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Big Ten nixes fall college football season, eyes spring: Big Ten conference presidents and chancellors voted Tuesday to postpone all fall sports seasons, including football, amid the coronavirus pandemic with the hopes of playing in the spring.
posted by bender to football at 10:17 AM on August 12, 2020 - 1 comment
An 82-game season? A universal DH? Key takeaways from MLB's 2020 proposal: MLB owners approved a proposal that aims to have Major League Baseball back in early July. Commissioner Rob Manfred reportedly plans to present the proposal to players Tuesday.
posted by bender to baseball at 09:31 AM on May 12, 2020 - 2 comments
VAR Has One Job, And It's Failing Miserably At It: The most common complaint against VAR—or any form of video review in sports—in one of aesthetics. If referees insist on stopping the game for several minutes to double check every key play, the thinking goes, all the drama and intensity and emotion of the biggest moments will be lost, and the celebrations of fans will be replaced by hesitance and trepidation while they wait to confirm that what they just saw with their own eyes actually happened. It’s a fine argument, one that at least a strong minority of sports fans would agree with. But most leagues around the world have chosen to ignore it. If the game gets delayed for a bit, they’ve decided, that’s okay, because it’s a small price to pay to avoid controversy and make sure officials are making an objectively correct call.
posted by bender to soccer at 04:34 PM on June 24, 2019 - 8 comments
Altuve Ruled Out on Fan Interference in ALCS Game 4: Mookie Betts tries to make a play at the wall on a Jose Altuve hit, and the umpires rule that a fan interfered and call Altuve out.
posted by bender to baseball at 09:22 AM on October 18, 2018 - 20 comments
Mesut Özil is leaving the German National Football Team over DFB's reaction to a photo he took with Turkish President Recep Erdogan in May.: Mesut Özil tweeted a three-part statement Sunday regarding the photo incident, his Turkish heritage, and the backlash he has received--particularly from DFB President Reinhard Grindel. He concluded, "It is with a heavy heart and after much consideration that because of recent events, I will no longer be playing for Germany at international level whilst I have this feeling of racism and disrespect. I used to wear the German shirt with such pride and excitement, but now I don't."
posted by bender to soccer at 01:27 PM on July 23, 2018 - 4 comments
My picks:
Stars in 5
Top goals: Joe Pavelski
Top goalie (save %): Anton Khudobin
Team winning game 1: Stars
Team giving up 0 goals: Stars
Top assists: Miro Heiskanen
Conn Smythe: Joe Pavelski
Tiebreaker: 25
posted by bender at 12:36 PM on September 19, 2020
Revised picks:
Bears by 4 (not locked) posted by bender at 10:46 PM on September 17, 2020
My picks:
Browns by 4
posted by bender at 08:37 AM on September 17, 2020
You guys are alright.
posted by bender at 09:06 AM on September 14, 2020
Something I've mused over before, since the city is Tampa, but there is a Tampa Bay. Is the team the Tampa Bay / Buccaneers or the Tampa / Bay Buccaneers?
posted by bender at 04:20 PM on September 13, 2020
Atlanta Braves: hold our co-cola.
Kudos to the Marlins, who, after going down 11-2 after 2 got it back to a competitive 13-8 after their half of the 4th, before the rest of the wheels fell off.
posted by bender at 03:10 PM on September 10, 2020
My picks:
Chiefs by 10 (lock)
Seahawks by 3
Bills by 4
Bears by 7
Vikings by 6
Patriots by 12 (lock)
Washington by 5
Panthers by 3
Colts by 7
Ravens by 7 (lock)
Chargers by 3
Saints by 4
49ers by 4
Rams by 14 (lock)
Giants by 3
Broncos by 4
posted by bender at 08:51 AM on September 09, 2020
My picks:
Golden Knights in 6
Islanders in 5
Top goals: Denis Gurianov
Top goalie (save %): Semyon Varlamov
Team scoring most goals: Golden Knights
Team giving up 0 goals: Islanders
posted by bender at 11:57 AM on September 06, 2020
rcade, I asked a friend who has been running a league that I have also been in. His response:
"Negative. The admin has to create their team before the league is renewed. There are free transfers Week 1 so they can always make revisions." (as also noted by prof)
posted by bender at 09:52 AM on September 03, 2020
Real change requires buy-in from everyone. Leaders included.
This is part of why I had some hope as a result of these protests by athletes. America is obsessed with sports. A protest like this--not just individual athletes like with the kneeling during the national anthem but entire teams or even leagues would certainly get attention and force a conversation.
Of course, if they only take off a game or two and then get back to playing, it will be forgotten, and people will move on. If they are able to carry it on until some demands are met, then they could achieve something. Of course, what those demands are is the tricky part. The solutions here are not easy or quick to achieve, and results will be even slower to measure. And of course, the athletes are not necessarily the ones who should be negotiating them--though more than a few athletes have exhibited that they are well qualified to be part of that process. I'm thinking something like agreements by cities/governments to meet with community and advocacy organizations to determine and implement policy changes. Not single meetings but some schedule or framework--something that can be viewed as a commitment to reform.
posted by bender at 11:26 AM on August 28, 2020
I will hand it to the players for taking it upon themselves to answer complaints against the violent protests with a meaningful peaceful rebuttal. This protest, now tacitly backed by the league with the cancellation, actually has a chance to move the needle.
I understand the Mariners and Padres also look like they won't be playing.
posted by bender at 06:49 PM on August 26, 2020
My picks:
Stars in 5
Islanders in 6
Lightning in 7
Canucks in 6
Top goals: Bo Horvat
Top goalie (save %): Semyon Varlamov
Team scoring most goals: Stars
Team giving up 0 goals: Lightning
posted by bender at 12:37 PM on August 22, 2020
The apology, where he paused mid-thought to call a homerun, was also quite bizarre.
posted by bender at 09:29 AM on August 20, 2020
What unwritten rule will he break today?? Tune in to find out!
posted by bender at 10:40 PM on August 19, 2020
NFL Pickem Week 3: Pay Dak Prescott Edition
My picks:
Dolphins by 7