SuperSteve

I'm surprised no one is talking about the draft. With how popular hockey got in Chicago the past month, I expected a good chat. I am curious to see how Stan does ultimately, Tallon was a good drafter.

Looks like everyone ran out of steam in this thread. Ivory Coast up 2-0 at half, I'd like to see them put up six in the second half with Portugal losing to Brazil. I want to see Drogba and Co. go through.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Jun 24, 2010 -> 10:44 PM) This is getting out of hand. Championships > Free Agent Signings no matter the sport. Signing Lebron guarantees us nothing except a playoff birth. If the Cubs won the World Series, would that be one of the greatest sports moment of your life? They're a Chicago team afterall. Personally for me, the Hawks winning the Stanley Cup is a top ten sports moment but it's not a top five.

I must say, the New Zealand/Italy game was the only game besides the US games where I was truely committed to a team (NZ). I'll cheer for teams and if they lose it'll be like "aw shuks" but with NZ I wanted them to win so badly. War The All Whites!!!

So the question we had at work was do they get food breaks or is it constant playing? I'm sure they get bathroom breaks. What about the ballboys and ballgirls, are they rotated? (Sorry couldn't watch yesterday cause work)

Does anyone have a breakdown who qualifies with what results for the games today?

Too frustrating as a casual fan to watch. I probably won't watch another game until the playoffs. I think the NHL is a bad product.

On a side note, I have Duke in Waddle and Silvy's contest so hopefully they win!

1 Kansas over 3 Georgetown 1 Syracuse over 2 Kansas State 2 West Virginia over 4 Wisconsin 3 Baylor over 9 Louisville 1 Kansas over 1 Syracuse 2 West Virginia over 3 Baylor 1 Kansas over 2 West Virginia

I'm going to be in Pittsburgh in May and I wanted to see a game at PNC Park. Have any of you been there? If so, any recommendations about the best places to sit for a game and anywhere to go around the ballpark before and after the game? Any help would be great!

Anyone have any thoughts on the Vokoun to the Hawks rumor?

Orlando Sentinal Hasn't gone to court yet. There very well may be a lawsuit filed as UCF breached their contract. You're making assumptions. What looks like happen is someone with Adidas said he could wear them and then someone higher up said no. When UCF found this out, they decided that since they had promised Jordan he could wear the shoes, they wanted to honor their promise. Regardless if it cost them their deal with Adidas or not. It was well known before Jordan wore the shoes that Adidas said don't do it. UCF tested the teeth of their comment and it bit them. I see no negligence from Adidas. You say that you don't think it was worthwhile to amend their contract? Well it's $3m plus the costs of new clothes and shoes now. I think that's worth it for UCF. What happens if UCF ends up cutting other programs because they can't get a new deal? Please, please, please back up your statements blaming Adidas with negligence. I'm yet to see any news source blaming Adidas here.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Nov 29, 2009 -> 02:35 PM) The scenario is that Adidas told Jordan it would be okay before he committed. If Adidas had told him he had to wear Adidas from the start he would have never gone to UCF. Adidas pulled a jackass move, there is just no defending it. They changed their mind after Jordan already committed to UCF. The NCAA wasnt going to allow Jordan to transfer for this and not have to sit out a year. How can you defend a corporation like Adidas purposefully lying to Jordan and UCF about the situation? If you notice, Jordan was willing to make huge concessions to Adidas, Adidas was willing to make no concessions. A few things: 1. According to this thread, a Adidas PR rep told UCF he could wear Nike but was overruled by Adidas higher ups. Maybe the PR rep overstepped their authority. UCF should have gotten an amendment written in their contract for Jordan but since they didn't UCF has no recourse against Adidas. 2. How is Adidas a jackass by using smart business practices? You're making the assumptions that Adidas simply lied to Jordan. If the PR rep believed Jordan would be able to wear the shoes but was overruled, it falls on UCF and Jordan to find a new solution. They did and now they no longer have Adidas, but it was the choice they made. 3. NCAA athletics entitled you to compete for four years in a five year span. Jordan would just need to be released by his coach and he would be able to compete next season, using his redshirt this season. If he were to transfer before the end of this semester and be enrolled next semester, he should be eligible to compete the second half of next season regardless of a release. (I'm not sure the game limits for basketball but it should be similar to wrestling). I have to believe the coach would grant Jordan his release. 4. What concessions did Jordan make? He separated himself from his teammates and hurt the other sports at UCF. I wonder how the football team feels about this? So basically what we have is Jordan breached a contract UCF has with Adidas and everyone is mad with Adidas? Did Jordan have the right to wear Nike in his scholarship? Did UCF have their contract with Adidas amended? I don't think we have enough information but the blame IMHO doesn't fall on Adidas. Maybe one Adidas employee sure, but it actually falls on UCF.

