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lawn_wrangler has posted 4 links and 33 comments to SportsFilter and no threads and 6 comments to the Locker Room.
Steve Yzerman Duped. How an 11-year-old (and his dirtbag father) fooled the Selke, Conn Smythe and treble Stanley Cup winner, and future Hall of Famer.
posted on Jan 31, 2008 - Go to the detail view for this result
NFL Meteorologists Concerned About Climate Change
posted on Dec 11, 2007 - Go to the detail view for this result
Martin Jol sacked by Tottenham! Sevilla's Juande Ramos to take over. In other shocking news: The sun, reportedly, will rise tomorrow.
posted on Oct 25, 2007 - Go to the detail view for this result
Drogba vows to leave 'broken' Chelsea as soon as possible. "My decision is taken," Drogba said. "Nothing could keep me here now. I know there's talk of Ronaldinho and Kaka coming here next season but that won't change my mind. I won't go back on this decision. No doubt because there's something broken with Chelsea." Is Roman's house of cards beginning to fall?
posted on Oct 19, 2007 - Go to the detail view for this result
Arsenal's Eduardo Da Silva injured in outrageous tackle, possibly ending his career. A truly horrific injury, broken pieces of bone were sticking out of his sock as he was stretchered of the field. This is the sort of injury that you never truly recover from (See Alex Smith). I hope the FA bans Martin Taylor for life.
posted to Soccer at 1:12 PM CDT
Asian Football Confederation joins growing backlash against EPL globalization plan. [Follow-up to an earlier post ...] Reacting to the EPL's proposal to play an extra week of league matches outside of England (beginning January 2011), the AFC head said, "With relation to the overall principle, it is my belief that it is not a good idea to organise domestic leagues in territories other than their own." The US Soccer Federation has already said the same thing. Australia, Japan and Korea FAs also echoed the sentiment. The English FA is grilling EPL chairman Richard Scudamore today on the proposal.
posted to Soccer at 1:40 PM CDT
What happens when Man U and Arsenal are tied (or close) after 38 games and Man U gets Derby while Arsenal draws Man City?
Arsenal beat Man City, Man Utd beat Derby and goal difference decides the title. What's shocking there?
Kidding, of course, because your point is valid--equally so at the bottom as at top of the table--and, well, any place in the table where something's at stake. The moaning would never end if Liverpool lost their Champions League spot to Everton (lovely though, eh?) or Newcastle got relegated (do they need any help getting relegated?) due to asymmetry in drawing overseas fixtures. Relegation could cost a team £30million; losing a Champions League spot (assuming the teams moves on from the group stage) could amount to losing out on £30-50million. Serious money.
As much as I'd love to see them in the States (bearing in mind I have to drive 300 miles even to see MLS), I can see how it undermines the balance and simplicity of 38 games, home-and-home with each other team, best record (read: Arsenal) wins.
posted at 10:11 AM CDT on February 13
South Korean soccer players dislocate their shoulders to become draft dodgers Why bother with serving your country when the U.S is there as your minders? Makes me reminisce of my days eating kimchi and swigging ginseng from the bottle.
posted to Soccer at 3:40 PM CDT
Adept, does that make you part of the problem or part of the solution (to channel the MC5)?
posted at 7:41 PM CDT on February 4
Steve Yzerman Duped. How an 11-year-old (and his dirtbag father) fooled the Selke, Conn Smythe and treble Stanley Cup winner, and future Hall of Famer.
posted to Hockey at 11:31 AM CDT
holden's full of sh*t. we watched Stevie Y's final game together and holden stood up on the bar shouting "Oh captain my captain!!" whilst clutching his #19 sweater and bawling like a baby.
posted at 12:54 PM CDT on January 31
Fans make Liverpool takeover move Liverpool supporters are to launch an ambitious plan to buy the football club from its current American owners and turn it towards the Spanish/German model. "The Champions League has been won on six occasions in the last 15 years by clubs owned and run in such a way," said football business lecturer Rogan Taylor, one of the three prime movers.
posted to Soccer at 10:31 PM CDT
I wish them all the best (so long as they remain a safe distance behind Arsenal in the table).
I don't completely understand these kinds of deals. Over time, don't shares trade hands and you eventually end up with a few major players with controlling shares and economic interests eventually displacing club loyalty? Greed (if that's what wanting to make a lot of money by owning a football club is) takes over and you're in much the same place as having one or two owners (witness the power struggles in Arsenal's board room).
posted at 11:22 AM CDT on January 31
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
He's close to becoming the first NHLer to test the league's 9 strikes and you're out rule.
Thug.
posted at 11:58 AM CDT on December 19
Derby to become Mickey Mouse club? Roy (nephew of Walt) Disney's Shamrock Holdings investment group is reported to be heading a US consortium that is seeking to buy bottom-of-the-EPL Derby County. New Rams chairman Adam Pearson denies holding talks with them or with the Walt Disney Co., of which Roy Disney is "director emeritus". Pearson also thinks calling Derby a "Mickey Mouse club" is "cheap and potentially damaging."
posted to Soccer at 6:28 PM CDT
Sounds like the makings of a Cinderella story.
posted at 9:19 PM CDT on December 18
The Kick Is Up and It’s ... A Career Killer. Michael Lewis explores the job of the NFL kicker (registration or Bugmenot req'd.):
A kicker in the N.F.L. can be one of two things: the bland technocrat who does what he's assigned to do but who, even when he's exceptionally good, must accept that the coach and the team will be credited for the victory. Or he can be the little choke artist who is very nearly entirely responsible for the loss. For a kicker in the N.F.L., . . . there is no upside.
posted to Football at 10:52 PM CDT
Great article.
