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Archives for February 2015
February 28, 2015
High School Players: Root for Our Opponent: The Gainesville Tornados, a high school basketball team in Texas, sometimes play with zero fans in attendance because they're a juvenile correction facility. Two players for Vanguard Prep in Waco did something unusual and asked some of their fans to root for the other team. The idea took off and the Gainesville players took the court to the shock of seeing their own fan section, signs and cheerleading squad.
posted by rcade to basketball at 03:27 PM - 1 comment
SportsFilter: The Saturday Huddle
posted by huddle to general at 06:00 AM - 2 comments
February 27, 2015
SportsFilter: The Friday Huddle
posted by huddle to general at 06:00 AM - 9 comments
February 26, 2015
College Player Scores 30 Points in Final 4.5 Minutes: The good news: Florida State freshman guard Xavier Rathan-Mayes scored 30 points in the final 4:38 against Miami Wednesday night. The bad news: Florida State still lost 81-77. Rathan-Mayers racked up the points with six three-pointers, two layups and eight free throws. He says, "The arena was quiet. It was like I was in there by myself. It was a feeling I've never, ever felt before. There was nothing else happening around me."
posted by rcade to basketball at 11:29 AM - 1 comment
SportsFilter: The Thursday Huddle
posted by huddle to general at 06:00 AM - 3 comments
February 25, 2015
SportsFilter: The Wednesday Huddle
posted by huddle to general at 06:00 AM - 11 comments
February 24, 2015
SportsFilter: The Tuesday Huddle
posted by huddle to general at 06:00 AM - 13 comments
February 23, 2015
Igor Larionov reflects on playing for Red Army, and what is wrong with North American hockey: "If you look at the coaches in Juniors and minor league hockey, many of them were not skill players. It’s a lot of former enforcers and grinders who take these coaching jobs. Naturally, they tell their players to be just like them. Their players are 17, 18 years old — younger than I was when I joined the Red Army team. Say what you want about the Whiplash mentality (or the Soviet mentality), but if coaches are going to push kids at that age, why are they pushing them to play a simple game? Why aren’t coaches pushing them to create a masterpiece? We lose a lot of Pavel Datsyuks to the closed-minded nature of the AHL and NHL."
posted by rumple to hockey at 02:21 PM - 8 comments
SportsFilter: The Monday Huddle
posted by huddle to general at 06:00 AM - 17 comments
February 22, 2015
SportsFilter: The Sunday Huddle
posted by huddle to general at 06:00 AM - 0 comments
February 21, 2015
SportsFilter: The Saturday Huddle
posted by huddle to general at 06:00 AM - 3 comments
February 20, 2015
Chargers, Raiders Pursue Shared Stadium in Los Angeles: The San Diego Chargers and Oakland Raiders say they'll share a new $1.7 billion stadium in Los Angeles if they don't get a stadium deal in their current cities. The teams issued this statement: "We are pursuing this stadium option in Carson for one straightforward reason: If we cannot find a permanent solution in our home markets, we have no alternative but to preserve other options to guarantee the future economic viability of our franchises." Another move-to-LA bid is being explored by St. Louis Rams owner Stan Kroenke, who has a joint venture to build a stadium in Inglewood.
posted by rcade to football at 10:24 AM - 19 comments
SportsFilter: The Friday Huddle
posted by huddle to general at 06:00 AM - 5 comments
February 19, 2015
Revealed: the ghost game bet on around the world ... that never actually took place.:
All this would have been reflected in the odds offered before and during the game by bookmakers such as bet365 and SBOBET, odds that should have been increasingly in Shakhter’s favour.
Except most people backing them were doomed to lose from the outset, because FC Slutsk 2 Shakhter Soligorsk 1 was always going to be the final score of a match Inside Sport can reveal never took place.
posted by grum@work to soccer at 11:27 AM - 4 comments
SportsFilter: The Thursday Huddle
posted by huddle to general at 06:00 AM - 7 comments
February 18, 2015
SportsFilter: The Wednesday Huddle
posted by huddle to general at 06:00 AM - 14 comments
Last Man (or Woman): A game for those not interested in NFL. Or at least the Superbowl result.
