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| Name: | Hal Incandenza |
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| Gender: | Manly-man |
| Member since: | January 29, 2002 |
| Last visit: | May 19, 2012 |
hincandenza has posted 45 links and 1284 comments to SportsFilter and 4 links and 47 comments to the Locker Room.
NFL Pick 'Em, SUPERBOWL and final results: The final standings are in after all four founds of the Sportsfilter 2010-2011 NFL Playoffs Pick 'Em... and we have a winner!
posted by hincandenza to fantasy at 02:33 PM on February 08 - 6 comments
NFL Pick 'em, SUPERBOWL Round: : It's finally here: the last Sportsfilter Pick 'Em of the 2010-2011 NFL Season. A veritable smorgasbord of picks are to be found inside!
posted by hincandenza to fantasy at 12:17 AM on February 03 - 16 comments
NFL Pick 'em and Confidence Pool, Conference Round RESULTS: Results are in for the NFL Pick 'em and Confidence pool after the Conference Round. A pair of exciting games today, and some interesting results in our two pools!
posted by hincandenza to fantasy at 10:01 PM on January 23 - 9 comments
NFL Pick 'em, Conference Round: Hope posting this earlier will get more participation this week!
posted by hincandenza to fantasy at 11:19 AM on January 19 - 12 comments
NFL Confidence Pool and Pick 'Em Results (Week 2): Ouch. Some tough losses this week, and some surprising results. The confidence pool results and pick 'em results are inside.
posted by hincandenza to fantasy at 09:36 PM on January 16 - 4 comments
And in a Facebook post, CSU's vice president for student affairs, Jody Donovan, said that once police finish their investigation, they will forward the report to the university's conflict resolution and student conduct services, which will also conduct an investigation.I'd like to be wrong, but why does this sound like one of those no man's land schemes where it gets swept under the rug by each authority declaring no action and deference to the other authority:"Depending upon the results of this investigation, sanctions will be applied," Donovan wrote in response to Haley's postings about the assaults.
"Students who violate the law or university policies are held accountable for their actions. Colorado State University does not tolerate this behavior."
Fort Collins police on Sunday said the investigation was ongoing but that no arrests had been made.
So the simple question is why have no arrests been made yet? And for that, we can probably look to the end of the linked article: after a 3 page description of the assault, the Coloradan decides the most salient details are the previous athletic careers and accomplishments of some of the players involved in a (possibly) related fight.
posted by hincandenza at 05:29 PM on April 10
More like "wood"Chipper Jones, amirite?!?
posted by hincandenza at 06:14 PM on March 22
Oh goodie, we all just became involuntary future witnesses for the prosecution. :)
posted by hincandenza at 09:39 PM on March 17
"These kids are stealing money by being on scholarship" is as succint a summation of the corruption in college athletics as any I've read in some time.
posted by hincandenza at 01:32 PM on February 27
First, awesome headline.
Second, tahoemoj, it's a valid complaint to make (although in this case, the guy apparently has a good shot of making it, so why complain now): if a player is a likely or probably starter on other teams, but is stuck behind another good player at their position so they aren't getting playing time, then they might wish for the team trade them to a lesser franchise where the option to be on a contender is less, but the odds of getting playing time are greater. It can benefit everyone: the player gets a better shot at the majors, the current team gets to swap out a likely redundant player at a position in the farm system for one who has a better chance of filling a gap, and the new team would get a player on their major league team to experiment on at low cost/league minimum. The player is still contractually obligated, but that doesn't mean he can't basically petition the team to trade him- or his contract, more accurately- to another franchise where he'll see more playing time.
Not that they are comparable, but if you were Lou Gehrig and the major league team had a Wally Pipp... short of injury you might not get a shot.
posted by hincandenza at 06:44 PM on February 24
No, because Steve Howe was white.
