Kravitz: 'Peyton Manning is Done in Indianapolis': After Peyton Manning gave an interview to Indianapolis Star columnist Bob Kravitz about how everyone's "walking around on eggshells" at the Indianapolis Colts facility because of all the staff turnover, Colts owner Jim Irsay called Manning a "politician" and said he should've kept his comments "in the family." Kravitz said the spat shows that Manning's not going to be kept by the team: "My fervent hope is this doesn't continue to devolve. We are talking about good people in a bad situation, the thorniest situation since the 49ers traded Joe Montana."

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SportsFilter: The Friday Huddle

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The Ultimate Football Draft: and the season's (simulated) results.

posted by yerfatma to soccer at 12:15 PM - 8 comments

Florida Requires Pro Sports Teams to Take In Homeless: Two Republican state legislators in Florida have introduced bills that would require the state's pro sports franchises to house homeless people in their stadiums or give back the millions they've received from the state. "I want to make good citizens out of them," said state Sen. Mike Bennett (R-Bradenton), who authored the legislation with state Rep. Frank Artilles (R-Miami). A never-enforced 1988 law required teams that take state money to house the homeless when they're not playing. "The rule was you took the money you were supposed to use it for a program for homeless people and you didn't do it and therefore we want our money back."

posted by rcade to general at 10:06 AM - 10 comments

Donors Pay Sarah Burke's Huge Medical Bill: The family of Canadian freestyle skier Sarah Burke has raised several hundred thousand dollars to cover medical costs incurred after she was injured in a Jan. 10 training accident that ultimately ended her life. Donations on Give Forward have reached $294,000. "Enough funds have been raised to cover the anticipated costs related to Sarah's medical care," the family states. "Future donations will go towards post-hospital arrangements such as services and memorial costs and to establish a foundation to honor Sarah's legacy."

posted by rcade to olympics at 09:46 AM - 10 comments

SportsFilter: The Thursday Huddle

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Colts Hire Chuck Pagano as Head Coach: The Indianapolis Colts have chosen Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator Chuck Pagano to be their new head coach, succeeding Jim Caldwell. Pagano, 51, has never been a head coach. He was coordinator this year for the Ravens after three years coaching defensive backs and had prior stints with the Cleveland Browns and Oakland Raiders.

posted by yerfatma to football at 07:45 PM - 1 comment

NFL Logos of the Non-Existent Past: "Gridiron League is a collection of idealized NFL insignias that pay tribute to each team's history and geography in a period-specific aesthetic that glorifies the Vince Lombardi-era over the Cold-Activated-era. ... Many NFL franchises ... have updated their uniforms and logos to a swooshed-out, dropped-shadowed, and more commercial-ready image, ignoring a good deal of their team's heritage and the original rough-and-tumble character that the league stood for." -- Wes Kull

posted by rcade to football at 03:50 PM - 16 comments

Vikings Punter Trolls Skip Bayless for Kicks: How does Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe feel about ESPN commentator Skip Bayless' idea of taking field goal kicking out of football entirely? "Hey [expletive]," he told him on Twitter. "Let's not forget you haven't done a single athletic thing in your life. Go french kiss a flamethrower." Kluwe said a lot more and followed up by telling a sports columnist what he'd like to tell Bayless on ESPN's First Take: "I hope you fall down an elevator shaft onto a burning pile of rusted AIDS needles."

posted by rcade to football at 10:44 AM - 31 comments

SportsFilter: The Wednesday Huddle

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Tigers Sign Prince Fielder for 9 Years, $214 Million: The Detroit Tigers have signed Prince Fielder to a 9-year, $214 million deal, the fourth-largest in baseball history. Fielder's dad Cecil played in Detroit from 1990 to 1996. As a 12-year-old, Prince once hit an upper-deck home run at the old Tigers Stadium while hanging out with dad at the yard. "It raises the question ... about what the Tigers will do in 2013, when Fielder, Cabrera and Martinez seemingly would be in line for two spots: first base and DH," reports the Detroit Free-Press.

posted by rcade to baseball at 04:03 PM - 12 comments

The Celtics held the Magic to 56 points last night: and Off The Dribble takes a look at the man and the technique that revived their defense. More hometown coverage of Avery Bradley's effort here.

