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Nadal wins 4th straight French Open in a rout. Rafael Nadal put on a clinic against World #1 Roger Federer to match Bjorn Borg's record for consecutive victories at Roland Garros. He was so dominant, he felt he had to apologize to Federer for the result.
posted on June 08, 2008 - Go to the detail view for this result
Firecracker tragedy halts Malha match: During the match, with a minute and a half remaining in the contest, a fan standing above the Amir section in Malha threw the fire cracker onto the floor, prompting the guard to run, scoop up the explosive and jump on it to absorb the blast in front of the Holon bench.
posted on November 14, 2007 - Go to the detail view for this result
McLaren lose 2007 points, fined $100m but Alonso and Hamilton keep their driver's points. They are, however, barred from appearing on the podium the rest of the season. More news here.
posted on September 13, 2007 - Go to the detail view for this result
Argentine match postponed after fans block buses. Violence, death threats and reports of attempted match fixing have forced the AFA to ban fans from attending away matches to try to bring the situation under control.
posted on November 19, 2006 - Go to the detail view for this result
Five Aces in a Week? "It's incomprehensible this kind of luck could happen, but it does happen ..."
posted by BoKnows at 04:10 AM on November 11
Five Aces in a Week? "It's incomprehensible this kind of luck could happen, but it does happen ..."
posted by BoKnows at 04:10 AM on November 11
I have been golfing for more than 20 years. My handicap is 6 and I have never had a hole in one,or has anyone I have golfed with.I can not believe this story.
That must mean no one has ever made one. :-/
I've been golfing for about 30 years. I've never made one but come close a couple times. And each of those times was a bit of dumb luck. Partially dumb luck keeping it out of the hole, partially dumb luck getting it close to begin with.
I think by nature, holes-in-one require luck. If they were 100% skill, the pros would do it more often.
posted at 12:10 PM on November 11
Spofi Fantasy EPL 08-09 Week 3 Update The top two are unchanged while the typical early season shuffling occurs lower in the table.
posted by gspm at 04:45 PM on September 03
Looks like playing my wildcard paid off.
posted at 10:18 AM on September 03
The World's Greatest Athlete? The Journal sought to identify the world's greatest athlete with an approach that, while not completely scientific, took a number of measures into account. A panel of five sports scientists and exercise physiologists was given a list drawn up by the Journal of 79 male athletes. Candidates had to be active in their sport and among the all-time best.
posted by BoKnows at 11:47 AM on June 20
graymatters: According to the article, "Sixty athletes were eliminated in the second round, either because of low scores or because they were not first in their field." So they considered LeBron the best basketball player and eliminated Kobe and Tony Parker. I don't think it's necessarily fair. As a former decathlete, I can attest that we the best all around athletes. :) For me, I got picked to be a decathlete by my track coach in junior college. I was better than most people in a lot of events, but I didn't excel at any one event better than anyone. Decathlon was what allowed me to compete on the college level. Next to decathletes, I'd put pole vaulters next. They have to have a sprinter's speed and a gymnast's strength and flexibility. In fact, many decathletes that I competed against in college were converted pole vaulters.
posted at 03:09 PM on June 20
Pitcher really don't like an ump? Have your catcher duck and hit him in the face! On a high fastball, high school catcher ducks as the ball hits ump right on the mask (youtube link).
posted by jmd82 at 01:09 PM on June 18
Great stuff. Not saying I condone this sort of behavior but hey, if the catcher's saying he crossed plays with the pitcher, then he crossed plays. On that note, I don't believe them for one second. This was an intentional strike to the umps grill. posted by BornIcon at 1:48 PM CST on June 18 This is kind of contradictory. At first you say you believe the catcher, then you say you don't. Which is it? To me, there's no way that the catcher was crossed up. He intentionally ducked the ball. The only player with any kind of plausible deniability is the pitcher. He could have just thrown a high fastball and the catcher saw it as an opportunity to get even. (I'm not sure I buy the pitcher being totally innocent, though.) thatch: There's no way he could have moved in time. When you're an umpire, you're expecting the catcher to catch or block the ball and you have to watch it all the way to his glove. The ball was about 2 feet away from the umpire's face when the catcher dropped his glove. He wouldn't even had time to think, "Oh, Shit!"
posted at 04:59 PM on June 18
Nadal wins 4th straight French Open in a rout. Rafael Nadal put on a clinic against World #1 Roger Federer to match Bjorn Borg's record for consecutive victories at Roland Garros. He was so dominant, he felt he had to apologize to Federer for the result.
