Sports News
 

I couldn't find a sporting news thread, so, I made one. For news. Of the sporting variety. Go, sports!

Wrestler Ric Flair is in the hospital, in critical condition, in an induced coma, due to "multiple organ problems".

Link

The Eagles look to be mediocre again this year. 7-9//8-8.

The Eagles will go 16-0 and win the Super Bowl.

:lol2: :lol2: You've been watching those comedy shows, haven't you. :lol2: :lol2:

That's too bad. I've heard that in the old days, before steroids were well understood, those guys injected massively unnecessary amounts. Multiple organ failure sounds like the way I hear of bodybuilders dying. Bummer.

^ Fake news. The Eagles will actually go 10-6, but I always say they will go 16-0 and win the S.B. at this time of year. It's a tradition.

I don't know what is "fake" about Griff's post.

That screengrab from this video?

I believe Toad was referring to his prediction as fake news.

The Fastest 100m Times Ever with the Names of People Caught Doping Crossed Out

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Wow, that's instructive.

The link “Usain Bolt, Lance Armstrong and the Duck Test” in the story above, is also an interesting read.

~Carl Lewis

From The "Wait. Whut?" Dept.
 

George Foreman Just Challenged Steven Seagal To A No-Holds-Barred Fight

~George Foreman

Foreman is 68, Seagal is 65.

:boxers:

I'd pay to see that, but since Johnathon Livingston Seagal is a Russian citizen, and George is one of the kneeling minority trouble makers, Trump might fix the fight. ;)

The Geezers @ Caesar's:lol2:

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Sports History
 

October 21

1973 – Fred Dryer

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of the Los Angeles Rams becomes the first player in NFL history to score two safeties in the same game.

Sports History
 

October 25

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Wikipedia:

Thought you folks might find this interesting:

NFLArrest.com

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Terry Glenn, former receiver for Cowboys, Packers, and Patriots, died in a car crash around 1am this morning, in Irving, Texas.

He was 43.

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Also, 'Ferdie' Pacheco, "The Fight Doctor", Muhammad Ali's personal physician and corner man, died back on the 16th of Nov.

Former Bear/Packer/Brown/Falcon John Thierry died of a heart attack back on Nov 24.

He was 46.

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Vin Scully turns 90 today.

Happy Birthday, Vin!!

The Voice of the Dodgers. Best baseball announcer *ever*.

Of course I read "multiple orgasm problems"

Ooh, ahhh, oooh, AAAUUUUGHHH!!!!!!

:lol2:

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Former NHRA Pro-Stock drag racer Bob Glidden died yesterday (Dec 17), at 73.

From Wiki:

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I never realized how much he looked like Mr. Bean.

:biggrin:

You were righter than me. Sadly after seeing Nick in person and the game replay on TV yesterday, my confidence is low they will go very far in the playoffs.

I know we are not supposed to think the games are fixed but the Pats have gotten a fair amount of help lately...

Did you say "fair" :eyebrow:

Mmmmm... bad word choice, I'll have to commiserate with a literate Bills fan.

...a literate Bills fan...Pfft.

:p:

You need games like that to work things out. Once the left side of the O-line is worked out, and Nick gets some tape time to understand what Alshon Jeffery does, the Eagles will win the Super Bowl.

One can hope. Nick had plenty of open receivers. He consistently made the wrong decision as to who and more importantly when to throw the ball. I'll be watching those two factors the most this week. Also, with the 13 personnel & overloaded formation the Raiders employed, our D now has something new to deal with also.

:blackr:Whoa Nellie!!!:blackr:

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Sporstscaster Keith Jackson died on the twelfth of January.

I could not find a cause of death, but Keith Jackson was 89.

Time to step back and evaluate what you do for fun.

That needed to be said. Mountain Biking is an absolute blast but in the downhill places you have non-athletes taking highly athletic risks.

Happy Birthday Papa Bear!!

George S. Halas, founder/owner/coach of the Chicago Bears, would have been 123 years old today.

~from Wiki

The NFC champions are presented the George S. Halas Trophy each year, and, to this day, the Bears still wear GSH on their jerseys. When Halas died, in 1983 at the age of 88, he was the last surviving participant of the meeting that formed the NFL in 1920.


Happy Birthday Papa Bear!!

Tom Benson, owner of the New Orleans Saints, and New Orleans Pelicans, died yesterday (Mar 15), at the ripe old age of 90 years.

He opened the window, and influenza.

The grace with which he's handled this is far more impressive than anything he did on the football field.

Yes sir.

Fight night at Fenway.

https://mediadownloads.mlb.com/mlbam...sset_2500K.mp4

They were just trying to get warm.

Tennessee resident Lionel Ferguson has caught what is expected to be the new world record for black crappie out of a pond near Philadelphia, TN.

5 lbs, 7.6 oz!!!

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Man, that is a monster crappie.

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C.M. Newton, former Kentucky Wildcat under Adolph Rupp, Athletic Director for University of Kentucky from 1989-2000, Assistant Commissioner for the SEC, coached the Vanderbilt Commodores, led the Crimson Tide to 3 straight SEC championships, chair of the NCAA Rules Committee, died Monday.

He was 88.

Fish was listed as natural causes.

Aw shit, man.

The Mongoose died.

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Tom McEwen was 81. I could not find his fish.

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Pro wrestler Big Van Vader, real name Leon White, passed away on June 18. His fish was heart problems. He was 63.

This guy grew up in Compton, Los Angeles. The infamous South Central. His dad (who was 6'6", mom was 4'10") was an underwater welder for the Navy, and he "invented a popular automobile hoist, which made the family wealthier and let them move to a safer neighborhood".

I wonder what kind of hoist he invented. The man's name was White, apparently, and that's all I got.

July 16, 1941

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Jolting Joe Dimaggio, The Yankee Clipper, gets a base hit, it will be the last in a 56 game hitting streak. A record that still stands today.

Manu Ginobili retired and was promptly offered a job with. . .

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:lol2:

Rae Carruth, former receiver for the Carolina Panthers, is set to be released from prison on Oct 22.

I don't wish him any bad luck, or anything, but, I hope he gets hit by a train.

He's out.

You can take the player out of the ghetto...

MLB Hall of Famer Willie McCovey, played 19 seasons w/Giants, died Oct 31 of complications from an infection.

He hit more home runs, 231, in Candlestick Park than anyone, including one on Sept 16, 1966 that is described as the longest ever hit there.

He was 80.

NASCAR Hall of Famer David Pearson died Nov 12. No fish.

David Pearson holds second place in all-time NASCAR wins, behind Richard Petty. Pearson and Petty finished 1st and 2nd to one another 63 times.

~Wiki

David Pearson was 83.

:driving::devil:

Earlham College Cancels 2019 Football Season After 53rd Straight Loss

:yelsick:

To be fair, Rose is a big girl.

Owner of the NFL's Houston Texans, Bob McNair, died today, at 81, of skin cancer.