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SportsFilter: The Monday Huddle
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posted by thomasnewt009 at 01:16 PM on April 09
SportsFilter: The Wednesday Huddle
"An error has occurred".
Fake News!!
posted by tommybiden at 08:44 AM on April 09
SportsFilter: The Monday Huddle
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posted by thomasnewt009 at 07:01 AM on April 09
SportsFilter: The Wednesday Huddle
So funny to follow the link and because the video isn't viewable in the US it says:
"An error has occurred".
posted by beaverboard at 05:00 PM on April 08
SportsFilter: The Wednesday Huddle
Blue Jays' AA affiliate, the New Hampshire Fisher Cats score eight runs without a hit
posted by tommybiden at 04:47 PM on April 08
SportsFilter: The Monday Huddle
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posted by jeffreywarner283 at 01:02 PM on April 08
Bam Adebayo scores 83, passes Kobe Bryant for second most in a game in NBA history
He is just a stat-padding slacker"though, of course, he did manage to make it into the record books.|
posted by Lorraine at 05:54 AM on April 08
SportsFilter: The Monday Huddle
It's a sign and trade. He'll be sent to the Bulls for Donovan.
Malone has got a strong stomach, coming in with the AD situation being what it is.
If he wants to match Belichick for WTF staff hires, he needs to bring in Billy Gillispie to run the offense.
posted by beaverboard at 05:29 PM on April 06
SportsFilter: The Monday Huddle
A friend who is a photographer for UNC sports said that he saw Malone hanging around the program during the recent season because he was around a lot to watch his daughter play volleyball. So, there you go.
posted by NoMich at 04:33 PM on April 06
SportsFilter: The Monday Huddle
Huh, I figured Malone would get back into coaching before too long but this wasn't the move I saw coming.
posted by Ufez Jones at 04:13 PM on April 06
SportsFilter: The Monday Huddle
UNC hires former Denver Nuggets head coach Michael Malone. His daughter plays volleyball for the Heels.
posted by NoMich at 02:49 PM on April 06
SportsFilter: The Friday Huddle
UNC mustn't allow a process to play out like the one that resulted in Belichick becoming the FB HC.
posted by beaverboard at 12:18 AM on April 05
SportsFilter: The Saturday Huddle
I didn't get a chance to see the Fab Five alt cast of the Michigan - Arizona blowout.
That must have been a hoot. I'll have to go find footage.
posted by beaverboard at 12:15 AM on April 05
SportsFilter: The Friday Huddle
Word has it on Franklin Street is that Billy Donovan is interested in the job.
posted by NoMich at 09:43 AM on April 04
SportsFilter: The Friday Huddle
For all I know he's planning on succeeding Steve Kerr, and I wouldn't blame anyone for thinking twice about jumping from the Pro Coaching ranks into College in the current environment, but I'd kind of love to see Jerry Stackhouse take a run at it.
posted by Ufez Jones at 09:22 PM on April 03
SportsFilter: The Friday Huddle
It's a good day - Arizona has extended Tommy Lloyd, removing him from the Tar Heel whirlpool.
UNC needs to get through the next 2 or 3 years to see if Marcus Paige is ready.
posted by beaverboard at 02:33 PM on April 03
SportsFilter: The Wednesday Huddle
Bill Self set to return for 24th season with Kansas, keeping the Jayhawks out of the coaching carousel mess.
posted by Ufez Jones at 07:14 PM on April 01
He's BAAAACK....John Tortorella, new Golden Knights coach
It took me a long time to realize that Despicable Me wasn't a hockey movie.
He'd be the perfect person to launch a Division 1 hockey program at LSU.
posted by beaverboard at 08:48 PM on March 31
MLB ABS 101
Jomboy has a video talking about the Bucknor game.
Lindsey asks a good question regarding this new system: what is the margin of error? There's got to be one.
posted by NoMich at 04:32 PM on March 30
SportsFilter: The Monday Huddle
Need to get some of that sweet sweet Schmucks family money in there as well!
posted by NoMich at 04:13 PM on March 30
SportsFilter: The Monday Huddle
Lol, that would be a wonderful insult to injury: Cuban sells his majority stake in the Mavs to some absolute ghouls and uses the money to poach the coach of my mid-major alma mater/employer.
