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Proof that Jon Snow, in fact, knows nothing...
posted by MeatSaber at 11:47 PM on June 11
Cuban is a billionaire, and $100,000 to him is like a dime to us. If you could fix an annoyance at your job for a dime, tell me you wouldn't do it...
posted by MeatSaber at 10:02 AM on June 10
Bruins in 6
Crawford for Conn Smythe
That's totally incorrect. After the 1967 expansion, Original Six teams still faced each other 6 more times in the next 12 seasons. The last time was in 1979 (Canadiens vs. Rangers).
You're right, of course, Snewter99...I promise to never again do historical NHL research after a night of drinking...
posted by MeatSaber at 09:59 PM on June 09
Oh, for those not paying attention, the Finals are Chicago vs. Boston...
posted by MeatSaber at 02:01 AM on June 09
Now, I'm usually "meh" on any Finals matchup that doesn't involve the Winged Wheel, but I'm actually a little juiced about this one. Seems like a good challenge for both teams, and should be a great series. Anyway, here's the standings so far:
| Name | Winners | Games | R3 Total | Gr Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howard_T | 2 | 1 | 5 | 29 |
| mlb321 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 25 |
| Ying Yang Mafia | 1 | 0 | 2 | 24 |
| BoKnows | 1 | 0 | 2 | 24 |
| NoMich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| holden | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21 |
| tahoemoj | 2 | 1 | 5 | 21 |
| myshtigo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| MeatSaber | 2 | 0 | 4 | 20 |
| owlhouse | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20 |
| Whizbang | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| grum@work | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18 |
| insomnyuk | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18 |
| Debo270 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| cixelsyd | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
| billsaysthis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| bender | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| ic23b | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| MrFrisby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| tommytrump | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| ursus_comiter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
Now, the picks for the Finals are slightly different. Pick your winner, the number of games, and also your Conn Smythe prediction. Winner gets you 2 points, # of games gets you 1 point, and picking the Conn Smythe winner will net you 3 points. This game is still up in the air folks, so get those picks in...
posted by MeatSaber at 02:01 AM on June 09
I don't get why the NBA is able to fine him $75K for this, but the floppers from earlier in the series can only be fined a 5K max. Are there different rules for in-game infractions as opposed to post-game interview infractions?
posted by MeatSaber at 07:13 PM on June 03
Boston in 6
Chicago in 6
posted by MeatSaber at 07:48 AM on May 31
The last four teams left in the NHL playoffs are the last four champions.
And before tonight's game the 5 remaining teams were the last 5 Cup winners...
posted by MeatSaber at 11:27 PM on May 29
First, my inner Red Wings fan must do this...
OK, and now the standings thus far...
| Name | Winners | Games | R2 Total | Grand Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howard_T | 3 | 2 | 8 | 24 |
| NoMich | 4 | 3 | 11 | 22 |
| Ying Yang Mafia | 2 | 2 | 6 | 22 |
| BoKnows | 4 | 0 | 8 | 22 |
| mlb321 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 21 |
| myshtigo | 3 | 1 | 7 | 21 |
| Whizbang | 2 | 1 | 5 | 20 |
| holden | 1 | 1 | 3 | 19 |
| owlhouse | 3 | 1 | 7 | 18 |
| Debo270 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 18 |
| MeatSaber | 2 | 1 | 5 | 16 |
| grum@work | 4 | 3 | 11 | 16 |
| insomnyuk | 2 | 0 | 4 | 16 |
| tahoemoj | 3 | 0 | 6 | 16 |
| billsaysthis | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
| bender | 2 | 0 | 4 | 15 |
| ic23b | 2 | 0 | 4 | 14 |
| cixelsyd | 1 | 1 | 3 | 14 |
| MrFrisby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| tommytrump | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| ursus_comiter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
So, the matchups for the conference finals, if you haven't been paying attention, are:
Pittsburgh vs Boston
Chicago vs Los Angeles
Let's see them picks...
posted by MeatSaber at 11:14 PM on May 29
Lidstrom admits to playing the 2009 Finals with a ruptured testicle. I think DeKeyser can tape up his thumb and take Smith's place...
posted by MeatSaber at 10:53 PM on May 27
Apparently, Max Domi is better at the hockey than dear old dad...
posted by MeatSaber at 11:37 PM on May 20
From yerfatma's link...
