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Actually, I kinda prefer 18-1.

I don't see that happening. Anderson, Fine, and Massaqoui will just get longer looks. Sucks for Shou, esp. after last season was shortened by injury too. I, for one, hope Fine is able to step it up with this opportunity. Hasn't looked bad of what I've read and seen. How great would that be to finally develop a TE after wandering in the desert at the position for the past 10 years?

If anything, it should tell Goodell et al. that they need to do something about the preseason situation, as was rumored with retraction of one game and expanding to a 17-game season. Big surprise that people don't give a flying sh-- about games that mean nothing in the standings!? Lots of popular teams have attendance trouble for what is tantamount to glorified practice sessions; only the hardcore fans care about it, and even then.... I think butts (PAYING butts, that is) will be in the seats in Toronto in Dec. when it matters. People should reserve any final judgment at least until then, and probably not until the game up there next year. In addition to the retraction of a game, it might be prudent to make the preseason results count for something. What, I don't know. Some perk that's not too big, not too small. But the MLB All-Star game certainly got more interesting when the winning league got home-field advantage during the WS --- all of a sudden, people had a bit of a stake. Finally, for anyone happy about the low attendance, it isn't good for the team. This Toronto partnership thing has to be successful for the future of this franchise in the new era of Snyder & Jones. W/o it, we sink and the team will move; with it, the NFL in this region will be possible. Again, I fully expect a large crowd in Dec., a good game vs. the Fish, and I hope it translates to some corporate support from Toronto at RWS. (Should be easier now with the strong Canadian dollar).

And you're the makers of Stephanie Rice.

Then again, perhaps the installation wasn't quite what the other NFL stadiums that have FieldTurf surfaces use, vis-a-vis underlayments/padding. A field that was planned mostly for baseball use may have leaned the design toward that purpose rather than for a game where people are being pounded to said turf. It may be post-game grumbling, it may be a legitimate criticism. But regardless of the surface, everyone's playing on the same field.

Not to mention that JMac himself was --- and still is --- "mangled." JK2000, only the latest iteration of ellegantelliot, et al. The tags change, the arguments and posting styles remain the same. Dude goes through screen names here like babies go through diapers, and for the same reason.

Note: that's not my quote, it's KD's. Doesn't surprise me either, especially for the type of people who go into Edwards' lines of work. I'd have a tough time condemning him for his actions --- I leave that for his family and friends who know him. But any amount of trust in him as a leader or modicum of respect people had for him is gone and won't be coming back, especially if/when this story plays out to the end. If the man doesn't honor the oath he took when he got married for a 10 second orgasm, can he be trusted to honor the oath to the Constitution w/o making similar moral trade-offs? My answer is a firm no.

IIRC, a team that has changed its uniform design cannot make new major changes w/in 5 years. They introduced the new design in May 2002, so this no longer applies. Also, teams must inform the league of their intent to make changes a year in advance of said change --- like the State of the Union, this could technically be a long drawn-out to-do involving mock-ups and Photoshop files, or it could be as simple as sending a letter saying, "Dear Roger, We're gonna be changing our duds. Thanx, Russ." Evidently this team has chosen not to do this and is content to using the throwbacks twice a year (plus some in camp and the pre-season to break the gear in) --- this despite all the positive feedback about how much the vast majority of fans want to stop all the bitching about the ugly clothes the team wears and install the throwbacks as the full-time jerseys. My money says they're just going to wait it out until the next owner(s) take over in the coming future and let them decide, which also seems to be what they're doing re: discussion of a new stadium (be it by the league, NYS legislature/politicians, and fans) that pops up almost every offseason.

I'd say the odds are pretty good that one among the team has since found out that you do not use Ben Gay, etc. (my old-timer uncle's story was Sloan's Liniment) on the nether regions.

More to the story and when/if it gets out, this will surely clean JE's clock. This whole affair is downright disappointing. This man had the stones to run for president after a fling he had to know would eventually reveal itself. He affected the course of the nomination and willfully put his party at risk (at least of getting its agenda derailed and at most of being blackmailed --- he was already arguably paying hush money for the woman's videos that I don't think his campaign really ever used) were he given the nod. But his association with a woman of Ms. Hunter's ilk is what's most appalling for someone of his stature --- New Age, yoga-practicing, tofu-munching, breezy bimbo airhead who would talk about people's 'cosmic energy/aura.' It's just flabbergasting that he let a person like this get into his circle, and it's really telling both of his judgment of people and his readiness to throw it all away for a fleeting desire (these last two points being two of the bigger faults of the GWB presidency vis-a-vis his initial trust in Putin as one example, and the gut instincts of wanting to take out Saddam that started the course toward all that has is Gulf War II). nd then bald-faced lying about it when he was caught red-handed. An Edwards candidacy or political appointment would have been ruinous for his party and for the country. That he was so callus to put both in jeopardy shows he cares about neither -- he just wanted to see "John Edwards" in big letters. It's funny how some here are defending him, when even JE's campaign head says he feels betrayed and humiliated. It's not admissible, but a show did a segment where you watch his body language in the Nightline piece. When asked, he said sure he'd take a paternity test... while he's moving his head side to side to say "no." While he was being asked about the affair, one hand was gesticulating... his other hand was held closely shielding his nether regions. When the spoken message conflicts with the body language, trust the body language. Lawyers’ Ties Hint at Extent of Hiding Edwards’s Affair

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Report: USC dealing with jock itch outbreak Okay. I'm going to try to keep a .... That didn't last long.

