The way I understood it, only bigger news stories are supposed to be for posting a separate thread in OT. Things like the Michael Vick controversy, Bountygate, Spygate, etc.
That's how I interpreted it.
The way I understood it, only bigger news stories are supposed to be for posting a separate thread in OT. Things like the Michael Vick controversy, Bountygate, Spygate, etc.
We're only allowed out of this community hell during the Super Bowl isn't it?
Yes or anything with Kobe Bryant for some reason.
My memory as an Oilers fan growing up in Houston was of his voice as the soundtrack to the Cowboys being shoved down my throat. RIP and all that, but I never got the deification of he and Madden. The best announcing duo of all time was Dick Enberg and Merlin Olsen
Only because some Laker fans think their team is bigger than the league they play in.
MLB is big? :lolThat NBA vs. NHL thread was funny. As much as I enjoy watching both sports, they are pretty much the same in terms of popularity. The big boys remain the MLB and NFL. Plus it gets harder to take the NBA seriously due to officiating, as well as super teams. Whatever though, I enjoy watching games at times.
There's like one story a year that would rise to the level of non-NFL fans caring. Don't think it matters much. Though maybe Haslam could be a topic, if only b/c his brother is Governor of Tennessee. Of course that would be a typical ______ OT thread given the politics of it
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Adam Schefter ‏@AdamSchefter
Kraft Family hopes to assist recovery for victims of Boston Marathon tragedy by matching up to $100,000 in donations.
Or about 1% of the money he swindled Brady out of
You new avatar is terrible.
That NBA vs. NHL thread was funny. As much as I enjoy watching both sports, they are pretty much the same in terms of popularity. The big boys remain the MLB and NFL. Plus it gets harder to take the NBA seriously due to officiating, as well as super teams. Whatever though, I enjoy watching games at times.
Tell me if this is gay or weird guys.
I was listening to that Pink duet 'Learn to Love Again' and while I am not generally a fan of pop or Pink, I have to say I like the song. I heard it on the radio while reading the series The Name of the Wind (really good fantasy series for those into that sort of shit) in my car and the song fit the book really well. So much so that I put it on Youtube and listened to it for the next 30 minutes.
Yay or nay on this song? If necessary please insert personal attacks on my taste in music.
MLB is big? :lol
All their fans are old white dudes. At least the NBA and NHL attract young people.
Does the NHL have a cultural impact anywhere near the NBA?
Over here, everyone knows about the NBA and its stars. No one knows about the NHL. And it seems like other areas of entertainment (or fashion) are much more entangled with the NBA and its players.
Everything sucks besides football. Maybe if Russell Wilson played a different sport its league would be more popular!
Russel is a loser and whatever team he would play on would suck.
We're supposed to be posting player signings and other NFL news in OT.
What would that make the teams that lost to him?
Not the Loser Seahawks.
Go Pats
It's regional. Maybe Slo can correct me on this, but take a place like Minnesota. I would bet, and it changes depending on if a team has a winning season, that the Vikings are the most popular, followed closely by the Twins, which is followed closely by the Wild (I would bet that these two could be swapped depending on the season), and then the TWolves. Hockey is much more prevalent in this area.
Same could likely be said for other places, such as Detroit. Red Wings are immensely popular, more so than the Pistons, but maybe not the Tigers. I'm sure at times the Wings are were more popular than all of them due to winning. It's fluid I guess.
In what way is the MLB bigger than the NBA?Maybe so, and the popularity of sports may change over time due to that. As of right now though MLB is still bigger than the NBA. Adding on to that though, most of the people I know don't care about the NBA, and think it's a joke really. I enjoy the NBA though, but it does have it's moments.
Losing to losers makes Tammy and the Pats double losers.
So this came up at work today. We have a project management tool and a guy asked me whether we use "the BIRT tool" to extract metrics.
And I thought...
"Yes, yes I know ...
... the Bert tool."
Patriots won 3 Super Bowls though.
Bans are not going to be explained. Warnings are not efficient. Mods are encouraged to participate personally and steer discussions in the right direction, but at >50,000 posts per day this isn't always going to happen or have a significant effect on a large thread in progress.
Still, more hands-on will be encouraged.
Sounds like more somewhat random bans are possible in some threads.
And then they had them forfeited.
Look at all the Seahawk Lombardi trophies
Basketball is on its way to being the number 2 international sport. The most popular international sports are usually poor mawill ns sports that do not cost much money to play. Hence why soccer easily remain dominate and why football and ice hockey will not catch on, the equipment is more expensive.Does the NHL have a cultural impact anywhere near the NBA?
Over here, everyone knows about the NBA and its stars. No one knows about the NHL. And it seems like other areas of entertainment (or fashion) are much more entangled with the NBA and its players.
Patriots won* 3 Super Bowls though.
In what way is the MLB bigger than the NBA?
Joe really has to be the biggest dork to ever be Super Bowl MVP. Like, I love him, but if he ever walked past me carrying books I'd have to dump them.
It's important to note that NCAA football is bigger than the NBA or MLB.
It's getting harder and harder to justify not paying those college players...
Let me introduce you to Eli Manning
But yea, Eli looks like a man child, but he's way cooler than Joe seems to be.
Tom Reed ‏ @ treedPD 1m # browns OLB Jabaal Sheard says he will play on the right side. He was a left defensive end last season.
daryl ruiter ‏ @ ruiterwrongfan 4m
richardson said 1st thing norv turner said to him was "i had emmitt smith" which excites him to play in this offense
Greg Little ‏ @ Str8UpGlittle 3m
This offense is a wide receivers dream and it's only day 1!
So mean.Let me introduce you to Eli Manning
But yea, Eli looks like a man child, but he's way cooler than Joe seems to be.
So mean.
Look at that young Anthony Michael Hall looking face! (put some fucking socks on Peyton!)
At my kids 3rd grade play....shoot me....
Whats it about?
The skeletal system put to music
Buckethead would be having an coronary
Eh I liked the 2nd book. Not as good as the first, but that one was always going to be tough to follow. Just read them back to back over the past 10 days.The song is called 'Just Give Me a Reason' and it's decent for a ballad. I've actually liked a few songs off of Pink's latest album. I think she brings a more unique sound to the pop field than others.
As for Name of the Wind, Rothfuss hit a homerun on the first book then took a big swing at book 2 and whiffed pretty bad. I bought both in hardcover, but I'll wait for book 3 to come down in price before biting the bullet on it.
Eh I liked the 2nd book. Not as good as the first, but that one was always going to be tough to follow. Just read them back to back over the past 10 days.
And regarding MLB versus NBA I am pretty sure everything gets better ratings than the MLB.
So mean.
Look at that young Anthony Michael Hall looking face! (put some fucking socks on Peyton!)