Pedro Ciriaco errant throw hits Chris Parmelee in the leg while running to first
To quote my grandfather, after seeing John Wockenfuss take a foul tip in the giblets, and Al Kaline saying "oooh, right off the inner thigh,"...
Bullshit, he had three balls there for a second...
posted by MeatSaber at 07:21 PM on May 20
Does anyone have a script to turn a fantasy league table into code easily posted here? Would like to post the Premier League results.
posted by MeatSaber at 07:16 PM on May 20
Here's mine...
Pittsburgh in 6
Boston in 7
Detroit in 7 (I can't pick against them either, YYM)
San Jose in 6
And if anyone out there that's better with HTML than I can tell me why my table borders disappeared, I'll gladly listen...
posted by MeatSaber at 01:02 AM on May 14
Before we see the results from round one, could someone sweep grum's home for sharp objects? i kid, I kid...here they are...
| Name | Winners | Games | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ying Yang Mafia | 7 | 2 | 16 |
| holden | 6 | 4 | 16 |
| Howard_T | 6 | 4 | 16 |
| Whizbang | 6 | 3 | 15 |
| billsaysthis | 6 | 2 | 14 |
| mlb321 | 6 | 2 | 14 |
| BoKnows | 5 | 4 | 14 |
| myshtigo | 6 | 2 | 14 |
| insomnyuk | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| Debo270 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| MrFrisby | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| MeatSaber | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| owlhouse | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| bender | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| cixelsyd | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| NoMich | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| ic23b | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| tahoemoj | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| tommytrump | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| ursus_comiter | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| grum@work | 2 | 1 | 5 |
Here are the matchups for round 2
Pittsburgh vs Ottawa
New York Rangers vs Boston
Chicago vs Detroit
San Jose vs Los Angeles
Get your picks in soon, before they're gone...or something. To those of you that posted in the Huddle, no need to repost, I've got them. See you on the other side...
posted by MeatSaber at 12:49 AM on May 14
Al Davis would've have signed him, but the dark lord will not allow him to make decisions for the Raiders any longer...
posted by MeatSaber at 08:36 PM on May 08
What has come since has been worth it, no?
Absolutely, but those scars still itch to this day...
posted by MeatSaber at 09:48 PM on May 03
holden, that was a nice trip down memory lane. Can you dig up clips of the Wings losing to San Jose in 94, too? Oh, and fuck you, by the way... =D
grum, get over it. It was game 6. The Leafs still had game 7, at home. It didn't cost them the series any more than Buckner cost the Red Sox...
posted by MeatSaber at 07:33 PM on May 03
Pittsburgh in 5
Montreal in 6
Washington in 6
Boston in 5
Chicago in 4
Detroit in 6
San Jose in 7
St Louis in 6
posted by MeatSaber at 06:47 PM on April 30
Ok, it's simple: pick the winner of each playoff matchup, and how many games each series will go. You'll get 2 points for picking the winner, and 1 point for the number of games (you do not have to get both right to get the three points, they are mutually exclusive). Here are the matchups, higher seed to the left...
Pittsburgh vs NY Islanders
Montreal vs Ottawa
Washington vs NY Rangers
Boston Vs Toronto
Chicago vs Minnesota
Anaheim vs Detroit
Vancouver vs San Jose
St Louis vs Los Angeles
So get those picks in. I'll be lax on cutoff, because games start tomorrow night, but not *too* lax. Good luck...
posted by MeatSaber at 09:46 PM on April 29
Just wanted to congratulate ursus_comiter on winning SpoFi Puckathon 6.5. Since he was also the commish, I can only suspect foul play... =D
Here's the final standings...
