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| Name: | Steve Jonson |
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Drood has posted 28 links and 1011 comments to SportsFilter and 0 links and 4 comments to the Locker Room and 2 columns.
And Another One Down...: Toyota have pulled out of Formula One with immediate effect. This comes on the heels of the news that Bridgestone will leave the sport after the 2010 season. BMW announced earlier this year they were leaving. Last year we lost Honda. This year we lost BMW and Toyota. With Brawn and Red Bull doing so well this year, will 2010 be a continuation of The Rebirth of the Privateer?
posted by Drood to auto racing at 03:20 PM on November 04 - 9 comments
Jean Todt wins FIA presidency: Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss.
posted by Drood to auto racing at 03:33 PM on October 23 - 3 comments
Jenson Button is the 2009 Formula One champion: A race that saw Kimi Raikkonen on fire, a huge opening lap accident, and action throughout the field, the title was sealed when Lewis Hamilton clipped Rubens Barrichello, causing the Brazilian to get a puncture. Jenson finished fifth in the race and won the championship with one race to go. Despite not winning a race since Turkey, Jenson has won one more race than Lewis did in 2008 to become champion. It's the first time since 1969 there has been back to back different British drivers as champion. (Then it was Graham Hill and Jackie Stewart.)
posted by Drood to auto racing at 02:22 PM on October 18 - 11 comments
FIA makes mockery of Formula One: For the race fixing, Renault have received barely a slap on the wrist, receiving a two year suspended ban. "The World Motor Sport Council considers Renault F1's breaches relating to the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix to be of unparalleled severity." Though not severe enough to receive an actual penalty of any real note it would appear. As expect, Symonds and Briatore are done with FIA sanctioned racing series.
posted by Drood to auto racing at 01:00 PM on September 21 - 7 comments
FIA knew of Renault's race fixing last year: Nelson Piquet (Snr, not Jnr) apparently went to the FIA last year during the Brazilian race weekend to tell them that Renault asked Nelson Jnr to crash deliberately. The response was that until the latter was prepared to make a statement, they couldn't do anything. It took being fired from the team for him to come forward. The meeting to decide Renault's future is on Monday.
posted by Drood to auto racing at 05:38 PM on September 18 - 6 comments
Holy shit!! I knew he had to pull out of the fight, but that sounds very bad!
I know MMA fans hate him (and may I just say to them... Mir is an arrogant dick!) but I would hope none of them would wish this on him. (Though I guarantee some do.)
Have to say I'm shocked by this news.
posted by Drood at 12:57 AM on November 16
Seth McFarlane CLEAR has dirt on someone very high up at Fox given the amount of unfunny shit that man is allowed to put on the screen.
posted by Drood at 02:09 AM on November 13
In that shot above you've got a guy who can't wrestle for shit.
Oh and the guy on the left can't act.
posted by Drood at 11:31 PM on November 11
netminder?
GOALKEEPER!
Seems he's another of these selfish "suicide by train" narcissists who insist on ruining multiple lives to end their "pain".
Sorry, but I have no fucking time for them. Those poor drivers having to deal with the fact this prick was too much of a pussy to end his own life. (And I say that as someone who has tried. And I didn't feel the need to drag someone else into the event like this asshole.)
No, no . for you.
I do however give a . to his poor kid who will now grow up fatherless and his wife who is alone now, both due to his selfishness.
posted by Drood at 01:45 AM on November 11
Sammy's eyes scare me! Like he wants to eat my soul.
posted by Drood at 10:01 PM on November 09
cletus: Am I reading you right, that this one player had already had a concussion in the last week?
posted by Drood at 06:56 PM on November 08
WWE wouldn't hire her. She actually appears to have talent.
posted by Drood at 02:48 PM on November 06
Wowzers that was hardcore! The elbow and the punch was a bit much but HOLY COW the hair pull. And MAN did she ever sell it like death too!
posted by Drood at 02:08 PM on November 06
It's an herb. Next we'll be citing people for possession of Oregano.
posted by Drood at 02:05 PM on November 06
"Those without health insurance, who pay medical bills out of their dwindling savings. Those who trusted the pumped-up muscle of Wall Street, only to see it go as flaccid and tremulous as an unreliable old wrestler with bad habits."
Erm... What?
Baseball. Love the sport. Hate MLB. Well not so much "hate MLB" as "hate TV coverage with endless ads and asinine commentary rendering it unwatchable."
If I could get a channel where I could watch baseball without commentary and without commercials, I would gladly pay for that.
If MLB TV ever offered a "Shut the idiot commentators up" feature they'd have me hooked for life.
posted by Drood at 05:09 PM on November 05
The privateers are for sure in the case of Red Bull, but that's just sponsorship. Yeah, they own the team, but they're not there to sell cars.
The worlds finances have taken a down turn so the first thing the manufacturers say is "Bugger this, I'm off". Honda, BMW, Toyota, and Renault (potentially).
Yes, they're there to win, but they're ONLY there to promote their brand.
Force India, Ferrari, Red Bull, STR, Brawn, Williams, plus the 3 newbies next year. There's 18 cars. Not a manufacturer in sight. (Ferrari don't count as they'll always be there. McLaren are contentious as they are seriously linked with Mercedes, but then they might be fucking off to Brawn anyway.) If the Artist formerly known as BMW is allowed in, that's 20 cars. All privateers pretty much.
Good riddance to the manufacturers. They're the reason the spending went so out of control. Fucking Toyota were spending half a BILLION a season at one point. Despicable.
The more interesting story is Bridgestone. After signing up as the exclusive tyre supplier, they're leaving. Who will replace them? Michelin won't as they were pissed off and felt they were being punished for the Indy debacle.
I am intrigued to see what happens if no tyre company steps up to the plate.
And as I'm here may I just say Abu Dhabi can FUCK OFF! Shitty Tilke circuit, and like all this creations it's designed to ruin racing. The venue is utterly soulless and corporate, peopled by people there to be seen rather than there for the racing.
Abu Dhabi represents EVERYTHING wrong with F1. Whoring the sport to the rich so we can have our processions in a place with no heart and soul, around tracks that make the average parking lot look exciting, in an atmosphere of excess where the teams have no interest in being.
posted by Drood at 12:27 AM on November 05
I don't think Toyota will enjoy being muscled. Same with Renault.
We'll see. I'll be glad to see the back of all the manufacturers. The privateers are there for the sport. Manufacturers are just there to whore their wares as long as it suits them.
posted by Drood at 08:11 PM on November 04
And in breaking news after I posted, Renault are in emergency talks in regards to pulling out of F1 with immediate effect.
This in itself is funny as they promised the FIA they'd stay for next season if they went easy on them during the cheating hearings.
Renault may have played Mosley like a cheap violin. Wonderful!
posted by Drood at 03:45 PM on November 04
How far the Timelords have fallen.
posted by Drood at 04:36 PM on November 03
What's Wrong with Brock Lesnar?
The story is going that he has an "intestinal disorder" that could very well be career ending.
Man, can you imagine the pissed off fans if he doesn't defend and drops the belt rather than loses it.
Still, huge shame. Lesnar is the best thing to happen in MMA in ages.