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Jordan's Night to Remember Turns Petty: Anyone expecting a thrilling, motivational, historic trip down memory lane from Michael Jordan's Hall of Fame induction speech instead listened to a bitter ex-star attempt to settle old scores.
posted by dyams to basketball at 08:38 AM on September 12 - 50 comments
NFL overtime rules? Don't ask McNabb: "No, I didn't know that," Donovan McNabb said at his postgame press conference, saying he was not aware that one overtime is all you get in the NFL in the regular season. Then McNabb compounded his error by not knowing the postseason overtime rule. Those games do play to a conclusion for obvious reasons, but McNabb said, "I hate to see what happens in the Super Bowl or I hate to see what happens in the playoffs. You have to settle with a tie." A real student of the game.
posted by dyams to football at 07:41 PM on November 17 - 17 comments
Best High School Football Stadiums: Check out the photo gallery of the stadiums described, including, of course, Stadium Bowl, the cool stadium in Tacoma, Washington, which was seen in the Heath Ledger movie, "10 Things I Hate About You." Also look at Tad Gormley Stadium in New Orleans, flooded by Hurricane Katrina.
posted by dyams to football at 08:24 PM on October 21 - 9 comments
9 years of Ryder Cup angst ends: With a raucous crowd covering every inch of the grounds around the hole, U.S. captain Paul Azinger riding down the fairway in his cart pumping up the fans and "Boooo" cheers echoing throughout the golf course, the underdog Americans pulled it off.
posted by dyams to golf at 03:15 PM on September 22 - 9 comments
Clemens reportedly had affair with country star: Roger Clemens has another potential scandal he's already denying. He reportedly had a affair with country singer Mindy McCready in a decade-long relationship that began when she was 15 and Clemens was a 28-year old with the Red Sox. This could be especially damaging as Clemens' defamation suit against Brian McNamee proceeds.
posted by dyams to baseball at 09:54 AM on April 28 - 167 comments
Way to go Ron!
posted by dyams at 09:46 PM on November 18
I find it charming
such a lovely way of expressing his feelings
Sounds like the moment would make a nice Norman Rockwell painting.
posted by dyams at 05:49 PM on November 18
Greinke was fantastic, and keeping his head up and producing without a lot of run support in KC is awesome. I targeted Greinke early in my fantasy drafts this past year and was overjoyed I did. He pitched his ass off and lost (or received no-decisions) in many well-pitched games. I'm glad he has the award.
posted by dyams at 05:09 PM on November 18
I agree with TheQatarian about Scioscia and the Angels. While Adenhart's death was terrible, he had a great team regardless. Losing a teammate is awfully hard to get over, but on the field, Adenhart wasn't exactly a pitcher they were counting on for 20 wins. He was a talented you player. He'd only pitched 12 major league innings prior to this past season. His death occurred on April 9, roughly one week into the season, so the team had the rest of the (long) season to regroup and move on. Scioscia's teams have won the AL West 5 out of the past 6 seasons. Gardenhire got the Twins into the playoffs without one of baseball's best players down the stretch (Morneau), and with a questionable pitching staff. Good manager, but I don't see him as the ALs best this past year. It's almost like they're giving the Angels a consolation prize because they didn't win the World Series and complete the storybook ending it would have been had they won after Adenhart's death.
posted by dyams at 05:02 PM on November 18
Can you give me the names, ages, and backgrounds of these 63,000 people in Buffalo? Are they standing in the owners box, the top person in the structure of the NFL team?
The fact some think this is cute says something about the erosion of common decency and respect in this day and age.
posted by dyams at 06:09 AM on November 18
Class is overrated. And, this was fun. No one (but his wallet) was hurt by it. If you can't buck convention at 86 when you are millionaire, when can you?
The fact he's old, a millionaire, and acts like this makes it all the more embarrassing. And I guess it's not even a question of class. Just a little respect for humans to understand you don't stand in front of 63,000 people and tell the visiting team, Fuck You.
posted by dyams at 07:27 PM on November 17
I was only surprised because I figured the Bills would wait until the end of their pathetic season and then dump their entire coaching staff.
posted by dyams at 07:01 PM on November 17
That was awesome.
