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Sports Broadcasting Legend Jim McKay Dies Spanning the globe to bring you the constant variety of sport. . McKay, longtime host of ABC Wide World of Sports, RIP.
posted to General at 12:16 PM CDT
Mike Piazza decides to retire after 16 seasons Piazza; hanging up the cleats, binning the bats, mothballing the mitt.
posted to Baseball at 3:43 PM CDT
If he goes in, I certainly see it being as a Dodger, mostly for the reasons Chargdres mentions. That's the team I've seen him play with the most, but that's also because I'm a Padre fan.
posted at 9:21 AM CDT on May 21
Pacman gives Dallas Cowboys a dual threat: This is what Pacman Jones can bring to the Dallas Cowboys on the field if he plays in 2008: A playmaker on defense as a cornerback and on special teams.
posted to Football at 12:11 PM CDT
But going for sushi in Johnson County Kansas sounds a lot like going to San Diego for barbecue.
[insert obilgatory Kansas City Barbecue/Top Gun mention here]
posted at 3:00 PM CDT on April 24
"Greg Maddux? I bet you could catch him with your eyes closed." What you are about to read is a story about grown men who should know better. It is included here as a means of illustrating the legend of one man and his unique place in baseball history. It should not be construed as an endorsement of the activity described, although we must admit it makes for a pretty cool story.
posted to Baseball at 4:48 PM CDT
Maddux reminds be of high school biology and disecting a frog. Only difference is opposing batters.
That's more of a literal connection than you think. I'm a San Diego resident, and my morning commutes are occasionally punctuated by the unpleasant sight of disemboweled corpses littered along the roadside, and torrents of blood flowing into the gutters as if all 9" of our yearly rain fell in one night, brought by a cold front from hell. The exteriors of some buildings downtown look like Jackson Pollock took up graffiti, if only Pollock's favored media were entrails and crushed bone. Occasionally the smears of blood form words, but they're not utterable by any human tongue.
And those are the days after Maddux wins.
posted at 6:46 PM CDT on April 15
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
That's all true TheQatarian, but the other side of the coin is that China has a tremendous amount of resources committed to the Olympics, and for them it's not just about sports. China sees this Olympic event as their entrance onto the world stage as a major player in all kinds of international things. There have been numerous stories of the government cracking down on areas it wouldn't care about earlier (i.e. toy manufacturing and environmental regulations), along with financing major construction projects by famous architects even beyond what's required for the Olympics (i.e. the new CCTV headquarters by OMA (AKA Rem Koolhaas)). I think China sees these Olympics as a referendum on their status as a nation, and I can't really blame a lot of people outside of the country for treating it that way as well. It's certainly not a good thing for the athletes or for sports in general, but that's how I've seen it described in a number of places.
posted at 4:30 PM CDT on April 7
Michael Turner is ready for his chance to shine. After four years of being the back up to the greatest running back in the game, Michael Turner is ready for his chance to recieve the bulk of the carries. Turner might not be L.T., but he's better than many of the halfbacks who started around the league last year.
posted to Football at 2:29 PM CDT
I'd really like to see him stay with the Chargers, but it's highly unlikely he will. he and LT were a great combo, and for Turner's sake, I hope he does as well in the starting position as he did in the backup role. It's largely thanks to him that the Chargers were able to go as far as they did in the playoffs this year, especially once LT went out. I know I didn't really have any serious worries about the running game at that point.
posted at 5:12 PM CDT on February 27
I would cut LT and keep Turner. LT quit on his team and people know it. He could have come back in that playoff game and chose to stay out. He is a cry baby and does not have the attitude you need to build a team around.
That's just total radio-talk show BS. You have *no* idea how he felt at the start of that game, not to mention how he felt after getting in for a couple plays. Was he at 80%? Maybe, but I think I'd rather have Turner in there at 100% than LT at 80, and why waste a guy on the field just using him as a decoy, especially when your opponent already knows he's hurt? I'd think he would have been hurting the team more by trying to stay in at that point, so better to sit than try to appease the mentality of people who call in to talk shows.
