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LeBron James: Honor Jordan By Giving Up No. 23

This seems appropriate.

posted by geekyguy at 10:38 PM on November 16

SportsFilter: The Sunday Huddle

Futbol!

posted by geekyguy at 12:50 PM on November 15

LeBron James: Honor Jordan By Giving Up No. 23

Um, yeah, ESPN lists B.J. Armstrong as #23 http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/players/stats?playerId=23

posted by geekyguy at 03:36 PM on November 14

LeBron James: Honor Jordan By Giving Up No. 23

B.J. Armstrong

posted by geekyguy at 12:56 PM on November 14

LeBron James: Honor Jordan By Giving Up No. 23

Kobe did a great 'what-comes-after-23' switch. LeBron should also adopt 24 and see which of them will do it better.

posted by geekyguy at 04:40 PM on November 13

German MNT keeper Enke in apparent suicide

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posted by geekyguy at 07:59 PM on November 10

SportsFilter: The Monday Huddle

Sammy Sosa is turning white.

posted by geekyguy at 08:56 PM on November 09

SportsFilter: The Thursday Huddle

Is looser a word, rcade? ;)

So will this be the last time that a player wearing #42 wins a World Series? I sort of liked seeing that. In fact, I looked it up to find out how that occurred. Apparently Rivera is grandfathered in . . .

posted by geekyguy at 04:31 PM on November 05

SportsFilter: The Sunday Huddle

The Myths (and Truths) of the Wildcat Offense

posted by geekyguy at 01:54 PM on October 25

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Ripped 5 year old

posted by geekyguy at 11:08 AM on October 25

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The Sports Fan We (Love To) Hate

posted by geekyguy at 10:17 AM on October 20

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AskMefi: Why are postseason baseball games so long?

posted by geekyguy at 12:54 AM on October 19

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Romo still sucks, says Valerie Bertinelli

posted by geekyguy at 09:54 PM on October 16

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Surreal Life

posted by geekyguy at 04:50 PM on October 16

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Page2 riffs on some NFL logos

posted by geekyguy at 11:45 AM on October 12

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w00t! Take that, Superbowl XII!

posted by geekyguy at 07:36 PM on October 04

Rio De Janeiro Awarded 2016 Olympics

So the only other times that the Olympics have been held in the Southern Hemisphere they were late. October and even November.

Should we expect the same?

posted by geekyguy at 10:45 PM on October 02

Rio De Janeiro Awarded 2016 Olympics

Cue the Duran Duran . . .

posted by geekyguy at 01:42 PM on October 02

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Perhaps an irony mark would be useful؟

More interrobangs are always encouraged‽

posted by geekyguy at 06:54 PM on October 01

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When I develop dementia, I am so going to say it is from my time in the NFL.

Unless I forget.

posted by geekyguy at 01:41 PM on September 30

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C'mon, what are the odds of two Brady's? It is like the owner saw a psychic that said 'Brady'.

Rosebud.

realized my mistake after posting. the cheese stands alone.

posted by geekyguy at 11:57 AM on September 30

Chicago Bears Players Fined for Flatulence

(rim shot)

posted by geekyguy at 01:00 PM on September 26

SportsFilter: The Saturday Huddle

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posted by geekyguy at 05:22 PM on September 19

Serena Williams Loses U.S. Open Match for Threatening Line Judge

How are none of you commenting on what seemed to have been an exaggerated claim of a death threat by the line judge? After she ran over to the umpire, Serena is heard to deny threatening to kill her. I seem to also hear a "yes you did" that may have been from out of the frame.

So she lost her cool. She did a pretty immediate about-face and collected herself, congratulating Clijsters before calmly exiting.

Women's tennis, since it is three sets, should have a win by two matches rule. Or something.

posted by geekyguy at 04:24 PM on September 13

New Cowboys Stadium Features World's Largest HDTV

That'd be a great place to play Xbox 360!

posted by geekyguy at 12:43 AM on July 27

U.S. Figure Skating Champ Arrested on Meth Charges

If you hadn't seen her before she isn't doing too badly - as meth face goes . . .

posted by geekyguy at 07:24 PM on July 07

Vick to UFL?

