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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
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
I've never seen a person have an odyssey and transformation as remarkable as his.
The introverted fighter that shows up in Zaire with his German Shepherd and the loquacious grillmeister can't be the same guy.
What a path.
posted by beaverboard at 11:32 PM on March 22, 2025
The only positive thing Gretzky has going for him these days is his resemblance to Southern Calif. guitar legend Hank Easton.
posted by beaverboard at 06:01 PM on March 22, 2025
Walking off the court, those Clemson Tigers looked about the same way they did when they got beat by Tate George's buzzer beater back in 1990.
posted by beaverboard at 01:31 PM on March 21, 2025
Bojangles is working on a Strong Ass Biscuit Combo in honor of incoming NCSU coach Will Wade.
posted by beaverboard at 11:37 AM on March 21, 2025
Amen brother.
The only question I have is: what kind of town would the NBA would be returning to?
posted by beaverboard at 05:07 PM on March 20, 2025
Steve Ballmer is probably saying that his purchase of the Clippers from Donald Sterling now looks like a massive bargain, but I still don't like that Ballmer overpaid to a schmuck in what was basically a forced fire sale situation. And since the sale has not been able to make the Clippers top level competitive.
Chisholm overpaid for the Celtics as well given their current franchise valuation (which is almost exactly the same as the Clippers), but he's getting a lot of intangibles that other franchises don't have. Some of which are priceless.
The Clippers' net earnings are firmly negative and by far the worst in the league, and the annual revenue is on par with small markets like OKC and Milwaukee despite the team being in the giant LA media market.
The Mavericks are valued at just a shade less than the C's and Clips and Mark Cuban did well for himself, selling only his majority stake for more than Ballmer paid for an entire franchise, but Cuban probably didn't anticipate that the pudgy gap toothed dolt that now operates the franchise would run it into the ground in such a brisk and spectacular fashion.
posted by beaverboard at 12:01 PM on March 20, 2025
UNC's Golden Rule to NCAA selection haters:
Eliminate on us as you would have us eliminate on others.
posted by beaverboard at 10:13 AM on March 19, 2025
North Carolina fans, don't read the comments in the Athletic's piece on how UNC snuck into the men's tournament until after you've had a few pints.People are edgy about it.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6208212/2025/03/16/north-carolina-ncaa-tournament-2/
Probable paywall warning.
posted by beaverboard at 09:47 PM on March 16, 2025
Damn. And right before Selection Sunday.
But after reading about his tenacity, work habits and health issues, he might have as easily died during the grueling upcoming stretch, with multiple college basketball tournaments followed by the Masters.
posted by beaverboard at 03:02 AM on March 14, 2025
If all goes according to plan, soon, most of the teams in the NFL will have (or have had) an ex-Jets QB on their roster.
It would be wild if Tua got dinged again and new Miami QB Zach Wilson went in and played lights out. If the Dolphins got into November and Zach was the man, a whole lot of 50 + year old women would line up to buy tickets and get their furs out of storage for the stretch run.
posted by beaverboard at 12:08 PM on March 11, 2025
Chris Webber wants to know if his mural can be vacated from The Timeout in Chapel Hill.
The way that everything else from multiple 1990's seasons at UM has been vacated.
posted by beaverboard at 05:16 PM on March 10, 2025
The Joker is not pleased that a soft shouldered Slovenian in purple and gold has captured the fancy of the entire league.
Nikola is telling it: the Pillsbury Dough train comes through his town before it goes anywhere else.
I haven't wanted to say anything out of concern that Mavs fans' pain would be intensified, but the Lakers have been fun to watch.
The team that reaches the Finals out of the Western Conference will have belly crawled under barbed wire across a minefield with live rounds whistling overhead.
posted by beaverboard at 11:17 AM on March 10, 2025
Who wouldn't want their kid to play for that guy.
posted by beaverboard at 04:37 PM on March 09, 2025
SportsFilter: The Monday Huddle
Three Triangle teams in the Women's Sweet 16, UNC-Duke will be large.
But not bigger than NCSU if they can beat LSU.