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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
Am I weird that every time I hear or read his name I sing "Ciro Immobile" to the tune of "La Donna e Mobile" to myself, and I wish someone would rewrite the rest of the song?
posted by bender at 10:53 AM on July 07, 2021
"I was sure that Hovland, Korda and Steve Stricker were good bets," the unidentified bettor told Betfair. "But I was a little unsure on Harris English."
Baller.
posted by bender at 01:11 PM on June 30, 2021
Wild results yesterday! Spain and France both blew 3-1 leads in the last 15 minutes? Switzerland showed me something I wasn't expecting yesterday--against a France squad that also seemed to be getting it together.
posted by bender at 09:45 AM on June 29, 2021
I much prefer a decision based on one team scoring more than the other versus an arbitrary road goals tiebreaker. And if it loosens up the first legs as Ricardo suggests, that, too, would be a win.
posted by bender at 08:08 AM on June 25, 2021
I agree that for the length of CPR, I was not feeling optimistic. That is a very positive development.
posted by bender at 01:38 PM on June 12, 2021
Yeah, I would have liked if I at least had to click on something to see the percentages so that I wasn't swayed before I even considered it. Oh well. Let's go Poland!
posted by bender at 02:47 PM on June 11, 2021
I was watching, too, though not here (obvs). Very entertaining match, and certainly encouraging to come back from down twice. I don't want to read too much into a single result, but I think there's reason to be rather encouraged from this one, especially with such a young team.
posted by bender at 02:41 PM on June 07, 2021
What's the opposite of TOOTBLAN?
posted by bender at 10:16 PM on May 27, 2021
My picks:
Capitals in 5
Predators in 7
Oilers in 5
Avalanche in 5
Lightning in 5
Islanders in 7
Canadiens in 7
Golden Knights in 6
Top goals: Ovechkin
Top goalie (save %): Andrei Vasilevskiy
Team scoring 6 goals: Golden Knights
Team giving up 0 goals: Capitals
posted by bender at 05:11 PM on May 19, 2021
I've been on the mound for one of those innings. Much lower stakes in my softball league, but I can only imagine how that feels in front of a stadium of fans.
posted by bender at 08:19 AM on May 10, 2021
Thanks, Howard_T. I always appreciate your insight in baseball rules/officiating discussions.
posted by bender at 05:03 PM on May 04, 2021
Yankees Fan Throws Baseball at Red Sox Outfielder
Ridiculous