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- 07/25/08
The Yankees ban sunblock at the stadium.....to fight terrorism From the article: Yankee fans are seeing - and turning - red over a ban on sunscreen, which Stadium security guards say was widely expanded in the last few weeks. (via Boing Boing)
posted to Baseball at 1:48 PM CDT
Iraq banned from Olympics The interntional Olympic committee confirms a ban on Iraqi participation in 2008 games due to government interference.
posted to Olympics at 12:51 PM CDT
Anyone who thinks that governments and politics are not involved in Olympic committees is an idiot (U.S. boycotting Olympics, USSR boycotting Olympics, etc., etc.). I would be interested in knowing which athletes have been allotted the places taken away from the Iraqi athletes.
posted at 12:54 PM CDT on July 24
Michelle Wie Disqualified for Scorecard Gaffe In second place at 17 under after three rounds of the State Farm Classic Saturday, Wie was disqualified from the tournament for failing to sign her second-round scorecard until after leaving the scorer's tent. "She was like a little kid after you tell them there's no Santa Claus," said LPGA official Sue Witters.
posted to Golf at 5:17 PM CDT
Hmmm, she signed the scorecard. The tournament director did not know about the delay. Then, after she teed off the next day, the director found out. Sounds like someone squealed on Wie to get her out of the tournament. Why else would it have even come up?
posted at 7:24 PM CDT on July 20
Serena won't play Indian Wells; WTA's new rule won't change it Serena and Venus Williams' ongoing boycott of the Pacific Life Open at Indian Wells, Calif., could jeopardize their participation at other tournaments under recently adopted rules for mandatory events set to kick in next year. (edit) The Williams sisters have steadfastly declined to participate at the Pacific Life Open since 2001. That year, Venus defaulted to Serena minutes before their semifinal started. Spectators subsequently jeered Serena in the final. The sisters and their father, Richard, have said they believe the crowd's actions were racially motivated.
posted to Tennis at 10:36 AM CDT
Bottom line. Rules are rules. If they don't play, then they should get the same punishment as anyone else who does not play. If that means a fine, then they should pay it. If that means suspension for two tournaments, then they should serve it. I can understand why they are pissed, but it was seven years ago. And I assume that, if they are standing up for their beliefs, then they probably are willing to endure whatever punishment comes with standing up.
posted at 5:29 PM CDT on July 17
Dallas Stars Sign Sean Avery The NHL's infamous agitator, fresh off a playoff stunt that inspired a new no-mimes rule, signed a four-year, $15.5 million deal shortly after the league's free agent signing period began.
posted to Hockey at 2:18 PM CDT
I am a Stars fan. Whether the signing pays off or not remains to be seen, as is the case with all free agent signings. Some players fit and others don't. But as far as Avery's on-ice antics, primarily getting on the nerves of the other team's players, I see no problem. Dallas already had at least one such player, Steve Ott. In the past, it has had others, Craig Ludwig and Pat Verbeek (The Little Ball of Hate) come to mind. Most teams seem to have at least one similar player. After all, it's not really a gentlemen's game. And as for his actions that led to the Avery Rule, I'm surprised nobody thought of it and tried it before. It certainly must not have been an illegal move, since they had to come up with a rule concerning it the next day.
posted at 12:44 PM CDT on July 3
Title IX, Curse or Blessing? Title IX opened a door for women in athletics. Its impact has been great, and has led to more and more opportunities for women to excel. Particularly at the high school level, I have seen many young girls become confident young ladies from their participation in athletics. Many feel that Title IX has led to decreased opportunity for male athletes. In this article, the author raises many valid questions concerning the way in which Title IX is interpreted.
posted to Culture at 2:39 PM CDT
Curse or blessing? Just consider what women's athletics would probably be like without it. Virtually non-existent, because without prodding it is likely that most universities would never have committed resources.
Overall, it has to be considered a blessing. In fact, I can't even figure out a potential curse.
posted at 12:34 PM CDT on June 30
Astros' Shawn Chacon Suspended After Fight with GM Houston Astros pitcher Shawn Chacon has been suspended after a physical altercation with general manager Ed Wade in the team's dining room. "He started yelling and cussing," said Chacon, recently demoted to the bullpen. "... I grabbed him by the neck and threw him to the ground. I jumped on top of him because at that point I wanted to beat his [butt]." Team owner Drayton McLane said Chacon will never pitch for the team again: "You can't defy authority."
posted to Baseball at 8:24 AM CDT
When made aware of Chacon’s comment, Wade politely declined comment on the specifics.
Wonder which side the Houston reporter is taking in this. It's not that Wade declined comment; he POLITELY declined comment.
What I am really wondering is what did they want to talk to Chacon about in private? They had already demoted him to the bullpen. He had already asked to be traded. If they were going to cut him, just cut him. It really looks to me like Wade or Cooper were almost trying to force a confrontation so they could avoid the expense of cutting him. If so, then Chacon was stupid to fall for their game.
posted at 11:23 AM CDT on June 26
Chacon, Wade, Cuban, Clemens...what is it about Houston that brings out the best in people?
Hey, leave Cuban out of this. Good or bad, Dallas still claims him.
posted at 1:47 PM CDT on June 26
Candace Parker Dunks As Sparks Top Fever ESPN.COM:Candace Parker had dunked in college, and she finally broke out the big move in the WNBA. The Sparks' star slammed one home with 33 seconds left in Los Angeles' 77-63 win over Indiana on Sunday. I love to watch this sport, but unfortunately we will have to see alot more of this if the WNBA is to survive.
posted to Basketball at 2:28 PM CDT
we will have to see alot more of this if the WNBA is to survive
I remain surprised that they have survived more than 10 years. I have never understood the concept of watching a group of lesser talented athletes participate in a sport that another group of athletes can do so much better. I have much the same view with regard to minor league baseball on TV. I can understand the local interest for attending games, but why show it on TV when you can watch a major league game at the same time. That's probably how the WNBA has survived. They play it so it is not in competition with any other basketball. I know it will come off as sexist and show my age, but I remember a conversation regarding the Dallas Diamonds back in the mid 80s and whether women's basketball could draw enough interest to survive. The consensus was only if they learned to play in high heels and mini skirts, because they could not really compete with the male game. They lasted one year.
posted at 7:48 PM CDT on June 23
if you make it a point to show your displeasure for that sport, you are looked upon as being in the sexist and/or old-fashioned
I expected it when I said it, but it does not change my mind about women's basketball. There are other sports in which women participate and I think that their game is as good or sometimes even better than the men's game (softball, tennis, golf, volleyball, swimming, track and field, gymnastics, skating, etc.). And I periodically watch all of these when women are the players. But, in my opinion, women's basketball remains a curiosity. Maybe in another 20 years (since lbb indicates it took the NBA 30 years to catch on) my opinion will change, if the league lasts that long.
