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May 24, 2010
SportsFilter: The Monday 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.
Zonal Marking dissect the Champions League final.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 11:22 AM on May 24, 2010
I know this is flesh-colored underwear, but still ... why doesn't tennis stop Venus Williams from looking bare-assed?
posted by rcade at 11:34 AM on May 24, 2010
The shock factor?
posted by yzelda4045 at 11:58 AM on May 24, 2010
Tennis has been hearing for years that high definition is the wave of the future.
If there is going to be a renewal of modesty, it will likely not happen in France. The All-England Club will force the issue several weeks hence.
Does the Duchess of Kent wear Spandex under her yellow frock? We may never know.
posted by beaverboard at 12:13 PM on May 24, 2010
Interesting tidbit gleaned from the May 10 issue of SI (when it appeared that the Pens were well on their way to dismantling the Habs):
In the judgment of NHL players, the four toughest buildings to win a road game in are as follows:
San Jose Chicago Montreal Philadelphia
(Going from memory, I didn't list them in correct voting order, but regardless...)
posted by beaverboard at 12:20 PM on May 24, 2010
"If there is going to be a renewal of modesty, it will likely not happen in France."
Ha, that.
posted by lil_brown_bat at 02:29 PM on May 24, 2010
Am I to interpret this as being that Venus really wants to go bare-assed and has discovered a technologically inspired loophole?
Strangely, I'm ok with it. Bum!
posted by WeedyMcSmokey at 02:58 PM on May 24, 2010
Oh, that's called a loophole?
Wait till Borat rushes the court and jams a fright wig into the front side of that get-up and hollers: "See? What did I tell you?"
posted by beaverboard at 03:15 PM on May 24, 2010
A golf ball hitting a steel plate at 150mph. In super-slow-motion.
posted by grum@work at 03:24 PM on May 24, 2010
Piling on A-Rod: Texas Rangers' bankruptcy leaves him out most of the $25 million deferred money he's owed.
posted by yerfatma at 03:31 PM on May 24, 2010
A golf ball hitting a steel plate at 150mph. In super-slow-motion.
I'd love to see what the golf ball looked like after it hit that plate.
Piling on A-Rod: Texas Rangers' bankruptcy leaves him out most of the $25 million deferred money he's owed
He's going to have trouble paying the bills now.
posted by Ying Yang Mafia at 03:44 PM on May 24, 2010
Should we pass the hat for A-Rod?
posted by kokaku at 05:06 PM on May 24, 2010
Texas Rangers' bankruptcy leaves him out most of the $25 million deferred money he's owed.
Actually, an updated version of the story suggests he will get all of his money:
At an afternoon press conference today, that possibility was put to rest by attorney Chuck Greenberg, who with his partner, Nolan Ryan, will be taking over control of the Rangers after transfer from the current owner, Tom Hicks' sports-investment company, is completed.
"Every creditor of Texas Rangers will be paid 100 cents on the dollar," Greenberg said at a press conference.
posted by grum@work at 05:22 PM on May 24, 2010
All Steve Nash needs now is to have a few teeth knocked out and he'll have the hockey player trifecta for injuries.
posted by grum@work at 07:50 PM on May 24, 2010
"Every creditor of Texas Rangers will be paid 100 cents on the dollar,"
Right, because that's the point of bankruptcy, to just say you're having problems but will pay everyone.
posted by yerfatma at 11:13 PM on May 24, 2010
Right, because that's the point of bankruptcy, to just say you're having problems but will pay everyone.
You realize this is another company that is making this statement, right? Not the one that is bankrupt, but the company that is purchasing the Texas Rangers. They may have the money to pay off the creditors.
posted by grum@work at 01:13 PM on May 25, 2010
Right, because that's the point of bankruptcy, to just say you're having problems but will pay everyone.
Depends on whether it's a Chapter 7 or Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
One dissolves the business entirely and allows neutral parties -- a court and bankruptcy trustee -- to maximize the amount paid to creditors and decide who gets to be paid first.
The other gives a company a timeout to reorganize and figure out how its creditors will get paid.
In this case, since the buyer is out there waiting and will pay all debts, this seems like an accounting trick to free the Texas Rangers of the scourge of Tom Hicks as quick as possible.
posted by rcade at 01:27 PM on May 25, 2010
You realize this is another company that is making this statement, right?
Ah, no I did not. Thanks.
posted by yerfatma at 01:29 PM on May 25, 2010
Judging by the World Cup warm up match in Melbourne tonight, if anyone out there is pining for the days of Egil Olsen's Norway or Jack Charlton's Ireland, then you will enjoy Ricky Herbert's New Zealand.