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December 04, 2014
SportsFilter: The Thursday 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.
Barry Hearn whirlwind hits home in Scottish football's Hampden HQ. Mr. Snooker'n'Darts goes for the SPFL's, er, bullseye.
posted by billsaysthis at 12:02 PM on December 04, 2014
Great moments in NBA telestrator history: the newest entry.
Every time a boother takes the light pen to a graphic, I can only hear the sobs of the guy who tried to put together a concise and useful representation of data only to have some knob scrawl over it.
posted by Etrigan at 01:36 PM on December 04, 2014
In Australia, we'd be better at basketball if we were allowed to kick the ball.
posted by owlhouse at 09:32 PM on December 04, 2014
I know nothing of Barry Hearn, but the way he approaches business reminds me a bit of Victor Kiam, he of the "I liked the shaver so much, I bought the company" fame and former owner of the NE Patriots. Kiam ran into trouble with the press by defending his players after one of them exposed himself to a female reporter in the locker room. Both Hearn and the late Mr. Kiam seem to be from the same "keep your name before the public and say things they will remember" school of marketing.
posted by Howard_T at 10:16 PM on December 04, 2014
Goodell is bringing back Bears-free Thursdays starting next week.
posted by beaverboard at 01:56 AM on December 05, 2014
defending his players after one of them exposed himself to a female reporter in the locker room
"What do the Iraqis have in common with Lisa Olson? They've both seen Patriot missiles up close." There's so much to love about that comment in its spectacularly tone-deaf "You mean this isn't the Friars Club in 1959?" tone-deafness.
posted by yerfatma at 08:49 AM on December 05, 2014
They've both seen Patriot missiles up close.
But...but patriot missiles (from the first Gulf War) weren't fired AT Iraqis. They were used in defense of incoming missiles FROM Iraqi forces. Therefore they were, by definition, in areas occupied by Americans and NOT containing Iraqi forces. Iraqis wouldn't EVER see patriot missiles "up close".
So not only is it tone-deaf, it's also stupidly inaccurate.
posted by grum@work at 09:50 AM on December 05, 2014
posted by beaverboard at 10:24 AM on December 05, 2014
Great moments in NBA telestrator history: the newest entry.