- 03:35 AM
- 05/11/25
The only Coyote that would aspire to turn into a Mammoth is a character named Wile E.
Something about Utah...
When a team moves there and they don't change the name, it gets weird (Jazz).
When a team moves there and they do change the name, it gets weird (Mammoth).
The pale blue color is as lame for this team as it is for the Titans, UNC and Microsoft. Especially compared to some of the cool graphic design concepts that the Arizona team had.
And are messages on the arena's video board going to be called Mammograms?
posted by beaverboard at 11:49 AM on May 08, 2025
I've been telling folks about the legendary Atlanta airport Popeye's for a while and those who have partaken heartily concur.
But now, a writer at The Athletic has fallen in love with the Atlanta airport Bojangles chicken biscuit, which he says is incomparable.
It's good to have choices. And connecting flights.
posted by beaverboard at 12:44 PM on May 03, 2025
If you're Nico Harrison and you hear the talk about the Lakers suffering for lack of depth, lack of size up front, needing to be better on defense, and needing to be in better shape next season, do you:
1) thump your chest and say hell yeah
2) quietly light a candle and do a little dance
3) ignore the chatter and move on
posted by beaverboard at 12:09 PM on May 02, 2025
Being an Edmonton Oilers fan in the playoffs is the equivalent of starting a weight loss plan with a sleeve of Oreos and a fistful of Ozempic pens.
posted by beaverboard at 11:53 AM on May 02, 2025
Varsho is something. If that had been a Dave Stieb no-hitter with two out in the ninth, it would have bounced off his butt for a double.
posted by beaverboard at 03:54 PM on April 30, 2025
Remember when Deion said he would intervene if the wrong team picked his son Shedeur?
Shilo saw how that went and he did his own intervention.
When you fire your dad and take up with the agent that got fired by Terrell Owens, that is a high score on the drastic meter.
Shilo and Travis Hunter end up on warm weather teams, like Deion said he wanted.
Shedeur, who was the main subject of Deion's management focus, ends up looking at Lake Erie up close.
posted by beaverboard at 05:32 PM on April 28, 2025
I fully expected the Sanders watch party being streamed worldwide to erupt in a cheer of "U-F-A!, U-F-A!".
posted by beaverboard at 01:44 PM on April 27, 2025
Seven picks came off the NFL draft board while Mel Kiper indulged in his pants wetting over Shedeur Sanders finally being drafted in the fifth round.
posted by beaverboard at 10:20 AM on April 27, 2025
Jor-El and Lara alert: Titans draft Kalel.
posted by beaverboard at 04:38 PM on April 26, 2025
It's finally official. Shedeur will be backing up Joe Flacco, Kenny Pickett and Dillon Gabriel on a team with a dysfunctional front office.
That's one of those warm weather teams that Deion said he wanted his guys to go to.
But hey, Shedeur is a lot cheaper and more ready to play than Deshaun Watson.
And if he keeps his college number, he's inheriting all the goodness that Tim Couch and Johnny Manziel imbued it with in Cleveland.
posted by beaverboard at 02:29 PM on April 26, 2025
There are a lot of reasons.
One is the limited coaching spectrum. It's tough to go from just your dad right to a NFL staff. Especially a staff that is seen as on the hot seat (Daboll et al.).
I think some teams just don't want him in their locker room. Or they think he'll crumble in their locker room (Steelers have some guys in their room that set the tone).
Some teams saw how the LaVar Ball factor played out in the NBA and said to themselves: That's the junior varsity. Deion Sanders is the varsity. Who needs it?
I think only a few pro teams would consider hiring Deion as a HC at this point. He needs a bigger body of non-insular work at Colorado or elsewhere in D1. He already said he doesn't want to coach pros because of the money factor. He feels that grown men with millions won't buy into his way of handling things. But he's already handling millionaires at the college level.
Deion was so sure of himself about all this and thought he could dictate trajectory because in his mind the value was so high. Said he didn't want his men to go to cold weather teams. He and his guys are lost in a fog of their own image and branding bedazzlement.
He got his wish with Travis. I still think the Jags overpaid, but it'll be fun to watch.
