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apoch has posted 18 links and 284 comments to SportsFilter and 20 threads and 472 comments to the Locker Room and has written 2 columns.
posted on Apr 29, 2008 - Go to the detail view for this result
The Last Days of Tony Harris The story of Tony Harris's death in Brazil.
posted on Jan 9, 2008 - Go to the detail view for this result
USADA loses its first case. The Arbitration Panel in the case of sprinter LaTasha Jenkins voids positive test results because of lab violations of testing protocols.
posted on Dec 15, 2007 - Go to the detail view for this result
Trust But Verify, has an primer on chromatography, with an emphasis on the Floyd Landis case. Part 1: Limits Part 2: Background and Background Substraction Part 3: Adjacent Peaks Part 4: Three Peaks Part 5: What the Doktor Meant.
posted on Nov 7, 2007 - Go to the detail view for this result
Landis appeals his doping case to the Court of Arbitration of Sport
posted on Oct 10, 2007 - Go to the detail view for this result
Boston Herald Should Name Its SpyGate Source The newspaper and reporter John Tomase refuse to identify the unnamed source who burned them. Why the hell not?
A column by sportsfilter member rcade.
posted to Football at 12:17 PM CDT
Pistorius makes strides is his quest to compete in Beijing. The double-amputee won his appeal against the IOC in his hearing with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (previous SpoFi discussion on this topic here and here; note Amateur's graphic that suggests how far Oscar still has to go in competition).
posted to Olympics at 8:56 AM CDT
Trust But Verify discusses this in brief with some quotes (and a link) to the actual decision. From the excerpts I got the impression that the case was decided in Oscar's favor because the IAAF failed to fulfil the burden of proof that he was receiving an unfair advantage. More specifically their methodology for testing was flawed and unfair, and they had predetermined to ban him.
posted at 11:33 AM CDT on May 16
Yeah, and before Jackie Robinson the other black baseball players were in the Negro League, "where they should be." God forbid anybody get out of place and try to do something no one else has done before.
posted at 12:56 PM CDT on May 16
Debo, no one has proved that he has an unfair advantage. The IAAF tried, but as CAS pointed out, it was a biased unfair sham. Since there is no proven advantage your argument consists of, "He doesn't have all of his legs, so he should go compete over there with the rest of the different looking folk instead of against us normal bodied folk." Which is why a comparison to racism is not only apt, but appropriate.
posted at 1:20 PM CDT on May 16
The burden of proof has to be on the agency that chooses to exclude the athlete. In any fair system, the prosecution has to bear the burden of proof. They made the assertion that his blades gave him an unfair advantage. So therefor they have to prove it. Otherwise they could ban people for whatever reason they wanted to, fair or otherwise, and the innocent would suffer. There is a reason that any fair legal system is innocent until proven guilty.
posted at 1:29 PM CDT on May 16
Okay, you want everyone else to be able to use blades? Fine, just as long as you find a way to allow Pistorius to use human ankles along with the blades. Oh wait, we can't regrow his legs! Which is why he has to use a prosthesis.
The decision, thanks for the link bperk, doesn't allow for blade use by any model for any athelete. It specifically states that it only allows Pistorius to use the specific model of blade. Furthermore, it states that if the IAAF can actually prove an advantage than it would be appropriate to ban Pistorius and that model of blade.
debo, good for you for working with special ed kids. I'm probably over-reacting to your "where they belong" statement, but I just don't understand how you can say you believe in equal treatment but that disabled athletes don't belong in the Olympics. Separate but equal does not exist.
posted at 1:39 PM CDT on May 17
Page 2's Bill Simmons channels Doc Rivers A knee-jerk tirade to an un-expected loss that upon more sober reflection turns into a tongue-in-cheek commentary on coaching.
posted to Basketball at 4:46 PM CDT
BornIcon, the Pistons are the only team to win a road playoff game in the semifinal round. There were several road wins in the quarterfinals. Secondly, your point about the Pistons being the only to win on the road so far in the semifinals seems to mean that the Pistons are at an advantage despite the home court advantage the Celtics would hold if they advanced. The Pistons can win on the road and the Celtics don't appear to be able to so the over all Home Court Advantage would actually belong to the Pistons. And finally, the Celtics still need to win 5 more games before the finals come along and acting like they are guaranteed to represent the east is putting the cart before the horse. Which is a good idea of if you don't want to smell equestrian gas but a bad idea if you actually want to go somewhere.
yerf, that linux joke was awesome.
posted at 8:39 AM CDT on May 16
Stats on the Celtics and Pistons performance in the playoffs by round.
