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Warriors in 5 Curry 23 231
posted by mkn at 08:55 PM on June 02, 2016
That was a shrug emoticon
posted by mkn at 06:37 PM on May 16, 2016
Curry Biyombo Curry Lowry James
These player specific questions are basically _()_/ for the more casual people that don't follow league too closely. Should just be game based.
posted by mkn at 06:37 PM on May 16, 2016
Fuck it: raptors in 7
GS in 5
posted by mkn at 06:32 PM on May 16, 2016
Raptors in 6. Gotta go for home team even if (playoff) history is against them (season history is not).
posted by mkn at 03:29 PM on May 02, 2016
Uh just now realized that round two started before round one even ended? Wtf NBA? Guess the NBA really truly doesn't care about raptors (though if they blow it again no one will)
Cle in 7
GS in 6
Spurs in 4 (though yeah they won yesterday?? Wtf)
I don't know players well so I'm just going to copy others answers
Westbrook
posted by mkn at 12:27 PM on May 01, 2016
Cleveland 6
Toronto 6
Charlotte 7
Atlanta 6
GS 4
SA 4
Ok 5
LA 6
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posted by mkn at 11:03 AM on April 16, 2016
Ecclestone won't be tried for bribery because he basically paid the government lots of money (not bribery). Uh, OK.
posted by mkn at 07:50 AM on August 05, 2014
Going hard for that last place spot. Not sure how I ended up puttng Netherlands in #17 but now I'm fucked (guess I did top 6 / bottom 6, random shit in the middle)
posted by mkn at 06:39 AM on June 19, 2014
I'm in. Too many teams to guess right so my thing is a bit of a mess in the middle but it's ok.
posted by mkn at 12:11 PM on June 11, 2014
Can we talk about the NHL Hall of Fame class? Chris Chelios and a bunch of other guys.
posted by mkn at 10:31 AM on July 09, 2013
Finally something to do in Winnipeg besides drink!
posted by mkn at 01:58 PM on May 31, 2011
Vancouver 6, H. Sedin (I was gonna pick Thomas too but having the same picks as owlhouse, whom I'm tied with, seemed like I wouldn't make much progress)
posted by mkn at 12:08 PM on May 31, 2011
I don't know if it's too late -- I've been so very, very busy -- now that Game 1 of the East has been played (I was gonna pick Boston anyway : ). But here are my picks before the West starts (and what I was gonna pick for the east):
Boston 6 San Jose 6
posted by mkn at 10:02 AM on May 15, 2011
Washington in 6 Philly in 7 Vancouver in 6 San Jose in 6
posted by mkn at 03:27 AM on April 28, 2011
Washington vs. NY Rangers in 5
Philadelphia vs. Buffalo in 6
Boston Vs. Montreal in 7
Pittsburgh vs. Tampa Bay in 6
Vancouver vs. Chicago in 6
San Jose vs. Los Angeles in 4
Detroit vs. Phoenix in 7
Anaheim vs. Nashville in 6
posted by mkn at 01:01 PM on April 13, 2011
Two stupid hand balls lead to the results in both of the early games (although it is worth noting that the red card for Serbia a few minutes earlier seemed to inspire them to their most lively play of the day). Will Germany or Australia continue the trend?
YES! But the damn refs didn't call it. And that red card was bullshit. And the diving from the German non-German players was annoying, glad they got carded. And as a Pole, I'm conflicted about the first two opening German goals being scored by, er, Polish born players.
posted by mkn at 06:18 PM on June 13, 2010
Water Consumption in Edmonton during the Olympic hockey gold medal game.
posted by mkn at 05:32 PM on March 08, 2010
Man, I keep seeing everyone saying that this is the new 72 Summit Series. That this will be remembered by the generation for the rest of their lives. A great day for Canada. Yadda yadda... and it seems as though everyone has already forgotten 2002. Fuck, 02 was the BIG win for me with a far more legendary team (Lemieux, Yzerman, Sakic.) The first Canadian win with a pro team at the Olympics. The first gold. The loony in the ice.
This is just a repeat.
posted by mkn at 06:23 PM on March 02, 2010
By official Olympic tallies, and indeed most worldwide tallies, total medals is meaningless. What you count is total golds -- champions -- rather than runner-ups. The US and Canada are mostly unique in the world in that they tally totals. I can't remember exactly when this started but I think it came as a response to constant Soviet domination.
And as an insecure Canadian used to constant Olympic disappointment, once in my life I want to say: congrats USA on being the first place and second loser more often!
posted by mkn at 06:15 PM on March 02, 2010
Olympic half pipe: go big or go home. Olympic figure skating: play safe and win gold.
posted by mkn at 07:08 PM on February 19, 2010
Just a general observation, but I'm in France at the moment and I'm watching the Olympics on French TV and despite some of their lack of knowledge about certain sports (curling, hockey) and the language barrier (my French isn't all that great) and obvious French bias (duh), the whole experience is making me never want to watch the Olympics in North America again. I hate NBC broadcasts. I enjoyed CBC. No idea how CTV is handling it. But, compared to French TV, those are all shit. And they're all shit for one reason and one reason only:
NOT A SINGLE FUCKING COMMERCIAL. EVER. The only time I see a commercial is when they end the broadcast on one channel and I don't switch to the continuing channel fast enough. Let me tell you, watching coverage like this gives the games a kind of flow that I never saw before. It becomes such a time sink.
posted by mkn at 12:49 PM on February 18, 2010
Its one thing if it's by birth.
