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Hartford Whalers: From Heartbeat to Heartbreak: Whalers and Canes fans on here may want to check this out. Almost an hour run length so maybe not for casual quickie viewing.
As a former Hartford resident, I remember what the downtown area was like during hockey season when the Civic Center was rocking.
In the early 80's the UConn men's basketball team played some of its games there, but they hadn't hired Jim Calhoun and become nationally prominent yet, so the Whalers were absolutely the main game in town.
posted by beaverboard to hockey at 11:20 PM on December 20, 2024 - 4 comments
RIP Franco Harris: An icon and hero of my adolescence. Heading into the 1972 Draft, Franco was seen as a workhorse and his Penn State backfield mate Lydell Mitchell was seen as the skill stud. It was stunning when the Steelers drafted Franco well ahead of Mitchell, but they knew what they were doing. Lydell did OK for the Colts, but Franco ascended to the pantheon of immortals. He was a major tone setter for the great 1970's Steeler rosters, which caused great pain to Cowboys fans and others. I was somewhat ambivalent about the team until they handled the Fran Tarkenton Vikings in the Super Bowl. Then I got on board. Anyone who took care of Tark was deserving of a thumbs up in my book. With several teammates and coaches already deceased, I'm glad that Terry Bradshaw is still around and able to clearly articulate his thoughts and feelings in great detail as people reminisce about Franco and those Pittsburgh teams.
posted by beaverboard to football at 11:41 AM on December 22, 2022 - 2 comments
I Don't Want Cooperstown, I want Shaughnessy: Curt Schilling's thoughts on baseball immortality and settling scores.
posted by beaverboard to baseball at 01:58 AM on January 27, 2021 - 5 comments
Chargers Team Doctor Punctured Tyrod Taylor's Lung: Broadcasters during the Chargers/Chiefs game on Sunday were mystified by the last-minute absence of quarterback Tyrod Taylor, who wasn't on the injury list but did not make the start. Coach Anthony Lynn revealed that Taylor missed the game because the team doctor accidentally punctured his lung while administering a painkiller injection for Taylor's cracked ribs. He's out indefinitely.
posted by beaverboard to football at 04:26 PM on September 23, 2020 - 2 comments
I Was the Fastest Girl in America, Until I Joined Nike: Elite runner Mary Cain's harrowing tale of breakdown in the grips of the Nike training program.
posted by beaverboard to general at 07:34 PM on November 08, 2019 - 3 comments
Who knows what'll happen the rest of today and tomorrow, but I just happened to glance at the Masters leaderboard.
Rory McIlroy is 5 under through 5 at the moment, with the odds swung firmly in his favor.
Now fair befall you.
posted by beaverboard at 03:35 PM on April 12, 2025
It was moose and squirrel.
Or he sold his controlling stake in SpoFi to Patrick Dumont.
posted by beaverboard at 05:40 PM on April 11, 2025
Rot in Hell, ring kissing LA Dodgers.
posted by beaverboard at 04:56 PM on April 08, 2025
American Pokemon 2025: Gotta Ditch 'Em All.
posted by beaverboard at 04:53 PM on April 08, 2025
Sending a Geno Auriemma motivational DVD to Duke to show them when and when not to take your foot off the gas.
If you're up 30 with under 2 to go, OK, you can sub some people in.
posted by beaverboard at 11:00 AM on April 07, 2025
To dismayed US citizens thinking of jumping ship but concerned that they may not be able to weather the seasons up north:
I'm a New Englander and I know for a fact that this spring, there are Canadians thinking about lawn mowers a lot earlier than I am.
posted by beaverboard at 10:53 AM on April 07, 2025
Thank you, Houston.
posted by beaverboard at 11:53 PM on April 05, 2025
Seems like there should be an undercard for the upcoming Lauren Betts - Sarah Strong bout.
posted by beaverboard at 12:27 PM on April 04, 2025
I'm a big fan of the 1983 America's Cup race, when the Australian challengers finally broke through and won thanks to Ben Lexcen's brilliant winged keel design that provided a novel advantage but still kept their yacht within the strict 12 meter guidelines.
So this bat development is right in my wheelhouse, you might say.
posted by beaverboard at 12:17 PM on April 02, 2025
Good point Howard. Excellent idea.
So good in fact that now I know why the league hasn't called you in as a consultant. You think too well.
posted by beaverboard at 12:09 PM on April 02, 2025
If Duke were to win both hoops tournaments, I would have to go on a liquid diet.
posted by beaverboard at 07:24 PM on March 28, 2025
My deepest apology that we're even in a situation like this.
But that doesn't excuse staff being goons first and management then having to initiate damage control after the moment goes viral.
There's an air of unsustainability and foreboding to the current corrosive moment. 45/47 has made ten times as many enemies as 35 ever did. Where there's been one Luigi, others may follow. Not a desirable scenario, regardless of how it was brought on and by whom.
posted by beaverboard at 09:59 PM on March 27, 2025
Three Triangle teams in the Women's Sweet 16, UNC-Duke will be large.
But not bigger than NCSU if they can beat LSU.
posted by beaverboard at 10:04 PM on March 24, 2025
Some of the blowout scores in the women's tournament have been downright vulgar.
When a team is up by 60, don't they have any Carol Burnett mop ladies they can sub in to keep the score reasonable?
posted by beaverboard at 11:56 AM on March 23, 2025
Rory McIlroy wins Masters in playoff to earn career Grand Slam
I like seeing a player win that way because Augusta starts its playoffs right at the same hole that you may have just messed up on, so if you win the way Rory did, you are deserving.
I like that Justin Rose guy, what a class individual, I wish he was 10 years younger so we could see more of him in his prime.
Every year that goes by, more and more people learn more about how Augusta operates and become more disenchanted. I'm just tired of all the pettiness and control freakism.
And CBS - the bird calls you piped in when they were getting ready to tee off at 18 at the start of the playoff were way over the top. Ridiculous Gilligan's Island shit. I'm going to Ace Hardware to decompress with the parakeets.