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| Name: | U. Jones |
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| Member since: | February 4, 2002 |
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Ufez Jones has posted 253 links and 1369 comments to SportsFilter and 10 threads and 242 comments to the Locker Room and has written 1 column.
Best soccer/football goal celebrations, 1 and 2. YouTube warning There's some very entertaining clips involved. I hope y'all enjoy them.
posted on Jun 29, 2008 - Go to the detail view for this result
Vous êtes des assassins! It is perhaps the most famous, often quoted phrase in Tour de France history, shouted by Octave Lapize to onlookers as he struggled over the Col d’Aubisque in the 1910 Tour. A fascinating look at the early days of the Tour and the controversial decision to include massive climbs in the Pyrenees. (via)
posted on Jun 19, 2008 - Go to the detail view for this result
"Mister, what happened to you?" they'll say. "It's from fireworks," he gently tells them, in his new capacity as a walking cautionary tale.
posted on May 14, 2008 - Go to the detail view for this result
Basketball's Best Kept Secret: Revealed. While cruising Amazon one day, I found something curious: a 1994 hip-hop album from Immortal Records called Basketball’s Best-Kept Secret featuring the flows of ten of the day’s brightest NBA stars.... In the Pantheon of Hilariously Bad Athlete Rap, it’s the missing link between “The Super Bowl Shuffle” and Kobe Bryant’s abysmal “Thug Poet.” Is there anything musically redeeming about it? Not at all. Is it worth listening to if you’re an NBA fan? Absolutely. Features playable sound clips from such awesome MCs as Dana Barros, Brian Shaw, and Gary Payton.
posted on Feb 26, 2008 - Go to the detail view for this result
Happy 25th, USFL! (or what could've been).
posted on Feb 25, 2008 - Go to the detail view for this result
Are you ready for some football?....Sit Down! The Kansas City Chiefs have a "Fan Code of Conduct," which is essentially a list of rules that fans have to follow when they're attending a game at Arrowhead.
posted to Football at 7:50 PM CDT
Stanley Cup arrives in Newfoundland .......for the Harbour Grace, N.L., native, the first player from Newfoundland to win the Stanley Cup, the most important stop during his two-day celebration with the trophy was at a local children's hospital. "These kids aren't feeling great, but I hope that the Cup cheers them up for that one special moment. And that's really what it's all about."
posted to Culture at 9:38 AM CDT
I just can't believe that that list is complete, and that Cleary's the first. Well, there you go.
Well, there's one less trivia question you'll have to write this week!
Nice article, tommy. Thanks for posting it.
posted at 5:03 PM CDT on July 1
Christian News Site Turns Athlete Homosexual OneNewsNow, an online news service owned by the American Family Association, has been editing AP stories to automatically replace the word "gay" with "homosexual," filing numerous stories about the American sprinter Tyson Homosexual and the NBA player Rudy Homosexual. One story still online: "Memphis Grizzlies backers hit the hay hoping that Kevin Love would open things up for Rudy Homosexual in the frontcourt."
posted to General at 9:20 AM CDT
First of all, I don't think you can call someone an asshole because of what they believe.
Fine. I won't call them "assholes". I'll just call them "harmful bigots with an outdated agenda". Is that better?
posted at 8:37 AM CDT on July 2
Melrose Place now in Tampa Barry Melrose was hired as coach of the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday, returning to the NHL after 12 years as a television analyst because he wants to be "on the inside again."
posted to Hockey at 1:37 PM CDT
who else is good, quick, knowledgeable and is known even slightly on the American national stage?
He may not be on the national stage, but I fear the day that Daryl Reaugh is poached from the Stars' play by play. He's whip-smart, just punny enough without being over the top, and entertaining as hell. Far and away the best local broadcaster. He'd do quite well in the national spotlight.
posted at 9:14 AM CDT on June 25
WuChess: Where hip-hop meets chess. Like the Wu-Tang Clan? Like Chess? Awwww yeah - this is the site for you. Play live chess with people from all over the world and get your learn on. WuChess.com lets you get knowledge from REAL chess masters online, or train in chambers against the computer to refine your skills. Create your own chess clans to see who can build the highest ranking. Play in tournaments for prizes, or just for the joy of flexin' ya mentals. They also donate part of their revenues to Hip-Hop Chess Federation ("Using chess, music and martial arts to promote unity, strategy and non-violence). Now you can be a Grand Master in rap, chess and kung-fu. This is too cool.
posted to Other at 6:27 PM CDT
Half my life ago, literally, there was no Sportsfilter, or YouTube or much of an internet to speak of. I was 14 freaking years old. But there was the Wu. And the Da Mystery of Chessboxin.
