unclevlad Posted December 11, 2021 Report Share Posted December 11, 2021 1 hour ago, Pariah said: I don't know, an understanding that a player on the playing field could bodycheck me with impunity would certainly discourage me from wanting to go on. Which kind of brings me back to my original post, I suppose. Yes, but it'd NEVER be allowed to happen. I'm not saying it wouldn't be deserved....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assault Posted December 11, 2021 Report Share Posted December 11, 2021 Australia beats England in first Ashes Test (cricket) Https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-12-11/ashes-first-test-australia-beats-england-nine-wickets-gabba/100676776 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted December 13, 2021 Report Share Posted December 13, 2021 There are six people up for Sports Personality of the Year and Lewis Hamilton and Mark Cavendish are not among them. Tyson Fury, Emma Radacanu, Adam Peaty, Dame Sarah Storey, Tom Daley and Raheem Sterling are the ones selected instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spence Posted December 13, 2021 Report Share Posted December 13, 2021 5 hours ago, death tribble said: There are six people up for Sports Personality of the Year and Lewis Hamilton and Mark Cavendish are not among them. Tyson Fury, Emma Radacanu, Adam Peaty, Dame Sarah Storey, Tom Daley and Raheem Sterling are the ones selected instead. Literally none of the names mean anything to me. I'm guessing none of them play soccer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted December 13, 2021 Report Share Posted December 13, 2021 Raheem Sterling is with the English national soccer team; scored a couple in the most recent tournament. That was the one name I recognized right off. The next most familiar one is Dame Sarah Storey, who's a paralympian with an already lengthy career. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spence Posted December 13, 2021 Report Share Posted December 13, 2021 1 minute ago, Cancer said: Raheem Sterling is with the English national soccer team; scored a couple in the most recent tournament. That was the one name I recognized right off. The next most familiar one is Dame Sarah Storey, who's a paralympian with an already lengthy career. Cool, I didn't know that from under my rock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted December 14, 2021 Report Share Posted December 14, 2021 Radacanu is the woman who won the US Open Tennis; Tyson Fury is a boxer; Adam Peaty is a swimmer who successfully defended Olympic Gold; Tom Daley is a diver who won Gold at the Olympics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted December 19, 2021 Report Share Posted December 19, 2021 Radacanu won Sports Personality of the Year. They gave Simone Biles Life Achievement award Pariah and tkdguy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted December 21, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2021 The National Hockey League has paused its season until December 26th due to COVID-19. That means that all games, practices, and other in-person team activities are suspended until then, with games resuming on the 27th. Currently, something like 15% of the league's players are in COVID protocols. It's so bad that the league is considering exercising the opt-out clause in their Olympic contract, meaning no NHL players would travel to Beijing in February for the Olympic Winter Games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted December 21, 2021 Report Share Posted December 21, 2021 Washington state offers vanity car license plates in a number of series, including ones for the pro sports franchises, Seahawks, Mariners, and Sounders. The establishment of the NHL Kraken also has seen a series of vanity plates available for them too. The Kraken plates are a dark blue with their "S" logo on the left side. I saw an excellent metagaming-the-system on such plate yesterday. The license "number" was just HIT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted December 21, 2021 Report Share Posted December 21, 2021 The NHL and NHLPA have reportedly reached agreement to withdraw from participation in the upcoming Olympics. This comes after they've gone on Pause after tonight. The NHL's had to postpone a BUNCH of games already...because they can, as opposed to the NFL which feels it can't. (And largely, they do a rigid schedule. It's easy to say "reschedule the playoffs" but the Super Bowl is very likely a VERY HARD date. The economic consequences of delaying it are probably HUGE.) The NBA is in a similar position, but they can play with a smaller roster. Adam Silver said there's no plan to take a break at this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted December 27, 2021 Report Share Posted December 27, 2021 On 12/21/2021 at 2:57 PM, unclevlad said: The NHL and NHLPA have reportedly reached agreement to withdraw from participation in the upcoming Olympics. This comes after they've gone on Pause after tonight. The NHL's had to postpone a BUNCH of games already...because they can, as opposed to the NFL which feels it can't. (And largely, they do a rigid schedule. It's easy to say "reschedule the playoffs" but the Super Bowl is very likely a VERY HARD date. The economic consequences of delaying it are probably HUGE.) The NBA is in a similar position, but they can play with a smaller roster. Adam Silver said there's no plan to take a break at this time. Have they decided how long the NHL pause will be? I know there are no games tonight, but how far forward will this have to hold off before they have no choice but to play games? As for bowing out of the Olympics, those players who are Olynpic caliber will object, but with one of the most brutal governments on Earth staging a full-blown propaganda spectacle, I personally don't mind the NHL players sitting out. Plus without the NHL players in the mix the scputs going to Beijing will see players from Eastewrn and Northern Europe thay they have not had the chance to before. Some of those players will be good enough for NHLK teams to take a gamble on them. Sweden, Norway, Russia, and Finland have sent plany players to the NHL, including first-ballot Hall of Famer Alex Ovechkin The Russian Kontinental Hockey League will be scouting just as intently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted December 27, 2021 Report Share Posted December 27, 2021 Last I heard, tomorrow's the first scheduled games, and a pretty full slate for Wednesday. They're also going to allow a taxi squad again, apparently something they did last year. Have to. Went back, picked a game at random...in a non-OT game, both players used 12 forwards and 6 defensemen. Every forward played 10+ minutes; every defenseman played Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assault Posted December 28, 2021 Report Share Posted December 28, 2021 Scott Boland-led Australia tears through English batters to retain Ashes on stunning morning at MCG There are two more matches to go, to see if Australia can achieve a 5-0 whitewash, or if England can save face. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted January 6, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2022 The 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar will feature the first-ever transportable stadium that can be dismantled and reassembled anywhere in the world Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grailknight Posted January 7, 2022 Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 6 hours ago, Pariah said: The 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar will feature the first-ever transportable stadium that can be dismantled and reassembled anywhere in the world Yeah, I don't think I'd want upper levels seats at that venue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted January 7, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 Why not? I'm sure it was constructed with the same meticulous consideration for safety that they've shown their workers during the entire process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grailknight Posted January 7, 2022 Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 Exactly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted January 8, 2022 Report Share Posted January 8, 2022 This is only one of the numerous reason that I find the Qatar World Cup revolting to think about. I think what we;ve experienced in the last eight years of preparation justifies that sentiment. The most important thing to worry about, of course, is the safety of the athletes, coaches, support staff, and fans in a very unstable part of the world right now. Therte are more dangerous places than the Persian Gulf -- just not that many. Your Petrodollars at work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted January 13, 2022 Report Share Posted January 13, 2022 This would never have reached this point if time was kept in a sane manner. https://www.espn.com/soccer/africa-cup-of-nations/story/4568330/referee-mistakes-ruin-tunisia-vs-mali-at-afcon-and-threaten-to-overshadow-a-fun-tournament I will never buy that keeping stoppage time some vague, deep, dark secret is in service of fair competition. Not ever. slikmar 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted January 18, 2022 Report Share Posted January 18, 2022 'An honor and a message': The meaning of Willie O'Ree's jersey retirement unclevlad 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted January 18, 2022 Report Share Posted January 18, 2022 There's still time, and the situation may well change, but the French Open has announced a change in its policies. From Yahoo Sports, Quote The ministry said a new vaccine pass, approved by the French parliament on Sunday, "applies to everyone, to volunteers and to elite sportspeople, including those coming from abroad, until further notice." I think we may well see further pressure too, before then. The next Masters 1000 is at Indian Wells, in the California high desert not too far east of LA, just a bit SE of Palm Springs. I don't know what the vaccination policies are, but Los Angeles has been hit hard by Omicron. An article that pulls no punches... https://www.tennis.com/news/articles/the-tarnished-legacy-of-novak-djokovic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assault Posted January 20, 2022 Report Share Posted January 20, 2022 Is English cricket's class and race problem behind their dismal Ashes defeat? A similar analysis of Australian teams would be interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted January 20, 2022 Report Share Posted January 20, 2022 34 minutes ago, assault said: Is English cricket's class and race problem behind their dismal Ashes defeat? A similar analysis of Australian teams would be interesting. Finding racial or gender inequity or prejudice/bigotry is never surprising. It's context-independent; what may vary is the exact form it takes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted January 20, 2022 Report Share Posted January 20, 2022 So the stranglehold of the NCAA over college sports has been broken. They passed a new, highly simplified constitution, abrogating numerous powers and saying the divisions can set their own rules. https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/33110069/ncaa-member-schools-vote-ratify-new-streamlined-constitution Quote The new constitution states plainly that college athletes should not be paid directly by their schools for athletic participation, but leaves it up to each division to decide what education-related benefits that athletes can receive from their schools and how athletes can make money from other sources by selling the rights to their own names, images and likenesses. Ahhhhh, ambiguity. No question but we'll hear about "education-related" benefits that will bear little or no resemblance to an educational mission. But this is pretty much it, for the NCAA as a governing body. I also suspect it'll increase the momentum for the Power 5 and CFP to completely separate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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