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June 22, 2010
SportsFilter: The Tuesday 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.
posted by grum@work at 08:36 AM on June 22, 2010
That goal is something else.
posted by Ying Yang Mafia at 10:00 AM on June 22, 2010
great video grum!
posted by dviking at 10:39 AM on June 22, 2010
French team may not want to come home. If they do, better do it by boat.
posted by yerfatma at 10:49 AM on June 22, 2010
The red card against France really makes clear that Clint Dempsey was lucky not to draw one against Slovenia. I was wrong about that.
posted by rcade at 11:05 AM on June 22, 2010
France keep finding new and entertaining ways to self-destruct.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 11:12 AM on June 22, 2010
The announcers in the France game just said that Thierry Henry might be coming to play for the MLS in New York. Great for us, but what happened to the guy?
posted by rcade at 11:12 AM on June 22, 2010
He's about to be 33?
posted by Mr Bismarck at 11:21 AM on June 22, 2010
Yeah, my response would have been, "He died two years ago." He was starting to fade around the last World Cup and has been a part-time player the last couple of years.
And France just scored. Damnit.
posted by yerfatma at 11:29 AM on June 22, 2010
Goooo RSA! Bafana bafana!!!!
Man I would love to see them advance, but even more if they beat France to do it.
posted by lil_brown_bat at 11:32 AM on June 22, 2010
Well I've got some terrible news then.
posted by yerfatma at 12:10 PM on June 22, 2010
The red card against France really makes clear that Clint Dempsey was lucky not to draw one against Slovenia.
Different game, different ref, different set of FIFA briefing notes drawn from what happened in the previous matches. That's not to celebrate inconsistency, but it's a recognition that each match sets up its own officiating dynamic. When matches are this compressed together, there's more opportunity (and reason) to juxtapose decisions than in a club season, but trying to extrapolate backwards doesn't really tell you anything. Players will be on notice about the elbow from now on, though.
Even without the black comedy of the French performance -- there are reports of ironic cheers in French offices and airports -- the best two teams came out of the group. It would have been a lovely surprise had the South Africans got in, but it was great that both Uruguay and Mexico came out and played for a result.
posted by etagloh at 12:20 PM on June 22, 2010
Big payoff to playing for a result in group A - winner plays not-Argentina
posted by kokaku at 12:31 PM on June 22, 2010
The NHL's top 100 unrestricted free agents
posted by tommybiden at 01:02 PM on June 22, 2010
Good to see we've got the professional vuvuzelers in for the Argentina-Greece game. That modulating up and down pulse of sound is almost pleasant.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 02:59 PM on June 22, 2010
I've noticed the vZ dB levels seem to be higher over the last two days. Maybe it is ringers. Nigeria game's not so loud, but that's probably due to Nigerian fans trying to swallow theirs.
posted by yerfatma at 03:43 PM on June 22, 2010
Grum: What's the story on that goal? That is fantastic. What incredible luck/presence of mind.
posted by Joey Michaels at 04:13 PM on June 22, 2010
Ronaldo had a great game but let's not forget this was the sixth goal against a tired, weaker team from a team that had it all to play for--the total goals will be a big help if Portugal lose to Brazil and Ivory Coast beat NK.
posted by billsaysthis at 04:29 PM on June 22, 2010
Boston Bruins have shipped Dennis Wideman off to Florida for Nathan Horton and Gregory Campbell. Also in the deal were the #15 pick in this year's draft to Florida and Florida's 3rd round pick in 2011 to Boston. Wideman was dogged all year by disastrous giveaways that frequently led to opposition scores, while Horton has been labeled as underachieving and having a questionable work ethic. Campbell might do Boston some good when it comes to penalties and suspensions, since he is the son of the NHL chief disciplinarian, Colin Campbell.
posted by Howard_T at 04:42 PM on June 22, 2010
First women elected to Hockey Hall of Fame. Cammi Granato and Angela James join Dino Ciccarelli as players selected.
posted by graymatters at 05:08 PM on June 22, 2010
Pat Quinn not happy with move to front office
posted by tommybiden at 09:34 PM on June 22, 2010
Well, it didn't take me nearly as long to get fed up with the diving at World Cup as it did four years ago. Progress!
I did think of a path to WC redemption, though. The next time there's a BS card shown as a result of a flopper, I want to see members of the carded team start diving as if the ref was headbutting and shinkicking them like there was no tomorrow - every single time one of the team runs past him.