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February 06, 2015
SportsFilter: The Friday Huddle:
A place to discuss the sports stories that aren't making news, share links that aren't quite front-page material, and diagram plays on your hand. Remember to count to five Mississippi before commenting in anger.
The Six Nations starts tomorrow.
Last year, a decent England side beat Ireland, Wales and Scotland to claim the Triple Crown, but a fantastic performance in Paris took the title for Ireland. This year, the bookies have Ireland, England and Wales practically inseparable, even if partly because England have three home games.
Here's some footage of the 2014 championship.
Musical Montage Time.
Coverage is available on BeIn Sports in the US, or ESPN in Spanish in Central America, or your usual nefarious Other Sources'.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 01:40 PM on February 06, 2015
Meant to post this article on Victoria Azarenka last week. I don't want to overwhelm the site with everything Brian Phillips writes at Grantland, but it's all so good. Between him and Bryan Curtis on the longer-form pieces and the regular contributors like Barnwell and Andrew Sharp, that's my current favorite site for sports writing.
posted by yerfatma at 01:59 PM on February 06, 2015
posted by rcade at 07:47 PM on February 06, 2015
It's always a good idea to wear a cup, but it seems this guy needs to wear his inside the shorts.
posted by Howard_T at 03:35 PM on February 07, 2015
Not sure I want to be seen opening that particular door...
posted by owlhouse at 03:37 AM on February 08, 2015
Not even in college when you were really, really drunk?
posted by rcade at 04:13 PM on February 08, 2015
A round-up of Game Theory takes on the Seahawks last play.
Does the gap between FA Cup teams create a moral hazard, giving teams like Cambridge United incentive to play for a replay?