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It's never too arly to teach them... that athletes are above the law. The mother is probably right. These kids will be in the news again if they make college ball.
posted on August 17, 2006 - Go to the detail view for this result
Athletes dumber than Spice Girls?! Beckham can't help his six year old son with math, and apparently won't be able to in Grammar either. "I think it was maths, actually. It's done totally differently to what I was teached..."
posted on February 26, 2006 - Go to the detail view for this result
Longhorns preparing for career nfl finding ways to supplement income. As long as the school doesn't take action and the police don't file charges the Texas DBacks should continue carrying semi automatic pistols, they may need them against USC's passing game.
posted on December 17, 2005 - Go to the detail view for this result
Ding-dong the witch is gone After my three and a half year boycott of my favorite baseball team I can finally buy a new cap and take my wife to a game again.
posted on October 04, 2005 - Go to the detail view for this result
The San Francisco Giants have now removed prominent tributes in the stadium to Barry Bonds The left-field wall no longer bears an image of Bonds chasing Hank Aaron for the home run crown, nor elsewhere is the number of Bonds' home runs in relation to Aaron posted. There are no "756" signs -- signifying the home run he hit to break Aaron's record -- anywhere in the park, in fact. A team spokeswoman said the Giants would put up a plaque to note where he had hit his last homer with the team.
posted by smithnyiu at 06:10 PM on March 29
South Korean soccer players dislocate their shoulders to become draft dodgers Why bother with serving your country when the U.S is there as your minders? Makes me reminisce of my days eating kimchi and swigging ginseng from the bottle.
posted by Texan_lost_in_NY at 03:40 PM on February 04
I would rather serve in the South Korean Army than play for their soccer team.
posted at 08:53 PM on February 04
What's a coach really worth? The knee-jerk perception isn't kind to Oxford. We live in a state that under funds important items, that ranks in the bottom percentile of most U.S. social and educational categories, and yet Oxford High School's football coach is being paid $105,000 a year. No prep football coach in Alabama makes more.
posted by Folkways at 04:54 PM on January 15
Are High School football coaches paid this much in other states? Yes. I have been a teacher in Texas for 9 years and football coaches consistenly make about twice what my cieling is. I make a little over half my cieling.
posted at 06:33 PM on January 15
Chargers May Play Texans in Dallas The use of San Diego's Qualcomm stadium to house refugees of the wildfires may move Sunday's NFL game to either Houston, the home of the visiting Texans, or Texas Stadium in Dallas, where the Cowboys have a bye week. Four years ago, fires chased the Chargers to a home game against the Dolphins at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe.
posted by rcade at 02:16 PM on October 24
Although Dallas is four hours from Houston, if I recall correctly, it's also a city that has a rivalry with Houston's NFL franchise that's reinforced by a yearly preseason trophy game. Locals will root for the Chargers in that game Wrong. I am a local, and while I love seeing the Cowboys beat the other Texas team, I would still pull for the Texans over any non-Texans. Oh wait, LaDanian is from Waco and Norv gets honorary status as a former Cowboy coach. Go Chargers.
posted at 05:57 PM on October 24
50 greatest sporting insults. My personal favorite: 22. "What problems do you have, apart from being unemployed, a moron and a dork?" -- John McEnroe calls it how he sees it to a tennis spectator.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 11:54 PM on August 04
#51 must have been, "He couldn't spell cat if you spotted him the c and the t." Thomas Henderson about Terry Bradshaw prior to Super Bowl 13.
posted at 07:19 PM on August 04
The Dirtiest Man in Football - Conrad Dobler and his part in the battle between the retired players and the Players Union.
posted by apoch at 06:06 AM on July 04
THIS JUST IN: Science now confirms that if a person devotes their life to violence, including but not limited to football, rodeo, boxing, demolition derby, gang membership, etc., upon reaching "the golden years" they will probably suffer lingering pain. In order to avoid this suffering they should consider a career with a better retirement plan, like teaching grade school, where they will make millions of dollars and be hailed as heroes in the media.
posted at 09:18 AM on July 04
Bird expert who wings in for Wimbledon As tennis-lovers eat their strawberries they may be unaware of a dark brown presence swooping overhead - Mr Davis' hawk scaring away pigeons from the grounds.