posted at 4:18 PM CDT on June 24
Ever wondered what happens when a switch pitcher meets a switch hitter? Now you know. (via MetaFilter)
posted to Baseball at 12:15 PM CDT
More information on the pitcher on Wiki. Already updated regarding the minor league switch-hitter incident. Article says the umps got it wrong.
posted at 1:50 PM CDT on June 20
The Baseball Library indicates Harris got first out as a righty, then gave up a walk and got an out pitching lefthanded, then got third out as a righty.
posted at 4:32 PM CDT on June 20
The World's Greatest Athlete? The Journal sought to identify the world's greatest athlete with an approach that, while not completely scientific, took a number of measures into account. A panel of five sports scientists and exercise physiologists was given a list drawn up by the Journal of 79 male athletes. Candidates had to be active in their sport and among the all-time best.
posted to General at 11:47 AM CDT
Not surprised that a decathlete finished on top (traditional since Jim Thorpe in the early 20th century), but I have issues with the top 10. No two athletes from the same sport (unless you count hurdles and sprints as both being track)? It looks more like what they did was rank the top athletes in each sport (of course, they only started out with a list of 79) and then rank those top athletes. I'd like to see the "scores" for each. I would think that the top decathletes might be the better athletes overall. And I would think that some basketball players (Kobe Bryant and Tony Parker are mentioned as having been beaten out of Lebron) might be better athletes than any baseball player. But then I have a problem with any list that puts ARod on it.
posted at 12:51 PM CDT on June 20
I'm glad to see that they put a hockey player in that list.
I wonder if they even considered any goalies. Vision and Reflex (check); Stamina and Recovery (check); Power, Strength and Size (check); Coordination and Flexibility (check, check, check); Success and Competitiveness (subjective, but for the top goalies, I would definitely say check). Only question might be Speed, but seeing them sometimes outrace a skater to the puck or scramble back to the net, I would give them a check; and they do it on skates, in pads, and carrying a big stick.
posted at 6:18 PM CDT on June 20
AFI names its top 10 sports movies Two boxing movies "Raging Bull" followed by "Rocky" at the top. Also two baseball movies in top 5.
posted to Culture at 12:23 PM CDT
Yeah, it may be just another list, and people's opinions will vary. But in addition to two boxing and two baseball, you got one basketball, one pool, one golf, one horse racing, one cycling, and one football (and it's not North Dallas Forty, Friday Night Lights, Rudy, or The Longest Yard). No hockey (Miracle or Slap Shot). Of course, boxing seems to lend itself to movies (something about seeing someone get the snot beat out of them and then getting up again and again). Maybe someone should name the top 5 boxing movies. Or top 5 movies in each sports category?
posted at 12:30 PM CDT on June 19
Field of Dreams made No. 6 on the fantasy list.
posted at 12:54 PM CDT on June 19
Crooked ref claims NBA fixes games Tim Donaghy, ex-ref convicted of betting on games, claims referees pressured to call fouls by league and sometimes do so on their own. NBA denies it.
posted to Basketball at 1:08 PM CDT
I know it's easy to kill the messenger in this case (just like steroids in baseball could not be true since it was Conseco making the claim). But why of all the major professional sports leagues is it easiest for me to believe that this could happen with the NBA?
posted at 1:10 PM CDT on June 11
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posted at 12:14 PM CDT on June 13
Harkleroad fulfils naked ambition with Playboy shoot I had a hard time picking the category for this one, since it's not all that much about tennis, and spofi doesn't have a category for salacious. A 61st-ranked women's tennis player's who wasn't doing anything else at the moment further fuels the controversy of mixing court and camera.
posted to Culture at 1:45 PM CDT
spofi doesn't have a category for salacious
Maybe it needs one.
posted at 4:26 PM CDT on May 27
Boston Herald Should Name Its SpyGate Source The newspaper and reporter John Tomase refuse to identify the unnamed source who burned them. Why the hell not?
A column by sportsfilter member rcade.
posted to Football at 12:17 PM CDT
"while I had multiple sources relating similar allegations"
As a former newspaper reporter, I can tell you that this is not an apology. Tomase is saying that he believes that it is true, that multiple people told him this though he relied on one more than the others. He believes it; he just can't prove it. BS. He bought off on a lie and is trying to cover his own tracks. If his "source" cannot be trusted, then I guess his "multiple sources" cannot be trusted. Or maybe, it's just Tomase that cannot be trusted.
posted at 8:08 PM CDT on May 16
Mavericks begin rebuilding from the top Dallas fires coach Avery Johnson after another playoff disaster.
posted to Basketball at 2:39 PM CDT
With about half of team scheduled to become free agents and probable desire to get rid of several other players (or maybe they just want out), this team might have only three or four returning players next year.
posted at 2:48 PM CDT on April 30
Kidd to Dallas: Take Two In a revised deal that includes the semi-retired Keith Van Horn, Jason Kidd appears to be heading to the Dallas Mavericks after all. Does Kidd give them enough to win it all?
posted to Basketball at 1:45 AM CDT
Question: Mavs have 15 players on roster. Signing Van Horn for trade would put them over max. Do they have to cut someone to sign and trade Van Horn, or is there some exception that allows them to sign and trade without reducing roster?
As to your question, Kidd can still play, so if he can mesh with other players and get them the ball, then they can win it all? However, if the Mavs are going to continue to try to fill the basket from the outside, then Kidd will not matter. They need an inside game, which is lacking and which it is questionable that Kidd can provide.
posted at 12:18 PM CDT on February 18
Leitch: Why Mark Cuban Won't Get the Cubs "The guy has no chance. ... Mark Cuban will never own the Cubs, no matter how much money he waves in front of the Tribune Corp." -- Deadspin's Will Leitch
posted to Baseball at 9:40 AM CDT
Baseball will probably never let an owner like Cuban in, because baseball is run by idiots. Hiding their heads in the sand and trying to do what they have always done because of the "integrity" of the game has made baseball pretty much a laughingstock and dropped it from first to third of the major four sports.
posted at 12:30 PM CDT on January 22
Heat awarded do-over against Hawks The teams must replay the last 51.9 seconds due to a scoring error on number of fouls against Shaq.
posted to Basketball at 5:06 PM CDT
Two questions:
1. With a Feb. 22 NBA trade deadline, will these even be the same teams when they meet in March?
2. Will the bookies give a do-over as well if the results change?
posted at 5:22 PM CDT on January 11
On-Field Tryout Earns Stewart WVU Head Spot Bill Stewart's job as interim head coach during the Mountaineer's 42-28 dismantling of Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl thrusts him to the full-time gig as the new head man to replace Rich Rodriguez.
posted to Football at 9:29 AM CDT
Glad that Stewart got the job. He and his team definitely showed more emotion, interest and ability than OU last night.
