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| Name: | Jeff Zelek |
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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
Revised picks:
Falcons by 3
posted by bender at 10:48 AM on October 08, 2021
My picks:
Seahawks by 10 (lock)
posted by bender at 11:11 PM on October 06, 2021
Revised picks:
Falcons by 2 posted by bender at 10:43 AM on October 03, 2021
My picks:
Bengals by 13 (lock)
posted by bender at 08:50 AM on September 30, 2021
Revised picks:
Bills by 7 posted by bender at 10:11 AM on September 26, 2021
My picks:
Texans by 2
posted by bender at 01:42 PM on September 23, 2021
My picks:
Bears by 3
Browns by 7 (lock)
Colts by 3
Bills by 3
Patriots by 3
Eagles by 14 (lock)
Steelers by 6
Saints by 10 (lock)
Jaguars by 2
Cardinals by 5
Buccaneers by 10 (lock)
Cowboys by 4
Seahawks by 4
Ravens by 3
Packers by 3
posted by bender at 06:10 PM on September 17, 2021
Wow! That is incredible. Congratulations to her!
posted by bender at 11:51 AM on September 12, 2021
My picks:
Buccaneers by 7
Falcons by 3
Bills by 7 (lock)
Vikings by 4
49ers by 5
Titans by 12 (lock)
Colts by 2
Washington by 4
Panthers by 2
Jaguars by 3
Chiefs by 6
Dolphins by 3
Saints by 6 (lock)
Broncos by 3
Bears by 3
Raiders by 7 (lock)
posted by bender at 05:18 PM on September 07, 2021
This Bishop Sycamore thing is wild. My friend sent me this article yesterday, also on Awful Announcing. This part particularly got my attention:
"They had an address that they reported to have school out of. I go to that address and no one is there. I ask the people there if they've ever heard of these people, and they said "No, never heard of them. There's no school here." Which led to them obviously being declared not a school for OHSAA purposes, and led to their school charter being revoked by the Ohio Department of Education."
posted by bender at 12:02 AM on September 02, 2021
Ridiculous
posted by bender at 12:27 PM on July 18, 2021
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
NFL Pickem Week 6: Chucky Got Chucked Edition
My picks:
Eagles by 3
Dolphins by 4
Packers by 12 (lock)
Bengals by 5
Colts by 8 (lock)
Rams by 6
Chiefs by 10 (lock)
Vikings by 5
Ravens by 12 (lock)
Cardinals by 2
Broncos by 10
Patriots by 3
Steelers by 3
Titans by 7