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May 27, 2011
SportsFilter: The Friday 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.
Why does nobody seem to care that Barry Bonds is paying for college for the kids whos dad was beaten at the the LA game. Is he really that hated??
posted by Debo270 at 02:13 PM on May 27, 2011
I dunno Debo, one of the sports talk shows on ESPN mentioned it, either Around the Horn or PTI did and gave Bonds props, so it hasn't been totally ignored.
posted by insomnyuk at 02:27 PM on May 27, 2011
posted by grum@work at 02:40 PM on May 27, 2011
There are hockey players who provoke and antagonize and often carry things too far, but this was not Boogaard's style. His presence was stately. He was more Gary Cooper than Charles Bronson.
posted by rumple at 03:21 PM on May 27, 2011
I hadn't heard about that Barry Bonds story.
And of course the media won't really give it much play because it doesn't fit the "society is fucked, here's a war, some celeb put his cock in his hired help, and somebody died" mentality.
posted by Drood at 04:50 PM on May 27, 2011
some celeb put his cock in his hired help, and somebody died"
Thats one hell of a cock
i kid i kid
posted by Folkways at 06:22 PM on May 27, 2011
Mike Emrick and Pierre McGuire getting the call = TV on mute for the Lightning Bruins game.
posted by insomnyuk at 08:02 PM on May 27, 2011
A rather complicated double-play.
posted by grum@work at 11:22 PM on May 27, 2011
How sports narratives are REALLY built