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- 05/22/13
| Name: | bill pennington (no, not that one) |
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| Location: | Australia, but reasonably peripatetic |
| Member since: | June 26, 2004 |
| Last visit: | May 21, 2013 |
owlhouse has posted 127 links and 2610 comments to SportsFilter and 11 links and 754 comments to the Locker Room.
End of an Era. Fergie Out!: Imperial Lord Ferg Sir Alex quits. Here are some highlights of the last 35 years or so of his footballing life.
posted by owlhouse to soccer at 06:17 AM on May 08 - 13 comments
Brian Lara vs Sachin Tendulkar: And why sports comparisons are meaningless but still jolly good fun.
posted by owlhouse to other at 09:51 PM on March 19 - 0 comments
We Can't Accept Mediocrity: Australia sacks four cricketers for not preparing a presentation.
posted by owlhouse to other at 08:41 PM on March 11 - 3 comments
What is American Soccer?: A tactical history of the USMNT. From a list of the best football writing 2012.
posted by owlhouse to soccer at 03:52 AM on January 07 - 2 comments
The Aboriginal Innings: Australia's first national cricket team were all indigenous. What has happened since then? A thoughtful piece from the Global Mail.
posted by owlhouse to culture at 03:51 AM on December 18 - 2 comments
I can't even imagine how incredibly sad this makes me:
Man dies dribbling ball to Brazil, raising money for One World Football.
posted by owlhouse at 11:19 PM on May 14
Hawks in 6
Kings in 6
Pens in 5
Rangers in 6
posted by owlhouse at 12:38 AM on May 14
Thanks yerfatma. For the football and the baseball. I think I learned a lot.
posted by owlhouse at 09:32 PM on May 13
David Moyes is frantically googling the name "Frank O'Farrell".
posted by owlhouse at 02:21 AM on May 09
Also, bigger question, why now?
Before the last home game of the 13th Championship season.
Because you don't want your farewell to the fans to be after a boring 0-0 at The Hawthorns.
posted by owlhouse at 09:35 PM on May 08
Sally the Seagull needs Premier League exposure. And Brighton are a great example of how to run a football club properly, and on behalf of the fans and community.
That's my niece in there.
posted by owlhouse at 10:15 PM on May 04
I was in the middle of the rally video when it suddenly became unavailable!
Feckin'right, ye gobshites.
posted by owlhouse at 03:34 AM on May 04
The player will be banned for life, for a start, then he'll face whatever legal action the ref wants to take.
I started reffing at age 14, and my daughter also qualified and reffed for a few years. Fortunately the only problems we both had came from parents, and they were verbal rather than physical abuse.
I'd suspect that the player involved in this case is the "type" who would also end up assaulting their teacher, their classmates or someone else who happened to look at him the wrong way. Whatever the reasons for his violent behaviour (and I'm not even going to guess what that might be), there's no place on a sports field, or in the community, for this kind of thing.
posted by owlhouse at 09:15 PM on May 01
Great news, and in particular gratifying to see that the dominant reaction is somewhere between "at last" and "so what".
As for ESPN, being gay is real. Being a Christian is made up.
posted by owlhouse at 10:20 PM on April 29
OK, I'm first in!
Pittsburgh in 5 Montreal in 6 Rangers in 5 Boston in 6 (sorry, Toronto-ites)
Chicago in 5 Detroit in 6 Vancouver in 7 St Louis in 5
Disclaimer - using these picks to assist in your own choices would be like asking Charles Manson for parenting advice.
posted by owlhouse at 10:11 PM on April 29
Thanks for that Mr B.
A few years ago my two year old daughter once had a great time on the train out of New Street with a bunch of Brummies dressed as polar bears. They left us at Crewe, unfortunately, and she was quite sad for the rest of the trip with only me for entertainment. I'm pretty sure she still remembers the songs about "Shit on the Villa".
posted by owlhouse at 10:43 PM on April 27
Maybe you could recruit NFL players from other countries.
posted by owlhouse at 05:51 AM on April 25
You don't have to be a cricket fan to enjoy this.
In my playing days, we had magpie attacks in deep fielding positions, and the occasional kangaroo invasion which held up play, but not badgers.
posted by owlhouse at 10:50 PM on April 23
Thanks JJ, a good read. Pity you didn't end up in the rule book.
I like the "philosophical minefield" you mention about defining "as close as possible", and wonder what a smartarse bush lawyer golfer might do with an unsuspecting tournament referee.
Zeno's Paradox with the arrow in flight came to my mind.
posted by owlhouse at 10:37 PM on April 23
SportsFilter: The Tuesday Huddle
Didn't know Niki Lauda was South African.