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November 14, 2012
SportsFilter: The Wednesday 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.
Jay Glazer is unhappy with ESPN.
posted by yerfatma at 09:52 AM on November 14, 2012
Oh, it's hilarious. ESPN has a real problem crediting reporters outside of the Mothership that break big stories. When it's one of their guys breaking a story, then you bet that you know the name of the journalist that did the breaking. When it's someone outside of their realm (like Jay Glazer), then it's just some random source that broke the story.
posted by NoMich at 10:10 AM on November 14, 2012
Okay, thanks. Now I understand. That's typical ESPN. That's how they treat sports they don't have a contract to air as well.
posted by bperk at 02:17 PM on November 14, 2012
Have we linked the Princess Bride episode of ESPN NFL Kickoff here yet?
posted by Joey Michaels at 04:46 PM on November 14, 2012
Well, that was a bit good from Ibrahimovic. (Link won't stay up, but anyway.)
posted by etagloh at 05:04 PM on November 14, 2012
It's still up. Eastern Europe cares not for your intellectual property laws.
/In Bosnia a few months ago, and the local economy seems to be based on selling copies of Ibrahimovic's autobigraphy ("I, Zlatan", I presume) in all the bookshops and Edin Dzeko's replica shirt in all the markets.
posted by owlhouse at 08:29 PM on November 14, 2012
Vaguely related, who knew Eden Hazard wasn't just the Tree Adam was supposed to avoid?
posted by yerfatma at 11:12 PM on November 14, 2012
I could listen to an hour of just Philippe Auclair saying Eden's name.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 07:49 AM on November 15, 2012
Well, that was a bit good from Ibrahimovic. (Link won't stay up, but anyway.)
And that's still only his second or third best goal.
They asked Gerrard yesterday how he'd rate his own international career and Gerrard said "a six, or seven."
They then ran off to ask Zlatan.
"Ten."
Which surprised me, because I felt sure he'd say "eleven."
posted by Mr Bismarck at 07:56 AM on November 15, 2012
Just in case anyone hasn't seen Zlatan's other best goal in the world ever.
Or this one, which is a personal favourite.
Zlatan likes to do six impossible things before breakfast.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 08:01 AM on November 15, 2012
Ibrahimovic is football's version of Pavel Bure.
He's never been considered the best in his sport during his career, but what he does (score goals), he's one of the best of all time.
posted by grum@work at 08:33 AM on November 15, 2012
The Guardian posted a collection of Ibra specials today.
The first comment calls him "a rich man's Dimitar Berbatov" which is funny.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 12:18 PM on November 15, 2012
The Guardian also has a nice article about his development.
I could listen to an hour of just Philippe Auclair saying Eden's name.
Zekondead.
posted by yerfatma at 01:11 PM on November 15, 2012
Eric Berry is really afraid of horses.