Awesome? All this proved was money can't buy class. And that age doesn't buy maturity. Bills owner Ralph Wilson is older than Adams, and he'd never make himself look like such a dick. The guy has respect for the game, the players, the fans, and other owners, which is something Bud obviously didn't grasp in his eight-and-a-half decades on earth.
posted by dyams at 06:06 PM on November 16
It was the wrong call by Belichick, with hindsight in everyone's favor after the fact. Punting probably would be the smart call, even though Manning, with that much time left and three time outs at his disposal, could cover the entire field practically with his eyes closed. Yes I do think Belichick felt they couldn't stop Manning. Or Reggie Wayne. But I'm certainly not someone who is in a position to second-guess someone like Bill Belichick. His success in the NFL, along with his championships, show me enough to easily give him a pass on this one. He's the guy who has to make the final call, at that moment, in front of the world. It didn't work. I'm sure armchair quarterbacks like us are debating it way, WAY more than Bill Belichick is at this moment. He doesn't have the luxury of fixating on a game that's over. Plus, as was mentioned a few times above, if they convert that fourth down, he's seen as a genius one more time (for about the 752,000 time in his coaching career).
posted by dyams at 05:58 PM on November 16
Cool link. but it shows you just how much society's attitudes have changed since then. Ellis being totally fucked up leading up to the game, getting to the ball park, and while he pitched, even using "greenies" at the same time (along with saying how rampant use of those drugs were at the time) is seen as charming and cute to many now. Can you imagine the fallout from this type of thing were it to happen and be exposed in 2009? A pitcher that can't even see, basically hallucinating on the mound, throwing fastballs at opposing batters? Roughly 40 years later we say, "Far out, man!" Maybe that's how people will respond to steroids stories in 2045.
posted by dyams at 08:14 AM on November 14
Russell was a dominating champion, and Dr. J was the originator of the above-the-rim game. LeBron is a great talent, but he'll make his name and legend off fans who want to ignore pro basketball prior to MJ.
posted by dyams at 07:06 PM on November 13
It's obviously the exact reason they were looking to pick up Matt Cassel during the offseason and dump Cutler. Between his shitty attitude, overinflated opinion of himself and his talent, and poor performance, Cassel probably would have been a huge improvement.
posted by dyams at 07:03 PM on November 13
Cutler made an ass of himself all throughout the offseason, acting like a spoiled little bitch, and now karma is biting him in the ass. The guy couldn't wait to get out of Denver, and like the old saying goes, Be careful what you wish for because you just might get it.
posted by dyams at 05:56 PM on November 13
It's a hell of an opportunity to sell a bunch of Cavalier #6 jerseys.
It reeks of an out and out merchandising ploy.
I totally agree with these statements. LeBron wouldn't do anything that didn't benefit him is his wallet.
I also truly think he realizes he'll probably never be seen as the greatest #23 in the history of the game. Jordan will always be why 23 is remembered in basketball. He should have chosen a different number when he started his NBA career. But why he'd choose #6 is beyond me also. Out of every choice, it seems he'd pick out a number that would only be thought of as LeBron's number in the future.
posted by dyams at 05:50 PM on November 13
Titans Owner Bud Adams Flips Off the Bills
The reason I asked if you had the names, ages, and backgrounds of "63,000 people in Buffalo" who disrespect people or groups by making a gesture to tell the "Fuck You" is to make the points that:
1. 63,000 is a HUGE generalization, not just a generalization. I have a pretty good idea only a very small percentage of fans at any given NFL game, Buffalo included, are abusive or disrespectful to other fans or athletes.
2. In this particular situation, we do have the name, age, and background of the person who was so disrespectful. He's Bud Adams, 86, the owner of the professional football team who was hosting the event. His actions cross the line of acceptable behavior for the top representative of the organization. He has a responsibility to the league to control such emotions in public.
3. The small percentage of "63,000 people in Buffalo" who do act this way could be, for all you know, could include a 28 year old problem drinker who just spent the previous night in jail for public intoxication and has been arrested numerous times for his actions. These types of actions are practically unavoidable from certain, small segments of a crowd of 80,000 people, be it at a football game, concert, etc.
The point I made about "the erosion of common decency and respect in this day and age" is really meant to point out that if the people in influential, respected positions in society, such as Adams, think it's appropriate to make such disrespectful gestures whenever it suits him, then it is a problem. Hopefully we don't see Obama making such gestures on overseas visits whenever he feels the need.
I only gave three reasons, but Goodell gave 250,000.