Stephen Smith and Rich Eisen may join Mel Kiper in a clinical wing if this continues deep into Day 3.
posted by beaverboard at 02:07 PM on April 26, 2025
I'm starting a Go Fund Me to buy a big gold chain for Shedeur Sanders on behalf of a grateful nation in the event that he goes undrafted and Mel Kiper has a massive coronary.
posted by beaverboard at 01:03 AM on April 26, 2025
I kind of wish there was a "Three and D" position in the NFL like there is in the NBA.
Guys like Will Levis and Anthony Richardson could line up as Atwater / Fulcher size DB's in nickel and dime packages.
Then they could come in and throw 60 yard TD strikes that blow your mind one or two times a game.
posted by beaverboard at 10:09 PM on April 24, 2025
The Jags having many needs...I don't know, seems like they overpaid a bit to move up to #2.
Unless they plan to win the division and their 2026 first rounder won't be as juicy as this year's pick.
posted by beaverboard at 09:22 PM on April 24, 2025
When the look says you're not sure whether you should be in the Federal Witness Protection program.
posted by beaverboard at 11:33 AM on April 16, 2025
Great read, thanks for posting.
posted by beaverboard at 11:26 AM on April 16, 2025
I like seeing a player win that way because Augusta starts its playoffs right at the same hole that you may have just messed up on, so if you win the way Rory did, you are deserving.
I like that Justin Rose guy, what a class individual, I wish he was 10 years younger so we could see more of him in his prime.
Every year that goes by, more and more people learn more about how Augusta operates and become more disenchanted. I'm just tired of all the pettiness and control freakism.
And CBS - the bird calls you piped in when they were getting ready to tee off at 18 at the start of the playoff were way over the top. Ridiculous Gilligan's Island shit. I'm going to Ace Hardware to decompress with the parakeets.
posted by beaverboard at 11:57 AM on April 14, 2025
Who knows what'll happen the rest of today and tomorrow, but I just happened to glance at the Masters leaderboard.
Rory McIlroy is 5 under through 5 at the moment, with the odds swung firmly in his favor.
Now fair befall you.
posted by beaverboard at 03:35 PM on April 12, 2025
It was moose and squirrel.
Or he sold his controlling stake in SpoFi to Patrick Dumont.
posted by beaverboard at 05:40 PM on April 11, 2025
Rot in Hell, ring kissing LA Dodgers.
posted by beaverboard at 04:56 PM on April 08, 2025
American Pokemon 2025: Gotta Ditch 'Em All.
posted by beaverboard at 04:53 PM on April 08, 2025
Sending a Geno Auriemma motivational DVD to Duke to show them when and when not to take your foot off the gas.
If you're up 30 with under 2 to go, OK, you can sub some people in.
posted by beaverboard at 11:00 AM on April 07, 2025
To dismayed US citizens thinking of jumping ship but concerned that they may not be able to weather the seasons up north:
I'm a New Englander and I know for a fact that this spring, there are Canadians thinking about lawn mowers a lot earlier than I am.
posted by beaverboard at 10:53 AM on April 07, 2025
Thank you, Houston.
posted by beaverboard at 11:53 PM on April 05, 2025
Seems like there should be an undercard for the upcoming Lauren Betts - Sarah Strong bout.
posted by beaverboard at 12:27 PM on April 04, 2025
I'm a big fan of the 1983 America's Cup race, when the Australian challengers finally broke through and won thanks to Ben Lexcen's brilliant winged keel design that provided a novel advantage but still kept their yacht within the strict 12 meter guidelines.
So this bat development is right in my wheelhouse, you might say.
posted by beaverboard at 12:17 PM on April 02, 2025
Good point Howard. Excellent idea.
So good in fact that now I know why the league hasn't called you in as a consultant. You think too well.
posted by beaverboard at 12:09 PM on April 02, 2025
If Duke were to win both hoops tournaments, I would have to go on a liquid diet.
posted by beaverboard at 07:24 PM on March 28, 2025
My deepest apology that we're even in a situation like this.
But that doesn't excuse staff being goons first and management then having to initiate damage control after the moment goes viral.
There's an air of unsustainability and foreboding to the current corrosive moment. 45/47 has made ten times as many enemies as 35 ever did. Where there's been one Luigi, others may follow. Not a desirable scenario, regardless of how it was brought on and by whom.
posted by beaverboard at 09:59 PM on March 27, 2025
Three Triangle teams in the Women's Sweet 16, UNC-Duke will be large.
But not bigger than NCSU if they can beat LSU.
posted by beaverboard at 10:04 PM on March 24, 2025
Some of the blowout scores in the women's tournament have been downright vulgar.
