Yes and No, but mostly no. Yes, for the true DC people where DC sports are hometown teams.
Yes and No, but mostly no. Yes, for the true DC people where DC sports are hometown teams.
I agree with notsomethingstructural. The whole thing is sanctimonious. I think it actually comes down more to Russia’s standing in the sports world than with Maria herself. It has never been easier to be dismissive of Russia and Russians since the Cold War. Especially when you factor in the Olympics debacle. Lastly,…
The whole thing is sanctimonious. I think it actually comes down more to Russia’s standing in the sports world than with Maria herself. It has never been easier to be dismissive of Russia and Russians since the Cold War. Lastly, let’s not forget about Nadal who was a bona fide doper and caught up in Operation Puerto.…
Because it’s Europe and there are protections from demagogues.
The chicken wing is an offensive foul in every level of basketball, should be in the NBA too.
It pretty much spells it out for you. You can’t just run directly into the defender and if you look at the gifs every single one of them involves directly barging into the defender and/or leaning into/ shifting the body to continue contact. Every single one neatly fits in there as a violation. I can’t help you lack…
There’s your problem. People get pissy when stuff like this gets called. But it is a huge advantage for the offense. Guess what, you call it it stops. It ruins a few games early in the season and players will adjust. However the NBA agrees with you because they have neglected stuff like this for so long they need it…
You are way off base. You are right that the NBA has a top athlete problem, but these are not top basketball players. So much of what is drafted into the NBA is potential based and not talent based. Gifted athletes and freaks of nature, but not pure basketball players. This is why you have people shooting sub 50% at…
Spot on +1
It’s really not a problem with the game as it is poor officiating. Officials have long had the power to call this what it is, and that’s an offensive foul. It’s just a wildly unpopular especially when a defender doesn’t flop which is fucking why defenders flop because refs don’t call it unless you sell it. I was…
Exactly, but that’s understating it. The last gif should be an offensive foul. the Harden ones actually all are defensive fouls. Shoulder check, hand on hip, and hatchet in that order, but yes offensive fouls should be called on the screener in every one of those plays, just not Harden.
You are spot on about the Lou Williams gif. In all levels of basketball their is a plane of verticality. A defender in legal defending position is entitled to the vertical space from the floor to the ceiling. If you jump straight up and someone leans into you it is not a foul. I am an official and many of the…
You mean Serena lol.
Yep, Serena on the other hand a verifiable PED machine that has escaped punishment or banning and someone who was banned 15 months for an inane rule change.
And some day he will have enough coordination to dunk a ball without taking 3 steps.
No excuse. A world class athlete knows how the system works. Missing 3 tests is a sign of complete disrespect for the profession and generally indicates trying to hide something.
Since Man Utd is forced down our viewing throats every week. Pogba has in no way justified the $$$ spent on him. A flash of brilliance here and there, yes. A physical monster, yes. Consistent, no fucking way. Useless and missing for large swaths of every game. For every great pass, he shoots a pea roller at the…
He must be hanging around Arrieta.
Fact: you can’t have fun watching baseball so that paragraph is more than useless.
The game was in France, but you are forgiven for thinking it was Turkey because France might as well be a middle east country at this point.