Another in a long line of fairly obvious rigged Olympic boxing matches. I gave up on this sport (Olympics-wise) after the Roy Jones Jr. fight in Korea in 88. That was it, not wasting my time on something so clearly fixed.

I can get behind the criticism made by others that 1) you should try to avoid backpasses between the posts (especially when the GK is so deep in the box*; and, 2) he should’ve taken a touch (he wasn’t under the kind of pressure that required a one timer.)

Wrong.

Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the mouth.

I’m not all fired up on this topic, and I’d have to go back and watch it again. (Awesome homework assignment.) My recollection is that he was doing what you suggest, trying to rip shields and soldiers out of the phalanx but he just couldn’t sustain it and retreated.

No, he couldn’t. They showed this a number of times, the phalanx was using pikes — really long spears — which kept him at bay. It wasn’t just shields, he was having to try and wipe out multiple layers of a phalanx. Those are designed to hold up against a charging cavalry. One giant isn’t going to do it. The only…

Also, true story: I worked a summer job at a snack shop right next to the Washington Monument. I had multiple customers/tourists come in and order Diet Cock, Cherry Cock and Cock. The first time it happened I just stared at them and literally bit the inside of my cheek to keep from laughing uncontrollably. By the end…

You know, the Verizon Center IS located in DC’s Chinatown.

Instigating was a poor choice of words, what I meant was initiating and or engaging. Go look at that video again, the goon squad jumped them so quickly after the whistle, Caps guys couldn’t have dropped their gloves if they’d wanted to... I understand your point, but if you look at another way, it’s “The refs…

What’s amazing to me... And it’s not being talked about enough... Yes, it was stupid to keep throwing shit on the ice, eventually drawing a penalty. What these animals apparently can’t understand is that they could’ve ruined one of their own players careers. Debris on the ice cuts both ways and it’s certainly a huge…

Horse. Shit. That was classic goon hockey. You put a guy into the boards with a potentially career ending hit and you had your goon squad out on the ice against Caps second line, which consists of 2 guys with one career fight between them and a veteran with about 10 fights in his 15 year career. That was barely self…

There’s almost ZERO chance a Caps fan is going to risk getting spotted doing this in Philly. I know you’re just hedging here, but the idea that Caps fans (we are not a very feisty bunch) would go into Wells Fargo and call attention in such a manner... That’s pretty preposterous.

I love the pitcher telling his catcher to check the 3rd base ump to see if the batter went... The balls on that guy...

Do you (or anyone) know how these teams deal with building their affiliate system? Do they have to find current independent teams?

If you are from Honduras, El Salvador, South America etc etc and some guy in a position of power refers to his hispanic staff as “Mexicans”... that’s offensive and demeaning.

Yeah, not saying there’s some grand conspiracy, because no one else is talking about this case (the details get convoluted), but it’s interesting that such a high profile example of Yale’s system isn’t at least part of the backstory. This was a big deal when it was reported less than two years ago.

I am, by no means, some whack-a-doo MRM asshole. So I submit this respectfully:

If only there was some kind of high profile incident from this very same school that could serve as a cautionary tale about publicizing rumors and inneuendos made in the star chamber at Yale.

This is where I’m at. If it’s a one-off. It would destroy me and if it’s not a pattern, the ONLY purpose it would serve is to drive me insane. If it’s a pattern, that’s gotta come out so we can get the divorce papers drawn up. I’m not one of the people here in the “we could work it out” camp.

Woozy? The dude was concussed, it’s VERY clear in the video of him sitting on the bench afterwards. The NHL has been getting away with not handling concussions properly for a long time. If this story was being reported properly, there’s a slight chance Bettman and the league would be forced to deal with their bullshit…