And even if what you say is true Owlhouse, it's bullshit, as if they HAD we've then have a fucking Russian skating for Japan which is equally stupid.
Why is that stupid? Are people not allowed to move around the world? Are we tied to the conditions we are born with? Would I never be able to compete for the Canadian Internet team since I am a Canadian immigrant? Why is it ok to move to a country for the betterment of one's standard of living or for a new job, but all of a sudden unacceptable to do so for sport, especially when particular countries, and their programs, obviously allow the individual to follow their dreams?
posted by mkn at 03:18 PM on February 17, 2010
Six day suspension for making a crude comment about his ex.
Meanwhile, boarding somebody head first and causing them to be injured for months? That's three.
Way to prioritize, NHL!
posted by mkn at 12:57 PM on December 06, 2008
Cito Gaston with the Jays. Cliff Fletcher with the Leafs. Did I travel back to 1993?
posted by mkn at 11:24 PM on June 20, 2008
It was a good win. Made up for the disappointment at the Euros right after the race.
posted by mkn at 05:55 PM on June 08, 2008
ehhh. At least I picked the winner.
posted by mkn at 10:15 AM on June 07, 2008
I say just stick with the classic CBC Sports intro and leave it at that. I'd rather have that than an open contest for people to submit their shit -- knowing HNIC's love affair with super-rural Canada, you're going to get nothing but shitty wannabe rockbands from places like Wawa or Moosomin, Saskatchewan.
posted by mkn at 12:18 AM on June 07, 2008
There wouldn't be so much flopping around if the refs actually called offensive fouls. Which they rarely do. Especially with marquee players, which is total bullshit. I dunno. I've watched a lot of playoff games this season and a bunch of games down the regular season stretch and the thing that most bugs me about the NBA is the totally inconsistent refereeing.
posted by mkn at 01:34 AM on May 31, 2008
So, like, if no one for Pittsburgh scores a goal do we all get one point?
posted by mkn at 10:49 PM on May 26, 2008
Oh nice. I jumped up into contention for a medal. Doubt I can win this with that point disadvantage, but here goes: DET in SEVEN Datsyuk and Malkin Osgood for MVP (Though it's a tough one. I'd say Osgood would win it if the series lasts no longer than 5. Otherwise, who knows. A similar case can be made for Fleury -- who'd have ever imagined that?) Is Franzen expected to be back for Game 1? One more prediction: this is going to be a great series, even if the potential for a 4,5 game blow out is there.
posted by mkn at 01:35 PM on May 20, 2008
It's like that in the NHL. It's 4 on 4 followed by shoot-out... until you hit the playoffs where the games really matter and it's "play to win". Period. Of course, historically with the IIHF they never did the full intermission and full OT period anyway... just 10 minutes and a shootout. Whatever. I'd rather the game be settled in a weird 4-3 powerplay than a shootout. Great game though.
posted by mkn at 12:19 AM on May 20, 2008
And here's the (not up to date) Confidence Pool leaderboard, since it's been bumped off the front page.
posted by mkn at 09:05 PM on May 05, 2008
Detroit in 5 Zetterberg, Morrow Pittsburgh in 7 Hossa, Briere (though I'm tempted to go with Umberger, but I think that was just a total fluke)
posted by mkn at 09:02 PM on May 05, 2008
DET: Datsyuk COL: Wolski SJ: Cheechoo DAL: Morrow MON: Koivu PHI: Prospal PIT: Malkin NYR: Gomez
posted by mkn at 05:03 PM on April 24, 2008
DET in 6 SJ in 6 MON in 5 PIT in 7 I'll have player picks later tonight.
posted by mkn at 02:54 PM on April 24, 2008
My only hope is if Dallas gets swept in the second round. That DAL 4 is really bringing me down. ugh.
posted by mkn at 08:52 AM on April 22, 2008
East Boston (4) vs. Atlanta Detroit (6)vs. Philadelphia Orlando vs. Toronto (6) Cleveland (6) vs. Washington James West LA Lakers (6) vs. Denver New Orleans vs. Dallas (7) (only to be contrarian; NO could easily win) San Antonio vs. Phoenix (6) Utah (7)vs. Houston Kobe (This is one thing I like about NHL picks. There's so much more variance, especially when it comes to individual performances.)
