Sport Thread

Alacron · Post by **Alacron** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 5:24 pm

American football was my favorite sport growing up, but in my old age I find myself more unattracted to the brutality.

http://www.fotosports.com/archive/p2_98 ... 120702.jpg

As a 130-lb. guy, basketball works a lot better for me.
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Caravan Ray · Post by **Caravan Ray** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 7:14 pm

Jim of Seattle wrote:Every time I've seen rugby I've thought "Wow, this looks like it would be pretty exciting if I knew what was going on". Coming from the perspective of American football, it's sort of hilarious watching rugby if you imagine it as American football gone terribly wrong, with guys running all over and kicking the ball seemingly indiscrimiately in the middle of a run, I was watching it with a friend once and he said, "Imagine you were watching guys trying to play American football who didn't really understand the game" and from that standpoint it's a laugh riot.

Actually, Rugby Leage is very, very similar to American Football - the main difference being you're not allowed to pass the ball forward in RL. If you watch RL, "Imagine you were watching guys trying to play American football but weren't constantly stopping and starting to set up set-plays, measure how far they've run and bring different players on and off the field etc, etc".

Rugby Union is far more complex - and even I don't pretend to understand all the rules, even though I played it for over 10 years.

Cricket's rules are very simple - but it has strange zen-like quality that distances it from other sports. Much of it's appeal comes less from the game itself and more from sitting in the sun drinking beer

Leaf · Post by **Leaf** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 10:12 am

WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP UPDATE:

Canada:

Saturday.....7-3 over Slovakia.

Monday......8-1 over Sweden.

Tuesday...predicition...5-3 over Germany. (Them Germans can be pesky).

USA:

5-4 over Russia.
6-4 over Switzerland.

RUSSIA:
loss to the USA and a 4-1 victory over the Czech republic...

Will Canada win the Gold, or will they storm through the tourney only to lose in the final for the fourth time in a row?

stay tuned....

Rabid Garfunkel · Post by **Rabid Garfunkel** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 2:47 pm

Not being much of a sports person, when I'm watching Australian Rules Football, my favorite parts tend to be the two-handed kung-fu chop followed by the disco fingers pointing action of the guys in the big hats down at each of the goalposts.

Now sumo wrestling... that's poetry in motion. Mushashimaru is/was the man.

john m · Post by **john m** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 3:52 pm

December 2, 2004:

john m wrote:While watching rugby doesn't really interest me, I do have some fun watching Australian Rules Football, if only for the guy in the white tuxedo who points at the goal. That would be the best job ever.

Rabid Garfunkel · Post by **Rabid Garfunkel** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 4:13 pm

freaky... how'd I miss that?

Leaf · Post by **Leaf** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 11:00 pm

Germans aren't pesky. Unless losing 9-0 is pesky...

Sheail · Post by **Sheail** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 2:09 am

I'm currently enjoying the world darts championship. It's nice to know that fat blokes who hang around in pubs all day can reach the pinnacle of a sport that gets televised at prime time on a country's top sports channel.

I would like to go and see an egg chasing game down at Twickenham with some cheerleaders thrown in, that would make it a vastly superior spectacle all round. And perhaps even a wardrobe malfunction to spice things up further.

And as for 0-0 draws, better than a ridiculous 112-86 scoreline where someone scores every two seconds!! A goaless draw makes you appreciate them just that little bit more. However, I do like MLS when commentators get really excited about a throw-in. And they talk about dee-fence rather than defence. Fantastic stuff.

Bring on the Ashes (aka Aus play Eng at cricket for about fifty days and beat them before lunch on the first day)...

Caravan Ray · Post by **Caravan Ray** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 7:49 pm

Mother Funker wrote:I'm currently enjoying the world darts championship. It's nice to know that fat blokes who hang around in pubs all day can reach the pinnacle of a sport that gets televised at prime time on a country's top sports channel

In the small Pacific island nation of Kiribati - darts is virtually the national sport. They would televise it if they had television.

Mother Funker wrote:Bring on the Ashes (aka Aus play Eng at cricket for about fifty days and beat them before lunch on the first day)...

Yes - bring on the Ashes. We've just flogged NZ and the Paki's badly, and beat India at home a few months ago. Much as I hate to admit it - England is probably the only team in the world that could give us a decent game at the moment.

