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NerfballPro has posted 5 links and 109 comments to SportsFilter and 0 links and 1 comment to the Locker Room.
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
Jose Uribe 1959-2006: The former Giants shortstop was killed in an automobile accident in his native Dominican Republic early Friday morning December 8.
posted by NerfballPro to baseball at 11:51 AM on December 08 - 1 comment
He's blind....and his score was 301 better than my personal best. Okay, slight exaggeration on my part, but still an amazing story.
posted by NerfballPro at 12:24 PM on May 09
I would be curious to know why they are performing a medical procedure that is largely elective and cosmetic. Many circumcisions, especially in third world countries, are done for religious purposes.
posted by NerfballPro at 09:32 PM on May 05
Why am I not surprised PETA is sticking their paws into this?
posted by NerfballPro at 12:40 PM on May 05
In maritime terms, 8 bells signifies the end of a watch. The irony of the name Eight Belles is rather poignant. Are they breeding horses that are too delicate to withstand the pounding of a race? Howard, there may be something to that. A friend of mine who has some knowledge of horses told me that many of these thoroughbreds are now being bred with lighter or more hollow bones in order to make them lighter, faster, and able to react quicker to a jockey's commands. We're not sure if that's true, or even possible, but it would explain the increasing number of breakdowns we've seen the past 2-3 years.
posted by NerfballPro at 10:25 PM on May 04
The Mavs aren't doomed, but their window to win a championship is closing fast. Mark Cuban, like it or not, IS a distraction to the coach and the players, especially when he's in the stands yelling all the time, and it's never a good thing when the owner tries to go over the heads of his personnel and play coach himself. Face it, they did trade much of their future away in the Kidd deal. The Mavs are full of good players, but there's no chemistry; the pieces don't fit well. And face it, Jason Kidd is old; Chris Paul ran circles around him during the entire series. Avery Johnson is still a good coach, winning about 70% of his games; not a bad thing to put on a resume for a first head coaching job, and he won't be out of circulation for long. I can't blame Cuban for wanting to win. He just needs to calm down and let his employees do what they need to do. But how do you tell your boss to sit down and shut up?
posted by NerfballPro at 11:10 AM on May 01
Yeah, Avery may be a bit of an idiot, what with the stick waving in front of the goalie that precipitated a rule change in mid-playoffs, but I hope he gets better soon.
posted by NerfballPro at 12:58 PM on April 30
don't ever, ever stick your dingle in the hoo-ha of someone crazier than you chico, you inadvertently just made a great title for the memoirs of both Roger Clemens and Kevin Federline.
posted by NerfballPro at 10:34 AM on April 29
Even if it's true, it's the juiciest baseball story since Wade Boggs and Margo Adams, but I doubt it'd have any bearing on the defamation and perjury suits in the long run. BornIcon is right; this is mudslinging and little else.
posted by NerfballPro at 10:38 AM on April 28
Old joke..... My prediction is that the Cowboys will go 9-6-1 next season. 9 acquittals, 6 convictions, and 1 mistrial.
posted by NerfballPro at 11:23 AM on April 25
Here's a proposition. If the Pats sport a 19-0 record and a Super Bowl win in the upcoming 2008-9 season, I say let 'em have the trademark. Until that time, what's the word I'm looking for? Let's see, I think it's "no".
posted by NerfballPro at 12:26 PM on April 21
The whole racism thing cracks me up anyway, since the US is populated mostly by descendants of immigrants from other countries, not unlike Mr. Fukudome himself. Sometimes I'm almost ashamed to be an American.
posted by NerfballPro at 10:50 AM on April 20
It's only the first in a long line of moves Donnie Walsh needs to do in order to undo all the damage done to the Knicks over the years. Knicks fans can rejoice, they got what they wanted, but there's a lot of work to do still. And unfortunately, it's really hard to undo a culture of losing once it's established itself in a franchise.
posted by NerfballPro at 09:30 PM on April 18
All I'm sayin' is that Babe Ruth's ghost is gonna be pissed when he hears that they're tearin' down the house he built. That in itself may prove to be a curse to the Yankees. Still, I'm still chuckling about the shirt.
posted by NerfballPro at 09:30 PM on April 15
Agreed. Memphis may have choked, but it still takes a great team to get to the finals and send it to overtime. Kansas was still required to go out and get it, and that's just what they did. Congratulations, Jayhawks. You guys earned this one.
posted by NerfballPro at 12:00 PM on April 08
SportsFilter Under Development
The first two links (45 links and 797 comments) work, BUT include both site posts/comments as well as locker room. Conversely, neither of the second two lockerroom-specifc links (34 and 360) work.
This should be working now.