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July 13, 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.
Appeal court upholds former Leafs captain's four-year prison term:
Rob Ramage has begun serving a four-year prison term for the 2003 impaired driving crash that killed fellow hockey star Keith Magnuson
posted by tommybiden at 10:35 AM on July 13, 2010
N.H.L. Players hoping Fehr takes leadership position with union
posted by tommybiden at 10:44 AM on July 13, 2010
Sports Illustrated and Turner to tackle ESPN.
posted by yerfatma at 11:55 AM on July 13, 2010
Sports Illustrated and Turner to tackle ESPN.
Good. I have a long running boycott of SI going, but perhaps I will not extend it to television. Every time someone says they aren't going to watch ESPN again (because of something like the Lebronathon), I wonder what I would watch on tv if I gave it up.
posted by bperk at 12:07 PM on July 13, 2010
The SI/Turner deal is only for their web properties, from the link text I expected more, like a new cable channel to compete 24/365 with ESPN.
posted by billsaysthis at 12:37 PM on July 13, 2010
My reading comprehension needs work. I never go to SI.com unless someone links to an article from it.
posted by bperk at 03:27 PM on July 13, 2010
According to Michael Ballack's agent, Germany didn't win the World Cup because their team was too... er... gay?
posted by boredom_08 at 05:03 PM on July 13, 2010
And a BIG ...... FUCK YOU to Fox .
Instead of broadcasting O Canada, they went to commercial, but were back to show The Star Spangled Banner. I guess it's better than last year, when they played the Canadian anthem over the loudspeakers at Busch Stadium, of a recording that my high school would have been embarrassed to play.
I did think to switch to the Canadian feed, and watch it, but seriously, FUCK YOU, FOX.
It's probably because The Canadian Tenors aren't starring in a Fox sitcom, that they didn't get airtime.
posted by tommybiden at 08:59 PM on July 13, 2010
Indian wicketkeeper MS Dhoni is the world's highest paid cricketer after signing a new 2 year set of endorsements.