LT's been in San Diego for a while now, and has never shown any reason whatsoever to doubt him. Sitting for one game when injured does not negate any of that. The dude never phones it in, doesn't do the big victory celebrations in the end zone and generally just doesn't go in for any of the drama that many other players do. If the only Chargers games you've ever watched are the playoff games from the last couple seasons, I can sort of understand being misled by all the hype surrounding them, but LT is someone any GM worth his salt would want on their team.
posted at 10:03 AM CDT on February 28
I agree completely, not so much regarding whether or not he could have continued with his injury, but how he covered up and never moved from the bench, hiding behind his helmet and dark shield while the rest of his team was trying to win a playoff game. He appeared to be sulking
I pretty much figured he was heartbroken. And he's just not the rah-rah excitable type of guy that Rivers is, so I would frankly have been surprised if he was running around (while injured) rooting on his teammates; and let's not be silly and pretend that they actually would have won had he done that. He's typically just very reserved and supports his team by playing on the field. He's just all business.
But personally, I find the behavior of other people on the team, like Rivers jabbering with hecklers in Indy and Merriman's ridiculous sack dance, to be pretty embarrassing.
posted at 10:11 AM CDT on February 28
I feel he took himself out of that game to make a statement to the team about his value.
Riiiiiiiiiiiight. Because the Chargers are ignorant about the value of the guy who holds the league record for most touchdowns by a RB in a season, a number that doesn't include the two touchdowns he passed for. And LT took himself out of a playoff game, not because he was injured, but because he wanted to make a statement about that, and thought that denying his team the superbowl would somehow (please explain how!) make things better for himself. You have got to be kidding.
posted at 1:30 PM CDT on February 28
A team captain and MVP who cries for his team to succeed when he's on the field, but throws a tarp over himself on the bench when he can't play? You (and others) are OK with that, I'm not. Just my opinion.
Yeah, I'm perfectly okay with one of the best players in the league with absolutely no other character flaws; not a showboater in the least; who leaves everything on the field; a guy who comes from a gulf coast state and now lives in San Diego, covering himself up on the sideline of a game in 10 degree weather when he won't be able to warm himself up by playing. I don't think you're necessarily wrong--it would have been *nice* for him to be cheering everybody on--but given the circumstances, I think you're blowing it way, way, way out of proportion.
posted at 12:18 PM CDT on February 29
Without L.T. in the mix, the Chargers are mediocre at best.
Well, no--LT was out of the mix, along with Rivers and Gates, and they were still good enough to beat the Colts at home and give the Patriots a run for their money in the AFC championship. So based on the actual games played, if they lose LT, they're only the second best team in the AFC.
posted at 1:53 PM CDT on March 3
Chargers Beat Colts, 28-24, and move on to face the Patriots next week.
posted to Football at 3:27 PM CDT
But with an aging linebacking corps whose ability to stop the run is constantly questioned. It'll be interesting to see if SD takes a page from Jacksonville and comes out throwing given the Pats will probably put 8 men in the box again to stop the running attack.
Especially so with a team that has decent receivers as running backs (even if Tomlinson is sidelined); I bet the Chargers start dumping it off underneath to running backs (or Gates if he's healthy) and get Bruschi and Seau tired of chasing them. Wouldn't be too risky of a strategy, especially if Volek ends up being the quarterback, although they probably won't be able to keep pace with Pats offense doing that. But, a play like that is what sprung Sproles against the Colts.
posted at 12:47 PM CDT on January 14
USC's Carroll intersted in Falcons opening but why would he go to the Pros where he's a proven winner in the college ranks,and a loser in the pros?
posted to Football at 2:49 PM CDT
I think the other side of the coin (as opposed to "Pete Carroll should look for a better team so he doesn't totally stink it up in the pros for all time") is that maybe at this point only a truly desperate NFL team is looking to hire him as a head coach, and thus, enter the Falcons. But I'm not sure Pete's stock has fallen to that level yet.
posted at 7:53 PM CDT on January 10
Goose cooks up HOF induction, but Rice is not on the menu this year.
Only one player was chosen for the class of 2008, "Goose" Gossage.
posted to Baseball at 10:24 PM CDT
Yeah, four good years don't get you into the Hall.
But isn't that basically how Koufax got in?
posted at 5:29 PM CDT on January 9
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
Couldn't you just be 4' wide and 6' tall and lay down?
posted at 3:13 PM CDT on December 13
I remember watching the Seoul olympics 20 years ago and being disappointed that NBC had the coverage of it, mostly just because Jim McKay didn't work for them. Also, they only played their stupid John Tesh olympic music instead of the awesome trumpet stuff.