posted by owlhouse to football at 12:15 AM - 5 comments
February 17, 2015
Belgian Soccer Fans Lose Their Heads: Fans of the Belgian soccer team Standard Liege greeted the return of their former captain Steven Defour on the opposing team with an enormous banner that depicted his decapitated head. Belgian foreign affairs minister Didier Reynders called it "stupid, nasty and irresponsible."
posted by rcade to soccer at 09:57 PM - 3 comments
SportsFilter: The Tuesday Huddle
posted by huddle to general at 06:00 AM - 14 comments
February 16, 2015
SportsFilter: The Monday Huddle
posted by huddle to general at 06:00 AM - 0 comments
February 15, 2015
SportsFilter: The Sunday Huddle
posted by huddle to general at 06:00 AM - 0 comments
February 14, 2015
McCutchen: Baseball No Longer a Sport Where Poor Kids Get Discovered: Andrew McCutchen offers an interesting take on the Little League champs from Chicago who took in players from outside their district. "Baseball used to be the sport where all you needed was a stick and a ball. It used to be a way out for poor kids. Now it’s a sport that increasingly freezes out kids whose parents don’t have the income to finance the travel baseball circuit," he writes. "If you’re a poor kid with raw ability, it’s not enough. You need to be blessed with many mentors to step in and help you."
posted by rcade to baseball at 12:44 PM - 10 comments
SportsFilter: The Saturday Huddle
posted by huddle to general at 06:00 AM - 5 comments
February 13, 2015
February 12, 2015
NFL Pick 'Em Contest, Final Scoreboard: The results have been tabulated and NerfballPro completes a wire-to-wire victory, winning by one point over Hincandenza and two over NoMich. Picking the 52 points scored in the game exactly earned a one-point bonus for the champ. Tommytrump takes home the coveted Costanza for last place, sunk by a conference championship round in which everything that could go wrong did.
posted by rcade to football at 02:17 PM - 15 comments
SportsFilter: The Thursday Huddle
posted by huddle to general at 06:00 AM - 9 comments
February 11, 2015
Kane, Bogosian dealt to Sabres for Myers, Stafford and prospects: Two players once considered cornerstones of the Winnipeg Jets future success are gone. The Jets traded forward Evander Kane and defenceman Zach Bogosian to the Buffalo Sabres in a massive NHL deal. The Jets received immediate help in return, acquiring blueliner Tyler Myers and forward Drew Stafford The Jets also got prospects Joel Armia and Brendan Lemieux and one of the Sabres' later first-round picks in this summer's NHL entry draft. The Jets will also surrender to Buffalo the rights to goalie Jason Kasdorf.
posted by tommytrump to hockey at 01:50 PM - 1 comment
SportsFilter: The Wednesday Huddle
posted by huddle to general at 06:00 AM - 11 comments
February 10, 2015
SportsFilter: The Tuesday Huddle
posted by huddle to general at 06:00 AM - 2 comments
February 09, 2015
Semi-regular update: Julio Franco is still playing baseball.:
Julio Franco was teammates with Hall-of-Famer Phil Niekro (born in 1939) and current all-star Carlos Gomez (born in 1985).
posted by grum@work to baseball at 02:37 PM - 17 comments
James Shields Signs with San Diego Padres: The San Diego Padres have signed James Shields, the last major free agent left on the board, to a four-year deal with an option for a fifth, SBNation reports. Under new GM A.J. Preller, they've added Matt Kemp, Justin Upton, Wil Myers, Derek Norris and Will Middlebrooks. The free-spending Friars last went to the playoffs in 2006.
posted by rcade to baseball at 08:04 AM - 4 comments
SportsFilter: The Monday Huddle
posted by huddle to general at 06:00 AM - 4 comments
February 08, 2015
UNC's Legendary Coach Dean Smith Dies: Legendary University of North Carolina head basketball coach Dean Smith died Saturday evening at the age of 83, according to the University of North Carolina. He had battled dementia for years, and according to a family statement provided to UNC, he "passed away peacefully" in his Chapel Hill home with his wife and five children by his side. Smith coached the Tar Heels from 1961 to 1997, tallying a record of 879-254 in 36 seasons. The school named its basketball arena for Smith in 1986, and it's referred to as "the Dean Dome."