My response is amazingly similar to the one in this thread.

When JM is talking about a match at hand, he's great. Then again, he spends most of his time blathering on and on about the Davis Cup.

She's trying to be funny by playing the straight-man, only without a sidekick (unless you count Costas' lame-ass, old when Jesus heard it in the second grade not-going-to-eat-it retorts. I think her spots simply highlight how the composition of comedy should be left to the professionals, who themselves are only successful about half the time. This stuff is just a waste of airtime when they could be broadcasting actual sports (perish that thought I guess...) and it's giving her a very hokey image. She's one hell of a tennis color analyst; it's sad to see her being used like this.

Facts suck, huh? Joe, frankly, I wouldn't put my money on the word of Gary Hall Jr. There's a reason why he's a swimmer and an attention whore (during the USA team qualifying he wore a cape to the pool saying something like "Prince of the Pool"... and then finished near last), not a coach.

That's what they used to do time out of mind ago for all events (it was mostly track and field back in the day). No one wants to see that nowadays (except for some of the women -- i.e. Stephanie Rice). Imagine the flopping!?

Kind of like listening to John McEnroe spend almost every breath during the French Open and Wimbledon talking about Davis Cup (as if it matters anymore). Make no mistake, China's athletes are pretty damn good, and their committee has targeted events where they can increase their medal count. Their program has been streamlined for results. And again, this is the kind of attention that host countries historically get from the broadcaster. In the Sydney games, you couldn't tune out all of the coverage of the "Thorpedo" and their swimmers, their aboriginal (a population in that country that had been treated rather horribly) track runner, etc. In Torino, it was that downhill skier. In Athens, the talk was about the Acropolis and the pagentry of the Games returning to its birthplace and Greece bringing in players from other countries to fill their rosters (a girl I went to high school time out of mind ago played on their soccer team). In Lillehammer, Yolan Olof Kauss was the buzzword. In Atlanta it was Michael Johnson, the Russian and Romanian women's gymnastics. Here in China so far, it's all Michael Phelps all the time. Each Games has their different focuses on different stories. That's NBC's job --- to tell an overarching story.... China's display has been one of the major stories thus far b/c the meat of the event schedule hasn't really happened yet. NBC receives criticism from people who want to see USA athletes and also from people who want to see the best competition regardless of countries represented; as such, some events get major coverage, others are given such short shrift you can only read one sentence about online if you're really really looking for that event (such as the target shooting events). That's life. Your remote has buttons --- you can watch it, turn the sound off, or change the channel if it irks you enough. <shrug>

And watch as even more elderly immigrants come here in droves. There's a Polish guy down the street who came here at age 65, never put a dime into the system and he gets more from Social Security than my father does, who worked since he was in his mid-teens. You think other countries don't encourage their people to come here knowing they can fleece the Americans? Big reason why the system has as many stresses as it does (second only to all the times Congress raids it; maybe the only good idea to come from the Gore campaign was the concept of the "lock box"). At this point, privatized accounts seem to be the best option if we do have to have a system like this where a faceless govt decides it gets to hold onto my money for 40 years b/c I'm too irresponsible to do it myself.

No way was Phelps the weakest link. The third guy, the only holdover from the qualifying team, Jones, lost a lot of ground that the anchor had to make up.

My best friend is scheduled to swim the English Channel in September, which is ~21 miles in 63-degree water. Swims about 4 hours/day after 8 hrs. at work and has been trying to put on body fat b/c people typically lose 15-20 pounds during the swim. About twice the number of people have climbed Mt. Everest than have officially successfully swum the Channel.

No, I just think you're incredibly xenophobic and you must have a very thin skin to get bothered about something so trivial as an announcer encouraging athletes to do their best.

There's something about the anthem that I've been thinking about. In the accompanying music, why does the seem to sink when it reaches "... that our flag was still there"? It always sounds somber/mopey when that part is sung. Why not continue the crescendo buildup through the whole line? "... gave proof through the night... that our flag was still there!" I don't think I've ever heard it sung this way. It would really convey some extra meaning, especially now. The US might be facing some stiffer competition and challenges in this orbital sphere, but we ain't down for the count! We bounce back and we fight on and kick ass. On another note, the swimming events so far have been truly awesome. Always my favorite part of the Games, and isn't it sweet how we've been so dominant? Phelps is simply a freak.

As I said upthread, it was probably a reaction that he hoped it would be at least a halfway competitive game rather than a snooze-filled bore-fest that everyone predicted, and indeed what it turned out to be. And a competitive game wouldn't have been a bad thing for the "Redeem Team" either b/c complacency can set in if they think every game will be easy. He'd likely change his wording if given a chance to edit himself, but it was live teevee. But then again, I think everybody just likes seeing all of the athletes do their best, which forces all the other athletes to do their best, and that way yopu get the highest levels of the sport, which is what the Olympics is supposed to be. Here, Joe: China sucks!!! [Fistpumps] USA! USA! USA!

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