Is this authenticated, though? I mean, is the RZA seeing money from this, or is it just some kind of co-opted money-making scheme on the interwebs? 'Cos nobody's ever heard of that.
posted at 11:29 AM CDT on June 3
No. 3 overall pick Ryan to get $34.75M guaranteed from Falcons Matt Ryan officially became the face of the Atlanta Falcons when he was selected as the third pick in the NFL draft. On Tuesday, the Falcons rewarded him with plenty of green.
posted to Football at 4:40 PM CDT
Every year all these draft picks get money that veteran, performing players do not and I just think it's ludicrous. I understand bonus babies, and really covetted draft picks - but at that money?
or some other fucked up NFL trade that we've seen a hundred fold? (4th rounder for Moss is a recent one.)
How you doing JaMarcus?
So the over-riding theme is that the Raiders' organization is batshitinsane, right? No argument there.
But obviously, the NFL needs to get some kind of grip on the outlandish salaries that First Day draft picks are commanding, nay, demanding. They could take a page out of the NBA's playbook. But it seems to be those two sports strictly that deal with this. With both Baseball and Hockey, they're drafting kids that, more than likely, can't come in and make a difference for a couple of years. The hope with the NFL and NBA is that they'll show up for training camp and be exciting enough to promote ticket sales and jerseys and carry a team from the bottom of the pile to the playoffs rather quickly.
The NBA has set up some protection for the owners from that. The NFL would do wise, and probably will come re-negotiation, to rectify that issue.
posted at 6:04 PM CDT on May 21
A dazzling Manny being Manny moment I saw this on ESPN this morning and burst out laughing as soon as I saw the high-five. There are few players who could get away with doing something like that.
posted to Baseball at 11:18 AM CDT
Eh, I'll be impressed when he does it at Fenway.
posted at 5:26 PM CDT on May 15
"Mister, what happened to you?" they'll say. "It's from fireworks," he gently tells them, in his new capacity as a walking cautionary tale.
posted to Baseball at 11:18 PM CDT
I'll go ahead and apologize for Crasnick's opening paragraph, which is vomit-worthy. Hennigers story is worth it, though, I hope.
posted at 11:23 PM CDT on May 14
Olympic torch put out by protests. Security officials canceled the final run of the Olympic relay through Paris after chaotic protests Monday, sending a snuffed-out torch to its destination on a bus in a humiliating concession to protesters decrying China's human rights record.
posted to Olympics at 12:24 PM CDT
Update: they've been having a ton of protests in San Francisco today, including people climbing the wires of the Golden Gate bridge to protest the torch's only North American stop on Wednesday. Links: 1, 2, video.
posted at 4:28 PM CDT on April 7
A Breakthrough for Cricket in NYC High Schools The first competitive high school cricket league in the country - or at least the first one that anyone remembers - started up on Wednesday in New York City, with 14 teams beginning a 12-game season. Response was more positive than league organizers expected.
posted to Other at 7:58 PM CDT
This is cool. Thanks for the post, spira.
posted at 7:28 PM CDT on April 4
Barry Bonds signs with Yankees!
The New York Yankees have pulled out all the stops to win this season and have signed Barry Bonds to act as their DH. This comes on the heels of Jason Giambi being diagnosed with another stomach tumour (his first one was in 2004). Bonds is expected to practice with their Florida State League team for a couple of weeks before being called up to the majors. The terms of his contract are currently unavailable.
posted to Baseball at 12:14 AM CDT
So, uh, what ever happened to those dead hookers in Mr. Maddux's trunk?
posted at 7:49 PM CDT on April 1
Well, "after" is such a relative term. To Greg's credit, none of them said the safe-word.
posted at 11:31 PM CDT on April 1
PGA Tour player Tripp Isenhour faces criminal charges for killing hawk It wasn't an accident, but it was with a hit golf ball. How many strokes off for killing a migratory bird?
posted to Golf at 7:15 PM CDT
I'm not saying he wasn't trying to hit the bird, but actually hitting the bird was an accident.
Logic = fail.
posted at 10:49 AM CDT on March 8
The Feel Good Hit of the Season. Absolutely beautiful.
posted to Culture at 7:02 PM CDT
It almost becomes reminiscent of one of those old video-dating ads from the pre-internet days. I was expecting a star-wipe at any moment.
posted at 9:42 AM CDT on March 6
Rather have a rambunctious child than some drunk swearing idiot sitting in front of me.
Does it have to be either/or? 'Cos if so, I really don't like either of those options, but I have much better luck and experience dealing with drunken idiots than I do screeching children.
Which NFL franchise was it that instituted the fan hotline so folks could call in and report unruly behavior from drunk adults? Cleveland? Cincy? Think it was something like that. Anyhow, obviously drunk idiots can be tossed from the game for obscene behavior, but I've never seen a toddler booted from, well, anywhere.
Prefer neither also, but I never witness a child cussing or spilling beer all over other fans, and if they stand ; still can sit in my seat and see the game.
Sure. I'll grant you that. However I've never witnessed a drunk person throwing open mustard packets and shitting his pants and screaming at a level that hurts even my damaged ears.
Like I said, drunks are easily (and yeah, I've witnessed it time and time again) taken care of by ushers and/or security. Toddlers? Not so damn much.