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| Name: | B Perk |
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bperk has posted 4 links and 2281 comments to SportsFilter and 0 links and 219 comments to the Locker Room.
Why We Hate A-Rod: Eric Neel takes a look at why A-Rod, one of the best baseball players most of us have ever seen, is generally disliked by fans.
posted by bperk to baseball at 11:38 AM on August 09 - 88 comments
Tour de Fake?: Tour de France winner, Floyd Landis, reportedly tested positive for drugs after Stage 17. Yeah, that stage 17.
posted by bperk to other at 09:27 AM on July 27 - 87 comments
Are you kidding me?: Phil Jackson and Kobe Bryant are scheduled to meet this week in Los Angeles. It looks like Phil is seriously considering returning to LA. Can he turn this team around?
posted by bperk to basketball at 08:24 AM on April 26 - 15 comments
Haslett admits steroid use: It looks like it might be time to recall some Super Bowl rings as the Saints coach admits to using steroids as a player and calls the Steelers steroid pioneers in the NFL.
posted by bperk to football at 02:32 PM on March 24 - 11 comments
You doubt Ricky Williams at your own peril. He was smoking.
posted by bperk at 02:30 PM on November 20
Of course, the Irish defender admitted that his team would have done the same thing. I can't even imagine a situation where an "honorable" team would play and admit every rule evaluation while playing a less honorable team who would not. I think players assume that it all evens out in the end. The player's job is to try to win, the referees job is to keep it fair.
posted by bperk at 11:10 AM on November 20
For women in their 40s, more than 1,900 women have to be screened for an entire decade to save a single life.
The research is all over the map as to whether it is effective to screen women 40-49. You would think they would wait until their was some solid evidence one way or the other before they adjusted recommendations. Lumps in women's breasts are not uncommon. By getting rid of screening mammography, you end up with a lot of nervous women getting the more expensive diagnostic mammography.
RIP. I think it is wonderful how she kept on living her life to the fullest amidst these multiple battles with cancer. She had two kids since her initial diagnosis.
posted by bperk at 11:03 AM on November 20
People can say what they want about Elizabeth Lambert but look at that pic from the NYT, she is smokin' hot.
You are exactly the problem with why women's sports don't get enough respect. Does it always have to be about how attractive a woman is?
posted by bperk at 01:59 PM on November 19
But I also haven't been able to shake my mind loose from what he did to the Lions, so just knowing where he is and what he's doing on a given gameday still boils my blood to a certain extent.
It is amazing how little talent the Lions have. If Calvin Johnson is injured, they really don't have anyone. Is Millen really just that bad at evaluating talent? Or does he go with his gut or something? I would love to see a postmortem of how the Lions ended up with so few quality players. And, I hope the Lions plan on giving Schwartz many years of good players before they try to blame him for any of these losses.
posted by bperk at 10:19 AM on November 19
Oh, please. He was probably directing his expression at someone specific in the crowd, and everyone else just witnessed it. I hardly think flipping someone the bird says something terrible about anyone's character nor do I think it says something about my character or our society's character that everyone is not outraged by it. Now, if he had mooned someone, then I'd probably have the reaction you are having now. Or not. His age has a lot to do with why I find it charming rather than outrageous. As someone who grew up in Florida, I'll tell you that it Adams is a rare and special 86-year old to get that worked up and find such a lovely way of expressing his feelings.
posted by bperk at 10:52 AM on November 18
Therefore, the denial of cert -- even without comment (which is the case in almost all cert denials) -- tells us that Court believed that there was no conflict and/or that the issue was not sufficiently "important."
Yeah, I think that "or" is pretty necessary. The court may have decided to deny cert because lower courts hadn't ruled on the issue enough, not based on whether the matter was of sufficient importance. There is no way to know why the Supreme Court accepts what they do, so I think it is a huge leap to declare that the Supreme Court found the issue not sufficiently important.
One of the tests for making that determination is how the group in question views the mark. That's why the challenge to the U. of Fl.'s use of "Seminoles" didn't go anywhere.
I'm not sure what you are getting at here. Are you saying that if Native Americans find the term Redskins offensive at a smaller rate than the general population, the term is not disparaging under trademark law? I thought it was merely additional evidence just as a general survey would be.
I don't think there ever was a trademark challenge related to FSU's use of the mascot.
posted by bperk at 02:02 PM on November 17
Given the basis for the Court of Appeals's decision, it's hardly surprising that the Supreme Court denied cert, concluding that the matter was not of sufficient "importance" to warrant review.
Where do you get that the Supreme Court made a value judgment on the importance of this issue when they denied cert? They denied cert without comment.
Further, as far as I know, it doesn't matter under trademark law what race of individuals find a trademark to be offensive. If Native Americans don't find it to be so for whatever reason, USPTO can (and did) find the term offensive anyway.
posted by bperk at 10:43 AM on November 17
That's an interesting article. Villaplane was an awful human being. It's easy to forget how many people colluded with the Nazis for profit.
posted by bperk at 08:38 AM on November 17
Awesome? All this proved was money can't buy class. And that age doesn't buy maturity.
Class is overrated. And, this was fun. No one (but his wallet) was hurt by it. If you can't buck convention at 86 when you are millionaire, when can you?
posted by bperk at 08:29 AM on November 17
That was awesome. The most important thing about this story for me is that Adams is 86 years old. I hope I never lose that fire!
posted by bperk at 05:33 PM on November 16
I think the instant replay rules calls for booth replay based on when the play starts not when it ends. So, the play has to start after the two minute warning to be eligible for the booth review.
posted by bperk at 11:17 AM on November 16
That seemed really crazy to me because they were behind at that point. You would think you take the sure points if you can get them. It worked out because the field goal was good and all that, but it seems risky.
posted by bperk at 11:06 AM on November 16
I think it is a little bit funny. "At long last" and "finally" while Wie is just 20 years old in her first season on the LPGA. Congrats, Wie.
posted by bperk at 09:32 AM on November 16
Stephanie Spielman Dies of Cancer
What people are saying is you can't rely on a magic machine to take care of you, you also have to examine yourself and get regular exams from a doctor.
I don't think so, yerfatma. That same task force has said breast self-exams are also ineffective at reducing mortality, and have advised doctors not to teach them. That is pretty much a wait until you are 50 approach unless you have a lot of other risk factors. Considering how often women who don't have risk factors get breast cancer, that isn't very comforting. There have been many studies aimed specifically at the 40-49 age range, and they have been conflicting. There hasn't been some new major study that changed the entire equation. This debate has been raging for at least 10 years. The fact that this task force disagrees with the American Cancer Society, HHS, and others doesn't mean that the others are believing pseudo-science. They all have the same evidence, but come to different conclusions.