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August 07, 2010
SportsFilter: The Saturday 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.
After a controversial call with Philly and Florida two days ago and two errors in the 9th by Infante and Chipper giving the Giants a run in the 9th to tie up the game, the Phillies are only one game behind Atl.
posted by sgtcookzane at 02:50 PM on August 07, 2010
Big Al in D.C. finally passes his 300 yard shuttle fitness test.
This is the same test that Mike Golic took and passed....sort of.
posted by sgtcookzane at 02:58 PM on August 07, 2010
Well, to be fair to Haynesworth, Golic might not have been "training" for this, but he's been doing that p90x stuff.
posted by apoch at 03:05 PM on August 07, 2010
In vuvuzela-related news, I was at Busch Stadium in St. Louis this past Tuesday to watch the Cards game, and a guy sitting behind me had actually brought a vuvuzela to the game. He'd been in SA at the World Cup, so it was the real deal. Those things are LOUD in person.
posted by boredom_08 at 10:45 PM on August 07, 2010
Allegedly the best pound-for-pound fighter in the UFC, Anderson Silva just had his ass handed to him for five rounds by Chael Sonnen. And won.
Late into the fifth round and a triangle choke from the bottom forced Sonnen to tap.
Not sure "remarkable" is the right word for the fight, as it was mostly one-way traffic for 23 minutes, but I don't think many people outside of Sonnen himself expected him to dominate Silva that way.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 12:59 AM on August 08, 2010
AP Sources: Volunteers coaches interviewed by NCAA. Lane Kiffin, the gift that keeps on giving ;)