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| Name: | Bill Lazar |
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| Homepage URL: | http://billsaysthis.com |
| Location: | mountain view, ca |
| ZIP: | 94043 |
| Gender: | male |
| Member since: | March 23, 2003 |
| Last visit: | May 20, 2013 |
billsaysthis has posted 165 links and 4510 comments to SportsFilter and 55 links and 1532 comments to the Locker Room.
6 Things Your Business Can Learn from My Rookie Year in the NFL : Given Fleener is a Stanford grad, not too surprising that he looks at sport as a business. "One of the many “knocks” on the Colts team last year was our youth. We had a very young team by NFL standards. The media mistook young age for low maturity levels, and while it’s hard to argue that correlation doesn’t equal causation in that regard, it is too much simplification to say that youth = immaturity."
posted by billsaysthis to football at 11:44 AM on April 25 - 0 comments
Our Xmas OneWorldFutbol Campaign: We raised $608 to sent 32 futbols to kids in a small village in Mexico through a Rotary Club which goes down every year to build houses. Good on us!
posted by billsaysthis to culture at 07:00 PM on February 06 - 7 comments
Reebok signs 15-year-old hockey phenom to huge endorsement deal: The "next Sidney Crosby", only the third 15 year old allowed to play in the OHL, signs a multi-year, multi-million dollar deal with the Reeb. Hopefully there will be an NHL for him to play in before the contract term finishes.
posted by billsaysthis to hockey at 06:36 PM on December 13 - 1 comment
Champions League may have 64 clubs & Europa League scrapped: Seven English and five Scottish clubs would make the expanded field if M. Platini's latest, er, brainstorm becomes fact. At least it would end all those Thursday nights away requiring dark o'clock flights home from the Continent.
posted by billsaysthis to soccer at 11:48 AM on November 28 - 6 comments
SpoFi Holiday Giving Project: One World Futbal: Inspired by images of Darfur child refugees playing soccer using trash instead of a ball surrounded by barbed wire, amid hovels made of plastic, cardboard and sticks Tim Jahnigen developed a ball made of a closed-cell foam that makes it durable, doesn't need a pump to inflate and has a "cap" that allows the ball to re-inflate, even if punctured. Since so many of us are soccer fans I thought we might band together to buy a few balls for the project as a group holiday project. The cost is $25 per ball and I'd like to try to raise $500.
posted by billsaysthis to culture at 02:13 PM on November 12 - 22 comments
James Harrison: I spend between $400K and $600K on body work' annually: "The live-in staff includes a chiropractor, an acupuncturist, a homeopathic doctor, a trainer and a number of masseuses."
posted by billsaysthis at 05:06 PM on May 17
Pats cut starting DT Love after diabetes diagnosis even though other players (e.g., Jay Cutler) continued their careers after being diagnosed with the more serious Type 1 variant. Bellicheck FTW!
posted by billsaysthis at 10:41 AM on May 16
The Falcon proposals look pretty sweet Reminds me of an episode of Build It Bigger/Extreme Engineering that covered the construction of the new stadium in Melbourne, very cool stuff can be done these days if the owners are imaginative enough.
posted by billsaysthis at 12:12 PM on May 15
PIT in 6
NYR in 6
DET in 6
SJ in 5
posted by billsaysthis at 11:30 AM on May 14
- Is there anyone in the west that can seriously challenge Chicago?
I thought the Bulls played in the East. You can't be talking about the Blackhawks, since they aren't likely to make it out of the next round whether they get the Sharks or Red Wings.
Famous last weords, he said...
posted by billsaysthis at 11:53 AM on May 10
"going on but not much is riding speculum" -- I always new Fergie was whack!
posted by billsaysthis at 11:51 AM on May 10
ManU appointed Gollum's younger brother.
posted by billsaysthis at 03:19 PM on May 09
I understand that because the club is an NYSE traded company they had an obligation to release the news once it leaked out but it seems strange to me they couldn't keep it quiet for 12 more days. Also, bigger question, why now? Hip replacement will sideline SAF for the summer but isn't otherwise a big deal and I'd have thought he'd try one more time for a double or treble.
Still, can't say there's been a better manager in any major league over the same time frame as good as him. Phil Jackson and Scotty Bowman up there too but only make the Europa League in comparison; for me he's the only Champions League qualifier.
posted by billsaysthis at 12:12 PM on May 08
@etagloh Why not just go direct for the Spanish model that lets Primera clubs have B sides in lower levels?
posted by billsaysthis at 11:46 AM on May 07
Fruits of our Holiday campaign: Giving out the balls
posted by billsaysthis at 11:43 AM on May 04
Nice to see in at least one league the last day of games had plenty of meaningful games, with playoff places and relegation spots determined. Any predictions on which team will win the playoff and be the third team coming to the top?
posted by billsaysthis at 11:36 AM on May 04
Happy Birthday MrBismark. Not sorry about the Canucks, though, since my Sharks are now up 2-0.
posted by billsaysthis at 11:34 AM on May 04
Showing how far MLS has to go, Monterrey won the CONCACAAF Champions League for the 3rd straight year last night, beating another Mexican side in the finals. Although their semi-final opposition were both MLS teams so maybe not that far.
posted by billsaysthis at 11:54 AM on May 02
SportsFilter: The Monday Huddle
Does anyone have a script to turn a fantasy league table into code easily posted here? Would like to post the Premier League results.