See what they did?

They got you to talk about them.

Of course he wouldn't.

posted by geekyguy at 07:55 PM on July 03

Lakers Get Artest

and the rich get richer . . .

posted by geekyguy at 02:41 AM on July 03

Drunks Heckle Tiger Woods, Fred Funk at US Open

It's never as funny as they think.

Wow. The edit after the fact thing is, well, better than nothing.

posted by geekyguy at 07:16 PM on June 23

Lakers Win NBA Championship

You have a booger.

posted by geekyguy at 10:52 PM on June 14

Orlando Magic Reach NBA Finals

Due credit, Gina Marie Incandela did her part. Again. See also.

posted by geekyguy at 12:06 AM on May 31

Dirk Nowitzki's Girlfriend From Hell Was Tony Banks' Ex-Girlfriend From Hell

meh, looked better on preview.

How was this woman able to target these guys? Was she one of the mythical Lobby Lizards, the cousin the the Lot Lizard that truck drivers talk about?

posted by geekyguy at 03:00 PM on May 14

Dirk Nowitzki's Girlfriend From Hell Was Tony Banks' Ex-Girlfriend From Hell

A name 69;

tommytrump

trumptommy

posted by geekyguy at 02:52 PM on May 14

Weird Times in Shaq Land

Hello Natalie!

posted by geekyguy at 06:28 PM on February 26

They Still Raise Them Right In Some Places

I was getting ready for school this morning when I saw this story. Stupid allergies.

A nice story but it struck me that if the referees were so intent on following the letter of the rulebook they should have called a technical on the intentional miss. If both coaches and teams were willing to overlook it it should have ended there. But, the outcome? Nice.

posted by geekyguy at 08:40 PM on February 18

Michael Lewis and the NBA's No-Stats All-Star

A pretty good, if long, article that just left me wondering what the agents do for these guys. Shouldn't they be calculating how their guy improves those around him? Couldn't the team stat guys just as easily generate a pile of metrics to use against the player for contract negotiating purposes? I'm just a little surprised that these types of non-traditional value measurements had to be developed by the team.

posted by geekyguy at 09:16 AM on February 15

Broncos Hire Josh McDaniels as Head Coach

See, that is funny because Woody Paige looks like Methuselah.

Get off my lawn!

posted by geekyguy at 01:58 PM on January 12

I fight because it's my job, not because I like it.

Not an NHL fighter, but an NHL game.

posted by geekyguy at 04:09 PM on January 08

Olympic Photos

YYM, I've been back stateside for about a year and a half.

posted by geekyguy at 06:38 PM on August 26

Video: Olympic Taekwondo Competitor Kicks Referee in Head

WTF indeed.

posted by geekyguy at 01:29 PM on August 23

NBA source says Ron Artest to be traded to Rockets

A couple of predictions from SactownRoyalty, # Ron Artest will receive a loud, positive ovation when he first returns here. # Bobby Jackson's first ovation will be louder and longer. assuming that Bobby Jackson is still on the roster come opening day . . .

posted by geekyguy at 02:20 PM on July 30

NBA source says Ron Artest to be traded to Rockets

Sacramento Bee, today's Sports page headline, "He's a Rocket, Man" is reminiscent of the awesome that is Shatner.

posted by geekyguy at 02:00 PM on July 30

NBA source says Ron Artest to be traded to Rockets

One incident? One incident that made the national press. Ron Artest has been involved in domestic issues as well as a nationally reported case of animal cruelty. I think this is a good move for Houston. Artest has shown signs of maturing. How he handles not being the third option will be interesting.

posted by geekyguy at 09:39 AM on July 30

NBA source says Ron Artest to be traded to Rockets

Watch as Artest matures and thrives under Adelman. I'm surprised, and a little disappointed, that Petrie sent him to a team so close to the upper echelon. I would have much preferred banishment to Memphis or somewhere. It will be interesting to see how he handles being the third(?) option. In Petrie We Trust.

posted by geekyguy at 11:22 PM on July 29

NBA Trademarks 6 Possible names for Oklahoma's team...

