Sports Talk

Congrat to Stretch on the first South African to wear the yellow jersey! Impey looks a little like you although his name is kind of the opposite of yours.

Congratulations to Bayern Munchen for winning the Champion's League Final (and beating Borussia Dortmund).

One of my all time sports heroes, along with the rest of the Fearsome Foursome, when I was a boy. R.I.P. Deacon

Please send your thoughts and prayers for J.A. Happ, pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays, who took a hard hit line drive directly off of his head in tonight's game in Tampa. J.A. (who goes by "Jay") is from my home town area in Central Illinois, and went to the same high school that I did, although some 20 years later. I've followed his career very closely (hardly ever missing a single pitch he's thrown in the majors), so of course I was watching the game tonight on MLB.TV. Warning: it's not pretty... http://www.mlbdailydish.com/2013/5/7/4310406/j-a-happ-injury-blue-jays Watching this live was quite difficult for me. I sure hope this young man hasn't just suffered any lif…

OK lets give this a try. I haven't hosted one of these before so I'll try not to screw it up too badly You will need to register (if you are not already) at CBSSports.com here: http://www.cbssports.com After that you can access the Head Case group here: http://mf1.mayhem.cbssports.com/e?ttag=13_cbspaste Group PW = moonshine After that it should be fairly straightforward: make your picks. 11:00 am ET on March 21, 2013 is the deadline I believe (The First Four play in games do not count). Be sure to read the scoring rules. It's weighted by round with a seed bonus (added not multiplied). Round Point Allocation Per Game: Round 1 - 1 point Round 2 - 2 …

Hockey has begun for the year, finally!

News conference scheduled for tomorrow...

Joe Frazier was the only boxer I ever really liked. I thought the Fight of the Century was amazing, and I hated it when Ali beat him the next two times. Joe was the greatest to me, and he liked headphones. Rest in peace, champ.

Congratulations to the US women's soccer team on perhaps the greatest comeback victory I can remember in recent history. It is gratifying to see grit, determination and raw talent win out over terrible (horrendous) refereeing and egregious diving. I only hope that the referee is not allowed to call a FIFA match for the rest of humanity's existence. And just to put the exclamation mark on it the president of the university was driving by as Karen was doing her Brandy Chastain in our driveway. It was nice of him to wave.

Woo!

Last year thread was fun, let's try this again. Make your picks for the 2011 playoffs! *grawk is now a Habs fan, so maybe he'll choose more wisely this year...

Anything interesting here, or same old, same old? Fun to see the Bulls doing so well and the emergence of Derrick Rose as a prime time player. My brother and his boys were at the game today in Chicago to witness a 16-1 run by the Bulls in the last 2 and a half minutes of the game to pull it off. Not counting on much though. Wouldn't be surprised to see the Lakers and Celtics in the finals, as usual.

Anybody keeping up with the games? I didn't fill out a bracket this year. I'm loving every Butler game thus far, although it's sad to see BYU getting knocked out by Florida. Watching UConn advance to the elite eight is great news for new england schools considering the lack thereof in the tournament overall. Jimmer or Kemba, who's the better PG?

Total domination, here is a snippet of my favorite round as broken down by yahoo sports. ROUND 7 Lead right by De La Hoya lands to open the round. Pacquiao rakes De La Hoya with a three-punch combination. Double jab by Manny. Pacquiao batters De La Hoya into the corner. He

I saw that there is a gathering HC fantasy FB thang, but I didn't chime in because I'm ignorant about Football (ok, and most other things). The only sport that I know anything about (besides synchronized swimming) is NHL Hockey. So I thought I'd just throw it out there. Any interest in a Fantasy Hockey League? I've never participated in a Fantasy anything, that is unless you count Crush Videos (it took me a minute to think of something really bizarre). But I'd be game.

Lance made a very strong showing on the first day and I was thrilled that he beat Contador in the Prologue time trial. Especially given that the Wall Street Journal published the same Fuckhead Landis accusations on the eve of the race. Weak move by the WSJ But nice that Lance kept his composure and channeled the anger into riding strong. Psyched for the whole race!

I was hoping that Slovakia will repeat their success with Italy and will beat Netherlands. Unfortunately they have lost - but the match was really good IMO. And they scored a goal at last.

It's that time of the year again guys, now the real season begins. Make your picks!

I know it's probably a longshot around here but is anyone here planning on watching UFC 114, particularly the Rampage - Rashad Evans fight?

...Begins tomorrow. Yay for my favorite three weeks of sports for the year . Anyone confident in their bracket/s? Imo far tougher this year than last. My final four is Kansas, Kansas State (over 'cuse in elite 8 ), Duke (easiest pick of the four), and West Virginia (toss up over UK in elite 8, this is the year for wv if they're going to get close).

Saw the NHL one and figured why not? Looks like Lebron is starting the playoffs in fine form YouTube - Lebron James Posterizes James Johnson of Bulls

They are completely emasculated at this point, no balls and no heart. They played one of the worst games against a team with a dirtbag who ended the Bruins' best player's season, maybe longer.... They really needed to show unity, toughness, and demand respect from a team that basically walked over them tonight. Turn them over....they are done.... Bummed in MA.

Even with so little time this semester I found some free time to read this book. Usually not a bio fan ( and even less the autobio format ) but I must admit it was extremely interesting. Despite the miserable life with the usual redemption part ''

Anyone who hasnt seen this documentary on Ali should find when its playing and check it out. The best sports documentary I've seen. It was on Spike TV a couple days ago and will probably run again.

Well it's official! After two great AFC and NFC championship games we have the Saints and the Colts going to the superbowl. The saints/vikings game was one of the best i've seen in awhile. Hoping Drew Brees can bring it home this year