June 17, 2012

SportsFilter: The Sunday 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.

posted by huddle to general at 06:00 AM - 14 comments

LaDanian Tomlinson annoucing his retirement tomorrow.

posted by NerfballPro at 12:50 PM on June 17, 2012

Sad day, although definitely the right time. LT was a player you hated watching your favorite team play against, as any seemingly meaningless screen pass or run could go off at any moment.

posted by dfleming at 01:48 PM on June 17, 2012

David Nalbandian defaults from Queen's Club final after injuring line judge

posted by tommybiden at 11:06 PM on June 17, 2012

Bird calls?

Really?

posted by grum@work at 01:09 AM on June 18, 2012

Wow...dollars to donuts, that was one of the guys who were screaming "mashed potato" on every shot.

posted by dfleming at 06:55 AM on June 18, 2012

Oh come on, that was a great video bomb! Thank god for that man's existence. Here's a better quality version of the video.

posted by NoMich at 07:49 AM on June 18, 2012

He looks a little like Vince Vaughn.

posted by dfleming at 08:15 AM on June 18, 2012

UEFA thinks racism is bad, but unauthorized advertising is 4-5x worse.

posted by yerfatma at 10:55 AM on June 18, 2012

That underwear stunt is really lame. The fine has to far exceed what he earned from it to be effective.

posted by rcade at 11:09 AM on June 18, 2012

rcade, unless his contract with them included a clause for the company to pay any resulting fine. He or one of his agents/managers must have thought it likely enough to cover.

posted by billsaysthis at 11:48 AM on June 18, 2012

Sneaky. I guess the in-game punishment will have to cover that stratagem.

posted by rcade at 12:24 PM on June 18, 2012

ESPN just had Matthew Berry on to eulogize LaDanian Tomlinson's fantasy football career.

posted by yerfatma at 12:40 PM on June 18, 2012

If Bendtner overindulges, he'll be groping for the Promo Seltzer in the morning.

posted by beaverboard at 12:58 PM on June 18, 2012

ESPN just had Matthew Berry on to eulogize LaDanian Tomlinson's fantasy football career.

But that died years ago! hyuk hyuk hyuk *rimshot*

posted by LionIndex at 04:59 PM on June 18, 2012

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