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DrJohnEvans has posted 59 links and 1257 comments to SportsFilter and 73 threads and 739 comments to the Locker Room.
TIM: Fifth inning, Johnny Gomes at the dish. Now he's a model, if you know what I mean, 'cause he does his little thing on the catwalk.
SID: On the catwalk?
TIM: On the catwalk, yeah.
SID: He does his little thing on the catwalk?
TIM: That's correct.
Phillies hot-doggin' the trade market A rare spring-training move sees Kyle Kendrick traded to the Yomiuri Giants in exchange for Kobayashi Iwamura.
posted on Feb 18, 2008 - Go to the detail view for this result
Why Stephen Brunt didn't cast his Hall of Fame vote.
posted on Jan 22, 2008 - Go to the detail view for this result
Gaborik issues public apology to fantasy owners "When developing this team it is obvious that management paid no attention to fantasy owners, but instead selfishly decided that winning games was more important." I have to wonder what sparked this.
posted on Nov 15, 2007 - Go to the detail view for this result
posted on Nov 14, 2007 - Go to the detail view for this result
Getting Tough with the '72 Dolphins In response to Don Shula's asterisk comments, Neate Sager takes a closer look at the perfect-record Dolphins and their schedule, trying to envision how their story would be treated by today's media.
posted on Nov 7, 2007 - Go to the detail view for this result
- The Big Hurt is back in the Bay Area — and it's as if he never left - Less than a week after being released by Toronto, Frank Thomas is back in Oakland.
posted to Baseball at 5:25 PM CDT
Phillies hot-doggin' the trade market A rare spring-training move sees Kyle Kendrick traded to the Yomiuri Giants in exchange for Kobayashi Iwamura.
posted to Baseball at 3:25 PM CDT
My favourite part of the video—besides the gag, obviously—was just the inside look at what would go on in the clubhouse as news of a trade is broken: like the player-manager meeting, something that would never be put on video in earnest.
posted at 4:44 PM CDT on February 19
Hurricanes/Senators in Four Player Deal. Hurricanes send Cory Stillman and Mike Commodore to the Senators for Joe Corvo and Patrick Eaves.
posted to Hockey at 1:52 PM CDT
Well huh. Hmm. Well. Hmmmmm.
Well, at least it's not Olly Saprykin and Tyler Arnason.
Yeah, I think this is a good move. Corvo is good but dispensable, and Eaves will become too pricey for what he offers to Ottawa (maybe even an offer-sheet risk this summer?). Stillman and Commodore are two solid depth guys who won't screw around like Muckler's trade-deadline acquisitions from years past.
It's just enough of a move to send a message (mainly to the team, I'd say), while not mortgaging the future to high heaven.
posted at 2:50 PM CDT on February 11
posted to Football at 9:07 PM CDT
10 points after 3 quarters of play? That isn't very entertaining.
It is for people who appreciate defensive struggles (just like some people prefer 1-0 pitchers duals to 10-8 slugfests). I happen to prefer them like this actually.
I definitely prefer pitchers' duels to slugfests. However, more often than not, in the NFL, that score after 3 quarters is less indicative of sterling defense and more indicative of the supreme offensive conservatism on the part of the coaching staff that's ruled the league for the past few years—the "any offensive play that doesn't result in a turnover is a victory" attitude. This tends to results in offensives getting more conservative as the game stays close, because not giving up points becomes the primary goal. So for the average NFL game, I wouldn't necessarily assume a 7-3 score to be a defensive spectacle.
That said, this wasn't the average NFL game, and the Patriots were a team that ran against that conservative grain this year, so I don't think that assumption would apply this time.
As for me, I only managed to catch the last quarter of the game on the radio while on the road, and it was a pretty damn entertaining quarter.
When BB was walking on the field at the end, it was to get to TC. He hugged him, congratulated him and moved on. Not sure what the fuss is.
The radio commentator I was listening to noted that BB walked off the sideline with a second left on the clock, but explicitly noted that he was headed across the field to congratulate TC.
posted at 10:24 AM CDT on February 4
Chris Berman provides good case for destroying video tape as he asks the question, "hasn't anyone here worked in TV before?"
