- 06:04 AM
- 03/22/10
| Name: | Rick Scully |
|---|---|
| Homepage URL: | http://terrapin-gardens.net/ |
| Location: | Tunbridge, VT |
| ZIP: | 05077 |
| Gender: | dude |
| AIM: | t3rr4ping4rd3ns |
| ICQ: | 30619844 |
| Member since: | May 31, 2002 |
| Last visit: | March 20, 2010 |
terrapin has posted 66 links and 956 comments to SportsFilter and 33 links and 425 comments to the Locker Room.
Arsenal — I have played and loved soccer all my life, but have never been able to get behind any of the many American league teams that have popped up over the decades. I used to attend Washington Diplomats games as a child and one of my most memorable sporting moments was traveling to Giants stadium to see Pele play for the Cosmos. I have no real reason to support Arsenal, per se, but as I have read nearly everything Nick Hornby has written—including Fever Pitch—I feel like I have supported them for ages. I have attended two European matches — a Championship League match between Watford and Wolverhampton in December 2001 and a Premiere League match between Fulham and Wigan.Beckham To Miss World Cup?: The idea was that David Beckham would get more quality playing time in Italy than the U.S. and therefore a better chance of making Fabio Capello's England side this summer. Instead, Becks' "dream of playing in a fourth World Cup looks to be over after he tore his left Achilles tendon in AC Milan's 1-0 win over Chievo on Sunday." Fabio Capello seems resigned to being without Beckham for the World Cup finals in June saying "[w]e have to wait for the results of the scan but it looks like he is out of the World Cup." Beckham is understandably a bit more optimistic, and wants to wait until after he has had surgery, but others think it may be the end of his career.
posted by terrapin to soccer at 11:46 AM on March 15 - 10 comments
38 Years of Super Bowl Commercials: The "world's largest archive of superbowl [sic] commercials." In some years all the regional ads are included as well, but "banned ads" that claim to have been rejected from the Super Bowl are not. The site has 38 out of the 44 super bowl years. [via MetaChat]
posted by terrapin to football at 08:04 AM on February 04 - 18 comments
Photos of Super Bowl Venues: from Time.
posted by terrapin to football at 10:33 AM on February 03 - 2 comments
Former Terrapin Men's Basketball Coach Millikan Dies: Before the success of Gary Williams, and the shame of Lefty Driesell, there was Bud Millikan. RIP.
posted by terrapin to basketball at 09:25 AM on January 29 - 4 comments
A Solution to the Late Season Lay Down?: NBC Sports Morning Aftermath proposes a solution to the problem of meaningless late-season games.
posted by terrapin to football at 09:29 AM on January 04 - 22 comments
Personally I think it is the money-grubbing networks fault. They don't put it on because they can't sell "real" commercials because there is only one break in the game; because it is so rarely on people don't get a chance to see the game. Then the networks will argue there is no interest in it. That can be the only explanation for why ESPN would find it more important to put poker on over soccer. They can interrupt the "play" anytime they want.
Thank goodness for FSC.
posted by terrapin at 03:21 PM on March 19
Yay, I can relive that championship year, 2002. Nice one, rcade.
posted by terrapin at 09:09 PM on March 03
*checks*
nope. still don't care about his personal life.
posted by terrapin at 02:09 PM on February 19
I think this is consistent (or close) with the rest of English football where the top 2 automatically advance, and the next 4 play for the 3rd spot.
I like this idea.
posted by terrapin at 01:29 PM on February 15
I was just able to update my profile on the first try. I wasn't logged in when I read this thread, logged in and it worked. FF 3.5.7 Mac 10.6.2
Maybe try logging out and in?
posted by terrapin at 07:35 PM on February 11
I had a WIRED remote to my Betamax in 1984 (the year I graduated high school) and the remote only had play, stop and fast forward. Rewinding could only be done on the machine itself. If I was home sick I had to watch the same bloody channel ALL DAY. Kids these days can surf the Interwebs from their sick bed, chat with their friends (who are supposed to be in class) and order pizza delivery all from the same device.
I need a beer.
posted by terrapin at 02:20 PM on February 07
The fleur-de-lis has been around for centuries, so I am not exactly sure how the NFL figures they can trademark it. I don't disagree that they have a right to the their image, but this is a stupid fight that makes them look greedy and silly.
posted by terrapin at 07:57 AM on February 04
Actually, it translates to "Peter Boy," NoMich. So, I'd be careful how you use garon.
I was fascinated to learn this morning (on Facebook, no less!) that Garcon attended Norwich University here in Vermont. I see it is mentioned in the linked article.
posted by terrapin at 10:40 AM on February 03
What's the rush? They still have 11 more months until the decade is over.
posted by terrapin at 07:36 PM on February 01
I lived 1 dorm over from Len Bias when he died, and remember things a bit differently. Lefty and Wade set back Terps basketball for a while, and Gary helped restore the shine on the program.
Millikan coached before the expansion of the NCAA tournament or he might have delivered the illusive national championship that took until 2002 to deliver.
RIP, Bud.
posted by terrapin at 10:23 PM on January 29
Did he use that same poor analogy when New Orleans was flooded?
Sorry, I am a bit confused though. Did he originally publish that on a sports blog? He's entitled to his opinion, but it isn't sports-related so why would he be writing about this on a sports blog?
posted by terrapin at 11:16 AM on January 27
WHERE'S MY LOCKERROOM INTERVIEW from 2005 !!!!!?!?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!
ahem
I can host the 10th anniversary party, but everyone needs to bring their own tent.
posted by terrapin at 09:54 AM on January 27
Childress and Favre lost the game or the Vikings. Childress for poor play calling at the end of the 4th quarter, and Favre for stupidly throwing that last interception. Would have been better to run the ball--limp and all--than to attempt that pass.
Congrats to the Saints. They'll need to play better to beat the Colts, and I hope they do.
posted by terrapin at 06:47 PM on January 25
We get it, dviking, you like your team. But you are not in a position to be unbiased on the classless actions of the Vikings coaching staff. Which is unfortunate.
As someone who was very happy to see the Cowboys lose -- at least another year the Steelers will be the only team with 6 Super Bowl victories -- I thought Childress showed again why he is such a tool.
justgary and rcade made all my other points for me. Seriously, using an online poll as proof?
posted by terrapin at 09:52 AM on January 18
Vin Scully Hospitalized After Fall
Vin Scully was partially responsible for my growing up a Dodgers' fan, even though I was raised in a DC suburb. My last name is Scully. When I moved to LA in 1990 I was so happy to be able to listen to "Uncle Vinny" on the radio practically nightly. Then News Corps bought the team. That coupled with general chaos in LA in the early 90s closed the door on my support for the team, but Vin Scully is the best at what he does.
Get well soon, Uncle Vinny!