Posts tagged “sports”
Bobby Bowden defends Colorado coach
College football news
ACC Refs
In which the Gators lose because of bad officiating
Florida Freshman Eligible for Tennessee Game
Florida defensive end Steven Harris pleaded no contest to misdemeanor battery Wednesday and is eligible to play this week against Tennessee.
Shaq
from A Man-child in Lotusland, at rebecca mead dot com O‘Neal is one of the largest men alive. He wears size-22 basketball shoes, which are made for him by a company called Starter; they are all white and finished with a shiny gloss, reminiscent, in their sheen and size, of the hull of a luxury
Poorly Designed Trophy
The LPGA certainly created an interesting trophy for the Longs Drugs Challenge! You really have to see the photo to appreciate it. And *what* could the winner have been thinking when she decided to kiss it?! link via Kelly
Draft Day
I guess the NFL Draft was this weekend. I hadn’t even noticed. It looks like Florida players did pretty well: one first-rounder and three second-rounders …. link via Tara
SportsFilter
I overheard someone talking about SportsFilter at some point during the LA MetaFilter shin-dig last night. This is excellent! It’s a MetaFilter just for sports fans!
Nude, and loving it – The members of Scotland‘s Robert Gordon University Crew team, who, according to captain Andrew Shannon, are training in the buff to “find out what natural assets we have for rowing.” The team, which has braved wintry conditions while preparing for next month’s Aberdeen Universities boat race, consists of four female rowers, four male rowers, and a female cox.
from the Feb. 18, 2002 Sports Illustrated
SuperBowl XXXVI
Anyone predicting a Rams’ rout of the Patriots in Super Bowl XXXVI might want to take a quick history lesson first, starting with Week 10 of this season. On Nov. 18 in Foxboro, Mass., the Pats led the Rams 10-7 in the second quarter and had a 1st-and-goal before Antowain Smith fumbled away the football.
Not So Happy Ending
The scene was jubilant — a dream come true for a loyal New England Patriots fan like Michael Downing. His beloved team had just capped an improbable comeback to defeat the Oakland Raiders in one of the most memorable playoff games in NFL history. Just seconds later, as his family cheered amid the bedlam at