But I think the real story is that Stoopes (the so-called genius of college football) got walloped again in a bowl. This time by a coach bearing the "interim" title at kickoff. Bummer Sooner.
posted at 4:12 PM CDT on January 3
Mitchell report is Out 50 to 80 names to be released. Clemens, Pettitte, Tejada to name a few.
posted to Baseball at 12:36 PM CDT
I think this report might open up the Hall of Fame for a lot of players that would otherwise be shunned. Goes to show that it was not isolated situations, but widespread. If they let some in who are fingered, how do they keep the others out. And I mean those deserving of the Hall of Fame based strictly on stats, etc.
I find it interesting that with Clemens' name so prominent that some of the TV spinners are saying they believe his denial because there is no proof, but they have no problem slamming other athletes who have never tested positive.
posted at 4:45 PM CDT on December 14
A Rod breaks another record: Alex Rodriguez set another record for baseball's highest contract, finalizing his $275 million, 10-year agreement with the New York Yankees on Thursday.
posted to Baseball at 10:37 AM CDT
Arod = 10 more years with Yankees
Yankees = 10 more years without a World Series
posted at 4:47 PM CDT on December 14
ARod wins AL MVP award, but not unanimously.
ARod got 26 of the 28 first place votes. The other two first place votes went to Magglio Ordonez of the Detroit Tigers. The voters who chose Ordonez over ARod? Writers from the Detroit News and Oakland Press (Pontiac, Michigan).
*cough*
posted to Baseball at 3:58 PM CDT
Arod accounted for only 25.3 percent of his team's runs. Mags accounted for 25.7 percent of his team's runs. Hey, it's the best I can come up with.
posted at 6:53 PM CDT on November 19
AL Elias player rankings released The rankings are compiled based upon player performance over the past two seasons.
posted to Baseball at 2:47 PM CDT
I think it interesting that Michael Young is rated No. 1 in the shortstop, third baseman, and second baseman group when The Fielding Bible a couple of years ago called him the worst shortstop in the league.
posted at 6:24 PM CDT on November 1
Martina Hingis reveals she tested positive for cocaine at Wimbledon, announces retirement immediately thereafter. Is there any possible reason why she'd retire immediately after this announcement hit the news? I'm just trying to give her the benefit of the doubt, I guess... whether or not it's warranted at this point.
posted to Other at 1:27 PM CDT
it is important to remember that in the area of anti-doping, all players are presumed innocent until proven otherwise
Funniest quote that I have heard this century.
posted at 2:47 PM CDT on November 1
Red Sox win World Series Second title in four years for the Nation.
posted to Baseball at 11:12 PM CDT
Unless they were a Red Sox fan or a Rockies fan, or vehemently anti-Red Sox or anti-Rockies, or a diehard baseball fan (if there are any left), did anyone really watch the Series this year or care about it? I saw bits and pieces while flipping through channels or if there was nothing else on to catch my interest. But overall, a big yawner. Then again, perhaps I just tuned it all out in game two when it went from Schilling to shillling.
posted at 12:36 PM CDT on October 29
A-Rod Opts Out of Contract He has taken off th pinstripes. I think he did this now to divorce himself from the managerial decision coming tomorrow. I also think that he knows something about Posada, Rivera, and Pettitte that others don't. Where's he going: nobody knows.
posted to Baseball at 10:08 PM CDT
You have to marvel at the arrogance of the Yankee management:
"If you don’t understand the magnitude of being a Yankee"
"If we’re going to make you rich and we’re going to give you the privilege of being a Yankee"
Replace Yankee with Dallas Cowboy and you'll understand how Jerry Jones managed to drive his football team into the ground for 10 years.
ARod is a perenial loser, any team that signs him is guaranteed never to win any important games.
When a team buys ARod, I think it will be looking at winning as secondary. It will really be buying the publicity and the homerun chase over the next several years.
posted at 12:42 PM CDT on October 29
A-Rod has two testicles.
Whose?
posted at 5:09 PM CDT on October 29
I still think AfROD might end up back with the Yankees. One of the Steinbrenners said the Yankees would not re-sign him or negotiate with him. His quote was: "Not if it's made official." So they might negotiate with him until it is made "official."
posted at 5:17 PM CDT on October 29
HGH + The Clear = HR(50%) A Tufts physicist and baseball fan will publish an article in the upcoming issue of the American Journal of Physics detailing how a small increase in muscle mass could increase the amount of home runs a professional-baseball-level player would hit by over 50 percent.
posted to Baseball at 9:38 AM CDT
increased muscle mass could also be obtained through legitimate means such as weightlifting
I knew it. Every athlete is a frakking cheater. Make them all drink beer and watch TV like the rest of us. Then see what they can do.
I would be interested in seeing how the physicist justifies his numbers. The story appears to indicate the following: 10 percent greater muscle mass = 5 percent greater bat speed = 4 percent greater ball off bat speed = 50 percent more homeruns.
Makes my head spin. Make it stop.
posted at 2:31 PM CDT on September 26
Giants Tell Bonds He's Gone "This journal will be one of my last entries as a San Francisco Giant. Yesterday, I was told by the Giants that they will not be bringing me back for the 2008 season," Barry Bonds wrote on his web site today. "It is comforting to know that those who have come before me -- Willie Mays, Willie McCovey, Joe Montana and Jerry Rice, to name a few -- have forever remained in the hearts of the fans, as I know I will too."
posted to Baseball at 6:37 PM CDT
Texas Rangers:
1: I would take him on our team. The team is probably going to suck anyway so at least it would give the fans something to watch.
2: They accepted Sammy, so they would accept Barry, especially if he hit. Frankly, the biggest strike against him for the fans would be that he probably would replace Sammy.
3: Who cares what the press says anyway? Certainly not Barry. Besides if its not Cowboys here, then they pretty much ignore it or bury it inside.
posted at 3:06 PM CDT on September 22
The Hoser's NFL Picks -- Week Three NFL picks that wonder what Hank Williams Jr. is doing with his free time now. A sportsfilter column by our own wfrazerjr.
posted to Football at 1:43 PM CDT
Did the Bucs change their name?
posted at 2:27 PM CDT on September 21
Belichick's cheating could lead to dark days for NFL. Gregg Easterbrook: "It would not surprise me in the slightest if, before the season ends, Belichick resigns, or is suspended, or is fired by Kraft, or even is permanently barred from the league."
posted to Football at 1:12 PM CDT
Insolent and put-upon come to mind.
Frankly, that sounds like most of the football coaches that have been considered geniuses. Certainly, it would fit Parcells in dealing with the media.
posted at 5:14 PM CDT on September 18
Going Nuts Over College Football Rivalries Be warned, especially the male among ye: it's gonna get real cringeworty, real quick. EXTREME SCROTAL DAMAGE AHEAD! Thankfully, no pictures.
posted to Football at 11:38 AM CDT
Oklahoma hate crime statute: No person shall maliciously and with the specific intent to intimidate or harass another person because of that person's race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin or disability.