posted by rcade to basketball at 06:24 PM - 5 comments
SportsFilter: The Sunday Huddle
posted by huddle to general at 06:00 AM - 2 comments
February 07, 2015
SportsFilter: The Saturday Huddle
posted by huddle to general at 06:00 AM - 5 comments
February 06, 2015
Jerry Rice Should Catch Some Hell for This: Jerry Rice on deflating footballs: "I'm going to be point blank, I feel like it's cheating. Because you have an edge up on your opponent and its unfortunate that it happened. ... I've played in cold weather, I know how hard the football is and you can grip the leather [if deflated] just a little bit better." Jerry Rice on putting Stickum on gloves: "I know this might be a little illegal, guys, but you put a little spray, a little Stickum on them, to make sure that texture is a little sticky." Stickum was outlawed by the NFL in 1981.
posted by rcade to football at 04:12 PM - 6 comments
SportsFilter: The Friday Huddle
posted by huddle to general at 06:00 AM - 7 comments
February 05, 2015
DeflateGate Accusations Mean It's Time For Coach and Owner To Be Banned From NFL: In this case, Irsay and Pagano.
posted by yerfatma to football at 03:20 PM - 18 comments
SportsFilter: The Thursday Huddle
posted by huddle to general at 06:00 AM - 11 comments
February 04, 2015
People Who Like Sport Remember Their Lives Better Than People Who Don't.: A long rambling look through 2005. Life, death, divorce. And cricket.
posted by owlhouse to culture at 08:52 PM - 0 comments
“I got a big charge out of seeing Ted Williams hit. Once in a while they let me try to field some of them, which sort of dimmed my enthusiasm.”: A Futility Infielder tribute to Rocky Bridges (1927-2015), one of the game's most colorful characters - When Don Zimmer passed away last June after 66 years in baseball, I called him the ultimate futility infielder. Allow me to amend that, for Rocky Bridges, who died last week at the age of 87, was every bit as worthy of that title, and every bit as much an inspiration for this site. The secret of futility infielders is their ability to thrive despite their shortcomings in talent, thanks to persistence, flexibility and a command of fundamentals that go well beyond the playing field. They’re the laces that hold the leather together, the very soul of baseball.
posted by Ufez Jones to baseball at 10:50 AM - 2 comments
SportsFilter: The Wednesday Huddle
posted by huddle to general at 06:00 AM - 8 comments
February 03, 2015
Hey, NFL, Let Anyone Commentate the Next Super Bowl: Robert McMillan wants more choices for Super Bowl commentary than the same-old network announcers calling games the same-old way. "What the Super Bowl needs is a YouTube of color commentary," he writes. "We need to trash the boring veneer of impartiality that dulls down today’s NFL broadcasts. Tune into the Seahawks Fan broadcast and hear some real tears at the end of the game. Want to listen to a woman call the game? This is the way that could finally happen. Gamblers’ Super Bowl? No problem. You enjoyed Drunk History? Wait till you try Drunk Super Bowl. Personally, I’d go for a data heavy, FiveThirtyEight-style broadcast: the Databack. Let a thousand flowers bloom in color commentary land. Many will be terrible. But some will be brilliant."
posted by rcade to football at 11:36 AM - 12 comments
SportsFilter: The Tuesday Huddle
posted by huddle to general at 06:00 AM - 14 comments
February 02, 2015
SportsFilter: The Monday Huddle
posted by huddle to general at 06:00 AM - 2 comments
February 01, 2015
Coming of Age: The long, hard luck story of Australian football may be coming to an end.
posted by owlhouse to soccer at 09:57 PM - 3 comments
Patriots Win Super Bowl 0x31 After Epic Last-Second Interception: The Seattle Seahawks were one yard away from taking the lead with under 30 seconds left, but New England Patriots defensive back Malcolm Butler jumped a route and intercepted a pass, closing out an epic 28-24 comeback win in Super Bowl 0x31. The Patriots trailed by 10 points in the second half -- the biggest deficit quarterback Tom Brady and coach Bill Belicheck have faced in the Super Bowls they've played -- but they came back to win their fourth Super Bowl in 13 years.
posted by rcade to football at 02:43 PM - 80 comments
SportsFilter: The Sunday Huddle
posted by huddle to general at 06:00 AM - 6 comments