Noticed your profile on Sportsfilter and thought you would be interested in a new sports community . . . I'm curious how many other profiles this spammer fellow has "noticed". Anyone else got email from Aaron Wright about the "Ultimate Sports Community" he and his bussies put together?
Fantasy profiles have show your entire history on yahoo fantasy games. Here's mine. What's yours?
The LaVar Arrington situation is becoming a distraction for the a team hoping to become something more than mediocre. What role did the Devil play in the burgundy and gold benching their highest paid player?
Nobody has set up a pick 'em league yet? Well, I just did...a confidence points yahoo league. Any takers, any suggested changes? (sign up info inside)
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You want even more fantasy pigskin? Well the, why not join my beta phpffl league? Come have fun while sticking it the (ESPN|Yahoo|Sportsline) man.
The inaugural season of SpoFi college fantasy (American) football !!!NEEDS THREE MORE TEAMS!!! in order to meet the league minimum of 8. Also, only two spots left in the old-school NFL game.
a baseball blog by famous people, has entries by everybody from Condi Rice to Michael Moore. [via MSN's Sports Blog]
Don't sell the Nationals to George Soros. If you do, the Republican Congress cannot be held responsible for any revenge legislation which may occur. Free enterprise, my ass.
Two innings of minor league game to be played by fans on Xbox. "Everybody in the world is going to want to do this after us" [via via]
but I bet you didn't know they were a truly tasteless joke.™ Public relations director Kirk Reynolds reminds players "what you do is not only a reflection of yourself. It's a reflection of the San Francisco 49ers."
said Jesse Mish, 14, who's won several state wrestling awards. But is it discrimination? If so, is it discrimination against the girls or the boys?
The domain registration for spofiwiki.com expires near the end of March. I would like some feedback on whether folks have enough interest to warrant a renewal?
Big names, like SEC commissioner Mike Slive and Senator Dick Ackerman are trying to help get fans what we want. (SEC link requires AJC login)
Jason vs Jasonjasonbondshow and jasonspaceman both bit the big one in week 7...but that's better than any of us donkeys. Congrats, fellas! The group has been reset so anyone who played the first round can make a Week 8 pick. (New folks can sign up, group 18049, pass spofi.)
I've been on a total slackfest on the standings tables, apologies for that, ... a week 7 table will be posted this week. But, for the moment at least, I'd this thread to discuss the point ChasFile made about the Week 17 Championship game (because, frankly, Yahoo's message interface sucks and I think the discussion is worthy of the Lockerroom). (Discussion to date recap inside.)
Week 1 Fantasy - mad props for Rainbaby's Mad World (standings inside) Top pick 'em picker - bcb2k2 Survival - 6 teams kicked off the island
SportsFilter Pick 'em and Survival leagues created. (Group IDs and passwords inside.)
Per this thread, the free yahoo league has been set up. The league ID is 301671 and the password is spofi. The configuration details are shown inside...I'm up for suggested changes. There's a max of 16 teams and the live draft is set for Sat Sep 4 12:30 pm EDT.
Or, at least, the women's weight-lifting team. The 105-pounder has a piece of Gortex mesh attached to her abdomen with 21 screws, and the 300-pounder sucks at lifting couches. But they are two of the best chances the U.S. has at Olympic Gold.
On the comment preview page (/contribute/ post_comment_preview.cfm) for front page posts, the "timestamp link" has "mefi" in the URL. Example: /comments.cfm/3106#30032 is linked as /mefi/3106#30032 in preview.
(For Maryland) . . . a better victory in the ACC tournament was probably never. Wha? Maryland defeats NC State 85-82, tying a tournament record by overcoming a 19 point second half deficit. It was a good game, but I'm surprised it broke a record. What would you take if the over/under for greatest half time comeback in Final Four history was set at 15 points? How about if the all time men's Division I comeback was set at 30 points? These answers and more at the NCAA record book site.
But even those concessions weren't enough, so facing a legislative deadline to get the bill out of the Assembly this week, Goldberg promised to amend it in the Senate to ban only "redskins" because it is the "most odious of them all." The legislation is to take effect January 1, 2006. What are the odds that the NFL team will have changed names by then? What about by January 1, 2016? I think it's a long ways off, but inevitable eventually. The issue just seems more on the radar lately, and not only online among non-fans. At least one well-respected member of the 'skins family, Rick "Doc" Walker, almost exclusively uses "Burgundy and Gold" to refer to the team.
Better late than never: congratulations to jasonspaceman for winning the 2003 SpoFi Fantasy NFL League Championship.