When a team is up by 60, don't they have any Carol Burnett mop ladies they can sub in to keep the score reasonable?
posted by beaverboard at 11:56 AM on March 23, 2025
I've never seen a person have an odyssey and transformation as remarkable as his.
The introverted fighter that shows up in Zaire with his German Shepherd and the loquacious grillmeister can't be the same guy.
What a path.
posted by beaverboard at 11:32 PM on March 22, 2025
The only positive thing Gretzky has going for him these days is his resemblance to Southern Calif. guitar legend Hank Easton.
posted by beaverboard at 06:01 PM on March 22, 2025
Walking off the court, those Clemson Tigers looked about the same way they did when they got beat by Tate George's buzzer beater back in 1990.
posted by beaverboard at 01:31 PM on March 21, 2025
Bojangles is working on a Strong Ass Biscuit Combo in honor of incoming NCSU coach Will Wade.
posted by beaverboard at 11:37 AM on March 21, 2025
Amen brother.
The only question I have is: what kind of town would the NBA would be returning to?
posted by beaverboard at 05:07 PM on March 20, 2025
Steve Ballmer is probably saying that his purchase of the Clippers from Donald Sterling now looks like a massive bargain, but I still don't like that Ballmer overpaid to a schmuck in what was basically a forced fire sale situation. And since the sale has not been able to make the Clippers top level competitive.
Chisholm overpaid for the Celtics as well given their current franchise valuation (which is almost exactly the same as the Clippers), but he's getting a lot of intangibles that other franchises don't have. Some of which are priceless.
The Clippers' net earnings are firmly negative and by far the worst in the league, and the annual revenue is on par with small markets like OKC and Milwaukee despite the team being in the giant LA media market.
The Mavericks are valued at just a shade less than the C's and Clips and Mark Cuban did well for himself, selling only his majority stake for more than Ballmer paid for an entire franchise, but Cuban probably didn't anticipate that the pudgy gap toothed dolt that now operates the franchise would run it into the ground in such a brisk and spectacular fashion.
posted by beaverboard at 12:01 PM on March 20, 2025
UNC's Golden Rule to NCAA selection haters:
Eliminate on us as you would have us eliminate on others.
posted by beaverboard at 10:13 AM on March 19, 2025
North Carolina fans, don't read the comments in the Athletic's piece on how UNC snuck into the men's tournament until after you've had a few pints.People are edgy about it.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6208212/2025/03/16/north-carolina-ncaa-tournament-2/
Probable paywall warning.
posted by beaverboard at 09:47 PM on March 16, 2025
Damn. And right before Selection Sunday.
But after reading about his tenacity, work habits and health issues, he might have as easily died during the grueling upcoming stretch, with multiple college basketball tournaments followed by the Masters.
posted by beaverboard at 03:02 AM on March 14, 2025
If all goes according to plan, soon, most of the teams in the NFL will have (or have had) an ex-Jets QB on their roster.
It would be wild if Tua got dinged again and new Miami QB Zach Wilson went in and played lights out. If the Dolphins got into November and Zach was the man, a whole lot of 50 + year old women would line up to buy tickets and get their furs out of storage for the stretch run.
posted by beaverboard at 12:08 PM on March 11, 2025
Chris Webber wants to know if his mural can be vacated from The Timeout in Chapel Hill.
The way that everything else from multiple 1990's seasons at UM has been vacated.
posted by beaverboard at 05:16 PM on March 10, 2025
The Joker is not pleased that a soft shouldered Slovenian in purple and gold has captured the fancy of the entire league.
Nikola is telling it: the Pillsbury Dough train comes through his town before it goes anywhere else.
I haven't wanted to say anything out of concern that Mavs fans' pain would be intensified, but the Lakers have been fun to watch.
The team that reaches the Finals out of the Western Conference will have belly crawled under barbed wire across a minefield with live rounds whistling overhead.
posted by beaverboard at 11:17 AM on March 10, 2025
Who wouldn't want their kid to play for that guy.
posted by beaverboard at 04:37 PM on March 09, 2025
Hold onto your seats. Did you see the news about yesterday's NFL blockbuster?
Geno Smith to the Raiders for a third rounder.
(They did it on a Friday so it wouldn't send shock waves through the markets). posted by beaverboard at 01:08 PM on March 08, 2025
I am making my way through this long chat with the inimitable Vernon Maxwell in segments.
