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March 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.
Alan Shearer's a real good sport. And a huge fan of journalists, vegetables and childrens' toys.
posted by yerfatma at 08:56 AM on March 12, 2010
Yahoo's Puck Daddy had a photoshop contest with Sidney Crosby's reaction to scoring the game-winner in the gold medal game, and it seemed to be pretty popular. Here's gallery 1 and gallery 2...
posted by MeatSaber at 11:45 AM on March 12, 2010
Meatsaber. That is fantastic. Best web site ever.
posted by Debo270 at 12:23 PM on March 12, 2010
Alan Shearer's a real good sport.
That was a funny trainwreck. Could Shearer not have known that Small Talk asks those kinds of questions to sports figures on a regular basis?
posted by rcade at 12:26 PM on March 12, 2010
Here's a nice photo essay on football around the world from The Christian Science Monitor.
posted by Howard_T at 01:37 PM on March 12, 2010
Red Wings are on the outside looking in. 15 games to go for them and sitting 9th in the West, what is up in Hockey Town? I'm sure they can make up the one point from Calgary or Nashville, maybe even pass Colorado, but how is it even necessary?
posted by billsaysthis at 01:47 PM on March 12, 2010
I'm sure they can make up the one point from Calgary or Nashville, maybe even pass Colorado, but how is it even necessary?
Two words: In juries ;-)
posted by tommybiden at 01:51 PM on March 12, 2010
Red Wings are on the outside looking in.
Yeah, but none of the top seeds are too pleased about it.
posted by Spitztengle at 02:10 PM on March 12, 2010
All I know is this: this league, despite its recent upswing in popularity, cannot afford a work stoppage. Cohon has been having a pretty good run as commish so far, I'd hate to see his reign soiled by this kind of thing under his watch. Moreso, I'd simply hate to see a truncated season ... I LOVE THIS LEAGUE!!! And I don't care who knows.
posted by Spitztengle at 04:46 PM on March 12, 2010
It seems that the film Purely Belter had a pretty accurate account of Alan Shearer's music taste, too.
posted by owlhouse at 04:49 PM on March 12, 2010
He seems like a fun guy to sit around the pub and be harangued by.
posted by yerfatma at 06:37 PM on March 12, 2010
It's not elegant, it's not serene, it's not the home of careful and disciplined play. It is, however, played in front of packed houses, with a raucous atmosphere, and you can watch streaming video and highlights officially on YouTube. Yes, it's the IPL.
As for She-Ra, his sense of humour bypass is well-known, though I laughed when Gary Lineker brought up the time Neil Lennon headbutted Shearer in the boot in the MOTD analysis of Adebayor's little incident.
posted by etagloh at 01:07 AM on March 13, 2010
Find myself quietly rooting for an MLS strike just to get Landon Donovan back to Everton. </bad-sports-fan>