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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
Arlington, Texas remains the largest city in the US without a fixed route mass transit system.
Many tax dollars have gone into funding new sports facilities instead.
And we recently learned here on SpoFi about how abhorrent the Stars have become in imposing a stranglehold on the central Texas hockey community.
According to one of the comments that follow this Defector piece (the comments are almost as blistering as the piece itself), no one in Arlington cares about the Cowboys.
The article includes this insight into area highway conditions:
"Every Dallas resident has a fetish for sitting dead-stopped on a 10-lane highway alongside a bunch of other unhappy people, all driving the largest car available."
At least things are trending upward in one other sporting region of the continent.
posted by beaverboard at 04:52 PM on August 11, 2025
That whole bit in the Isaac clip about the K-Ball prep is illuminating.
It'll be interesting to see if someone breaks Tucker's record during the regular season.
posted by beaverboard at 12:41 PM on August 11, 2025
Immortality confirmed: The LSD fueled no-hitter that Dock Ellis threw in 1970 was a clue in today's Boston Globe Crossword.
1970 was a banner year in sports.
posted by beaverboard at 12:35 PM on August 10, 2025
Cam Little kicked a 70 yd. field goal for the Jaguars yesterday.
It's not in the record books because it was not kicked during a regular season game.
But it was even a more historic kick than the numbers indicate.
Tom Dempsey kicked a record setting 63 yd. FG in 1970 that was all the more remarkable because he kicked it in the sultry air of outdoor Tulane Stadium in NOLA.
But it was kicked in November, when weather conditions in Louisiana are more moderate.
Most of the massive moon shots that Elam, Prater and McManus kicked for the Broncos were struck in the thin, high altitude air of Denver, where the ball carries farther.
Justin Tucker's record 66 yarder was kicked in a controlled environment, indoors at Ford Field in Detroit.
Cam Little's kick was nailed outdoors in August in Jacksonville on the banks of the St. Johns River, a short distance inland from the sea air of the Atlantic.
That is some thick, wet, heavy ass air. The idea that Little made a 70 yard kick under those conditions is mind boggling. I'd say tack on another 5 yards for degree of difficulty and give him the record.
The whole thing is fitting poetic justice. It wasn't that long ago that the Jags' Asshole In Chief, Urban Meyer, kicked PK Josh Lambo in the leg during an August practice and said: "Hey dipshit, make your fucking kicks" before releasing Lambo (one of the best all time kickers in franchise history) from the squad.
posted by beaverboard at 10:38 AM on August 10, 2025
Bonus points for Carolina fans with Steve Smith and Jake "You" Delhomme being in the booth for the game call.
posted by beaverboard at 04:15 PM on August 09, 2025
Call me a total fair weather bandwagon stooge.
I was fed up to my eyeballs with Shedeur Sanders (and one-man clown car Mel Kiper) during the draft, but now I want to see him light it up and win the job. Or at least have the fans asking the Joe Milton question: "Why isn't this dude playing?"
He got off to a good start last night.
posted by beaverboard at 12:50 PM on August 09, 2025
Sports journalism keeps sinking further into the morass of inane clickcontent.
The Athletic has just added this feature.
Dumbest bunch of shit I can imagine anyone coming up with.
Actually, I can imagine someone being dumb enough to come up with it. I just can't imagine someone being dumb enough to partner with it.
posted by beaverboard at 04:54 PM on August 05, 2025
I had no idea Marv Levy was 100 years old. And still cranking.
I don't know how brutal the paywall is for non-subscribers, but The Athletic ran a piece on Marv that's worth reading if you can access it.
One record that I hope not to see tied or broken anytime soon is that of the Bills going to four straight Super Bowls, but the Chiefs have a chance to equal it this coming season.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6525126/2025/08/01/marv-levy-100-birthday-buffalo-bills/
I tried embedding the article as a text link as that didn't work, so just posted the bare link by itself.
posted by beaverboard at 10:21 AM on August 03, 2025
Not sure if anyone watched the Chargers - Lions exhibition game but dang, it looked to me like Jim Harbaugh, the coach who optimized Alex Smith and Colin Kaepernick as bona fide NFL QB's, is on his way to working a bit of the same magic with Trey Lance.
Then again, maybe Lance's showing is a natural uplift that some players get when they escape the Cowboys' morass of self induced mediocrity.
posted by beaverboard at 09:12 PM on August 02, 2025
My first thought was that I hope that there's a Phil Knight or T. Boone Pickens out there somewhere who will show their money and make this right.
Then I decided that this makes me mad enough to hope that someone steps up and handles it Texas style.
Off Duty Officer Hockey Mom to Responders Outside Arena: "I Just Got To The Point Where I Wanted To Measure The Side Of That Zamboni With A Clip Of Armor Piercing Rounds".
posted by beaverboard at 10:19 AM on August 02, 2025
This is one of my favorite classic film moments.
England on the brink of war in 1938 with chaps traveling the continent worrying about home.
posted by beaverboard at 09:48 AM on July 31, 2025
I hope I can be forgiven for glancing at the link title and thinking for a brief moment that Cricket was Jordon Hudson's nickname.
posted by beaverboard at 09:42 AM on July 31, 2025
Looked like Gilbert Arenas was well on his way to establishing a viable media presence with podcast, YT videos, etc., but has now been arrested on gambling charges.
These days, if you're gonna judge, you'd better have some stamina. Cause there's no shortage of opportunities.
If I was gonna judge Zero, I guess I would have started back with the live weapon in the locker room. I'm too old and tired to run the flag up now.
Tahoe probably has the best perspective on the confluence of gambling and sports. To me, it seems like at some point, all the money, wagering and athletic endeavor is just going to melt into one big cauldron where anything goes anytime, any league, conference, or division.
posted by beaverboard at 04:29 PM on July 30, 2025
The things we're going to have to do someday to convince the world that a majority of folks don't want the US to be a pariah nation...
At this point, if FIFA said: "we thought we were on solid geopolitical footing for 2026 but we were wrong and have decided to just stage the World Cup in Canada and Mexico", I would totally understand their reasoning.
posted by beaverboard at 11:22 PM on July 29, 2025
Knicks Owner Bans Thousands of Lawyers
I don't want Dolan to give the Federal Government any more technology based exclusionary ideas.
My money's on Morgan and Morgan. Their average annual revenue is at least 10 times Dolan's net worth.
Attorneys could have a lot of fun with this.
Such as announcing a Vendetta Day. All ticket holders show up in Guy Fawkes masks to thwart facial recognition devices.
I now see the task that lies ahead of me.
I have to find a way to dupe Alan Dershowitz into suing Madison Square Garden.
If that guy gets banned, Dolan will wish he'd never been born.
Dershowitz is in the "All About Me" Hall Of Fame along with the likes of Tonya Harding, Terrell Owens, and General Douglas MacArthur.