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November 27, 2009
SportsFilter: The Friday Huddle:
A place to discuss the sports stories that aren't making news, share links that aren't quite front-page material, and diagram plays on your hand. Remember to count to five Mississippi before commenting in anger.
The Chilean National team appear to be cleared to play in South Africa next year after resolving a dispute with one of their league teams. FIFA had threatened to ban them from the World Cup Finals if a resolution couldn't be reached before next week's draw.
posted by Ufez Jones at 01:24 PM on November 27, 2009
Update: Press Release from Carlton the Bear
posted by tommybiden at 02:33 PM on November 27, 2009
Nothing of substance to link to (yet) but Tiger Woods is hospitalized after an early morning single car accident. Here and here on Twitter.
posted by geekyguy at 02:54 PM on November 27, 2009
Press Release from Carlton the Bear
If I was the press relations intern writing that attempt at comedy, I'd be seriously considering another career. It's God awful.
posted by dfleming at 03:01 PM on November 27, 2009
I thought Carlton was Rhoda's doorman?
posted by scully at 03:18 PM on November 27, 2009
If I was the press relations intern writing that attempt at comedy, I'd be seriously considering another career. It's God awful.
Fer Chrissake, he's a bear, what do you expect ?
posted by tommybiden at 05:13 PM on November 27, 2009
Fer Chrissake, he's a bear, what do you expect ?
I don't mean it in the "hey kid, you got no talent" way. I mean it in the "....you want me to write WHAT?" way. I'd imagine four years of college and student loans to make 15 bucks an hour writing corny press releases for a dancing bear is probably going to look bad at the 10 year reunion.
posted by dfleming at 01:31 AM on November 28, 2009
You missed my attempt (weak I suppose) at humour. I was trying to indicate that Carlton the Bear (an actual bear, not a human inside a costume) had written the press release. I was inferring that it was a fairly funny piece, (considering it was written by a bear).
Sigh......it's been a long week.
posted by tommybiden at 02:18 AM on November 28, 2009
Sigh......it's been a long week.
I got it (and you were funny), I just put myself in the shoes of the intern *helping him* write it (I'm sure he could only mash the keyboard, someone had to clean it up for him!) and felt a little sorry for them. Well, kinda.
posted by dfleming at 08:18 AM on November 28, 2009
Toronto Maple Leaf mascot, Carlton the Bear is retiring December 12th, no word yet on pre-game ceremonies.