May 12, 2010

Probably the best writer on football tactics currently analysing the game. The Guardian's Jonathan Wilson on to possess or not to possess, and why Inter could beat Barca* without actually having the ball.

*Yeah, I know they lost the actual game, but you know what I mean.

posted by owlhouse at 09:16 AM on May 12, 2010

Early am Boston area radio jocks talking in very clenched, nervous tones about the Bruins-Flyers series this morning. No breezy hi how are ya chit chat.

You clearly weren't listening to 'EEI if the jocks were talking about sports.

posted by yerfatma at 12:55 PM on May 12, 2010

Graham James has been found :He may be the most despised man in the history of hockey. Convicted hockey sex offender Graham James has been keeping a very low profile since his release from prison in 2006 on charges that he abused Sheldon Kennedy and an unnamed former player on the Swift Current Broncos in the Western Hockey League.

posted by tommybiden at 01:24 PM on May 12, 2010

Glendale votes to stump up the cash : In a unanimous decision, city decides to pay NHL up to $25-million (U.S.) to keep the Coyotes in Phoenix for now

"For now" buys the NHL another year to determine where the Coyotes will end up.

Glendale has dug itself even deeper into debt with absolutely nothing indicating the trend will change.

posted by cixelsyd at 03:11 PM on May 12, 2010

Since their inception, the Canadiens have not gone an entire decade (ex: 70s, 80s, 90s) without winning at least one Stanley Cup. If you subscribe to the school of thought that decades end in the ---0 years (they do), this year is the last of the 00s, and their last chance to win one in this decade...

It's interesting how that "time between Stanley Cups" thing has evolved. I was always told it was every 7 years, which worked perfectly from 1943 to 1993.

Then the fans started stretching the number of years to cover for the weak period (1993-2003).
"Eight!"
"Err..Nine!"
"Umm...Ten!"

Then it was "Every decade! 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s..."
But that didn't work because they wouldn't have one for the 00s.

So now it's the current iteration of deciding when a decade ends.

posted by grum@work at 03:38 PM on May 12, 2010

Glendale votes to stump up the cash : In a unanimous decision, city decides to pay NHL up to $25-million (U.S.) to keep the Coyotes in Phoenix for now

Does this mean people will actually attend the games?

posted by Ying Yang Mafia at 04:22 PM on May 12, 2010

Glendale votes to stump up the cash : In a unanimous decision, city decides to pay NHL up to $25-million (U.S.) to keep the Coyotes in Phoenix for now

Does this mean people will actually attend the games?

Depends on if they have papers to show local law enforcement.

posted by billsaysthis at 05:49 PM on May 12, 2010

For some reason a Michigan state legislator wants to take away athletes' right to consent to use of their image & likeness in video games.

posted by yerfatma at 08:36 PM on May 12, 2010

grum,

Are you calling me a Canadiens apologist? What did I ever do to you?

posted by MeatSaber at 09:12 PM on May 12, 2010

grum,

Are you calling me a Canadiens apologist? What did I ever do to you?

Oh, that wasn't my intention. There are many Habs fans in my company (head office in Montreal) and I've known them for 15 years. Over that time, they've made a point of bring up the "it's been X years since Toronto won, but Montreal wins every Y years."

The value for X and Y have been steadily increasing since 2000, and I've reminded them of it every time they try to bring it up.

posted by grum@work at 11:56 PM on May 12, 2010