Mainly because my supply of disposable protective undergarments is limited and I don't want to run out.
It's not all hilarity; there are moments regarding deep racism, his daughter's death and his mental health initiative.
It never ceases to astound me how much range there is to being a human.
posted by beaverboard at 12:18 PM on March 07, 2025
When you're the star QB for the Cincinnati Bengals and it's time to cruise into town for some Skyline Chili, you have every right to feel the need to go big or go home.
posted by beaverboard at 10:07 PM on March 05, 2025
Jaguars fans will note that Jimmy Johnson is retiring from broadcasting under different circumstances than when he retired from NFL coaching.
posted by beaverboard at 05:05 PM on March 04, 2025
Even Coach Pop would say: if there is a God, Dallas will get Cooper Flagg.
posted by beaverboard at 04:31 PM on March 04, 2025
Leave it to Marsch to tell it like it is while US Federation rep Oguchi Onyewu mumbles some diplomatic bullshit and ducks the issue. As if he's worried that a dimbo like Ingraham will tell him to shut up and dribble.
Onyewu was born in the US. Not sure what his job security is like, but there are a lot of people who would have more reason to fear the US Gestapo than he does.
Maybe he's worried about pissing off US Soccer's corporate sponsors like Bud and Coke.
Happy US No Buy Day.
posted by beaverboard at 08:13 PM on February 28, 2025
Oh, you mean the Indiana men's pro team.
It's not that big a leap from Pacers yellow to Lakers gold...
I vowed that when it's time for shorts, I would never go around wearing tall dark socks and dorky shoes like Rik Smits did, but a lot of other men my age are quite comfortable doing so.
I tried to think of every former Pacer I could. It didn't go well. I only got as far as Reggie Miller, Rik Smits and maybe Rick Carlisle.
"I'm Chuck Person, and I do not approve of this message".
posted by beaverboard at 10:58 AM on February 28, 2025
"Governor" Dumont annoys me as much as or maybe even more than Nico.
posted by beaverboard at 12:22 AM on February 28, 2025
Every time I see a clip of Dumont or Nico, I have a visceral reaction, and I'm not even a Mavs fan.
posted by beaverboard at 06:42 PM on February 25, 2025
Wondering if there was a post game biscuit line in town after the NC State women took care of #1 Notre Dame at the Jimmy V. arena.
posted by beaverboard at 07:13 PM on February 23, 2025
Great link and story, thanks.
Lange had a lot of fun with player's names during the game call. Especially Jagr and Recchi.
posted by beaverboard at 01:32 AM on February 21, 2025
RIP Mike Lange, creative, hilarious broadcast voice of the Penguins.
I used to live for Pens clips in the pre-internet days. There was a nugget from Lange in every one.
"Ooh, he beat Puppa like a rented mule!" That was the first time I ever heard that phrase.
I think that one time, a clip of his was cued up un-previewed on the Sports Machine and when it ran, it left George Michael momentarily speechless, which was almost impossible to do.
In later years, Lange may have started to think that listeners were waiting for the next big memorable bomb drop and his call began sounding a bit more forced, less spontaneous. Working it a bit too hard, perhaps.
But there were times when that guy left me so astounded at what I just heard that there was a 2 or 3 second time delay before the laughter kicked in.
Now that you've left the building, Mike, say hi to Elvis when you see him.
posted by beaverboard at 11:12 PM on February 19, 2025
The Athletic ran a story on Nico that most commenters scoffed at and some called a puff piece.
I read it like an Evelyn Wood graduate and moved on.
It would be fair if the Mavs tanked and somehow ended up getting Cooper Flagg, but the possibility that Flagg ends up on the Spurs can't be dismissed. Coach Pop seems to have some sort of control over the magnetic field of the draft.
posted by beaverboard at 09:50 PM on February 18, 2025
Since I didn't know that Preece had a daughter, when I saw how the car behaved in the air and the degree to which it maintained its inner structural integrity through the crash sequence, all I thought about was carbon fiber.
If today's composite technology had been in use 24 years ago, Dale Sr. might be alive today, enjoying a deified NASCAR elder's existence.
posted by beaverboard at 12:42 PM on February 18, 2025
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SportsFilter: The Saturday Huddle
Celtics are up by 26 heading to the 4th.
Knicks have them right where they want them.