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February 28, 2010
SportsFilter: The Sunday 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.
That was funny.
posted by NoMich at 09:47 AM on February 28, 2010
Cuba Gooding Jr. in Jerry Maguire:
"No, I am not Hootie!"
posted by beaverboard at 11:34 AM on February 28, 2010
I know you're all going to be watching hockey today (me too, if Channel 9 can be bothered). But Manchester United is learning something from the Sydney Swans.
posted by owlhouse at 03:27 PM on February 28, 2010
In other hockey-related news, the Canadian women's team was forced to apologize for a celebration in which they drank champagne and smoked cigars. The celebration took place after fans had left the building. The IOC, clearly sporting a regulation-sized goalie stick up its ass, said it "would investigate whether the public celebration was harmful to the image of the players and ice hockey in general."
Commenting on the matter on NPR's Le Show, host Harry Shearer said, "They're girls who play hockey. What are they supposed to do, go shopping for shoes?"
posted by lil_brown_bat at 06:25 PM on February 28, 2010
You can read how offended we all were by the celebration here.
posted by NoMich at 06:29 PM on February 28, 2010
Joannie Rochette and Petra Majdic share Terry Fox Award: The award was created by the Fox family and the Vancouver Organizing Committee to single out athletes who embody the same spirit as Terry Fox, the young amputee who lost a leg to cancer yet set out to run across Canada in 1980 to raise funds for cancer research.
posted by tommybiden at 09:41 PM on February 28, 2010
Houston Chronicle reporter Jerome Solomon: "Here's the deal: the next time somebody asks me if I am Shani Davis, I am going to start being Shani Davis."