What is Your Favorite Image in Sports, Cal or Otherwise?
by Spazzy Mcgee on Mar 31, 2009 1:37 AM PDT
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(But bonus points for Cal).
In bygone eras, athletics were defined by personal competition: one person or group striving to better another via physical strength and ability. It was not until the turn of the 20th century until sports, organized or otherwise, took off in popularity among the general public. Furthermore, as time passed, sports and the spectacle of athletics became ever more present in the everyday lives of regular people, where we find ourselves today. Athletics are a multi-billion dollar industry, in every country in every corner of the world. Multiple media networks exist solely to provide sports-related information.
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Didn't that guy get a Web Gem last night?
How did the simple concept of physical competition get this far? My theory is: the advent of media imagery first made possible by photography at the beginning of the 20th century enabled people to connect with athletics far more than times prior. Regular people could now live vicariously through their athlete heroes because they could see their struggle on a daily basis through photographs. The sports fan could put themselves in the place of the athletes in the photographs, and seemingly form a bond with someone who "shared" that struggle.
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Oh God my neck.
But truly great sports photographs do more than show a physically gifted person on the field. They tell a story about. So, CGB, what is your favorite image from all sports? Why? What does the image tell you or make you think? Has it affected your sports fandom? Do you just like it because it looks cool? Dig it up on Google images and post it... (Also, don't feel like you have to have a long writeup or anything...just post!)
Anyway, here's my favorite.
Kinda odd, I guess, since I have never been nor ever will be a Bulls fan. But I find this classic capture from the 1988 slam dunk contest to be as representative of an athlete as I've ever seen.
For starters, the photo itself isn't technically amazing. It's not like this was difficult to take, or the photographer got a one-in-a-million lucky shot. He was just in the right place at the right time to make the capture. But what I love about the picture is that it basically encapsulates what was Michael in the early stages of his career. Already having wowed people with his dunks, smoothness, and seemingly endless airtime at UNC and the pre-championship Bulls, he was just starting to make his name as a star in the NBA. Look at the crowd; each face is transfixed on Michael. There are no lights in the background, and the image fades to darkness as the distance from Michael grows. The anticipation is palpable; the crowd looks like they're watching the rise of a 4th of July firework that's still 100 feet from exploding.
When I see the picture, I almost feel like I'm watching a movie, only it's slowed down to the point where motion has stopped. I can imagine what happened before, and what's about to occur. One might question why the photographer didn't snap the picture as Michael was driving the ball through the hoop; slam dunks are what the fans came to see, anyway. I think that he didn't do so lends itself to the photo. After all, just as Michael had yet to become the greatest to play the game, and the the Bulls had yet to become the dynasty they are now known for, Michael had yet to slam the ball home. But with all the obvious potential energy from the time stopping, 3-point-line jumping, gravity-defying athlete about to be unleashed on the hoop, the fans, the city of Chicago, and the game of basketball itself, the crowd didn't need to see him slam it home.
They could already see what was coming.
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Funny that your favorite image of sport has MJ at his physical peak.
Mine is Jordan at his physical nadir: The Flu Game.
The power of sports for me isn’t just in extolling in its glory but battling through its misery. There are a lot of athletes, the David Thompsons, the Barry Sanderses, the Tracy McGradys of the world that can provide brilliance early on, but when the tough gets going they quit before they reach the finish line. Plenty of athletes are like that. Those athletes don’t usually get rings, and disappear from our stories.
Images like these, they tell stories that will outlast us. Leave everything on the court. MJ looking totally vulnerable and human, yet still dominating and willing his way to win, spending all he had left to get it. Pippen, his hoops brother, carrying him off at the end.
That’s greatness right there for you: Building legacies that will outlive us. Battling through the pain and the obstacles to reach the final goal. Sports shouldn’t only entertain, it should inspire us. They should help us find what would make us fight flu and spirit to stamp our legacy on the world. Like MJ did that night in Salt Lake.
PS: Don’t really have a great lasting Cal image. Marshawn stiffarming Chung would be the best thing I can think of off the top, but it seems pretty insignificant since BeastMode will be doing that plenty to him in the league next year.
by Avinash on Mar 31, 2009 5:04 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
The Play with the trombone player about to be flattened is my fav.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Mar 31, 2009 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, but I prefer things I’ve seen in my life. Way easier to relate.
by Avinash on Mar 31, 2009 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I thought carp's beard was doing the DBD today
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by Fire Starkey on Mar 31, 2009 7:12 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Never mind, I am officially doofus of the day
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by Fire Starkey on Mar 31, 2009 7:34 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
haha sweet
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Mar 31, 2009 10:43 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
UMMM... WTF ARE YOU GUYS THINKING?