posted by yerfatma to basketball at 03:05 PM - 4 comments

Giants Sought to Give Kyle Williams Another Concussion: Several players for the New York Giants said they targeted San Francisco 49ers returner Kyle Williams because of his history of concussions. "We knew he had four concussions, so that was our biggest thing, was to take him outta the game," said Giants special teamer Jacquian Williams. "He's had a lot of concussions. We were just like, 'We gotta put a hit on that guy,'" said another Giant, Devin Thomas.

posted by rcade to football at 08:23 AM - 40 comments

SportsFilter: The Tuesday Huddle

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SportsFilter: The Monday Huddle

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Giants, Patriots in Super Rematch: The New England Patriots and New York Giants booked a rematch of Super Bowl 0x2A on Sunday. Lawrence Tynes kicked a 31-yard overtime field goal to give the Giants a 20-17 win over the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC, while the Patriots won 23-20 over the Baltimore Ravens when kicker Billy Cundiff missed on a 32-yard field goal attempt with 11 seconds remaining in the AFC.

posted by rcade to football at 12:08 AM - 90 comments

Penn State Coach Joe Paterno Dies: Former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno has died after a battle with lung cancer, his family said. He was 85. Penn State's Board of Trustees fired him in November after a grand jury indictment revealed that Paterno was told former assistant Jerry Sandusky engaged in a sexual act with a 10-year-old boy in the team's showers but did not notify police. He was the winningest coach in college football history after 46 years leading the school.

posted by rcade to football at 10:31 AM - 59 comments

SportsFilter: The Sunday Huddle

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Whether he retired or was fired, offensive coordinator Bruce Arians is officially no longer with the Pittsburgh Steelers: Despite a second straight 12-4 season, two 1,000 yard receivers, and a running game that averaged 4.4 yards per carry, Arians is out. Now the speculation begins about who will replace Ben Roethlisberger's favorite coach. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette sports writer, Gerry Dulac, writes that since running back coach Kirby Wilson was badly burned in a house fire earlier this month, he is unlikely to be able to take the position as had been expected. So will the Steelers look outside the organization for only the 3rd time since 1969 or will they promote from within? Perhaps current quarterback's coach Randy Fichtner?

posted by scully to football at 08:36 AM - 19 comments

SportsFilter: The Saturday Huddle

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Volleyball's Wizard of Westwood to retire at the end of this season: "The era of Al Scates coaching UCLA is a special era in collegiate athletics that, maybe because it's men's volleyball, most people don't appreciate." This will be Coach Scates 50th and final season as the head coach at UCLA, highlighted by 19 NCAA titles, 44 USMNT members, 27 Olympians, and 42 seasons of "mutually agreed-upon one-year contracts".

posted by Ufez Jones to other at 06:38 PM - 1 comment

Fine Accuser Admits He Lied to Reporters, Doctored Emails: Zach Tomaselli, a 23-year-old convicted child molester who accused Syracuse assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine of sexually abusing him on a team road trip when he was 13, has admitted that he lied to reporters and doctored emails from police and school officials to bolster his claims. Local district attorney William Fitzpatrick also said Tomaselli changed his story to police, first claiming to have been taken on a trip to a team Syracuse didn't play that season. School records undermine Tomaselli's claim to have been out of school on the days he said the trip took place. Tomaselli, awaiting sentencing, told the Post-Standard newspaper that he's dropping the civil suit against Fine and asking the police to stop investigating his accusation.

posted by rcade to basketball at 03:05 PM - 1 comment

Rams Will Play in London Next 3 Years: The St. Louis Rams will play one regular-season home game in London for each of the next three years, beginning with a game against the New England Patriots at Wembley Stadium in October. Rams owner Stanley Kroenke has British sports ties as majority shareholder in the Premiership side Arsenal. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has been pushing for a team to play annually in London, saying it will "lead us to what we ultimately would like to do -- have a franchise here in London." Eleven million people watched NFL football in England last season, a 32 percent increase in the past two years.

posted by rcade to football at 11:41 AM - 12 comments

SportsFilter: The Friday Huddle

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Sarah Burke passes away: Professional skier Sarah Burke, whose accident was mentioned on here when it happened, has sadly passed away from her injuries.

