- 07:04 AM
- 12/21/24
I had no idea that up until 1954, MLB players just left their gloves on the field between innings.
posted by Etrigan at 10:17 AM on October 02, 2017
First you blamed political correctness, now it's civil forfeiture laws? What and ever.
posted by Etrigan at 12:09 AM on August 13, 2017
Yeah, the other three incidents in which he allegedly sexually assaulted or beat people up are probably all totally made up, too.
posted by Etrigan at 09:57 PM on August 12, 2017
The family of the only N.F.L. player without C.T.E. in Dr. McKee's study did not authorize her to publicly identify him.Probably just as well.
posted by Etrigan at 03:26 PM on July 25, 2017
He looks wise and fit, a knowing soul from an ancient country.
"If you can defeat me in a game of one-on-one, then you are the one who is destined to defeat the forces of evil."
posted by Etrigan at 12:20 PM on April 24, 2017
And the evidence from the criminal trial can't be used in any civil trial against the estate, apparently?
posted by Etrigan at 01:26 PM on April 19, 2017
So both major networks that broadcast NFL games will have former Cowboys QBs now.
posted by Etrigan at 12:40 PM on April 04, 2017
He emailed this. To the Chronicle of Higher Education. The stupidity is even more breathtaking than the evil.
posted by Etrigan at 08:26 PM on March 31, 2017
It really says something about the last year or so that my first reaction to that was "Oh shit, did Oakley die?"
posted by Etrigan at 08:46 AM on February 15, 2017
Is Sarkisian the only member of the coaching staff in Alabama history to go winless?
posted by Etrigan at 10:11 AM on February 09, 2017
I offer a long-overdue thank-you to rcade and huddle.
posted by Etrigan at 03:15 PM on January 25, 2017
UConn USNWR ranking: 60
URI USNWR ranking: 159
Offers should be for five years, ironclad, and take effect as soon as the kid signs the paper even if he immediately says "I don't want to play football, I want to get an education."
posted by Etrigan at 12:11 PM on January 17, 2017
So what happens when a group ends up with three 1-1 teams who each won 1-0 and lost 0-1?
posted by Etrigan at 08:21 PM on January 10, 2017
How Browns is it that they can't even be the worst team ever correctly.
posted by Etrigan at 09:02 PM on December 24, 2016
probably all of the other ACC schools.
posted by Etrigan at 01:33 PM on December 15, 2016
The thing that got me was how much access this Elrod character was given to the team's info. Former staffer and player or not. I wonder what other schools allow this type of access, and to what extent.
I think there's a reason this happened at Wake Forest, which isn't a high-profile program that needs to worry about things like infosec.
posted by Etrigan at 01:31 PM on December 15, 2016
The Jim Harbaugh Rams rumors are based on one secondhand quote that was later clarified
posted by Etrigan at 03:40 PM on December 13, 2016
Now the anonymous sources are saying Kiffin is going to Florida Atlantic.
posted by Etrigan at 01:27 PM on December 12, 2016
And the makeup call a few plays later was a holding right before a complete pass for 40-something yards.
posted by Etrigan at 03:49 PM on December 11, 2016
ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRMY
posted by Etrigan at 06:40 PM on December 10, 2016
It's been about four hours since the first batch of "It's done!" tweets, which I believe is the longest lead time Kiffin has ever had or given on leaving a job.
posted by Etrigan at 11:53 AM on December 08, 2016
I have a bad feeling that 2016 is not going to be confined to one of our primitive Earth-years.
(Exhibit A: Lemmy died in 2015.)
posted by Etrigan at 03:07 PM on December 05, 2016
I only see two possibilities: Alabama isn't really as good as they've seemed and Washington will beat them, or Alabama is really as good as they've seemed and Ohio State won't be able to beat them either.
Saban is 9-1 in championship games (SEC or national). The 1 was to Tim Tebow, and God ain't on Urban Meyer's side.
posted by Etrigan at 12:26 PM on December 05, 2016
Yep, sounds about right.
posted by Etrigan at 11:31 AM on December 05, 2016
Aaand no parking near Ford Field. So we're all watching it on The Deuce.
posted by Etrigan at 08:05 PM on December 02, 2016
Dammit, babysitter flaked. Spouse grew up in Kalamazoo, so I get to stay home with the toddler.
posted by Etrigan at 06:50 PM on December 02, 2016
Looks like they're having trouble selling out the MAC title game tonight -- my spouse just got four tickets for free at work.
posted by Etrigan at 02:36 PM on December 02, 2016
(Players on the winning team will be rewarded with cash bonuses, which will be, for the vast majority of them, a much bigger incentive than home-field advantage for their league's eventual champion ever was.)I have to admit, that's probably better for everyone.
But how about this crazy idea: Game 7 is at the stadium of the team that won the last World Series. Not of the two teams who are in the World Series, mind you -- if the Red Sox and the Dodgers are in WS2017 and take it to seven, then it's played at Wrigley Field.
(I also think the Super Bowl should be played in the previous year's winner's home stadium. Imagine a Lambeau Field Super Bowl.)
posted by Etrigan at 01:12 PM on December 01, 2016
I'm still not sold on Helton. He's supposed to be smart enough to see that Darnold was better than Browne before the season. If Helton had been that smart, there's a good chance that USC would be in the Pac-12 title game this weekend and have a legit shot at the playoff.
posted by Etrigan at 11:49 AM on December 01, 2016
It's always been weird to me how Chicago, which is the most top-to-bottom, day-in-and-day-out sports-crazy city I've ever seen, treats its teams like a first-grader. Sure, it would be great if he was at the top of his class, but really, as long as he doesn't bite anyone on the playground so often he gets expelled, then things are fine.
posted by Etrigan at 12:00 PM on November 29, 2016
Favourite play of the day.