I wonder if Vinatieri is as vulnerable to a career ending miss as the writer suggests, though. If it's true that his "clutch" numbers are no more impressive than many other good kickers, then isn't his enduring popularity more down to the way he has changed coaches' and players' perception of him then his actual performance? Could one bad kick cause his fans to forget his three triumphant ones? I doubt it. I think the point of the article is that he's transcended the kicker's role, so the conclusion should be that he won't be subject to the same plummeting confidence that kills careers if he has one high profile blunder.
posted at 2:22 PM CDT on October 30
Martin Jol sacked by Tottenham! Sevilla's Juande Ramos to take over. In other shocking news: The sun, reportedly, will rise tomorrow.
posted to Soccer at 10:26 PM CDT
Most Spurs fans would agree that this was a decision that maybe should have came sooner.
I think r8rh8r's right that Jol remains popular at White Hart Lane. That said, they should have completed the deal weeks/months ago. It embarrassed Ramos, who, according to Sid in Madrid, waited patiently nevertheless. But even worse, it put Jol in the crucible. It couldn't have helped Spurs players or Jol himself to know the manager was on his way out without instant results (or perhaps even with good results). I'm sure it accelerated their slide down the table.
posted at 11:52 AM CDT on October 26
Holden: Just to set the record straight, I don't necessarily think they should have sacked Jol months ago. But if it was inevitable, then they should have done so sooner rather than later--at least after they botched the super-secret meeting in Seville. To rcade's point, it seemed premature since, at that point, Spurs had only lost a couple games. (Although, when you look at the embarrassment that is Bolton, the lesson is to have your backup plan secure before sacking your manager.) And I am a FIFA god, and will destroy you.
posted at 5:19 PM CDT on October 26
Greg Ryan Fired as U.S. Women's Soccer Coach Ryan, who was 45-1-9 since taking over in 2005, led the U.S. team to a third-place finish in the World Cup, a tournament it was favored to win. Hope Solo did not comment on the move.
posted to Soccer at 8:03 AM CDT
Should bungling one tactical move cost him his job? Maybe so. It was an absolutely diabolical decision that made U.S. Soccer look ridiculous on the world stage-- and not because we lost 4-0 to an excellent Brazilian side--regardless of speculation as to whether it would have made the ultimate difference. (I think you could chalk up at least two of the goals to poor goalkeeping, by the way, and with that change of scoreline who knows).
Momentum and form are too important in soccer. You simply don't pull a form goalkeeper for a "match up" keeper. It's not as much of a match up sport as, say, baseball. Yes, you may try to meet an opponent's formation with a formation meant to stifle or overpower it. You may even play a particular defensive midfielder to mark a wily talent like Riquelme or Ronaldo. But goalkeeping is all about form and confidence.
posted at 8:33 AM CDT on October 23
Drogba vows to leave 'broken' Chelsea as soon as possible. "My decision is taken," Drogba said. "Nothing could keep me here now. I know there's talk of Ronaldinho and Kaka coming here next season but that won't change my mind. I won't go back on this decision. No doubt because there's something broken with Chelsea." Is Roman's house of cards beginning to fall?
posted to Soccer at 6:33 AM CDT
And then he promptly backpedals.
posted at 6:53 AM CDT on October 19
I don't think Chelsea will lose the Champions League spot. They have too much quality, even if they are running amok, Lord of the Flies style, in the locker room.
That said, I'm taking Man City more and more seriously. I too thought the first few games were a fluke, but by all accounts they have a great game and continue to get results.
posted at 9:09 AM CDT on October 20
Torre Leaving New York After Turning Down Incentive-Linked Contract New York Yankees manager Joe Torre rejected a contract that would cut his base salary from $7.5 million to $5 million and add $1 million for reaching the playoffs, $1 million for reaching the ALCS and $1 million for a World Series berth. "It's now time for the New York Yankees to move forward," said team president Randy Levine.
posted to Baseball at 4:11 PM CDT
I think it's pretty uncommon (though perhaps not wholly unprecedented) for a manager to have his contract renewed at a lower annual salary.
No one, leastwise someone of Torre's stature, could be expected to want to do more work (and, as you point out, rely on huge amounts of luck) only to make less or (with even more luck) slightly more than he used to make. They never expected Torre to sign the deal. Publicity stunt? More like elaborate insult.
budman: why don't you want Torre to come to STL? I'm all for it in theory. Practically speaking the front office won't spend the money, so it will never happen. What about you Holden?
posted at 6:23 AM CDT on October 19
Thanks Trox, Grum and Blarp for the pics.
I watched the game. The ghastly looks on the players' faces left me in a state of unease for most of the match, but by the end all I could think was that it was the end of Arsenal's campaign. The pictures remind me that it could well be the end of a career. So thanks for the perspective.
To compare a player guilty of a clumsy challenge to a murderer shows a complete lack of proportion, sensitivity and sense.
In his retraction VVenger made it clear his comments were made in the heat of an emotional day. I think they were more than understandable in the circumstances: One of his rising stars had his leg split in half, and the whole team were in a state of shock and horror. I don't think he owes anyone an apology, he was just looking out for his boys. Now the dust is settling and he's had some time to reflect and clarify. Hardly a "disgrace[ful]" response, more like natural.