BillL
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Post by BillL on Jan 11, 2006 9:10:19 GMT -5
We keep our felons on the field, not in the stands like the the Eagles.
Comedy gold, right there! Well played.
Bill L
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Post by chadgumbo on Jan 12, 2006 2:13:53 GMT -5
Vick would be a perfect fit for the Ravens. We keep our felons on the field, not in the stands like the the Eagles. And there's the rub to my way of thinking. Last year at the end of the season, the Vikings couldn't unload Randy Moss fast enough. They claimed he had too much personal baggage and was too much of a distraction to the team. And what exactly had he done? Let's see... he tried to drive the wrong way down a Minneapolis alley and a traffic cop stepped in front of his car. So he kept nudging her a little bit until he got his car to where he wanted it. Probably not the smartest way to go about your day's business, but certainly not on the level of being involved in a homicide investigation or setting up a drug deal. Then there was the "fake mooning" incident at Green Bay. Again, not real bright, but hardly the reason you would trade your best receiver. So I asked myself all year this season, "why is it that Randy Moss just had to go, and yet Jamaal Lewis and Ray Lewis are still members of the Baltimore Ravens? I never could figure that one out. Still, Randy's not getting any younger and he does seem to be a bit more injury prone than he once was. But as far as distractions go... nothing Randy did could come close to comparing to the lust boat cruise (I refuse to call it the "love boat" cruise, as love had nothing to do with it). Well, hopefully with Childress a new era of respectability (and some winning football) will return to Minnesota. -
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Post by mfurst1 on Jan 12, 2006 7:57:00 GMT -5
my last 2 cents on the subject: even felons don't like distractions. when a felon becomes a distraction, it's time to go. in the players' eyes the "love boat" episode was just a team bonding activity. perverse to us maybe, but we're not nfl players so we wouldn't understand.
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BillL
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Post by BillL on Jan 12, 2006 10:04:41 GMT -5
but we're not nfl players so we wouldn't understandI don't know...it kind of makes me wish I did play in the NFL Bill L
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Post by Mike on Jan 13, 2006 0:15:11 GMT -5
Why can't they all be the role model Michael Irvin is? ;D Michael's not a bad guy or a punk...he's just prone to severe stupidity sometimes! I watched an interview with Barry Sanders a while back. When asked what he thought about the "endzone showboating with cell phones and such" he answered..."I think they should have a little dignity and act like they've been there before!" Barry was one class act of a ball player.
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Post by farmboy on Jan 27, 2006 16:59:15 GMT -5
So that y'all don't conclude that SW Virginia raises scumbag star athletes like Marcus Vick, give me a moment to brag on JJ Redick. Yes he's the big star of the Duke Blue Devils and they're in North Carolina, but he was born & raised in Roanoke, VA. JJ caught my attention in the Roanoke Times sports section when he was just a sophmore at Cave Spring High School and was already WOWING the crowds with his sharp shooting ability. On the career path he's on, JJ will be the player of the year for all college basketball and most likely will be the highest scorer ever in the ACC and the sharpest foul line shooter in the history of college basketball. But what's really cool 8-)about JJ is that he is a very fine all around individual. A friend of mine is the tax & finance adviser for his parents and says the whole family is first class. They have five kids and four of them have obtained full college scholarships for athletics, and I am so impressed that even though JJ could have gone to the NBA at the end of last year and be a multi-millionaire now, he opted to finish his four years first. And last year he was also selected for the All-ACC Academic team.
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Post by Mike on Feb 5, 2006 16:45:32 GMT -5
Seahawks...by 7.
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Post by phils on Feb 5, 2006 17:13:22 GMT -5
Scott,
Marcus Vick is a true athlete, but he goes to Virginia Tech for gosh sakes, and so did his brother. Why would anyone acknowledge anyone from that half-a** excuse for a school. It's a cow college in the middle of nowhere.
Mentioning the Vicks was about as stupid as that guy that posted a thread about Patsy Cline !
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Post by Mike on Feb 5, 2006 22:06:35 GMT -5
Usually I'm more reserved than this but...I hate the Steelers! This championship is a gift from the officials. Seattle kicked their ass!
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Post by chadgumbo on Feb 6, 2006 0:10:56 GMT -5
I'm not usually one to say that the officials had a direct result in the outcome of most games, but... I'm afraid I have to agree with Mike on this one. The Seahawks got jobbed not once, but twice, on the same set of downs. First, was the imaginary holding call that would have put Seattle at the one - and then a play or two later, the call against Hasselbeck for blocking below the knees. If the refs had gotten the first call right - in all liklihood the Seahawks score a TD and lead 17-14. Who knows where the game goes from there Still, I'm happy for Cowher and Bettis. It's been a long time comin' for those boys. Best commercial? The Fed Ex caveman commerical. Cavemen always crack me up. I love the Geico cavemen too. ;D Commercial in poor taste? The grizzly bear commericial. "Grizzly Man" makes its debut on The Discovery Channel two days ago, and then here's Budweiser depicting a blonde headed guy about to get mauled by a bear. I'll grant that it was funny, but the timing was in poor taste. For those you have not seen "Grizzly Man", it's a documentary about the experiences of Timothy Treadway who lived among grizzly bears in Alaska for a number of years. Like the guy in the commercial, Treadway has blonde hair. Treadway was being reckless with his life in the way that he blatantly disregarded the danger that these wild animals posed (countless times he would come within an arm's reach of these bears with no defense for himself whatsoever). Finally, in October 2003 he pushes his luck too far, and both he and his girlfriend are killed by a grizzly. Check it out on Discovery if you haven't seen it. Seeing that commercial tonight reminded me of when Mickey Mantle died. He passed in August of 1995. ESPN carried a Major League Baseball game that night, and I can remember watching commericals sponsered by a major beer label depicting a small group of men watching and talking baseball at a bar. This, on the night that one of its greatest players dies of liver disease due to lifelong alcoholism. Sometimes, even when completely unintentional, timing can be lousy.