In Texas, UT football is a religion. In Oklahoma, it is a disability. So either way, I think it's a hate crime.
posted at 6:12 PM CDT on September 12
Patriots Caught Taping Jets Defensive Signals, May Lose Draft Picks ESPN is reporting with some confidence that the Patriots have been found guilty of videotaping the Jets' defensive signals during Sunday's game. Commissioner Goodell, who never misses an opportunity to make an example of a transgressor, is said to be ready to strip the Patriots of draft picks as punishment, although the team will first be allowed to present a defense at a closed hearing. What repercussions might this cheating incident have on the Patriots and the league as a whole?
posted to Football at 7:19 AM CDT
I still don't see what the problem is. Teams all know that the other team is going to try to steal their signs. That's why they might have three people on the sidelines motioning the play, so that the other team has to guess which one is real. That's why the signs change in baseball when a player reaches second base. As was said earlier: That's why players cover their mouths, teams change up signals weekly, or use several decoys to try and confuse the other teams. It's expected.
It may be against the rules, but every team knows that the other team will try it anyway. Otherwise, there would be no need to try to disguise the signals.
New England's crime is that they got caught.
And, NO, I am not a New England fan at all.
posted at 11:36 AM CDT on September 12
The NHL's new, edgy marketing campaing? Inspired by the Dallas Stars controversial billboard advertisment.
posted to Hockey at 12:15 AM CDT
I still remember the Dallas Stars' advertising when they first moved to the city. It went something like: "It's like ballet on ice -- except more blood." I don't know if that was an NHL ad or a local ad, but maybe the NHL could take a lesson from Dallas advertising. The stuff they have been doing certainly is not getting any attention.
posted at 5:47 PM CDT on September 3
The "Why" behind Team USA's recent international woes. However, the article fails to tackle the biggest question, does anyone in the States really care anymore?
posted to Basketball at 3:46 PM CDT
I don't think there is a Team USA, just a bunch of Me USAs running around on the floor together.
posted at 5:29 PM CDT on August 21
Rowdy 'Redneck Games' Irk Neighbors There have been more than a few athletes accused of doping over the years - but the competitors at the "Texas Redneck Games" might just be dopes.
posted to Culture at 3:49 AM CDT
"ugly butt-crack contest"
Finally, something at which I might excell.
posted at 10:57 AM CDT on August 9
Does Bonds have a mechanical advantage? Michael Witte provides a pretty interesting analysis of the possible impact of Barry Bonds' elbow armor apparatus, and how it might benefit his swing.
posted to Baseball at 4:24 PM CDT
Witte is a pitching mechanics consultant for the Cardinals, which happen to have the highest ERA in the National League. Maybe he needs to stick to his "expertise" of pitching and leave the hitting alone. If people don't like or want to criticize Bonds, they can. And they don't need to make up more crazy sh*t and statistics to do it. How in the world could anyone quantify a 75 to 100 homerun advantage?
posted at 10:55 PM CDT on August 6
Kevin Garnett Traded to Celtics ... for Al Jefferson, Sebastian Telfair, Gerald Green, Theo Ratliff, Mark Wahlberg, Ted Kennedy, the ghost of Johnny Most and the guy who ran the snowplow at the Patriots/Dolphins playoff game in 1982.
posted to Basketball at 4:19 PM CDT
instant contenders in the mediocre Atlantic Division
Probably means they will make the playoffs. Unfortunately, then they have to play the good teams.
posted at 5:37 PM CDT on July 30
Teixeira traded to Atlanta for four prospects. Appears to help Atlanta this year and next before Tex makes his play for big bucks. The Rangers just keep trying to tread water.
posted to Baseball at 2:06 PM CDT
The Rangers' never-ending search for a catcher. Thank goodness they dumped Pudge several years ago because he was over the hill.
But seriously, I think they probably try to convert Salty to a first baseman. Less stress on the legs could mean better offensive numbers.
posted at 6:18 PM CDT on July 30
Rangers claim they tried to resign Tex at $18 million a year before trading him. Boras rejected. There's no way the Rangers could have kept him. Now they have traded Gagne to Red Sox.
So Rangers traded a disgruntled player (Tex) who they had no chance to resign, a serviceable bullpen pitcher (Mahay) and a closer (Gagne) who will be a free agent at end of season. In exchange, they get Salty, a starting pitcher, three pitching prospects, and two outfield prospects.
Given the Rangers' chances this year (meaning none at all), these deals are starting to not look that bad.
posted at 4:12 PM CDT on July 31
Panic in the Peloton - Team Astana pulls out of the Tour de France following the announcement that Alexandre Vinokourov's A sample has come back positive for blood doping.
posted to Other at 11:58 AM CDT
this is not looking like a good year for Cycling
When was the last year Cycling had a good year?
posted at 12:26 PM CDT on July 24
Last man standing (or in this case riding) wins.
posted at 7:23 PM CDT on July 25
In 2005, OU went 0-4? The University of Oklahoma has been forced to vacate its eights win during the 2005 season. The NCAA handed down extra penalties to OU in relation to the dismissal of starting quarterback Rhett Bomar and two other players after it was found they were paid by a Norman car dealership for work they didn't do. Head coach Bob Stoops, who led the Sooners to an 8-4 record and a win in the Holiday Bowl in 2005, will see his career coaching mark drop from 86-19 to 78-19.
posted to Football at 3:58 PM CDT
Don't understand why the old wins are not counted as losses now, though I don't know that it really matters anyway.
Does this impact any of the individual stats for the players in the vacated wins?
posted at 4:40 PM CDT on July 11
posted to Hockey at 3:43 PM CDT
He might be the youngest to be named to the C, but the story does not indicate that he will be the youngest to wear the C. Story indicates that Lecavalier began wearing the C during the season when he was a month older than Crosby is now. With new season not to start for several months (they're not even through with the current one), Crosby will be older than Lecavalier when he officially wears the C in competition. So, all in all, I think it's nothing, just another attempt by media to make Crosby the next Great One. And he does appear to have those type skills, so he doesn't really need the media's help.
posted at 5:46 PM CDT on May 31
A-Rod calls for the pop-up... as he's running to third. Bush league or genius? The Cheater's Guide to Baseball take: "It's a nice play if you can get away with it." SportsFilter columnist Wfrazerjr's: "Rodriguez attempted to hinder the fielder, he succeeded and he should have been called out."
posted to Baseball at 12:15 AM CDT
Hey, this type of move is probably the only way that the Yankees can win now, so give them a break. If they have to play the game the way everybody else does, then they would probably be even more than 13.5 games back.
posted at 1:06 PM CDT on May 31
Cuban Plots Friday-Night United Football League Mark Cuban and investment banker William Hambrecht are planning a pro league to compete with the NFL. "We think there is more demand for pro football than supply," said Cuban, who believes the salary cap makes it easier for a rival to poach players drafted after rounds 1 and 2.
posted to Football at 5:51 PM CDT
I can see it working -- not really competing with the NFL but offering an alternative in locations where the NFL is not. Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Antonio, etc. Major or semi-major markets where the NFL does not play. Everyone says you cannot compete with the NFL, and you cannot from the start. You have to start at the bottom and build. Biggest building would probably come in next labor problem with NFL.
