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| Name: | Dusty Davis |
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| Member since: | February 20, 2003 |
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dusted has posted 85 links and 1534 comments to SportsFilter and 44 links and 873 comments to the Locker Room.
He...could...go...all...the...way...to DirecTV: ESPN analyst personality Chris Berman's contract is set to expire in three months. Both DirecTV and the NFL Network are trying to lure the stumblin', bumblin' Swami (NSFW) away. Not everyone understands the appeal.
posted by dusted to football at 07:48 PM on February 10 - 10 comments
Brett Favre Mic'd Up: Damn Steven, what they got you in for?
posted by dusted to football at 04:29 PM on November 20 - 15 comments
Antoine Walker broke, arrested for writing bad checks: Antoine Walker entered the NBA's maximum-contract financial elite in 1999, the year Boston signed him to a six-year, $71 million deal. As Rick Pitino, then the Celtics president and coach, put it, Walker "will never have to worry about money again in his life." Pitino's prediction, like so many things about his tenure with the Green, proved way off the mark.
posted by dusted to basketball at 06:15 PM on October 28 - 31 comments
Brian Cashman: The Bad Lieutenant: Matt Taibbi rips Cashman as only Taibbi can: They all made a show of preferring some other situation before quietly, somberly almost, taking the big money and going to New York. Basically, Brian Cashman hired a team full of Brian Cashmans, i.e., guys who passed up the girl they really liked to marry the Boss's bucktoothed, cross-eyed daughter.
posted by dusted to baseball at 11:54 PM on April 28 - 16 comments
Casino Host and Wingman to the All-Stars: Mr. Jones generally travels with a large group of friends as well as the athletes, and it frequently expands to 20 strong. Mr. Jones always elects one local friend to be his "chief of staff," charged with making sure everyone in the group is trustworthy and preventing stragglers from glomming on.
posted by dusted to culture at 11:37 PM on February 16 - 1 comment
Does the Daytona Motorsports Group run NASCAR, or am I mixing it up? DMG is running motorcycle racing in the U.S. after buying the rights, and they have been shockingly incompetent.
posted by dusted at 10:46 AM on February 15
You're right. Sorry grum, I reacted in anger after misreading your comment.
posted by dusted at 06:08 PM on February 12
Ah yes, grum, because the most important thing right now is national pride and reputation, yes? What did you expect - that an accident like this is going to end in accolades? People screwed up, badly, and there will be a lot of hell to pay for that.
Over on Metafilter comes word that the course designers called the corner "50/50," meaning only half the competitors would make the corner.
posted by dusted at 05:59 PM on February 12
Oh man, now I LOVE the Polish pole vaulter photo. From Wikipedia:
In Poland, the Bras d'honneur became known as the "Kozakiewicz's gesture" (gest Kozakiewicza). Kozakiewicz made the gesture on July 30, 1980 to Russian spectators in the stadium during the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. The crowd supporting Soviet jumper Konstantin Volkov booed, hissed, jeered, and whistled during Kozakiewicz's spectacular performance. Having just secured his gold medal position, Kozakiewicz made the gesture in defiance to the Soviet crowd. He later confirmed his dominance over the competition by breaking the world record, clearing at 5.78 meters.
The photos of this incident circled the globe, with the exception of the Soviet Union and its satellites. While international observers varied in their reaction to the incident, Kozakiewicz's act received much support in Polish society, which resented Soviet control over Eastern Europe. After the 1980 Olympics ended, the Soviet ambassador to Poland demanded that Kozakiewicz be stripped of his medal over his "insult to the Soviet people". The official response of the Polish government was that the gesture had been an involuntary muscle spasm caused by his exertion.
posted by dusted at 06:54 PM on February 08
The article is an instant classic on the basis of that lead photo alone:
It's also hard to dislike this shot, particularly after reading the caption:
At the 1980 summer Games, Polish pole vaulter Wladyslaw Kozakiewicz made a rude gesture to the Moscow crowd after setting a new world record. The image shot around the world and to many, signified Polish resentment of Russia's control over Eastern Europe.
Moral of the story: I only look at the pictures.
posted by dusted at 06:35 PM on February 08
Only two boats in the America's Cup - seriously?
posted by dusted at 12:53 PM on February 05
He was lucky to get a QB like Manning, who puts in all that work with his WRs, but it looks like Garcon makes his own luck.
That was my thought exactly. I wonder how common it is for a top-flight QB to put in so much work with rookie receivers?
posted by dusted at 11:23 AM on February 04
MotoGP bikes on the track in Sepang for the first testing of the year (albeit with test riders). Tomorrow the series regulars will get their first rides after the winter test ban.
posted by dusted at 06:27 PM on February 03
I pity the fellow who can fit his pecker into such a tiny hole.
posted by Hugh Janus...
posted by dusted at 03:43 PM on February 03
I love the way manufacturer names are so permeable in Formula One... lots of attention paid to the "first Mercedes F1 car" in decades, but all I can think is "that's a Brawn, aka Honda, aka...."
posted by dusted at 08:01 PM on February 01
Damn, that's disappointing. I thought I recognized the name when I read the quotes this morning.
posted by dusted at 01:37 PM on January 27
I saw three before closing the window... why in God's name did I click that link?
Reminds me of the scene in Whip It where Juno makes Maeby barf: "Have you ever thought about your parents making love? Your dad's naked body... his balls jiggling... sweaty..."
posted by dusted at 01:28 PM on January 27
Wow, I've been here for seven years? Incredible. Thanks to all of the pantheon, admins and fellow spofites... you've made this into a fantastic place.
posted by dusted at 02:31 AM on January 26
Men's Luger Killed in Training Crash at Winter Olympics Track
grum: The problem with "blaming" the course design is that a person won't normally be able to pop out of the course at that point. It was a fluke.
But this course wasn't normal, was it? The designers, safety officials and various international bodies deserve all the blame for designing a course to be the fastest ever, placing steel girders right next to the track, then ignoring safety concerns.
Key figures in F1 hit out at Olympic luge track design