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| Name: | Chris Bohnker |
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| Location: | Tampa FL or Chesapeake, VA |
| Gender: | Male |
| AIM: | MIDNBonkers64 |
| Member since: | January 16, 2005 |
| Last visit: | July 22, 2009 |
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+1 Weedy.
Also, curious-is meth somehow considered a PED? I kind of doubt it, but wanted to ask anyway...
posted by Bonkers at 08:33 AM on July 17
Pam Ward?
Overarching debate spawning question-does it reflect poorly or well on young Richard that he's making out with cokeheads?
posted by Bonkers at 08:28 AM on July 17
Nothing to see here. Wins vacated are now the favorite penalty of the NCAA, since it is meaningless (it's not like the team that lost gets to add those wins to their books, and the offenders still get the glories they had at the time), and most of the time it gets rejected (see Oklahoma from Rhett Bomar). Texas Tech was ordered to vacate it's victories from either the late 90s/early 00s, and never did (they never put a deadline on when they have to report in). This will probably be overturned on appeal.
posted by Bonkers at 11:21 PM on June 13
Poor Dirk. It'll get better, dude. Just don't trust the ones who want the money.
From a purely analytical standpoint, I would think Dirk could have pulled a lot better-looking chick. Maybe she has a wonderful personality. Probably not, though.
posted by Bonkers at 11:45 AM on May 08
As a guy in his 20s, for me, Pat Summerall and Jon Madden will always be the sound of the big game on Sunday. If they were calling it, that was the game that you needed to be watching. His retirement also kind of means the end of an era for football announcing-I think he's the last guy of his generation of players/coaches to be in the booth.
posted by Bonkers at 04:17 AM on April 17
Boxers never retire, they just wait for a better deal to come along.
But I think this one will stick. He's got Golden Boy Promos to keep him busy, and hopefully, he can stick to making good fights happen, vice making good fights.
I am curious as to what his legacy as a fighter will be. I always thought of him as simply one of the most famous boxers (with Mike Tyson and Roy Jones, Jr.). I never thought of him as the best, or the toughest, or the greatest. But he always seemed to me to be the best promoter. And maybe that's enough, though.
posted by Bonkers at 03:59 AM on April 15
Shutdown Corner has a breakdown on all the rule changes.
Interesting how people are harping about the safety rules, but no one has mentioned the "Ed Hochuli Rule". To me, the biggest real change is the complete elimination of the wedge (speaking of the game going soft, flying wedges used to be a regular part of the game-along with people dying during games).
Agree with the stated beliefs that the rules are good overall for the game. People like to talk about the gaming becoming softer (and maybe it is), but it's also a heck of a lot faster, too. No one seems to be complaining too much about how exciting offenses still are, and the rule changes don't seem to be stopping teams like Pittsburgh from becoming dominant defensive forces.
posted by Bonkers at 12:44 PM on March 28
Shawn Kemp is impressed with young Travis Henry. Screamin' Jay Hawkins, on the other hand, is not. I find it hard to sympathize with Travis. At some point (probably child number three or four), you should get smart to this kind of thing, and re-evaluate your dating/mating habits and choices. The mantra before Western Pacific port calls on USS Midway was always, "Think with the big head, not the little head." But I've always found out the big head doesn't work too well after 10-12 Asahis/Sapporos/Bintangs/San Miguels/Tigers/etc (currently stationed in Yoko).
posted by Bonkers at 02:48 AM on March 16
He won't last long on the free agency market.
In a way, though, it represents the end of the Colts Dynasty in a way that Edge leaving didn't. Not that I don't think the Colts will continue to be successful, but I don't think people will see them in the same way anymore.
posted by Bonkers at 11:45 AM on February 25
Preface: I couldn't watch the game, due to a combination of work and location in the world. So I can't judge the beauty of the game.
With that said, I think that Big Ben will go to the HOF. Whether he should, better question. My initial gut feeling is no, but he still has time to prove himself as a truly great qb, rather than a talented guy with a great defense to help him. I feel that he will go into because people will remember him as the signature player on some very dominant teams. Sort of like Bob Griese. People remember Griese as a great quarterback, largely because he was associated with '72 Dolphins. Now I'm not saying Bob Griese sucked. He was a pretty good qb for some great teams. But his role was largely to hand off to good running backs.
I think Ben is a lot better qb than Bob Griese was. But when people think of these Steeler teams, they will probably think of Big Ben, the Defense, and Hines Ward (not necessarily in that order, though). Since you can't send an entire defense to the HOF (and is there anyone on that D now that you would send? Polamalu (sp?)? Harrison? Nobody immediately sticks out to me), Big Ben will be the default, IMHO. Of course, I could be wrong, too...
posted by Bonkers at 09:12 AM on February 02
And thus ends an era in Denver.
Though I think the SD-Den game was very much a pink-slip bowl. Which ever head coach had lost that game was going to be fired, imho.
posted by Bonkers at 01:59 AM on January 01
Agree with Drood. Though, given the disparity between the two boxers, it's amazing that it was as close. Also, it reveals how utterly broke boxing is, that a washed up former champ can take a much bigger belt holder (even if the belt and the organization are not worth it's weight in bank certificates right now).
posted by Bonkers at 06:42 AM on December 22
Personally, don't think anything should be done to mess with extra points.
But if we must mess with anything, I agree with etagloh. Make them try a drop-kick.
The only other way I'd mess with kicking would involve rigging nets around them, so that like in the non-functional AFL, a wide kick is still in play. Would make things much more exciting for the Devin Hesters of the world.
posted by Bonkers at 05:46 AM on December 22
Past Steroid usage in baseball=Outrage. Controversy. Firestorm.
Past Steroid usage in football=Ehhhh. Move along.
Granted, Mandarich sucked as a pro, but it is fascinating how steroid use is treated in football and baseball.
posted by Bonkers at 08:22 AM on October 03
Stalker Tapes Erin Andrews, Releases Video on Web
First off, and most importantly-to Erin Andrews (though I doubt you read SportsFilter), I am sorry that you happen to be female and attractive, and 95% of the sports world stops caring about you beyond that. I am sorry that men are sometimes evil, evil people. In general, I am sorry.
Secondly, this was somewhat inevitable. It's only really bad now because an unstated line was crossed (and as Hunter S. Thompson said, the only people who know where the edge is are those who have crossed over it)-someone broke into Erin's bubble. As the blog Sports Media Watch discusses in a post, we had been approaching the line before, and everyone was in on the joke: Consider recent headlines about Andrews. Last week, she was struck in the face by a fly ball. Cue the unsurprising, sophmoric headlines: "Erin Andrews has balls flying at her face," "Erin Andrews Takes It In The Face," "Erin Andrews can take balls to her chin," and "Sportscaster Erin Andrews gets a facial." The last headline comes not from a blog, but from the Dayton Daily News.
Except the joke isn't funny anymore.
Everyone feels horrible right now, but no one was willing to say before hand, "Hey, maybe we should appreciate EA for being a decent sideline reporter, or for working real hard at her job and taking all the ogling and leering on an even-keel, rather than wearing a burqa while doing football games, which is what most of our first instincts would be while placed in the same position." No, we had to wait until it became obviously wrong before we said something.
And again, Erin, I'm sorry you have to go through this. On behalf of sports fans and decent human beings everywhere, I promise that if we catch the guy who did this, we will flay him and set him on fire, or something else equally deserving.