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- 11/21/09
| Name: | J |
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| Location: | Near Toronto |
| Member since: | September 30, 2002 |
| Last visit: | November 20, 2009 |
fabulon7 has posted 4 links and 301 comments to SportsFilter and 0 links and 13 comments to the Locker Room.
Commentary on Zidane's gesture by Dany Laferrière: In the old, bloody fables of the Brothers Grimm, it was acceptable to have a red card ending. But today, in this strange epoch when everyone seems to have drunk Disney milk in their infancy, no one tolerates anything but rosy endings. Everything must finish happily. Our heroes must be loveable so that we can file them away in the cupboard of our happy memories. So where does that leave Zidane?
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Young rappers will surely introduce into their video clips the eight seconds where Zidane left the game to re-enter their stifling reality.
A whole different take on the Zidane incident...
posted by fabulon7 to soccer at 02:44 PM on July 20 - 70 comments
Scoring - Guy Lafleur: Scroll down to #266 -- Sept. 23.: From the anals of music history comes Montreal Canadians' skater Guy Lafleur's disastrous foray into hockey-instruction disco.
posted by fabulon7 to hockey at 09:12 AM on October 27 - 22 comments
8 Ways To Improve The NFL: It seems like everybody can suggest 8 ways to improve the NFL, and about 6 of these ways are always the same ideas.
posted by fabulon7 to football at 01:31 PM on May 06 - 11 comments
Angry soccer fans kill goaltender.: A teenage goalkeeper for Benin's national youth soccer team was killed by angry fans after a loss to Nigeria in a weekend match, officials said Tuesday. Samiou Yessoufou, 18, died Monday from injuries suffered when he was attacked a day earlier near his hotel in Benin's largest city, Cotonou, said Issa Hayatou, chief of the African Football Confederation.
posted by fabulon7 to soccer at 09:53 AM on January 18 - 12 comments
Maybe. Except Deion.
posted by fabulon7 at 08:54 AM on November 16
I think he was thinking the defense had been sucking for a long time, and giving the ball back to Indy meant a long drive, points scored and no time left.
So, you go for it on 4th, either you win the game or maybe Indy scores quickly and you have a chance to score again (they'd only need a field goal.)
I'm not saying it was good thinking, but I am guessing that's what he was thinking. Why they called those two timeouts though, was baffling.
posted by fabulon7 at 08:52 AM on November 16
I believe the NHL actually retired 99 league-wide.
posted by fabulon7 at 12:42 PM on November 13
So is Cutler the answer to all the Bears' problems or what?
posted by fabulon7 at 09:19 AM on November 13
That was great. I really enjoyed it. I'm always looking to understand why I like football. This helped, I think.
posted by fabulon7 at 11:35 PM on October 20
This was pretty interesting - just watched it. $30,000 on strippers, booze and cocaine in a single evening seems pretty epic to me.
posted by fabulon7 at 11:14 PM on October 20
It would be cool if they did the penalty announcements in four-part harmony. Or the "after review" announcements at least.
posted by fabulon7 at 10:39 AM on October 20
It was probably a drink menu. Or a map to the washroom. I imagine it's easy to get lost in that place.
posted by fabulon7 at 08:59 AM on September 29
Buffalo is enough to make me believe in the supernatural.
posted by fabulon7 at 10:48 PM on September 14
MeatSaber: I didn't realize that - that's really weird.
posted by fabulon7 at 02:22 PM on July 16
The NHL has to figure out how to call penalties in the finals without getting screamed at for determining the outcome of the game. Sooo much obstruction, holding, interference, etc. It made the finals more boring than it could have been. (Not that it was boring, but it wasn't the best series by a long shot.)
posted by fabulon7 at 10:12 PM on June 14
Berezin was awesome. Same move, every time. One year it worked 37 times. Other years, not so often.
posted by fabulon7 at 08:49 PM on May 18
Balsillie might be a little too confrontational about this, but I'd think he's probably guessing that he has no other choice. It's pretty clear that Gary really, really doesn't want him owning anything more substantial than Zamboni futures. So what's he going to do, ask nicely? He's already shown his hand - no one is going to believe he wants to buy a team that's staying in the USA.
Maybe the GTA can't support 3 franchises, but I think it stands a better chance than Kansas City, or whatever. Even so, I can't imagine the Sabres or the Leafs letting this happen. And maybe the league doesn't care so much what the Sabres think, but the Leafs pull a lot of water in this town. Balsillie doesn't pull shit.
posted by fabulon7 at 08:33 PM on May 07
SportsFilter: The Tuesday Huddle
Naslund has un-retired to play with Forsberg for Modo. Apparently both of them have turned down salary offers and are playing for free. How Swedish!