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mjkredliner has posted 25 links and 1242 comments to SportsFilter and no links and 3 comments to the Locker Room.
This ain't my first rodeo! But the West Of The Pecos Rodeo, which has its 125th annual gathering this week claims to be the first, and oldest, rodeo. Cowboy Up, y'all!
posted on June 17, 2007 - Go to the detail view for this result
USC's John David Rips Booty in 93rd Rose Bowl And in the process, dispels a popular notion that Michigan may have been the #1 team in the land.
posted on January 01, 2007 - Go to the detail view for this result
End of an era for Houston Baseball One of the original Killer B's,Jeff Bagwell retires due to his well documented shoulder problem. Is he a future Hall of Fame inductee?
posted on December 16, 2006 - Go to the detail view for this result
The 2006 Dave Kingman Award Awarded annually to "the player doing the least with the most".
posted on December 07, 2006 - Go to the detail view for this result
The Biggest Mouth In Sports Part John Madden, part Rush Limbaugh, but a man who has made a life out of speaking his truth, no matter how it is received.
posted on November 27, 2006 - Go to the detail view for this result
Don Haskins, Hall of Fame Basketball Coach, Dies at 78 ''Don got more out of his teams and players than any coach who has ever coached college basketball,'' Knight said.
Haskins, the Hall of Fame coach credited with helping break color barriers in college sports in 1966 when he used five black starters to win a national basketball title for Texas Western, died Sunday. He was 78.
posted by tommytrump at 06:07 PM on September 08
Former Redskins, Giants LB Arrington hurt in motorcycle crash Initially it looks like there is no outside influences to cause this wreck. The question now: given his recent playing injuries, is this the end of his once promising career?
posted by brainofdtrain at 05:15 PM on June 19
He was a force for the Redskins. His hit on Troy Aikman (one of the biggest I have ever witnessed) that gave him a concussion and sent him (Aikman) to the broadcasting booth was a relief for many 'Skins fans I'm sure... LaVarr was, if used properly, (Mr. Gibbs take note) an immense talent. I hope he recuperates fully.
posted at 10:18 PM on June 19
This ain't my first rodeo! But the West Of The Pecos Rodeo, which has its 125th annual gathering this week claims to be the first, and oldest, rodeo. Cowboy Up, y'all!
posted by mjkredliner at 03:20 AM on June 19
any rodeo collection of links that doesn't include The Calgary Stampede is a little thin. Actually, it was not meant to be a "rodeo collection of links". This rodeo does not have the ability to compete with the Calgary Stampede,or Cheyenne Frontier Days, or The National Western Stock Show, or the NFR, either monetarily, or as an event conceived to draw many fans from within its city's borders, it survives merely because of tradition, and the perserverance of the towns rodeo committee. I thought it would make an interesting read for those who might be curious. all i am voicing is that in my opinion this shouldn't even be considered a sport You are correct. It is a way of life for many people.....
posted at 09:45 PM on June 19
Somebody's getting all up in Manny's grill. Bidding for Manny Ramirez's JENN-AIR (retail value: $4,000) is up around $20K. The grill has been used once, but as Manny says in the ad, "I never have the time to use it because I am always on the road." Can we expect the "purchase-use once-sell at an inflated price" model one we can expect to be expanded upon in the near future? Is eBay on the verge of becoming an endorsement-compensation-alternative for high profile athletes? And what impact might these straight-from-source transactions have on the memorabilia trade, if any?
posted by The Crafty Sousepaw at 08:10 AM on March 21
If it's actually Manny's grill, don't expect it to be able to grill burgers for your All-Star game get together. And if it does other wierd things, it's just "bein' the grill".
posted at 09:09 AM on March 21
Better late than never : the 2007 French Open becomes the last Grand Slam tournament to extend equal prize money to women.
posted by lil_brown_bat at 03:18 PM on March 20
We have no problem telling people who barge into golf threads and bray, "Not a sport!" to STFU. Is this not also an appropriate response to induhviduals who feel the need to look at half the human race and say, "Not an athlete"? I saw no such statement. Women should be paid the same as men when they do equal work, and have equal ability, ie; in the business world. Unfortunately, it is a fact, that the best women athletes, of any sport, cannot compete with, nor do they have the same ability, as the men of the same sport. So, if equal prize money for men and women at Tennis' Major events makes people happy, then I guess it's a good thing, but it sure doesn't mean that they are equal in ability. if marketability is the justification of equal pay, then drop men's tennis back to 3 sets, they just aren't popular enough to justify the extra screen time. Ha!
posted at 11:25 AM on March 20
And you thought Duke fans would be upset Angry Pakistani cricket fans took to the streets, burned players in effigy and held a mock burial of its World Cup team after it lost to Ireland in the World Cup. Many backers even called for the freezing of players' bank accounts. "That is the least they can do for the shame and disgrace they have brought upon us," one protester, Yasir Ali, said in Multan. They must be made to pay for their spineless performance."
