Of course it’s his job. I’m asking if that jockey given that set of circumstances (age of the horse, sloppy track, etc) could have done anything different. To put it another way, would the result have been the same if “best jockey in the world” was riding or would he have had it more under control?  

Thanks for the reply. I get why they made the ruling and that they’re a team. I’m just trying to understand if this was a mistake by the jockey or just an unlucky moment. To put it another way, if the best jockey in the world was riding that horse, does that still happen the same way?  

I’m not gonna pretend to know a ton about horse racing, but was the horse veering due to it being startled really on the jockey? Is their something else he can really do other than just bring him back in ASAP? It seems to me like it’s just unlucky.

In other news the bears are considering letting someone other than the fridge run in goal line chances this year

In order to separate the categories you have to define them (or at least one of them). So let’s start the conversation with the “women” category. What is and/or should be the definition of “women” in the context of sports (note that this isn’t a social argument)? Should it be someone who just wants to compete as a…

That’s not even close to true. High Testosterone levels have discluded women for competing for YEARS.  

Lol. This is an awful take. First because, no one is requiring her to do shit. They’re giving her (all women) more strict criteria for the participation in a few events. Second, there have been discussions for decades of high T in male prisoners. So, in this particular instance you would reduce their T levels for…

Am I missing something or did Dom’s response (link) not prove your point? I mean I only got like an hour of sleep last night so it’s entirely possible I missed something. Your point that the players union could/would have a problem with it is much different then whether (Dom thinks) they SHOULD have a problem with it.…

The replay was actually relatively short, especially compared to the final four and every NFL game. A lot of people like to say use the “you should know it in 30 seconds” rule, and i’m pretty sure this passed.

I actually think it’s great and a borderline necessity. It works roughly like blinds in poker as it’s trying to force action in the game. Without it, the product will suffer as teams will shell up or play very defensive soccer on the road and then go for a 1-0 win at home. The tie-break being away goals presents an…

Hey, small wins, if it was Billy it would have been 6000 words too long, included at least one Messi reference and included some el classico questionable offsides call to somehow not prove the point.   

I was too lazy to change the channel in the third and somehow got to see that fourth quarter. I’m not sure this post even gives Lou Williams or the clips proper credit ...So when a team is down like 8 with about a minute left and you see them hit a 3 and everybody looks up at the scoreboard doing the math going,…

Agree with your goal/no goal assessment, and I’ll add in that it’s beyond weird...it’s an awful decision. She can’t take that pk there. I’m not on top of hockey as I once was, but I follow soccer heavily and there’s a time and place for that type of penalty. When the goalie has stopped 3 of 4 she’s locked in and…

Dude, come on. I like tiger and was rooting for him to win...but “none of those things? Not even close?”  He fucked at least 15 different women, including at least one porn star and paid tons of hush money. This country shut down when out president did that shit just so everyone could call him an asshole. Trumps…

“I demand PUBLICLY you blow up this team midseason and wreck the future of the franchise by not being able to get close to fair value for me, because I demandED PUBLICLY to go right now during the season instead of after it”

So if the tree was sponsored by miracle-gro, he should enjoy it’s beauty less (or never?) and focus more on cleaning bigger petals?  

*Current players... there’s a lot to unpack in this article, but being current players still under coach “control” (playing time, scholarships, etc) they may have written the article out of the coaches insistence or threats. And yes it’s also possible that they have turned a blind eye or even that they could be the…

Or Eddie George or Matt Lionheart.... Sadly I know where these 2 and wannstedt have been, theyve been in studio on fox sports doing cfb.  Several of    The teams I follow get pushed to fox and I have to watch these yahoos every week in season

Wouldn’t another option be to install a payroll minimum? Obviously, this would be good for the players, but it would seem to me that even some of the owners might like this idea. The Yankees/Red Sox probably aren’t thrilled to pay penalties (on top of their revenue sharing) to teams that are floating out minor league…

Wow, I hadn’t seen that. I refuse to watch those plays (if I’m warned/know about it) so I hadn’t seen.