posted by Drood to olympics at 12:50 AM - 14 comments

Fausto Carmona Roberto Hernandez Heredia arrested in Dominican Republic for using false identity; may be age 31, not 28: "We were recently made aware of the situation that occurred today in the Dominican Republic and are currently in the process of gathering information," Indians GM Chris Antonetti said. "We are not prepared to make any additional comment at this time."

posted by tommytrump to baseball at 07:44 PM - 1 comment

Pepe defends his stomp on Messi: Sort of. It's @dirtytackle's "version of Pepe's defense of his actions." Even the Madrid papers are going hard on Real's center back and, after all, it isn't his first time doing something so stupid. Hopefully he gets a longer vacation this time.

posted by billsaysthis to soccer at 03:48 PM - 2 comments

When you Say Budweiser, you've said it all: Fifa General Secretary Jerome Valcke said the right to sell beer must be enshrined in a World Cup law the Brazilian Congress is considering. "Alcoholic drinks are part of the Fifa World Cup, so we're going to have them. Excuse me if I sound a bit arrogant but that's something we won't negotiate. The fact that we have the right to sell beer has to be a part of the law." There's no way that Budweiser being a major sponsor has anything to do with his position though, right? And what about the 2022 World Cup in Qatar?

posted by scully to soccer at 01:50 PM - 0 comments

Do Sports Build Character, or Damage It?: Mark Edmundson, a University of Virginia English professor, asks the question through the lens of his own experience as a mediocre high school football player: "Over time, I came to understand that the objective of the game, on the deepest level, wasn't to score spectacular touchdowns or make bone-smashing tackles or block kicks. The game was much more about practice than about the Saturday-afternoon contests. And practice was about trying to do something over and over again, failing and failing, and then finally succeeding part way. Practice was about showing up and doing the same drills day after day and getting stronger and faster by tiny, tiny increments, and then discovering that by the end of the season you were effectively another person" (via MetaFilter).

posted by rcade to general at 09:52 AM - 7 comments

Not your business: after a yes-it-is-no-it-isn't ruling on the permissability of her underwear, Tina Maze tells the FIS where to get off.

posted by lil_brown_bat to other at 09:11 AM - 8 comments

SportsFilter: The Thursday Huddle

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The ultimate veteran, Jamie Moyer, signs a minor league deal with Rockies.:
Forty-nine years old.

posted by grum@work to baseball at 12:26 AM - 15 comments

"Peyton Manning Will Retire": says long-time NFL beat reporter Rob Lowe. I'm sure he played a reporter at some point.

posted by yerfatma to football at 04:17 PM - 5 comments

Rangers Running Out of Time to Sign Yu Darvish: The Texas Rangers have until 5 p.m. today to reach a contract with Japanese pitcher Yu Darvish or he'll continue to play in his native country. The Rangers paid $51.7 million to his team for the rights to negotiate with the 25-year-old, but that money won't be paid unless he signs. Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports said the sticking point is whether he's signed for five or six years. "Both sides expect to complete a deal," Passan writes.

posted by rcade to baseball at 09:24 AM - 4 comments

SportsFilter: The Wednesday Huddle

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Not for the Sheepish ... or is it?: New Zealand produces some of the world's best shearers and its national championship, the Golden Shears, receives substantial media coverage; but the IOC is unlikely to be persuaded that it should be an Olympic demonstration sport. [more inside]

posted by scully to olympics at 06:51 PM - 4 comments

Indianapolis Colts fire Jim Caldwell: Caldwell and his staff have been in limbo since early January, when owner Jim Irsay fired club vice chairman Bill Polian and vice president/general manager Chris Polian and hired Ryan Grigson as g.m.

posted by tommytrump to football at 02:55 PM - 1 comment

Bill Belichick: "the NFL's last real anarchist."

posted by yerfatma to football at 10:31 AM - 20 comments

Is Sim Bhullar the next Asian basketball ambassador: or will it be his brother, who's only 7' 2"? Bhullar wound up signing with New Mexico State, but has not played in his Freshman year.

posted by yerfatma to basketball at 09:55 AM - 0 comments

CBS Launching Fantasy Sports App Store: CBS Sports is opening up its fantasy sports services and data to third-party developers, according to TechCrunch. An app store will launch Jan. 31 that can offer free and commercial apps. CBS will take a 30 percent cut on sales of the latter. API documentation and more details are available from the CBSSports.Com Development Center.

posted by rcade to general at 09:44 AM - 1 comment