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- 11/07/09
| Name: | John McClure |
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| Homepage URL: | http://www.ultimateolympian.blogspot.com |
| Location: | UK |
| Member since: | October 15, 2003 |
| Last visit: | November 06, 2009 |
JJ has posted 126 links and 1583 comments to SportsFilter and 22 links and 225 comments to the Locker Room and 5 columns.
One-legged golfer Manuel De Los Santos : Playing in the Dunhill Links in Scotland this week, he managed a remarkable individual score of 76 (+4) round Kingsbarns yesterday (combining with his professional partner Richard Bland for an opening pro-am score of 66). The fact that he plays off a 3 handicap is even more impressive when you realise that he is doesn't use a prosthetic leg when he plays golf. Refusing to take a golf buggy, he also insists on walking the full 18 holes using a set of crutches. [video 1] [video 2]
posted by JJ to golf at 08:46 AM on October 02 - 6 comments
Extra Time: Michael Owen's controversially late winner in the Manchester Derby on Sunday inspired the Guardian to investigate how much extra time referees typically allow at the end of Manchester United's home games. To the surprise of absolutely no one, it would seem that Man Utd do 'benefit from an imbalance in the amount of stoppage time that is added to their matches'.
posted by JJ to soccer at 05:37 AM on September 22 - 22 comments
Gary Nicklaus : 3rd son of Jack, has entered the PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament. 40 years old and several years after being reinstated as an amateur, he will tee it up in a pre-qualifier Sept. 22-25 at the Golf Club of Dallas. If he makes it through to final qualifying, he'll be playing at a course his dad designed. Also playing will be Arnold Palmer's grandson, Sam Saunders, while one of Jack's grandsons, Nick O'Leary, looks set to become a star football player.
posted by JJ to golf at 09:42 AM on September 17 - 3 comments
Top 100 Golf Courses in the World: according to Golf Magazine. An explanation of how they ranked them, and discussion of the results from Mark Garrod. There are 51 American courses, 11 Scottish, 9 English, 7 Irish and some others from: Australia (6), Japan (4), Canada (2), New Zealand (2), Wales (1), Spain (1), Portugal (1), France (1), South Africa (1), Dominican Republic (1), Mexico (1), South Korea (1).
posted by JJ to golf at 09:19 AM on September 17 - 7 comments
Tiger's Roar: The world number one was back to winning ways at the weekend. He let it rip [video] on the back nine (allegedly, although CBS denies it), but it wasn't the first time. How do his farts rate compared to Jack's?
posted by JJ to golf at 09:34 AM on August 04 - 14 comments
That's the key though, IRFC. Cyclists have neither plates nor insurance. A friend of mine was driving and was hit by a cyclist breaking a signal. The back side window was smashed, the cyclist admited all responsibility, gave her a fake name and number and disappeared into the night, never to be seen again. Being in control of any kind of vehicle seems to enrage even the calmest people. To quote Dylan Moran:
"If somebody blocks you when you're walking, you're positively Edwardian in your manners. You do this sheepish little smile together. And you step aside. You both do it at the same time and you go 'Oh for goodness sake, what a to-do! Ha ha ha. Dear me... I'll just... I'll jus... OH we did it again, do you believe it? I can't believe it. We should be on the stage! One more time, I'll just.... OH how did we ever get this far as a species?' But, for some reason, in a car, that becomes 'YOU SPUNK BUCKET!' from, you know, an 89 year-old church warden." [4:30 in the clip linked]
posted by JJ at 06:27 AM on November 04
The most worrying thing about that racist dude? Doesn't even realise he's a racist.
posted by JJ at 06:00 AM on November 04
How will victory ever mean a damn thing to these kids if they've never suffered defeat? How will they relish the taste of success if they haven't spent time living off a diet of failure? How can they ever enjoy a win if they think the other team is pandering to their weakness instead of putting it all out there. I applaud the kids that executed the play. I applaud the coach that called it. And I despair of the alleged sports fans who think it was in any way morally objectionable.
Sports have rules, and within the boundary of the letter and spirit of those rules, anything else goes. If you don't like that, don't play/watch/or put your kid in the sport. Or lobby for a new rule that prohibits the hurting of one's opponent's feelings. Who knows? In this litigious world, maybe one of the defensive players could sue the QB for undermining their confidence and ruining their lives.
posted by JJ at 08:28 AM on November 02
I saw him the other day at the gym (I was walking past on my way to the pub I should point out). I had no idea who he was, but the guy I was with filled me in. Great story. Good for him.
posted by JJ at 08:20 AM on October 29
There is also likely to be much singing of this from the Utd fans this weekend. I've always preferrred the German version (of the song, not of Utd fans).
posted by JJ at 05:20 AM on October 20
It's because he has a big nose.
posted by JJ at 05:11 AM on October 20
Sportsfilter: Don't let the hop play you; you play the hop.
posted by JJ at 09:36 AM on October 19
The thing I found interesting about the circuit was how it made clear the trade off and choice teams had to make with downforce. Button had so much more straight line speed than Kobayashi and was all over him for most of the lap, until turns 9 and 10 (or maybe 10 and 11) where the extra downforce on the Toyota allowed Kobayashi to pull out just enough of a lead to hold on down the finish straight each time.
posted by JJ at 08:14 AM on October 19
Bet you Steve Bruce would have been quoting the rule chapter and verse if the goal had been scored at the other end.
I eagerly await the first psychology papers based on this incident about how a goalkeeper will always go for the larger object propelled towards him, or red is a danger colour, so he went for the beachball.
posted by JJ at 05:54 AM on October 19
Drood: I could look this up, but I'm guessing you probably know without having to, so I'll be lazy and ask you instead - how many titles has Ross Brawn won the title now?
posted by JJ at 05:39 AM on October 19
If she wants to leave her keys under the doormat...
posted by JJ at 03:32 AM on October 15
We need a real coach at the helm, not a JJ tail kisser.
Ummmm...
posted by JJ at 06:14 AM on October 12
At 23 already started studying for his Uefa B license.
There's a snark to be made about how long it may take him to get the qualification so he needs to get started early, but I'm not going to be the one to make that joke.
And what's all this "ying" talk? /pedantfilter
posted by JJ at 01:06 PM on October 11
The US are three points ahead going into the final day's singles in the President's Cup at Harding Park in San Francisco. The final matches line up like this:
Camilo Villegas vs Hunter Mahan
Adam Scott vs Stewart Cink
Mike Weir vs Justin Leonard
Robert Allenby vs Anthony Kim
Geoff Ogilvy vs Steve Stricker
Ernie Els vs Sean O'Hair
Ryo Ishikawa vs Kenny Perry
Tim Clark vs Zach Johnson
Y.E. Yang vs Tiger Woods
Vijay Singh vs Lucas Glover
Retief Goosen vs Phil Mickelson
Angel Cabrera vs Jim Furyk
I'm almost tempted to watch it, just to see if Yang can do Tiger again!
posted by JJ at 08:30 AM on October 11
SportsFilter: The Wednesday Huddle
Nice work, owly, although the result was hardly shocking.
Wah wah wah wahhhhhhhhhhh.