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Ricky Williams wants back in... but is there a spot for him? Running back Ricky Williams, exiled for the entire 2006 season because of a fourth violation of the NFL substance abuse policy, has triggered the process that could end his one-year suspension and lead to his reinstatement by the league.
posted by louisville_slugger at 07:30 PM on April 01
And you thought Duke fans would be upset Angry Pakistani cricket fans took to the streets, burned players in effigy and held a mock burial of its World Cup team after it lost to Ireland in the World Cup. Many backers even called for the freezing of players' bank accounts. "That is the least they can do for the shame and disgrace they have brought upon us," one protester, Yasir Ali, said in Multan. They must be made to pay for their spineless performance."
posted by wfrazerjr at 08:29 AM on March 19
Sorry Tommy but I wasn't implying that anyone was shot in this instance (yet), I was refering to this post by luther... I still remember when America beat Colombia in a soccer game in 94 one of the Colombian players scored a goal for America then later on he was shot down cold I think in front of his home in Colombia It just makes you wonder in every game that's played their is a winner and a loser nobody likes ties how far do people go or how far does a Country go I'm also aware of the fact that it was a "mock burial", which is a big difference of course and sets a fine example of how to behave because a team lost a game. As far as the nature of the coach's death, as sad as it is, lets all hope that the timing is just ironic and not a travesty. My whole point in my last post was to describe how people get to carried away over a game, but I'm sure you will come up with a way to justify behavior that promotes violence in sporting events.
posted at 09:39 PM on March 19
And you thought Duke fans would be upset Angry Pakistani cricket fans took to the streets, burned players in effigy and held a mock burial of its World Cup team after it lost to Ireland in the World Cup. Many backers even called for the freezing of players' bank accounts. "That is the least they can do for the shame and disgrace they have brought upon us," one protester, Yasir Ali, said in Multan. They must be made to pay for their spineless performance."
posted by wfrazerjr at 08:29 AM on March 19
This is not an American site. If you don't like the topic of a thread, ignore and go on to another thread. You might want to refresh yourself on the rules and guidelines of membership at sportsfilter. Please show your ignorance elsewhere. To clear up some confusion to my post, to me it doesn't matter if we were talking about cricket or any other sport for that matter. My comment about signing up for the looting and killing was also meant in sarcasim. As far as ignoring this topic, I find that kind of hard considering that this is exactly the problem with the world. If only people would concentrate this kind of enthusiasm towards bigger problems, problems that affect each and everyone of us regardless of what nationality. I love my sports just as much as others, but whenever my favorite teams lose or an umpire makes a bad call at my kids game, I'm not calling for their heads. I'm all for people having national pride and realize for some reason Americans have little when it comes to its national teams. But at some point a line has to be drawn between national pride and national embarassment. By national embarassment I don't just mean a team getting its tail handed to it. What I mean is people taking to the streets like described in the link, killing a player in front of his home for blowing the game or any type of riot after a win or loss. These are all discusions that we shouldn't be having anyway because they should'nt happen in any sport or in any country, America included. Sports are meant to take people away from their problems in life, not add to them.
posted at 07:56 PM on March 19
And you thought Duke fans would be upset Angry Pakistani cricket fans took to the streets, burned players in effigy and held a mock burial of its World Cup team after it lost to Ireland in the World Cup. Many backers even called for the freezing of players' bank accounts. "That is the least they can do for the shame and disgrace they have brought upon us," one protester, Yasir Ali, said in Multan. They must be made to pay for their spineless performance."
posted by wfrazerjr at 08:29 AM on March 19
Uh, were talking about cricket here? Must be a slow day. Most Americans think cricket is something that chirps at night and is also good fishing bait. Shows how much I care. But if it involves looting and killing sign me up!
posted at 06:22 PM on March 19
Barry Bonds Throws Teammate Under "Speeding" Bus. Ubiquitous San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds, already under investigation for, well, just about everything he does, failed a drug test in 2006. Major League Baseball won't identify the drug, but "sources" classsify it as a "serious stimulant." Bonds blames the test result on teammate Mark Sweeney, saying he got the substance from Sweeney's locker.
posted by The_Black_Hand at 06:23 AM on January 11
Guess now would be a bad time to sell my Bonds rookie cards?
posted at 02:10 PM on January 11
"World's Oldest Hockey Stick" goes for $2.2 million! The curved hunk of hickory, believed to have been carved between 1852 and 1856, was purchased by an anonymous bidder. The purchase price will go to charity. Here's a shock: a Canadian bought it.
posted by The_Black_Hand at 08:31 AM on December 27
I figure they assume the winner was Canadian because no American would pay that much for an old piece of firewood.
posted at 11:00 AM on December 27
Does anyone else find it funny that Williams now lives in a place called Grass Valley?