- 08:17 AM
- 05/04/24
For a provocative argument for the opinion the name is disparaging to Native Americans, I present Ward Churchill's (in)famous "Let's spread the fun around." Excerpt: "Simple consistency demands that anyone who thinks the Tomahawk Chop is a swell pastime must be just as hearty in their endorsement of the following ideas - by the logic used to defend the defamation of American Indians - should help us all really start yukking it up. First, as a counterpart to the Redskins, we need an NFL team called "Niggers" to honor Afro-Americans. Half-time festivities for fans might include a simulated stewing of the opposing coach in a large pot while players and cheerleaders dance around it, garbed in leopard skins and wearing fake bones in their noses. This concept obviously goes along with the kind of gaiety attending the Chop, but also with the actions of the Kansas Chiefs, whose team members - prominently including black members - lately appeared on a poster ,looking "fierce" and "savage" by way of wearing Indian regalia. Just a bit of harmless "morale boosting," says the Chief's front office. You bet. "
posted by Cap'n Swing at 09:22 AM on July 27, 2003
The linked article is also in the language of Moliere, so here are the general points: - Jose Theodore knew Hells Angels before 1998. - Sometime in 1998, Quebec cops raided a Hells bunker/club house outside Montreal. They found pics of some bikers and our boy, Theo. They told NHL security, but Theo kept on hanging out with his friends. - Theo had a joint account with his father, the alleged loan shark, which was investigated by the cops. - Yesterday, Theo released a statement saying he was shocked by the allegations against his family. Other developments: - A local pizza chain has dropped Theo from their ads. - This is a very good, sympathetic look at the situation.
posted by Cap'n Swing at 09:36 AM on June 20, 2003
I'm in Montreal and, according to the latest reports -- most of which are en francais -- Ted Theodore (Jose's dad), four of Jose's half-brothers and Jose's uncle were among about a dozen (there's conflicting reports on the total number) of people picked up on suspicion of being loan sharks. The coppers say the ring was operating near -- because of the casino's layout, that means the parking lot -- of the local casino, taking advantage of people who were broke but had to keep hitting the slots, etc. Accusations include usury and threatening death. The investigation reportedly followed a tip from someone in the Casino (which is a government-run operation.) Jose's agent says the goalie will make a statement when he feels it's the right time. If you want to read the French accounts, the best ones are from La Presse (a broadsheet daily) and Radio-Canada, sorta Canada's NPR. In a report in the Gazette, Montreal's english-language daily: "Theodore, who won the National Hockey League's Vezina and Hart trophies in 2002, is not considered a suspect in this case, although investigators probably will want to meet with him" although they don't give a source for that statement. (I'm also following the whole mess on my blog, thenewforum.ca)
posted by Cap'n Swing at 08:36 AM on June 19, 2003
Roy is the best ever. He's also an asshat. I'm a Habs fan.
posted by Cap'n Swing at 02:40 PM on May 27, 2003
(Correction: I'm an Expos fan, but not necessarily great.)
posted by Cap'n Swing at 11:24 AM on May 15, 2003
I work beside a great Expos fan -- like me! -- who used to do radio commentary for the team. When I read him a bit of this post he said, insistent: "No, we want Mo Vaughn in their line-up!"
posted by Cap'n Swing at 11:24 AM on May 15, 2003
John Madden. /desperate plea to the Lord above.
posted by Cap'n Swing at 11:31 AM on May 12, 2003
Pic of nude dude, post-streak, is here. (Safe for work; unless hosers giving the devil's horn "rock on!" sign in a neck brace is verboten in your workplace.)
posted by Cap'n Swing at 11:28 AM on October 18, 2002
rcade, are you nuts? Pete Rose gambled on baseball; he didn't just tarnish the game, he brought its very integrity into question. Baseball is not keeping the fans from celebrating him and his career; ask the thousands who showed up to his softball game before the Reds' demolished their old stadium, or the thousands who've paid him good money at a card show for his autograph. What Rose did put himself beyond the pale. Should Ken Lay ever be allowed to run a public company again? Should Richard Nixon, were he alive, ever be allowed to run for public office? The answer of should Rose ever be allowed anywhere near baseball again is the same.
posted by Cap'n Swing at 01:37 PM on October 10, 2002
Damn. In that shot Moss looks like a pug -- and I don't mean that in a good way.
posted by Cap'n Swing at 03:06 PM on September 26, 2002
I was there, at the Big O, and let me just say that 4,147 is an exceedingly generous estimate. There were so few people there, everyone got on the JumboTron twice.
posted by Cap'n Swing at 11:32 AM on September 13, 2002
One of my best memories of living in SEAsia was watching a group of kids play takraw in a dusty court beside a nasty highway in Vientiane, Laos. The kids were each mini-Peles, volleying and kicking the ball with laser accuracy. Then one of the kids did an over-the-head bicycle-kick smash and I couldn't talk for minutes...
