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insomnyuk
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Name: D. Greene
Location: OH
Gender: one man, many opinions
AIM: insomnyukDAN
Member since: January 29, 2002
Last visit: May 24, 2013

insomnyuk has posted 25 links and 767 comments to SportsFilter and 7 links and 59 comments to the Locker Room.

Sports Bio

Favorites - NHL: Toronto Maple Leafs, Columbus Blue Jackets NBA: Cleveland Cavaliers NFL: Cincinnati Bengals MLB: Cincinnati Reds NCAA Bball: University of Dayton, WSU, Xavier NCAA Football: Ohio State I was born in Toronto, raised in Ohio, and attended college in Hillsdale. Thus, I play hockey, I love hockey, and I wanted to be in the NHL my whole life. At least until Gary Bettmann shat all over the league with the glo-puck. Also, because of my childhood in Ohio, I have experience with baseball, basketball, soccer, football in the yard, roller hockey, tennis, golf (which I just suck at), downhill skiing, shootin' guns (tho I've never shot an animal), fishing, hiking, bicycling, and skateboarding (but just for a few weeks). Since college I have picked up racquetball and some martial arts, and I've revived my love of basketball just shooting around with friends at home and at school. I also helped re-start the long dead hockey club at Hillsdale College, which has been great fun - we finally won a game. Being one of the original members of SpoFi, and one of its most inactive, I would just like to say that you should all join me for a drink if'n you happen to be in town. Watching the Leafs lose to Gretzky (the Kings came along ot watch the game, as I recall) in '93 was .... difficult.

Recent Links

Basketball only schools to leave Big East: The seven Catholic schools that make up the Big East's basketball only schools (Notre Dame not included) are planning to leave the conference. No word yet on what Cincinnati, UConn, and South Florida will do in the wake of the Big East's collapse. Louisville and Rutgers announced their plans to leave the conference earlier this year. Syracuse, Pitt and West Virginia announced their departures last year. The new schools leaving, Marquette, Georgetown, DePaul, St. John's, Villanova, Providence and Seton Hall can avoid conference exit fees as long as they leave as a group.

posted by insomnyuk to general at 03:17 PM on December 13 - 7 comments

Giants edge Patriots 21 to 17: With just under a minute left the Patriots allowed the Giants to score a touchdown, and then in the final seconds the Pats failed to convert on a hail mary pass.

posted by insomnyuk to football at 10:13 PM on February 05 - 122 comments

20 finalists selected for 2012 U.S. Olympics Men's Basketball Team: New additions from the 2008 gold winning team include Derrick Rose, Blake Griffin, Rudy Gay and Kevin Durant.

posted by insomnyuk to basketball at 09:33 PM on January 16 - 0 comments

The Bengals refuse to trade Carson Palmer: the disenfranchised QB has threatened to retire unless he is traded away from the Bengals. Mike Brown, Bengals president and owner refuses to trade Palmer on "principle" and had the following to say about the situation- “Carson signed a contract. He made a commitment. He gave his word,” Brown said. “We relied on his word. We relied on his commitment. We expected him to perform here. He’s going to walk away from his commitment. We aren’t going to reward him for doing it.”

posted by insomnyuk to football at 10:22 AM on July 27 - 13 comments

ESPN analyst and former Buffalo Sabre Matthew Barnaby arrested over domestic dispute: Pulling a Jay Mariotti, it looks like Matthew Barnaby will be spending at least one night in jail. Will ESPN continue to have him on the air after this?

posted by insomnyuk to hockey at 02:04 PM on May 14 - 1 comment

Recent Comments

SportsFilter: The Friday Huddle

Dammit, we need a way to favorite comments on this site.

posted by insomnyuk at 10:46 PM on May 17

SportsFilter: The Monday Huddle

5-3 in the first round.

posted by insomnyuk at 12:08 AM on May 14

SportsFilter: The Monday Huddle

Chicago in 6

Kings in 6

Ottawa in 7

New York in 7

posted by insomnyuk at 12:06 AM on May 14

An Outspoken Punter Finds Himself Out of Work

He's not that good of a kicker, so this comes as no surprise. I like what Kluwe writes, it's entertaining, but the Vikings ranked pretty low in punting last year.

posted by insomnyuk at 03:41 PM on May 07

2013 SpoFi Stanley Cup Pickem - first round edition

Pittsburgh in 5

Montreal in 7

Washington in 7

Boston in 6

Chicago in 5

Anaheim in 4

San Jose in 7

Los Angeles in 5

posted by insomnyuk at 02:37 AM on April 30

SportsFilter: The Saturday Huddle

Man, it's been a while for the Leafs. Glad to see them back in the mix.

posted by insomnyuk at 01:18 AM on April 21

Explosions at Finish Line of Boston Marathon

https://twitter.com/adbrandt/status/323954560093798401

posted by insomnyuk at 10:11 PM on April 15

Bills Receiver Asks North Korea to Bomb New England

It was funny, I laughed. South Park has done worse.

posted by insomnyuk at 11:00 PM on April 05

SportsFilter: The Thursday Huddle

Columbus Blue Jackets made a bunch of moves at the trade deadline, dealing Derek Dorsett, Derick Brassard, and John Moore to NYR for Marian Gaborik and two D-men prospects.

They also offloaded Steve Mason to the Flyers.

posted by insomnyuk at 03:32 PM on April 04

Rutgers' coach Mike Rice Berates Players at Practice

The most abusive coach I had was just someone who screamed at us all the time when I played 7th grade hockey. I was too small to fight back, and I wanted to play so bad I put up with it. If that shit had happened to me when I was 15 or 16 I would have either quit or kicked his ass. It's amazing to me how submissive these players are, but then again they have a college scholarship on the line. I was never in that position so I'm not sure it's fair to judge them for not fighting back. No wonder so many players transferred away.

posted by insomnyuk at 11:36 PM on April 03

SportsFilter: The Saturday Huddle

Gary Bettman going up the escalator.

posted by insomnyuk at 11:08 PM on March 30

Tony Romo stays in Dallas

I am puzzled by this move but not surprised.

posted by insomnyuk at 10:50 PM on March 29

Miami Dolphins Change Their Logo

This new logo is just meh. It's boring.

posted by insomnyuk at 03:34 PM on March 28

SportsFilter 2013 March Madness Bracket

Davidson totally choked. They had that game.

posted by insomnyuk at 05:47 PM on March 21

SportsFilter: The Thursday Huddle

imgur.com is pretty legit, all of reddit uses it. I found it here. Some hockey players swear by that stuff.

posted by insomnyuk at 05:37 PM on March 21