April 18, 2018

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.

posted by huddle to general at 06:00 AM - 6 comments

Expansion sure has changed lately!

posted by billsaysthis at 11:11 AM on April 18, 2018

If you'd asked me yesterday, you could have gotten any odds you liked against this:

posted by yerfatma at 11:13 AM on April 18, 2018

Late news: Gregg Popovich's wife has passed away. Bleacher Report mentions an undisclosed illness, but the statement from the Spurs gives no information. It has been a very tough season for Coach Pop.

posted by Howard_T at 08:59 PM on April 18, 2018

Search twitter for "Campbell Barton" and you get all kinds of results like this tweet


Sol Campbell played at Euros and World Cups. Joey Barton didn't.
Campbell has the Uefa Pro Licence. Barton doesn't.
Sol Campbell has coached professionally. Joey Barton hasn't.
Character references also contrast significantly.
Which one gets a manager's job?

posted by prof at 09:13 AM on April 19, 2018

Yeah, character is never going to be Barton's strong suit. But the endemic racism in football is pretty sad. Guess the "Show Racism the Red Card" campaign is not doing as well as hoped.

posted by billsaysthis at 11:26 AM on April 19, 2018

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