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Pistorius fails to make Olympic team: After winning the right to compete against able-bodied runners, Pistorius failed to meet the qualifying time for the 400 meters in his final attempt, and two others were chosen as alternates.
posted by opel70 to other at 02:40 PM on July 18 - 20 comments
Wiimbledon crowns top 'tennis' champs: “Women, free beer and video games,” Participants play in the second annual Wii Tennis tournament at Barcade in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
posted by opel70 to tennis at 01:18 PM on June 09 - 4 comments
Photographer pierced by javelin: Ryan McGeeney served seven years in the Marines, including a six-month deployment in Afghanistan, but 10 minutes of photographing the state high school track championships proved to be more dangerous to him. "They don't have javelins in Afghanistan," McGeeney joked.
posted by opel70 to other at 08:42 AM on May 20 - 6 comments
Don't know much about basketball, but wouldn't that be considered goaltending?
posted by opel70 at 09:43 AM on December 30
Tom Brady's agent has proposed essentially the same solution to the 18-game issue that Atheist proposed in the thread way back on Feb 3. Limit the number of games a player can suit up. Atheist, do you have some connections?
posted by opel70 at 09:08 AM on February 11
A lot different from the huge fallout last year when the Dallas Cowboys cheerleader dressed in blackface as Lil Kim.
posted by opel70 at 02:43 PM on November 03
And how much money did the Psychology department bring in to the schools? Or the English department? Is the only reason to have sports to bring in money, or could it be that these are just part of the college needs like any other department. Are they counting tuition brought in by the non-athletic major who decided to come because there was a badminton team?
posted by opel70 at 08:43 AM on August 25
Thanks all for the phonetics lessons. It sure helps to sound not so out of touch with the hoopla. Especially here in the Chicago area.
posted by opel70 at 10:34 AM on June 10
Thanks for the clarification on that rule
posted by opel70 at 08:56 AM on April 19
Ah, the joys of satellite imagery. The process of stitching together all of the satellite images does create some distortion in some instances.
posted by opel70 at 03:13 PM on March 16
Joe Posnanski has, what I thought to be, an interesting post about the futility of stats. How, as we all know, they can be made to say anything you want. I thought it was most interesting in light of Randy Johnson retiring and the posts in that thread about how he should get 95%+ of the ballots when he comes up, because those (HoF voting %) stats are also in this blog post.
posted by opel70 at 09:57 AM on January 06
Part of the problem I see with the timing is the huge wait between the end of the regular season and the start (and end) of the "Bowl season". It leaves the schools looking to change coaches in a bit of a lurch because, as stated above, this is a prime time to be getting new student commitments. Which they have a harder time doing without a coach.
posted by opel70 at 08:54 AM on December 11
Wow, not that this was completely unexpected, but does seem a bit sudden. Though "sudden" isn't exactly the word I am looking for. Guess I mean, they just didn't waste any time. Anyway, maybe the Bears will take note and follow suit with their coach.
posted by opel70 at 03:54 PM on November 30
Maybe as a tribute to Jordan's multiple comebacks, they can retire it for a couple of years, unretire it, retire again . . . - Richard Roeper
Not necessarily a big fan of his, but I really liked this thought.
posted by opel70 at 10:55 AM on November 18
...the best point of comparison may be Belichick himself earlier this season.
Against Atlanta on Sept. 27, Belichick went for it on fourth-and-1 from his own 24-yard line. The Patriots converted. Belichick was hailed for his you-play-to-win-the-game moxie. And in his postgame comments, he sounded strikingly the way he did Sunday night, if a lot more jovial.
Thought this was an interesting point brought up in a NY Times article
posted by opel70 at 03:33 PM on November 16
How about a pick for Minn. v. Green Bay?
posted by opel70 at 08:59 AM on October 30
My point is that sometimes players just fool everyone
Yeah, but you have to then stop playing them.
posted by opel70 at 11:03 PM on October 16
States Passing 'Tim Tebow' Bills for Home-Schooled Athletes
I'm sure each state has addressed this differently, but in response to two scenarios brought up here, the article mentions this about the Virginia bill specifically:
"To discourage recruiting, the legislation would require that home-schooled athletes live in their public school districts, Mr. Bell said. They also must have been home-schooled for at least two years to gain eligibility."
True, this wouldn't stop a family from moving to get their child into the sports program of a better school. But nothing stops that from happening for families with children that are not home schooled.
As to the parochial school scenario, I went to a parochial grade school and was a member of the public school marching band. That is a part of the relationship parochial schools frequently have with their local districts. And now, working in the public school system, one of the things we do is work with the in-district parochial schools to determine joint needs. For special needs students this is a federally mandated directive. While not a directive for other services, the contacts are in place to make this an easy opportunity.