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| Name: | Chris Allery |
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| Location: | Minnesota |
| ZIP Code: | 56601 |
| Gender: | male |
| Member since: | October 25, 2004 |
| Last visit: | July 8, 2008 |
chris2sy has posted 1 link and 555 comments to SportsFilter and no threads and 59 comments to the Locker Room.
Mike Tice Probed. An investigation by the NFL for Super Bowl ticket scalping. Wonderful news for the Vikes no doubt, amongst the recent Moss trade and the pending (?) ownership change.
posted on Mar 8, 2005 - Go to the detail view for this result
Nadal-Federer epic the most thrilling of all the Wimbledon finals I came here to see what the buzz was and was shocked to see Nadal/Federer hadn't been posted already. I only saw part of the match and sadly missed most of the last set, but it seemed pretty epic to me, especially during the 4th set tiebreaker.
posted to Tennis at 1:45 PM CDT
Mets Get Santana Pending a 24-48 hour window for ironing out a contract extension and completing a player physical, Johan Santana is headed to the Mets for four prospects - outfielder Carlos Gomez , pitchers Phil Humber, Deolis Guerra, and Kevin Mulvey.
posted to Baseball at 4:22 PM CDT
I understand that this is the way of the world, but I wanted the Twins to keep him. I still find it depressing. I really looked forward to watching him pitch every turn through the rotation.
posted at 4:53 PM CDT on January 29
The Joy of Six The six worst sports movies ever. "Stumbling around seemingly high on botox, Stallone spends his time mulling over snippets of cod philosophy - "The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows, it's a very mean and nasty place" - and comes to the conclusion that, by losing, one can actually become ... wait for it ... a winner". The ensuing comments are lively.
posted to Culture at 1:59 PM CDT
For every Bull Durham, there are several movies like Major League 2 and Major League: Back to the Minors. It is the way of the world.
On the Talladega Nights thing, expecting more than a goofy ass NASCAR parody out of it is expecting too much. Like expecting the baseball game at the end of The Naked Gun to have realism instead of its ridiculous goodness.
posted at 4:17 PM CDT on January 25
More Bad Noose for Pro Golf Although the story appeared to be dying down after the Golf Channel anchor Kelly Tilghman apologized to Tiger Woods for her "lynch him" remark, Golfweek has just thrown gas on the fire with its cover story and illustration.
posted to Golf at 12:38 PM CDT
Seldom does a sequel surpass an original like that...they really went out of their way to be stupid.
"We chose it because it was an image we thought would draw attention to an issue we thought deserved some intelligent dialogue."
Right. The drawing attention part is right anyway.
posted at 1:42 PM CDT on January 17
Surf's up at Mavericks this Saturday. Many of the world's best and bravest surfers are heading toward Half Moon Bay as organizers of the legendary Maverick's Surf Contest have scheduled the big-wave event for Saturday. You can watch it for free by heading down there or tuning in to the live webcast. Or pay $20-$25 to watch it on the big stadium screen at AT&T Park in San Francisco (wtf?).
posted to Extreme at 11:33 PM CDT
More people are killed by lightning or bee stings than sharks in Australia.
I had initially read that as: MOST people are killed by lightning or bee stings than sharks in Australia...
posted at 4:00 PM CDT on January 11
Ice Bowl is one for the ages The consensus about the Ice Bowl, aka the AMP Energy NHL Winter Classic? It was cool.
posted to Hockey at 10:35 AM CDT
Nice hat (or tuque?) too:
posted at 1:14 PM CDT on January 2
Simon suspended 30 games Chris Simon has received the longest suspension in NHL history--again. Late in the New York Islanders loss to the Penguins Saturday, with the Isles trailing 3-2, Simon drew a match penalty when he pulled out Jarkko Ruutu's leg, sending the forward to his knees between the team benches. Simon then stepped on the back of Ruutu's leg with his skate.
posted to Hockey at 11:27 AM CDT
Yeah, my only question about it was: what the fuck is wrong with Simon anyway? Can't he get his head out of his ass and play like a normal hockey-skilled-human?
posted at 11:57 AM CDT on December 19
Could a morbidly obese goalie shut out an NHL team? In an excerpt from 'Andy Roddick Beat me With a Frying Pan,' Todd Gallagher explores and tests the burning question of if very very large could effectively close off the net.
posted to Hockey at 10:44 AM CDT
"In other words, had Eddie Gaedel worn a St. Louis Blues uniform rather than one of the St. Louis Browns, his heartwarming story may have instead been a cautionary tale."
