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6598. alistairconnor - 9/19/2013 9:44:31 PM yup. Oracle won that one handsomely, by 30 seconds, leading from start to finish. NZ gets a second match-point race in half an hour. Unless the wind builds too much (over 22 knots, they call it off, as these big boats are extremely dangerous in high winds) 6599. alistairconnor - 9/21/2013 8:27:58 PM Well, the second race was called off on Thursday because of high winds. Then the first race on Friday, in light winds, was going very well for NZ... a thousand metres in front... then they timed out : the race has to be finished in 40 minutes, and they were still three minutes from the line by then.
The second race yesterday was a beauty, and was won comprehensively by Oracle.
So the match stands at Team NZ _ - 2 Oracle. And it's still match point : Oracle need seven wins. NZ need one...
And today SF has its first significant rainfall since about February. With a southerly wind, which makes it impossible to set a course apparently. So there may or may not be any racing. 6600. Jenerator - 11/13/2013 12:02:42 AM Sic 'em Bears!
GO BAYLOR! 6601. arkymalarky - 12/1/2013 8:31:22 PM AR has been sad, but the Auburn coach is an Arkie. He ought to come back. 6602. robertjayb - 12/7/2013 10:48:15 PM Tfreakingriffic!
Oklahoma beat Oklahoma State and keeps Texas alive, at least
for a couple of hours, in the conference race. Jenerator's Baylor Bears will probably beat the Longhorns later on this afternoon but coming close to glory ought to save
Texas Coach Mack Brown from the mob. Hope so. 6603. Jenerator - 12/10/2013 11:35:53 PM Guess who's going to the Fiesta Bowl?! Oh yeah, bay-bee! 6604. arkymalarky - 12/10/2013 11:54:48 PM Congrats! 6605. robertjayb - 12/15/2013 3:19:10 AM Mack Brown resigns as coach of Texas Longhorns.
He was a good-un. Bastards ground him down. 6606. Jenerator - 12/17/2013 12:07:11 AM All I can say is, UT had better NOT bring in Art Briles.
I wonder if Shanahan of the Redskins will be considered? Interesting thought. 6607. wabbit - 1/25/2014 8:13:48 PM Li Na wins the Australian Open, follows up with a funny acceptance speech. She's known for them.
Today's men's final is Rafael Nadal vs. Stanislas Wawrinka. 6608. judithathome - 1/25/2014 8:51:19 PM Jihadist group vows attacks at Olympics.
What a world.... 6609. lemwalker - 1/26/2014 3:41:15 PM So the teams in Super Bowl come from states with legal pot. I support the Seattle team because I live in NW. Pretty spendy to go to a game. Propose a 13th man for the panhandlers outside the stadium. Saw one fellow with sign "need $ for weed". 6610. arkymalarky - 1/26/2014 9:26:32 PM Lol 6611. wabbit - 1/28/2014 10:08:35 PM Hey Lem! Maybe this year's SB will look like that football game from the movie M.A.S.H..
Stanislas Wawrinka joins Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic as the only men to have beaten Rafael Nadal in a Grand Slam final. 6612. judithathome - 1/30/2014 12:27:10 AM So what does everyone think about the guy who lost it at the end of the Seattle Seahawks playoff game?
I think he was caught up in the moment and let loose...since that happening, I've learned a lot about the guy and think he is a great example of someone who has overcome his background and achieved success...shit happens...people have embarrassing moments and they learn from them.
He's not some spoiled teenager who has been indulged by parents who want to make money off his celebrity...he's someone who was given a chance and was smart enough to take advantage of what was offered to him. 6613. wabbit - 1/31/2014 1:25:55 AM I'm pretty much with you in the "everyone loses their shit now and then" camp. We take this kind of thing way too seriously. Perhaps we should pay a bit more attention to who our Congress critters really represent these days.
(deep breath, enhancing my calm...)
I think Seattle has a good chance of winning, since they have the big defense. If they can shut down the Denver offense, their own offense might be ok against Denver's average defense.
I'll watch for the commercials. I'm always in love with the Budweiser ads. 6614. judithathome - 2/3/2014 8:08:06 PM Well, most people probably thought the game was a bust but I loved it...I think Denver fell prey to the hype and thought they had it in the bag and were they ever shocked!
I think Seattle played a masterful game...despite all the penalties...and why Manning kept doing the same play, over and over, is just beyond me...that was pure madness when the Seattle defense was ON the receiver like steel shavings on a magnet every single time. 6615. Trillium - 2/4/2014 5:27:30 PM I didn't watch the game, but live amongst many Peyton Manning devotees. Frankly, I admire the man also, based on all I've heard about him. East Tennessee will overcome the shock! Total Bronco territory here, because of Peyton M.
A sibling who watched the game said that Seattle is just excellent, and it's hard to lose, but at least the Broncos lost to an excellent team. I've never cared much about football, but it's interesting to watch all that goes on around the game. 6616. judithathome - 2/4/2014 7:10:05 PM I used to astonish people back in my "other life"...as a young married woman in suburbia in the 1960s-70s...because I understood and liked football.
When the couples in our neighborhood would get together for the Super Bowl or play-off games, the women would all gather in the kitchen while the men watched the game...I would gravitate toward the game and finally, after years of being bored shitless by the hen parties, I started watching the games with the guys.
I was the youngest one in the group...these people were all in the early thirties or older...and the women were scandalized that I'd be so bold.
The men didn't seem to mind. I knew my football! 6617. wabbit - 2/9/2014 7:02:03 PM The 2014 Olympic Winter Games are on in Sochi. US has both gold medals in Slopestyle. Norway has gold in the Biathlon Men's Sprint 10 km and Cross Country Ladies' Skiathlon 7.5 km Classic + 7.5 km Free. Canada got gold and silver in the Freestyle Skiing Ladies' Moguls.
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