- 09:17 PM
- 11/20/09
NFL must be happy though--all those get your own name on the back jersey commercials are paying off.
posted by billsaysthis at 09:00 PM on November 19
Mangini got the kiss of death from Randy Lerner today.
posted by billsaysthis at 05:54 PM on November 18
Hey, ease up on MLS. In England they have no playoffs but instead this thing called the League Cup and EVERY team in all the divisions gets to play.
posted by billsaysthis at 05:50 PM on November 18
Lucky Guus got cooked today for the home folks. Talk about upsets.
OTOH, the US youth-ish team got done by the Danes. Bob Bradley is going to have to work really hard with whoever he installs as left back for South Africa, definitely the weakest link we have.
posted by billsaysthis at 05:49 PM on November 18
geekyguy, rumple: good laughs!
posted by billsaysthis at 02:09 PM on November 15
Ravens 20 Browns 13 Browns 13?!?!?!
posted by billsaysthis at 09:21 PM on November 12
Weedy, 20 year old smokey is coming out of my lungs I laughed so hard!
posted by billsaysthis at 01:26 PM on November 07
Owlie I saw Muscat and Melbourne against CCM last night, thanks to a certain barking puppy, he is a tough customer but his team were nowhere to be found in the second half.
posted by billsaysthis at 01:25 PM on November 07
Chelsea transfer ban is suspended so they will be able to dole out 50 million pounds on cover for the African Nations Cup.
posted by billsaysthis at 02:19 PM on November 06
Seems amazingly petty move by Adidas. How many players have shoe lines named for their dads?
posted by billsaysthis at 02:04 PM on November 06
rcade, that would argue for a serious expansion in the schedule to match the expansion in team count, wouldn't it? Or maybe add three games to play each other 11 times, fix the schedule imbalance they have now.
posted by billsaysthis at 01:11 PM on November 05
DrakeW probably needs a penis enlargement!
posted by billsaysthis at 01:08 PM on November 05
But THX (was it a coincidence I fat-fingered that as THC first?), timelords can regenerate a dozen times--at least--so you'd expect him to be a bit cooler.
posted by billsaysthis at 01:02 PM on November 05
Manu Ginobli is now getting rabies shots as a precaution because the bat flew off
So it's a win-win then.
posted by billsaysthis at 12:52 PM on November 05
What a half-assed apology! But I'm pretty sure his bosses are loving all the nattering nabobs of the internet going on about CNBC's newest asshat. Any publicity yadda yadda.
posted by billsaysthis at 12:44 PM on November 05
I know this is a (tiny) minority view but I would enjoy hockey much more if they just got rid of the fighting. What other sport (that isn't about fighting like boxing or chess boxing) even allows anything close to this?
posted by billsaysthis at 12:36 PM on November 05
Al Leiter, what the fuck did he ever do to you? I feel so virile right now
posted by billsaysthis at 12:31 PM on November 05
Shocking, surprising, did not expect this. yadda yadda yadda.
posted by billsaysthis at 05:31 PM on November 02
Egos of NFL Player - GraphJam are gud!
posted by billsaysthis at 05:31 PM on November 02
Too bad the Giants didn't do as well as the Yankees, though.
posted by billsaysthis at 11:44 AM on November 02
That two base steal by Damon was fun!
posted by billsaysthis at 11:38 AM on November 02
Given their offense so far this season hard to argue with the concept of making a major change though.
posted by billsaysthis at 01:09 PM on October 28
Footballer charged with assault: Apparently the prosecutors didn't think being stabbed in both legs was punishment enough for Callum Davenport.
posted by billsaysthis at 01:06 PM on October 28
Typical me-first athlete. It's not like the university has made any money off him, and they gave him a scholarship to boot. Selfish, selfish, selfish.
This generation's Greg Maddox?
posted by billsaysthis at 11:43 AM on October 28
Why can't I get a grant to study something like this?
You're not trying hard enough. Or at all if my guess is correct.
posted by billsaysthis at 11:40 AM on October 28
So he is a money grubbing bastard after all, holden.
posted by billsaysthis at 03:10 PM on October 27
Umm...Owens had 3 catches for 27 yards. And a few drops too. Just sayin'.
I should know better than to repeat what I hear on Fox.
posted by billsaysthis at 12:47 PM on October 26
Can the Army call up one of the Phillies pitching stars just to make the parallels more complete?
posted by billsaysthis at 12:44 PM on October 26
For being done he had seven catches for well over 100 yards today.
posted by billsaysthis at 08:44 PM on October 25
If it really cost him two jobs then someone cares about it.
posted by billsaysthis at 08:44 PM on October 25
United's Nemanja Vidic was sent off for the third successive time against Liverpool today as the Reds ended their first four loss run in 22 years with a 2-0 win over ManU. Once again Sir Alex was very unhappy with the referee's decisions; is there a manager who picks up more fines for such comments?
posted by billsaysthis at 01:06 PM on October 25
Spirit of Shankly hope to turn out a 10,000 strong protest march prior to Sunday's game against ManU at Anfield. They want Hicks and Gillette gone but I think Rafa needs to go first.
posted by billsaysthis at 10:46 AM on October 23
Or so say the other assistant coaches, who may have reason to be less than honest or may be telling the truth but hardly seem disinterested observers in either case.
posted by billsaysthis at 10:44 AM on October 23
Arboleda must have been watching too many of his sponsor's nightmare-inducing commercials.
