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| Name: | Steve Jonson |
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| Location: | Canada Eh! |
| Gender: | Male I think... I'll check... Yep, definitely male |
| AIM: | None |
| ICQ: | None |
| Member since: | August 17, 2002 |
| Last visit: | May 19, 2012 |
Drood has posted 31 links and 1299 comments to SportsFilter and 0 links and 5 comments to the Locker Room and 2 columns.
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 on January 20 - 14 comments
Smokin' Joe has passed away.: The boxing legend passed away tonight.
posted by Drood to boxing at 12:57 AM on November 08 - 7 comments
Thrashers moving to Winnipeg: Done deal according to Canada's Globe and Mail newspaper.
posted by Drood to hockey at 01:44 AM on May 20 - 4 comments
And Another One Down...: Toyota have pulled out of Formula One with immediate effect. This comes on the heels of the news that Bridgestone will leave the sport after the 2010 season. BMW announced earlier this year they were leaving. Last year we lost Honda. This year we lost BMW and Toyota. With Brawn and Red Bull doing so well this year, will 2010 be a continuation of The Rebirth of the Privateer?
posted by Drood to auto racing at 03:20 PM on November 04 - 9 comments
Jean Todt wins FIA presidency: Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss.
posted by Drood to auto racing at 03:33 PM on October 23 - 3 comments
For the record, I was very sick two years ago. I weighed 300 pounds. At 6'8" while I didn't look thin, I was not what anyone would call fat.
I lost 140 pounds in four months. I got as low as 160 and looked worse than my father-in-law did the day he lost his fight with cancer.
My surgeon, his assistant, my GP, and several other medical experts told me that had I not been "fat", I would be dead now. The organ failure ravaged my body. The massive infections ravaged my body. The antibiotics did as much if not more damage.
I asked for clarification and was told in no uncertain terms that being "overweight" saved my life.
I'm not one to wish ill on people, but assholes like this make me wish you there was a service that delivered Ebola to the truly deserving.
I said the rest of my piece in the comment that was moved into here at the top.
Fuck this asshole.
posted by Drood at 04:04 AM on May 11
No it is not remotely acceptable. I long for the day fat hatred is treated with the same disgust as all other forms of hatred. It's shameful that society sees it as acceptable.
Increasing evidence shows that despite what these scumbags say about eating etc... More and more it's seeming genetics play a much larger part in whether you are overweight or not.
I hope that piece of shit gets what's coming to them.
posted by Drood at 05:24 PM on May 10
Shagging flyballs...
Damn pervert!
posted by Drood at 03:30 PM on May 06
Absolutely amazing goal. Stuff like that is why it's called the beautiful game IMO.
posted by Drood at 05:43 AM on May 04
I full expect England's Euro 2012 to largely repeat World Cup 2010. Scrape through the first round and get the crap kicked out of them in the second, and Hodgson's face superimposed on a turnip by The Sun.
posted by Drood at 04:13 AM on May 02
As a proud Brit all I can say is England should just give up on football.
posted by Drood at 02:25 AM on April 30
I love how some people are saying "Boycott Bahrain!" and yet we just raced in China, one of the most oppressive regimes in the world, with nary an ironic titter.
It's just more typical shallow reaction along the lines of Kony 2012.
Should they be racing in Bahrain? No, they fucking shouldn't. They shouldn't be racing in China either. Or any other country with an oppressive human rights record. And before some clown comes in with the list of why, for example, England shouldn't have a race then, I don't recall England ever driving over its citizens with tanks...
posted by Drood at 02:44 PM on April 16
I think they should put the jockey down too.
I find horse racing fascinating. Not to watch, but for the fact it exists purely for gambling purposes.
Love horse racing games. Hate the real world version.
posted by Drood at 08:56 PM on April 15
So, the Chinese Grand Prix last night was one of the best races I've seen in a quarter century as a fan, and arguably the best dry race we've ever had.
posted by Drood at 03:21 PM on April 15
They are seeing more and more head issues in soccer these days. I was reading something a few weeks ago about how players who head the ball a lot are accumulating considerable damage.
posted by Drood at 01:51 AM on April 05
At least the prior ONLY ever pick to not make it isn't alone in that category.
Who was that exactly? Didn't read the article as life is depressing enough.
posted by Drood at 04:51 AM on March 27
Very sad to learn of this. Hell of a writer, and if you like boxing... Well, he had no equal.
RIP Bert!
Incidentally there was some debate, but his daughter has confirmed it was a heart attack, not lung cancer.
posted by Drood at 02:25 AM on March 26
Yikes, that's about one hour 56 minutes too long from what I know. (Bare minimum medical knowledge.)
Horrible incident:(
posted by Drood at 02:47 PM on March 18
Horrible looking car. I hope it fails for the simple reason that if it doesn't we go down the path of fuck ugly prototypes being viable in the future, and given how ugly F1 is this year (McLaren excluded) sports car is where I go to see beautiful racing cars.
Sebring this weekend. Excited.
posted by Drood at 12:06 AM on March 17
SportsFilter: The Friday Huddle
I love that they used Police Academy for the music of that Carlsberg ad.
Though I'm still amused that drinking alcohol is promoted through sport.
Yes, because if you're a 5 pint a day man, a starting position on the England squad COULD BE YOURS!