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I recall seeing a similar thing a few years ago. It didn't use google maps, but it basically color-coded the US map in the same way.
posted by blarp at 09:45 PM on September 03, 2008
yes fucking US only because the rest of you can watch "SOCCER" and tell us all how "that" is "real" FOOTBALL, Um, what?
posted by blarp at 10:19 AM on July 27, 2008
I agree it should be 'Marshals'.
posted by blarp at 10:54 PM on July 26, 2008
The Marshalls seems alright to me. Not great, but not painfully stupid like Thunder and Wind.
posted by blarp at 08:23 PM on July 26, 2008
Hell yeah!
posted by blarp at 08:57 AM on June 18, 2008
It's probably the most thinking Geideman ever did compiling a checklist, save for the 1992 Upper Deck set when he assigned numbers that ended in 69 to players with porn-star-sounding names. (Dick Schofield at No. 269, Heathcliff Slocumb at No. 569, and Dickie Thon at No. 769.) Awesome. It's too bad Rusty Kuntz wasn't playing in 1992.
posted by blarp at 11:03 PM on June 02, 2008
Interesting. I'd sign up for kicks, but there's no way I'm shelling out $48 to do so.
posted by blarp at 11:00 PM on June 02, 2008
Here is a picture from a few milliseconds later than the above picture. And here's a video of the tackle. Can't quite tell how bad it is from the video, but the snapshots at the end show the damage. Nasty stuff.
posted by blarp at 03:28 PM on February 23, 2008
Well, that sucks.
posted by blarp at 06:50 PM on February 14, 2008
I can't believe nobody has mentioned the "thunder from down under". All hail Luc Longley!
posted by blarp at 12:22 PM on February 14, 2008
Here's the Sports Guy's take on the matter. Some good reading in there..
posted by blarp at 01:19 PM on October 03, 2007
Phooey. I liked him. I wonder who they'll replace him with.
posted by blarp at 09:18 PM on September 19, 2007
Oh, no, he meant his divorced grandfather's partner had died. Umm, nope. So now it turns out he was spending time with his "lonely" girlfriend. LMAO. Gee, I can't imagine why he'd want to spend time with his "lonely" girlfriend after she had a miscarriage.
posted by blarp at 07:36 AM on September 15, 2007
All of the Guardian's previews are currently indexed on their football page. Here's a cut and paste: Premiership preview No20: Wigan Premiership preview No19: West Ham Premiership preview No18: Tottenham Hotspur Premiership preview No17: Sunderland Premiership preview No16: Reading Premiership preview No 15: Portsmouth Premiership preview No14: Newcastle Premiership preview No13: Middlesbrough Premiership preview No12: Manchester Utd Premiership preview No11: Manchester City Premiership preview No10: Liverpool Premiership preview No9: Fulham Premiership preview No8: Everton Premiership preview No7: Derby County Premiership preview No6: Chelsea Premiership preview No5: Bolton Wanderers Premiership preview No4: Blackburn Rovers Premiership preview No3: Birmingham City Premiership preview No2: Aston Villa Premiership preview No1: Arsenal
posted by blarp at 09:24 AM on August 10, 2007
On second thought, I guess "returns" has to do with his current column title instead of his return to ESPN. Feel free to ignore me!
posted by blarp at 09:40 PM on August 07, 2007
Not sure what you mean by "returns". He was writing his weekly column last year on page 2 (as can be seen in the archive).
posted by blarp at 09:35 PM on August 07, 2007
Adu could've gone to a European academy when he was 14.
posted by blarp at 09:51 AM on August 02, 2007
I am sure that Everton would have been delighted for Howard to gain more international experience in preparation for the next EPL season. I disagree. Everton would be at a real disadvantage if he got injured in the 3+ games that he'd be playing in.. that far outweighs any experience he'd get.
posted by blarp at 03:55 PM on July 05, 2007
The EPL season is over now. Howard would not need to be released to play, only during their season would he need permission. As far as I understand, you're wrong. Since this is not a regional tournament for the USA (as opposed to the Gold Cup, which was), the clubs are under no obligation to release their players, regardless of whether they're in season or not. For the European players, especially, their season ran for 9 months, and then they played in the Gold Cup. I think they deserve at least a little rest before getting back to training camp in the next few weeks.
posted by blarp at 02:33 PM on July 05, 2007
I can't believe TH is leaving England. I always loved watching him play. I wonder who Arsenal will bring in as a replacement. Is Arsenal still part of the "big four" in England?
posted by blarp at 03:39 PM on June 23, 2007
Looks like Bent has rejected the move to West Ham..
posted by blarp at 09:13 PM on June 14, 2007
I thought I might get to see the video of the hole-in-one. Oh well.
posted by blarp at 04:13 PM on May 26, 2007
For what it's worth, the Liverpool v Milan game kicks off at 20:45 Central European Time on Wednesday. That's 2:45pm on the US east coast, so 1:45pm central.
posted by blarp at 12:15 PM on May 20, 2007
From non-league to the top division in 5 years - that's quite impressive. It should be said that there has been quite a bit of money behind their success, but, still, it was spent wisely! I wonder where they'll play their home games next season. I believe that their ground isn't up to SPL standards..
posted by blarp at 02:51 PM on April 28, 2007
I vaguely remember Mark Cuban making a bunch of noise (I know, shocking) about his players potentially getting hurt during some sort of international tournament a few summers ago.. (Maybe the olympics, maybe some other tournament, I don't recall.) Will the increasing costs help return international sports to amateur status? Would this be a good or bad thing? I haven't thought very much about this, but I never really understood the allure of amateurs competing internationally when there are better professionals around.
