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The winners of the Milwaukee Lakefront Marathon are not exactly elite runners (although they are much, much faster than I am). The three women's times (the two disqualified winners and the third winner) were 3:02:09, 3:02:50, and 3:04:20. In comparison, the woman's marathon record is 2:15:25, and 40 women ran faster than 3:02:00 at the last Chicago Marathon. The prize money for first place was only $500.
This is not like George Brett using too much pine tar. This is more like an intermural championship being forfeited because some pinhead chose to enforce the pine tar rule at that level.
posted by Aardhart at 07:55 PM on October 08
Drood: are you implying that I should kill myself?
posted by Aardhart at 05:25 PM on October 03
I followed the link and skimmed an article about a woman's life being saved. I was bitterly disappointed that the article was not about a bunch of men playing a boy's game faking injuries.
posted by Aardhart at 03:19 PM on October 03
Faith, family and football.
"The Sacred Acre," the field Ed Thomas compared to church when the stands were packed and the players were on the field . . . .
I wonder if a non-Christian could have played football for him.
posted by Aardhart at 06:46 PM on August 30
How else is he gonna get on Sportscenter besides getting blown up on a blocked kick[?]
Uhh...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7m0iK2ir50
And FYI, a video of the punt hitting something hanging from the roof here.
posted by Aardhart at 03:26 AM on August 30
Beer was thrown on a Phillies player in Chicago. The man who threw it is being charged with assault.
Some of the fans throwing things at Azteca could have been arrested.
posted by Aardhart at 07:58 PM on August 16
Shy of anti-trust arguments (which might be tricky given the NHL is international) . . . .
Are you a lawyer? My understanding is that anti-trust applies even to international companies. Microsoft has been found to violate antitrust laws by US courts and European courts.
I think the first issue is whether the amount offered by Reinsdorf or another NHL-approved bidder is enough to satisfy the Coyotes' debt and/or its creditors agree to accept it as close enough. If not, then the arguments get fun (but they could get fun before this anyway). Does anyone know how much the Coyotes are in the hole?
posted by Aardhart at 09:55 AM on July 30
That doesn't engender much confidence.
I don't see the problem. I don't know how long after the accident this quote was made, but I think a full investigation, gathering all necessary evidence, and making a conclusion could be done in a few hours.
[A]ccording to witnesses, the woman, Jeannette Stoeffel, 61, had been seen crossing the road many times before she was hit by the motorcycle going at 90 kph.
It would not take long to speak with all the witnesses on the scene. If the witnesses all said she ran right in front of a motorcycle going about 55 mph, I can't think of any other necessary investigation that would make me more comfortable with the conclusion. (DNA samples? Autopsy results? Background investigation of the driver (possibly already available and considered)? Background investigation of the victim?).
posted by Aardhart at 08:02 PM on July 19
He did a similar thing in an interview in Japan.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKVeBOCPpGU
posted by Aardhart at 10:48 PM on July 10
Can anyone argue in favor of the vuvuzela without using a slippery slope argument?
If they ban the vuvuzela, they will ban whistles, megaphones, boom box stereos, and my bitchin' Camero with the best sound system you'll ever see! No one will be allowed to clap or cheer. All the spectators will have to where suits and ties and speak in a whisper, and only at halftime. The stadiums would have 20,000 hall monitors and only 12,000 soccer fans.
Ban the vuvuzela! The vuvuzela creates soccer atmosphere like microphone feedback buzzing creates music. A little bit is fine (I love Nirvana, for example), but you can't have 90 minutes of nothing but that shit without rhythm or melody and call it a double album.
No one wants to ban fun. No one wants to ban noise. Banning the vuvuzela would make the games funner to watch at home and in person. If you've ever been to a hockey game at the old Chicago Stadium, a football game at the Big House, or an important soccer game anywhere, you should be able to understand that games can be loud and fun without vuvuzelas.
There is not a meaningful tradition of vuvuzelas. They were pushed at soccer games in the USA in the early 90s in ignorant efforts to create soccer atmosphere. Now, they aren't around and US soccer crowds are enthusiastic and fun, with most MLS games having many supporters singing and chanting throughout the game. The OP article says that they weren't used in South Africa until a decade ago.
If the South Africans truly love them, let them in for the games with South Africa. But if Brazil is playing South Korea, I'd like to hear the Samba drums and Korean chants.
If you can't understand that it is possible to ban vuvuzelas without banning everything else, I don't know what to say to you. You really do not have anything to add to this thread.
posted by Aardhart at 07:55 PM on June 29
Ban the vuvuzela, but allow any other musical instrument in. It sounds unfair, but vuvuzelas suck. Vuvuzelas don't add to the spectacle, they replace it with lame.
posted by Aardhart at 02:46 PM on June 29
In fairness, no, you shouldn't EXPECT to win going up against Brazil.
You should when you lead 2-0 at halftime. Hell, you should regardless of the situation.
In 2006, the US tied Italy for their only point of the tournament (in the only game that Italy did not win), losing their other two games. In 2002, the US beat Portugal and Mexico, but got blown out by (otherwise winless) Poland and almost did not advance out of the first round. The US has obtained some excellent results, but they are usually acompanied with some awful results. Each time, the soccer media fawns over the "epic" efforts, accepting that the US is just too something to actually excel. After all, the US should not EXPECT to win.
posted by Aardhart at 10:15 AM on June 29
I was perplexed by Bradley's second half sub . . . he still sent Kljestan on for Altidore.
I shouted at the TV about the same thing. Then my girlfriend observed, "Maybe he's tired."
Donovan said. "We are in the position where we don't want respect, we want to win."
Dempsey cried all over his trophy at the end.
I like reading this. I'm sick of moral victories. The announcers sounded almost happy when Brazil came back, telling us that the USA should not be ashamed to go down this way. Where else should fans be happy their team blew a 2-0 lead?
posted by Aardhart at 10:47 PM on June 28
If there were just 2 more bowl games, Bowling Green, Arkansas State, Louisiana-Layfayette, and San Jose State could have been rewarded for their 6-6 seasons. Did I miss any eligible teams that got froze out?
posted by Aardhart at 10:05 PM on December 07
Real Salt Lake Poised to Become Biggest Loser
"There have been 15 sub-.500 teams that have played in the Stanley Cup Finals." "The 1937-38 Chicago Blackhawks had the worst winning percentage (.385) of all the teams that have ever made it to the Stanley Cup Finals." And they won it. The 83-win Cardinals won the World Series a few years ago.
I think most Americans leagues have too many teams in the playoffs. I don't think there is anything unique about the MLS or something is wrong because of this.