1) Winterfell Wolves - 75.5
2) 2 Squirrels One Puck - 66.5
3) Pucking Hell - 61.5
4) Bettman Still Sucks - 58
5) Nothing to Fehr - 54
6) Carolina Hurrican'ts - 42.5
7) Selanne on Rye - 34
I'll be posting a thread for the playoff pickem soon, so look out for it...
posted by MeatSaber at 09:36 PM on April 29
but without players like him we would have had a full year of Eric Karlsson
Karlsson's injury was an accident, plain and simple. While it's unfortunate that it was Cooke that caused it, and not, say, Evgeni Malkin, you can't say it's because of "players like [Cooke]". Sometimes, bad things just happen...
posted by MeatSaber at 12:36 AM on April 23
Toronto's in, and the Wings are in danger of being out...it's like Bizzaro is running the NHL...
posted by MeatSaber at 01:21 AM on April 21
Well, I suppose that the mere mortals who play the game must know and obey the rules, while the gods are exempted.
I guess golf *is* a sport, then...
posted by MeatSaber at 04:08 PM on April 13
Martin Brodeur's career win total sits currently at 666 wins. He should retire right now...
posted by MeatSaber at 11:55 PM on April 11
Amare Stoudemire wants to know why his hand's so far away...
posted by MeatSaber at 12:11 PM on April 11
Frightening Canadian of the week:
Is that Mike Myers' dad?
posted by MeatSaber at 06:48 PM on April 04
As long as I get to see Gretzky's head bleed, I'm OK with this trade...
posted by MeatSaber at 06:55 PM on April 02
I was saying earlier this week that I was rooting for an all-Big Ten Final Four. If someone told me then that only one would make it, and Michigan was that one, I would've laughed them out of the room. But, here we are...go Blue!
posted by MeatSaber at 04:41 PM on March 31
I thought it was odd that Michigan and MSU were in different regions, yet both are starting in Auburn Hills...
posted by MeatSaber at 08:19 PM on March 17
As a Canadian, all of our sports networks are based in Toronto, so we get prioritized coverage of the Leafs on 3 different networks. 24 hours a day. 365 days a year.
Yikes, isn't there something against that in the Geneva conventions?
posted by MeatSaber at 11:18 PM on March 06
New NHL re-alignment proposal.
posted by MeatSaber at 09:40 PM on February 23
And there have never been male athletes who capitalize on looks with sexually suggestive ads?
I have no use for them, either, if they're style and no substance. How's that for equality...
That said, good for her. It is a major accomplishment, and she deserves any praise and recognition for it that she receives...
posted by MeatSaber at 07:24 PM on February 18
Ray Lewis was accused of using "deer-antler spray" (which contains a banned substance) to help speed the healing of his injury.
Ya see, I knew that, just didn't make the connection. Guess because it just sounds so ridiculous, I'd forgotten about it...
posted by MeatSaber at 08:57 PM on February 04
YYM, is there something I'm missing, or were all the deer references a coincidence?
posted by MeatSaber at 04:19 PM on February 04
It is a parody intended to mock Internet conspiracy kooks.
Indeed, it was. I thought it was a good take on the moon landing conspiracy, and posted it here. Also, I figured there was at least one Bruins fan I could get a rise out of...seems I was right... =D
Cracked would be a great site if A) it didn't insist on splitting articles over multiple pages to boost ad views, and B) was actually funny.
Cracked can be hit or miss with the comedy, but I find some of their articles to be interesting without necessarily being funny. As for the multiple pages, I figure if I haven't learned anything or laughed in the first page, there's no sense continuing. They gotta earn my clicks...
I do find some of their videos to be hilarious, though. After Hours is a particular fave...
posted by MeatSaber at 11:45 PM on February 03
The Pistons are rumored to be involved in that trade, as well. Supposedly, the Pistons get Calderon, Raptors get Gay, and Grizz gets Austin Daye, Tayshaun Prince, and Davis. There were no picks involved in the report I heard...
posted by MeatSaber at 07:22 PM on January 30
how many championship games have you impacted? Rice's 49ers were 3-0 in Super Bowls, and he won the MVP in the first. How about you?
