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ursus_comiter has posted 5 links and 46 comments to SportsFilter and no threads and 5 comments to the Locker Room.
World Cup of American Football : First U.S. national football team prepares for trip to Japan
posted on Jul 3, 2007 - Go to the detail view for this result
NFL Won't Let Church Show Game - The NFL has nixed a church's plans to use a wall projector to show the Colts-Bears Super Bowl game, saying it would violate copyright laws.
posted on Feb 2, 2007 - Go to the detail view for this result
Rutgers upsets Louisville and the BCS standings.
posted on Nov 9, 2006 - Go to the detail view for this result
True Grit in the Pairs Figure Skating Finals [spoilers inside]
posted on Feb 13, 2006 - Go to the detail view for this result
Hall of Fame Intangibles. The courage of one player 35 years ago continues to make other players better. [more inside]
posted on Sep 27, 2005 - Go to the detail view for this result
Leitch: Why Mark Cuban Won't Get the Cubs "The guy has no chance. ... Mark Cuban will never own the Cubs, no matter how much money he waves in front of the Tribune Corp." -- Deadspin's Will Leitch
posted to Baseball at 9:40 AM CDT
Notre Dame makes history and LSU comes away with a big Sugar Bowl win. LSU defeated Notre Dame 41-14 in the Sugar Bowl's return to the Superdome, and handed Notre Dame its ninth straight bowl loss which is the most in NCAA history.
posted to Football at 4:53 PM CDT
They like to play certain teams every year (U of M, MSU, Navy, USC) and playing in a conference wouldn't allow that.
Oh wouldn't it? USC, MSU & UofM get to play Notre Dame don't they? And the Big Ten had been in negotiations with ND to admit them to the Big Ten, which would have taken care of MSU and UofM. There's four non-conf games available now, so USC, Navy are not a problem. You could probably add Boston College in there too if you really wanted.
What I don't understand is why any ND fans would rather see ND stay independent. It'd be better for the team and fans if they dumped their BCS priveleges and joined a conference. They'd end up in better bowl matchups and would probably improve the quality of their football too, not only ending their streak of futility by winning a lower tier bowl, but also improving such that they might actually earn a higher tier bowl shot that they would actually have a chance of winning.
posted at 3:25 PM CDT on January 5
Damn, too slow on that edit window of opportunity.
privileges.
posted at 3:33 PM CDT on January 5
Spartans Complete Greatest Comeback Ever. Michigan State comes back from 38-3 down to win in the greatest comeback in NCAA 1-A history.
posted to Football at 6:30 PM CDT
Ugh. It's not much fun being a NW fan this year. Glad to see Bacher get in and do something though. Brewer had just been spinning his wheels. Speculation is that Fitz is going to have to clean house and get a new set of asst. coachs to replace the ones he got saddled with this year. The offensive coordinator has no experience in the position and would have had Walker as a mentor, but Fitz was a defensive coach and has plenty of learning to do on his own. NW definitely needs a more experienced OC. And don't even get me started on how rotten Greg Colby has been as the DC for the last few years. This year he's gotten the defense to barely adequate, which would have been great if we still had the offense we did last year with Walker's hand on it and Baz as QB.
posted at 11:25 PM CDT on October 22
Piniella finds a wallet in Chicago. Cubs bypass Joe Girardi and Bruce Bochy, grabbing Piniella for the bargain rate of $3 mil/season for 3 years.
posted to Baseball at 3:38 PM CDT
I'm really disappointed the Cubs didn't snag Joe Girardi.
The opinion I'm seeing coming out of Cubs blogs and which I agree with is that we're getting another version of Dusty, this time with a temper.
I'm forseeing bad, bad times for the Cubs for the next few years.
posted at 9:45 PM CDT on October 16
People aren't pissed because he's having trouble hitting, they're pissed because they think paying some $25 mil a year should guarentee a ring.
