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Rock Steady
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Name: David Provost
Member since: June 29, 2005
Last visit: May 17, 2013

Rock Steady has posted 1 link and 86 comments to SportsFilter and 0 links and 2 comments to the Locker Room.

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Recent Activity?: On MetaFilter, the Recent Activity page (I've linked to the best one, obvs) is a great way to keep up with threads you are participating in, and I was wondering if there is any interest in creating a similar feature here at SpoFi? Even something as simple as linkifying (highly technical term) the Recent Comments on our profile pages would really help me (and others) participate more here.

posted by Rock Steady to feature requests at 10:13 AM on March 28 - 4 comments

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Retired NASCAR driver Dick Trickle dies of apparent self-inflicted wound

That's terrible. I'm not a NASCAR fan, so I really only know him thanks to Patrick and Olbermann, but he seemed to be a likeable guy with a good sense of humor.

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posted by Rock Steady at 11:29 AM on May 17

Longtime NFL announcer Pat Summerall has died

Oh no, there's a man down.

RIP

posted by Rock Steady at 11:23 AM on April 17

Adam Scott Wins the Masters

I swear there is a market out there for Vintage Golf, a la Vintage Base Ball. Let people rent knickers and caps and Spoons and Mashie Niblicks and sell them a bucket of repro gutta percha balls and send them out for an afternoon.

posted by Rock Steady at 09:01 AM on April 15

SportsFilter: The Tuesday Huddle

The Bruins are now the team to beat in NHL '94.

posted by Rock Steady at 04:27 PM on April 02

Recent Activity?

The little word balloon next to every comment takes you to that comment in the discussion. Is that what you mean by linkifying it?

Oh, so it does. Never noticed that before! That's exactly what I am talking about. Thanks, rcade.

posted by Rock Steady at 10:26 AM on April 02

Recent Activity?

Even something as simple as linkifying (highly technical term) the Recent Comments on our profile pages would really help me (and others) participate more here.

In fact, since this is my first post here, I now see that there is a little "0 Comments" link back to the post on my profile page under "Recent Links" which is exactly what I am talking about. You could make it something like "# Other Comments" which would be a link back to your comment in the thread.

posted by Rock Steady at 11:38 AM on March 28

Miami Dolphins Change Their Logo

It looks so bland and corporate. Like an airline or shipping company logo.

posted by Rock Steady at 11:29 AM on March 28

Iggy!! Part deux?

Ugh. I'm not a huge hockey fan, so I didn't hear the rumors about him going to Boston until yesterday, but I was really excited to watch him play for the Bruins. I guess it's good that he's going to a good hockey town like Pittsburgh, but it's a shame he had to leave at all.

posted by Rock Steady at 09:47 AM on March 28

U.S. Achieves Historic Draw in Mexico

Still think whoever scheduled Friday's game in Denver ought to be fired, that was a terrible decision. Dick's is a great venue, not complaining about them getting a game, but not in March.

I assumed it was to get the team used to playing at altitude for Azteca.

posted by Rock Steady at 09:40 AM on March 28

U.S. Achieves Historic Draw in Mexico

That was intense. I agree with you about the non-call, but it's shocking Mexico didn't get the benefit of the doubt on that one at home. I was not too worried about the lack of offense. It seemed clear that they were going with a very conservative game plan, largely eschewing counter-attacks to prevent getting caught out by a quick counter-counter-attack, especially with the concerns about the fullbacks going into the match. The US did have some sustained periods of good possession on the Mexican side of the field, especially in the second half.

posted by Rock Steady at 09:10 AM on March 27

Florida Gulf Coast Makes 15-Seed History

I can't find the tweet now, but my favorite was one that was bemoaning the state of their busted brackets by noting that "FGCU is actually how most students at Florida Gulf Coast spell Fuck You" or something to that effect.

posted by Rock Steady at 11:54 AM on March 25

Oscar Pistorius Suspected in Girlfriend's Death

Oh no.

posted by Rock Steady at 09:48 AM on February 14

Olympics drop wrestling for 2020

Huh. I kind of got into Modern Pentathlon at the London Games (#JJGo) so I'm glad to see it's still around, but for me there is not a more Olympic-y sport than wrestling. Maybe the IOC didn't like any of the other sports applying for bids ("baseball and softball, karate, squash, roller sports, sport climbing, wakeboarding and wushu") so they figured they dump a sure thing into that pool? I guess I need to stop assuming the decisions of international sports governing bodies are going to make any kind of sense.

posted by Rock Steady at 01:31 PM on February 12

Atlanta Braves Abandon Plans to Revive Chief Noc-a-Homa

It's almost inconceivably tone deaf of them to have even considered making a mock-up of that hat. I thought it might have been a hoax when I first saw it on Uni Watch.

posted by Rock Steady at 10:01 AM on February 12