My understanding (as a fan/citizen, I don't have any inside info here) is that Richard Chaifetz is funding a good chunk of SLU's ascension, which makes sense given they've played in his namesake arena for quite some time. The whole "billionaires taking over College Sports and the rest of the world" sickens my soul, but I guess it's better to at least have one in your corner.
posted by Ufez Jones at 03:18 PM on March 30
SportsFilter: The Monday Huddle
All Schertz has ever done as a head coach is win, so you have to think that a big school with very deep pockets will come a callin eventually. My guess is Mark Cuban wanting to do to the basketball program what he did with the football program there in Indiana. But who knows!
posted by NoMich at 01:54 PM on March 30
SportsFilter: The Monday Huddle
Oof, glad to hear it, NoMich. This is turning into a surprisingly uneasy off-season given all the coaching chaos in the big money programs.
Hope Gainey works out well for y'all. Homegrown is always a nice bonus when it clicks.
posted by Ufez Jones at 12:55 PM on March 30
SportsFilter: The Monday Huddle
Not every blown 19 point tournament lead in the Triangle is Hubert's fault.
posted by beaverboard at 11:48 AM on March 30
SportsFilter: The Monday Huddle
Rest easy ufez, ya boy will not be poached by NC State. Apparently his buyout is pretty large and kind of complicated. State goes with their old point guard, Justin Gainey.
posted by NoMich at 11:10 AM on March 30
SportsFilter: The Sunday Huddle
I'll take one of everything, please.
posted by NoMich at 11:09 AM on March 30
MLB ABS 101
When is the best time to challenge? Any time C.B. Bucknor has the plate. He was challenged 7 times and missed 6 of them (some claim he missed as many as 26 calls), thus reinforcing his reputation as the worst ball-and-strike umpire in MLB. Some of the incorrect calls were on pitches that missed by more than 2 inches. It would not surprise me if a lot of those who closely follow the game keep a score sheet on Bucknor, or perhaps all MLB Umpires. There's no special secret to having an accurate and consistent strike zone. Experience is probably the best way to develop, but equally necessary is total concentration behind the plate. For perhaps 20 years I worked the plate at very low level of baseball. Over the years my zone improved, but the first couple of games each season were usually an adventure. It's not easy, but maintaining your concentration will help. C. B. Bucknor has been a major league umpire for 30 years, and he has a month of spring training to use for a tune-up. He has no excuse.
posted by Howard_T at 04:04 PM on March 29
SportsFilter: The Sunday Huddle
Rory McIlroy rolled out his 2026 Champions Dinner menu for The Masters the other day.
Beforehand, some were thinking coddle. Some were thinking stew.
No such thing. He got it right.
posted by beaverboard at 01:44 PM on March 29
SportsFilter: The Friday Huddle
Wonder how unified and seamless the situation is at UNC with Bubba giving way to some Nascar guy at AD. Kind of an important hire, no matter who makes the decision.
Hopefully, Tommy Lloyd is smart enough to avoid an uncertain situation like that, but at Michigan, Dusty May is by now used to all sorts of things happening in the athletic department. What UNC has going on would be an easy day in Ann Arbor.
It would be ironic if Hubert was let go partly because they figured Will Wade's NCSU teams were only going to get better and UNC had no intention of being the #3 team in the state.
posted by beaverboard at 12:26 AM on March 28
SportsFilter: The Friday Huddle
And my UNC insider(ish) told me this when I asked their search:
Not much. It's been the same 3-4 since the beginning but nothing concrete. Lloyd, Dusty May, Donovan. Some others swear they aren't leaving their school, but have reached out to UNC anyway ... Funny how that works ... . But other than knowing that Donovan would want the job just not sure he's #1 on UNC's list ... the others are hard to nail down. Hard to tell if they're just wrangling for a raise and if UNC is really interested. The basketball side does a decent job of keeping their mouth shut so it's hard to gauge where things are right now. They had a ton of interest but other than being able to narrow down 4-5 guys, it's been fairly quiet. Donovan has made it no secret ... since the job first opened when Roy retired ... that the UNC job is the only one he would leave the NBA for, just not sure how interested UNC is at this point. I have been busy the last couple nights so I haven't gotten an update since Wednesday.
posted by NoMich at 09:49 PM on March 27
SportsFilter: The Friday Huddle
Eldrick in another accident.
