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Lifetime ban from Dominican Winter baseball for Offerman: Jose Offerman was suspended for life from Dominican Winter League baseball for throwing a punch at American umpire Daniel Rayburn while arguing balls and strikes during a game on Saturday. In a related story, Rayburn and three other American umpires working the league resigned and left the country, fearing for their safety.
posted by NerfballPro to baseball at 01:36 PM on January 18 - 5 comments
Brett Favre Retires: Brett Favre has told the Packers and coach Mike McCarthy Tuesday morning he's planning on retiring after 17 seasons.
posted by NerfballPro to football at 09:07 AM on March 04 - 58 comments
Patriots to Honor Booed Teenager: Patriots owner Robert Kraft extended an invitation to Anna Grant and her parents to be on the field during the coin flip at this weekend's playoff game against the San Diego Chargers. The 14-year-old girl was booed after being introduced as her age-group champion of the Punt-Pass-Kick competition before the 4th quarter of the Colts-Chargers game because she was wearing a Patriots jersey.
posted by NerfballPro to football at 09:32 AM on January 16 - 127 comments
Technical foul called on referee: Did an NBA referee bet on games, and make calls affecting the point spreads of those games he worked? The FBI is checking on this one.
posted by NerfballPro to basketball at 10:30 AM on July 20 - 27 comments
2006 Retrospective: Tis the season to honor the accomplishments of Big Ben, A-Rod, Barry, Bode, Floyd Landis, and many other deserving athletes.
posted by NerfballPro to general at 09:33 PM on December 27 - 24 comments
However, if we beat Kansas on Saturday, the entire state will be cheering.
Heck, Kansas won by 16 Thursday night, but Lehigh gave 'em fits during that first half. Not many times you'll see a 16 seed actually stand up to a 1 seed, but this game I'm sure had eyebrows raised for quite awhile.
One of these days, we'll see a 16 seed take out a 1 seed. Not sure who or when, but it WILL happen.....
posted by NerfballPro at 04:00 PM on March 19
The season you are thinking of is 89-90. It was the year before Hank Gathers died on the court.
March 4 marks 20 years ago to the day Hank Gathers collapsed on the court during a game. Loyola-Marymount still made a considerable run in the tournament, upending Michigan (defending national champs at the time) in the Sweet 16, scoring 149 points on them.
posted by NerfballPro at 09:41 AM on March 05
Villanova beating Georgetown for the championship. They had to play a perfect game to even be within 10 of Georgetown, the Hoyas made some mistakes and they pulled it off.
I remember seeing that game. The 1984-85 season was the last one in college basketball before they instituted the 45-second possession clock, and 'Nova had come up with a slow-down method of playing basketball that confounded all their opponents, including the Patrick Ewing-led Georgetown squad that was favored to win it all. The Hoyas had already won both Big East meetings against the Cats earlier in the season. Some G-Town fans may still cry foul at that championship game, but it still ranks as one of the greatest upsets in Tourney History.
posted by NerfballPro at 04:19 PM on March 04
I've been on Lortab. The stuff gave me a case of giggles a couple of times, which also scared the crap outta me. I can see it too, especially with athletes who depend on having all the parts work in order to make a living. The only real reason this is news is because he's been so "newsworthy" the past three months.
posted by NerfballPro at 03:13 PM on February 27
Floyd Landis is now wanted by the police. In France, for allegedly hacking into an anti-doping laboratory computer.
posted by NerfballPro at 01:33 PM on February 15
Prediction: 2010 Olympic Luge Event Cancelled due to poor track design
Whether it comes true or not, why wasn't this issue addressed prior to the games? Officials had to have known it was a safety concern and they had months and months to take care of it
posted by NerfballPro at 04:33 PM on February 12
Do you have video evidence to confirm that statement?
Should be right here next to the footage of Bigfoot I took last week.....
posted by NerfballPro at 04:33 PM on February 10
I just don't want to hear any more talk about how this somehow solves all of New Orleans (the city)'s problems.
The way I see it, this was like giving candy to a sick child, not medicine. I agree the city needed this win, but it doesn't solve all their problems. The rebuild still has a long way to go.
The overall context makes for a nice story, but nothing beyond that.
posted by NerfballPro at 09:22 AM on February 08
I was driving 3 1/2 hours in snow/sleet from my Army Reserve gig when the game was on, and I couldn't even track the game for a full quarter because I didn't have enough of a charge on the battery of my laptop. I got home barely in time to see the last interception ran for a touch by the Saints defense. Gotta admit, they deserved to win this; based on that one play alone, it was as if they had an answer for almost anything Manning did.
posted by NerfballPro at 08:05 AM on February 08
I'll go with option B. Funny to note, however, that he still got fined yesterday for that little fit he threw Wednesday night during his game with the Timberwolves.
posted by NerfballPro at 11:14 AM on January 29
Can't start a game with 4 - that's a forfeit. Can play with 4.
Now I remember. Thanks for the clarification.
posted by NerfballPro at 03:24 PM on January 28
There are lots of rumors that they are going to try to void his contract, which is worth about $80 million more.
This will be a story for a future thread here on SpoFi, but from what I've gathered, the Wizards are going to wait and see what Arenas's sentence will be before they make a decision on his contract. His sentencing is scheduled for March 26. If there's an attempt to void the contract, likely the Players' Union is going to get involved.
Crittenton was almost unheard of before this started happening. I could be wrong, but I think this incident has finished his NBA career; all other teams will probably consider him too radioactive to chance a signing, and it's almost certain the Wizards will release him after this season is over.
posted by NerfballPro at 02:23 PM on January 28
A fan gets on the court at the Australian Open to shake Marin Cilic's hand after the player is defeated by Andy Murray in four sets. Where was security to prevent him from getting that far in the first place?
posted by NerfballPro at 11:06 AM on January 28
I just think Artest's behavior was quite a bit worse and deserved a stricter penalty.
Look as if Stern agreed with you. I do think Artest got his just desserts back then. But what drives my comments is what could've been with Arenas and Crittenton. Regardless of the punishment, I hope no dispute among athletes never goes this far again. That's the message Stern needs to convey.
posted by NerfballPro at 10:55 AM on January 28
Vin Scully Hospitalized After Fall
And he's gonna call the game this Sunday too.
When I was a kid growing up in Hawaii, KGMB-TV would broadcast local feeds from KTLA (or whoever was broadcasting Dodgers games locally in LA in the late 70s) so I'd get to see a few games that way. It was Vin Scully who called those games, too. That's how I grew up a Dodgers fan.
May Vin call many more games, too.