posted by wfrazerjr at 08:29 AM on March 19
And as far as zealotry that blows my mind - West Texas High School Football take the cake. While we of the "The Little Southwest Conference" (Texas District 3-5A) may take our football a little to seriously, we have never had rioting after a win, or a loss, and we always realize that the game is a game, and that the best team on that given day usually wins.
posted at 07:03 PM on March 19
Gary Sheffield seeks The Calmness The Tigers' newest slugger has a new book out. He takes swings at the Yankees ("the Corporation"), Joe Torre ("an owner's manager"), racism in baseball, steroid accusations and more in an interview with ESPN.
posted by Venicemenace at 08:24 AM on March 19
The best Yankee teams were back in the 80's when my Royals contended each year with them. Not even close. It is true, however, that the best Royals teams took the field in the late '70's and early 80's, but while Brett, McRea, Otis, Patek, Wilson, Porter and Herzog et al were good, they did not have near the sand in their craw that the Ruth/Gehrig, DiMaggio, or Mantle led Yankee teams of earlier decades had. Just an opinion.
posted at 06:28 PM on March 19
"I love sweaty basketball players." George Takei responds to Tim Hardaway's recent anti-gay comments.
posted by kirkaracha at 02:28 PM on February 20
Opening Day, hurry your ass up.
posted at 02:48 PM on February 20
"Say goodbye to international sports and most national sports" because of caps on pollution emissions and peak oil, according to David Horton of the Huffington Post.
posted by smithers at 09:27 AM on February 19
I'll bet there isn't one person out there doing everything possible to to help trim down on this CO2, they just want to blame someone else. Agreed. My point exactly.
posted at 04:37 PM on February 19
Chief Illiniwek hits the bench The University of Illinois will retire its mascot of 81 years, Chief Illiniwek, after Wednesday's final home basketball game of the season despite a lawsuit filed by the two students who portray him.
posted by wfrazerjr at 09:18 AM on February 18
Quit your bitching about "PC" already, bunch of goddamn whiners. /Finds this irony hilarious.
posted at 01:03 PM on February 18
Chief Illiniwek hits the bench The University of Illinois will retire its mascot of 81 years, Chief Illiniwek, after Wednesday's final home basketball game of the season despite a lawsuit filed by the two students who portray him.
posted by wfrazerjr at 09:18 AM on February 17
Why should we have to assume/presume he is gay? Are 10% of mascots gay too, for crying out loud? YAY, yet another great victory for PC. Note: The very disputable 10% figure was borrowed from the Amaechi thread.
posted at 10:18 AM on February 17
"Say goodbye to international sports and most national sports" because of caps on pollution emissions and peak oil, according to David Horton of the Huffington Post.
posted by smithers at 09:27 AM on February 17
I doubt that anyone with half a brain denies that greenhouse gas emmissions are on the upswing, and are contributing to global climate change, jedimaster. But until you, yourself, start using renewable, clean energy sources, then you, yourself, are doomed to be as wrong as the rest of us.
posted at 10:09 AM on February 17
Tim Hardaway, the yin to Jon Amaechi's yang: "First of all I wouldn't want him on my team," said Hardaway. "Second of all, if he was on my team I would really distance myself from him because I don't think that's right and I don't think he should be in the locker room when we're in the locker room."
posted by insomnyuk at 11:31 PM on February 15
Ignorance of Amaechi's lifestyle, by his teammates, was apparently bliss, dfleming.
posted at 10:38 AM on February 15
Tim Hardaway, the yin to Jon Amaechi's yang: "First of all I wouldn't want him on my team," said Hardaway. "Second of all, if he was on my team I would really distance myself from him because I don't think that's right and I don't think he should be in the locker room when we're in the locker room."
posted by insomnyuk at 11:31 PM on February 15
Just my worm in a big can of 'em. Let me just say that I can hear the snickering and guffaws allready.
posted at 10:17 AM on February 15
Tim Hardaway, the yin to Jon Amaechi's yang: "First of all I wouldn't want him on my team," said Hardaway. "Second of all, if he was on my team I would really distance myself from him because I don't think that's right and I don't think he should be in the locker room when we're in the locker room."
posted by insomnyuk at 11:31 PM on February 15
Re: the shower thing, the egotism is the most wonderful thing about homophobia, that every guy assumes no homo could ever resist a piece of meat as fine as them. I went to school with a couple of openly gay men and never once did they drop trow in the locker and start going at it with themselves at the sight of my deliciously heterosexual body. Put me in the camp that would get the heebie jeebies. Men shower with men, and women with women for a reason. And it isn't because I am naive enough to think that my body would be irresistable, it is that the mere possiblility of having another man ogle my privates with desire triggers revulsion, not a phobia. Just my worm in a big can of 'em.
posted at 10:02 AM on February 15
The people he touched have said it all.
Adios Don.