Bison? And why the misspelled 'Marshal'? Marshall?

posted by geekyguy at 09:39 PM on July 26

You can't do without Shaq!

Shaq just seems absolutely obsessed with Kobe. Does he really think about him that much? It seems like it has gone past feuding and borders on obsession.

posted by geekyguy at 12:40 PM on June 26

Sports Broadcasting Legend Jim McKay Dies

Long before the SpoFi debates over whether something was a sport, I remember, as a kid in the '70's, watching WWOS and just accepting that cliff-diving, jai alai and drag racing were sports. I mean, they were featured on WWOS, so they must be sports.

posted by geekyguy at 12:36 PM on June 07

"This fella, Ronaldo, he's a cod"

I wish we could save comments as favourites. spot on

posted by geekyguy at 03:16 PM on April 25

Pacman gives Dallas Cowboys a dual threat:

A dual threat - on the field and off the field. It certainly is a Return to Tradition America's Team . . .

posted by geekyguy at 04:00 PM on April 24

Perfect?

And, of course, Pat Riley

posted by geekyguy at 08:37 PM on April 23

Perfect?

How is this different than Pope squatting? It is buying or reserving something in anticipation of it having future value. The sky is not falling.

posted by geekyguy at 01:07 PM on April 21

"Tech doping"? How Speedo's LZR suit breaks swim records

21 of 22? What was the other swimmer up to?

posted by geekyguy at 10:38 AM on April 15

Rickroll the Mets!

10 Neat Facts About Rick Astley via Neatorama

posted by geekyguy at 03:22 PM on April 10

Rickroll the Mets!

Too bad. I agree that the song is as appropriate as any of the other choices.

posted by geekyguy at 02:37 PM on April 09

Rickroll the Mets!

For greatest impact use a New York zip code, (Shea Stadium is at 11368) When selecting 'Other' enter "Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley" Rickroll and Rickroll'd

posted by geekyguy at 10:27 AM on April 05

Gun Massacre Planned at Super Bowl

Y'know, his MySpace only ever refers to it as The Haunted Castle and not only did he never buy drunkensteins.com even rcade hasn't bought it yet. (at least when I posted this it was still available)

posted by geekyguy at 09:43 PM on February 07

Gun Massacre Planned at Super Bowl

Wow. This would seem to have the potential for having gone horribly bad. Not addressed in the article is whether the visible security at the game and nearby facilities weighed on his decision to not follow through. Whatever the reason it is just fortunate that he both backed out and peaceably turned himself in. owlhouse, it was a business dispute and only tangentially involves alcohol. Like Ying Yang Mafia said, there was no indication of mental illness. I'll add that there is, from the news reports, no indication of his being drunk. City councils have pissed off people before. Marvin Heemeyer in Colorado a few years ago turned a bulldozer into a tank and took out the town hall among other buildings.

posted by geekyguy at 08:54 PM on February 07

Suns go from Run and Gun to Ground and Pound

Wow, they have wasted no time with the branding. Nicely done Photoshop, I suspect.

posted by geekyguy at 07:40 PM on February 07

We Tried Baseball and It Didn't Work

"One of our teams used the heads of dolls they had borrowed from their sisters, but this led to difficulties at home." Ahahahah! Hahaha! Haha. ha.

posted by geekyguy at 12:06 PM on February 07

Suns go from Run and Gun to Ground and Pound

Shaq is notoriously less-than-motivated during the regular season and it seems that he needs a trade every few years to light a fire under his ass. Expect his health to improve and his contribution to be significant. Ufez is counting on it.

posted by geekyguy at 06:20 PM on February 06