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Pro Football Hall of Fame announces the Class of 2008. : Congratulations to Fred Dean, Darrell Green, Art Monk, Emmitt Thomas, Andre Tippett, and Gary Zimmerman.
posted by 86 to football at 07:47 PM on February 02 - 25 comments
Ask SpoFi: Can a player line up behind the catcher during a baseball game? (More inside)
posted by 86 to navel gazing at 12:28 PM on October 26 - 14 comments
Happy Holidays!: That's it. Happy Holidays, you crazy fools. Be safe out there, hug your loved ones, be merry and watch sports.
posted by 86 to navel gazing at 09:58 AM on December 22 - 23 comments
The Ovechkin Collection: (Google Video) If you have four minutes, take the time to watch highlights of the most exciting player in the NHL.
posted by 86 to hockey at 01:01 PM on January 27 - 24 comments
Jose Theodore makes two saves.: Improving his 32nd ranked goals against average, the Montreal goalie turned aside two attempts by an intruder during a Habs practice.
posted by 86 to hockey at 09:03 AM on January 10 - 29 comments
Thanks for the reminder, bill. I finally had a spare moment and was able to help the cause.
posted by 86 at 01:52 PM on December 12
Alfredsson and Hossa are key players to their teams who have been injured by goons
Carl Hagelin is a goon? He's a first-line player, 175 lbs soaking wet, won the fastest skater award, and had less than 25 PIMs this year.
His was a bad hit, deserving of suspension, but he's not a goon and the Rangers will certainly miss him in the line-up.
posted by 86 at 11:51 AM on April 18
I keep going back and forth. It's ridiculous until you look at what the Redskins and Cowboys paid out in that uncapped year ($176 million for the Skins, as opposed to $99 million the year before). And it's not like they just decided to sign a few players that year because the cap wouldn't matter. No, they planned it out, well in advance and took advantage of it when signing high profile players, Haynesworth in particular. Other teams, without the finances of the Redskins couldn't match that. So the Redskins gamed the system in a pretty sleazy way.
The sketchy thing on the part of the NFL is that they approved the contracts in question at some point. Unlike, say, the NHL that (finally) ruled a contract invalid because it attempted to get around the cap, the NFL approved these and waited (and then waited two more years) to enforce the rules. That makes no sense.
posted by 86 at 06:40 PM on March 12
Sketchy stuff on the NFL's part, at least at first glance. I know the Redskins did not behave well here, and presumably the Cowboys didn't either, but I still wonder how the League can make this stick.
The Redskins gave Haynesworth $32 million during the first two years of his contract. Some of that was up front and for the first year (2009) and then $21 million due as a roster bonus during the 2010 offseason. It's apparently that $21 million that the league has issues with.
DeAngelo Hall's contract is also, per the NFL, problematic. He signed in 2009 and made $9.2 million that year and again in 2010 (the uncapped year). In 2011, his number dropped in half ($4.5). It rises from that point steadily back up to the $9 million mark over the next three years.
He will now, almost certainly, be cut.
posted by 86 at 04:28 PM on March 12
Thanks for the link back in time, tron7. That was almost as much fun to read the second time around.
And for those who haven't seen it, check out the Grantland oral history piece. It is quite good.
posted by 86 at 04:43 PM on February 29
Tiger Woods, second or third week of June 2000.
posted by 86 at 08:18 AM on February 08
"We, as a league, must do a better job of protecting the integrity of the game and the safety of our players. We must make it clear that those kinds of actions will not be tolerated and will be met with meaningful disciplinary action."
posted by 86 at 08:27 AM on April 19
If the Coyotes win the Cup will they put Fenton's name on it?
posted by 86 at 07:29 PM on December 17
Per ESPN, McNabb's contract is not as ridiculous as previously thought.
posted by 86 at 12:33 PM on November 16
In honor of Joe, they should leave his seat vacant.
posted by 86 at 07:07 PM on November 08
Indoor soccer backheel goal. The pass leading up to it is quite nice as well.
posted by 86 at 10:10 AM on September 22
...the flaming 'A' logo was replaced by a 'C'."
And the Negative Space Dong of Calgary was born.
posted by 86 at 01:16 PM on September 20
What particular play was brutal? He had two (2) bad passes, that is it. And they fell to dirt, not to Cowboys. No interceptions. No fumbles. No lost looks. No blatant mis-reads.
Add in four dropped passes, as well. Moss dropped a key first down. Sellers dropped two more throws. Armstrong dropped the second-down fade that should have been a TD.
He played serviceable, so-so football, nothing more. And this may all be semantics, but I\'ve seen \"brutal\" QB play (a lot over the last decade) and this was certainly an improvement.
posted by 86 at 03:40 PM on September 13
McNabb was brutal? Really? What game were you watching?
posted by 86 at 02:42 PM on September 13
SportsFilter: The Wednesday Huddle
Not me, bill. My contribution wasn't enough to get us over the $500 mark, though I'm glad we made it.