But I think they should play on Wednesday and Thursday instead of Friday.
posted at 6:54 PM CDT on May 31
Kobe Bryant Demands Trade "I would like to be traded, yeah," Bryant said on 1050 ESPN Radio in New York. "Tough as it is to come to that conclusion there's no other alternative, you know?"
posted to Basketball at 1:03 PM CDT
My bet is on Kobe to New Jersey for Jason Kidd and a Number 1.
Best trade would be Kobe to Denver for AI straight up. Kobe returns to Denver! Won't happen.
posted at 2:34 PM CDT on May 30
Study shows racial bias by NBA referees “Basically, it suggests that if you spray-painted one of your starters white, you’d win a few more games,” Mr. Wolfers said.
posted to Basketball at 7:31 AM CDT
Man, I can't understand the stats at all. It just looks like to me that white refs call fewer fouls than non-white refs. Period.
posted at 1:30 PM CDT on May 2
The New Adventures of New Christine: Los Angeles Times sportswriter Mike Penner, a 23-year veteran of the paper, reveals quite a change to come in his life. Don't worry, he'll still like football.
posted to Culture at 4:55 PM CDT
Does anybody know why so many of these gender-switchers take the name Christine or Christina? Is is paying homage to someone, or just a lack of imagination?
posted at 6:33 PM CDT on April 26
Bloody mess: Schilling's sock called into question Gary Thorne, who does play-by-play of Orioles games on the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (MASN) and has a solid national reputation, having done lots of work for ESPN, brought up the saga of Schilling's bloody sock during last night's telecast.
posted to Baseball at 6:52 AM CDT
The sock is in a glass case in Cooperstown. You could do DNA testing on it, for crying out loud. Easiest. Authentication. Ever.
Actually, the "bloody" sock was not given to the HOF until several weeks later. Though the sock supposedly is one of the most popular exhibits, it was not mentioned in the HOF exhibit for the Red Sox series win. Schilling's spikes were given immediately and are mentioned, but the sock reportedly was not donated until several weeks later.
And I agree with GOD that the announcers are talking about the WS sock, not the ALCS sock that everyone was watching on TV.
posted at 6:30 PM CDT on April 26
Positively Landis? Reigning Tour de France Champion Floyd Landis, still awaiting an arbitration hearing regarding his positive test for synthetic testosterone during last year's Tour, now learns his seven other "B" samples have come back positive as well. If the doping accusations are upheld, Landis faces a two-year ban from competitive cycling, and would become the first Tour champion in the event's 104-year history to be stripped of his title
posted to Other at 3:31 PM CDT
Just wondering and could not tell from the story: Is this another leak of confidential information?
posted at 5:19 PM CDT on April 23
Referee Suspended Indefinitely NBA referee Joey Crawford was suspended indefinitely by commissioner David Stern on Tuesday for his conduct toward Tim Duncan, who contends the ref challenged him to a fight.
posted to Basketball at 1:02 PM CDT
Just more of the NBA protecting its star players. If Joey had tossed one of 11 or 12 of the other players on the Spurs, probably nothing would have happened. But because it was Duncan, it's a different story.
posted at 7:01 PM CDT on April 17
In a battle of image, Duke takes black eye So Duke wakes up Monday with a fresh black eye and a fourth loss to Carolina in the past five meetings. For the image-obsessed Blue Devils, it gets no worse than being bad and being dirty.
posted to Basketball at 12:27 AM CDT
I don't know. Looks to me like a standard Kobe slap that happens in the NBA all the time and certain players get away with.
posted at 6:05 PM CDT on March 5
Chairman of NFL's research committee on concussions resigns, following strong criticism of his qualifications and the results of the committee's studies. Dr. Elliot Pellman's qualifications came under scrutiny after the release of the findings of a six year study (summary; full article requires subscription) that went against information from other studies. ESPN The Magazine called Pellman out in an October article. The committee's work has clear ramifications on not only the longterm health of NFL players, but those of college and high school players.
posted to Football at 4:03 AM CDT
I think the tobacco industry is looking for a few more doctors. Maybe he can get a job there.
posted at 6:39 PM CDT on March 1
Tim Hardaway, the yin to Jon Amaechi's yang: "First of all I wouldn't want him on my team," said Hardaway. "Second of all, if he was on my team I would really distance myself from him because I don't think that's right and I don't think he should be in the locker room when we're in the locker room."
posted to Culture at 11:31 PM CDT
I find Hardeway's comments the same way I found Amaechi's. Boring. What's the news? Gay people exist? Already knew it. Some people don't like gay people? Already knew it. If someone straight announces they are straight, nobody cares. So why should they care if someone homosexual announces that they are homosexual? To me, the fact that he played sports does not make it news or newsworthy. The fact that some people would not want to play sports with him because he is gay is not news or newsworthy. It is just more publicity for his book. If a straight athlete came out with a book about being straight, he would probably be criticized for it. But a gay guy comes out with a book, and he somehow is considered brave or a role model or something.
Boring.
I would be aroused by showering with women.
Not if it was Rosie or Roseanne, I wouldn't.
posted at 3:09 PM CDT on February 15
when was the last time you heard of a straight person who was stomped to death for announcing that he was straight?
lil_blown_bat, taking the extreme to combat the mundane.
posted at 3:44 PM CDT on February 15
if there's nothing brave about coming out, it must be because you believe there's no risk involved
Of course, there is a risk. There is a risk in everything. People get killed or injured or discriminated against because they are gay. People also get killed or injured or discriminated against because they are not gay. Or because they are black. Or because they are white. Or because they are Hispanic. Or because they are Asian. Or because they are Middle Eastern. Or because they are Christian. Or because they are Jewish. Or because they are Muslim. Or because they are [add virtually any adjective you wish here].
As much as some would like to assume it or argue it, gays do not have a monopoly on being discriminated against. They just get more publicity for it now.
People "come out" all the time. I dream of the day when "coming out" does not foster a rash of media exploitation and sensationalism leading, ultimately, to nothing at all.
perhaps you want to rephrase your statement
Nope. Right or wrong, stupid or not, I stand by it.
posted at 4:39 PM CDT on February 15
for all of you who think you know why people are gay ("they choose to be!"), you don't know shit. Hey Christians, guess who made gays? God.