Rolled his vehicle multiple times.
Neither driver went to hospital.
Woods showed no sign of alcohol impairment.
Refused a urinalysis test.
posted by tommybiden at 08:48 PM on March 27
MLB ABS 101
Lindsey with Close Call Sports gives a real quick introduction to the new ABS system.
posted by NoMich at 04:56 PM on March 27
SportsFilter: The Friday Huddle
I have a friend here that is from a family that has very deep Raleigh and Wolfpack athletics roots that said this about my question regarding Justin Gainey:
Gainey has never been a head coach, which invites some concerns but yeah ... culturally you couldn't find a better fit. And there's some who have told me that Boo was pushing him last year. He'll be involved in the process, and apparently Corrigan is at least asking about St Louis coach Josh Schertz, who is one of the better offensive minds in college. I've seen Phil Martelli Jr's name floating around too. Those are both solid guys who have won at lower levels, although Shertz has more experience. I like the Furman coach Bob Richey as well. Another solid coach who has stuck it out through some tough circumstances to build a winner at a not so easy place to win.
posted by NoMich at 02:51 PM on March 27
SportsFilter: The Friday Huddle
McMahon has an $8 million buyout. Governor Landry is gonna love that.
Plus, they owe State $4 million for poaching Wade.
Hurricanes coach Rod Brin'Amour weighed in with his thoughts on the Will Wade situation. Disclosure: Brindy married into Wolfpack basketball royalty.
posted by NoMich at 02:27 PM on March 27
SportsFilter: The Friday Huddle
Aww, Rogers! I'm so sorry for your loss. And as someone who was a full time (and job searching) caretaker of our (then) suicidal daughter, I know how emotionally, mentally, and physically exhausting that is.Go full on Duval County for a while.
posted by NoMich at 02:20 PM on March 27
SportsFilter: The Friday Huddle
I have been AWOL for a few weeks. A family member who had gone into hospice a month ago died last weekend, and while we've gone through that my brain didn't want to do much of anything outside of work.
posted by rcade at 01:09 PM on March 27
SportsFilter: The Friday Huddle
LSU finally fired hoops coach Matt McMahon, long after the news broke that they were bringing Will Wade back.
Great sequence of events, classy moves all around by LSU and Wade.
McMahon has an $8 million buyout. Governor Landry is gonna love that.
Alabama and Mississippi are looking like Athenian Greece compared to Louisiana at the moment.
posted by beaverboard at 12:10 PM on March 27
SportsFilter: The Tuesday Huddle
Wade's agent sent in the resignation for him. So pathetic.
posted by NoMich at 03:18 PM on March 26
SportsFilter: The Tuesday Huddle
Local NBC channel: NC State's Wade to leave after one season for LSU
NC State men's basketball coach Will Wade is headed back to LSU after just one season with the Wolfpack, WRAL confirmed Thursday morning.
posted by NoMich at 11:14 AM on March 26
SportsFilter: The Wednesday Huddle
UNC, if you poach Ben McCollum from Iowa, there will be no forgiveness, ever.
Let the man coach where he came from.
posted by beaverboard at 05:44 PM on March 25
SportsFilter: The Tuesday Huddle
Tommy did what needed to be done. No ignoring that story once you see the headline
I initially saw the headline in The Athletic
No ignoring is correct.
After I read that article, I went to the Google machine.
It got more fascinating and wild the more I read.
I was at the bank today to speak with my investment advisor.
Told her the story, 1st word out of her mouth?
"Florida?"
"Nope, from Maryland, incident took place in Virginia."
We looked at each other: "da FUQ?"
posted by tommybiden at 04:14 PM on March 25
SportsFilter: The Tuesday Huddle
Don't be surprised if Will Wade goes back to LSU soon. Link to Threads with a couple of long time Triangle sports yappers.
posted by NoMich at 12:58 PM on March 25
SportsFilter: The Tuesday Huddle
The Hubert chit chat NoMich heard on Franklin St was spot on, right down to the "parting".
More than the Dean era being done, the whole notion of there being few select anointed blueblood programs will soon be done.