posted by mkn at 05:34 PM on April 18, 2008
Ctrl+F "Ryane Clowe" Phrase not found
posted by mkn at 05:29 PM on April 18, 2008
Anaheim is bringing me down. Stupid Turco, you're supposed to suck in playoffs.
posted by mkn at 08:27 AM on April 14, 2008
It kind of does feel like you betrayed your country. Nationalism is stupid. What the Olympics should be about is athletes and sports and co-operation and fair play; not this nationalist bullshit and corporate sponsorship and politics (I'm looking at you Beijing). Yet there are people that think that athletes pursuing their dreams to play in the Olympics, even if it means going to another country, is what's wrong with the Olympics? THIS out of all things? No, to me that's what's right.
posted by mkn at 10:17 AM on April 10, 2008
BTW, what if there's a tie for who scores the most goals? What if there are three guys that score, say, two goals in a series? What happens then?
posted by mkn at 09:12 AM on April 10, 2008
I think this was my least watched NHL season in years so I'm going with my gut more than my mind (but then again, my mind mostly failed me before so whatever): MON in 5 (Kovalev/Sturm) PIT in 6 (Malkin/Heatley) WAS in 7 (Ovechkin/Prospal) NJ in 7 (Parise/Shanahan) DET in 6 (Zetterberg/Dumont) COL in 6 (Hejduk/Gaborik) ANA in 4 (Bertuzzi/Morrow) SJ in 7 (Iginla/Cheechoooooo) Goalies: Giguere, Price
posted by mkn at 02:17 PM on April 09, 2008
Americans have no business sticking their noses in English football. It's a sport they do not understand. Blah blah blah. Canadians said the same thing about hockey when he purchased the Montreal Canadiens -- yet now they are one of the best teams in the league. You don't have to understand the nuances of the sport to own a team, you just hire people that do.
posted by mkn at 11:07 PM on March 29, 2008
I don't see it and I didn't see it in any of the other photos from the shoot. What do you think is the meaning of LeBron James looking angry on that cover? I didn't see the anger as well. I thought it was just intensity. You know, as happens in sport? Besides, if you see King Kong in this photo why is everyone trumping the fact that it's "racist" but nobody is saying that it's "sexist" in its portrayal of the female model as a helpless victim? Oh right, it's a FASHION MAGAZINE.
posted by mkn at 02:24 PM on March 27, 2008
Henrik Lundqvist logged a record six shut outs in a season Wha? Record? *ahem* 22-George Hainsworth, 1928-29 15-Alex Connell, 1925-26 15-Alex Connell, 1927-28 15-Hal Winkler, 1927-28 15-Tony Esposito, 1969-70 14-George Hainsworth, 1926-27
posted by mkn at 04:04 PM on March 05, 2008
So if you mandate that hockey players should wear neck protection because of two freak incidents in over twenty years, does that mean that javelin judges should wear steel toed boots all the time?
posted by mkn at 01:27 PM on February 12, 2008
In panning across the benches, all the players did look a little green afterward. They weren't the only ones. 
posted by mkn at 12:13 PM on February 11, 2008
Fan photos showing the extent of the blood loss. (by that way, that's a really lousy pun there!)
posted by mkn at 10:52 AM on February 11, 2008
He's from Ontario, and I think it's a sin in Canada to not acknowledge the creative genius that is Wayne Gretzky. I think it depends on whether you have or have not seen his Saturday Night Live appearance.
posted by mkn at 08:12 AM on February 11, 2008
Doesn't exactly seem like a congruent business with the NHL. But it does explain a lot about the state of the Leafs today. Ownership-by-committee is rarely a winning proposition. The Leafs make money hand over fist despite their shitty management and lousy on-ice product. It makes the pensioners a lot of money. The ownership has been the biggest problem with the Leafs over the last forty years.
posted by mkn at 04:36 PM on January 22, 2008
The amazing thing about Lacrosse players is that they really do it for the love of the sport. Their salaries are poor and often they need "real" jobs on the side to pay their bills. John Tavares, for example, was a math teacher at my high school (as well as coach for its lacrosse team, naturally). I never had him but some of my friends say he was a good teacher. Now, also an NLL record holder. Oh yeah, his nephew's a pretty good hockey player too.
posted by mkn at 04:44 PM on January 20, 2008
This remains my favourite Rick Nash goal.
posted by mkn at 05:37 PM on January 19, 2008
All-Star Games have always been, especially the fan voting parts, popularity contests. Only reason Yao Ming gets as many votes as he does is because half of China is voting for it. So things like this, clever little things that he obviously had fun making, are more than welcome. Save the debates for who's numbers are better and who's contributed more for the end of the season when the games actually matter.
posted by mkn at 03:42 PM on January 03, 2008
I'm in. 40 Years Futile in honour of the local team's futility and mine own with fantasy leagues (save for some pick'ems). Too bad I don't use my old username anymore, mostly because of the Flickr forced yahoo-id BS, so I can't see my old stats. Maybe it's for the best.
posted by mkn at 06:13 PM on September 12, 2007
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