posted by Cap'n Swing at 12:01 PM on September 05, 2002
A drug testing regime will not kick in until sometime in 2005. Maybe. Under the proposal at the table, there will be three unannounced tests in 2003, then a verification round in 2004. Not to catch dopers -- to determine the level of dopers in the league. If that level is above 5%, then MLB and the Players' Union will sit down and figger out some sort of regime.
posted by Cap'n Swing at 06:43 PM on August 10, 2002
I work at an international radio station in Montreal, where World Anti-Doping Agency head Dick Pound lives; Pound always gives, what's known in the trade, "Good clips." Yesterday Pound recommended ice dancing deep-sixed from the IOC. He also rejected excuses from Canadian triathlete Kelly Guest that his recent positive test at the Commonwealth Games wasn't his fault as the traces of steroids prolly came from eating a nutritional supplement. "There's a latin expression for that," Pound said. "It is: 'bullshit.'" He also said that "if you're smart enough to breath" you should be smart enough to avoid supplements. Back on topic: Over at the Mother Ship, a wiser poster than me observed: Figure skating is the WWF for girls."
posted by Cap'n Swing at 02:15 PM on August 03, 2002
I'd wager that if this trade is indicative of anything other than the 'Spos seem to have thrown in the towel in the wild card race, it is that they will not be contracted next year but rather sold to a new ownership group in DC. My logic: As the article points out, trading for prospects makes no sense if the team is on life support. But it makes eminent sense if Selig and his friends want to shore up the 'Spos net value for eventual sale. The Expos sale looks more likely if there is a labour stoppage as MLB will need to recoup lost revenue. Sigh.
posted by Cap'n Swing at 10:42 AM on August 01, 2002
Me: "Are you going to the Hawk's bobble-head day demain?" Translation: "Are you going to go to the give-away of Andre Dawson bobble-head dolls at the Olympic stadium Sunday?" Sigh. Me and this writing thing are through.
posted by Cap'n Swing at 03:33 PM on July 28, 2002
Er, that should be "The Hawk's", obviously.
posted by Cap'n Swing at 05:41 PM on July 27, 2002
Succa: You beat me to the "cold dead fingers" line... you going to the Hawks bobble-head day demain?
posted by Cap'n Swing at 05:39 PM on July 27, 2002
To continue vito90's riff: Who can forget Eddie "The Eagle" Balfour getting arrested with a crack pipe and a professional, ranting and raving, offering the arresting officer "millions and millions" of dollars to let him go. (And how happy is this Habs fan the hapless Maple Laughs just signed has-been Belfour as their new starting goalie. Or is that gaolie?)
posted by Cap'n Swing at 01:25 PM on July 10, 2002
I can only hope the entire following of the Toronto Maple Leafs follows suit.
posted by Cap'n Swing at 08:03 PM on June 14, 2002
How come everyone complains about the Yankees winning every year (or being in the World Series at least)?
Two things, I'd say: Everyone hates NYC. (Or, for us Canucks, substitute T'ronna; they've been trying to do it for years...) And: the Yankees dynasty represents and is a prime example of the underlying economic rot and corruption of baseball.
posted by Cap'n Swing at 02:31 PM on June 13, 2002
shit, better get a tenner on Rusedski for Wimbledon, an underachieving Canadian?, money in the bank Actually, I think Rusedski disavowed us Canucks a while past; I seem to recall some brouhaha when he came back here to Montreal to play in the Canadian Open some time ago. But I could be wrong. Back on topic: I'm surprised there's been no mention yet of the Portugese. Despite the US match, they've been in good form, and would have potted six goals v Poland if the pitch hadn't been a skating rink. Don't count them out...
posted by Cap'n Swing at 06:00 PM on June 11, 2002
The Guardian still win the prize for best lede (world cup, soccer, sports, anything), written the day before England took on (and beat) Germany in the 1966 World Cup final: "If, on the morrow, Germany beat us at our national sport, remember: We beat them twice in theirs."
posted by Cap'n Swing at 04:57 PM on June 09, 2002
Canada off the 2004 Formula One Calendar
Ecclestone is now putting the kybosh on the story, saying nothing has been decided. As a Montrealer, I would love to see the F1 get the boot: It's the worst weekend of the year, the city infested with idjits and Eurotrash with too much money and not enough brains. That being said: The federal governments would be inexcusably stupid to let the F1 get away. It's huge money for the local economy -- which, given the erosion of our industrial base, is now increasingly dependent on the tourists attracted by the summer festivals and the F1 -- and the city seems to enjoy it. (I'm in the curmudgeonly minority.) Anyway: recent studies question if these types of advertising do any good at all; the only thing that cuts into youth smoking rates is an increase in price.