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| Name: | Steve Jonson |
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| Location: | Canada Eh! |
| Gender: | Male I think... I'll check... Yep, definitely male |
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| Member since: | August 17, 2002 |
| Last visit: | May 22, 2013 |
Drood has posted 31 links and 1356 comments to SportsFilter and 0 links and 5 comments to the Locker Room and 2 columns.
Sarah Burke passes away: Professional skier Sarah Burke, whose accident was mentioned on here when it happened, has sadly passed away from her injuries.
posted by Drood to olympics at 12:50 AM on January 20 - 14 comments
Smokin' Joe has passed away.: The boxing legend passed away tonight.
posted by Drood to boxing at 12:57 AM on November 08 - 7 comments
Thrashers moving to Winnipeg: Done deal according to Canada's Globe and Mail newspaper.
posted by Drood to hockey at 01:44 AM on May 20 - 4 comments
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
24 Hours of the Nurburgring is on right now. Here's a legal live stream for you, should you be interested. http://www.24h-rennen.de/en/live/
Almost 180 cars running this year.
posted by Drood at 04:44 PM on May 19
I'm type 1. Secondary. (Meaning I don't have diabetes the usual way. I have it because of surgery to remove my pancreas. I discovered it's the bodies surliest organ and will try and kill you the first chance it finds).
My Dad is type 2.
All I can say is I'd rather face needles every few hours and be able to eat what I want than deal with the type 2 bullshit. Holy crap that's tiresome and my Dad's diet was basically misery on a plate.
posted by Drood at 12:18 AM on May 17
Another lovely F1 race saw Seb turn a 3rd place start into a 4th place finish, and Fernando turn a 5th place start into a win.
HAHA!
posted by Drood at 02:17 PM on May 12
I like giving people balls if you know what I mean... Nudge nudge, wink wink.
posted by Drood at 05:17 PM on May 04
Only thing I can think looking at that gif Gary is a voice going "MULTIBALL!"
posted by Drood at 07:53 PM on April 28
True Cixel, but it's the only sport, hockey aside, where outright piling into your opponent as hard as you can is encouraged.
Yes there's injuries, but they're not to the degree of football which is essentially like being in a car crash every play. (Okay, a stretch, but still...)
posted by Drood at 09:04 PM on April 24
This has been predicted as coming for years now. Ten years from now football will be a vastly different sport.
Now here's an interesting thought: Will football still have enough "flesh" to continue? I would imagine it will. But will there be a quality drop off in the talent pool? With less players, weaker players stand a better chance of making it. Will the quality of the game deteriorate?
I don't really care as I don't watch football, but it's going to be interesting.
posted by Drood at 06:50 PM on April 24
Wow that was a nothing piece. I'm sure if they tried they could find someone who walked past him on the street once.
posted by Drood at 04:39 PM on April 20
Ridiculous. They could at least make it an event and still have more outside games, like have, say, the first playoff games outside or something.
posted by Drood at 02:48 PM on April 17
Bull fighting is no more a sport than dog fighting IMO.
posted by Drood at 03:48 PM on April 15
That was so weird, and I was only thinking about it the other day. I love how there was no medical explanation. Given my experience with something similar 20 years ago and doctors going "Fucked if we know!" I'm not remotely surprised.
Too bad they shitcanned him. Poor guy:(
posted by Drood at 04:16 PM on April 05
I'm tired of this sort of BS in F1. No we don't need fucking grid girls standing there where the cars park. No we don't need a line of women for the drivers to walk past on their way to the podium.
It's fucking Mad Men style bullshit and I'd be very happy to see it gone.
posted by Drood at 04:06 PM on April 01
So Sebastian Vettel showed, once again, he's a giant dick. Told to hold station he pressed and passed Mark Webber against team orders.
Post race stuff was a joy to watch, and it seems the team are genuinely pissed off with Seb not listening.
posted by Drood at 01:22 AM on March 25
I don't think it's uncool at all. All these broadcasters are about 10 years behind where they should be for access.
I mean I have money burning a hole in my pocket to pay for blanket, quality Formula One coverage online. Nobody wants my money though, leaving me to have to deal with torrents if I want anything approaching acceptable coverage. (In other words something other than TSN's fucking horseshit, which yes, I do also pay for.)
posted by Drood at 06:43 PM on March 23
SportsFilter: The Tuesday Huddle
Owlhouse: You make an interesting point, but I guess maybe they had to mess with the accent a bit. Really becomes noticeable at the end of the trailer.
Movie looks so freakin' good! Though that trailer shows so much I feel like I've seen the film.
Trivia: First F1 race I ever watched was the '76 Fuji race.