
It's not just necessarily racing either. If ANY sport could hook me like F1 I'd probably quit watching.
posted by Drood at 04:33 PM on October 04
After 22 years I am rapidly coming to the end of my enjoyment of F1. Yesterday I sat that utterly pissed off watching the cars lap Suzuka in order, no fucker overtaking.
People bitch about soccer being "boring"... Well imagine soccer where the rules were set up to ENCOURAGE 0-0 draws.
That is what F1 has become. It's been standardized to death and I'm heartily sick of it. If I was seriously into any other sport, it would be very easy to dump F1 entirely.
posted by Drood at 04:09 PM on October 04
The whole heads in jars things was a stroke of genius. Hell the entire show is a stroke of genius.
posted by Drood at 04:19 PM on October 03
Given the idiocy on the right, I think they should start looking to see if any of THEM have head injuries...
I expect this to work as well as the steroid stuff in MLB did.
graymatters: If an employer is willfully ignoring its employees health issues that are directly related to the job, I can see why the government would get involved.
Of course, all politics aside, what can do you do in football to prevent such injuries without completely destroying the game?
posted by Drood at 04:18 PM on October 03
Never did see the pictures. Which given the hype surrounding them is somewhat disappointing. I like to at least see what I'm supposed to be condemning.
posted by Drood at 04:16 PM on October 03
Aardhart: I heard your bridge is missing you.
posted by Drood at 04:15 PM on October 03
I'm sorry, but I chuckled. The visual was just too much and for some reason made me think of Futurama.
I can see it now. Thousands of years from now Ted wakes up... "WHAT THE FUCK AM I DOING IN THIS TUNA CAN?!!!!"
posted by Drood at 02:44 AM on October 03
I've certainly not seen yerfatma, but then I don't read everything on here.
I found the article fascinating. It intrigues me that most fans are apparently polygamous. I'm a Southampton fan. I loved 'em in the Prem (in fact they were the entire reason I had ANY interest at all in it), and I still love 'em now in League 1. (Soon to be League 2 probably but still...)
Sadly the only way I can follow them over here is downloading torrents of the BBC's Football League Show. Of which I'm about a month behind on viewing.
Also found the blonde thing interesting. (Go read the damn article to know what I'm referring too.)
posted by Drood at 03:31 PM on October 02
I love the guy on the bottom right of the picture on that article. Made me laugh for some reason.
Juan: I disagree with you a lot on here as you know, but I agree entirely with what you say there. Especially on commercials. The reason I don't watch football (as in NFL) and baseball is because I can't stomach the endless commercials. I would pay a premium for a channel where I'd get, say, 1-2 games a week commercial free. Sadly the only option is to buy the all encompassing channels that show EVERYTHING and cost a fortune.
bill: Lay off Juan. He's not being "anti american". Jesus christ. I agree entirely with him. I mean the NFL is known as the "No Fun League" (or the National Felons League). And I loathe the NBA. It has nothing to do with being anti American and everything to do with being "Anti Sports I find fucking tedious".
As for MLB, every year I think THIS is the year I'll get deeply into it. I love baseball, as in the SPORT of baseball, but I find the MLB, with its idiot commentators, endless commercials etc... Unwatchable. I've got a massive collection of old baseball radio broadcasts from the 30's to the 60's and those I find perfect.
I'm also a HUGE football (as in soccer) fan. I have a sub to "When Saturday Comes" etc... Yet I despise the English Premier League. Does that make me anti English? Oh yeah, I should point out I AM FUCKING ENGLISH!
Not everything is politically motivated, Billy boy.
Great post yerfatma. Currently reading "Power Corruption and Pies Vol 2", the collected best articles from the second decade of "When Saturday Comes" (www.wsc.co.uk) I'm on a serious footie kick right now (no pun intended) so this was great.
posted by Drood at 03:06 PM on October 02
Cusack hates that he made Better Off Dead. He feels Savage Steve Holland made a fool of him and regrets making it.
We now return you to your concussion producing dementia inducing sport.
posted by Drood at 12:29 PM on October 02
First billion dollar man?
I'd be extraordinarily surprised if Michael Schumacher didn't have him beaten on this front.
posted by Drood at 12:28 PM on October 02
Pro's of alcohol: I can dance when drunk.
