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World Cup of American Football : First U.S. national football team prepares for trip to Japan
posted on July 03, 2007 - Go to the detail view for this result
NFL Won't Let Church Show Game - The NFL has nixed a church's plans to use a wall projector to show the Colts-Bears Super Bowl game, saying it would violate copyright laws.
posted on February 02, 2007 - Go to the detail view for this result
Rutgers upsets Louisville and the BCS standings.
posted on November 09, 2006 - Go to the detail view for this result
True Grit in the Pairs Figure Skating Finals [spoilers inside]
posted on February 13, 2006 - Go to the detail view for this result
Hall of Fame Intangibles. The courage of one player 35 years ago continues to make other players better. [more inside]
posted on September 27, 2005 - Go to the detail view for this result
A Radical 'Radial' Solution: "Even under the most severe conditions, the worst that will happen with one of the Radial Bats is one of the wedges will crack. No danger will be presented to any of the players, umpires, coaches or spectators in the stadium."
posted by BoKnows at 02:26 AM on August 28
The MLB Trade Deadline is Looming. We've already seen a couple of big trades. Will Manny be next?
A few blogs to keep you knee-deep in trade rumors and talk: MLB Trade Deadline Blog, ESPN Trade Deadline Blog
Lastly, for your perusal: Deadline Disasters
posted by NoMich at 08:05 PM on July 31
I'm rooting to see Fuentes and Street get dealt for the benefit of my fantasy team. I'm already satisfied with the move by the Cubs that got them Harden and Gaudin. I'm hearing that they're shopping for another lefty hitter, which makes me wonder if Edmonds is hurting more than has been let on. Otherwise, I don't see the need.
posted at 10:31 AM on July 31
Leitch: Why Mark Cuban Won't Get the Cubs "The guy has no chance. ... Mark Cuban will never own the Cubs, no matter how much money he waves in front of the Tribune Corp." -- Deadspin's Will Leitch
posted by rcade at 09:40 AM on January 22
There wasn't anything to the linked article except bloviating. Leitch may not be wrong that the current owners won't let Cuban play in their reindeer games, but he didn't make any sort of case for it.
posted at 01:48 PM on January 22
Notre Dame makes history and LSU comes away with a big Sugar Bowl win. LSU defeated Notre Dame 41-14 in the Sugar Bowl's return to the Superdome, and handed Notre Dame its ninth straight bowl loss which is the most in NCAA history.
posted by Ying Yang Mafia at 04:53 PM on January 05
Damn, too slow on that edit window of opportunity. privileges.
posted at 03:33 PM on January 05
Notre Dame makes history and LSU comes away with a big Sugar Bowl win. LSU defeated Notre Dame 41-14 in the Sugar Bowl's return to the Superdome, and handed Notre Dame its ninth straight bowl loss which is the most in NCAA history.
posted by Ying Yang Mafia at 04:53 PM on January 05
They like to play certain teams every year (U of M, MSU, Navy, USC) and playing in a conference wouldn't allow that. Oh wouldn't it? USC, MSU & UofM get to play Notre Dame don't they? And the Big Ten had been in negotiations with ND to admit them to the Big Ten, which would have taken care of MSU and UofM. There's four non-conf games available now, so USC, Navy are not a problem. You could probably add Boston College in there too if you really wanted. What I don't understand is why any ND fans would rather see ND stay independent. It'd be better for the team and fans if they dumped their BCS priveleges and joined a conference. They'd end up in better bowl matchups and would probably improve the quality of their football too, not only ending their streak of futility by winning a lower tier bowl, but also improving such that they might actually earn a higher tier bowl shot that they would actually have a chance of winning.
posted at 03:25 PM on January 05
Spartans Complete Greatest Comeback Ever. Michigan State comes back from 38-3 down to win in the greatest comeback in NCAA 1-A history.
posted by commander cody at 06:30 PM on October 22
Ugh. It's not much fun being a NW fan this year. Glad to see Bacher get in and do something though. Brewer had just been spinning his wheels. Speculation is that Fitz is going to have to clean house and get a new set of asst. coachs to replace the ones he got saddled with this year. The offensive coordinator has no experience in the position and would have had Walker as a mentor, but Fitz was a defensive coach and has plenty of learning to do on his own. NW definitely needs a more experienced OC. And don't even get me started on how rotten Greg Colby has been as the DC for the last few years. This year he's gotten the defense to barely adequate, which would have been great if we still had the offense we did last year with Walker's hand on it and Baz as QB.
