LaVarmageddon: The LaVar Arrington situation is becoming a distraction for the a team hoping to become something more than mediocre. What role did the Devil play in the burgundy and gold benching their highest paid player?

posted by danostuporstar to football at 08:51 AM - 14 comments

Yard Work,: a baseball blog by famous people, has entries by everybody from Condi Rice to Michael Moore. [via MSN's Sports Blog]

posted by danostuporstar to culture at 12:14 PM - 4 comments

Message to Major League Baseball owners:: Don't sell the Nationals to George Soros. If you do, the Republican Congress cannot be held responsible for any revenge legislation which may occur. Free enterprise, my ass.

posted by danostuporstar to baseball at 12:59 PM - 6 comments

s/Fantasy/Reality/: Two innings of minor league game to be played by fans on Xbox. "Everybody in the world is going to want to do this after us" [via via]

posted by danostuporstar to baseball at 07:58 PM - 8 comments

We all knew the 2004 49ers were a joke,: but I bet you didn't know they were a truly tasteless joke.™ Public relations director Kirk Reynolds reminds players "what you do is not only a reflection of yourself. It's a reflection of the San Francisco 49ers."

posted by danostuporstar to football at 10:43 AM - 12 comments

"It's pretty disrespectful": said Jesse Mish, 14, who's won several state wrestling awards. But is it discrimination? If so, is it discrimination against the girls or the boys?

posted by danostuporstar to general at 08:59 AM - 94 comments

A.pparently P.ulledOut of BCS : Big names, like SEC commissioner Mike Slive and Senator Dick Ackerman are trying to help get fans what we want. (SEC link requires AJC login)

posted by danostuporstar to football at 09:20 PM - 8 comments

Meet the U.S. Olympic Team: Or, at least, the women's weight-lifting team. The 105-pounder has a piece of Gortex mesh attached to her abdomen with 21 screws, and the 300-pounder sucks at lifting couches. But they are two of the best chances the U.S. has at Olympic Gold.

posted by danostuporstar to other at 01:02 PM - 3 comments

(For Maryland) . . . a better victory in the ACC tournament was probably never. Wha? Maryland defeats NC State 85-82, tying a tournament record by overcoming a 19 point second half deficit. It was a good game, but I'm surprised it broke a record. What would you take if the over/under for greatest half time comeback in Final Four history was set at 15 points? How about if the all time men's Division I comeback was set at 30 points? These answers and more at the NCAA record book site.

posted by danostuporstar to basketball at 12:53 AM - 12 comments

But even those concessions weren’t enough, so facing a legislative deadline to get the bill out of the Assembly this week, Goldberg promised to amend it in the Senate to ban only "redskins" because it is the "most odious of them all."

The legislation is to take effect January 1, 2006. What are the odds that the NFL team will have changed names by then? What about by January 1, 2016? I think it's a long ways off, but inevitable eventually. The issue just seems more on the radar lately, and not only online among non-fans. At least one well-respected member of the 'skins family, Rick "Doc" Walker, almost exclusively uses "Burgundy and Gold" to refer to the team.

posted by danostuporstar to culture at 12:46 AM - 11 comments

Is the NFL responsible for drunken drivers leaving stadiums?: "What the NFL and the Giants are doing is saying is 'we're having a party, so park your car in our back yard, drink as much as you want, come into the stadium and get more wasted, and then drive home,'"
Associated Press story
Is public transportation a viable option in your town's ballparks? Selling beer is one thing, but this lawsuit contends merely opening parking lots up early for tailgating is negligent.

posted by danostuporstar to football at 12:27 PM - 34 comments

He's been called "Mean old uncle Frank" here at SportsFilter, but I really enjoy Frank Deford's bits on NPR's Morning Edition. Today's piece was on baseball curses. I'd never heard of the "Curse of the Colonel," but Deford thinks Osaka's fate is tied into Boston's and Chicago's. So here's the good news for Red Sox fans and Yankee haters everywhere.

posted by danostuporstar to baseball at 12:36 PM - 2 comments

10 reasons why life is better with Fantasy Football. :     I've been a fan of the NFL for decades, but fantasy football has racheted my interest in the game 1000%. I probably would still have no idea who Freddie Jones was if I hadn't spent the 2001 season cursing his lack of production. Graham Hays really captures how fantasy sports makes old fans learn new tricks.

posted by danostuporstar to culture at 09:28 AM - 11 comments

Controversy rocks the Inane Eight: .   Perhaps you're aware of Mike & Mike's weekly award, Just Shut Up. But did you know, a counting controversy, could have propelled Mike Vanderjagt over Bud Selig? Vanderjagt actually beat down Selig, but Mike Greenberg (who himself is in a matchup against Mark Madden tomorrow) had already blown the whistle (see note below bracket). It's sort of a moot point, as Vanderjagt stood even less of a chance against the Randy Moss juggernaut than Selig. Still, people, please don't leave your chad hanging next time you vote.

posted by danostuporstar to culture at 09:11 AM - 3 comments

Yeah, it's only marginally sports-related (and yeah, it's via fark), but c'mon ... it's for a good cause.  Buy a raffle ticket to blow up Riverfront Stadium and help rid the world of this horrible franchise's history.

posted by danostuporstar to football at 12:57 PM - 2 comments

Well, we missed our chance.: For only $4300 each, the 534 members of SportsFilter could have owned a professional hockey team.  kooptroopl2 bought Anchorage Aces today using eBay's Buy It Now feature, days before the auction was scheduled to end.  Too bad too, I was really hoping to hear your ideas on what kind of new names we could have given the team.  The "Bashing Bloggers" maybe?  Here's the Anchorage Daily News article.

posted by danostuporstar to hockey at 08:30 PM - 7 comments

The Fans Strike Back?: or Attack of the Clones?
MLB FAN STRIKE is scheduled to take place on JULY 11, 2002, and is to include all scheduled games in all cities on that date. The purpose of the strike is to send a message to both the Players and the Owners that we are FED UP with the labor problems in Baseball!

posted by danostuporstar to baseball at 08:33 AM - 5 comments

MSN Programmers Are Human After All.:  Some joker decided to give Sabres winger Miroslav Satan the ID number 666. (There's not much to see or discuss here, feel free to to say this isn't an appropriate link -- but it's an egg I wanted to share.)

posted by danostuporstar to hockey at 09:02 AM - 6 comments

Compromise Reached in Olympic WTC Flag Controversy The U.S. Olympic Commitee wanted athletes to carry the U.S. flag recovered from the World Trade Center into the opening ceremony. The International Olympic Committee felt this was too political and sets a bad precedent. In true Olympic spirit, the flag will be raised during the opening ceremony by a group of international atheletes.

posted by danostuporstar to other at 09:35 AM - 3 comments