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September 12, 2011
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.
It was a questionable call whether Williams was interfering with Stosur, so they should just let it go. The woman's game without Williams is yawn-inducing.
posted by bperk at 11:43 AM on September 12, 2011
The woman's game without Williams is yawn-inducing.
I'd have been happier with her continuing to chew out the umpire in the post-match interview than putting on her tiara and pretending that she didn't remember what she said. That's just bullshit.
posted by etagloh at 11:57 AM on September 12, 2011
So the new kickoff rule was put in place so there were less returns thus less collisions. Do you think It is working? I saw many many returns from 7-8 yards deep. Did they really change anything?
posted by Debo270 at 02:07 PM on September 12, 2011
It was a questionable call whether Williams was interfering with Stosur, so they should just let it go. The woman's game without Williams is yawn-inducing.
I would agree the game is better with her in it, but not if this is how she acts now. That was well beyond acceptable and the post-match hallucination speaks to a sense of entitlement the game could do without.
posted by yerfatma at 02:08 PM on September 12, 2011
Alexander Galimov, the only survivor of last week's plane crash involving the KHL team, has died of burns suffered in the crash.
posted by tahoemoj at 03:21 PM on September 12, 2011
What a shame. The new Lokomotiv team, built from other rosters, is going to start in the KHL's second division.
posted by rcade at 03:33 PM on September 12, 2011
That was well beyond acceptable
As far as disagreements with the chair umpire go, I thought it was pretty mild. I've seen many extended rants in tennis that interrupted game play. Unless Williams is operating under a different standard, then her behavior is generally acceptable in tennis.
posted by bperk at 03:45 PM on September 12, 2011
"You're a hater, unattractive inside. Who would do such a thing? And I never complain. Wow, what a loser."
I don't quibble with Williams' behavior as much as I do her choice of words. It's like she spent her entire childhood on the tennis court and never experienced the normal maturation process.
posted by rcade at 03:51 PM on September 12, 2011
Her behaviour was not acceptable, on a tennis court or anywhere else. She was already on probation for chewing out an official. She should get the book thrown at her. But she won't, because that's not how professional sport works.
posted by JJ at 04:47 PM on September 12, 2011
A penalty kick so bad the goalie consoled the shooter.
posted by rcade at 06:11 PM on September 12, 2011
It's like she spent her entire childhood on the tennis court and never experienced the normal maturation process.
Ya think? Talk about a hothouse flower. Who has a call go against them and decides they can tell the person the color of their chi is totally off? I'd have been more ok with "Fuck you, asshole" than that New Age bullshit that's basically a proxy for "racist bitch".
posted by yerfatma at 08:46 PM on September 12, 2011
Ron Jaworski uncensored.
posted by rcade at 11:28 PM on September 12, 2011
Seabass just hit a record-tying 63 yard field goal.
Looked like it would have been good from about sixty-three and a third.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 12:07 AM on September 13, 2011
Ron Jaworski uncensored.
It was so casual and natural, I'll be curious how many people noticed it when it happened live.
posted by grum@work at 12:19 AM on September 13, 2011
Judging by Twitter at the time, a fair number. I immediately searched for it because I couldn't tell if I'd heard what I thought I heard. Sucks to be him in today's connected world. Dandy Don could have gotten away with it every year.
posted by yerfatma at 08:16 AM on September 13, 2011
I didn't even notice it, but I was wondering what he was apologizing for later.
posted by bperk at 10:51 AM on September 13, 2011
Ron Jaworski uncensored.
I did hear it but had to do a double take in if I actually heard what I heard. Until he apologized, I was thinking I just heard wrong.
It was so casual and in mid-sentence that it was like having a conversation with a buddy.
posted by BornIcon at 12:01 PM on September 13, 2011
Serena Williams faces sanction from the WTA for chewing out the umpire during the US Open final; she was on a two-year probation after her outburst at a line judge in 2009, and her post-match amnesia isn't likely to help her case.