- 10:58 AM
- 12/22/24
| Name: | Hugh Janus |
|---|---|
| Location: | Hiroshima, Japan |
| Gender: | Go Nuts! |
| Member since: | August 19, 2005 |
| Last visit: | July 10, 2021 |
Hugh Janus has posted 22 links and 953 comments to SportsFilter and 0 links and 4 comments to the Locker Room.
Český lakros: (Czech lacrosse) Before the [1989 Velvet] revolution, Czech Boy Scouts, inspired by illustrations of American Indians at play, fashioned their own sticks and rules of the game... "...It was created in the late sixties by people interested in the life of American Native people but they didn't have contact to international federation, to international lacrosse bodies. So they created their special own rules..." "...Played with very small sticks closely resembling the original Indian sticks. This had come about because a Professor at one of their colleges was very keen on the North American Indian way of life and had formed an association who emulated this way of life during the summer months, one of the activities being the Indian game of Lacrosse; this game was very popular among the young people and was often played in the country at weekends when the flat dwelling of Prague emigrated from the city."
posted by Hugh Janus to other at 10:55 AM on January 06, 2014 - 2 comments
Barrett Green sues: the Washington NFL team, Gregg Williams, and Robert Royal for fostering and participating in the bounty program that encouraged the "unusual, outrageous, and... obvious cheap shot" that ended his career.
posted by Hugh Janus to football at 10:12 AM on July 09, 2013 - 2 comments
Tom Sims, skate- and snowboard pioneer, died Sept. 12 of cardiac arrest. He was 61: As a young star in the 1970's SoCal skateboarding circuit, Sims was a tireless promoter of the sport, building the first longboards for skating and founding Sims Skateboards, who made the first lightweight laminated skateboards and managed the Sims skateboard team, sponsoring rising stars like Stacy Peralta, Tony Hawk, Christian Hosoi, Kevin Staab, and the late Jeff Philips (it's all a little complicated, hard feelings all around, as the above links hint). Sims' attention moved to the slopes and his company morphed into Sims Snowboards, making the first metal edged snowboard, the first snowboarding half pipe, the first freestyle snowboard, the first snowboards designed specifically for women riders, and the first pro-model snowboard. Here he is in the 1985 James Bond film A View to a Kill riding down the mountain on a snowmobile ski. Peers, friends, and former riders reflect.
posted by Hugh Janus to other at 11:09 AM on September 17, 2012 - 2 comments
Trail of stock deals led to DeCinces insider trading accusation: Link to ex-Oriole teammate Murray remains unclear.
posted by Hugh Janus to baseball at 08:44 AM on June 22, 2012 - 6 comments
Kisenosato promoted to ozeki: Sumo's rising star Kisenosato has been promoted to the elite rank of ozeki after a tremendous run of 60 wins in 90 bouts over the past 12 months. He seems to be the only rikishi who has Mongolian yokozuna Hakuho's number, having beaten the grand champion several times. Here's a 2006 interview with Kisenosato, and for a bonus, Hakuho vs. Asashoryu, splitting the world in half.
posted by Hugh Janus to other at 09:21 AM on December 01, 2011 - 4 comments
Here, we will explain about non-profit games, how to share links other than homepage, good writing service and handwritten links. Let's count the Mississippi five before you make anger.
posted by Hugh Janus at 08:39 AM on April 24, 2018
Great! I have a soft spot for UMBC athletics since I attended Retriever lacrosse camp as a junior high schooler.
Dick Burns was the head coach.
posted by Hugh Janus at 10:18 AM on March 17, 2018
Free stew! He's really going all in.
posted by Hugh Janus at 07:28 PM on November 17, 2016
Like I said, that's the spirit!
When you preemptively dismiss any disagreement as childish and frame it as PC Kulturkampf, pretending you're taking the high road frankly stinks. It's a reactionary tactic that snuffs any chance for a reasonable exchange of ideas.
But that's not what you're after.
posted by Hugh Janus at 08:44 PM on June 09, 2016
For chrissakes, can't even this tiny little site off the beaten path be free from this childish culture of virtue signaling and moral purity posturing that's taken over everywhere else on the web?
That's the spirit!
The answer is no, there's no reason to make even more room online for the boorish, troglodytic, and sadly average attitudes of yesterday's man and his little brothers who wail and pout when the grown-ups tell them it's rude to measure a sportswoman's achievement by the angle of their erections.
posted by Hugh Janus at 07:34 PM on June 09, 2016
The hotel called 911 because her injuries needed treatment. During the call they told the dispatcher it looked like she'd been hit. That she eventually refused to testify is not an indication that nothing happened or that she made it all up. It is, in fact, prosecutors are frequently frustrated by such refusals. In some cases the evidence is clear enough that they can proceed without the victim's testimony.
In this case they clearly could not. But Reyes' employer could, after examining the public record and the results of their own investigation, punish him not for giving his wife a black eye, but for giving one to the Rockies and MLB.
That you see yourself as a victim of a vengeful ex-wife has no bearing whatsoever on the Reyes case. In fact, the comparison sounds like apples and oranges. Katherine Reyes refused to testify against her husband after treatment at a hospital, while the person in your story apparently faked injuries in order to gain an edge in divorce proceedings.
Having personal involvement in a vaguely similar situation probably makes your judgment of the Reyes story more heartfelt, but less reliable.
posted by Hugh Janus at 11:59 PM on May 14, 2016
When I was a kid I went to a Washington Diplomats summer soccer camp where Johan Cruyff was a coach. Well, it was more like an extended meet-n-greet than real coaching. But still, I met him, and later when I made Dutch friends I'd tell them about my having been coached by Cruyff. None of them ever really took it very well. I guess because I'm a Yank, not a very good soccer player, and because Cruyff was a legitimate national treasure.
Also my friends probably didn't like being reminded that, like all the other greats of his era, Cruyff was a big star in the NASL.
posted by Hugh Janus at 10:01 AM on March 25, 2016
Seriously, where are they?
Why would they bother, when you're around to do it for them?
It must be exhausting to constantly be the victim.
Exhausting for everybody when the constant victim's a perennial winner as well.
posted by Hugh Janus at 04:21 AM on January 10, 2016
Meadowlark Lemon taught me the difference between latitude and longitude in "Meadowlark Lemon Presents the World," sadly unavailable on the internet, but written about here.
This knowledge is quite useful. Thank you, Mr. Lemon.
posted by Hugh Janus at 02:22 AM on December 29, 2015
White guy says working for African-American man made him feel like a slave OH NO HE DIDN'T
posted by Hugh Janus at 09:39 PM on November 02, 2015
I'd love to see Blatter in jail and out of power, but major advertisers using financial pressure to oust an organization's leadership in the name of "a truly independent approach" is rich.
posted by Hugh Janus at 07:48 AM on October 04, 2015
You're right, hincandenza. I was lying. The Patriots didn't actually fuck my sister's dog. In fact, I don't even have a sister.
I do have a brother, however, and let me tell you what the Patriots did to his puppy....
posted by Hugh Janus at 12:37 AM on September 06, 2015
I think it would be for the best if he is promised reinstatement the day after he dies. Then he can be inducted posthumously to the Hall. No reward in this life for cheating, but his legacy is eventually honored. Problem solved.
That way if he really wants to be reinstated sooner rather than later, he has options.
posted by Hugh Janus at 08:58 AM on June 24, 2015
roll it all up into a large anal probe.
Aw, not again!
posted by Hugh Janus at 06:48 AM on May 02, 2015
SportsFilter: The Friday Huddle
I heard the monks at Roquefort also brew up some killer web hosting.