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- 11/21/09
| Name: | Matthew |
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| Homepage URL: | http://www.shishuu.net |
| Location: | Memphis, TN |
| ZIP: | 38117 |
| Gender: | Male |
| AIM: | tuxmatt |
| Member since: | April 19, 2004 |
| Last visit: | September 05, 2009 |
Adept has posted 1 link and 30 comments to SportsFilter and 0 links and 0 comments to the Locker Room.
The greatest golfer ever : is someone you've never heard of: John Montague. (aka LaVerne Moore)
posted by Adept to golf at 04:34 PM on May 31 - 8 comments
I only know him from the stupid talking heads show on ESPN that comes on before PTI. I didn't like him. So, now I find out he's not just obnoxious, he's also a scumbag. Well, he'll do just fine on TV, then.
posted by Adept at 05:22 PM on August 28
you know, knowsalittle, i think your comparison - besides being absolutely, from-another-planet absurd - fails on a pretty fundamental level. That being, in _flubber_, they are essentially using a technological innovation to improve the performance of equipment. This isn't cheating, this is just sport: golf, tennis, football, hockey, marathoning and on and on - the entire landscape of the competition is constantly changed by improvements to gear. This is something fundamentally different from using controlled substances to change body musculature, hand-eye coordination, etc.
posted by Adept at 03:19 AM on June 29
Don't even get knowsalittle started about Angels in the Outfield. The amount of cheating in that is fucking detestable, and supposedly sanctioned by GOD HIMSELF. It's disgusting, that's what it is.
posted by Adept at 10:35 AM on June 27
Well, wfrazerjr, I've been waiting awhile. I figured it was about time. I read this in the paper Smithsonian and have been waiting a month to post it.
posted by Adept at 01:27 PM on June 02
Yeah, I think a lot of the reason is simply that the dollar was so strong compared to the C$ that it made economic sense. Especially as an attempt to turn the sport from essentially US Regional to US national. If the currency trend continues, we might see a shift of hockey teams back where they belong.
posted by Adept at 03:20 PM on May 30
MonkeyHawk: You're not joking that you don't have a clue about Nashville, especially if you think that there is nothing to do there or that there's simply nothing there for him to do. Amy Grant concert? Lame.
posted by Adept at 05:11 PM on April 24
Yeah, how you can call it *boring* is beyond me. I mean, though, you did say you didn't care about either of the teams, so that might be why. Yes. Freethrows. That was the UMem bugbear all season and ,even though it ran off to the shadows during the dance, it came back to strike when I expected it to. (I'm sorry to say) I think, honestly, the gamechanger was Dorsey's fouling out with 2 mins left, and his absence was especially felt in overtime. A fantastic game, but it didn't keep me from being sad all day. Kansas will be there and get it again. Memphis? I might not live to see it.
posted by Adept at 04:55 PM on April 08
YYM: As everyone has been saying, our [Memphis] fatal flaw is at the line. I think only 2 other schools in all of DI had a worse percentage. But, if we keep shooting like we did last night, not a team in the world can beat us. I mean, 80% is clearly too much to expect, of course, but even 70 or 65 would make the Tigers awfully hard to beat.
posted by Adept at 08:17 PM on March 31
I remember Showboats BBQ, in team colors, natch. Ah, what could have been, indeed! There isn't a hopeless football grail this city won't chase. It is interesting to think of the NFL being in such a weakened position that a rival league could poach first round talent. My memory of those times is not that good.
posted by Adept at 08:57 PM on February 25
Or the chance to drink beers with greatness, at any rate.
posted by Adept at 11:32 AM on February 10
We're all the problem.
posted by Adept at 07:42 PM on February 04
So hooray for mandatory conscription then? Hell to that. Post four and still no talk of sports.
posted by Adept at 06:23 PM on February 04
The_Black_Hand: Lifetime southerner here. I would not say one "often" hears that spoken at all.
posted by Adept at 08:55 AM on January 19
My favorite part of this is Gonzalez reply to the reporter. "Hey, I'm coachable." Classic all around.
posted by Adept at 09:01 AM on December 28
The Next Tennessee Football Coach
Oops. Sorry:
Very sad, but I think it was time to go. I agree with the (appropriately) orange text. I'll be interested to see where we go from here.