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The Million Dollar Kick
As part of a CFL contest, one fan had a chance to make 4 field goals: 20, 30 and 40 yards for smaller prizes, and a 50 yard field goal to win $1,000,000 Cdn. ($854,920.06 US). He misses the first 3 kicks and nails the last one.
posted by grum@work at 08:09 AM on October 29
2 Eagles players condemed because they love the Lord Tra Thomas comes in to a public school talking 'bout Jebus and says he ain't preaching! How does he sleep at night?
posted by HATER 187 at 01:49 PM on October 28
Nothing wrong with a man being honest about where he's coming from. However, there is something wrong about a evangelical organization leveraging an athlete's celebrity to sway impressionable children. This needs to be said over, and over, and over....
posted at 12:23 PM on October 28
posted by mbd1 at 10:54 PM on October 18
Houston is an evil dirty nasty city. Jesus, like St. Louis isn't?
posted at 11:07 AM on October 18
posted by rocketman at 03:21 PM on September 30
Big League Chew
posted at 10:54 AM on September 30
8 Ways To Improve The NFL It seems like everybody can suggest 8 ways to improve the NFL, and about 6 of these ways are always the same ideas.
posted by fabulon7 at 01:31 PM on May 07
Nobody would watch baseball if, after nine innings, a coin was tossed and the winning team started the inning with a guy on third base...and yet, this is how its done in the NFL. Something needs to change. My preference would simply to have another 15 minute quarter...and keep having them until someone is ahead at the end. I also like Ricardo's idea for a bifurcated pass interference.
posted at 03:21 PM on May 07
The Almost Palpable Presence of the Past Baseball Memory and Nostalgia at the End of the Century.
posted by jasonspaceman at 11:38 AM on May 04
I didn't even have to click on the "garishly colored" link in the uniforms section to know that they were talking about the 1980s Astros.
posted at 06:12 PM on May 04
Mean Joe Greene, Meet Mean Daunte Culpepper In Jacksonville, the Minnesota Vikings quarterback spontaneously gave a paralyzed high school athlete two diamond necklaces worth about $75,000 during an NFL awards ceremony Wednesday, then subsequently took them back.
posted by rcade at 12:23 PM on February 03
I have to agree with grum, Weedy and Sam
posted at 05:31 PM on February 03
A unique stadium-share Both DC United of MLS and MLB's new boys the Nationals will call RFK home for the next three seasons. Their plan requires three days to change the field from baseball to soccer, then two days in reverse; in other words, no baseball games for six days--and 18 home matches are scheduled, plus a couple more if the defending champs make the playoffs. Additionally, groundskeepers "plan to permanently grow huge, deep trays of grass in another location" to temporarily cover the infield dirt for United matches. Can it work?
posted by billsaysthis at 04:43 PM on January 30
It says right in the article that FedEx field is too suburban, and hard for their mainly urban-based fans to access. Hell, it's hard for anyone to access.
posted at 09:48 AM on January 30
Swann tests gubernatorial waters Former Pittsburgh Steeler wide receiver, NFL Hall of Famer and Super Bowl MVP, Lynn Swann is floating the idea of running for governor of Pennsylvania in 2006. Without any political experience will his plans fly, or will they sink?
posted by terrapin at 08:57 PM on December 11
It's sad that we have a political culture that allows someone to offset a complete lack of public service experience with sports acheivement. It's scary that he might actually have a chance at winning. This isn't school board he's running for, it's to head the fifth biggest state of the Union!
posted at 09:12 PM on December 11
This is it This is the game that everyone waits for. This is the ultimate. This is why we watch sports. A game 86 years in the making. They got to seven the hard way. Now let's play the game. The Boston Red Sox play the New York Yankees in a game that will decide the fate of the universe.
posted by McBain at 05:54 PM on October 20
It's comments like those that exemplify why I wish both AL teams could lose tonight.
posted at 06:24 PM on October 20
"I'm black. They don't build stuff for blacks." Barry Bonds gives his perspective on: Racism in Boston (which he says doesn't come from first hand experience); his continual walks; statues, and other things.
posted by bcb2k2 at 12:43 PM on June 18
Granted, I only lived in Boston for two years, but I feel comfortable stating that it is the most racist big town I have ever visited. My girlfriend isn't white like me, and together, we've visited cities on both coasts and even in the South, and we both agree that the level of causal racism in Beantown is higher than anywhere else. People would unabashedly stare at the two of us whenever we were out on the town, and while some places, like Cambridge were totally cool, other places, like Arlington made us feel completely unwelcome. Sad to say, even towns like Houston were more progressive.
posted at 06:44 PM on June 18
OK, so... am I out of line in ... OK, so... am I out of line in thinking that 'suck on my nuts until you choke' is just way out of line?
posted by tieguy at 09:24 PM on March 22
Oh please, tieguy and the rest need to get over yourselves. This was just some joshing between rivals. Don't turn this place into MetaTalk, where every perceived slight/insult/out-of-line comment/un-PC statement/misunderstood joke/taken-out-of-context statement nets its own thread. Please. Don't let it happen here.
posted at 11:03 AM on March 22
John Madden explores Monday Night Football Booth Job Sources report FOX has released John from the last year of his contract, Dan Fouts and Dennis miller are history. It's been a long time since I have enjoyed MNF, but if this works out, I'm there.
posted by Mack Twain at 01:30 AM on February 28
Dennis Miller was the only reason I watched MNF games that didn't involve one of the three or so NFL teams I truly care about. His commentary was brilliant and funny, and just because it was over most people's heads doesn't make it any less so. I loved it when I understood an obscure reference, it made the game interesting. Perhaps this is because I know more worthless non-sports trivia than is altogether sane, yet still don't know how many players are allowed on the field at one time. (I just watch for the action). Anyway, I agree with aacheson, Miller got canned for mis-directed intelligence, which is a shame. As for John Madden. Retire. For the love of God get in your bus and head straight for your Florida beach-house (or wherever he lives). Do not pass ABC Sports HQ, do not collect a $15 million, four-year contract. On a final note, I would like to say that the only way for ABC to now redem themselves is to cancel Madden's contract next year, and replace him with Tom Servo and Crow.
posted at 03:00 PM on February 28
It looks like this kid might actually play in the CFL after all