March 1st, 2010 by Cliffy
Before we sat down to watch the Gold Medal Men’s Hockey game between Canada and the US yesterday afternoon, I told Lori that I hoped Canada would win. She excoriated me for being unpatriotic. I explained that I’d obviously be happy if the Americans won, for the obvious reasons - but there were more (and better) reasons why I was actually hoping Canada would take the gold… ideally in a close, well-played, very entertaining game (which fortunately for us is exactly what we got).
My reasons: Read the rest of this entry »
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February 26th, 2010 by Cliffy
If you haven’t heard, he apparently made some “controversial” comments about the Russian team after they got lambasted by Canada in the quarters:
http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/vancouver/blog/fourth_place_medal/post/NBC-analyst-Mike-Milbury-not-a-fan-of-Russia-s-?urn=oly,224135
Oh - and you can click to a link of the video from 30 years ago, when he jumped into the MSG stands with his teammates… and elected to take things one step further, beating the fan who started it all with his own shoe. Just classic.
No word on whether or not Milbury had foiled up before the game.
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February 24th, 2010 by boorad
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February 8th, 2010 by Cliffy
Very happy for the Saints, their fans, and the city/region on whole. Yes, I jumped on that bandwagon along with most of the country. As I’d explained previously, I’m happy that Bill Polian didn’t get “justification” for the disgraceful laydown he heaped upon his players (and coaching staff). I actually feel bad for the Colts players/coaches, as their myopic GM denied them an opportunity at history. Whether they’d won or lost the SB, Polian made the wrong decision (again specifically to pull healthy guys - I completely agree that injured guys didn’t need to play in that situation). Read the rest of this entry »
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February 4th, 2010 by Tank
To what extent (if any) do new stadia represent an end-run by NFL owners around the players’ negotiated share of revenues? That is, by taking on lots of debt to build a new stadium, does an owner simultaneously a) generate big up-front costs, allowing him to cry poverty during collective bargaining, while b) generate a gusher of incremental revenue in categories that are excluded from the revenues in which players share?
My conjecture is that the answer is “A lot,” but I really have no idea. Does anyone else?
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February 1st, 2010 by Gonzo
http://blogs.nfl.com/2010/01/31/goodell-says-uncapped-2010-season-is-virtually-certain/
Could be postering. If true, FA just got a whole less interesting in terms of number of players available, but curious to see what the available FA do get…
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January 23rd, 2010 by Jakes
I’ve never been a fan of the late-night variety shows, but I gotta think this is a pretty sweet way to send off your show. Of course, the 35 mil probably helps too…
http://www.twentyfourbit.com/post/348581310/will-ferrell-beck-ben-harper-play-free-bird-w
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January 20th, 2010 by Gonzo
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2010/01/20/sports/football/20labor.xml
Hmmmmm - things could get interesting. Especially if it leads to strike/lockout in ‘11. Can’t imagine one (or both) sides being stupid enough to kill the golden goosed, but we said that about MLB in ‘94, too…
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January 18th, 2010 by Cliffy
[Ed. note: This is actually a Gonzo rant - but he’s too lazy to use this site, so I posted it here for him… he’s welcome.]
Who in their right mind on-side kicks there? Seriously? What a colossally bad decision. Of course, there was NO guarantee that even if Chargers got in FG range Kaeting was going to make it, given his fuck ups all day long. But how could Turner not try to put his team in the best possible field position by kicking off????
The only thing I can think of - and this is quite a stretch - was maybe he thought a kickoff and run back might bring it down to the 2 minute warning? If that happened, game was just about over, with SD only able to stop clock 1 more time and Jets would have had 3 plays. BUT, even if that was his thought process, then just go ahead and purposely kick the ball out of bounds - that preserves the clock and pushes Jets 20+ more yards down field.
What a fucking idiot..
Carl
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December 30th, 2009 by Gonzo
Nothing groundbreaking in this article, but Cliffy and I spent some time at length just yesterday talking about this.
A little known fact - the salary floor goes away, in addition to the cap.
Methinks the biggest fight over the new deal will not be between owners and players, but “big-market” owners vs “small-market” ones…
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/29/AR2009122901370.html?hpid=sec-sports
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