All things SPORTS

I feel bad for Adidas when Murray kept slipping and threw down his shoes. He probably lost them as a sponsor, but he probably don't want Adidas anymore... Shouda worn cleats, not "tennis" shoes...

Im interested to see if federer can ride this momentum and possibly grab another us open title...and also i wanna see how rapha bounces back being that he's my favorite player and i always enjoy seeing him raise slam trophies

Lost another men's league game by a miserable (14-1) margin. The SS initially wouldn't shut the hell up about telling the outfielders to move in for EVERYONE at bat (despite the fact that any one of that group can clear fence). But we all moved in to placate him.. and he shut up in a hurry lol.
The league institutes a 4th inning 10-run mercy rule, and we were up in the bottom of the 4th with 2 outs and guys on first and second. The batter hit a hard shot toward 2B, and it ricocheted off his glove. He ran to get it and tossed it to second, but wasn't quite in time to get the runner. Unfortunately, the guy on second (team captain) was WALKING from 2nd to 3rd, and had only made it 20 feet from 2nd by the time that throw was made. So they lightly tossed the ball over to 3rd to end the inning. I was on deck when that happened, and had been hitting well all day. Obviously the one at bat wasn't gonna tie the game, but it would've been nice to try to extend it.
After the out, our captain asked if we wanted to play another inning, but I'm like "if we're gonna play like that, then we may as well just )(%#&*in give up." And we did.

Baseball is doing a decent job holding my attention, but damn I miss football. College, NFL. Only a few months away.

Despite how much im into sports, and the variety of them that im into, the espys just do nothing for me

ha I can't say that I've ever watched the espys, in fact, i'm not too big into these award shows.

I am sure you could find an arena football game, jai alai tourney, 10 hours of ESPN classic to fill the void.

Does anybody know when the Summer Olypmics start?

only bball here too.... might have it on in the background but go team usa! 

Originally posted by snowboardinrox357 Does anybody know when the Summer Olypmics start?

Playin in a 2-pitch slow-pitch coed tourney over the weekend. First game is tomorrow at 8 am.. So much for sleeping in! :(
Guess it'll be a bit of a warm up for the Moonlight tourney in a month where games are played all hours of the day/night.

A buddy asked me to join his church league softball team for a tournament. I felt so bad cuz I couldn't keep my laughter in. Just can't deal with the whole religious "devotion" stuff after games. Plus I tend to curse a lot so its best not to play.

Originally posted by Von44 A buddy asked me to join his church league softball team for a tournament. I felt so bad cuz I couldn't keep my laughter in. Just can't deal with the whole religious "devotion" stuff after games. Plus I tend to curse a lot so its best not to play.

^Toughest major out there. It's been a while since a brits won the british open so maybe Westwood or Justin Rose can step up their game.

We got thumped tonight and what made it worse was that the other team were jerks.  The game took almost two hours because the other team's pitcher refused to lower his pitches (we don't have balls/strikes because there are no umps).  So we just waited and waited for good pitches and he refused to throw them.  Not only that, we were down 8 runs and they pulled a hidden ball trick on one of our players that worked.  Hope we see them in the playoffs.

A lot of people don't like watching soccer because of the lack of scoring, but in the Seattle vs Chelsea game they have scored 4 goals in the first 30 minutes.  2-2.  Fun to watch so far.

4-2 finish in that one, Chelsea wins it. But yeah, it's nice to see teams from across the pond go head-to-head; and just an added bonus that they aren't blowouts. The US will never pay as much attention to soccer as they do to other sports, but they're definitely games worth watching.

I feel horrible for adam scott-thats one of the really bad sunday collapses ive ever seen. On another note, tiger needs to figure out what the hell happened to his sunday at a major mojo

Aww poor adam scott. Guess the pressure got to him.

Saw Michael Phelps on 60 Minutes last night.  He might win a few medals in London, but he just does not seem to care much anymore.  Hey, that's his choice, he is the second most decorated olympian ever and has made around $40 mil in endorsements.  He can call it quits anytime.  Still, he carries his medals in a ratty old tee-shirt stuffed in a make-up kit.

Oh! in completely unrelated news, Penn State received its punishment for the Sandusky scandal. They are bowl banned for 4 years (eliminating 40 scholarships), received $60M in fines by the NCAA, and all Penn State wins from 1998-2011 have been voided. Ergo, Joe-pa is no longer the official winningest coach in college football history.

I'm kind of shocked at the lack of respect by some of the psu students thinking the punishment was too harsh. I'm sure if they were the ones victimized their thought process would be a lot different. Athletic sanctions are nothing compared to what the victims had to go through and still have to deal with. Hopefully they will open their eyes and realize this.

They deserved to be made an example out of. Hopefully if it ever happens again at any educational institute the higher ups won't just turn a blind eye to protect something as meaningless as an athletic program.

It's a deterrent for the higher ups of other institutions to not do the same thing penn state did. Which is nothing.

Also not sure how it hurts the average student. The 60 million isn't coming out of their pockets.

I can agree with letting the victims beat the people responsible though

While $60 million is undoubtedly a lot of money to the average person, to a major university such as penn state, whos football value alone was $100 million last year and $99 million the year before and averaged $53 million since 1972, it's nothing more than a slap on the wrist. Then you factor in their donations from last year alone totaling $209 million and you start to see how minute $60 million really is to them.

And if there's one thing penn state has, it's die hard supporters, so I wouldn't be surprised to see them once again get near the same amount of contributions this year, if not more.

If they truly wanted to lower tuition, build better facilities, hire better staff, etc., they had plenty of opportunity. Not to mention the $60 million is spread over 5 years where it's estimated the football program, even after the sanctions and everything else, will be worth $80 million next season and near the $100 million mark in 5 seasons(which is where it was during last season).

Also it's worth noting the $60 million isn't just going to some rich NCAA directors bank account but rather to help fight child sex crimes and help victims of child sex crimes.

If nothing more comes from this than the realization by other 'football-first' universities that human lives far outweigh their athletic programs and traditions, then, in my opinion, it's a success

Its sick how people can put records/trophies and football over the sick things that happened to human beings and families.