Topic: WE LIKE SPORTS (Read 592815 times)

jwhouk · « **Reply #3300 on:** 17 May 2014, 08:17 »

Can one of our non-American observers please explain why EPL champion Manchester City got a 60m Euro fine slapped on them by UEFA?

Edit: NM, found the description of what UEFA's FFP Regulation is all about. Smacks of the Luxury Tax in MLB.

Patrick · « **Reply #3301 on:** 17 May 2014, 08:33 »

just wanna put this out there again, fuck the Los Angeles Kings.

Nikolai · « **Reply #3302 on:** 17 May 2014, 14:41 »

Don't worry, Chicago is here to clean up your shit.

Patrick · « **Reply #3303 on:** 18 May 2014, 01:11 »

go Habs.

ev4n · « **Reply #3304 on:** 20 May 2014, 08:05 »

Man City denied my grandfather's hometown Stoke from an FA Cup win. Man City denied my great grandmother's Liverpool from a league win.

Jerks.

~~mustang6172~~ · « **Reply #3305 on:** 24 May 2014, 18:47 »

I like Nico Rosberg, but I don't think he's crafty enough to sabotage qualifying.

Temperature for the Indy 500 should be about 80°F (26°C). That's right between the barely 70° temperatures of 2013 and the 90°+ of 2012.

Jimor · « **Reply #3306 on:** 24 May 2014, 22:22 »

I just finished watching the previous race, and yeah, it's an open feud. The race for third is probably the most interesting part of this season.

Skewbrow · « **Reply #3307 on:** 25 May 2014, 11:23 »

Hockey WC final Russia-Finland starting...

I'm less excited about it than usual. I guess we might as well skip the WC on the Olympic years.

5-2 for Russkies. It just wasn't meant to be.

jwhouk · « **Reply #3308 on:** 25 May 2014, 19:20 »

...Please tell me nothing happened to Pekka in the loss?

Skewbrow · « **Reply #3309 on:** 25 May 2014, 23:11 »

Not that I know of. He was elected the MVP of the tournament. I'm obviously looking at it with blue-and-white glasses but I think justifiably so.

jwhouk · « **Reply #3310 on:** 26 May 2014, 00:56 »

Seth Jones was named top d-man, so Nashville took 2 of top three honors.

jwhouk · « **Reply #3311 on:** 28 May 2014, 21:12 »

I HATE CHELSEA DAGGER.

jwhouk · « **Reply #3312 on:** 29 May 2014, 20:28 »

Rangers are in.

LocoJoe · « **Reply #3313 on:** 30 May 2014, 17:22 »

Fuck yeah Rangers!

I wasn't really big on hockey, but this years Stanley Cup playoffs have been absolutely amazing to watch. As a New York native, I gotta root for the Rangers to take the cup, but based on my novice level knowledge of the sport, I'm thinking that whoever wins in the West is going to take it.

Patiently waiting for NFL season to start...

Patrick · « **Reply #3314 on:** 31 May 2014, 11:04 »

I was disappointed at the Habs' elimination, but delighted to see Chicago force game 7. Fuck yeah!

jwhouk · « **Reply #3315 on:** 31 May 2014, 17:30 »

My problem with Chicago is... well, beside that it's Chicago, is that I have a bunch of Hawks fans in my family. It's worse than a family of Cubs fans - which, oh by the way, they are as well.

Patrick · « **Reply #3316 on:** 01 Jun 2014, 17:02 »

I just want to see my rival Kings get blueballed super hard, because fuck those dirty little shits

jwhouk · « **Reply #3317 on:** 01 Jun 2014, 18:13 »

Sorry, Patrick, but my hatred for the Blackhawks trumps almost anything else.

Patrick · « **Reply #3318 on:** 01 Jun 2014, 21:18 »

I almost broke my hand punching the wall at my bar after game 7 of SJS vs LAK. Come in me, bro

jwhouk · « **Reply #3319 on:** 02 Jun 2014, 05:52 »

Just keep repeating "Henrik" to yourself.

Patrick · « **Reply #3320 on:** 02 Jun 2014, 10:54 »

I usually have a sock on my dick when I do that, and I have a Sedin-tears based lubricant

jwhouk · « **Reply #3321 on:** 02 Jun 2014, 18:02 »

Okay, I think I walked into that one.

Still - I'm torn. My "Hate the Original Six" bias is going up against "Team that hasn't won it in the last five years" bias.

The big winner, of course, is the NHL - the two largest metro areas in North America, facing each other in the championship.

~~mustang6172~~ · « **Reply #3322 on:** 02 Jun 2014, 18:24 »

Anything that results in a Rangers loss is fine with me.

ev4n · « **Reply #3323 on:** 04 Jun 2014, 13:58 »

Quote from: jwhouk on 02 Jun 2014, 18:02

Okay, I think I walked into that one.

Still - I'm torn. My "Hate the Original Six" bias is going up against "Team that hasn't won it in the last five years" bias.