And if football was 1-on-1, this would matter. Chauncey Billups won a ring and a finals MVP, but are you going to tell me he was a better point guard than John Stockton?
Moss has to at least be in a conversation of greatest WRs, just based on his numbers. If Rice's stats are the baseline, he's right on par with him...
posted by MeatSaber at 07:03 PM on January 29
How in the hell do you get "BJ" out of "Melvin Emanuel"? Aside from the glaring jokes, that is...
posted by MeatSaber at 06:46 PM on January 24
True. But when Lewis uses the huge media platform granted him at the end of playoff victories to glorify God and profess his religious faith, should we pretend he didn't say anything on the grounds that we're intruding on a private matter?
Not at all. In fact, I tire of all the Christian grandstanding every time I see someone of Lewis's ilk win something. I'm just saying that anyone, outside of God, who chooses not to forgive or redeem Lewis is ultimately talking to a wall. In their eyes, only God can redeem them, so I doubt he gives a flying f**k what insomnyuk or any of us other mortals think...
posted by MeatSaber at 06:41 PM on January 21
There's no basis to forgive and accept the redemption of someone who won't say exactly what he did.
As far as I know, it's not you that gets to do the forgiving or redeeming, but God. Your opinions on these matters should mean nothing to a Christian. But, I'm not a Christian, so I could be wrong...
posted by MeatSaber at 05:41 PM on January 21
Nor should a penalty be called based on whether someone gets hurt.
Don't let the NHL brass hear you say that...
posted by MeatSaber at 08:56 PM on January 20
Stan the Man joins Earl Weaver for tonight's game in heaven...
posted by MeatSaber at 08:17 PM on January 19
(Okay, that gag worked far better in my head. Ah well.)
I liked it...but then, I am a sucker for movie references...
posted by MeatSaber at 10:26 PM on January 08
Bruce Wayne Gretzky?
posted by MeatSaber at 08:46 PM on January 08
Against my better judgement, Bettman Still Sucks is in...
posted by MeatSaber at 06:54 PM on January 07
Before the game, I told a friend, who's a Cowboys fan, that Romo was having a particularly non-Romo December, and that the usual Romo might show up. Jeez, I hate being right...
I don't hate it, really, cuz, well, fuck the Cowboys... =D
posted by MeatSaber at 05:55 PM on December 31
According to what Lomas Brown said, he told Kevin Glover he was going to do this before the play. From what I remember of Glover, he would've planted Brown himself for doing it. So, either Brown is patently full of shit, or this happens more than we know...
posted by MeatSaber at 01:05 AM on December 28
Calvin is 108 yards from 2,000 on the season, and Stafford is 305 yards from his second straight 5,000-yard season. Guess the "pass first" philosophy doesn't work for everyone...
posted by MeatSaber at 10:49 AM on December 23
Who's that chick with the rack on the right side of the page?
Cee-lo Green?
posted by MeatSaber at 07:47 PM on December 18
Torii Hunter was none too pleased by the signing
posted by MeatSaber at 07:04 PM on December 13
.30!!?? Holy shit, is that a high BAC! What should be concerning to the Red Wings, and to Mr. Sheahan himself is that he still had the cognitive motor skills to remain upright at that BAC, let alone get behind the wheel of a car and drive it
Why was he driving? He had to...he couldn't walk...
posted by MeatSaber at 07:01 PM on November 28
Lot of 44's in that Anthony Wright blurb...like it was preordained...
posted by MeatSaber at 07:07 PM on November 26
I was glad to see Trout and Cabrera were #1 and #2 on 27 of the 28 ballots...
posted by MeatSaber at 09:11 PM on November 15
Guess we'll never know now...stupid Bears...
posted by MeatSaber at 11:48 PM on November 11
What if the Bears and Texans go to OT?
posted by MeatSaber at 10:52 PM on November 11
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