tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post4989305616147807459..comments2024-03-17T03:18:56.070-04:00Comments on Dan Shanoff: Friday 04/13 A.M. Quickie:What Would Jackie Do?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-50194833707630995642007-04-15T20:48:00.000-04:002007-04-15T20:48:00.000-04:00Re: Duke LAX/Nifong non-apology"I'm not surprised...Re: Duke LAX/Nifong non-apology<BR/><BR/>"I'm not surprised the players didn't accept the apology of overzealous DA Mike Nifong. They have no obligation to. But they could go a long way in beginning to repair their tarnished reps by doing it, whether he truly deserves it or not. At this point, it's not about absolving Nifong but elevating themselves."<BR/><BR/>Gee... did you actually read the "apology"?? "To the extent that I might have .... I apologize."<BR/><BR/>Defendant nifong's Bar trial is coming up in June. Apologizing is considered a mitigating factor weighing in his favor when it comes to punishment. He's trying - but this apology won't even be considered a mitigating factor.<BR/><BR/>To the extent that I made a couple of minor mistakes, cost you millions of dollars, held your lives in my hand for a year, etc. -- Gee I'm really sorry.<BR/><BR/>These young men have shown great restraint and poise -- while folks like you continue to bash. <BR/><BR/>Dave Evans -- "when I die they'll say, 'one of the 3 accused rape in the Duke lacrosse case died today. He was proven innocent and went on to great things but...."jmoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15465729796477329146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-81693538171731403162007-04-15T15:56:00.000-04:002007-04-15T15:56:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.RThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08974818353273666347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-13242771455481982422007-04-13T18:33:00.000-04:002007-04-13T18:33:00.000-04:00Here's a post I wrote back in January about the 20...Here's a <A HREF="http://neuecolossus.squarespace.com/journal/2007/1/12/2016.html" REL="nofollow">post I wrote back in January about the 2016 Olympics</A>, with this requisite part:<BR/><BR/>It’s a very simple decision: Tokyo or LA. If the USOC puts up Chicago, then we lose. Period. The politics of the United States and the Olympics is in two parts. The first part is that post-Atlanta, the IOC is very wary of giving the games to any city other than LA or NYC. One IOC member was quoted in 1996 as saying that they only award the Olympics to a city that is its nations’ largest or second-largest; they gave the Centennial Games to Atlanta because they believed that the US was the only nation that could pull off the logistics and costs of having it in a second-tier city. Secondly, the Olympics are now getting into an era in which the classic cities of the 1950s-70s are wanting to host again, while newly developed cities/nations want to get in on the action too. So Philadelphia, Houston, Minneapolis and Chicago are going up against cities like Tokyo, Rome, Berlin, Paris, Rio, Dubai, and Cape Town. Hm, who do you think wins that one?Outlaw Geniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11855234899182776265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-44431639186336845652007-04-13T18:25:00.000-04:002007-04-13T18:25:00.000-04:00@tahvi,as todd pointed out, it's not just that the...@tahvi,<BR/><BR/>as todd pointed out, it's not just that there's yelling, but the lack of quality analysis and the tendency to just state certainties without any reasoned dialogue. Which is why, if you read the article, she did enjoy PTI--those guys tend to offer well thought out analysis of the day's topics. If only ESPN didn't beat PTI's topics into the ground for 3 hours before PTI starts.TJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14923521765537437204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-80637780524715701272007-04-13T17:59:00.000-04:002007-04-13T17:59:00.000-04:00I just read ESPN's Ombudsman article about the on-...I just read ESPN's Ombudsman article about the on-air personalities "yelling," in particular the individuals on "Around the Horn" and "PTI," and I have to disagree. I don't believe I would enjoy those shows quite as much if things were toned down. Everyday I record those 2 shows to watch after work. A sedate Michael Wilbon/Tony Kornheiser just wouldn't be the same. And who wants to see Paige and Mariotti be nice to each other? I do enjoy whatever the feud is that they have between each other.<BR/><BR/>(Tangent: Why does Tony not like Michael Smith?)<BR/><BR/>It's all reminiscent of my friends and me sitting around, drinking beer, talking sports, and being loud. Good times.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13227839505503386649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-32994559229848521862007-04-13T16:20:00.000-04:002007-04-13T16:20:00.000-04:00It's going to be a long season.Cubs up 5 nil. Zamb...It's going to be a long season.