The other sports thread

[Eleven]

  On 9/23/2017 at 9:34 PM, Taro T said:

Apparently the Warriors also understood the tweet as a rescission of an invite to the White House for the full team. So, whichever was intended by the original tweet, the outcome is GS will not go to the WH.

 

Good for them.

 

It's kind of a stupid thing anyway.  Most star athletes could book a private appointment with a president pretty easily, too.

Edited September 23, 2017 by Eleven

[inkman]

Watching the Yankees make the playoffs celebration is embarrassing.

[JujuFish]

  On 9/24/2017 at 12:35 AM, inkman said:

Watching the Yankees make the playoffs celebration is embarrassing.

 

I feel bad for whoever grabs the second AL wild card spot.  They have a hard road ahead.

[ubkev]

Drag races are waaaay fun to go to. Top Fuel and Funny Cars are so bad ass in person. Absolutely deafening, and chest thumping. And the amount of women who run at that level...that's sexy as hell!

[Eleven]

  On 9/24/2017 at 1:31 AM, ubkev said:

Drag races are waaaay fun to go to. Top Fuel and Funny Cars are so bad ass in person. Absolutely deafening, and chest thumping. And the amount of women who run at that level...that's sexy as hell!

 

Should we tell him?

[ubkev]

  On 9/24/2017 at 12:59 PM, Eleven said:

Should we tell him?

Haha! Nice work. I laughed.

 

But I'm certain that Leah Pritchett, the Force sisters and Alexis DeJoria are women.

[ubkev]

Aaron Judge just broke the rookie home run record in the 7th inning of today's game. He tied the record in the 3rd.

[Sabres Fan in NS]

  On 9/25/2017 at 7:26 PM, ubkev said:

Aaron Judge just broke the rookie home run record in the 7th inning of today's game. He tied the record in the 3rd.

 

He's 'juicin'.  Is that still a thing?

[ubkev]

  On 9/25/2017 at 8:41 PM, Sabres Fan In NS said:

He's 'juicin'. Is that still a thing?

He's 8 inches taller than King Kong. And I heard that he benches more too.

[Sabres Fan in NS]

  On 9/25/2017 at 8:51 PM, ubkev said:

He's 8 inches taller than King Kong. And I heard that he benches more too.

 

Can he do even one pull-up, though?

[JujuFish]

  On 9/25/2017 at 7:26 PM, ubkev said:

Aaron Judge just broke the rookie home run record in the 7th inning of today's game. He tied the record in the 3rd.

 

And did it in 1 fewer game, though 1 year older.

[ubkev]

  On 9/25/2017 at 9:57 PM, JujuFish said:

And did it in 1 fewer game, though 1 year older.

And with no 'roids... presumably.

[inkman]

  On 9/25/2017 at 9:57 PM, ubkev said:

And with no 'roids... presumably.

Well the players might be clean but...

 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2017/06/29/mlb-juiced-ball-home-runs/440203001/

[ubkev]

  On 9/25/2017 at 10:09 PM, inkman said:

Well the players might be clean but...

 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2017/06/29/mlb-juiced-ball-home-runs/440203001/

Good! And the players shouldn't be clean either. Juice everything you can. Hit the ball deep! Edited September 25, 2017 by ubkev

[shrader]

  On 9/25/2017 at 8:51 PM, ubkev said:

He's 8 inches taller than King Kong. And I heard that he benches more too.

 

Shouldn't every hit be a home run then?  He could just lay down a bunt and then with a single step get from each base to the next.

[Sabel79]

FINALLY.

 

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/press-conference-advisory-2

[WildCard]

  On 9/26/2017 at 1:55 PM, Sabres79 said:

FINALLY.

 

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/press-conference-advisory-2

So college hoops is getting called out?

[Eleven]

  On 9/26/2017 at 1:55 PM, Sabres79 said:

FINALLY.

 

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/press-conference-advisory-2

 

This is gonna be good.

[WildCard]

  Quote

Four college basketball coaches were among those facing federal charges Tuesday in a wide probe of fraud and corruption in the NCAA, authorities said.

 

The coaches were identified in court papers as Chuck Person of Auburn University, Emanuel Richardson of the University of Arizona, Tony Bland of the University of Southern California and Lamont Evans of Oklahoma State. It was not immediately clear who would represent them at initial court appearances.

 

They were among 10 people charged in Manhattan federal court. Others included managers, financial advisers and representatives of a major international sportswear company. The details were to be discussed at a news conference Tuesday at noon ET.

 

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/20824193/ncaa-basketball-coaches-10-charged-fraud-corruption

[Sabel79]

  On 9/26/2017 at 2:17 PM, WildCard said:

So college hoops is getting called out?

  

  On 9/26/2017 at 2:18 PM, Eleven said:

This is gonna be good.

One hopes, of course, that there's another (or heck, several more) shoes to drop.

[That Aud Smell]

What's the deal with this college hoops thing?

[LGR4GM]

  On 9/23/2017 at 5:22 PM, Taro T said:

It's his perogative, just like it was Tim Thomas' a few years back.

 

Feel bad for any of his teammates that weren't on the last championship team & actually wanted to go to the White House. They may never have the chance present itself again and now it isn't an option this year.

Yea amazing how Obama didn't disinvite the team for Thomas.

 

Oh said something anti Trump, thread might get locked.

 

Quick distract! How about them baseballs teams. Hear the yanks made the playoffs

  On 9/26/2017 at 3:11 PM, That Aud Smell said:

What's the deal with this college hoops thing?

The ncaa is crazy corrupt. It's how the good teams stay good.

[Randall Flagg]

Threads don't get locked for being anti-Trump, they get locked for politics in general.

[SwampD]

  On 9/26/2017 at 3:28 PM, Randall Flagg said:

Threads don't get locked for being anti-Trump, they get locked for politics in general.

I don't by that.

 

 

 

 

…I also think it's a good policy…

[darksabre]

I appreciate the discussion we got to have before the lock, but I'm still okay with the politics ban.