Sports Rubbish

Idea for spicing up the All-Star Game: Mexican drug shootout

Jonathan Sacks — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 05:58:48 +0000

While Major League Baseball’s All-Stars were having their snoozefest in Anaheim, another baseball league was having much more interesting action to the south.

Down in Mexico on Sunday, a game between Reynosa Broncos and the Monterrey Sultans was stopped by gunfire from within the stands. As fans and players ran for cover, groups of gunmen had a firefight. Nobody was injured. It’s not known whether or not the shootout had anything to do with drugs, but given the increased violence in Mexico as of late, it is a reasonable assumption.

Officials made the decision to reschedule the game, presumably for a night where the promotion isn’t “Bring Your Gun To The Ballpark” Day.

Mexican baseball league game suspended amid gunfire [BBC]

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Landon Donovan goal sends USA on in World Cup 2010 (Video)

Jonathan Sacks — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:46:12 +0000

Enjoy!

The USA missed chance after chance, plus had yet another goal waved off, but Landon Donovan finally put the ball in the net in the 91st minute against Algeria to send the USA on to the next round.

Great work by Tim Howard to start the break, and by Jozy Altidore for continuing it.

My heart should start beating again any time now, hopefully in time for the U.S. to play again on Saturday.

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French journalist drops f-bomb live on ESPN with Bob Ley (video)

Jonathan Sacks — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 17:03:46 +0000

The French soccer team has continued its slow implosion at the World Cup in South Africa, providing hours of entertainment from both the team itself and the journalists who are trying to cover the big story.

Following coach Raymond Domenech’s dismissal of Nicolas Anelka from France’s squad, things have only gotten worse. His French teammates have shown an unsurprising lack of respect for Domenech, refusing to practice as they head toward their final group match against the host nation.

ESPN just aired an interview with Erik Bielderman of L’Equipe. Bielderman might not quite have a grasp on what one is allowed to say on live television in the United States, as he provided a direct, uncensored quote of what Anelka had said to Domenech to earn his dismissal from the team.

Bielderman said live on air, “Go to f— yourself, you son of a bitch.”

Bob Ley covered well for the swearing, apologizing for the frankness, while thanking him for being direct in the quotation.

Meanwhile, all of Ireland must be uttering those same words thanks to the French squandering this World Cup opportunity that they were lucky to even have in the first place.

Video HT: The Big Lead

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Phillies fan runs on field, gets tased (video)

Jonathan Sacks — Tue, 04 May 2010 03:20:58 +0000

Oh, Philadelphia, thank you for never ceasing to supply us with more fans to mock.

This guy ran on to the field during tonight’s game between the Phillies and Cardinals. Normally, security guards just chase people down and tackle them, but apparently the personnel at Citizens Bank Park have instructions to use heavier force.

Instead of tackling the fan on the field, one security guard tased him instead.

This bad video of the tasing incident comes courtesy of The700Level:

Unfortunately, this brutal statement might keep other idiots from running on the field, which is truly a sad day in the history of baseball. If you can’t puke on fans without getting arrested, and if you can’t run on the field without getting tasered, how are you supposed to have fun at a Phillies game?

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Bullfighter gored in the groin (video)

Jonathan Sacks — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 07:15:34 +0000

Yup, my groin is cringing in horror, how about yours?

Down in Mexico, bullfighter Jose Tomas messed with the bull and got the horns. Four inches deep into his groin, to be exact. He’s expected to live, despite undergoing surgery at the bullring. No risk of infection with that, I’m sure.

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Jim Nantz on Tiger Woods: Somehow managed a 69 out of all of this (video)

Jonathan Sacks — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 23:06:18 +0000

For 72 holes, Jim Nantz and the other CBS commentators successfully managed to tiptoe around Tiger Woods’ sex issues. The final wrap-up, now that’s a different matter. As the Masters came to a close just now, Jim Nantz had this to say about Tiger Woods’ final round 69.

“Somehow managed a 69 out of all of this”

Indeed. Of all the things to say about all of the players in the field, it would figure that Tiger Woods would be the one to shoot a 69 and prompt this response. I told you Jim Nantz had a dirty mind.

Congrats to Phil Mickelson on his 3rd Masters green jacket & best of luck to his family with everything they are dealing with right now.

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SNL Tiger Woods at The Masters (video)

Jonathan Sacks — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 17:42:39 +0000

Last night’s episode of SNL was hosted by Tina Fey (that dress during the monologue… yes!). The show started off strongly with an early CBS golf sketch featuring Jason Sudeikis as Jim Nantz, Bill Hader as Nick Faldo, and Tina Fey as Tiger Woods expert Ashlyn St. Cloud.

Watch the Masters video from Saturday Night Live below:

Kenan Thompson also makes an appearance as Tiger Woods, as part of a spoof of the Nike ad with Earl Woods.

The highlight was of the sketch was Ashlyn St. Cloud explaining a “dogleg” to Jim Nantz. You just know that guy’s up for some crazy stuff.

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Dallas Cowboys Texas Stadium implosion (video)

Jonathan Sacks — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 17:26:09 +0000

What better way to start a Sunday morning than blowing something up? The Dallas Cowboys finally demolished Texas Stadium early this morning as thousands of spectators watched.

Three yards, a cloud of dust, and a bunch of yelling Cowboys fans watching something other than Tony Romo implode.

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Tiger Woods swears – “Tiger Woods, You Suck” (video)

Jonathan Sacks — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 21:23:25 +0000

Tiger Woods is human. He hits bad shots & he swears. Unlike the rest of us though, he has CBS microphones on him that are eager to pick up his every word like they are waitresses at a diner.

During today’s round at the Masters 2010, Tiger hit a bad shot on the 6th hole, leading to a bogey. After he unleashed his shot, Tiger then released a third-person berating of himself.

“Tiger Woods, you suck!” – and then a loud expletive. Of course, if you haven’t been offended by the actions of Tiger Woods off of the golf course, by this point some on-air swearing isn’t going to be much of an issue with you.

HT: Fanhouse

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Twitter Trending Topic: Fuck Duke

Jonathan Sacks — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 04:32:38 +0000

The Butler Bulldogs nearly pulled off the upset in the NCAA Championship Game 2010, but in the end fell just short, breaking the hearts of everyone in the country who didn’t want to see Duke win the title.

Just how hated are the Duke Blue Devils? “Fuck Duke” is currently a trending topic on Twitter. Yes, even bigger than Justin Bieber.

In One Shining Moment, a nation banded together around a common goal: Complete hatred of Duke. Maybe there’s hope for this country yet.

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