Why, when people criticize gays, is there a seeming natural inclination to assume that this criticism is based on Christianity? It is several of the Muslim nations that continue to outlaw homosexuality, even to the point of imposing the death penalty. The so-called Christian nations for the most part are not only tolerant, but even pass laws for protection. My version of Christianity teaches to "love the sinner, but hate the sin." And, yes, my version of Christianity does teach that homosexuality is a sin. This does not prevent me from not only tolerating the "sinner," but befriending them.
posted at 5:13 PM CDT on February 15
if god made all people and some people are born gay, where is the sin?
urall - God made all people and some people are murderers, some people are thieves, some are alcoholics; so I guess none of those are sins either? Whether a person is born to sin or becomes a sinner, God did make the sinner.
posted at 11:14 PM CDT on February 15
Cuban says openly gay player would clean up Leave it to Mark Cuban to go where no man would go before.
posted to Culture at 11:05 AM CDT
If all of them came out then what? Would all the female cheerleaders be replaced with male dancers?
God, I hope not.
posted at 5:24 PM CDT on February 12
T.O. on Parcells: "Our play was not indicative of what we could have done. What we should have done. Hopefully, the owner will hire a coach to take the team to the next level.” I'm sure T.O.'s league leading 18 dropped passes had nothing to do with the team not reaching it's potential.
posted to Football at 3:35 PM CDT
I'm sure the broken hand and multiple surgeries had nothing to do with his ability to catch the ball, too. He still led the Cowboys in receiving.
posted at 3:41 PM CDT on January 23
Donovan McNabb unhappy? After being prevented from travelling with the team to their playoff game to New Orleans (The team's rule is players on injured reserve don't travel; a policy not disputed previously) and subject to the talk about Jeff Garcia's unexpected drive to the playoffs, it looks like Donovan's not pleased with the situation in Philidelphia.
posted to Football at 12:21 PM CDT
Maybe the Eagles' collapse wasn't all TO's fault after all. They certainly appeared to play better without McNabb than with him. Not sure that Garcia's the future, but not sure than McNabb is either.
posted at 1:36 PM CDT on January 23
Signs of Sanity from WADA? "WADA's code is currently undergoing the first major revision since its inception in 2003 … The latest revision was the result of more than six months of comments solicited from a list of thousands of 'stakeholders' - governments, sporting organizations, anti-doping authorities and athletes alike … the biggest changes relate to sanctions: they received many comments calling for the flexibility to impose bigger sanctions for more serious doping offenses and lighter sentences for less egregious ones."
posted to Olympics at 10:10 AM CDT
"The World Anti-Doping Code represents a unique and unprecedented triumph of Sport and Government joining forces to address a critical problem that continues to threaten public health and the integrity of sport."
Does this statement mean they already got rid of Pound, who threatens the integrity of sport?
posted at 3:00 PM CDT on January 18
Barry Bonds Throws Teammate Under "Speeding" Bus. Ubiquitous San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds, already under investigation for, well, just about everything he does, failed a drug test in 2006. Major League Baseball won't identify the drug, but "sources" classsify it as a "serious stimulant." Bonds blames the test result on teammate Mark Sweeney, saying he got the substance from Sweeney's locker.
posted to Baseball at 6:23 AM CDT
A player is not identified until after failing two amphetamines tests and yet this story from unnamed sources leaks out.
If I was a sports union (baseball, football, whatever) where management insisted on drug tests with the promise of confidentiality, I would put in the contract that they have to pay $1 million every time one of the names and test results "leaks" out. Either that or I would tell them where they could shove their test.
posted at 10:03 PM CDT on January 11
Canadian Juniors win again! Canada's Junior hockey team has won its 3rd straight IIHF U20 World Championship. Russia was second, and the US won the bronze medal game earlier today over Sweden.
posted to Hockey at 4:11 PM CDT
It's nice to know the US can still medal in something.
posted at 4:19 PM CDT on January 5
Cowher resigns, Steelers begin coach search The link says it all.
posted to Football at 3:26 PM CDT
if he's still not coaching a year from now, I'll be very surpised.
Two years tops.
Since Whisenhutt is supposed to be the hot assistant coach now, I would think that the Steelers would try to lock him up.
posted at 4:18 PM CDT on January 5
I'll just ice this one and... oooaugh! Patrik Stefan of the Dallas Stars was on a breakaway towards an open net in the absolute dying moments of a game with his team up by one... only the puck took a bad hop... and he missed the net... and the puck went back up the ice... and the Oilers tied the game with only two seconds left in one of the craziest endings* to a hockey game you will ever see. *of course, the game didn't end there but went into OT and a shootout wherein Stefan's teammates bailed him out and got the win.
posted to Hockey at 11:53 AM CDT
Saw part of a post-game interview afterwards, and Stefan expressed thanks that his teammates bailed him out in overtime and shootout so that he could "laugh about it now." I hope he can continue to laugh about it because I imagine he is going to get razzed for a long time for this play.
posted at 3:59 PM CDT on January 5
Notre Dame makes history and LSU comes away with a big Sugar Bowl win. LSU defeated Notre Dame 41-14 in the Sugar Bowl's return to the Superdome, and handed Notre Dame its ninth straight bowl loss which is the most in NCAA history.
posted to Football at 4:53 PM CDT
The only reason ND made a BCS bowl this year was because the BCS added a bowl game, which added two more teams. This put Boise State in (which showed it deserved it) and instead of another deserving team ND. With the current BCS rules, it is not unlikely that ND will make a BCS bowl almost every year that it is bowl eligible. Of course with its undeserved following (the Catholics where I work are ND crazy though they never went to the school), virtually any other bowl would love to have them. I would like to see them go back to the Ara era when they sometimes refused bowl invitations because they simply did not believe they deserved to go to a bowl. But money rules.
posted at 11:02 PM CDT on January 4
I apologize about my "Catholic" comment. It was really a reaction to some of my co-workers. They can root for whomever they want and support whichever school they want. And continue to get drubbed year after year after year.
posted at 4:27 PM CDT on January 5
Boise State Wins Fiesta in Unforgettable Fashion After a wild finish that defies description, the Boise State Broncos knocked off the favored Oklahoma Sooners 43-42 in overtime at the Fiesta Bowl, using a hook-and-lateral touchdown with seven seconds left, wide receiver option pass for a touchdown, and statue of liberty play for a winning two-point conversion in overtime when they could have tied the game with a kick. To cap off the storybook ending, Ian Johnson, the star running back who scored on the play, ran off the field, dropped to a knee, and proposed to a Boise State cheerleader on live television.
posted to Football at 8:26 AM CDT
Oklahoma is NOT a top tier team this year.
Then why are they in a BCS bowl? This seems like more of an argument for opening up the BCS to other conferences and teams, than an argument as to why non-BCS conference schools should be kept out.
posted at 1:17 PM CDT on January 2
Red Sox brass meeting with Matsuzaka's agent Red Sox front office, pitcher's agent hammering out contract details.
posted to Baseball at 3:47 PM CDT
Does anyone know what Matsuzaka would make if he returned to Japan to pitch another year before trying to get a major league contract next year?
posted at 6:02 PM CDT on December 12
NBA going back to old ball. I wish David would make up his ****ing mind.
posted to Basketball at 4:41 PM CDT
This just in -- Major League Baseball will use standard baseball until all-star break, then switch to softball for 2007 season.
posted at 12:13 PM CDT on December 12
Florida Will Face Ohio State in BCS Championship Game Thanks to votes in the non-computer polls, Florida jumped over Michigan to grab the No. 2 spot and a chance to face Ohio State for the national championship. This is the first meeting ever between the storied college football programs.
posted to Football at 7:17 PM CDT
Why should Ohio State have to beat Michigan twice in order to be considered champion?