posted by bobfoot at 06:19 PM on July 03
Great post. I love seeing someone make a living at their hobby. I wonder if a poster of Randy Johnson would deter pigeons.
posted at 08:39 PM on July 03
Why don't I subscribe to Extra Innings? The only thing more ridiculous is Jerry Jones saying teams should be able to break news of trades and such through exclusive deals rather than letting the mainstream media report it.
posted by olelefthander at 05:54 PM on March 30
That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves. Thomas Jefferson Don't step on me, I teach U.S. History
posted at 09:57 PM on March 30
The 85 Bears Are Dominating Marketing Like The Defense Dominated The Field Still brings a smile to my face when I think or hear about that great team.
posted by danjel at 11:58 AM on January 13
As a lifelong Cowboys fan, this article sounds familiar to me. In the early 90's when Dallas was returning to prominence there was lots of talk that they would never be revered as the Roger Staubach/Doomsday teams of the 70's. By the mid 90's no one was saying that anymore. If the Bears string together two or three Super Bowl seasons in the next few years this team will likely replace the 85 squad in the hearts of many.
posted at 08:24 PM on January 13
Club orders Bulgarian player to get married Litex Lovech have ordered striker Ivelin Popov to get married in the coming year in the hope it curtails his wild living. "My bosses are right to want such a thing from me because they know my temper." Is there something lost in the translation here or is this a recipe for disaster?
posted by Texan_lost_in_NY at 10:59 AM on October 29
Is this the club that just hired Mike Tyson as its team morale director?
posted at 02:37 PM on October 29
NFL Fans, Your Silence is Appreciated New NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is considering a change that would make crowd noise meaningless: Allowing wireless communication between quarterbacks and the offense before the snap. "They come into an opposing stadium and they are not able to put the full offense in," he said. "They are not able to run plays in, they are not able to change the plays at the line of scrimmage."
posted by rcade at 10:12 AM on September 24
Couldn't wireless communication be intercepted by the opposing team and communicated to the defense? Even if defenses don't do it, anytime a defender gets a lucky guess and breaks up a play it has to enter the mind of the offense and play with their psyche. The crowd noise may actually be less disruptive.
posted at 06:35 PM on September 24
Renegades Up for Grabs Being more than a bit disheartened at the CFL's cancellation of the Ottawa Renegade's season, I'm hoping there are at least a few CFL fans in the SpoFi circle as curious as I am to see how the whole dispersal draft plays out.
posted by Spitztengle at 03:05 PM on April 12
I didn't know that guy who played the "Greatest American Hero" was commissioner of the CFL!
posted at 09:51 PM on April 12
Pokey Reese is Missing Marlins trying to contact their second baseman whom they haven't seen since Wednesday.
posted by jerseygirl at 06:15 PM on March 04
When I didn't show up for two days at my job one time no one came looking, my boss just left a message informing me of my unemployment and telling me if I didn't return the uniform they would dock my pay. It wasn't even a nice uniform, just a blue Dickey's shirt with someone else's name on the pocket and another someone else's name written on the tag with a marker. Maybe he is hiding so he won't have to return the uniform.
posted at 10:00 AM on March 04
Athletes dumber than Spice Girls?! Beckham can't help his six year old son with math, and apparently won't be able to in Grammar either. "I think it was maths, actually. It's done totally differently to what I was teached..."
posted by texoma-slim at 10:44 AM on February 26
A little insight as to why so many athletes go broke? They can't count change or figure out how much money they made in the first place. The good news for guys not on their toes enough to get a spice girl to tutor their children...Jessica Simpson is now available!
posted at 10:59 AM on February 26
Behavior will bring change to U.S. Ski Team Picabo Street puts the U.S. Ski Team in their place.
posted by lil'red at 10:11 AM on February 26
Picabo gets my nod for coach. If not the Olympic team then my kids little league.
posted at 10:53 AM on February 26
I think they should put a lifesize bronze statue of Bonds in the batter's box where he was standing when he hit his last homerun. That would make Giants games more fun to watch.