- 05:35 PM
- 11/20/09
| Name: | Hugh Janus |
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| Member since: | August 19, 2005 |
| Last visit: | November 20, 2009 |
Hugh Janus has posted 15 links and 462 comments to SportsFilter and 0 links and 3 comments to the Locker Room.
"If the old guy scores, we're walking home.": Expelled from Lees College in 1956 for a shaving cream incident, 73-year old Ken Mink makes good on remaining years of eligibility.
"I used to be 6-2," Mink said.
posted by Hugh Janus to basketball at 10:32 AM on December 10 - 2 comments
Float Ball: Former Washington linebacker Ken Harvey and the future of SpaceSportilization.
posted by Hugh Janus to other at 09:20 AM on October 31 - 3 comments
Swedish hockey fans delay match with dildo downpour: "We'd also heard mention of it, but we decided that it would only be worse if we went out and told the fans they were absolutely not allowed to throw dildos on the ice," said AIK club head Mats Hedenstrm to the newspaper.
posted by Hugh Janus to hockey at 04:25 PM on October 22 - 31 comments
'Wild Bill' Hagy : dies at 68. The 'Roar from 34' is no more.
posted by Hugh Janus to baseball at 12:43 PM on August 22 - 8 comments
"Fight Money":: In Japanese baseball many teams give each player a $1,000 bonus for a win. Yankees left-hander Kei Igawa says, "It's like bait." Would it fly in MLB? Fukuoka Hawks reliever C.J. Nitkowski says, "It's ashtray change at best."
posted by Hugh Janus to baseball at 11:30 AM on April 17 - 11 comments
Redskins should change their name to Skins and play without shirts. Maybe they could have clear plastic helmets.
posted by Hugh Janus at 03:57 PM on November 10
Oh no, I mean the kind that prevent me from winning too many times in a row, of course.
posted by Hugh Janus at 01:00 PM on November 06
Nor can you categorically say it's invalid, really.
posted by Hugh Janus at 11:39 AM on November 06
Now if they could only develop streak-resistant underwear, I could get behind that, sure.
posted by Hugh Janus at 11:32 AM on November 06
I can only hope kerrycindy's eleven-year old will someday say my name out loud at the dinner table.
Say my name, kid; say my name.
posted by Hugh Janus at 11:28 AM on November 06
If we're comparing Dez and Blount, and saying Blount "lost his head" "in the heat of the moment" and went all fists of fury, well, what was Bryant's lie if not a guy losing his head to the heat of the moment? With a little reflection or consultation he wouldn't have bothered lying about not breaking NCAA rules. Seems like both guys were put on the spot and reacted poorly.
Sure, the NCAA's making an example of Bryant, and maybe behind-closed-doors lying is worse than televised fisticuffs, but characterizing one as a mental flop in a time of stress and the other as a calculated lie (or for that matter, anything other than hot-moment head-loss) is simply wrong.
posted by Hugh Janus at 11:14 AM on October 30
I think they should move the Redskins there and give them a new name. Like the Aztecs.
posted by Hugh Janus at 11:56 PM on October 24
Yeah, you're probably right about who's doing the really provocative heckling, dfleming. Looking at the the plays leading up to this incident, though, I imagine it would be tough for anyone to resist mocking Arboleda. Maybe that's why he got so hot: he knew he looked like a hapless donkey out there and about a hundred people, including this lippy courtsider, were there to see it. It's hard to muster sympathy for people who play a game for their job and still think it's okay to punch rude customers.
I'd sure love to know what "p---" means, though. Sounds very hurtful.
posted by Hugh Janus at 11:28 AM on October 23
I don't know, if you measure it against the emotional and physical abuse most future pro jocks subject their classmates to on the way to the top, being heckled by fans seems like just deserts. Call it revenge of the nerds.
posted by Hugh Janus at 10:31 AM on October 23
I like to sing about my country; about someone else's god, not so much. Good riddance to a bad tradition.
posted by Hugh Janus at 02:05 PM on October 18
They must be worried that Rush Limbaugh will get the whole team hooked on painkillers or something. I share this concern.
posted by Hugh Janus at 01:02 AM on October 13
The way Pittsburgh frequently takes seven games to knock the Washington Capitals out of the playoffs is both predictable and humiliating. The Caps get you to care with their persistence and then even though you know what''s gonna happen, the inevitable OT loss rakes the legs right out from under you.
I blame the Redskins, though; with a name like that every team in the area might as well be playing on an ancient burial mound with human bones for sticks and a Piscataway chert for a puck. Talk about a Curse.
posted by Hugh Janus at 09:46 AM on October 07
Fight negativity with positivity, not with small-print. What makes 34 bowl games so good? Personally, I like having a lot of bowl games because it means more college football, and I also like the fact that, when all is said and done, the math nerds who come up with the BCS formulas get to exercise even more control over the fortunes of the jocks. Just like Louis Skolnick said they would.
I don't really like watching football in a baseball stadium, but I won't be there, and the place does hold a lot of fans. Probably a pretty big payday for the also-rans. I like that, too: in America, even the losers get lucky sometimes.
posted by Hugh Janus at 09:36 AM on October 03
Yeah, he has some serious problems. Do you know anyone else who has a black box instead of a penis? I looked it up and it's not common enough to be in a medical encyclopedia. Maybe he's from another planet. Must be lonely here on Earth.
posted by Hugh Janus at 06:19 PM on September 29
NFL Sinks Captain Morgan Stunt
Since the charity Captain Morgan's was planning to donate to, Gridiron Greats Assistance Fund, is there to support the needs of ex-NFL players, it's probably a bit of the thumb in the eye for the league to have this sort of thing happen. Maybe the league should donate to Gridiron Greats for every scorer who puts his head down and trots back to the huddle, but that might require an admission that the NFL should be doing something for these needy retirees in the first place.