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The San Antonio Spurs send some players home: Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich elects to send home Tony Parker, Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili to rest them from a long road stretch. This rendered them unavailable for Thursday night's game against the Miami Heat. NBA Commissioner David Stern took note of this and promised "substantial sanctions will be forthcoming." The Heat won 105-100.
posted by NerfballPro to basketball at 11:45 AM on November 30 - 51 comments
Amare Stoudamire out after postgame injury: After last night's Game 2 in Miami, New York Knicks forward Amare Stoudamire punches a fire extinguisher case, lacerating his left hand badly enough to require stitches. The Knicks lost to the Heat, 104-94 and are down 2-0 heading back to New York for Game 3 Thursday night.
posted by NerfballPro to basketball at 11:45 AM on May 01 - 5 comments
"I'd hide it if I had a concussion": In a recent poll of a few NFL players conducted by the Associated Press, slightly more than half said that they'd try to play through injuries, including head injuries, than take themselves out. However, more than two-thirds also favored being shielded from their own instincts: they favor having independent neurologists on the sidelines of games making decisions to remove players they think have sustained a head injury of some degree.
posted by NerfballPro to football at 01:20 AM on December 26 - 2 comments
Who wants to bet Tiger never set a golf course on fire like this?: Over the weekend, a golfer at Shady Canyon Golf Course caused a fire when he inadvertently struck a rock while swinging his club in the rough. Ground and air units responded to the blaze, which scorched 12 acres before being put out.
posted by NerfballPro to golf at 03:18 AM on September 01 - 7 comments
Stafon Johnson dislocates ankle: Tennessee Titans rookie RB Stafon Johnson suffered a major setback in the third quarter of last night's pre-season game against the Seahawks, being carted off the field after dislocating his ankle following a short reception. Johnson was signed as an undrafted free agent out of USC; this is the guy who had 275 lbs. of weights crush his larynx requiring emergency surgery to save his life last year.
posted by NerfballPro to football at 05:48 PM on August 15 - 2 comments
Update on the Boston Marathon bombing story: it was a hot time in Watertown last night.
posted by NerfballPro at 08:55 AM on April 19
I don't have a link handy, but I've heard that authorities have a lead on at least one guy who might be directly responsible for the bombs. Justice here is what matters to me instead of the ongoing debate on dark humor here, with all due respect to the involved parties.
posted by NerfballPro at 09:06 AM on April 16
Carlos Quentin makes his living by putting himself in the trajectory of rapidly moving hard objects.
Granted, this is the first time he's charged the mound following getting hit, but you better believe his antics last night caught the attention of more than one major league GM.
Quentin may be baseball's precursor to what could be hockey's enforcer or "goon." He's a big guy who crowds the plate and shakes off 100 mph fastballs hitting his body like nothing more than mosquito bites. It also didn't seem to take much after the hit to set him off and charge the mound. And you have to admit, the way he plowed in Greinke, as ugly as it was, had to have impressed a few decision-makers working for other clubs. All Greinke did was lower his shoulder to brace himself for Quentin's hit, and his collarbone gave way pretty easily. GMs in the future may set their eye on such a guy in future drafts who could later get "bounty" assignments to "take out" key players on other teams under the cover of future bench-clearing parties. Hey, it's worked out in football and hockey, right?
Big guy who doesn't get hurt by getting hit, and now carrying a hot-head reputation who can injure another player by running into him. For this reason, Bud Selig needs to come down hard on Quentin, but he probably won't.
posted by NerfballPro at 02:35 PM on April 12
Whoops. The Detroit Free Press has some explaining to do.
Wow, a glimpse into an alternate universe. I was wondering how Capt. Kirk and the Federation of the mirror universe turned evil.
posted by NerfballPro at 03:34 PM on April 10
But, you wonder how quick they'd terminate Rice if his break-em-down then break-em-some-more style actually yielded considerably better results.
posted by NerfballPro at 02:48 PM on April 03
Even with some medic training in the Army, I nearly surrendered my last meal watching that video.
I wish Kevin Ware the best and hope he gets well soon.
posted by NerfballPro at 06:01 AM on April 01
It looks so bland and corporate. Like an airline or shipping company logo.
My first thought was a Star-Kist logo that was rejected years ago.
posted by NerfballPro at 04:54 PM on March 28
I hope we haven't seen the last of Mr. Adams.
posted by NerfballPro at 11:19 AM on March 26
Not even the greatest hack writer in Hollywood could've come up with this scenario and outcome.
posted by NerfballPro at 10:55 AM on March 05
And the apparent winner of the Alex Smith sweepstakes is (drum roll please).......
posted by NerfballPro at 03:17 PM on February 27
Well, finally, a female in the pole position, and it does not involve exotic dancing or removal of clothing.
The advertising agency that handles the GoDaddy account just got an idea for a 30 second spot during Super Bowl XLIX.
posted by NerfballPro at 04:13 PM on February 18
I'm not a wrestling fan, but to me the Olympics really lost something with the elimination of this event.
posted by NerfballPro at 08:20 PM on February 12
A Civil-War-era baseball card fetches $92,000 in Maine.
posted by NerfballPro at 08:47 PM on February 06
Well, he wasn't able to get to proclaim he was going to Disney World, but Titus Young's dream finally did come true.
posted by NerfballPro at 04:47 PM on February 04
SportsFilter: The Wednesday Huddle
Brain Urlacher retires.
Prompting the Arizona Cardinals to honor him by channelling Dennis Green.