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- 03/16/10
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More people watched last year's Champions League final than last year's Super Bowl: The Champions League final between Barcelona and Manchester United last May drew an audience of 109 million. February's Super Bowl between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Arizona Cardinals attracted three million less. Formula 1's season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was in third place with an average of 54 million.
posted by JButton to football at 06:31 PM on January 31 - 11 comments
Done deal: Jason Bay has signed with the NY Mets - : -- pending results of a physical.
posted by JButton to baseball at 02:28 PM on December 29 - 23 comments
John Lackey to Red Sox. 5 years, $85 million. The deal is done.: Angels interested in Matsui.
posted by JButton to baseball at 03:44 PM on December 14 - 18 comments
Goodbye, Johnny Damon: Yankees acquire Granderson for Coke, Jackson and others: Three-way trade with Detroit and AZ. The medicals are being reviewed and it's just a matter of signing contracts. Granderson will bat second against right-handers. Swisher against lefties.
posted by JButton to baseball at 02:08 PM on December 08 - 25 comments
Girardi risks his life helping accident victim after the series celebration: Yankees manager Joe Girardi not only won the World Series, but he also helped an accident victim on his way home from the game.
posted by JButton to baseball at 02:35 PM on November 05 - 12 comments
Michael Owen done for the season (and the WC). Will have hamstring surgery Monday.
posted by JButton at 12:02 PM on March 05
Tiger Woods is bigger than the sport.
His personal life should be of NO concern to anyone outside his family. There is no argument that can prove otherwise.
posted by JButton at 09:18 PM on March 04
I'm getting HD now and I'll get Fox Soccer Plus. They're gong to replace one of the two Fox Soccer en Espanol channels with it.
This is Cablevision in northern NJ (northern Bergen County).
posted by JButton at 06:28 PM on January 31
You've been here less than two months and your word is all we need?
That's correct.
I was all set to give JButton what-for on his opinion of Grandy's defense
He drops routine fly balls. DROPS them. He's a terrible center fielder. The Yankees know better than anyone that this is unacceptable for center field.
You know-it-alls must not watch Tigers games.
That is ironic considering the subtitle of your linked article is Yankees, Diamondbacks, Tigers close to blockbuster trade
That's because there WAS no link and you have to post something for the post to go though, genius. Did you not read "desregard the article's tone"?
There was no link confirming the actual deal to post at that time-- because I knew of it happening before it had reached the wires.
I trust actual analysis over hot air.
and premium defensive value in one package.
Yeah that blog written by a nobody is so much more trustworthy. Please.
posted by JButton at 02:02 PM on December 09
The Yankees are not going to allow Granderson to play center field. He's a HORRIBLE center fielder.
They got him to play left field. Hence the "goodbye Damon". He's going to bat second and they will teach him how to look at more pitches.
I haven't seen a single article yet confirming it's a done deal.
My original post confirmed it. That's all you need to know.
posted by JButton at 05:30 PM on December 08
Disregard the article's tone. It has not been updated. It's a done deal.
Ian Kennedy goes to AZ in the deal, as well.
posted by JButton at 02:13 PM on December 08
Parity is ruining that league. It's becoming a trainwreck to watch.
Parity creates mediocrity. Parity cheapens the product.
If you want everyone to have a "fair chance" at winning, go watch tee-ball.
posted by JButton at 01:29 PM on December 07
Actually, Beckham will be looking to punish Donovan for costing him an MLS title
Do you really believe he cares about winning MLS silverware? That PK was forgotten the moment Becks left the pitch. He's thinking about Milan now.
My round of 16:
A: SA, France
B: Greece, Argentina
C: England, Slovenia
D: Germany, Serbia
E: Netherlands, Denmark
F: Italy, Slovakia
G: Brazil, Ivory Coast
I: Spain, Switzerland
posted by JButton at 04:41 PM on December 04
Why is Henry being investigated?
My guess this is just something FIFA is doing to placate the FAI.
He hasn't been punished yet; they are investigating the incident. That seems warranted to me. If FIFA decides he intentionally cheated, he should be punished in some form.
You can't punish someone for trying to get away with winning a huge match. It's called being "fiercely competitive".
And several of Ireland's players have already said they would have done the same thing Henry did in that situation.
You cannot punish someone for not being a soulless, impassioned robot.
posted by JButton at 02:28 PM on December 02
TMZ has absolutely nobody holding them to any level of accountability for whatever shock rumors they produce. If it's true, they're the ones to get it first, but if it's not, or if Tiger's explanation isn't sufficient to make people think he's not hiding something (which, for most people, is already the case), nobody holds TMZ responsible and some people out there will remember Tiger as a cheater with a crazy, abusive wife who takes painkillers and drives at 2:30am.
Tabloid nonsense sticks.
Why is it so shocking and unimaginable to you that a human being wants to have sex with another human other than their spouse? And when that spouse learns of this, a huge wicked fight ensues? This sort of thing happens in 9 out of ten marriages.
Stop holding famous people to some kind of phony higher standard because they're famous. They're human beings.
posted by JButton at 12:12 PM on November 28
The buzz from some insiders is Derek Jeter will be SI's Sportsman of the Year.
posted by JButton at 03:31 PM on November 23
Roy Keane gets it.
the NFL's Patriots filming games scandal,
Everyone has done this at one time or another and it has zero effect on the outcome of the game. Ask anyone in pro football about this.
posted by JButton at 07:52 PM on November 20
Playoffs? In football?
C'mon with that.
Yet another reason not to take that league seriously.
Perhaps we should arrogantly decide that NBA shouldn't be watched either?
That decision was made after Jordan retired. The NBA is nothing but a "product" now.
posted by JButton at 03:37 PM on November 18
Edwards gets probation for intentionally wrecking Keselowski
It's Nascar.
Not NASCAR.