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Post by Mike on Feb 6, 2006 9:06:02 GMT -5
- and then a play or two later, the call against Hasselbeck for blocking below the knees. . "..blocking below the knees." when he was actually making a tackle! Don't forget the Seahawks touchdown catch that got called back for "offensive interference" that didn't happen. Even Madden didn't like the calling. This year has been some of the most tired officiating I've ever seen! Blatant crap! To me, these guys seemed eager to call against the Seahawks. Maybe they're trying to make up for the interception they took away from Tupoo(sp)...(the long haired guy) for the Steelers earlier in the playoffs
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Post by Mike on Feb 19, 2006 0:43:49 GMT -5
Is it just me, or is Bode Miller like the Ricky Williams of the USA Winter Olympics Ski Team? Hitched to Miller, U.S. Skiing Slips Off Course
By BILL PENNINGTON SESTRIERE, Italy, Feb. 18 — Bode Miller released an autobiography last year, "Bode: Go Fast, Be Good, Have Fun."
It is catchier than "Fifth Place, Disqualified, Did Not Finish."
Those are the results for Miller after three Olympic ski races at the Turin Games. Miller, the defending world champion, a pre-Olympic news media star and a medal contender in five events, made it 0 for 3 Saturday when he slammed into a gate in the men's super-G, then teetered off the course like a weekend novice looking for somewhere soft to fall.
United States ski team officials did not discuss Miller's latest failure. Over the years, they have tolerated his wild-child act, especially after his many successes last season. But with the team having disappointing results, Miller's collapse has cast a malaise on athletes who had hoped to challenge the vaunted Austrians for dominance in Olympic Alpine skiing.
Miller's failures have been amplified by his apathetic, almost bored, postrace reactions and numerous sightings of him in the few nightclubs of this small village in the western Italian Alps. Publicly, United States ski team officials have generally not commented on Miller's performances on or off the slopes. But Miller, who won two silver medals at the 2002 Winter Games, was the face of the team and was expected to lead the American skiers to their stated goal of eight Olympic medals.
They have instead won one medal, a gold earned by a little-known 21-year-old, Ted Ligety.
In Miller, the United States ski team finds itself hitched to a mercurial contrarian who has always said he does not value medals or victories, but the team did not know that Miller would pick this fortnight to prove that he meant what he said.
"I look for objective results by my own standards," Miller said after the downhill last weekend. "And with that perspective, I skied the way I wanted to today. It was a good run."
After missing a gate in the combined, a major gaffe in a race he seemed likely to win if he avoided a significant mishap, Miller smiled and joked. His blunder meant he did not have to make the 60-mile trip to Turin for the medal ceremony the next day, or as Miller said near the finish line, "At least now I don't have to go all the way to Torino."
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Post by Mike on Feb 19, 2006 13:34:18 GMT -5
Seeing that commercial tonight reminded me of when Mickey Mantle died. He passed in August of 1995. ESPN carried a Major League Baseball game that night, and I can remember watching commericals sponsered by a major beer label depicting a small group of men watching and talking baseball at a bar. This, on the night that one of its greatest players dies of liver disease due to lifelong alcoholism. Sometimes, even when completely unintentional, timing can be lousy. Chad, I went to Mickey's funeral and was an acquaintance of Mickey Jr. Good, fun guys, but they were indeed about the most self-destructive family I've ever been around. Oh yeah...I went to Junior's funeral also.
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Post by chadgumbo on Feb 19, 2006 23:33:16 GMT -5
Mike, I remember in the late 1960s my dad took me to Metropolitan Stadium, which was the home of the Minnesota Twins before they tore it down. On one such day we saw the Twins vs. the Yankees. I don't remember who won the game, but I do remember that Mickey hit a homerun for the Yanks and Harmon Killebrew hit one for the Twins. The stadium (an outdoor facility) was torn down after the completion of the construction of the Metrodome. The lot, where Metropolitan stadium stood, remained empty for some years, and then the Mall of America was built on the site. They have a bronzed home plate on the floor where home plate used to be at the old stadium. It's fun to stand there for a moment and think of all the great hitters that have stood in that very spot. -
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Post by Mike on Feb 20, 2006 13:19:42 GMT -5
If we ever do get together for some beers, remind me and I can tell you DFW stories about Mickey Mantle and Billy Martin for hours! ;D 2 of my favorites are of MM at the "Blacked Eyed Pea" restaurant, and Billy Martin at "Lace" (gentlemens club). ;D PS - It sounds like you've been watching the olympics. What did you think of Bode Miller's preformance (or lack there of)?
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