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February 24, 2012
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.
The Heat had LeBron on him, right?
posted by NoMich at 09:52 AM on February 24, 2012
My over under was 18......Is this the beginning?
No. What are you predicting here -- that he'll wake up one morning and no longer be any good?
posted by rcade at 10:34 AM on February 24, 2012
We were talking last week about an over under before he hits the wall.
posted by Debo270 at 11:19 AM on February 24, 2012
I know that, but I'm asking you to quantify what you're expecting to happen to Lin's performance after 18 games.
posted by rcade at 11:51 AM on February 24, 2012
ok, I am going to go with after that point(game 18) he will be averaging 12 & 5 or less.
posted by Debo270 at 12:01 PM on February 24, 2012
We were talking last week about an over under before he hits the wall.
Let's wait and see how they do against teams that aren't the Heat. Beyond everything else he does so well, the thing I hate most about LeBron James is his ability to erase easy fast breaks. You get a 2-on-1, draw the defender, pass it off for an easy layup and . . . LeBron pins it to the backboard and the Heat take it the other way. It pains me to say it, but the Heat look like a hell of a team.
posted by yerfatma at 12:02 PM on February 24, 2012
On this day in SpoFi history . . . ten years ago, SpoFites were discussing Canada's win over the U.S. for the men's hockey Gold ("A nation of repressed personalities exploding on the ice"). Bonus -- Theo Fleury sighting! Elsewhere on that day, one of the first recorded instances of everyone's favorite parlor game: "Sport or not a Sport?"
posted by holden at 12:22 PM on February 24, 2012
Jeff Carter and his monster contract are now the LA Kings problem. He has been traded from the Blue Jackets for defenseman Jack Johnson and a 1st round draft pick.
From another article: "So in the end, Howson dealt Jakub Voracek, Sean Couturier and prospect Nick Cousins for Jack Johnson and a late-first round pick. Huh."
posted by insomnyuk at 01:09 PM on February 24, 2012
SpoFites were discussing Canada's win over the U.S. for the men's hockey Gold
Huh. I'm nowhere to be found in that discussion.
I must have been recovering from the celebration.
I still have the commemorative S.I. issue (with Lemieux and flag on the cover) on my desk. I didn't think I'd ever experience bigger "Oh Canada!" moment in my life than that one.
Yet, 8 years later I was proven wrong...
posted by grum@work at 01:29 PM on February 24, 2012
That's right, on June 28th, QEII rolled into Canada. Forgot about that.
posted by yerfatma at 02:34 PM on February 24, 2012
Ahh, 2002...the Wings won 4 Olympic medals, and a silver cup of some kind...
posted by MeatSaber at 06:28 PM on February 24, 2012
We were discussing great performance of the National Anthem a week or so ago, but I just stumbled across this great student anthem sang at the 2012 Hawaii State Canoe Racing Championship.
And this is them singing the Hawai`i State song:
posted by Joey Michaels at 08:12 PM on February 24, 2012
Man getting hit in the groin by a football.
But it ends up with him being the lucky one. Matthew Wade. Cricket sensation.
posted by owlhouse at 11:37 PM on February 24, 2012
Lin's final line: 1 for 11 from the field, eight points, three assistsa long way from the 23.9 points and 9.2 assists he had been averaging over his first 11 games in the Knicks' rotation.
My over under was 18......Is this the beginning???