The Hardball Times has a good consideration of that.
posted at 8:13 AM CDT on October 18
Tour de Fake? Tour de France winner, Floyd Landis, reportedly tested positive for drugs after Stage 17. Yeah, that stage 17.
posted to Other at 9:27 AM CDT
Just found this blog that's working on covering all of this and digging into the ins and outs of test efficacy, alcohol effects, who's doing the testing, etc.
posted at 9:36 AM CDT on July 29
Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog-Eating Contest Four-time world champion, and odds favorite, (1/3), Takeru Kobayashi of Japan will once again defend his title against top eaters from around the globe. The tough competition includes Eric "Badlands" Booker, (9/5), Oleg Zhornitsky, (4/1), and "Hungry" Charles Hardy, (7/1), while the 'field' is represented by notables Sonya "The Black Widow" Thomas, US record holder, Joey Chestnut and 60 year-old Rich LeFevre and his wife, Carlene LeFevre. Santioned by the International Federation of Competitive Eating it will, of course, meet their safety standards.
posted to Other at 10:14 PM CDT
Be prepared for some awful singing if the rehearsal I witnessed tonight at Nathan's is anything to judge by.
posted at 12:05 AM CDT on July 4
Northwestern University football coach Randy Walker is dead. He died last night of an apparent heart attack. Walker was 52 years old and was the second winningest coach in school history.
posted to Football at 8:04 AM CDT
He'll really be missed at Northwestern. He was a good coach and he made sure his players graduated. He also was committed to staying at Northwestern rather than looking at it as another step up.
posted at 9:54 AM CDT on June 30
Prefer a language you don't understand over Dave O'Brien? Well, you're not alone. New York Times' world cup blog discusses ABC/ESPN decision to please the short-attention-span non-soccer-watching American market at the expense of football die-hards.
posted to Soccer at 3:28 PM CDT
I switched to univision too and I am far from the die hard soccer fan that O'Brien is so eager to dis.
posted at 4:00 PM CDT on June 27
USA-Soccer's Tin Man? Bruce Arena-Sore Loser? How could the Americans, even ignoring the inflated status FIFA imposed upon them, show such heart and yet disappoint so utterly?...Some players complained that Arena did not even shake his counterpart's hand after the game.
posted to Soccer at 12:02 AM CDT
There's a rumor that the German national team coach is going to take over for Arena in the near future.
Someone should.
posted at 9:10 AM CDT on June 23
Ducks drop the "Mighty" from their name and change their uniforms So...ok...does it help? The Lions started wearing black, but continued to suck. So why in the world does Anaheim think this might put them over the top? Or is this just what happens when you let your wife be co-owner of the team you just bought? Wonder if she'll redecorate the locker room too?
posted to Hockey at 10:26 PM CDT
I'm all for them removing as much of the Disney taint as possible. They're almost a legitimate team now.
posted at 11:03 PM CDT on June 22
Move over, Annika Kelly Kulick has become the first woman to reach fully exempt status on the Professional Bowlers Association Tour. Kulick finished sixth at the PBA's version of Q-School and rolled a perfect game during the event.
posted to Other at 3:34 PM CDT
Oh no, bears!
Biggest laugh in a long time chicobangs. Thanks.
posted at 3:54 PM CDT on June 5
Your message drives teams on. Apparently, there was a contest for slogans that get printed on each of the team buses at the upcoming FIFA World Cup. Here are the winners, selected by online votes (although I'm not sure all of them should be called that). Which ones did you like best? Which ones are the hokiest? What slogan would you have come up with?
posted to Soccer at 2:23 PM CDT
Spain – "Spain. One country, one goal"
They'll need more than one if they want to make it out of their group.
posted at 2:34 PM CDT on May 11
Germany vs Greece philosophers (YouTube video). My soccer post about the priests vs imams reminded me of the classic Monty Python sketch "International Philosophy Match", which I just so happened to watch this week, on the Python revival show "Monty Python's Personal Best" on PBS. Now, thanks to YouTube, I can easily share this magical soccer match with you. The game is awesome but the winning goal is just fantastic.
posted to Soccer at 10:32 PM CDT
Who cares about any of this?
As a fan of the German philosophers, I found that loss heartbreaking too, but you don't see me flinging around teleological imperatives.
posted at 9:23 PM CDT on May 7
There wasn't anything to the linked article except bloviating. Leitch may not be wrong that the current owners won't let Cuban play in their reindeer games, but he didn't make any sort of case for it.