When I wrestled at Michigan State, we were expected to wear the Adidas shoes that were provided for us. If we didn't want to wear those shoes, we had to wear a different pair of Adidas shoes. From the start of the season until the end of the season you wore Adidas. I have to side with Adidas on this one. They're providing UCF with free merchandise, those kids should be expected to wear that merchandise. Jordan put Adidas in a no win situation with this. If they let him wear other shoes, it opens up a can of worms where other athletes might try to take advantage of this. I think Jordan is completely wrong on this. He separated himself from his teammates from day one. He should have accepted the final decision by Adidas and then tried to be part of the team. He's too focused on himself individually. Regardless if UCF told him he could wear the shoes, sometimes decisions change. To me he comes off like a spoiled brat.

QUOTE (WilliamTell @ Aug 24, 2009 -> 03:26 PM) I'm not blaming him. It just sucks that I can't do pullups. You could try going to the park and doing pullups on the monkey bars.

QUOTE (greasywheels121 @ Oct 13, 2009 -> 04:08 PM) Very cool; congrats Steve. My goal is to join you next year. I've gotten really into the sport this year, running three to five times/week + more than a handful of races. My longest race so far has been a 15K, and my longest personal run has been 12 miles. I'm already signed up for the half in Indianapolis next May, and I plan on doing a couple more of those leading into next year's Chicago Marathon on 10/10/10. If you can run twelve miles you could probably finish a marathon now if you're not trying to be competitive. That's terrific you're running that much, congrats! I wasn't going to run this marathon but one of my buddies needed a replacement because he hurt his back. I ran it on twenty days notice and was only able to get stretched out to thirteen miles before the marathon. One of my buddies wants to run a marathon out in Phoenix in January but I don't think I'm going to go. Right now I'm planning on a triathlon in Galena, Illinois in May as next for me.

Anyone run it it yesterday? I ran it (my first marathon) and finished in 4:49. Probably the coolest thing I have ever done. It was unbelievable how many people where running and how many spectators there were. It was a surreal experience and I plan on running again next year.

Did anyone go to the US Hockey camp in Woodridge this past week? I live in a building in the same complex and there were people waiting in line outside the ice rink at 7am for 9am practice. Just wondering how it was.

QUOTE (SnB @ Jul 27, 2009 -> 01:01 PM) The baseball economist is a super interesting, but a little dull (for non econ majors). There is a book from the UK which the US release title is Soccernomics. It comes out later this fall and is about how soccer teams survive yet other businesses fail for similar practices. A few months ago I read about it on Bloomberg. Absolutely cannot wait to read it.

Yikes, so I take it there were a lot of problems in this forum before. I seldom have ever ventured in here. I promise I will not call anyone dumb and will only encourage the assassination of characters on cereal boxes (I'm telling you, watch out for Count Chocula!).

Hahahaha that's too funny.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jul 21, 2009 -> 09:57 AM) Meh. Not worth the hype. They should have denied it was her and moved on, especially since it's been around for 4 months already. Instead they created a firestorm (intentional?). I've never understood the fascination with her. She's hot, no denying that, but in 5 seconds I can find 500 hotter women doing very nasty things. Is it her "realness" versus the porno plastic look that people like? I personally really like her. Realness is a part of it. She's a normal girl pretty much. Plus I've seen her for how long on ESPN now. I'd rather see her naked than pretty much any of those porno chicks.

QUOTE (DBAHO @ Jul 18, 2009 -> 08:23 AM) Yeah that's big news for the other contenders. Someone like Wiggins or even Cadel Evans could have a big crack tomorrow night and not have Astana breathing down their necks working together. Also puts a little bit more excitement into what's probably been a lacklustre TDF so far. To me this has been a very boring TDF this year. I haven't been a big fan of the stage design so far and when something finally happen, the tour was probably won on that stage.

QUOTE (CanOfCorn @ Jul 17, 2009 -> 10:50 AM) Even Hawk has kinda stopped. Can't even remember the last guy he gave a moniker. "The Milkman" Herbert Perry was my favorite. I laugh everytime I hear Kung Fu Panda and I can't think of any better.

Levi is out now so there goes arguably the third best rider in this year's race. He is a huge loss for Astana (assuming Lance and Alberto won't help each other in the traditional sense). Could Sunday finally be the day someone beats the Astana juggernaut. They're so strong, I almost hope someone can take it to them.