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Re: Sports
by PKMKII on Mon Dec 05, 2011 12:29 am
Jose Reyes signs $111 million dollar deal with the Marlins. Okay, just take the Mets' chances of having a winning seasons out back and put it out of its misery.
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Re: Sports
by ChowMein on Mon Dec 05, 2011 6:33 pm
The ladies' roller derby championship was held in me home towne yesterday . The US squad kicked serious buttocks ( an' there be much fine buttocks to beholden' , fank ye very much !)
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Re: Sports
by black bart on Tue Dec 06, 2011 8:50 am
ChowMein wrote:The ladies' roller derby championship was held in me home towne yesterday . The US squad kicked serious buttocks ( an' there be much fine buttocks to beholden' , fank ye very much !)
Now that sounds like a good watch...I googled it and found hat it most certainly is:
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Re: Sports
by Mad Willyum Bonney on Thu Dec 08, 2011 12:42 am
Ahhhh , Wimmin in skimpy provocative outfits , grunting , cursing and sweaty , the perfect male spectator sport .Argh
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Re: Sports
by black bart on Thu Dec 08, 2011 8:48 am
Man Utd and Man City out of the Champions League... 
Well done Basel.
Well done Basel.
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Re: Sports
by PKMKII on Sun Dec 11, 2011 10:10 pm
Ryan Braun, National League MVP, Tests Positive for Performance-Enhancing Drugs
Odd, he doesn't seem like the steroid type. With Bonds or Conseco, they had these cartoonish, bulging muscles and oversized necks. Braun's more of a base-hit batter, not a power masher.
National League MVP Ryan Braun, who last season led the Milwaukee Brewers to their first division title in nearly three decades, has tested positive for a performance-enhancing drug and faces a 50-game suspension if the initial finding is upheld, two sources familiar with the case told "Outside the Lines."
Major League Baseball has not announced the positive test because Braun is disputing the result through arbitration.
Odd, he doesn't seem like the steroid type. With Bonds or Conseco, they had these cartoonish, bulging muscles and oversized necks. Braun's more of a base-hit batter, not a power masher.
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Re: Sports
by ET, the Extra Terrestrial on Sun Dec 11, 2011 10:47 pm
Tebow does it again.
Un freaking believable. From all reports, he can barely throw the ball, has no sense of what is going on around him, and basically does not belong in the league. Yet he has won six of seven games, and is close to achieving godhood in Denver. Next week he faces one of the two or three best quarterbacks playing - arguably one of the two or three best ever to play - in Tom Brady. The Patriots' defense has been sketchy at best all year. I'm tempted to go somewhere and actually watch the game. Though if I did, I'd have to figure out a way to run my brain through the dishwasher afterwards. Maybe I can listen on the radio...
Un freaking believable. From all reports, he can barely throw the ball, has no sense of what is going on around him, and basically does not belong in the league. Yet he has won six of seven games, and is close to achieving godhood in Denver. Next week he faces one of the two or three best quarterbacks playing - arguably one of the two or three best ever to play - in Tom Brady. The Patriots' defense has been sketchy at best all year. I'm tempted to go somewhere and actually watch the game. Though if I did, I'd have to figure out a way to run my brain through the dishwasher afterwards. Maybe I can listen on the radio...
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("Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.")
-- Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805)
Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.
-- Philip K Dick
OK, now let's look at four dimensions on the blackboard.
-- Dr. Joy
English isn't much of a language for swearing. When I studied Ancient Greek I was delighted to discover a single word - Rhaphanidosthai - which translates roughly as "Be thou thrust up the fundament with a radish for adultery."
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Re: Sports
by PKMKII on Mon Dec 12, 2011 12:15 am
Three simple steps to explaining the Tebow factor:
1. The Denver D is highly underrated.
2. Denver Running Back McGahee is highly underrated.
3. Opposing defenses try to protect against the long pass late in the game to prevent touchdowns. Which normally is a smart move in this pass-heavy modern NFL, but makes no sense against a QB who has a horrible completion percentage, but is a threat on short passes and a huge threat to run with it. So his performance shoots up in the 4th quarter.
Pats will win next week. Their defense might not be as stellar this year as in the past, but Brady's numbers are good, Branch is playing well, and Gronkowski is just being a monster this year. Don't see the Denver D being able to keep this one close, and Denver's lost 4 of the 7 games this season in which they've allowed 20 points or more.
1. The Denver D is highly underrated.
2. Denver Running Back McGahee is highly underrated.
3. Opposing defenses try to protect against the long pass late in the game to prevent touchdowns. Which normally is a smart move in this pass-heavy modern NFL, but makes no sense against a QB who has a horrible completion percentage, but is a threat on short passes and a huge threat to run with it. So his performance shoots up in the 4th quarter.
Pats will win next week. Their defense might not be as stellar this year as in the past, but Brady's numbers are good, Branch is playing well, and Gronkowski is just being a monster this year. Don't see the Denver D being able to keep this one close, and Denver's lost 4 of the 7 games this season in which they've allowed 20 points or more.
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Re: Sports
by daftbeaker on Mon Dec 12, 2011 5:20 pm
Jonny Wilkinson has retired from international rugby. This could be interesting, either England will continue to try to get drop goals with Flood (who isn't the same standard Wilkinson was) or they're going to go for a more aggressive try-scoring approach. With Johnson quitting as well this could be an interesting Six Nations next year 
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Re: Sports
by black bart on Tue Dec 13, 2011 11:56 am
daftbeaker wrote:Jonny Wilkinson has retired from international rugby. This could be interesting, either England will continue to try to get drop goals with Flood (who isn't the same standard Wilkinson was) or they're going to go for a more aggressive try-scoring approach. With Johnson quitting as well this could be an interesting Six Nations next year
We're going to hammer you whoever you've got...as long as you don't bring Dusty Nohair out of retirement.
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Re: Sports
by PKMKII on Sun Dec 18, 2011 8:53 pm
Eventful day in the NFL: NY Giants decided, "Eh, playoffs aren't that important," Indianapolis finally won a game and Green Bay finally lost one, and Denver regressed to the mean.
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Re: Sports
by Roy Hunter on Thu Dec 22, 2011 8:29 pm
This would never happen in real football...
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Re: Sports
by daftbeaker on Thu Dec 22, 2011 8:45 pm
Roy Hunter wrote:This would never happen in real football...
You mean that's not what's meant to happen?
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Re: Sports
by Roy Hunter on Thu Dec 22, 2011 8:48 pm
Well, the guy driving into the endzone instead of walking or running is fairly culturally specific, but he forgot to bring the ball with him...
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Re: Sports
by PKMKII on Thu Dec 22, 2011 11:31 pm
Roy Hunter wrote:This would never happen in real football...
No, instead of a runaway cart it would have been a gang of drunken hooligans.
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