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| Member since: | April 08, 2006 |
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| Last visit: | February 11, 2026 |
| Name: | Howard Titus |
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| Location: | Nashua, NH |
| Gender: | Old Alpha Male, hoping no young stud steals the herd. |
Howard_T has posted 44 links and 4,656 comments to SportsFilter and 3 links and 265 comments to the Locker Room.
Bernie Parent Dead at 80: Bernie Parent, considered one of the greatest goaltenders of all time in the NHL, passed away at age 80. He backstopped the Philadelphia Flyers to consecutive Stanley Cup wins in 1974 and 1975. Parent's NHL career started with the Boston Bruins who let him go in the expansion draft, and he played in Philadelphia and Toronto before jumping to Miami of the World Hockey Association. When his time with Miami was not working out satisfactorily, he returned to the NHL and the Flyers. His boyhood idol was Jacques Plante, and during his time in Toronto, Plante was a teammate as well as a mentor.
posted by Howard_T to hockey at 11:20 PM on September 21, 2025 - 3 comments
Recent Sports Necrology: Over the past day or two the sports world has lost some notable people. Stirling Moss, passed away at the age of 90. He was one of the legendary racing drivers in what some might call the golden age of racing. Moss competed against the likes of Juan Manuel Fangio (a teammate) when Ferrari, Maserati, and Mercedes ruled.
posted by Howard_T to general at 10:28 PM on April 13, 2020 - 2 comments
Rusty Staub Dead at 73: A sad note on opening day, Le Grand Orange has passed away. His career spanned 23 seasons, mainly with the Montreal Expos and the New York Mets.
posted by Howard_T to baseball at 09:28 PM on March 29, 2018 - 3 comments
Roger Bannister has Passed Away: Roger Bannister, the first man to run a mile in less than 4 minutes has died. The feat was accomplished in 1954. We had a small black and white TV, and film of it was shown on the sports news. I also remember seeing it in the newsreels at the movies. It was a really big deal then, but now even high school kids are running under 4 minutes
posted by Howard_T to other at 04:05 PM on March 04, 2018 - 4 comments
...and Maybe the Dynamite Fizzles: Cleveland is having second thoughts about the Thomas-Irving trade after Isaiah Thomas took his physical. What's up here?
posted by Howard_T to basketball at 03:47 PM on August 26, 2017 - 10 comments
My picks:
Patriots by 3
Passer: Sam Darnold
Rusher: Stephenson (NE)
Receiver: Smith-Njigba
Player with interception: Davis (NE)
Player with sack: Williams (NE)
Player with first turnover: Darnold
Super Bowl MVP: Diggs
Tiebreaker: 51
This one goes down to the wire. I see a late missed field goal finishing the game in regulation.
posted by Howard_T at 04:14 PM on February 07, 2026
My picks:
Raptors by 16 (slam dunk)
Suns by 11
Pistons by 8
Kings by 9
Thunder by 12 (slam dunk)
Spurs by 10 (slam dunk)
Lakers by 7
Celtics by 6
Timberwolves by 8
Wait! Who's playing where now?
posted by Howard_T at 03:55 PM on February 05, 2026
The only games I cared about in the autumn of 1968 were the Southeast Asia Military Games. I was in a place called Con Thien, Republic of Vietnam. It's a few miles from the coast of the Tonkin Gulf, and right on the edge of what was then the DMZ. What worried us was avoiding being hit by a pitch that carried an explosive warhead. I was not in the military at the time. We were working on some experimental infrared equipment that was to detect the gunflash from artillery. The last systems I worked on in my career were based on the same principle. They became part of the missile warning systems on aircraft. What goes around comes around.