The big winner, of course, is the NHL - the two largest metro areas in North America, facing each other in the championship.

But not the two biggest hockey markets.

That would be Montreal/Toronto, no?

jwhouk · « **Reply #3324 on:** 10 Jun 2014, 07:10 »

Back on April 22nd, the Kings were down three games to none to San Jose, and facing a first-round exit.

Seven weeks later, they're up 3-0 in the finals, and looking at a possible sweep en route to the franchise's second Cup win.

Patrick · « **Reply #3325 on:** 10 Jun 2014, 14:19 »

don't fuckin remind me

LocoJoe · « **Reply #3326 on:** 10 Jun 2014, 14:31 »

Well, the Rangers did come back from a 3-1 deficit this postseason... Hopefully they'll bounce back from this.

Patrick · « **Reply #3327 on:** 10 Jun 2014, 15:08 »

whatever, I'm already calling it for LA, I just don't wanna see a sweep.

ChaoSera · « **Reply #3328 on:** 12 Jun 2014, 12:16 »

First game of the world cup begins in less than an hour. Woo!

Barmymoo · « **Reply #3329 on:** 12 Jun 2014, 12:24 »

I'm ambivalent about the World Cup itself, but incredibly glad that I no longer live above a social club and its noisy TV. The timing was unintentional but perfect. All I can hear here is birdsong and some traffic.

ankhtahr · « **Reply #3330 on:** 12 Jun 2014, 14:01 »

I don't like the enormous hype they're making of it.

Somehow I still find myself watching a stream…

On the other hand, Croatia is one of the participants I'm more interested in.

pwhodges · « **Reply #3331 on:** 12 Jun 2014, 14:19 »

I watched a football match on the telly once, in glorious black and white. It was three days before my 20th birthday. I seem to recall that England won.

I guess it was quite exciting at the time...

ChaoSera · « **Reply #3332 on:** 13 Jun 2014, 01:35 »

Every world cup should start with an own goal by the hosting country's team. That was absolutely hilarious.

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #3333 on:** 13 Jun 2014, 04:23 »

http://theoatmeal.com/blog/world_cup

jwhouk · « **Reply #3334 on:** 13 Jun 2014, 05:22 »

I feel the same way about the NBA finals, personally.

Patrick · « **Reply #3335 on:** 13 Jun 2014, 13:06 »

I personally think basketball is a stupid sport full of bitchmade prima donnas with no guts whatsoever

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #3336 on:** 13 Jun 2014, 14:34 »

Whoa whoa Patrick.... I think you're being a bit generous there.

jwhouk · « **Reply #3337 on:** 13 Jun 2014, 18:41 »

I do have a soft spot for D3 hoops, though. I may be biased.

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #3338 on:** 14 Jun 2014, 12:54 »

Oh, hey, look what abomination is back:

http://www.veronicatv.nl/programmas/wk-in-lingerie/

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #3339 on:** 14 Jun 2014, 13:47 »

Compared to all the shit FIFA is pulling and how bad hosting the Cup is for most countries financially I think lingerie football is a minor offense.

Patrick · « **Reply #3340 on:** 14 Jun 2014, 17:27 »

dear Los Angeles

whatever, take your stupid two Cups, the Bay Area is still way better to live in

love,
anyone with a brain

jwhouk · « **Reply #3341 on:** 14 Jun 2014, 18:08 »

Now, we wait for the awards.

And then we start it up all over again.

The Seldom Killer · « **Reply #3342 on:** 14 Jun 2014, 21:32 »

For anyone interested in cycling, the final stage of the Criterium du Dauphine could prove very interesting today.

Short version is that Chris Froome won the opening stage of the race an held his lead even though he crashed on Friday. On Saturday, with a Summit finish, Contador attacked on the last climb and overturned a 12 second deficit to an 8 second lead. The final stage today has a double climb to a summit finish which is totally within Froome's abilities to take the race back from Contador. If he's recovered enough from his injuries.

ev4n · « **Reply #3343 on:** 16 Jun 2014, 06:41 »

Sounds like the final stage WAS one for the ages. Did not get to watch, as I was out of town, but my mother in law and I discussed it yesterday.

The Seldom Killer · « **Reply #3344 on:** 16 Jun 2014, 23:35 »

Yep, looks like Froome was more injured than thought and a lot of the GC didn't pay attention to the long attack. They get away with this every now and again but it will have implications for the TdF.

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #3345 on:** 17 Jun 2014, 03:55 »

This game play right here is why I'm calling it for Germany.

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #3346 on:** 17 Jun 2014, 09:34 »

ChaoSera · « **Reply #3347 on:** 17 Jun 2014, 13:39 »

"Soccer".

jwhouk · « **Reply #3348 on:** 17 Jun 2014, 18:49 »

Association Football by any other name would nay result in more tie games.

Patrick · « **Reply #3349 on:** 18 Jun 2014, 06:41 »

the existence of tie games in soccer/football is one of the many items on the list of reasons hockey is better

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