And why should Michigan, which did not win its conference, have any right to play for BCS championship? In 2003, a lot of people went crazy because Oklahoma got to play in championship game when it did not even win its own conference. I thought BCS was going to fix it then and require that any team playing for the championship should at least win its own conference title.
posted at 1:21 PM CDT on December 4
Texans take a look at Gatlin The Houston Texans had an interesting guest in camp on Tuesday -- disgraced sprinter Justin Gatlin. The man who won the gold medal at the 2004 Olympics and owns the record in the 100 metres could sign a contract late next month despite not having played football since 10th grade.
posted to Football at 5:17 PM CDT
Three years, 43 passes, 754 yards, and 4 touchdowns.
Compare this: Three years, 36 receptions, 440 yards, and 4 touchdowns.
Charles Rogers, college All-American, second pick in the NFL draft.
While track success might not translate to football success, sometimes prior football success does not translate to football success either.
posted at 3:27 PM CDT on November 30
Dallas Cowboys Boot Vanderjagt The most accurate kicker in NFL history was cut today, eight months after signing a three-year, $5.5 million deal with a $2.5 million signing bonus. Vanderjagt missed 5 out of 18 field goals this season, some hopeless from the moment they left the Vanderfoot. He's been replaced with Martin Gramatica.
posted to Football at 5:35 PM CDT
Vanderjagt missed 5 out of 18 field goals this season, some hopeless from the moment they left the Vanderfoot.
Five misses - three hit the upright, one blocked, and one clean miss. I agree that he should have done better based on history, but with only one a clear miss they hardly seem hopeless. And I don't see how you can blame the block on him since it was clearly a mistake on the line that allowed the blocker to run free. He would have blocked any kicker's attempt.
if someone else signs him we dont have to pay him
No one will sign him for more than the minimum, so I think Dallas will have to pay the rest of this year's salary above the minimum. And no one has to pick up any of that $2.5 million bonus. Let's see, $3,310,000 for about a half season of work, only 18 plays (not including kickoffs). Vanderjagt may seem like a knucklehead, but based on that salary he ain't stupid.
posted at 3:09 PM CDT on November 28
Dick Pounded Again Over Lab's Leaky Security and Procedures WADA Chairman Dick Pound is once again standing by the French laboratory that tested Tour de France Champion Floyd Landis' urine sample, even though their computers have been hacked into and they've admitted a clerical error in the labeling of Landis' "B" sample.
posted to Other at 8:07 AM CDT
Pound downplayed the mistake
Doesn't he always? Is there any competition for WADA? I would think if there is some other agency that could do the job and take Pound, the French, and all the others that keep screwing up out of the occasion, that alone would help build credibility.
Are athletes doping? Undoubtedly. But half of the focus on the issue seems to be Pound spouting off his mouth, showing his bias, proclaiming himself god of the anti-dopers, and repeatedly asking for more countries to support him, or on repeated errors and questions regarding the testing procedures, results, and violations of the rules (especially the supposed confidentiality due to leaks or payoffs).
Maybe if they got rid of Pound and WADA and the French lab and put some new person and agency in charge, there could be a fresh start with fewer questions on the procedures and more on the results.
posted at 1:36 PM CDT on November 16
Rush to Judgement. Wrong TV feeds and poor equipment have changed the outcome of important college football games.
posted to Football at 2:07 PM CDT
There's just too much frakking reviews in college football now. They should just give the coaches a set number of challenges and let the officials on the field call the game. One game last weekend (I can't remember which), a receiver caught the ball but it was questionable whether he landed in bounds. The official on the field ruled that it was a legal catch because he was pushed out of bounds by the defender while still in the air. Still, the play was reviewed to see if he was in bounds (and confirmed). Why should that be reviewed and what were they reviewing? The judgment call of the field official?
posted at 2:32 PM CDT on November 10
TO survival guide. Parcells needs to try SOMETHING!
posted to Football at 11:07 AM CDT
Not a TO fan. Not a Cowboy fan. But I get tired of hearing on Dallas radio (and elsewhere) that everything is TO's fault. BS like look what he did to the Eagles last year. Yep, it's all TO's fault. That's why they (the Eagles) are a piece of crap this year as well.
posted at 2:36 PM CDT on November 10
Mr. Washington Goes to Texas The Texas Rangers will hire Ron "Wash" Washington to become the team's 17th manager at a 2 p.m. press conference today. If the Oakland A's coach is still with the team Tuesday evening, he'll pass Eddie Stanky, who only coached the woebegotten franchise for one day in 1977.
posted to Baseball at 11:15 AM CDT
The New York Yankees and Arizona Diamondbacks both won the World Series the year after Showalter left them.
World Series, here we come. If not, throw out the Wash.
Oh, and he's got to last until at least the third game of next season. Stanky only lasted a day, but he technically did manage one game.
posted at 1:37 PM CDT on November 6
But, Did he win?
Yep, Stanky shares the Texas Rangers' manager record for best winning percentage (100 percent) with a 1-0 record. Other 1-0 record goes to Del Wilbur, but Del was only an interim waiting for Billy Martin to arrive.
posted at 2:20 PM CDT on November 6
Stern Rebuke Puts Mark Cuban in His Place -- the Stands Dallas Mavericks Owner Mark Cuban, banned from courtside huddles by a new rule pushed by NBA commissioner David Stern, has been re-educated. "Back when I was error-full in my ways, I thought it was necessary to get a feel for how the coach and the players interacted," he said. "I can't be thankful enough for how the league has helped me become a better manager and a better owner."
posted to Basketball at 8:44 AM CDT
The side line is only meant for players coaches and managers.
I don't know when the last time you went to a game or saw one on TV. The sidelines are meant for the highest paying fans (witness Jack at the Lakers games). Maybe the court should be meant only for players, coaches, etc., but the sidelines are for the high-rollers.
Personally, I wish the NFL would institute the same policy to keep Jerry Jones off the Cowboy sideline when they are winning so he could stop scaring little children. (Interesting how Jones usually only makes it to the sidelines when his team is winning -- Cuban is with his team whether they are winning or losing).
I don't know why Stern and the rest of the NBA care how Cuban runs his franchise.
I think that Stern just wants to be the iron fist of the NBA as well as the only voice and face of the NBA beyond the players. Frankly, I get sick everytime I see Stern's smirky mug and hear his blathering about how great everything is. I can't watch the NBA draft anymore because of him.
