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November 27, 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.
SpoFi4OWF had a very good day yesterday, thanks @NoMich, @goddam and @yerfatma!! Up to $270, past the halfway mark.
posted by billsaysthis at 11:45 AM on November 27, 2012
posted by tron7 at 02:09 AM on November 28, 2012
But it's not like he thinks he's part of the show or anything.
posted by yerfatma at 09:33 AM on November 28, 2012
At least he wasn't humping the air.
posted by NoMich at 09:36 AM on November 28, 2012
I am mesmerized by Kobe's WTF face.
posted by jmd82 at 10:03 AM on November 28, 2012
Today's stupidest thing you'll ever see today.
Joey Barton conducts post-match Olympique Marseille interview in English with a French accent.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 10:04 AM on November 28, 2012
Why are all these NFL players failing tests for Adderall? They probably aren't, the league just can't say what the drug was, so players claim Adderall. It all started with Garrett Hartley who admitted (claimed?) to taking Adderall back in 2009.
posted by yerfatma at 10:15 AM on November 28, 2012
Red Wings' Riley Sheahan was wearing 'Teletubbies' costume, carrying Brendan Smith's ID during DUI arrest
posted by tommybiden at 12:29 PM on November 28, 2012
Glendale city council approves Coyotes' $320,000,000 arena deal.
posted by tommybiden at 12:32 PM on November 28, 2012
He is charged under the state's new "super drunk" distinction for having a blood-alcohol content higher than .17,
Another over-achieving Red Wings draft pick...
posted by grum@work at 12:34 PM on November 28, 2012
Finally, a superpower I can aspire to.
posted by yerfatma at 01:09 PM on November 28, 2012
Re: Riley Sheahan
.30!!?? Holy shit, is that a high BAC! What should be concerning to the Red Wings, and to Mr. Sheahan himself is that he still had the cognitive motor skills to remain upright at that BAC, let alone get behind the wheel of a car and drive it well enough to simply get a DUI, rather than instantly driving into the nearest building or telephone pole. To have a tolerance like that indicates some form of alcoholism, rather than just piss poor judgment.
posted by tahoemoj at 01:15 PM on November 28, 2012
To have a tolerance like that indicates some form of alcoholism, rather than just piss poor judgment.
I know plenty of kids in college who probably had a BAC of .30 at one time or another. I'm guessing I did. None of us ended up alcoholics (as far as I know). However, we also weren't stupid enough to get behind the wheel. We could stand upright, sure, just not for very long.
posted by jmd82 at 01:38 PM on November 28, 2012
Just wondering where the Wednesday huddle is?
posted by rumple at 02:24 PM on November 28, 2012
Just wondering where the Wednesday huddle is?
No-Huddle Wednesday!
posted by tommybiden at 02:32 PM on November 28, 2012
If there was a Wednesday huddle, then I'd post this :
w00t! has one of these for every team.
The Washington Football Team once is nice.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 02:52 PM on November 28, 2012
What should be concerning to the Red Wings, and to Mr. Sheahan himself is that he still had the cognitive motor skills to remain upright at that BAC
You clearly haven't seen Slapshot! recently.
posted by yerfatma at 02:59 PM on November 28, 2012
The server crashed hard last night.
posted by rcade at 03:43 PM on November 28, 2012
Red Wings' Riley Sheahan was wearing 'Teletubbies' costume, carrying Brendan Smith's ID during DUI arrest
Really, did anyone expect him to wear a purple Teletubby costume while sober? And carrying someone else's ID is a perfectly sensible way to mask the identity of one who might want to be Tinky Winky.
posted by Howard_T at 04:04 PM on November 28, 2012
Manchester City's Carlos Tevez apparently lost his paystub. Count the figures to the left of the decimal, and weep. Something about seeing the pay in such a mundane setting is shocking. Not to mention the 24 GBP fine -- I'm sure that hurt.
Hope the server bounced back up gracefully
posted by rumple at 04:43 PM on November 28, 2012
I know plenty of kids in college who probably had a BAC of .30 at one time or another. I'm guessing I did.
I'm sure that I did a few times, as well. I spent them face down or hugging a toilet, not walking and/or driving. The point is that someone who can maintain "control" at that blood alcohol level has a pretty developed tolerance. And that speaks of alcoholism.
We could stand upright, sure, just not for very long.
Isn't that kind of what I was saying?
posted by tahoemoj at 04:48 PM on November 28, 2012
.30!!?? Holy shit, is that a high BAC! What should be concerning to the Red Wings, and to Mr. Sheahan himself is that he still had the cognitive motor skills to remain upright at that BAC, let alone get behind the wheel of a car and drive it
Why was he driving? He had to...he couldn't walk...
posted by MeatSaber at 07:01 PM on November 28, 2012
Why was he driving? He had to...he couldn't walk...
Which brings to mind Milkman Dan, of course.
posted by Bonkers at 07:10 PM on November 28, 2012
Why was he driving? He had to...he couldn't walk...
For every mile walked drunk, turns out to be eight times more dangerous than the mile driven drunk. To put it simply, if you need to walk a mile from a party to your home, you're eight times more likely to die doing that than if you jump behind the wheel and drive your car that same mile.
posted by grum@work at 09:52 PM on November 28, 2012
It was probably safer.
Not for other people.
I just heard an ad for a AAA service in Jacksonville that will tow a drunk's car home and let him ride with the driver.
posted by rcade at 10:02 PM on November 28, 2012
That woot collection MrBismarck posted... holy crap, that's fantastic.
posted by hincandenza at 10:53 PM on November 28, 2012
If you want to see what .30 looks like, the dashcam has now been released.
posted by yerfatma at 12:17 PM on November 29, 2012
Ligue 1 official attempts to commit suicide on the pitch.