<BR/><BR/>Cubs up 5 nil. Zambrano's pitching. It's now 6-5 Reds.<BR/><BR/>My thought: Starts with an F, sounds like Duck.chitown italianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05005966579859344446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-24694690688508889602007-04-13T15:43:00.000-04:002007-04-13T15:43:00.000-04:00I don't know LA or Chi well at all. All I know is...I don't know LA or Chi well at all. All I know is that it's infeasible to have an Olympics in NYC (where would you have an "athlete's village"), plus it would be difficult to get from one venue to another. Boston could NEVER have an Olympics. They had the Democratic Natl Convention at the FleetCenter (as it was known then) and it basically shut down the city, and that isn't even 1/10th as big as an Olympics.<BR/><BR/>One idea I would like to see gain momentum is to have a split Winter Olympics in Montreal/Lake Placid.verbal97https://www.blogger.com/profile/02282148454169067288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-5848746975543593062007-04-13T15:40:00.000-04:002007-04-13T15:40:00.000-04:00CMFOST,My reasons for the Islander game being more...CMFOST,<BR/>My reasons for the Islander game being more exciting is if they lost, their season was over. Even a quadruple overtime playoff game doesn't have the same tension if it is a game 1. A team can still come back and win the series. In effect, if you are 1 point back and it is the last game of the season, it is the same as an elimination playoff game.<BR/><BR/>I am willing to concede a close second for the quadruple OT though. :)CycleDanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08933822029791530613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-81666260682816396332007-04-13T15:31:00.000-04:002007-04-13T15:31:00.000-04:00Wearing 60 would just spit on the legacy of Dave H...Wearing 60 would just spit on the legacy of Dave Heaverlo, though...<BR/><BR/>smile, dammit! :)Brian in Oxfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053368055698118199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-58851010005555863552007-04-13T15:17:00.000-04:002007-04-13T15:17:00.000-04:00The number 42 was retired across all of baseball f...The number 42 was retired across all of baseball for a reason. Nobody who wore 42 would ever be able to even come close to accomplishing what Jackie Robinson accomplished while he wore the number.<BR/><BR/>By allowing everybody to wear 42, you've essentially taken the original tribute and spit on it. If you want to wear a number to honor Jackie Robinson, wear the number 60 for 60 years of the color barrier being broken and leave the already great tribute of universal retirement alone.Dexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01144740528786925109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1295903094254176912007-04-13T15:11:00.000-04:002007-04-13T15:11:00.000-04:00Since I was living in LA for the 84 olympics and m...Since I was living in LA for the 84 olympics and my sis was a gymnast at cathy rigby's gym we got to see the gymnastics competition when mary lou retton got the 10 on the vault. Therefore I Hope chicago gets it because I figure Iwill still be living there at that time and would love to see another olympics.The heroin sheikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16860402732123149415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-30943452474832504302007-04-13T14:16:00.000-04:002007-04-13T14:16:00.000-04:00I just hope that if it's in LA, they do something ...I just hope that if it's in LA, they do something to make the Colliseum better, that place is a total craphole. <BR/><BR/>But for LA (so-Cal), it's already so tourist-friendly with Hollywood, Disneyland, and beaches (overcrowded as they are). <BR/><BR/>Food's a tough call. Chicago definitely has better steaks, pizza, and other American food, but LA has In n Out, and great Mexican food. Tough call...ToddTheJackasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06333015679479284215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-74485409692773913662007-04-13T13:49:00.000-04:002007-04-13T13:49:00.000-04:00greatest teams ever were in the 80s or 70s because...greatest teams ever were in the 80s or 70s because schools then started scouting countrywide but the big schools dominated.<BR/><BR/>see unc gerogetown ucla so on and so forhtAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-81123676403349249282007-04-13T13:03:00.000-04:002007-04-13T13:03:00.000-04:00Dan it just seems like the GREATEST. SHIRT. EVER. ...Dan it just seems like the GREATEST. SHIRT. EVER. can only truly be the GREATEST. RIPOFF. EVER?