Also, all sportswriters- but especially NY ones- are unbelievably disgusting hypocrites:
In defending his ballot [that omitted Pedro Martinez on his 1999 MVP ballot], King, the only writer to give Derek Jeter a first-place vote, is quoted by his Post colleague Tom Keegan as saying, "MVP is for everyday players. Pitchers have their own award."Fine, except that a year ago, Nov. 19 to be exact, King wrote a column in the Post decrying how Jeter had gotten jobbed out of the '98 MVP Award (which was awarded to Texas' Juan Gonzalez) and listed among the nine players on his ballot after Jeter, the Yankees' David Wells at No. 8 and the Rangers' Rick Helling at No. 10. The last time I looked, Wells and Helling were both pitchers.
posted by hincandenza at 03:51 PM on February 23
Jesus, Holden. I don't know whether to applaud, or to hate you.
posted by hincandenza at 12:15 PM on February 23
Come up with 3 alternate phrases, then, for someone who once seemed unstoppable coming back down to earth.
As jmd82's link mentioned, "chink in the armor" has been used 3,000+ times on their site. It's a very common phrase, but as I said you armchair warriors are looking to parse this situation with a scrutiny you couldn't withstand yourselves.
Funny-image sites are chock full of examples of amusing headlines, typos, awkward image juxtapositions, and other news media mishaps. Not everything is a conspiracy or a firing worthy offense.
But then. I guess you're all perfect, and eternally flawless.
posted by hincandenza at 01:40 AM on February 21
If the first thing you think of when you hear the phrase "chink in the armor" is race, then the problem is in you. And I don't know why some guy should lose his job over a mistake that hurts no one.
posted by hincandenza at 01:52 PM on February 20
I totally buy it- and like I said, it's the part of our Internet culture I hate. cixelsyd and others are SURE it was malevolent... but why would it be? The guy has worked there for six years without incident, says he's used the term before- as have I, in conversation- and the job at ESPN is fast-paced; you don't have the overnight print run to ponder your head line. With the race to publish close to real time, this guy is churning out headlines at a conversational pace. If we held you to the same standard, you'd sound like Tobias Fnke.
I'd bet anything it was an honest mistake- and not even a mistake, since you're the racist that thinks "chink in the armor" is inherently racist. I hate that even he and the online commentator said ESPN "did what had to be done". Except... they didn't have to do this. They fired a guy just doing his job, possibly derailing his caree, so some slavering Internet schmucks can have their bloodlust sated.
It reminds me of that government official who lost his job for using the word "niggardly"... which isn't offensive, unless you're stupid. But the Idiocracy must be appeased, I guess...
posted by hincandenza at 01:25 PM on February 20
I'm kinda sad that the employee who did the (I'm assuming) "Chink in the armor" headline was probably just making an honest mistake. I hate this vindictive 24/7 instant-response culture that requires someone to blame for anything and everything. Why can't honest mistakes be made, and forgiven and forgotten?
posted by hincandenza at 03:28 AM on February 20
Heh... they won again tonight 100-98 over Minnesota, he scored 20 with 8 assists, including the game winning free throw with 4.9 left. :)
posted by hincandenza at 01:04 AM on February 12
Yeah, it is unbelievable, and so awesome for him- I'm not tired of the hype, I only recall someone making some "Lin" pun a couple of days ago (on Metafilter, maybe, or here?) and not even getting it.
Now? Yeah, he'll likely come back from cloud 9, but if you can put up those numbers in 4 straight games you shouldn't be sent back to the far end of the bench any time soon; one game is a fluke, but four in a row means the guy has the ability to play at an NBA-level.
And the fact that his story sounds like he's a smart, balanced guy who works hard at the fundamentals of the game, with the humility of taking demotion gracefully and seeing it as an opportunity to improve one's game... it just makes you want him to continue to succeed.
posted by hincandenza at 03:10 PM on February 11
I see he's no better at free throw shooting than most centers.
Whenever I hear about guys like this, I wonder like preacher81 "Why only ___ points, ___ rebounds, and ___ blocks?" Just watching him in this video, it's like an adult playing against a bunch of kindergartners; he should be Chamberlaining it up left and right.
posted by hincandenza at 01:19 PM on February 02
Power (Dis)Play? Teams In Black Draw More Penalties
I hope you're kidding, yerfatma- it's a perfectly fine link/analysis for discussion.