NFL Fantasy League Week 12. - The vagabonds reign on, becoming the first team to break 1000 points, followed closely by deadskins and Boom Chakalaka. - With two regular season weeks to go, The Salad Tossers break into the final playoff spot, as one of five teams hovering around .500 fighting for 3 spots. - the show pick up their league-leading third weekly high score but are still two games under .500. It's gonna be a fun final stretch.
SpoFi Fantasy NFL Week 8. vagabonds ride Moss and Moss to top spot, scoring nearly 10 points a game more than the number two Spacemen. Four teams sit at 6-3 with four regular season weeks to go, while four others fight for the last two playoff spots. [table inside]
what's going here? recent lockerroom threads with muiltple comments by the user are listed once for each comment (e.g. SpoFi Fantasy NFL Week 8). this doesn't seem to apply to older threads, at least in my case. and it doesn't apply to all users the same: see the "face like this" thread for this user versus this user.
SpoFi Fantasy NFL Week 8. Spacemen separate from the pack, while Dusted Off begins to fall into it. One-third of the league is within a game of .500 with six regular season weeks to go.
"What the NFL and the Giants are doing is saying is 'we're having a party, so park your car in our back yard, drink as much as you want, come into the stadium and get more wasted, and then drive home,'" Associated Press story Is public transportation a viable option in your town's ballparks? Selling beer is one thing, but this lawsuit contends merely opening parking lots up early for tailgating is negligent.
SpoFi fantasy NFL week 5 • Dusted Off is 5-0 &3149; The Concussions suck &3149; Dante Hall kicks ass. I spent way too much time on the table inside, so you guys better talk some shit =)
He's been called "Mean old uncle Frank" here at SportsFilter, but I really enjoy Frank Deford's bits on NPR's Morning Edition. Today's piece was on baseball curses. I'd never heard of the "Curse of the Colonel," but Deford thinks Osaka's fate is tied into Boston's and Chicago's. So here's the good news for Red Sox fans and Yankee haters everywhere.
Yahoo Fantasy NFL Week 3 • Dusted Off and Vagabonds remain undefeated. • Top scorer, The Salad Tossers, finally get a win. • Without a Clue wasn't lying to us. • (Complete standings inside.)
I've been a fan of the NFL for decades, but fantasy football has racheted my interest in the game 1000%. I probably would still have no idea who Freddie Jones was if I hadn't spent the 2001 season cursing his lack of production. Graham Hays really captures how fantasy sports makes old fans learn new tricks.
. Perhaps you're aware of Mike & Mike's weekly award, Just Shut Up. But did you know, a counting controversy, could have propelled Mike Vanderjagt over Bud Selig? Vanderjagt actually beat down Selig, but Mike Greenberg (who himself is in a matchup against Mark Madden tomorrow) had already blown the whistle (see note below bracket). It's sort of a moot point, as Vanderjagt stood even less of a chance against the Randy Moss juggernaut than Selig. Still, people, please don't leave your chad hanging next time you vote.
our sportslinkcentral spammer (discussed here and here) is up to no good again. i received this unsolicited crap in my inbox last night:
Hello, I recently came across a post on SportsFilter.com that had mentioned my site, Sports Links Central.com (www.sportslinkscentral.com). The message read as such: Check out this great source for sports industry websites
Yeah, it's only marginally sports-related (and yeah, it's via fark), but c'mon ... it's for a good cause. Buy a raffle ticket to blow up Riverfront Stadium and help rid the world of this horrible franchise's history.
For only $4300 each, the 534 members of SportsFilter could have owned a professional hockey team.kooptroopl2 bought Anchorage Aces today using eBay's Buy It Now feature, days before the auction was scheduled to end.Too bad too, I was really hoping to hear your ideas on what kind of new names we could have given the team.The "Bashing Bloggers" maybe?Here's the Anchorage Daily News article.
or Attack of the Clones?MLB FAN STRIKE is scheduled to take place on JULY 11, 2002, and is to include all scheduled games in all cities on that date. The purpose of the strike is to send a message to both the Players and the Owners that we are FED UP with the labor problems in Baseball!
when adding comments to a column, the html shortcuts do not work on the first page (aka before you hit the preview button the first time) (winIE 5.5)
Some joker decided to give Sabres winger Miroslav Satan the ID number 666. (There's not much to see or discuss here, feel free to to say this isn't an appropriate link -- but it's an egg I wanted to share.)
what's the right term to refer to the founders(/owners?) of sportsfilter? over at metafilter everybody knows who Matt is and that his word is (sorta) law (or at least they should). i used Founding 7 in the thread by salmacis below, but that doesn't sit right with me somehow.
