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gfinsf has posted 20 links and 107 comments to SportsFilter and 1 link and 4 comments to the Locker Room.
Pacquiao’s amazing run continues: Maybe the best pound for pound fighter ever. Began at 106, first title at 112 and now 145. Very imperssive win, should have been stopped earlier.
posted by gfinsf to boxing at 06:42 AM on November 15 - 0 comments
Raiders, NFL can't allow abusive Cable to continue as head coach : I'm just surprised this hasn't been posted.
posted by gfinsf to football at 09:10 AM on November 04 - 8 comments
Faith, family, football: Great story, great families, great town
posted by gfinsf to football at 07:32 AM on August 29 - 4 comments
Camp Sundown shines in the Bronx: Hate the Yankees? Got to like them for this.
posted by gfinsf to baseball at 08:10 AM on August 19 - 14 comments
Very special Father's Day for Falcons' Nicholas : Stephen Nicholas' arms were wrapped around his infant son, somewhat loosely because he didn't want to bump the tubes that had kept the child alive the past four months. Wife Irene sat nearby and the doctor began talking. The doctor said the tubes were going to come out that afternoon. Stephen and Irene looked at each other and started crying as both minds registered the same two thoughts. Stephen Nicholas Jr. had been in Children's Hospital Boston since last summer, waiting for a heart suitable to transplant into his little body. "That was the doctor's way of saying there was a heart coming in,'' Stephen said. Stephen Jr. was going to get a shot at life with a new heart. Tears of joy for a few seconds. Then, tears of sadness. "The most bittersweet moment you can imagine,'' Irene said. "Our baby was going to get a new heart. But then you realize the heart had to come from someone his age and his size.'' Somewhere, someone else had lost a baby.
posted by gfinsf to football at 09:17 AM on June 21 - 4 comments
Very strange move on the Jets' part I think. Sanchez gets a reciever who drops balls on a regualr basis. Not exactly a confidence booster. He may be suspended as well. What is the upside of this and I don't even like the Jets? The Browns may win in this trade with utility players and a couple of drafts choices.
posted by gfinsf at 09:25 AM on October 07
Sacred: adj. Dedicated to or set apart for the worship of a deity. Worthy of religious veneration: the sacred teachings of the Buddha. Made or declared holy: sacred bread and wine. Dedicated or devoted exclusively to a single use, purpose, or person: sacred to the memory of her sister; a private office sacred to the President. Worthy of respect; venerable. Of or relating to religious objects, rites, or practices.
Obviously Ed Thomas was a Christian, but where in the definition of sacred or in the stories does it imply that all the students who played for him must be Christian?
posted by gfinsf at 06:17 AM on August 31
Loved the video and how long people worked there...20,30 years, great job but I wouldn't want to turn the football inside out that looks difficult and doing the laces to perfection...wow
posted by gfinsf at 10:58 AM on August 24
I can't wait for the Commish to hand down the punishment for this. How many games? over/under? I say 6. It seems he did it by all accounts and said "I'm going to kill you." To me that's worse than shoting yourself in the leg.
posted by gfinsf at 10:26 AM on August 23
I would think it would be pretty easy to "out" a blackmailer especially now that those who have been "outed" could get the info from those who are threatened to be "outed" and then "out" the source of the "outings."
Player: "Hey Papi, just got a call from XYZ who wants some money from me to keep my name clean, want to help? Just don't use my name OK."
Papi: "Bet your ass I will." (No pun intended.)
posted by gfinsf at 07:01 AM on August 13
I remember my first football game in person, Yankee Stadium, Pittsburgh Steelers vs. New York Giants 1958. Charley Conerly, Alex Webster, Mel Triplett, Gifford, Kyle Rote, defense of Andy Robustelli, Rosie Grier, Sam Huff, Jim Katcavage, Jimmy Patton against Bobby Layne and the rest. Yes, today's players are better conditioned, bigger, faster and all around better athletes but that was real football and no TV timeouts to slow the game down which is why I would rather watch games now at home than in person. Today's Giants wear pretty much the same uniforms. I used to go to Shell gas stations, with my father, where they used to give drawings of the Giants in action in black and white and I used to meticulously color each one in. No pretty boys then or dances, just real football players who did not like each other and played that way. I miss that.
posted by gfinsf at 08:50 AM on August 05
I grew up in Connecticut and because I was between Boston and NY I chose to cheer for teams that were not in those cities because all my friends did. I liked the Tigers, Blackhawks, 49ers and Pistons. I moved to Boston in 1975, and because of the Globe writers, came to become a fan of all Boston teams, you could not help it. It was just amazing everyday to read what those guys wrote. The greatest sports section ever and nice to read about the men behind it.
posted by gfinsf at 07:14 AM on June 09
The mayor's pitch not worth 2 cents, Eric Davis' reaction, priceless.
posted by gfinsf at 12:50 AM on April 10
Kentucky fires Gillispie because he wasn't the proper "face" for their program (and he lost too many games). Now they are thinking about Calipari. Sure he wins and wins alot, but at what cost? Would Kentucky hire a person that recruits student?/atheltes that leave after 1 or 2 years just to win? On the "face" of this I think this would make Kentucky look desperate to catch up to UNC, Duke, UCONN, MSU and other programs at any cost. Kentucky, even to me as a non-fan of them is a special program. I think this hire would cheapen them even if they did win more games.
posted by gfinsf at 10:32 AM on March 30
I saw that done through his attorney. The attorney's words, I'm sure, the officer didn't/couldn't write it. I guess he or his attorney felt he should not be "videoed" saying I'm sorry. How ironic.
posted by gfinsf at 11:15 AM on March 28
Is it usual that it's a paid leave during an internal investigation like this? No it is not, as the police have unions too, but that the department took him off the streets when no actual violence occured is rare I would think. The thing that bothers me the most is he was obviously going to the hospital with family members, not coming from a bar at 4am and this still happened.
posted by gfinsf at 11:03 AM on March 27
I used to sing that with pride, now sometimes it is difficult to do that. I think the Department took the proper steps and commend I them for that. The actions of one rogue cop drags us all down in the eyes of the world. Mr. Moats seems like a very level headed man and in this case thank God he was.
posted by gfinsf at 09:28 AM on March 27
I think Crean will have IU back within 3 years and better then ever. No BK no Sampson. I will bet student/atheletes, and Knight did produce them, will come back and make IU a top ten team for years to come. I never liked them but now, it just seems different, I want them to win as they grow and become a power again. I think it is going to happen.
posted by gfinsf at 11:08 AM on March 21
Raiders, NFL can't allow abusive Cable to continue as head coach
Michael Silver had a very credible story, I thought, http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ms-hansonspeaks101009&prov=yhoo&type=lgns And now the ex-wife and girlfriend as well. Does Davis do anything?