Maybe he should hire himself as an assistant coach.
They got plenty of them already.
posted at 11:42 AM CDT on November 3
From a recent Cuban blog on other NBA issues:
Will I still be cheering on the Mavs. Absolutely. Will I be in the same seats, cheering the same way. Absolutely.
posted at 1:37 PM CDT on November 3
NBA Doesn't Monkey Around with Racial Heckler An Orlando Magic season ticket holder has been banned from all NBA arenas for allegedly calling Dikembe Mutombo a "monkey" after Thursday's preseason game against the Houston Rockets. Hooman Hamzehloui, an Orlando real estate sales director, claims he didn't know that calling a black man a primate was racist. Hamzehloui, who hosted a Magic party the night before attended by several players, is still having trouble figuring this out. He told an Orlando Sentinel columnist, "If I said he looked like a chimpanzee or like a gorilla, none of this happens."
posted to Basketball at 8:40 AM CDT
The columnist indicates that this was an insult to "African Americans." Some here kinda imply the same thing.
Not that it matters in the whole scheme of things, but is Mutumbo an American citizen now. I thought he was from Zaire/Congo.
posted at 1:52 PM CDT on October 31
That is a precedent setting-move
It will be interesting to see how well they follow that precedent. And under what circumstances they choose to ignore it.
I anticipate that, when they enforce it, we will see stories. But when they do not, we will hear nothing.
posted at 5:35 PM CDT on October 31
Ball vs ball. Mark Cuban gets the University of Texas at Arlington Physics department to drop some science on the differences between the NBA's new synthetic balls and their old leather balls.
posted to Basketball at 11:24 AM CDT
our measurements indicate that the grip of the leather ball improves after similar moistening
Something that Steve (Finger Licker) Nash has known for years.
posted at 4:32 PM CDT on October 27
'Don't You Need at Least One Good Quarterback to Make a Controversy?' Fort Worth Star-Telegram columnist Gil LeBreton asks that question after Dallas Cowboys QBs combined for four interceptions -- no, wait, Tony Romo just threw another -- in the Monday night loss to the New York Giants. Romo entered last night's game "to a standing ovation and chants of 'Romo, Romo, Romo,'" according to the Associated Press. "The cheers didn't die down until his first pass was swatted by Michael Strahan and intercepted by Antonio Pierce."
posted to Football at 12:07 PM CDT
Jason Witten, Julius Jones, Al Johnson, Anthony Fasano, Antonio Bryant, Quincy Carter, Andre Gurode, Rob Pettiti, Jacob Rogers, Peterman, Marion Barber III, Patrick Crayton , yep nothing but defensive guys there....
Of your list of 12 offensive draft choices, 5 no longer play for Cowboys and three sets of two (Witten and Fasano, Jones and Barber, Johnson and Gurode) play the same position, including the only two offensive linemen still on team.
Not the best of drafting for need, that's for sure.
Carpenter , while he has been inactive for most of the games is still listed on the 53 man roster
He has yet to make his first tackle. Doubt the Cowboys wanted to cut their first round choice after paying him the money. It would also be an admission of error, which the Cowboys don't do. Besides he still might eventually be a good player.
.. just sayin.
posted at 1:09 PM CDT on October 25
2012 Summer Olympics Coincide with Ramadan As noted with protest, the 2012 summer games in London are scheduled to occur during Ramadan, a lunar month in which Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset. Around 3,000 of the 11,000 athletes who will participate are Muslims.
posted to Olympics at 11:38 AM CDT
The International Olympics Committee insisted the Games take place some time between July 15 to August 31, giving more than a week either side of Ramadan.
Of course, if you start if before Ramadan, it would still be going when Ramadan started. And, if you ended the Olympics on August 31, then it would have to start during Ramadan.
Simple solution. Start the Olympics, take a month long break for Ramadan, then start it back up. You could probably cram some events into the first week and get them over with, and then cram the rest of them into the last week. Are there any events that take the entire two weeks?
posted at 6:41 PM CDT on October 16
Covering the Bases After a Player's Death If Corey Lidle was piloting the plane when he died earlier this week, his survivors won't collect a $1.05 million accidental death insurance policy that covers all Major Leaguers. The plan excludes players from "any incident related to travel in an aircraft ... while acting in any capacity other than as a passenger." His wife and son will receive a yearly "widow's benefit" of $166,250.
posted to Baseball at 9:43 AM CDT
that extra $1 million may not mean a whole lot
I don't care how rich someone may be; I still think that $1 million means a whole lot.
posted at 4:12 PM CDT on October 13
Yankees, Looking Powerless, Face Elimination While Twins’ season swept away in disappointing finale.
posted to Baseball at 4:13 AM CDT
$200 million or so just doesn't buy what it used to, George!
Just a coincidence I'm sure, but the last time the Yankees won the World Series was also the last year that they had a team payroll of less than $100 million.
posted at 7:26 PM CDT on October 7
With 45/40, Alfonso Soriano is in elite company, but can he do it again? This writer seems to think not.
posted to Baseball at 9:04 AM CDT
Can he do it again? Definitely.
Will he do it again? Probably not.
Does it matter? No. It's just a made-up statistic for someone to keep track of and write about. Like hitting for the cycle. Or most consecutive games with a homerun or a double or an rbi. Interesting, but in the end not really that important.
posted at 1:51 PM CDT on September 19
Pac-10 suspends officials for 1 game The Pacific-10 Conference, finding merit in Oklahoma's complaints about the officiating in its loss to Oregon, issued a one-game suspension Monday to the officiating crew and the instant replay officials who worked the game and an apology to the Sooners.
posted to Football at 6:47 PM CDT
I guess I missed Boren's letter complaining about the officiating in the OU-UAB game to start the season when OU fumbled a punt return and UAB recovered deep in OU territory in the fourth quarter. Officials would not even give UAB a replay, saying they had blown the whistle calling the OU player down. Replay with sound showed that the whistle blew long after the fumble. It's all about whose ox gets gored.
Bad calls happen all the time. You complain about it, you cuss about it, you cry about it. But in the end, you take your lumps, forget about it, and move on.
posted at 1:40 PM CDT on September 19
If You punish all of the Conferences Officials when one crew screws up this bad, then they are accountable for the rest of the crews in that conference future in calling the BIG GAMES at the end of the year.
Might end up playing the bowl games without officials though, considering how many screw-ups there are during a year around the country.
posted at 7:54 PM CDT on September 19
NBA's Dirtiest players NBA analyst Charley Rosen breaks down the dirtiest players of all time.
posted to Basketball at 11:33 AM CDT
Where's Karl?
posted at 12:25 PM CDT on September 14
The Stadium does sell 1-ounce bottles of Arizona Sun SPF 15 for $5 - a huge markup that makes its beer seem cheap.
I think this sentence from article revealed the real reason for the ban.