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December 20, 2011
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.
The actor Gerard Butler had to be rescued surfing at Maverick's shooting a film.
posted by rcade at 10:44 AM on December 20, 2011
Many yrs ago I was driving up the coastal highway and lucked into being at mavericks when the big waves were rolling in and stopped to watch a bit. Nothing they put on film is equal to actually being there at just the right time. No big crowds like you see today just a hand full of surfers and some massive waves. Dangerous place for anyone down on the rocks and I'm glad Gerard is ok. I was not about to climb down to the waters edge even in (or because of) my altered state at the time.
posted by Folkways at 11:03 AM on December 20, 2011
Jersey foul, indeed.
posted by NoMich at 11:28 AM on December 20, 2011
The NCAA's ruling against the Ohio State football program is in.
posted by NoMich at 03:25 PM on December 20, 2011
Not exactly a called home run, but not bad.
posted by owlhouse at 08:33 PM on December 20, 2011
Nice, owlhouse. The Cricinfo piece summarising Warne's conversation with the Fox Sports commentators is also worth a read. I'm a sceptic about the new Big Bash franchise format (plus it's more bloody T20) but it seems to have got the punters through the gates.
posted by etagloh at 09:10 PM on December 20, 2011
Funnily enough, etagloh, the crowds are lower than expected. The ACB was in the media on Monday noting this and explaining that the "true value" of the Big Bash would be found when the TV rights were being negotiated.
My nightmare vision of the future is professional sport being played in massive, empty stadiums, with the only witnesses being hundreds of silent TV cameras, broadcasting to half awake zombies slumped in front of their plasma screens.
What? Oh.
posted by owlhouse at 09:35 PM on December 20, 2011
Don Mattingly, man(?) of the arts.
posted by lil_brown_bat at 10:50 PM on December 20, 2011
Bowling, Warney!
posted by JJ at 07:07 AM on December 21, 2011
Owlie, etagloh, that is so cool!
Wonder if we could get John Terry or Luis Suarez miked up for a match ;)
posted by billsaysthis at 12:03 PM on December 21, 2011
The Ohio State football program will learn its fate this afternoon.