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| Name: | wc, wc2k2, that's what people like to call me here |
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worldcup2002 has posted 453 links and 2628 comments to SportsFilter and 17 threads and 454 comments to the Locker Room.
Wigan coach and former Man U captain Bruce vows 100% effort against former boss Ferguson. The final games in the EPL will be played this Sunday. Chelsea and Man U are tied on points at the top of the league, with Man U holding a 17-goal advantage over Chelsea on goal difference. However, if Chelsea win, and Man U have anything less than a win against Wigan (who won the former League and European Cup honors with Man U), it will be the Blues taking the championship away from the current holders. All this, ahead of a Champions League final between Chelsea and Man U. It's all Man U's to lose. And it's happened before, exactly 40 years ago.
posted on May 8, 2008 - Go to the detail view for this result
College junior self-declares for 2008 NBA draft. [via kottke.org] No skills? No agent? No problem.
posted on May 8, 2008 - Go to the detail view for this result
West Brom clinch Championship and promotion. They will be joined by Stoke, and one more team to be determined by playoffs between Hull, Bristol City, Crystal Palace and Watford.
posted on May 5, 2008 - Go to the detail view for this result
Chelsea beat Liverpool, set up final battles with Man Utd for Premier League and Champions League Chelsea broke their Liverpool and Champions League jinx with a 3-2 (4-3 aggregate) win to move into the final against Premier League leaders Manchester United. Has this ever happened before, where the same top two domestic teams (they are tied on points but United has far superior goal difference with two matches to go) are also in the Champions League final?
posted on Apr 30, 2008 - Go to the detail view for this result
Cheerleader death renews calls for increased safety steps. "Figures show 50 percent of injuries to young women in high school athletics are from cheerleading," [state Rep. Peter J. Koutoujian, chairman of the Public Health Oversight Committee] said. "These girls don’t wear pads, and they’re pushing the boundaries at every turn. While the boys' sports, contact sports, get all the attention, there's a great deal of injuries these young women endure."
posted on Apr 21, 2008 - Go to the detail view for this result
Say It Ain't So, Chuckster A prosecutor says retired NBA star Charles Barkley will face felony charges if he fails to repay a $400,000 gambling debt to a Las Vegas Strip casino.
posted to Basketball at 12:32 PM CDT
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
That's awesome. Hehe.
posted at 1:58 PM CDT on May 15
Henin retires. Number 1 ranked Justine Henin has announced her immediate retirement from professional tennis.
posted to Tennis at 10:30 AM CDT
What, is this Woman Pro Retirement Week?
posted at 12:30 PM CDT on May 14
Wigan coach and former Man U captain Bruce vows 100% effort against former boss Ferguson. The final games in the EPL will be played this Sunday. Chelsea and Man U are tied on points at the top of the league, with Man U holding a 17-goal advantage over Chelsea on goal difference. However, if Chelsea win, and Man U have anything less than a win against Wigan (who won the former League and European Cup honors with Man U), it will be the Blues taking the championship away from the current holders. All this, ahead of a Champions League final between Chelsea and Man U. It's all Man U's to lose. And it's happened before, exactly 40 years ago.
posted to Soccer at 2:18 PM CDT
Oops.
Correction: ... if Chelsea win, and Man U have anything less than a win against Wigan (who won the former League and European Cup honors with Man U) ...
should read: ... if Chelsea win, and Man U have anything less than a win against Wigan (whose coach Steve Bruce won the Premier League plus domestic and Euro cup honors with Man U) ...
posted at 3:46 PM CDT on May 8
Every spot in the EPL table gets about 500,000 pounds prize money (2004-2006 numbers were the earliest I could find) more than the next spot below it. Wigan has some financial incentive there, if not pride and form, working in their favor, too.
posted at 9:40 AM CDT on May 9
College junior self-declares for 2008 NBA draft. [via kottke.org] No skills? No agent? No problem.
posted to Basketball at 1:49 PM CDT
Would be fun to see rcade declare, too.
(I'm saying this with the full knowledge of rcade's Pope-squatting antics.)
posted at 2:20 PM CDT on May 8
PGA Dresses Down John Daly for Golfing Topless A video of John Daly golfing in Branson, Mo., with no shirt or shoes has prompted this response from PGA Commissioner Tim Finchem: "There are certain things about presentation that we must insist on."
posted to Golf at 6:35 AM CDT
I think THX is on to something there.
If Tiger had been playing golf without his shirt and shoes on, that woulda been a Nike commercial.
John Daly, not so much.
If LPGA could double attendance with their ladies playing w/o shirts, you know they'd be on it like stink on a monkey.
posted at 1:53 PM CDT on May 8
Heisman Winner Tim Tebow Circumcises Kids How did Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Tim Tebow spend his spring break? Performing medical and dental surgeries on impoverished children in the Phillipines -- including circumcisions. "The first time, it was nerve-racking," he said. "Hands were shaking a little bit."
posted to Football at 6:28 PM CDT
Pigskin star does the Heisman to foreskin!
posted at 10:40 PM CDT on May 5
Some Athletes’ Genes Help Outwit Doping Test. Studies suggest that about 2/3 of Asian men and nearly 10 percent of Caucasians lack both copies of a gene used to convert the testosterone into a form that dissolves in urine, calling into question the efficacy of certain drug tests.
posted to General at 2:30 PM CDT
So you're saying that Caucasians will have a 10% likelihood of being caught using that drug while Asian men will likely be caught 66.6% of the time?
posted at 5:37 PM CDT on May 1
This should make the China Olympics real fun. Asia FTW!
posted at 8:50 PM CDT on May 1
Chelsea beat Liverpool, set up final battles with Man Utd for Premier League and Champions League Chelsea broke their Liverpool and Champions League jinx with a 3-2 (4-3 aggregate) win to move into the final against Premier League leaders Manchester United. Has this ever happened before, where the same top two domestic teams (they are tied on points but United has far superior goal difference with two matches to go) are also in the Champions League final?
posted to Soccer at 4:25 PM CDT
I am crying silently into my post-lunch drink.
posted at 4:26 PM CDT on April 30
Bionic athletes and the future of sports A look at the future of sports -- a world where prosthetics can enhance athletic skill beyond current human capabilities:
posted to Culture at 2:41 PM CDT
and those who wish to see what man can do with man would be satisfied
Rewrite!
posted at 11:33 AM CDT on April 30
And back on topic, I would be for bionic sports as long as we could get the metallic sound effects and slo mo every time they used their bionic sight and hearing, and while lifting, throwing, punching, jumping and running.
Can I haz Steve Austin?
posted at 11:36 AM CDT on April 30
posted to Baseball at 10:27 AM CDT
Also, all credit to the opposing team, not just Holtman. It took Holtman and a teammate to carry the injured Tucholsky. And their coach could've said "No." Holtman's team went on to lose the game, and a possible chance to add to her own list of achievements in her college's record books.
Great story, great post, apoch.
posted at 6:44 PM CDT on May 1
Clemens reportedly had affair with country star Roger Clemens has another potential scandal he's already denying. He reportedly had a affair with country singer Mindy McCready in a decade-long relationship that began when she was 15 and Clemens was a 28-year old with the Red Sox. This could be especially damaging as Clemens' defamation suit against Brian McNamee proceeds.
posted to Baseball at 9:54 AM CDT
dyams, if you're gonna correct someone on their spelling, at least don't correct them with another misspelling.
It's sycophant. Look it up.
posted at 12:11 PM CDT on April 28
Yeah, I'm surprised nobody's broken his kneecaps. Oh, right, he doesn't have any left.
Bada bing, bada boom.
From the article:
Not any more, it looks like.