He - could - go - all - the - way....
posted to General at 8:40 PM CDT
That was kind of awesome.
posted at 10:35 PM CDT on February 1
Adolf Hitler, Cowboys Fan Translated from the original German, this YouTube video poignantly captures how every NFL fan feels when your 13-3 team goes one-and-done in the playoffs after your quarterback spends his off week in Cabo with Jessica Simpson. Funny everywhere but Dallas.
posted to Football at 9:34 AM CDT
Cute, and the link to the Dallas fan forum is the icing on the cake.
posted at 10:20 AM CDT on January 28
Bite Me NY Giants and former Patriots offensive lineman Grey Ruegamer has an interesting part-time job. Please be advised that this is not for the weak-stomached.
posted to Football at 3:05 PM CDT
Well, my day is complete now.
posted at 3:27 PM CDT on January 26
Leafs fire G.M. Ferguson Fletch lives! Leafs fire General Manager John Ferguson and have replaced him with Cliff Fletcher on an interim basis.
posted to Hockey at 12:00 PM CDT
No matter how badly the Sens lose to the freaking Flyers, I can always count on the Leafs' management and ownership to cheer me up.
posted at 1:08 PM CDT on January 22
Also, Elliotte Friedman's take is well worth a read for anyone wanting a more in-depth look: Ferguson's tenure is over, MLSE's structure to change.
posted at 1:16 PM CDT on January 22
And you get to come back on an interim basis a decade later.
posted at 12:28 AM CDT on January 23
Tributes mark Willie O'Ree's NHL debut "You know, it was great to break the colour barrier. It's something I'll always be very proud of," O'Ree said. "But the work I've done over the last 10 years, working with boys and girls and introducing them to game, talking in schools, that has been the real reward."
posted to Culture at 9:22 PM CDT
This is a story that has flown a little under the radar this week, and very regrettably so.
posted at 2:42 PM CDT on January 19
How 'bout dem ball-girls?! The bottom line is having the best seat at Citizens Bank Park. It was enticing to Laura Litzenberger, another of the new ballgirls. "I spoke to some of the girls who were ballgirls last year and my biggest fear is touching a fair ball; they told us to concentrate on the game," said Litzenberger, a Kutztown University graduate with a degree in elementary education.
posted to Baseball at 2:01 PM CDT
Nice read. Thanks GB.
posted at 2:56 PM CDT on January 18
Rick Nash. Goal of the year. Sorry Toews. You've now got the second best.
posted to Hockey at 9:53 AM CDT
After undressing both defencemen and the goalie, and facing a wide-open net, I think he should've just skated the puck back to the blue line, saying "nah, too easy, let's try that again."
posted at 10:43 AM CDT on January 18
The thing that irks me is the advertisers and marketing people that don't seem to realize that this is what a highlight-reel goal looks like. Every single TV spot that features a goal being scored is the same: burly guy skates in and takes a slapshot from the blue line which evades the clueless goalie. Even those post-lockout "My NHL" ads fell prey to it. That hasn't been a viable goal-scoring strategy since 1989 (despite some teams still making it a cornerstone of their playbook).
posted at 3:09 PM CDT on January 18
Austin trades in 'Rider Pride for Ole Miss Fifty-two days after leading the Saskatchewan Roughriders to their first Grey Cup title since 1989, Kent Austin has resigned as head coach of the CFL team......to accept a job as offensive co-ordinator of the University of Mississippi Rebels-the team for which he played quarterback from 1981 to 1985.
posted to Football at 3:19 PM CDT
...but this guy ... He has actually won something... and as a head coach!!
He also made one heckuva blocker out of Ricky Williams.
posted at 9:40 PM CDT on January 17
It's a definite upgrade over Jack Cust, but they'll need a lot more than that to put them over the top. In fact, I agree with Mike Wilner's take, and am looking forward to an A's-Jays trade in the summer: