MARTYEWR 0 Report post Posted August 28, 2006 Has anyone ever watched one of those Bulls dynasty, Celtic dynasty or Laker dynasty DVD boxsets? Late in replying to this, but yes, I did, I have all five (76ers and Knicks are the others). Quite good stuff, especially the Celtics and Lakers ones (the Celtics one has the full Celtics-Suns Game 5 that went into triple overtime). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SteakGrowsOnUecker 0 Report post Posted August 28, 2006 Has anyone ever watched one of those Bulls dynasty, Celtic dynasty or Laker dynasty DVD boxsets? Late in replying to this, but yes, I did, I have all five (76ers and Knicks are the others). Quite good stuff, especially the Celtics and Lakers ones (the Celtics one has the full Celtics-Suns Game 5 that went into triple overtime). I agree with this as I have all 5 as well. I'm wondering when there will be new releases with other teams. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MARTYEWR 0 Report post Posted August 29, 2006 Has anyone ever watched one of those Bulls dynasty, Celtic dynasty or Laker dynasty DVD boxsets? Late in replying to this, but yes, I did, I have all five (76ers and Knicks are the others). Quite good stuff, especially the Celtics and Lakers ones (the Celtics one has the full Celtics-Suns Game 5 that went into triple overtime). I agree with this as I have all 5 as well. I'm wondering when there will be new releases with other teams. Hard to say, since I'm not sure how well the last couple sold. I'm assuming the Lakers and Celtics ones sold well just because of the history of those franchises, and the Bulls one because a lot of the generation that followed their great teams would be interested and have the funding to purchase the set. The Knicks and Sixers are different stories, though, since neither team had the same appeal as above. I'm honestly shocked the Pistons didn't get one yet. I think it would sell better than Knicks and Sixers, because of their recent success, and also because the Thomas-Laimbeer-led teams weren't that long ago (much like the Bulls teams). Today's fans remember those teams more than the Walt Frazier-led Knicks, for example. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Felonies! Report post Posted August 29, 2006 The Pistons never really had a dynasty on par with the Celtics, Lakers, and Bulls, though. It'd be a slightly more compelling version of a Spurs boxed set. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SteakGrowsOnUecker 0 Report post Posted August 29, 2006 Agreed, however the Sixers and Knicks were never dynastys and they both got sets so I really don't see any reason the Pistons wouldn't get one. I can see the Spurs getting a set as well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alfdogg 0 Report post Posted August 30, 2006 I've never seen the Sixer or Knick sets anywhere. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MARTYEWR 0 Report post Posted August 30, 2006 Agreed, however the Sixers and Knicks were never dynastys and they both got sets so I really don't see any reason the Pistons wouldn't get one. I can see the Spurs getting a set as well. Exactly on the Pistons set, plus all the Pistons' championship years are pretty recent, so they'd sell well for modern fans. Plus, there's the appeal of Dennis Rodman with no piercings, tattoos or bad hair. Alfdogg, I'm in Canada, and I found the Knicks and Sixers sets at Best Buy without any trouble. I'm surprised if you haven't, but that's where I'd look first. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MFer 0 Report post Posted November 6, 2006 So...how about Lance reaching his goal of running under 3 hours in the NYC Marathon? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanadianChris 0 Report post Posted November 7, 2006 I'm just in awe of anyone who can finish a marathon, let alone run it in under three hours. I laughed when I saw his bib -- instead of a number, it said "LANCE". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Baron 0 Report post Posted November 7, 2006 Here's a tidbit that I did not know about hockey history. The Montreal Forum was originally built for the Montreal Maroons, and the Montreal Canadiens played at the Victoria Arena. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KingPK 0 Report post Posted November 13, 2006 The Buffalo New England Revolution blow their third MLS Cup appearance in PKs with one of the worst attempts I've ever seen. I'm not a big soccer fan, but even I know just tapping the ball to the goalkeeper is not something you want to do when a championship is on the line. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sfaJack 0 Report post Posted November 13, 2006 Yeah, and fuck the Revolution for that. Now I'll have to hear about the goddamn Dynamo for the next several months and what a fantastic boost for soccer it is/will be for this city. Yea. On the bright side, the Dynamo will probably be just like the Comets--as soon as they DON'T win the MLS Cup, the few people that care about them a little bit will stop, the team will fade into the oblivion of Houston's sports conscience, and then probably cry poverty and move within 5 years. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Smues Report post Posted November 13, 2006 I don't know how long it's been there, but I love the new description of this folder. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EVIL~! alkeiper 0 Report post Posted November 14, 2006 I don't know what happened to it. It was about time to change it anyway, so let's address it here. Does anyone have a suggestion for a new subtitle? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Smues Report post Posted November 14, 2006 Why change? The current one rocks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
devo 0 Report post Posted November 14, 2006 Mike Nugent of the Jets is on Letterman, where he'll try his best to placekick a ball through a glass window. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RepoMan 0 Report post Posted November 14, 2006 The Buffalo New England Revolution blow their third MLS Cup appearance in PKs with one of the worst attempts I've ever seen. I'm not a big soccer fan, but even I know just tapping the ball to the goalkeeper is not something you want to do when a championship is on the line. I feel even shitier now that the Rochester Rhinos choked in PKs after going up 2-0 to the Revs in the US Open Cup. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MFer 0 Report post Posted November 24, 2006 I just saw something that caused me to go WHAT. THE. FUCK!?!? OK so it's Warren De La Selle vs. Muskegon for the Division 2 high school football championship at Ford Field. De La Selle was down by 2 with less than a minute and had the ball. One of their receivers caught a pass on a slant route and ran about 50 yards before fumbling the ball at the 1 while being tackled. One of Muskegon's players recovered it in the endzone and the game was over. I'll post the Youtube link whenever it pops up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Failed Bridge 0 Report post Posted February 7, 2007 Former WWE wrestler Chris Nowitski gave an interview on the Boston Sports Radio Network WEEI about all things concussions. If you wanna hear it then here you go Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mik 0 Report post Posted February 21, 2007 This really cracked me up. http://deadspin.com/sports/clips/were-so-s...bert-237968.php Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Baron 0 Report post Posted February 21, 2007 The music makes the whole clip enjoyable. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Art Sandusky 0 Report post Posted February 21, 2007 Ew, and the Nike logo is on the plaque. Ohio State scored some points with me for destroying a Florida mascot at least. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanadianGuitarist 0 Report post Posted February 21, 2007 Anyone check out the Ford Score 64? It's a great water-cooler idea, but it's going to be such an apples to oranges thing that it's gonna be scrutinized. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spaceman Spiff 0 Report post Posted February 26, 2007 Rulon Gardner survives third brush w/ death. SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Olympic wrestling champion Rulon Gardner and two Utah men were rescued by a Lake Powell fisherman Sunday after surviving a small plane crash near Good Hope Bay the day before. Gardner was a passenger in the Cirrus SR 22 along with pilot Randy Brooks and his brother, Leslie Brooks, according to a news release from Becki Bronson, public information officer for Garfield County. The plane was flying low when it struck the water and all three men were able to get out of the plane before it sank. Authorities are uncertain of the exact location of the crash, but the three men swam for more than an hour in 44-degree water before reaching shore and then spent the night without shelter, according to the release. None suffered life-threatening injuries, authorities said. "It takes only about 30 minutes for someone swimming in 44 degree water to start suffering the effects of hypothermia, so the fact that they swam in it for an hour, not to mention surviving the plane crash and the night without fire or shelter, is pretty amazing," said Steven Luckesen, a district ranger at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. "If these guys were a cat with nine lives, they just used up three of them." Gardner and the Brooks called a relative to take them for medical attention in American Fork. The cause of the crash is still under investigation, Bronson said. Gardner pulled one of the most stunning upsets in Olympic history at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, winning the gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling by ending Alexander Karelin's 13-year international winning streak. In 2004 in Athens, Gardner won the bronze medal, and in wrestling tradition, left his shoes on the mat as a symbolic way of announcing his retirement. This is not the first time, he has survived a life-threatening accident. In 2002, he became stranded while snowmobiling in the Wyoming wilderness and lost one of his toes to frostbite. Then in 2004, he was struck by an automobile while riding a motorcycle. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Failed Bridge 0 Report post Posted March 2, 2007 just a tragic story here. Story taken from ESPN.com ATLANTA -- A charter bus carrying a college baseball team from Ohio plunged off an interstate ramp early Friday and slammed into the highway below, killing six people, injuring 29 and scattering sports equipment across the road, authorities said. Four students, the bus driver and the bus driver's wife were killed, said police Maj. Calvin Moss. At least three people were listed in critical condition. The university identified the victims as sophomores David Betts and Tyler Williams; freshmen Scott Harmon and Cody Holp; bus driver Jerome Niemeyer and his wife, Jean, all from Ohio. The bus, carrying the team from Bluffton University, a Mennonite-affiliated school south of Toledo, toppled off the Northside Drive bridge on Interstate 75 in clear, pre-dawn weather, police spokesman Joe Cobb said. Police later said at a news conference the bus exited the interstate at "highway speed" and apparently made no attempt to stop. No skid marks were left on the pavement, meaning the brakes either were never applied or failed, police said, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The bus crashed onto a pickup truck. "When I saw the thing coming, I think I closed my eyes and stepped on the gas," said Danny Lloyd, who was driving the truck and escaped uninjured. "It looked to me like a big slab of concrete falling down." The impact broke his windshield, pushed his truck into the concrete and wrecked the front bumper, said, Lloyd, 57, of Frostburg, Md. A.J. Ramthun, an 18-year-old second-baseman, was asleep in a window seat when the bus hit the overpass wall, jolting him awake. "I just looked out and saw the road coming up at me. I remember the catcher tapping me on the head, telling me to get out because there was gas all over," he told reporters. His brother, a fellow team member, was trapped underneath the bus and damaged his hip. "He might not recover from that," Ramthun said. He said his own collarbone was broken and he had to get stitches in his face. I heard some guys crying, "I'm stuck, I'm stuck," while the rest of the team helped the most injured players off the bus, said Ramthun, from Springfield, Ohio. "It was what you'd expect out of any college team -- more concern for others than you have about yourself," he said. Firefighters pulled people through the roof of the bus, which was on its side. At Bluffton University's campus, clergy organized a campus gathering to give students a venue to express their feelings about the crash, said Pastor Steve Yoder with the First Mennonite Church. Students and residents of the community wiped tears from their eyes as they came in, and the gym was quiet with people talking muffled voices. Nineteen male students were being treated at Grady Memorial Hospital, said Dr. Leon Haley. Three were in critical condition, and all but two students were awake and talking, he said. Doctors were checking them for broken bones, he said. "All things considered they are pretty calm," Haley said. "They are very aware of what's going on. He said the driver was not taken to Grady. Three injured people were taken to Piedmont Hospital and seven to Atlanta Medical Center, Haley said. Piedmont hospital spokeswoman Diana Lewis said the team's coach, James Grandey, 29, was in serious condition and expected to improve. Officials at the three hospitals said 28 of the 29 people being treated were of college age. The age of one injured person, at Piedmont, could not immediately be determined, they said. "This is a profound and tragic day in the life of Bluffton University," school President James Harder told reporters Friday morning in Ohio. Classes were canceled, and the school called off other sports trips that had planned during next week's spring break, Harder said. "This is deeply impacting all of our students, faculty and staff. We know these people on a first-name basis," he said. "For now we're pulling together and supporting each other as best we can." On campus, students and residents of the community filled the school's basketball gym to grieve together and learn more about what had happened. Some wiped away tears as they came in. The university, with about 1,150 students 50 miles south of Toledo, is affiliated with the Mennonite Church USA. The baseball team had been scheduled to play its first game of the season in Sarasota, Fla., Saturday against Eastern Mennonite College of Harrisonburg, Va., and it had eight more games scheduled in Fort Myers, Fla. Cobb said the bus was traveling southbound on I-75. He said the bus driver may not have planned to exit the interstate, and may have mistaken a car pool exit ramp for the regular car pool lane that continues down the interstate. Witnesses told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that the bus, which exited at the Northside Drive HOV exit, appeared to lose control, crossed Northside at an angle and crashed through the bridge barrier. When the bus went off the bridge, it landed in the southbound lanes of the interstate, blocking all four lanes. Five fire trucks and at least three dozen firefighters were at the scene. There was blood on the overpass near where the bus went over. When the bus was righted, it was clear that all the windows on the driver's side had been shattered, and there was considerable damage on the front of bus and on the roof above driver's seat. Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter Mike Morris was returning from another assignment -- a motor vehicle accident -- when he came across the accident minutes after it happened. He wrote a first-person account for the newspaper's Web site about what he saw and experienced. "As I ran up to the bus, young men, who appeared to be in their late teens and early 20s, began to climb out of the rooftop hatch, which was only a couple of feet from the pavement since the bus had landed on its side," Morris wrote on the Web site. As Morris and other motorists tried to help, "Some of the injured collapsed in the roadway, while others were able to walk to the wall. Almost all were covered with blood," he wrote in his account. "I asked one young man where they were from, and he said they were a baseball team from Ohio, heading to Florida," Morris wrote. "Then, he said, 'I'm freezing. Can you find me a blanket?'" The charter company, Executive Coach Luxury Travel Inc., of Ottawa in northwest Ohio, did not immediately return telephone or e-mail messages from The Associated Press. On campus, assistant football coach Steve Rogers said he was working out in the weight room with members of the football team around 6 a.m. when they saw news of the bus crash on television. He said when they saw the markings on the side of the bus, "That's when reality hit everybody." They recognized the bus company as one all the school's sports teams may have used, he said. "Everybody was in shock. Nobody what to say or what to feel," he said. His players started calling friends they knew on the baseball team, trying to reach some by cell phone. The campus, with 1,150 students, is small enough that everyone will know someone who was on the bus, Rogers said. "It hits home harder than it would if it had happened at a bigger school. Everybody knows each other," he said. The worst part is waiting to find out who was injured and who was killed, Rogers said. Megan Barker, a sophomore from Bucyrus, Ohio, said she knew just about everyone on the team and described them as "a fun-loving group of guys." "They live as a family," Barker said. She said she she heard from one of her close friends on the team, calling to say he was OK. Terri Bauman has two sons on the school's baseball team. One was on the bus and one, a freshman, was bumped at the last minute by a sophomore player. Her 21-year-old son, Chris Bauman, a junior outfielder, called from Grady Memorial to say he had been pinned under the bus and had a gash on his leg but was otherwise OK. "Some of their friends are hurt and some are gone, so it is tearing him apart," Terri Bauman told The Cincinnati Enquirer. At a chapel service the night before, students a had offered a prayer for their sports teams and other students to travel safely over spring break, said Katie Barrington, a junior from Brooklyn Heights, Ohio. "Sometimes you take that stuff for granted," she said. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanadianChris 0 Report post Posted March 5, 2007 I really think Forbes should get out of analyzing sports altogether. They just named Kevin McHale the best GM in all of sports: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=2788149 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mik 0 Report post Posted March 9, 2007 When can we star making Pokey Chatman jokes? Now? She resigned today after being outed for having sex with one of her players. Glorious. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cheech Tremendous 0 Report post Posted March 9, 2007 When can we star making Pokey Chatman jokes? Now? She resigned today after being outed for having sex with one of her players. Glorious. Is that why she quit? I knew something seemed a little off with that whole situation. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MFer 0 Report post Posted March 12, 2007 Isn't that Reggie Bush in Ciara's "Like A Boy" video? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5peZWTwPtV8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vern Gagne 0 Report post Posted March 18, 2007 Minnesota wins the National Championship in wrestling. I had the chance to meet coach J Robinson at my cousin's wedding. She's married to a former member of the team. The Yankees of college hockey are headed to Colorado to take on Air Force in the hockey tournament. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