My eldest sister married a guy from Detroit, and she was living there in '68. She was a rabid baseball fan, but of the Braves. They were in Boston until just a few years before she married and moved. When I had a chance to talk to her after I got back from Nam, she had to tell me how great the series was and how Mickey Lolich won it. I do remember seeing him on TV pitching against the Red Sox. He was rather hard to hit, but most unathletic in appearance. RIP, Mickey Lolich.
posted by Howard_T at 03:46 PM on February 05, 2026
Mike Tirico is generally excellent at whatever he does. The problem I have with sports play-by-play is announcers and especially commentators who go off on lengthy dissertations about one thing or another and forget that there's a game going on. It's annoying to see a play happen and to have no idea who was involved. My wife and I were watching the Patriots vs Texans game, and at one point as Mr. Collinsworth rattled on and on, she turned to me and asked, "Does he ever shut up?" If Mike Tirico has a fault, it's being unwilling to quiet these people.
posted by Howard_T at 03:36 PM on January 31, 2026
Patriots doing the smart thing as the designated home team in the Super Bowl but choosing to wear white road unis rather than their dark home sets.
When you are 9 - 0 on the road for this season, why would you want to do anything else. Since they are the home team, although not playing in Foxborough, a win might not officially count as a road win.
The real reason for the all white look is that ghosts are traditionally clothed in white robes. Sam Darnold has some experience with ghosts and the Patriots.
posted by Howard_T at 03:24 PM on January 31, 2026
My picks:
76ers by 9
Jazz by 11
Cavaliers by 8
Rockets by 13 (slam dunk)
Bucks by 10
Thunder by 13 (slam dunk)
Magic by 5
Pistons by 10 (slam dunk)
Spurs by 16 (slam dunk)
Rockets by 9
Celtics by 15 (slam dunk)
Knicks by 8
Nuggets by 6
posted by Howard_T at 07:50 PM on January 27, 2026
Happy anniversary, rcade, 31 years shows a great relationship.
posted by Howard_T at 06:16 PM on January 24, 2026
My picks:
Patriots by 6 (lock)
Seahawks by 13 (lock)
Passer: Darnold
Rusher: Stephenson (NE)
Receiver: Boutte (NE)
Player with interception: Davis (NE)
Have to go with 'my' Patriots and Seattle to make it to the Super Bowl. If it turns out that way, Patriots will bring Malcom Butler out of retirement for a goal line stand interception.
posted by Howard_T at 06:09 PM on January 24, 2026
...but the taint of performance enhancers persists, keeping out some whose numbers would merit their inclusion.
posted by Howard_T at 02:58 PM on January 21, 2026
I now know far more than I really need to about ski jumping. Still, it was a most interesting and enjoyable half hour or so. I have some knowledge of the relationship of lift and drag from my former life as an engineer building weird electronic systems designed to keep things from knocking your aircraft out of the sky. The way that the mechanism for increasing lift was developed reflects to some extent the years-long development of the wing geometry on supersonic aircraft. More lift, less drag, and better control of the air flow. I did not know that FIS had such strict control over the suit, and the mechanism used to measure and enforce it was quite interesting. Many thanks for posting this, NoMich.
posted by Howard_T at 02:54 PM on January 21, 2026
Sack or two partial sacks.
Please unrevise my revised picks. My original picks should stand as written.
posted by Howard_T at 02:41 PM on January 17, 2026
Revised picks:
Sacker: Jones (NE)
We do mean interception not sacks.
posted by Howard_T at 02:29 PM on January 16, 2026
My picks:
Broncos by 4
Seahawks by 10
Patriots by 9
Bears by 11
Passer: Drake "Drake Maye" Maye
Rusher: Stephenson (NE)
Receiver: Nacua
Sacker: Williams (NE)
New England at Denver for the AFC title? If it happens, it will be at some history repeating.
posted by Howard_T at 02:26 PM on January 16, 2026
For NoMich, I bet Howard was a huge deadhead I wouldn't have known Mr. Weir from the man on the street. A Deadhead I am not. My tastes in music tend strictly to the classical, and I am a pushover for anything composed by J. S. Bach. The closest I have ever come to a Grateful Dead experience was about 30 years ago. I was working on a project in Seattle and I was about 1/2 mile from the arena where they were to appear. The fans were lined up waiting to get in, and the cannabis was rapidly being converted to vapor and ashes. It was enough that I nearly had a contact high. Fun times.
posted by Howard_T at 02:04 PM on January 13, 2026
NBA Pickem Week 16: All Star Edition
My picks:
Knicks by 6
Spurs by 9
Thunder by 14 (slam dunk)
Lakers by 11