posted by blarp at 04:56 PM on April 20, 2007
Thanks, Texan. When I read it, I was actually thinking of Common, which yerfatma linked to.
posted by blarp at 10:12 AM on March 06, 2007
sap_basis, do you have any idea what you're talking about? Beckham has been playing well the past few weeks. And who the hell is "Common"?
posted by blarp at 06:38 AM on March 06, 2007
Seriously if this turns out to be serious it could derail the whole Galaxy deal. I don't understand. He's signed the contract, hasn't he? What could go wrong?
posted by blarp at 02:39 PM on March 05, 2007
For what it's worth, here's the broadcast of the Chelsea/Arsenal skirmish.
posted by blarp at 04:06 PM on February 26, 2007
Sweet! As a football fan in general, this is great, and as a Chelsea fan, this is even better.
posted by blarp at 03:37 PM on February 16, 2007
I don't think you'll hear any complaints about this from Chicago, Minnesota, or Detroit... Killing his team's chances so that he can break some records? Nice.
posted by blarp at 04:24 PM on February 03, 2007
Wow, my 61" TV is illegal to watch the Super Bowl on? How idiotic. Assuming that it's in your home, which is a private residence, then no. It's not.
posted by blarp at 12:23 PM on February 02, 2007
I sure wonder how Manning will play...
posted by blarp at 01:09 PM on January 21, 2007
For what it's worth, "Final 3." is a pretty useless post title for my RSS feed..
posted by blarp at 10:51 AM on January 16, 2007
Here is an explanation of where the money's coming from, according to an editor at the BBC. $10 million salary per year, plus a stake in the club.
posted by blarp at 08:53 PM on January 11, 2007
The $250M isn't quite clear. It's not that LA is paying $250M per season. My understanding is that in Europe, Beckham didn't own his own image rights, whereas in the US, he will. So this $250M is likely counting endorsements and whatnot. And when it's viewed like that, it's much less ridiculous (but still somewhat ridiculous). This msnbc story lists the world's best paid athletes, counting salaries, winnings, and endorsements. For comparison, Tiger earned $87M last year.
posted by blarp at 02:22 PM on January 11, 2007
Grammatica signs up for sexual reassignment surgery I don't get it. Can someone explain?
posted by blarp at 08:26 AM on January 07, 2007
I'd say he has a much better chance with ManU than he would with Chelsea.. (though I agree it's a very small chance) It'll be interesting to see.. people have been talking about Freddie going to Europe for a while. I think it's nice to see that it might actually happen.
posted by blarp at 11:16 AM on November 21, 2006
He just needs to find a woman like Andrei Kirilenko's wife..
posted by blarp at 07:26 PM on October 29, 2006
Leaving the question of intent aside, I'm surprised that Hunt didn't even get a yellow card for that. He was completely reckless.
posted by blarp at 11:58 AM on October 16, 2006
I don't see how this could end international football. My understanding is that the English FA will compensate clubs for players who are injured while on international duty. I would have assumed that this was the case for other countries - apparently, it isn't. Perhaps that will change. But the end of international football? Pretty rash conclusion, if you ask me..
posted by blarp at 09:54 AM on October 13, 2006
This is definitely one of Simmons' better columns of late. Too bad he didn't pitch the idea of "Black Caddyshack". I think Tiger would've liked it.
posted by blarp at 08:43 PM on October 12, 2006
trox - Thanks for the podcast link. Something new to listen to while I'm out and about.
posted by blarp at 07:11 PM on October 03, 2006
BornIcon - What, exactly, does the "Madden jinx" do? Apparently, it's not a season-ending injury, because Eddie George was fine. But he was "never the same player again". That's what the "Madden jinx" does? Or, maybe, the Madden jinx is a complete coincidence. People are dying for there to be some connection. There isn't one that I can see. There's a correlation based on a very small sample (and the correlation is debatable because people keep changing the meaning of the "jinx"). And, as we all know, causation does not equal correlation. For you to say that I'm "not even close" is way off base.
posted by blarp at 09:59 PM on September 26, 2006
Umm, what jinx? Ray Lewis did fine. Eddie George did fine.
posted by blarp at 08:41 AM on September 26, 2006
Damn, looking at that Malarchuk picture actually made me light-headed. Yikes.
posted by blarp at 04:03 PM on September 25, 2006
I swear, it seems like every year, before the season starts, there's talk about how Grant Hill is coming back, ready to shake off the injury that slowed him down last season. And then every year, around Christmas, he's injured and done for the season. It just has that SNL skit feel to it..
posted by blarp at 12:17 PM on September 21, 2006
Blood alcohol level wasn't disclosed? According to the front page of espn.com, it was .233.
posted by blarp at 01:50 PM on September 14, 2006
Branch didn't play nickel on D. You're thinking of Troy Brown.
posted by blarp at 02:38 PM on August 27, 2006
Couldn't find anything on YouTube as of this writing. There's some stuff now: Match of the Day highlights. Hopefully Chelsea will find their feet soon! :)
posted by blarp at 09:48 AM on August 14, 2006
I was less than impressed with Rivaldo's antics against Turkey in the 2002 world cup.
posted by blarp at 07:47 AM on August 10, 2006
See also here, (including the first comment). :)
posted by blarp at 10:29 AM on August 04, 2006
tieguy: That is terrifying. Perhaps I'll check it out again!
posted by blarp at 10:24 AM on August 04, 2006
There's "uniwatchblog.com"? And they really talk about uniforms? Wow.
posted by blarp at 10:00 AM on August 04, 2006
Tottenham Hotspur Clean House, Dump Coach Juande Ramos
For some reason, I like Harry. I think that he'll keep them up this season.