2.25.10 11:09 pm by Alex
It’s been a rough week for SVP. First, he gets duped by a
Howard Stern listener pretending to be Brian Westbrook, and now he drops everyones favorite profanity before going to a commercial break tonight on SportsCenter. Been a long few days for him, but there’s a good chance he’ll be getting an impromptu weekend off. Obviously, be careful what company you’re in if you play this aloud.
Video Courtesy: http://www.onlygators.com
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2.24.10 3:02 pm by Alex and Pat
If you’re like me, you’ve certainly experienced a “YouTube loop” – that is to say, a time when you find yourself on YouTube for much longer than you’d planned, having clicked on video after video, and wondering, “How did I get here?”. This is our weekly segment where we share some of our favorite sports highlights that you may not have seen (or haven’t in a very long time). Feel free to share your favorites in the comments or tweet us and we’ll consider them for next week. Check back every week for the latest edition.
This week, we’ve completed a not-so-extensive study of the effects of drug use on the performances of professional athletes.
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2.20.10 5:22 pm by Contributor
Been awhile. Sorry. I got stuff to do. I’d say, “you do too”, but clearly you don’t, as you’re most likely avoiding any actual work by reading this column. Time spent doing work is a pretty valuable thing, yet you’ve deemed reading this even more valuable, and I appreciate that. With these lofty expectations in mind, I’ll try to match your demand with some decent supply.
I can usually stomach Colin Cowherd’s radio show for about 10 minutes at a time. I’m a big fan of talk radio (mostly sports, with a bit of politics mixed in as long as it’s not idiotic), and he tends to be my only option around 12:30-1:00ish, which is usually when I’m heading back to the office from my lunch hour. When the divorced egomaniac isn’t busy giving life advice or kissing the very ass he verbally kicked three days ago, I love his “Spin the Globe” segments, where he tries to hit most of the relevant sports in season for a few minutes at a time. It’s quick, intelligent, informative, and easier to digest than a long winded rant. With this in mind, I’ll try to keep a few of these mixed in during the spots between the full length features.
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2.18.10 7:13 pm by Matt
The Winter Games opened in mourning as Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili died in a training accident in the days leading up to the Opening Ceremony.
Another person died at Vancouver on Friday: a straw man. The Vancouver Olympic Committee issued a statement blaming Kumaritashvili’s accident entirely on human error, concluding there were no “deficiencies” of any kind with the track.
Forget for a moment your disgust for these officials blaming a dead man’s “inexperience” before he’s even been buried. (He’s an Olympic athlete, how inexperienced can he be?)
No one said he didn’t make a mistake. The Vancouver Olympic Committee was stomping down a weak argument – a “straw man” argument–which no one was making, ignoring the crux of the opposing position: the track is too fast, which denies athletes the split seconds they need to save themselves from mistakes. Merely saying that the rider made a mistake doesn’t address the real argument.
(Note: Olympic officials backtracked from their early announcements and shortened the course, added walls, and added padding.)
Sportstalk is rife with logical fallacies such as the straw man. These statements lower the debate, prevent progress, insult fans, and occasionally, launch disgusting attacks on the dead. Let’s examine some less serious violators:
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2.17.10 4:24 pm by Alex and Pat
If you’re like me, you’ve certainly experienced a “YouTube loop” – that is to say, a time when you find yourself on YouTube for much longer than you’d planned, having clicked on video after video, and wondering, “How did I get here?”. This is our weekly segment where we share some of our favorite sports highlights that you may not have seen (or haven’t in a very long time). Feel free to share your favorites in the comments or tweet us and we’ll consider them for next week. Check back every week for the latest edition.
This week, we’ve got a few clips that will make you cringe. Warning: these are not for the faint of heart.
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2.09.10 6:53 pm by Alex and Pat
If you’re like me, you’ve certainly experienced a “YouTube loop” – that is to say, a time when you find yourself on YouTube for much longer than you’d planned, having clicked on video after video, and wondering, “How did I get here?”. This is our weekly segment where we share some of our favorite sports highlights that you may not have seen (or haven’t in a very long time). Feel free to share your favorites in the comments or tweet us and we’ll consider them for next week. Check back every Tuesday for the latest edition.
This week, we’ve got a few awesome interview clips:
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