Self might retire at Kansas, Pope is over his head at Kentucky, people have become grandparents since the last time Indiana was relevant, UCLA is "there", but not "THERE".
Whoever replaces Hubert will have to deal with a new and inexperienced AD, the questionable trail that Bubba will leave behind when he exits, the wrangle over a new arena, and the drama that will ensue as UNC tries to extricate itself from the Belichick situation.
Maybe nobody wants to coach UNC. Struggling to find a good coach has happened to Michigan football, Alabama football, Notre Dame football, Tennessee women's hoops, Georgetown men's hoops, St. John's, Louisville , etc.
posted by beaverboard at 02:29 AM on March 25
SportsFilter: The Tuesday Huddle
And Hubert is gone. It's hard to believe that the Dean era is more than likely done.
posted by NoMich at 09:11 PM on March 24
SportsFilter: The Tuesday Huddle
Tommy did what needed to be done. No ignoring that story once you see the headline.
The coverage on this is about as close to the NY Post and Daily News that the NYT / Athletic is likely to get.
posted by beaverboard at 04:08 PM on March 24
SportsFilter: The Tuesday Huddle
Professional cornhole player with no arms or legs facing murder charges after 'shooting passenger in car,' cops say
posted by tommybiden at 02:59 PM on March 24
SportsFilter: The Tuesday Huddle
A friend has given me his T Mobile gifted MLB login for quite a few years now. Hooray!
posted by NoMich at 12:52 PM on March 24
SportsFilter: The Tuesday Huddle
If anyone is on T Mobile, you can use their T Life app to claim free MLB TV for a year. The deadline is today.
posted by rcade at 12:27 PM on March 24
SportsFilter: The Tuesday Huddle
As players move through the game, however, geometry dash the levels get a lot harder, with smaller areas, faster speeds, and more complicated sets of obstacles.
posted by thriftytear at 03:18 AM on March 24
SportsFilter: The Monday Huddle
The shifting of fortunes:
- Former #3 pick Jayson Tatum recently returned to active duty with the Celtics after his Achilles rehab.
- Former #1 pick Markelle Fultz, whom Danny Ainge enabled Philly to pick 2 spots ahead of Tatum in one of the major fleecings of this century, just signed a 10 day contract with Toronto.
- Tatum's C's are in a great position to contend in the upcoming posteason.
- Ainge's Jazz are at the bottom of the training tank at the Naval Submarine School.
posted by beaverboard at 06:22 PM on March 23
SportsFilter: The Monday Huddle
Hell yeah, glad to hear it. Y'all will have a blast. They cleared out a women-only pit for "RIDING WITH MY GIRLS" if your wife feels like mixing it up a bit.
posted by Ufez Jones at 02:28 PM on March 23
SportsFilter: The Monday Huddle
I surprised my wife with tickets for their show at the Orange Peel in Asheville the night after their Chapel Hill show. We tried to get back to Asheville (where we got married) for our 20th anniversary last year, but alas, it didn't work out. For sure this fall, though.Can't wait!
posted by NoMich at 01:20 PM on March 23
SportsFilter: The Sunday Huddle
They'd better get a head start replacing Hubert. Kentucky and Kansas might be making changes as well due to Mark Pope's underachieving and Bill Self's health.
Not envious of UNC right now. Folks divided over the details of new arena, Bubba's been subpar enough at times but the new AD is coming from Nascar with no team sports experience and has never hired or fired a HC?
Sounds like a recipe for tough times ahead. They've got just as much chance of hiring a Doherty as they do of hiring a Roy.
And they still have to figure out what to do with Belichick and Calamity Jane.
They need a distraction. Time for Bobby Petrino to go for a country motorsickle ride.
posted by beaverboard at 01:19 PM on March 23
SportsFilter: The Monday Huddle
Private aside to NoMich: Saw Die Spitz on Saturday night, absolutely killer again. I trust you've got tix secured for the Cat's Cradle show later in the year?
posted by Ufez Jones at 11:40 AM on March 23
SportsFilter: The Sunday Huddle
Word in the Franklin Street Time Out has it that Hubert is set to "retire" tomorrow.
posted by NoMich at 09:55 PM on March 22
SportsFilter: The Saturday Huddle
More ABS fun in baseball.