Leaf · Post by **Leaf** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 10:46 pm

I'm very dissapointed in the Canadian Junior hockey team. I know they breezed through the first round 7-3, 8-0, 9-0 and 8-1... but I was really hoping for a ten goal game....how could they let Finland score?

Now I know also that not many know or care about the World Junior Hockey tourney, but it's a pretty big deal in Canada...for those into hockey. And I'm here to say... we'z kickin azz.

bz£ · Post by **bz£** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 5:08 am

Damn it!

I wait all winter (it's winter here), the NRL season opens this weekend and Aussie Rules starts at the end of the month. And Fox Sports tells me this:

NO RUGBY, RUGBY LEAGUE OR AUSSIE RULES BROADCASTS ARE SCHEDULED FOR 2006

What the hell? Isn't Rupert Murdoch Australian? Why is he denying me the chance to watch his home sports, just because I live about a million miles away?

Oh well, at least Arsenal is through in the Champions League, and Chelsea is not, haha!

Lyricburglar · Post by **Lyricburglar** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 7:10 am

bzl wrote: Isn't Rupert Murdoch Australian?

No, he's a citizen of the USA - and you're welcome to him.

...but I'll keep you up to date with how the Newcastle Knights are going.
Joey says his groin is feeling fine.

Kill Me Sarah · Post by **Kill Me Sarah** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 8:58 am

I know it's the off-season, but I'd take Matt Hasselbeck over everyone else mentioned. And Seattle signed Alexander for another 8 years. So that puts us at the Super Bowl every year until, what, 2013?

Hoblit · Post by **Hoblit** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 9:03 am

kill_me_sarah wrote:I know it's the off-season, but I'd take Matt Hasselbeck over everyone else mentioned. And Seattle signed Alexander for another 8 years. So that puts us at the Super Bowl every year until, what, 2013?

Yeah, so when are you guys gonna start investing in Refs?

Kill Me Sarah · Post by **Kill Me Sarah** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 9:18 am

Hoblit wrote:
kill_me_sarah wrote:I know it's the off-season, but I'd take Matt Hasselbeck over everyone else mentioned. And Seattle signed Alexander for another 8 years. So that puts us at the Super Bowl every year until, what, 2013?
Yeah, so when are you guys gonna start investing in Refs?

We can't. We had to use our ref money to get Alexander back.

Leaf · Post by **Leaf** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 10:38 am

Canada beats the USA in world baseball championships. (round robin game...but still...c'mon...it's crazy).

What is wrong with this world? Next thing, Australia will win the Basketball title at the Olympics.

Crazy.

(and yea! Canada!)

boltoph · Post by **boltoph** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 10:40 am

I had never heard of the game "disc golf" until a certain Canadian by the name of Tonetripper started talking about it.

Kamakura · Post by **Kamakura** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 11:50 am

The Formula one season starts this weekend!

Kill Me Sarah · Post by **Kill Me Sarah** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 12:55 pm

Kamakura wrote:The Formula one season starts this weekend!

As someone lives mere minutes away from the Atlanta Motor Speedway, let me just say, eww.

john m · Post by **john m** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 1:00 pm

Leaf wrote:Canada beats the USA in world baseball championships. (round robin game...but still...c'mon...it's crazy).

It's a glorified spring training exhibition game.

Al Leiter was pitching for the US. Al Leiter. I know there's a Canadian player named Stumpy Clapp, but man. Al Leiter.

I'm not being defensive (couldn't care less about the World Baseball Classic), but I find it a little laughable that some people in the media are finding this upset comparable to the miracle on ice.

Bjam · Post by **Bjam** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 2:36 pm

Kamakura wrote:The Formula one season starts this weekend!

It does?!

Man, summer has come quick. I love Formula One. So wonderful. Fisichella has always been my favourite, despite his disposition to being in the top three for a few dozen laps then spinning out a lap before the finish.

(F1 is possibly the only sport I know anything about.

)

Dan-O from Five-O · Post by **Dan-O from Five-O** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 4:46 pm

Kamakura wrote:The Formula one season starts this weekend!

Let the race for the first turn begin.

After that you can turn it off unless you like the parade that follows.