Con's of alcohol: My mother is a raging alcoholic psychobitch.
posted by Drood at 03:44 PM on October 01
"Nike... Perfect for quietly sneaking away from that illegal dog fight you just attended. Just do it."
Fuck you, Nike. (Not that I'd ever buy your overpriced shit anyway.)
posted by Drood at 04:11 AM on October 01
Juan: Australia 94 (Crashing into Hill), Jerez 97 (Crashing into Villeneuve), Canada 98 (deliberately driving Frentzen off the track), Silverstone 98 (taking a penalty AFTER the race is over), Austria 2000 (Deliberate attempt to force a red flag), Monaco 2006 (parking to prevent Alonso from taking pole).
If you need any more, please do call again. Until then take your "If Michael Schumacher is a cheater..." bullshit and STFU since you're clearly in need of an optometrist if you're that fucking blind.
rodger: Yes it is odd with Piquet, but I SUPPOSE you could say he's punished himself. No team in F1 will ever touch him and the taint of Singapore 2008 will follow him for the rest of his life. (And rightly so.)
posted by Drood at 12:56 AM on October 01
If Michael comes back, I am done watching F1. Seriously. I will never watch that man race again. He can get Piquet and go start his own Cheaters F1 Team.
Kimi is SUPPOSEDLY going back to McLaren. Rubens to Williams pleases me as I like both a lot. Rosberg to Brawn... Well it'd be interesting to see him go against Button.
Though to be honest, as I said to a friend today, Button is going to be a pretty unworthy champion. Oh sure he started great, but then what? I mean he's had ONE podium since Turkey. Every time he's had a bad weekend, which has been pretty much every race since Turkey barring Monza, his opponents seem to have gone out of their way to shoot themselves in the foot.
People moaned about Alonso's first championship saying Alonso took it easy etc... But if you check his results, he scored podiums (one of which was a win) in his last six races. I think it was 133 points that won him the title. He finished 3rd in 2007 with 25 MORE points than Jenson has now.
It's like nobody even wants the title.
Interestingly, under Bernie's medal plan, Button would have been crowned champion this weekend.
I like Jenson, but he's reversed into this championship.
Back to Alonso to Maranello, it was weird getting used to him in McLaren colors, but of course that didn't last. Going to be interesting to see him in Ferrari colors. Also like the fact that Fisichella and Alonso are reunited again.
posted by Drood at 07:43 PM on September 30
The worst kept secret in F1.
Not sure how I feel about this. On the one hand I don't like Ferrari as they represent everything politically wrong with Formula One IMO. On saying that, as I said on here a week or two ago, at least Ferrari stab you in the chest while you watch, rather than stab you in the back like Renault.
On the other hand, a lot of the, lets not mince words, bastards who made Ferrari such a force of evil during the Schumacher years are gone, and Alonso is probably the most talented driver in F1 and I really enjoy seeing him race.
Optimistically I hope I can enjoy seeing Ferrari win as it'll be the first time since Jean Alesi left that there will be a driver I actually support driving one.
posted by Drood at 04:00 PM on September 30
Isn't this old news? I mean it had been put forward before, and came to prominence when Chris Nowinski examined Chris Benoit's brain and it showed signs of dementia, as did NFL players who had died.
Or is it just that the NFL have finally pulled their heads out of their asses?
posted by Drood at 12:26 AM on September 30
I have three kids. 8, 4 and baby. The eldest seems to like football, but I think at this age, I'd let him play, but once it gets to mid teens, I wouldn't want him too. Of course here a more traditional path would be hockey, but even that I don't think I want him playing. If he wants violence in his sport, he can go learn martial arts, boxing etc... Though my wife has already dismissed the latter. (Unsurprisingly.)
Though the truth is none of my kids are really into sports. In fact the only sport they've probably be interested in is racing. Possibly soccer. They're just not that into sports.
posted by Drood at 07:33 PM on September 29
Wasn't this very scenario discussed on here a few weeks ago?
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posted by Drood at 04:51 PM on September 29
I hope David has his affairs in order, as he's leaving the ring in a body bag. Dear god!
posted by Drood at 10:07 PM on September 26
That's a GREAT name for a team!