Yeah, that's gonna get "clarified" real soon.
posted by Etrigan at 01:51 PM on November 28, 2016
After this weekend, there's at least a chance that we're in the national title hunt. A pair of 4-6 rivalry games won't help any, but if Colorado stumbles, a 10-3 undefeated-since-new-quarterback-installed Pac-12 champion might be as compelling as a 2-loss champion of some other conference.
posted by Etrigan at 03:04 PM on November 14, 2016
As I said over on the other site, two things:
I have never heard my father cry in my entire life until I called him after the last out last night.
This morning, in the office: "Why are you wearing jeans?" "My father is a Chicagoan, I was born in Illinois, and my timesheet line code is under the Illinois office. You're lucky I'm A) here at all, and 2) wearing pants at all." "Fair enough."
posted by Etrigan at 10:57 AM on November 03, 2016
Rickles won't die until he's insulted everyone in the world individually. Unfortunately, he's most of the way there.
posted by Etrigan at 07:30 PM on November 02, 2016
Doing the trade math, a Browns third rounder is roughly equivalent to a Pats second rounder. The Pats will be picking at the back end of Round 2 and the Browns at the top of Round 3. Perhaps just 2 or 3 picks separating the two slots, and then you can pay the third rounder less.
It's a compensatory pick, and it's conditional to the Browns actually getting one, so it'll either be at the end of R3 or (if the Browns don't get it) it'll be the Browns' fourth-round pick.
posted by Etrigan at 10:00 AM on November 01, 2016
Someone threw a dildo on the field during the Patriots-Bills game. I have so many questions.
posted by Etrigan at 01:59 PM on October 31, 2016
The overall program is called "Preteen Football", and it includes age-based divisions from Flag (5-6 years old), Jr. Pee-Wee (7-8), Pee-Wee (9-10), Jr. Varsity (11-12), and Varsity (13-14). "Prehighschool" would seem to be more accurate, but unwieldy.
posted by Etrigan at 04:11 PM on October 26, 2016
Can't stop watching these two idiots.
posted by Etrigan at 03:05 PM on October 18, 2016
Adrian Beltre displays impressive hand speed.
posted by Etrigan at 09:37 AM on October 10, 2016
Cubs-Pirates play to MLB's first tie since 2005.
posted by Etrigan at 11:13 AM on September 30, 2016
Randall Cobb did it four years ago.
It's a dumb rule that I can't believe the competition committee hasn't "clarified".
posted by Etrigan at 02:05 PM on September 27, 2016
Petrino might be dumb enough to try his shtick at a top-flight program one more time, but I think he's realized that it's pretty nice being the big dog at Louisville, where he'll be able to coast for at least a decade on "Remember when I walloped the shit out of Florida State?"
posted by Etrigan at 11:13 AM on September 26, 2016
Keep your eyes open during warmups, dude.
posted by Etrigan at 01:41 PM on September 13, 2016
"I wish the NCAA was this concerned about the women who were raped at Baylor."
Jesus. Fucking. Christ.
posted by Etrigan at 12:31 PM on September 13, 2016
Tony Romo is 80-53 with the Cowboys since he became the starting QB. In that same time, all other QBs with the Cowboys are 1-14.
posted by Etrigan at 10:09 AM on September 12, 2016
Congratulations to Arkansas, the new holders of the lineal college football championship. This is the Razorbacks' third reign (one in the 1960s, or the pre-CollegeFootballBelt.com era). Barring a major upset by Texas State, looks like Alabama will reunify the fake playoff "championship" with the true title some time in October.
posted by Etrigan at 10:24 AM on September 11, 2016
That was a hell of a game for three quarters.
posted by Etrigan at 01:04 PM on September 04, 2016
an origami rendering of a Bull Terrier created by a visually impaired person.
The stadium or Bradford?
posted by Etrigan at 02:06 PM on September 03, 2016
I am willing to accept that Bolt is the greatest Olympic track athlete ever, but not the unchallenged greatest athletics athlete.
posted by Etrigan at 12:59 PM on August 19, 2016
grumble grumble single event grumble grumble
If there were slightly-heavier discus and throw-from-your-off-foot discus and relay discus of all of those permutations, Al Oerter would have more medals than Phelps and Bolt combined.
posted by Etrigan at 12:58 PM on August 19, 2016
grumble grumble Al Oerter grumble
posted by Etrigan at 03:55 AM on August 19, 2016
I'm sure it's Google-able, but can someone explain to me why it seems like all of the bronze medals in freestyle wrestling are ties?
Combat sports don't do bronze medal matches. Both semifinal... I don't want to say "losers", but the two people who don't win in the semifinals each get a bronze.
posted by Etrigan at 02:04 PM on August 18, 2016
Jordan started in AA ball, and he was actually good at his other sport. There's no way Tebow starts in AAA.
posted by Etrigan at 10:45 AM on August 10, 2016
Apparently you septics have college rodeo teams.
Oh, that's nothing. You know what Virginia Tech's only national championship is? Bass fishing.
posted by Etrigan at 10:00 AM on August 09, 2016
SportsFilter: The Tuesday Huddle
Some discussion of the nine-game World Serieses here. Seems like it was just a cash grab, and the players hated it.