Nice.
posted at 11:26 AM CDT on December 13
Thank God for Netflix: "Why the hell shouldn't college basketball be like this? Why don't more colleges field teams rich with walk-ons?" Henry Abbot on Quantum Hoops, the story of the Caltech basketball team. [via]
posted to Basketball at 5:17 PM CDT
Sounds worth a look for sure. Now we all have it in our queues though...
posted at 2:17 PM CDT on December 3
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 to Hockey at 10:26 PM CDT
Yeah, I can certainly live with his stats so far...its the injuries that I worry about. Don't apologize, just keep yourself healthy and on the ice. Glad to see that he was back tonight anyway.
posted at 1:19 AM CDT on November 16
A dark day as National Lacrosse League cancels 2008 season. The NLL yesterday canceled the season after it failed to reach a new collective agreement with its players by its long-standing midnight Monday deadline..
posted to Other at 12:44 PM CDT
I went to a Minnesota Swarm game back in March, because my company gave people on our project tickets to the suite for that game. (Won't let us worker-bees go to a Wild game...grr. But I digress...) It was surprisingly entertaining: plenty of scoring, a fight, and a PA announcer who trash-talked a lot. I'd go again, if I could.
Its kind of shitty that there are not going to be any Swarm games this year. I wanted to make it to one and only saw their games on TV. On Versus, I think?
posted at 3:48 PM CDT on October 18
A five year fixed salary vs. a three year plus two option years with a salary structure tied to revenue. That's it? Work something out for fuck's sake. Learn from mistakes made by other leagues too. Both sides drowned the league before they got out of the shallow water.
posted at 4:01 PM CDT on October 18
The Cardboard Conversation, vol. 1 In the following interview, the first edition of the Cardboard Conversation, I ask Akim Reinhardt, author of the critically acclaimed study of the political history of the Lakota reservation, Ruling Pine Ridge, about Yankees, Indians, and the possible spiritual implications of a plague of midges. The Bronx-born Reinhardt, currently associate professor of history at Towson University, grew up playing little league baseball in Van Cortlandt Park and going to Yankees games with his father.
posted to Baseball at 3:05 PM CDT
That was really interesting. I thought he really put it well about the team name "Indians." I also agree with him on the value of Deloria's Custer Died For Your Sins and that it still holds up.
Yeah, I don't recall Locklear either.
"The reason I went into baseball as a profession was that when I left school, baseball offered me the best opportunity both for money and achievement. I adopted it because I played baseball better than I could do anything else, because the life and the game appealed to me and because there was so little of racial prejudice in the game. There has been scarcely a trace of sentiment against me on account of birth. I have been treated the same as other men." - Chief Bender
They need to add Chamberlain's name to the Baseball Almanac link. Ellsbury's name is already on there.
posted at 5:01 PM CDT on October 12
Had Enough Steroids Yet? Marion Jones, You're Next! Multiple Olympic medalist Marion Jones has admitted using the steroid known as "the clear" for two years beginning in 1999. Jones, once considered the best female athlete in the world, says her former coach Trevor Graham gave her the steroid, telling her it was flaxseed oil.
posted to Olympics at 5:41 PM CDT
Ah, flaxseed oil, is there anything it can't do?
posted at 6:04 PM CDT on October 4
Karma is the key for Rockies play-in to playoffs The gods smiled on this one. The Rockies had to win 13 out of 14 just to get to this game. They won it in the bottom of the 13th by scoring three runs against the most successful closer in the history of the game. The winning run came on a controversial play at the plate. Of course it was scored by Matt Holliday, who just moments before got RBI #137, allowing him to claim the RBI title from Ryan Howard. Some think he's the MVP, and if he wasn't in that game (and the whole month of September), when the team needed him most, then the term has no meaning. Holliday could've been the goat after misplaying a fly ball that allowed the Pads to tie it up in the 8th. Pads fans no doubt are unhappy with how the play at the plate was called, but maybe it makes up the for home-run-no-it's-a-double that was taken from Brad Hawpe, the third time THIS MONTH(!) the Rox were robbed of a home run by a bad call.
posted to Baseball at 11:30 AM CDT
"It was a home run," said Selby, pointing to a spot on the barrier where the green paint was chipped. "It hit right here where these markings are."
Then added: "back and to the left...back and to the left...back and to the left..."
posted at 6:14 PM CDT on October 2
I think the video should be at the Wimbledon site. Probably kind of large files though...