US Soccer Fan's Bill of Rights: (and Responsibilities)

posted by goddam to soccer at 09:36 PM - 15 comments

Football and Music: No, not this kind of football music. This kind of football music.

posted by goddam to soccer at 12:17 AM - 5 comments

Inside Man: A Bronx Tale: Bronx Banter's Alex Belth profiles Ray Negron. His life in baseball began in 1973, when Steinbrenner himself caught the teenager spray painting an "NY" logo on the outside of the Stadium and gave him a job as a bat boy. "Negron has done everything from shine the players' shoes and collect their dirty jockstraps, to bring them food from their favorite restaurants and park their cars. He has been an agent, an actor, an advisor, and a liaison; a confidant, a sounding board and a whipping boy to some of the biggest egos in the game. He is whatever he needs to be." [parts two, three, & four]

posted by goddam to baseball at 11:25 PM - 4 comments

Max McNab 1924 - 2007: One of hockey's true gentlemen passed away on Sunday. [more inside]

posted by goddam to hockey at 01:30 AM - 2 comments

It's about that time of year: Yahoo has opened up registration for fantasy baseball. So it's probably a good time to get the Roto league going.

posted by goddam to fantasy at 04:02 PM - 55 comments

Champions League on ice?: Well, it may not be quite as illustrious as the futbol version, but International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) president Rene Fasel proposes a club championship game between the Stanley Cup winner and the European Champions Cup winner. Should the game get played, I'm guessing that the trustees will deny any challenge for the Cup. [via MrFrisby in the spofi campfire]

posted by goddam to hockey at 09:18 PM - 18 comments

Canada's Royal Winter Game: Considered the first book ever written about hockey, one of the four known copies has been digitized for your viewing pleasure. Available in the page-turning Flash version or plain old HTML. Part of Backcheck: A Hockey Retrospective. [via uniwatchblog]

posted by goddam to hockey at 11:09 AM - 1 comment

OLN, Cablevision reach deal.: An update to garfield's post.

posted by goddam to hockey at 09:45 PM - 7 comments

Finally!: After 9 tries since 1990, the US beats Canada to win the IIHF Women's World Championship.

posted by goddam to hockey at 04:59 PM - 11 comments

MLS Fantasy final results: And the winner is...

posted by goddam to fantasy at 11:04 AM - 6 comments

Robert Merrill dies at 85 (or possibly 87.): [more inside]

posted by goddam to baseball at 09:10 AM - 8 comments

Ken Caminiti dead at 41: Earlier this week he was in a Houston courtroom after failing drug tests while on probation.

posted by goddam to baseball at 12:04 AM - 19 comments

'Are you guys OK?': The last words of Thurman Munson, who died 25 years ago today.

posted by goddam to baseball at 08:06 PM - 5 comments

Gagne Blows: After 84 consecutive saves, LA's Eric Gagne streak finally ends against the Diamondbacks, His last blown save was August 26, 2002, also against Arizona.

posted by goddam to baseball at 11:05 PM - 17 comments

MetroStars get a home: Following Columbus, Los Angeles, Dallas and Chicago, the MetroStars annouced a plan to build a 25,000 seat soccer-specific stadium in Harrison, NJ.

posted by goddam to soccer at 12:19 AM - 2 comments

Contreras reunites with family: After over a year and a half apart (a separation that is blamed for some of his troubles on the mound) Jose Contreras' wife and 2 daughters defect from Cuba. (see Jugwine's previous post for some background on the story.)

posted by goddam to baseball at 09:21 PM - 2 comments

Break up the Bombers: The Yankees on Trial. ESPN will air it's second mock trial on Thursday, April 8. (The first was last year's trial of Pete Rose.)

posted by goddam to baseball at 08:25 PM - 26 comments

After some doubt as to whether they'd get their visas cleared in time, the Iraqi archery delegation arrives in New York City for next week's World Archery Championships.

posted by goddam to other at 08:33 PM - 8 comments