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| Location: | Raleigh, NC |
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| Member since: | March 25, 2005 |
| Last visit: | May 28, 2013 |
Ricardo has posted 7 links and 329 comments to SportsFilter and 0 links and 8 comments to the Locker Room.
Robbie Rogers comes out as gay: US Soccer player Robbie Rogers has stated on his blog that he is gay and will be taking a break from soccer to concentrate on life.
posted by Ricardo to soccer at 02:53 PM on February 15 - 9 comments
Password Change: Where can I change my password? I cant find anywhere on the site to do so.
posted by Ricardo to feature requests at 11:02 AM on September 26 - 2 comments
Liverpool Football Club board agree sale: The board of Liverpool has agreed to sell the club to the US owners of the Boston Red Sox baseball team despite protests from owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett.
posted by Ricardo to soccer at 06:15 AM on October 06 - 24 comments
Heartbreak for women's US soccer team.: As Brazil head to the World Cup final with Germany.
posted by Ricardo to soccer at 10:04 AM on September 27 - 52 comments
Kasey Keller signs for Fulham: Pretty soon the American takeover of Fulham Football Club will be complete.
posted by Ricardo to soccer at 12:34 PM on August 23 - 13 comments
My reply was that it really isn't a big deal.
I think it's not necessarily a big deal on it's own, but should lead to the bigger promised land of the day when there are many athletes on many teams who have come out and don't feel the need to repress their sexuality because of the job they hold.
That is indeed a big deal.
posted by Ricardo at 04:36 PM on April 30
I, for one, find humour to be a pretty good coping mechanism for a world that doesn't make a lot of sense sometimes
I totally agree. I have a friend who "joked" today by saying his decision to not run in marathons has now been justified. I cringed a little and found it in poor taste, but still a bit funny. And that humor doesn't make yesterday's events any more or less serious than they already are.
I feel a ton of empathy and sympathy for those involved and won't feel vindicated until whoever was responsible has a car battery attached to their nuts.
posted by Ricardo at 01:31 PM on April 16
Lighten up Francis
Any one of you homos touches my nukes, I'll kill you!!!
posted by Ricardo at 02:14 PM on April 05
Here is a link to his website
posted by Ricardo at 02:55 PM on February 15
Ah ... two racists in love. Beautiful story.
posted by Ricardo at 05:23 PM on January 25
That may or may not have happened. We can't assume it didn't. For all we know, this ref was simply making a joke, albeit an inappropriate one.
posted by Ricardo at 01:15 PM on September 26
As I remember, the NFL states refs aren't allowed to play fantasy football and this was going to be investigated. I hadn't heard any outcome after that, but I'm guessing if he were indeed playing fantasy football, he wouldn't be reffing any longer.
And having everyone bagging on the refs is poor. None of this is their fault. They're doing as good a job as can be expected of them. The fault here lies with the NFL and the regular refs.
posted by Ricardo at 10:17 AM on September 26
people do care that what's unfolding in front of them is fairly judged.
I think the word fairly is incorrect. The games are being poorly judged, but I would bet they are indeed being fairly judged. These refs aren't the same as boxing judges in that they aren't on the take making these bad calls (most likely). I don't watch boxing because I know some guy may have it made up in his head before the match who is going to win regardless of what happens. I also agree with phaedon that the bad calls make an interesting story. It isn't ruining anything for me.
posted by Ricardo at 09:46 AM on September 26
because of course this MLB stadium provides unrestricted access to cheap high-alcohol beer
The only argument I have is with the word cheap.
posted by Ricardo at 08:03 AM on May 22
If anyone can claim they won it single handed
Good one!
posted by Ricardo at 11:09 PM on March 08
When I was watching it real time (and even after without benefit of the blue line), I felt he was passed the line. Not sure how you expect him to know that on the field, realtime.
I also often feel a QB has passed the line only to be proven wrong on replay. These guys, QBs and LBs alike, are paid ridiculous amounts of money to know things like where the line of scrimmage is without the advantage of a blue line painted across the field.
You rarely see a QB draw a penalty by actually running past the line of scrimmage and still passing the ball. But often see one jump just before and throw as he crosses.
These guys aren't held to our standards and shouldn't be. I have to think Harrison knew the ball was going to be gone when the hits occurred, yet did nothing to stop or slow momentum.
posted by Ricardo at 09:36 AM on December 14
As a fellow Kopite, I would love to have their Drogba and give them some of their money back.
posted by Ricardo at 03:20 PM on November 29
Rapinoe played okay, but she tried dribbling through 2 or 3 defenders too many times when an open teammate would've been a much better choice.
Can anyone that follows closer than I explain why Alex Morgan isn't a starter?
She lacks some experience and consistency yet. She will probably be a fantastic player in the future. She maybe could've come on earlier for Heather O'Reilly who never looked threatening hen she touched the ball.
The injury to Golden Ball candidate Lauren Cheney probably hurt us more than anything else.
posted by Ricardo at 01:18 PM on July 18
I didn't think Brazil showed poor sportsmanship past the Erika incident. I think they played the way any other team would've played. The crowd probably wanted to boo the terrible refereeing but that isn't as easy as picking out a villain from one of the players. I believe that wrongly fell on Marta. I just couldn't figure out why the crowd was whistling on her every touch aside from the fact she took the second penalty. None of that fiasco was Brazil's fault. I don't think she dove trying to get to the end of the absolutely beautiful flick over two defenders. She just lunged at it trying to get her foot to it and so did Buehler.
I am so happy the US made it through, but Marta deserved better than to be vilified the way she was.
And brainofdtrain, if FIFA's stance is that Hope Solo moved (she did, but laterally and within the rules), it is a stunning statement. I can't say the referee was biased and overall she got many decisions correct. It's just that what she missed were huge calls, the penalty call and red card, the re-take, the Carly Lloyd handball and the offside on Brazil's second goal. The offside is excusable as those are missed every game by the best of referees/linesmen.
posted by Ricardo at 01:30 PM on July 11
Attending Your First Premier League Game
Cheers to my first high hope / bitter let down season
Ahhhh! 2008-2009 ... Liverpool lose only 2 games and still fall behind ManU by 4 points due to an abundance of ties. The memories.