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August 07, 2014
SportsFilter: The Thursday 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.
Derek Jeter's "King of NY" cleats.
posted by grum@work at 12:45 PM on August 07, 2014
Metta World Peace looks to change his name again.
posted by ursus_comiter at 03:13 PM on August 07, 2014
Bayern played the MLS All Stars last night and it ended poorly.
I couldn't help but be amused at the picture in the article, which happened to feature Bastian Schweinsteiger splayed out in agony, 'cuz that guy spent more time on the turf in Brazil than he did standing up. Poor, poor, fragile flower.
posted by tahoemoj at 03:55 PM on August 07, 2014
How difficult is it to memorize an NFL playbook?
found while looking at the name change article
what kind of a man are you, don't you even like pandas?
posted by kokaku at 04:49 PM on August 07, 2014
Artest is going to get Chad Johnson re-stoked to do something Latinumerical again.
I'm just going to call the Ron the Malice man Elbow Noodle Bamboo.
Ramen Speed!
posted by beaverboard at 08:03 PM on August 07, 2014
Yeah, Chad is going to change his name to simply "Quatre".
French for the number 4 and equal to the number of catches he's had in his first 5 games in the CFL.
posted by cixelsyd at 08:09 PM on August 07, 2014
While it's early in the NFL (pre)season, I'm going to predict the new pass interference/contact rules will infuriate me throughout the entirety of the season.
posted by Bonkers at 08:25 PM on August 07, 2014
Beaverboard, I'd think again.
posted by ursus_comiter at 11:27 PM on August 07, 2014
Bayern played the MLS All Stars last night and it ended poorly.