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| Name: | David Naylor |
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| Location: | Cedar Falls, IA |
| ZIP: | 50613 |
| Gender: | people say I'm a guy... |
| AIM: | stepsinthesand08 |
| Member since: | August 31, 2005 |
| Last visit: | November 20, 2009 |
boredom_08 has posted 13 links and 146 comments to SportsFilter and 2 links and 80 comments to the Locker Room.
Manny Ramirez suspended for substance abuse: Of all the stars that had been linked to substance abuse, Manny Ramirez had not been one, until he was suspended for fifty games today for violating baseball's substance abuse policy.
posted by boredom_08 to baseball at 11:49 AM on May 07 - 104 comments
Dominating: The UConn Huskies (of the female variety) finished off their unstoppable run to the national championship last night with a 76-54 dismantling of Louisville. According the the linked article (from SI.com), this team is the first team in the history of college basketball to win every single game in their season by double digits. They did this in a conference that got seven teams into the NCAA field, with four making it to the second weekend and two to the Final Four. So now, is this team the best women's college basketball team ever?
posted by boredom_08 to basketball at 09:25 AM on April 08 - 7 comments
Small issue: I've been trying to edit my profile-thing (the thing @ "customize") for a couple weeks now so I can cause links to open in a separate window. However, no changes I make in that section seem to save. I've tried changing the bio section as well as just the where links open option, but nothing seems to stick. Mac OS 10.5.6, Mozilla Firefox 3.0.8
posted by boredom_08 to bugs at 11:38 AM on March 30 - 1 comment
Diplomacy by sport?: Two of Iran's top club soccer teams, Persepolis and Esteghlal Tehran may be traveling to the United States for a tour culminating in a match between the two clubs. The tour is still to be approved by the Iranian government, but should it occur, it could mean a large step towards peace between the two countries.
posted by boredom_08 to soccer at 06:21 PM on March 24 - 5 comments
Six.: - overtimes, before the Big East tournament game between Syracuse and Connecticut could be decided. Not quite the longest game in NCAA history (seven OTs), but certainly close.
posted by boredom_08 to basketball at 01:56 AM on March 13 - 6 comments
Congrats to Lincecum and all that. Anyone know if a pair of starting pitchers from the same team has gotten a higher vote total than Carp and Waino did this year?
posted by boredom_08 at 08:48 PM on November 19
And France goes through 2-1 on aggregate on one of the cheapest pieces of work I've ever seen. Great play, Thierry Henry. My heart goes out to Ireland.
posted by boredom_08 at 05:52 PM on November 18
When i first saw this headline at the Guardian, I thought it was a joke. Then I actually read the article.
posted by boredom_08 at 02:38 PM on November 17
It makes an interesting conundrum for schools hosting these games, however. The announcers at the Siena-Northeastern game currently airing were discussing the number of students who attended the game, compared to the fact that the university president or some official of the school had declared that going to the game was NOT an acceptable reason for missing class. Don't get me wrong, I don't think going to the game is a good reason to ditch class, but it's certainly giving students a big fat reason to not go to class. I'm glad that these morning games are just a one-time thing. I know if they'd had a noon start game at my school, there would be a lot of people there and not a lot of people in the academic buildings.
posted by boredom_08 at 01:51 PM on November 17
This 24 hours of college basketball thing ESPN's running is a bit on the ridiculous side.
posted by boredom_08 at 12:34 PM on November 17
I'll carry the Costanza with pride. I seemed to have a stunning ability to pick every single pick incorrectly this postseason. Wow.
posted by boredom_08 at 08:43 PM on November 07
I definitely thought of ZZ number two in MeatSaber's link. Especially since he's fresh in my head with his ridiculous promo for Adidas with Leo Messi.
posted by boredom_08 at 12:02 AM on November 07
In other news than the World Series... ah, who am I kidding, I'm not going to talk about the Europa League.
'Grats to the Yankees. So glad my dad's at home and I'm at school so I don't have to hear all about it from him.
Side note, I dunno if any of you are regular listeners to the Guardian's Football Weekly podcast, but they did a live video-cast of today's pod, and what I saw of it was quite nifty. Anyone else catch this/listen to Football Weekly at all?
posted by boredom_08 at 04:06 PM on November 05
I've been a (semi)regular member and reader of this site since I was 15, and compared to many other forum-style sites I'd been a member of in the years before and after that, SpoFi is remarkably clean. If a kid has internet access, they're going to be exposed to inappropriate language in some way or another, and honestly, seeing it in a well-moderated setting such as this one would probably be good for them. I've always been really impressed by how mature discussions on this site (usually) are, and it's why I continue to be a member here four years later and try to be active.
That's my two cents on it.
posted by boredom_08 at 03:57 PM on November 05
Rubin Kazan held Barcelona 0-0 in Kazan just now. If the two teams had been playing a two-legged playoff format, Rubin would've taken it via their win at the Camp Nou. I hope Rubin make the last 16 of the Champions League, they could do some serious damage and surprise a few people again. And all the other Champions League matches start right about now. Sweet.
posted by boredom_08 at 02:25 PM on November 04
I do tend to talk sports a lot on my Twitter, which annoys the piss out of many of my friends, but could come in handy in this sort of forum.
posted by boredom_08 at 05:23 AM on October 30
i'm late as well, which locks up the Costanza for me. Also for funsies:
Phils in 6, Cliff Lee, over, 3:27.
posted by boredom_08 at 02:28 AM on October 30
10 more points and i might get off the bottom. Need a good week.
posted by boredom_08 at 05:20 PM on October 28
Wow. That's about all I've got on that one. Ridiculous stop, if only a defender could do that on purpose. 99 times out of 100 that's a goal no matter how badly you hit it. And I'd never seen the Stefan play before, that's just outrageous.
posted by boredom_08 at 12:12 AM on October 27
Entire Wedding Party Wearing Ravens Jerseys
I am charmed, but purely because I'm a Ravens fan.