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Drood has posted 11 links and 600 comments to SportsFilter and no threads and 3 comments to the Locker Room and has written 2 columns.
The NFL in the year 2000 "Don't be shocked when the 21st century arrives and the NFL teams in Super Bowl XXXIV have women quarterbacks launching 135-yard touchdown passes with their power-assisted arms." Unintentional comedy gold from Sports Illustrated.
posted on Mar 24, 2008 - Go to the detail view for this result
Chicago Bulls fire coach. Nothing says "Merry Christmas" like sudden unemployment.
posted on Dec 25, 2007 - Go to the detail view for this result
The human toll of hockey concussions.
posted on Dec 24, 2007 - Go to the detail view for this result
First documented US MMA death. Samuel Vasquez, a 35-year-old mixed martial artist from Houston, Texas, died on Friday.
posted on Dec 2, 2007 - Go to the detail view for this result
The physics of a football hit. "At 5 ft. 11 in. and 199 pounds, Marcus Trufant is an average-size NFL defensive back (DB). [...] a DB's mass combined with his speed -- on average, 4.56 seconds for the 40-yard dash -- can produce up to 1,600 pounds of tackling force." Given the recent research that's showing concussions are far more serious than was once thought, this is a sobering read.
posted on Nov 27, 2007 - Go to the detail view for this result
Yankees fan kills Red Sox fan.
posted to Baseball at 2:44 AM CDT
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
So he engages in genital mutilation when he's not throwing a football.
posted at 10:04 PM CDT on May 5
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 to Soccer at 12:59 PM CDT
Screw the top of the league, what about the bottom? I'm pleased my Saints are staying up, but dear god I felt bad for Leicester. Seeing the rollercoaster their fans were on during the match was heartbreaking.
So any Leicester fans reading this, this is a Saints saying I feel very bad for you guys, and really wish we could have BOTH stayed up.
Chargdres: All the league names are retarded now IMO.
posted at 3:30 PM CDT on May 5
Having followed the Championship the last few weeks, I gotta say I enjoy the football far more, and the competition is much tighter.
Too bad I have to rely on torrents for any sort of coverage over this side of the Atlantic.
posted at 5:53 PM CDT on May 5
Harrison asked about shooting Indianapolis Colts star receiver Marvin Harrison was interviewed by police about a shooting near his North Philadelphia car wash this week.
posted to Football at 7:32 AM CDT
Well they do say you have to watch the quiet ones:)
posted at 3:32 PM CDT on May 5
De La Hoya wins easy decision "But fighters have been known to change their retirement plans as easily as they change gloves, and the only thing for certain is that De La Hoya will add many more millions to his already fat bank accounts before he finally hangs the gloves up for good. Mayweather has yet to sign for the rematch, though De La Hoya expressed confidence that the money would be too great for him to refuse."
posted to Boxing at 1:01 PM CDT
Brandy: What do you mean "becoming"? It's been a joke for a long time. (And I say that as a moderate fan.)
posted at 2:45 PM CDT on May 4
Basically it's become the wrestling aesthetic. Rather than two guys hitting each other, it's all the pomp and circumstance of Wrestlemania now. Now I'm a pro-wrestling fan myself. I watch it because I enjoy the theatrics, the acting, and the athletic ability. However I don't want to see that sort of show in a REAL sport. It seems it's too much to ask these days to just see two guys swinging at each other. There's gotta be hype specials. There's gotta be all the show and production values, there's gotta be, to coin a wrestling term, a babyface and a heel etc... The essence, two guys fighting, is practically sundry at this point.
Boxings biggest issue is PPV I think. Every fight worth anything (and a good number that aren't worth that) are on PPV. There's a reason boxing is considered a dying sport. It's because most people won't pay for (or in my case can't even get) the events. Boxing will never return to the mainstream fulltime until people like Don King are dead, and regular folk can get easy access to seeing the fights. It's all very well if the fights airs on ESPN afterwards etc... But seeing it a week later after the entire planet knows the result makes it kinda pointless.
posted at 12:48 AM CDT on May 5
Unbeaten Big Brown comes through to win Kentucky Derby. Big Brown backed up his trainer's boasts with an explosive finishing kick and won the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, a commanding victory turned somber by the fatal breakdown of the filly Eight Belles on horse racing's biggest day.
posted to Other at 6:40 PM CDT
Sorry, but this is why I loathe horse racing. MMA gets a ton of shit for being "barbaric" and all that bullshit. At least both guys chose to be in there. Horse racing makes me sick, especially since it exists purely so gamblers can make money.
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posted at 12:05 AM CDT on May 4
Tejada Delivers on Promise When he came to the plate in the sixth inning Friday night, Miguel Tejada wanted more than anything to keep his promise to 8-year-old Jacob Scott, a muscular dystrophy patient the Astros shortstop met at a luncheon hours earlier.
posted to Baseball at 11:04 AM CDT
Holy crap! I've seen stuff like this in movies. "Hit a homerun for me!"
To see someone actually do it... Man that fucking rocks!
Awesome post justgary.
posted at 5:41 PM CDT on May 3
posted to Baseball at 9:03 PM CDT
I looked at it and thought "I love baseball, but not this much" and didn't read it.
Probably being whacked out of my gourd on codeine didn't help the old comprehension.
But yeah, no reason to be so damn rude.
posted at 11:41 PM CDT on May 2
Justgary: I love baseball stats, but stuff like this makes my eyes cross, and kinda removes some of the romance of the stats for me.
It's kinda like being told there's a hole in the magicians hat where he pulls the rabbit through. It's fun to know the secrets, but the magic is never quite the same.
posted at 5:23 AM CDT on May 3
LA Galaxy reserve team uses ticket agent to fill out game day roster They didn't want to play short-handed. Anybody here know how to play this game?
posted to Soccer at 11:25 AM CDT
Peter apparently has a persecution complex.
Owlhouse: Well played sir. Ba-dum-tish indeed.
posted at 7:21 PM CDT on May 2
10 Sports Heroes You Won’t Find on a Wheaties Box. Mental Floss magazine gives us a list of 10 people that are not, but should be, on a Wheaties box.
posted to Culture at 12:56 PM CDT
I would so love to see Akebono on a box of Wheaties! I remember watching him when Channel 4 in the UK used to air Sumo. Loved watching that.
Didn't read beyond the first page as I despise these sites that split articles over
posted at 2:55 PM CDT on May 1
multiple pages.
posted at 2:56 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
JJ: HAHA! I hope you're not serious.
The way I've heard it described was back in the Murray Walker and James Hunt days on F1 coverage. Murray was there for commentary. James was there for comment. (Which largely involved slagging Patrese off.)
posted at 6:03 PM CDT on April 30
Shotput: Amen brother.
I remember this poem from years ago called "Carmageddon" (long before the video game.) It had a bit about beating someone to death with a piece of metal getting you a long time in prison, but if you attach it to a car then hit them with it, the punishment is far less.
I agree entirely. The car was used as a weapon. No different than a gun.