<BR/><BR/>http://freedarko.blogspot.com/2006/10/we-got-it-4-cheap-vol-2.html<BR/><BR/>Just a thought?Deathwatch Conundrumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06853162106008430937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-7305727482605954622007-04-13T12:44:00.000-04:002007-04-13T12:44:00.000-04:00dsUK's bench in 1996 was better than Florida's sta...ds<BR/><BR/>UK's bench in 1996 was better than Florida's staters this year, kentucky's 1996 roster had nine players in the NBA. There's your best starting 5 and best team ever.clevernamehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05764076420993737985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-844348072469195552007-04-13T12:36:00.000-04:002007-04-13T12:36:00.000-04:00So far Duke's winning the poll on the website, I t...So far Duke's winning the poll on the website, I think it was 58-42 in percentages....wonder if we can load up Duke votes :)Brian in Oxfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053368055698118199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-56654042936051440032007-04-13T12:32:00.000-04:002007-04-13T12:32:00.000-04:00Yeah, what's with the T-shirt? Are you finally mak...Yeah, what's with the T-shirt? Are you finally making money from the blog Dan?ToddTheJackasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06333015679479284215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-24603056182220498842007-04-13T12:29:00.000-04:002007-04-13T12:29:00.000-04:00Ugliest. Tshirt. Ever.Ugliest. Tshirt. Ever.jalperthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00889820532474062586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-55432340167115579632007-04-13T12:00:00.000-04:002007-04-13T12:00:00.000-04:00Only 1 team should have every member wearing 42, t...Only 1 team should have every member wearing 42, the Dodgers.<BR/><BR/>I'm not even sure I'd want players from other teams doing it.TBenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10337905315011989614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-27389025296104826772007-04-13T11:31:00.000-04:002007-04-13T11:31:00.000-04:00Verbal -- stick to sports.Verbal -- stick to sports.Natsfan74https://www.blogger.com/profile/02774593132826810650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-92111863912299584132007-04-13T11:26:00.000-04:002007-04-13T11:26:00.000-04:00Oh who really cares about hockey??? :)Oh who really cares about hockey??? <BR/><BR/>:)Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02827851943831518318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-7805864139231078492007-04-13T11:24:00.000-04:002007-04-13T11:24:00.000-04:00sorry cycledan I disagree a 4 Overtime playoff gam...sorry cycledan I disagree a 4 Overtime playoff game will always trump a regular season game in my eyesCMFosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05291296862033162143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-45777786550454567352007-04-13T11:18:00.000-04:002007-04-13T11:18:00.000-04:00Sorry, NHL game of the week was Islanders making t...Sorry, NHL game of the week was Islanders making the playoffs by winning a shootout with NJ after Madden scored 2 3rd period goals to tie the game. The last was with 0.9 seconds left. <BR/><BR/>In a twist of fate, at an Islander game I attended with my kids earlier this year, the Islanders tied the Devils with just about a second left to send the game to OT. However the Devils won in OT.CycleDanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08933822029791530613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-7024808747664070562007-04-13T10:58:00.000-04:002007-04-13T10:58:00.000-04:00Hockey QuickieEastern Conference Game #1 ResultsBu...Hockey Quickie<BR/><BR/>Eastern Conference Game #1 Results<BR/>Buffalo 4-1 win over Islanders<BR/>Devils 5-3 over Tampa<BR/>Rangers 4-3 over Atlanta<BR/>Sens 6-3 over Pens<BR/><BR/>Western Conference<BR/>Wings 4-1 over Flames<BR/>Ducks 2-1 over Wild<BR/>Sharks 5-4 over Pred in 2 OT's<BR/><BR/>And the Game of the Week so far<BR/>Vancouver over Dallas 5-4 in 4 OT'sCMFosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05291296862033162143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-80016501426738186322007-04-13T10:51:00.000-04:002007-04-13T10:51:00.000-04:00Damon said that even if he were a free agent, he w...Damon said that even if he were a free agent, he wouldn't go to the Yankees. That's the biggest gripe. But yeah, it's water under the bridge (sort of) and wasn't really serious about that anymore. I'm more excited for the Jacoby Ellsbury era to begin in Fenway. <BR/><BR/>We'll see if something comes out of her articles. I wouldn't be surprised if there's a memo that gets sent around, and maybe people tone it down a little for a week or so... but you're probably right. I'm sure somewhere there's a focus group that responded better to the yelling, and the ratings reflect that, and so that's how it goes. Erg...<BR/><BR/>MLB Studs and Duds:<BR/><BR/>Studs:<BR/>1. Justin Morneau <BR/>2. Travis Hafner<BR/>3. Jason Bergman<BR/>4. Jimmy Rollins<BR/>5. John Smoltz <BR/><BR/>Duds:<BR/>1. Scot Shields<BR/>2. Brian McCann<BR/>3. Orioles/KC offense<BR/>4. Tomo Ohka<BR/>5. $8 ponchos outside of Fenway<BR/><BR/>Can anyone do a Hockey Quickie to describe what's going on there?ToddTheJackasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06333015679479284215noreply@blogger.com