posted at 11:25 PM on October 22
Piniella finds a wallet in Chicago. Cubs bypass Joe Girardi and Bruce Bochy, grabbing Piniella for the bargain rate of $3 mil/season for 3 years.
posted by BullpenPro at 03:38 PM on October 18
People aren't pissed because he's having trouble hitting, they're pissed because they think paying some $25 mil a year should guarentee a ring. The Hardball Times has a good consideration of that.
posted at 08:13 AM on October 18
Piniella finds a wallet in Chicago. Cubs bypass Joe Girardi and Bruce Bochy, grabbing Piniella for the bargain rate of $3 mil/season for 3 years.
posted by BullpenPro at 03:38 PM on October 16
I'm really disappointed the Cubs didn't snag Joe Girardi. The opinion I'm seeing coming out of Cubs blogs and which I agree with is that we're getting another version of Dusty, this time with a temper. I'm forseeing bad, bad times for the Cubs for the next few years.
posted at 09:45 PM on October 16
Tour de Fake? Tour de France winner, Floyd Landis, reportedly tested positive for drugs after Stage 17. Yeah, that stage 17.
posted by bperk at 09:27 AM on July 29
Just found this blog that's working on covering all of this and digging into the ins and outs of test efficacy, alcohol effects, who's doing the testing, etc.
posted at 09:36 AM on July 29
Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog-Eating Contest Four-time world champion, and odds favorite, (1/3), Takeru Kobayashi of Japan will once again defend his title against top eaters from around the globe. The tough competition includes Eric "Badlands" Booker, (9/5), Oleg Zhornitsky, (4/1), and "Hungry" Charles Hardy, (7/1), while the 'field' is represented by notables Sonya "The Black Widow" Thomas, US record holder, Joey Chestnut and 60 year-old Rich LeFevre and his wife, Carlene LeFevre. Santioned by the International Federation of Competitive Eating it will, of course, meet their safety standards.
posted by geekyguy at 10:14 PM on July 04
Be prepared for some awful singing if the rehearsal I witnessed tonight at Nathan's is anything to judge by.
posted at 12:05 AM on July 04
Northwestern University football coach Randy Walker is dead. He died last night of an apparent heart attack. Walker was 52 years old and was the second winningest coach in school history.
posted by Sister Havana at 08:04 AM on June 30
He'll really be missed at Northwestern. He was a good coach and he made sure his players graduated. He also was committed to staying at Northwestern rather than looking at it as another step up.
posted at 09:54 AM on June 30
Prefer a language you don't understand over Dave O'Brien? Well, you're not alone. New York Times' world cup blog discusses ABC/ESPN decision to please the short-attention-span non-soccer-watching American market at the expense of football die-hards.
posted by terrapin at 03:28 PM on June 27
I switched to univision too and I am far from the die hard soccer fan that O'Brien is so eager to dis.
posted at 04:00 PM on June 27
World Cup Confidence Pool has completed the group stages. Half the teams are gone. Mr Frisby has lead - a position he has made his own, by a slim margin, most of the way so far. Check the standings.
posted by gspm at 04:00 PM on June 27
My knowledge, that is. Which is to say, nil.
posted at 01:42 PM on June 27
World Cup Confidence Pool has completed the group stages. Half the teams are gone. Mr Frisby has lead - a position he has made his own, by a slim margin, most of the way so far. Check the standings.
posted by gspm at 04:00 PM on June 27
Well, it seems that knowledge of international football will out come hell or hight water. I can't even keep ahead of the FIFA rankings.
posted at 01:37 PM on June 27
USA-Soccer's Tin Man? Bruce Arena-Sore Loser? How could the Americans, even ignoring the inflated status FIFA imposed upon them, show such heart and yet disappoint so utterly?...Some players complained that Arena did not even shake his counterpart's hand after the game.
posted by Texan_lost_in_NY at 12:02 AM on June 23
There's a rumor that the German national team coach is going to take over for Arena in the near future. Someone should.
posted at 09:10 AM on June 23
Besides which, MLB could just raise the mound or do something else to mitigate the batters' new advantage.