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July 31, 2012
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.
As of 1:16pm ET, they are currently playing an endless match of tennis.
posted by grum@work at 01:17 PM on July 31, 2012
And the match is over, 40 minutes later. :(
posted by grum@work at 01:53 PM on July 31, 2012
A Facebook page calling for ESPN to apologize to Joe Paterno has gotten 70,000 likes. One commenter who wanted the statue to stay: "We do not remove the Lincoln Memorial because he started the Civil War, rather we leave it as a reminder of the good he's done."
posted by rcade at 02:50 PM on July 31, 2012
A Facebook page calling for ESPN to apologize to Joe Paterno has gotten 70,000 likes
I undertand Joe was a big influence to many during his career, but it's hard to imagine how 70,000 people could ignore his harboring ongoing child abuse. Next to abusing the children himself it's the worst criminal act possible.
posted by cixelsyd at 03:11 PM on July 31, 2012
posted by grum@work at 05:19 PM on July 31, 2012
Because actual standings with multi-tier playoffs aren't good enough to tell which teams are good, the AP now has a college-type poll as voted by a 12 member panel:
- Chris Berman, ESPN
- Clifton Brown, Sporting News
- Cris Collinsworth, NBC Sports
- Rich Gannon, CBS Sports/SiriusXM NFL Radio
- Bob Glauber, Newsday
- Rick Gosselin, Dallas Morning News
- Clark Judge, CBSSports.com
- Ira Kaufman, Tampa Tribune
- Pat Kirwan, SiriusXM NFL Radio/CBSSports.com
- John Lynch, Fox Sports
- Alex Marvez, Foxsports.com
- Dan Pompei, Chicago Tribune
Packers start at #1.
posted by billsaysthis at 05:58 PM on July 31, 2012
That Civil War quote is rich. You wouldn't check to see if that individual had attended PSU; you'd check to see how far they'd gotten in high school.
posted by beaverboard at 05:58 PM on July 31, 2012
Olympics ticket question: Anyone know how to figure out if the U.S.A. men's basketball team will play in semi-final BK037 or BK038?
posted by rcade at 06:09 PM on July 31, 2012
Does anyone know why China wasn't in the Olympics for Women's Soccer?
posted by kokaku at 06:24 PM on July 31, 2012
Because Japan and North Korea* qualified from the Asian Zone.
Australia was third. China had a good women's team a few years ago (previous WC winners and I saw them at the Sydney Olympics) but lately they've been a bit further down the rankings.
*Although banned from all FIFA competitions after a PED bust, the rules for the Olympics are a bit different, apparently.
posted by owlhouse at 08:50 PM on July 31, 2012
rcade: I'm not 100% certain, but assuming that the US tops Pool A and wins the QF, I think it's going to be the first of the two semis.
That's based on the FIBA website, and they're the ones running the Olympic tournament. (The official London 2012 site isn't as good for that stuff for various dull technical reasons.)
posted by etagloh at 01:28 AM on August 01, 2012
A redditor explains the skill involved in Equestrian events.