Compromise Reached in Olympic WTC Flag Controversy The U.S. Olympic Commitee wanted athletes to carry the U.S. flag recovered from the World Trade Center into the opening ceremony. The International Olympic Committee felt this was too political and sets a bad precedent. In true Olympic spirit, the flag will be raised during the opening ceremony by a group of international atheletes.
when i click to preview a comment (the first time) everything works fine. but on the next page, when i click to post (or preview again) i get a "HTTP/1.0 404 Object Not Found" error.
Hey, sorry about the lateness. Indy by 7 Philly by 8 Chicago by 9 San Diego by 10 LT rushes for 150.
Well ArmchairGM was linked on this important PSA about Coach K so maybe I should cut them some slack.
Yay for new folks in sportsfilter flickr group! We should find more ways to promote it, I wouldn't have guessed so many people didn't know about it. Maybe the Pantheon could replace the link to the SpoFi Wiki on the lockerroom front page with a link to the flickr group. The Wiki domain has expired, so the link now just acts as an ad for godaddy.com. (The wiki content is here, at least for now.) I sent an email about this to the address at the top of lockerroom front page a few weeks ago, but never heard anything back. Sorry to interrupt.
Screw Katie Couric...I'm super impressed you were interviewed by Adult Video News. Will you sign my copy of Naked Nun Volleyball? Eh, the first link is possibly NSFW.
And the in the fark thread, this chick admits to having unpure thoughts about our resident popesquatter.
Can someone tell me again what's wrong with rcade's original idea? The only objection I've noticed raised was potential abuse of the 'decline' button, and that can be corrected easily by only presenting to the button the 20-25 moderators. I like it because there's no callout neccessary and most folks won't know a trial member from a regular one. Also the default action is that new members graduate to full status automatically. What I see as it's primary drawback is that it seems like a fair amount of work to implement and there are probably more important items on the to do list.
See also.... Personally, the mere fact it's running on scoop will keep me away. If I wanted to to wait 30 seconds for the sports page to load, I'll go to ESPN.com, thank you very much.
Elsewhere, the Diamondbacks (seemed to) deliberately plunk Vinny Castilla to block his opportunity to hit for cycle in the Nats first ever home opener. I haven't watched a whole lot of baseball since Peter Angelos tarnished the Orioles Way. I hadn't realized how utterly lacking in class the game had become.
OK, I'm not renewing the domain. The new URL is http://www.qorg.org/spofiwiki ... pantheon please update accordingly. (And if ever you'd like to move the content to spofi proper, just say the word.) Thanks for the input.
If anybody purchases the CSTV feed, please post whatcha think of it. I've been mighty tempted, but decided to forego it's inaugural year. ♬ it's the most wonderful time of the year ♪ ♪
Of course, Philly ain't no Pratville, Alabama "People were screaming and running," Prattville cheerleader Cherish Cartee said. "Girls lost their cell phones. Keys got lost. It's something I will never forget."
did anybody see the last person to comment in the thread NoMich linked to: google163? he/she/it made a buncha non-sensical comments to old threads on nov. 5th. i think it's some kinda weird spammer/SEO thing, but if not...i bet the interview would be interesting, if only for the engrish.
Week 3: "Satan Does Dallas"
| Rank | Team | Manager | Record | PF | PA | Rot | Strk | Wks | Pwr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Satan's Burning Bush | dano | 3-0 (1.00) | 277 (92) | 217 (72) | .790 | W3 | 0.0 | 30 (10) |
| 2 | Beantown Cubs | brent | 2-1 (.667) | 297 (99) | 238 (79) | .838 | W2 | 0.0 | 34 (10) |
| 3 | the show | jbou | 2-1 (.667) | 296 (98) | 291 (97) | .812 | L1 | 0.0 | 32 (1) |
| 4 | The Drunken Irish | mick | 2-1 (.667) | 263 (87) | 220 (73) | .525 | L1 | 0.0 | 20 (-9) |
| 5 | _ | ChasFile | 2-1 (.667) | 257 (85) | 268 (89) | .627 | W2 | 1.0 | 22 (14) |
| 6 | Petes Ploddin Putzes | PeteyStock | 2-1 (.667) | 245 (81) | 214 (71) | .441 | L1 | 1.0 | 13 (-20) |
| 7 | M. Vick's haircut | trox | 2-1 (.667) | 244 (81) | 215 (71) | .630 | W2 | 0.0 | 20 (5) |
| 8 | Dirty Sanchez | catfish | 2-1 (.667) | 230 (76) | 223 (74) | .510 | W1 | 0.0 | 12 (9) |
| 9 | Rockport Rassafrass | wfrazerjr | 2-1 (.667) | 230 (76) | 242 (80) | .376 | L1 | 0.0 | 10 (-5) |
Colts by 15. Over. Colts score first TD passing 6:16 into 1st qtr. (AKA 8:44 remaining in qtr).