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February 12, 2010
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.
Someone with more time and technical expertise want to set up an Olympic Hockey confidence pool? Please?
posted by holden at 10:34 AM on February 12, 2010
Wade Phillips doing, well, pretty much anything is almost guaranteed to be funny. Add a solid dose of older nookie girls and the Village People, you get pretty close to genius.
posted by Ufez Jones at 11:37 AM on February 12, 2010
Meanwhile, the BBC accidentally scheduled Strictly Come Dancing and Match of the Day at the same time.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 11:56 AM on February 12, 2010
Giants, Lincecum reach $23M, 2-year deal
posted by tommybiden at 12:17 PM on February 12, 2010
Here's a list of verified olympians on Twitter, if that's your kind of thing.
posted by Ufez Jones at 02:28 PM on February 12, 2010
Another wild west shootout in Rio yesterday. Cops and drug traffickers. At least 7 or 8 dead.
When the Olympics come to town, it'll be grand. Wonder how many false starts there will be in the track events when bursts of nearby weaponry are mistaken for the starter's pistol.
Medal winners might find themselves being doubly recognized as the medals are being draped around their necks: "In the name of the governor of the Dakota Territory, I hereby deputize you..."