posted by billsaysthis at 10:43 AM on October 23
Maybe he can find a Guus Hiddink-type situation, say a college coach who can pull double duty, maybe the guy at Va Tech whose in the area already. (*wink wink*)
posted by billsaysthis at 06:05 PM on October 22
Fatty you missed my humorousnessity!
posted by billsaysthis at 11:21 PM on October 21
American soccer fans ar rising in joy at the news that Fox Soccer Channel has extended their deal to show Premier League games for another three seasons. So much for ESPN jumping in whole hog.
posted by billsaysthis at 07:20 PM on October 21
You say ugly racial incident as if there were any pretty ones.
posted by billsaysthis at 05:35 PM on October 20
Anfield staff will be searching ManU supporters Sunday and confiscating balloons and similar ;)
posted by billsaysthis at 11:47 AM on October 20
I'm interested in the discussion about using technology in sports. I like watching the athletes perform, the action, the strategy and would personally prefer that refereeing decisions be as accurate as possible.
Everyone here knows I'm not interested in baseball :) And I've never been much for seeing romance anywhere but with a desirable woman (in my case, YMMV).
posted by billsaysthis at 11:46 AM on October 20
I just died a little tahoemoj!
I wonder if the Washingtons are falling into Raiders territory in that they won't easily be able to attract quality management and will spend large sums of money on sizzle not steak players in vain attempts to regain the glory.
Or maybe Joe Gibbs will come out of retirement again.
posted by billsaysthis at 11:42 AM on October 20
Why should baseball have umpires if machines can do better? Do you go to or watch games to see umpires make calls or to see players play?
posted by billsaysthis at 05:18 PM on October 19
That hit by Wesley was nuts. Last player who did something, which was nowhere near as bad, got a $25k fine (this is per an ESPN commentator just now).
I will repeat past calls for the league to suspend players for the same number of games missed by the victim due to injury when an illegal play causes injury, plus one game. (In any sport, not just NFL)
posted by billsaysthis at 05:17 PM on October 19
The ref is being "rested" this coming weekend. Meditation good for the judgment?
posted by billsaysthis at 01:27 PM on October 19
geeky, maybe its me but there's nothing non-obvious in that thread. Except maybe the 6 minutes of extra commercial time specifically for longer mid-inning breaks but I would lump that in the general more commercials category.
posted by billsaysthis at 01:26 PM on October 19
BI, why are you against precision calls? I think the money involved took the romance out of baseball (and most sports at least in the US) a while back.
posted by billsaysthis at 01:06 PM on October 19
Raider apparently are not so bad, having just beaten the Iggles.
posted by billsaysthis at 08:10 PM on October 18
bperk: Are you saying that having a medical condition and needing some to read to you is the same as an athlete not being able to read and deserving of the same assistance?
Also, I don't think this will place a pall of any kind of the average graduate or the generally perceived value of the degrees earned at your alma mater. Frankly except for when people look at Bowden's 14 lost wins I doubt people will even remember it past 2010.
posted by billsaysthis at 09:19 PM on October 17
Fraze: Gotta have guts! Raiders are so bad the Giants thought it was a scrimmage!
posted by billsaysthis at 09:16 PM on October 17
Holden, that could be the Zombieland sequel! ROFL!
posted by billsaysthis at 09:13 PM on October 17
Bad luck but I watched the whole match and the Reds were never scoring. Rafa made a big mistake putting in three centerbacks and compounded problems by leaving Jay Spearing in so long.
Spearing made so many bad passes he should have a tough time getting in the reserve side any time soon. Babel showed he is just not going to cut it up top and needs to be sold or loaned in January.
I empathize with the kid who threw the balloon but the loss isn't on him.
posted by billsaysthis at 09:10 PM on October 17
bperk, sorry but 500 students over 10 sports over several years is no drop in the bucket and IMO absolutely does cheapen the whole institution. It says that the adults who are supposed to supervise decided that athletic success was more important than giving the (huge) student body examples of integrity and honor.
And for my money they are throwing the "couple of tutors" under the bus in an attempt to take the heat off themselves, where it rightly belongs.
posted by billsaysthis at 07:37 PM on October 16
How in the world are the Eagles (or every Raiders opponent) not at least in the Trifecta???
posted by billsaysthis at 07:31 PM on October 16
Limbaugh sure is being a crybaby about this too. F him and his dittoheads, that's what I say.
posted by billsaysthis at 12:22 PM on October 16
"We are a better institution than this," he said. "This is not something that we are proud of, and it is not necessarily our finest hour."
Well if that's how the university president speaks no wonder the school is in this kind of trouble. Weasel words if I ever heard'em!
On the same vein, this whole thing stinks to me as I do not believe that some peons in a support office were so blatantly and widely violating NCAA regs without pressure coming down from above. They may try and put the blame on Monk et al but its just more spin.
posted by billsaysthis at 12:21 PM on October 16
King James, not God James after all
posted by billsaysthis at 12:30 AM on October 16
Didn't MLB start their HoF with a class of 36? That seemed to work out well for them.
posted by billsaysthis at 08:40 PM on October 15
Barcelona are reportedly ready reportedly ready to match the 32.5million Manchester City paid Real Madrid for him last year when the transfer window opens in January.
If this goes through, between the fee Barca will pay, City paid and Real Madrid paid his Brazilian club, will any player have had more spent on him while delivering less? Robinho looked great when he arrived at Madrid but has never consistently delivered and seems to disappear in meaningful games. Which is probably a key reason he is not getting first team minutes now, eh?
posted by billsaysthis at 02:17 PM on October 14
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