posted by cabuki at 02:02 PM on June 08
Watching the match on the BBC, you would have thought Federer was beaten by the lowest qualifier in the field, not the World #2 and arguably the best clay court player of this generation. The commentators were practically calling for Federer to retire before he caused himself any further embarrassment. He's made the finals 3 years in a row (and the semi final the year before that). I don't understand why people think he's bad on clay. Maybe they know something I don't.
posted at 02:06 PM on June 08
FINAL update for the 07-08 Spofi EPL fantasy footie. Squealy takes it again and finishes in a very impressive 667th out of 1,704,209 participants. Results inside (A week late, as has become usual).
posted by gspm at 09:13 AM on May 20
Thanks for the effort, gspm.
posted at 02:27 AM on May 20
Ask SpoFi In NASCAR why do some of the cars swerve back and forth when following the pace car after the caution flag has been waved? Is there a benefit or is it just something they do to amuse themselves?
posted by Ying Yang Mafia at 02:25 PM on March 03
They're warming up their tires. Warmer tires give better grip.
posted at 02:32 PM on March 03
Spofi EPL fantasy footie Week 13 update. The pool saw a 122 point week this week, the best yet. How did you do?
posted by gspm at 06:05 PM on November 14
Congratulations on the new baby! I'm going to call her Lucky since it was her entrance to the world that turned my fortunes around after 8 straight weeks of miserable performances. But I reserve the right to change my opinion if this is just a one week blip. ;)
posted at 03:48 AM on November 14
Firecracker tragedy halts Malha match: During the match, with a minute and a half remaining in the contest, a fan standing above the Amir section in Malha threw the fire cracker onto the floor, prompting the guard to run, scoop up the explosive and jump on it to absorb the blast in front of the Holon bench.
posted by cabuki at 03:36 AM on November 14
I really don't understand what goes through someone's mind where they think they need to bring explosives to a sporting event. I've been to soccer matches here in Belgium where fans set off road flares and bottle rockets. It's idiots like this that give sports fans a bad name.
posted at 03:36 AM on November 14
Rob Stone versus 1 million Scoville units: "It was like somebody tasered my mouth."
posted by mr_crash_davis at 05:54 PM on November 09
I've been that stupid before. Right before I moved to Europe, my coworkers took me to lunch at a place that served a habanero burger. I could only eat 1/3 of it before it got too hot to bear. The real fun was later that evening and the next morning as it made it's way out the other end.
posted at 10:00 AM on November 09
Tom Brady TD prediction contest Tom Brady threw for his 27th touchdown in seven games today against the Dolphins. How many will he have when the regular season ends?
posted by apoch at 08:07 PM on October 22
He ends with 57 with #50 being caught by Randy Moss against the Jets on 12/16. #57 will also be caught by Randy Moss.
posted at 09:26 AM on October 22
Week 7 update for the Spofi EPL fantasy footie. The fourth different overall leader in the past five weeks is certainly a familiar manager to take that spot...
posted by gspm at 03:57 PM on September 24
Imagine this post is full of four letter words and statements regarding the testicles (and lack thereof) of the members of my team. For good measure, throw in some insults towards their mothers.
posted at 02:13 PM on September 24
McLaren lose 2007 points, fined $100m but Alonso and Hamilton keep their driver's points. They are, however, barred from appearing on the podium the rest of the season. More news here.
posted by cabuki at 02:04 PM on September 13
holden: Here's a good article giving a timeline of the whole thing The essence of the scandal is that someone at Ferrari gave secrets to his buddy at McLaren. Ferrari found out and it hit the fan.
posted at 04:32 PM on September 13
Greg Oden is out for the entire season.
posted by lilnemo at 01:42 PM on September 13
I hope this isn't the beginning of a career where everyone remarks, "He could have been one of the great ones. Too bad he was always injured."
posted at 02:10 PM on September 13
When I was in college, I was on the track team as a decathlete. I took part in a charity 4-man scramble tournament and on one of the par 3s they had a closest to the pin contest. I hit a lousy shot and as a joke, I said, "I could probably throw it closer than that." One of my team mates threw me a ball and said do it. 125 yard par 3 and I unleashed a textbook javelin throw (my favorite event) that landed just on the green and rolled to about 8 inches. I would have won the prize for closest to the hole if the organizers would have counted it.