Stats are Celtics / Pistons
Season Point Differential: 10.3 / 7.4
Divisional Round
Point Differential: 12 / 7
Average Margin of Victory: 25.25 / 16.5
Average Margin of Loss: 5.6 / 12
Results: 4 home wins - 3 road losses (winner) / 3h1r win - 1h1r losses (winner)
Semifinal Round
Point Differential: -1.6 / 1.4
Average Margin of Victory: 6.75 / 8
Average Margin of Loss: 8.75 / 25
Results: 3 home wins - 2 road losses(ongoing) / 3h1r win - 1 road loss (winner)
I'm not sure what this all means except when the Celtics win they tend to win big and when they Pistons lose they tend to really lose.
posted at 9:15 AM CDT on May 16
Road Records for teams remaining in the playoffs:
Utah Jazz: 3-3
Detroit Pistons: 2-2
Los Angeles Lakers: 2-2
Cleveland Cavaliers: 1-3
New Orleans: 1-4
San Antonio Spurs: 1-4
Boston Celtics: 0-5
It's not that other teams are having a hard time on the road it's that the Celtics are having a horrible time on the road and as the playoffs progress it should be harder to win away from home, not easier.
And isn't one of the biggest criticisms of KG is that he never steps up when it counts?
posted at 10:42 AM CDT on May 16
Who is Antonio Cromartie? Cromartie may be best known as the Chargers quaterback who led the league in interceptions last year and owns the league record for longest scoring play with a 109 yard return. But not many people know about the other aspects of Cromartie's life, life changing instances such as life-threatening illnesses, having his mom kidnapped at gunpoint, and a scary car accident.
posted to Football at 5:38 PM CDT
Should that read as "Chargers cornerback" and not quarterback?
posted at 9:53 PM CDT on May 7
posted to Baseball at 10:27 AM CDT
"I'd rather lose with honor than win with none."
posted at 9:39 AM CDT on April 30
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
Haven't you ever heard of work furlough? Jeez.
posted at 1:51 PM CDT on April 1
Jose Canseco Has 'Stuff' on A-Rod Throughout this whole somewhat tainted steroids era, Alex Rodriguez's name has never really been slung through the mud. He obviously has a lot of home runs for his age, but he's never hit an exorbitant amount of them in one season. The general perception is A-Rod is just really, really good at what he does.
posted to Baseball at 10:40 AM CDT
I wasn't sure if it should be a fpp or not, but y'all are discussing Jose so here it is. Chase Jose by Pat Jordon on deadspin.
posted at 5:36 PM CDT on March 26
THX - as far as the libel things go, which looks worse? Suing Jose for Libel and losing or not suing at all?
posted at 3:01 AM CDT on March 28
Union to examine why Bonds has no offers The lack of offers to Barry Bonds will be examined by the baseball players' association as part of its annual review of the free-agent market. Less than two weeks before opening day, the 43-year-old home run king remains unsigned.
posted to Baseball at 4:21 PM CDT
The theory behind steroids increasing your HR total is that they make you stronger so that those balls you hit will go further, turning balls that would bounce off the wall/hit the warning track into home runs.
posted at 3:58 PM CDT on March 19
I bet this is really setting Buzz Bissinger off. To think, people hide behind the cloak of anonymity to say whatever they want and to avoid being accountable for the veracity of their claims. I thought that vice was limited to blogs and the journalistic integrity of the real news media wouldn't tolerate such behavior.
On a less snarky note, I agree that anonymity should come with the requirement of a good faith effort to be truthful. Being incorrect shouldn't be punished but dishonesty should.