All things SPORTS

Originally posted by Geez Penn State deserves every punishment handed down on them.  What happened on that campus is disturbing and heinous on so many levels.   Having said that, the grandstanding by the NCAA is nauseating.  Like the NCAA itself isn't completely corrupt.

Im stoked for the olympics to start-i know not everyone gets into them but im always invested-especially in the swimming

Originally posted by Von44 It's kinda strange how women's soccer started yesterday before the opening ceremony. Not sure why that is but found it to be kinda strange.

Originally posted by Geez Ah the Olympics, the only time every four years that I care about swimming.  USA!

Anyone into shooting clays, shooting rifles/handguns on here? Im thinking about starting a thread for people to discuss the thrills of shooting

Dude im the same way-im strickly paper targets and plinking for rifles and handguns and clay targets for my shorgun. I dont have it in me to kill intellegent animals but im not gonna discriminate against those that do

Originally posted by timpiper Dude im the same way-im strickly paper targets and plinking for rifles and handguns and clay targets for my shorgun. I dont have it in me to kill intellegent animals but im not gonna discriminate against those that do

Yah, if i could guarantee a first-shot kill, i might be a lil more open to it; but if im off a bit and have to finish it off close range, i couldn't do it. I do loves me some venison though... quite a conundrum!

Originally posted by Von44 Can't wait to watch a little beach vball tmw. Canada vs Norway. Should be a good match.

You're in it for to watch the men dig sand from their Speedos, right? ;) Kidding, of course. I'll watch a match on occasion, but i'd much prefer playing it! I suck terribly, but its fun to dive around n play. No places in town with a beach setup though and grass just isnt the same. :(

That's really cool, Von. I only saw about 15 seconds of a match yesterday as i got back into the lobby at work from my afternoon walk.

In other olympic news... 8 chicks in Olympic badminton were DQ'ed for trying to lose. Way to represent!

Aussies recalled after the badminton disqualifications so I'm happy about that. Reading up on the issue it seems China have been involved in some questionable matches for years

I don't understand what the big deal is... North American sports teams do it all the time, whether it is NBA or NFL.  The Phils didn't do it last year to close out the season and ended up beating the Braves to secure a matchup with the ... the Cardinals, and we know how that turned out.  The goal is to win a gold medal, right?

I'll agree to a certain extent. Playing in a softball tourney this weekend, and our team isnt terribly talented. So if we lose the first game, we're going to tank the second in order to be thrown int o the beer bracket. THat will provide us games where we can actually compete, and possibly play a few extras, rather than being 3-and-done. But NFL/NBA/Pro sports generally accept that if a team can get a more favorable matchup later by losing a game, they will. Also why when a team is 3 games ahead in a division with 2 to go, they sit their starters for the remainder of the season. Fans don't like watching the bench get slaughtered, but they like less injuries that take their team out of the playoffs (see: Derrick Rose, 2012 NBA Playoffs).

I think the NFL it would be tougher because there are so few teams, and winning a division allows certain perks (home games, etc.).  I know the Sixers and Grizz did it in the NBA this year.

In other news... Mayweather is out of prison!  Any chance they filmed a Mayweather/Prison 24/7?

Man first 2 fights of UFC have not disappointed

Played in a softball tourney this weekend. First game was 12:15 am saturday morning; second was 9:30 am Saturday morning; third was 1:30 am sunday morning. Unfortunately we didn't win any of them (our pick-up team played some very solid teams for the first 2 games, then errors proved fatal in the third (7-error, 11-run first inning)). But i had a blast all the same. Lookin forward to doin it next year.

How does L.A. always get a top flight player for a lot less? I know they gave up Bynum, but he is not Howard. 

Then you see what magic got in return and it makes you wonder even more. Afflalo, Harrington, Vucevic and 3 protected first rounders. But hey it's better than the nothing they woulda got when Howard walked at the end of the season.

Sticking my dick in your mom

Originally posted by Snowboardr13 Sticking my dick in your mom

WTF are you talking about?  Whether this is a Sports thread or not your post was tasteless, crude, unnecessary and basically is a steaming pile of shit.

Can someone please SPAM Snowboardr13's post?

And Snowboardr13, please try to conduct yourself as a mature member of the forum.

Originally posted by lightning80 well..some people do consider having sex a sport...or hunting for tails a sport...

Or cougar hunting, especially Canadian cougars.

In an unrelated story... We had our second round of playoff games for slowpitch on Thursday. We won both so we play in the semi's on Monday. Unfortunately we will be short a player. Tyler (our shortstop) got hit with a ball sliding into second base. It was thrown in from an outfielder, and the second baseman was not able to put a mitt on the ball before it hit Tyler in the beanbag. It ruptured his left testicle and it had to be surgically removed later that night. :|. Be careful out there, guys!

Originally posted by j_lucky84 In an unrelated story... We had our second round of playoff games for slowpitch on Thursday. We won both so we play in the semi's on Monday. Unfortunately we will be short a player. Tyler (our shortstop) got hit with a ball sliding into second base. It was thrown in from an outfielder, and the second baseman was not able to put a mitt on the ball before it hit Tyler in the beanbag. It ruptured his left testicle and it had to be surgically removed later that night. :|. Be careful out there, guys!

OUCHHH!!!! Oh dear god that sucks!! Hope your buddy is alright? My question is, why wasn't he wearing protective equipment? I know its softball but its still a game involving a ball where players throw it around as hard as they can. Best of luck in tonight's game and ALL THE BEST TO YOUR BUDDY!!!

ouch...losing a left nut because of slowpitch softball...that's going to go well at the bar trying to pick up girls...

I often played the third bag in softball and have taken some crazy bounces in my day too. I think I'd rather take 100 bad hops to the face than take one to the nut.

Did you see the news about the US Open ump that killed her husband with a coffe cup? Sounds like a game of Clue...

The kids from petaluma, ca do it again. Little league world series is news here in the bay area.