And is his height really relevant? I mean I'm that height, but have slightly less in my bank account.
posted by Drood at 06:42 PM on September 23
Really not sure I see the story here. Why should they be credited with a steal if they didn't, in fact, engage in any risk to take it? I mean if the pitcher doesn't give a damn, it's hardly fair the player gets credited a steal when nothing differentiates between "He hauled ass and just squeaked into second" and "He slowly ambled to second and nobody gave a shit."
posted by Drood at 02:50 PM on September 23
I think this is acceptable to be honest. Isn't the whole point to have home team advantage?
You're right stalnakerz: I remember previous olympics you weren't allowed to eat any fast food other than McDonalds (love how they promote the olympics, because the first thing I think of when I think of McDonalds is health and athleticism), no coke from that rival company etc...
It's pitiful. I'll probably watch the Olympics as it'll be on at a sensible time, and in Canada we should get great streaming coverage online (CBC's coverage of the summer games was exceptional. ALL events were streamed).
But my interest in the Olympics is considerably less than it was, say, 20 years ago. Now it's just another means to sell stuff.
posted by Drood at 01:55 PM on September 23
Erm... Wow. That's... More stunt casting from Strikeforce I guess.
posted by Drood at 03:28 PM on September 21
What a bunch of self centered bullshit. Millions of people across the world are facing the issue of keeping on top of bills while the entire planet is in a recession. And bills not only don't understand "lockout", they don't understand "unemployment" either.
I love that, about missing kids sport games, not being there etc... So the NBA are responsible for rewarding these people for making poor career decisions then are they? My Dad wasn't there for me from about the age of 3 to about 14. He was a warrant officer and entire weeks would go by where I didn't see him as he'd be home after I went to bed and out to work again before I got up. And he earned a hell of a lot less than an NBA referee, and did considerably more work, and was in considerably more danger. (Including being held hostage at gunpoint in the early 80's.)
As a parent myself now, I have turned down very lucrative jobs because it would have taken me away from my kids for a prolonged period. It's a choice. I made mine. These referees and their families made theirs.
That may be the most pathetic thing I've ever read. "Wah wah, we deserve more because we gave up this, that and the other." Nobody put a gun to their heads and forced them to be referees. They CHOOSE to do it and be away from their families.
Yes, the NBA are bastards. This is hardly news. But whiny, petulant "we're owed" bullshit like this is pathetic and speaks to the level of maturity of the parties involved.
I find it especially hard to stomach when I learned that the refs make around $100k a year.
Yes, boo hoo, poor you, having to live on 4 times what I live on with 3 kids. I'd rather live on what I live on and watch my kids grow up thanks.
Cry me a river you whiny, spoiled brat. Take a look at what the truly deserving people of society earn, like fire fighters, emt's etc... Then SHUT THE FUCK UP!
Jesus people like this make me fucking angry. Your husband, who chooses to be away from his family, is paid to run around in a black and white shirt for two hours and make supposedly accurate calls as to the legality of what's going on as two teams of men try to throw a ball into a small hoop.
Fuck you.
Honestly, reading that has made me so angry I want to hurt someone.
posted by Drood at 03:23 PM on September 21
Only bright spot: Fernando Alonso was found to have no involvement at all.
That's about the only crumb of comfort from yet another bullshit FIA "Extraordinary Meeting".
posted by Drood at 01:25 PM on September 21
What a bunch of shit. They wind up with a LESSER punishment than McLaren did for the idiot spying incident.
Disgusted with the spineless response to this from the FIA. Pathetic.
Basically you can put spectators and marshals at risk, fix the result of a race, engage in fraud (since with their fixing other teams lost money)... It's perfectly okay so long as you promise to not do it again and pay the FIA's costs. (Which I bet come out to significantly than Renault made in the wake of their win. Win on Sunday, sell on Monday and all that.)
Absolutely despicable. An absolute joke of a punishment. Well, you can't call it a punishment. Renault engaged in the most despicable, reprehensible incident F1 has ever known, and have gotten away with it.
Clearly the agenda here was for Mosley to take Briatore's head, at the expense of the integrity of the sport.
Fuck Max Mosley, fuck the FIA, you are spineless whores.
posted by Drood at 01:06 PM on September 21
What's Wrong with Brock Lesnar?
The story is going that he has an "intestinal disorder" that could very well be career ending.
Man, can you imagine the pissed off fans if he doesn't defend and drops the belt rather than loses it.
Still, huge shame. Lesnar is the best thing to happen in MMA in ages.