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 31, 2009 9:47 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
THATS MINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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by TwistNHook on Mar 31, 2009 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
i don't understand the Cal fascination with this play
The picture looks nasty, but…CHUNG MADE THE TACKLE! If anything, that’s the impressive part, that Chung got man-stiffarmed and still brought Beastmode down.
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by Takimoto on Mar 31, 2009 6:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like it when both the Bears and Ducks succeed. Especially when the Bears take the Ducks for a 10 yard rodeo ride!
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 31, 2009 8:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Agreed. Of all the other Pac-10 teams I like Oregon the best.
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by rollonubears on Apr 1, 2009 8:06 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
JShufelt sent you, didn’t he?
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by TwistNHook on Mar 31, 2009 8:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Chung had to pretty much do a horse-collar, but yeah, he made the tackle.
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by HydroTech on Apr 1, 2009 1:44 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes, a completely legal in 2006 horse-collar tackle.
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by Olsonist on Apr 2, 2009 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
yeah, it was legal. Kinda cheap.
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by HydroTech on Apr 2, 2009 7:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No, if that was Pain Train taking down Jonathan Stewart, you’d be crowing about the stop. That play was just two freakishly awesome players, just awesome players, laying it all out. Both Chung and Lynch have that play on their highlight reels. That play is why we watch.
However, as a play it pales in comparison with the hit Marcus Ezeff’ put on Cameron Colvin:
This was the best play from the best game of the Tedford era. Yeah, beating the Ducks at Autzen is better than beating the Trojans at home.
Stanfurd Delendum Est.
by Olsonist on Apr 2, 2009 9:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Having been at both games, I might have to agree with you on this one.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
by ragnarok on Apr 3, 2009 8:34 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
see, now this picture hurts my soul. beastmode? i’m mostly indifferent. i was still a Cal fan Marshawn’s freshman year, so there’s some sentamentality there.
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by Takimoto on Apr 3, 2009 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Actually, if Pain Train horse collared Blount or something to save a touchdown tackle, I’d also say it was cheap. Sorry, Olsonist.
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by HydroTech on Apr 3, 2009 4:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m glad they banned the horse collar but the stiff arm to the facemask should go to.
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by Olsonist on Apr 3, 2009 4:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Also the tackle. They need to ban that too. Someone could get hurt!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Apr 3, 2009 5:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I suppose it’s unfair that the ball carrier gets to “facemask” (stiff arm) while the defensive players can’t facemask, but I think the key difference is that: (1) defensive players pull on the facemask which is more dangerous than the ball carrier pushing the head backwards by applying force to the facemask; (2) defensive facemasks have more of an element of surprise than stiff arms, which increases the danger of injury; and (3) the ball carrier is the more vulnerable player on the field compared to the defender and thus should be allowed to defend himself.
I do agree the stiff arm can be dangerous but I don’t think it needs to go.
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by HydroTech on Apr 3, 2009 7:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m fine with the stiff arm. I just think the helmet should be off limits.
In the same way that you think Chung’s horse collar (legal) was cheap, I think Lynch’s stiff arm to the face was cheap. As a safety, Chung wasn’t wearing the cowboy collar or neck brace a lineman would wear. Given the speed and power of these guy’s I do think the stiff arm to the face should go.
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by Olsonist on Apr 3, 2009 9:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It would be nigh impossible to call during real time…
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Apr 3, 2009 10:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Plus, it wasnt chung. It was GRAVITY!!!
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by TwistNHook on Apr 1, 2009 7:47 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What you don’t understand is it isn’t fascination with the play, it’s fascination with the picture. It looks awesome, enough said.
by HyphyBearsFan on Apr 1, 2009 8:36 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The play waspretty awesome, though.
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by TwistNHook on Apr 1, 2009 9:48 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Funny story about his picture actually
It’s in a Mike’s Hard Lemonade ad at The Cooler, a bar probably a quarter mile from Autzen Stadium, with the colors of the uniforms changes so Marshawn is wearing green, and Chung is wearing blue with a C on his helmet. It’s effing hilarious and sad at the same time.
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by Takimoto on Apr 2, 2009 2:21 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So sad, those Oregon Ducks fans. So sad.
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by TwistNHook on Apr 2, 2009 7:50 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
took a picture last night
I’m more wondering if this is a nation-wide ad and it’s the same everywhere, or they just did a special “not the Ducks getting owned” edition for Eugene. Either way I’m amused and confused.
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by Takimoto on Apr 3, 2009 12:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
$375 bucks for a beer?!?! Jesus Christ, this better be the greatest beer ever.
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by TwistNHook on Apr 3, 2009 1:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It’s Stiff-Arm™ Flavored!
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by Thoroughbred on Apr 3, 2009 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Only the best ice-cold JDraft
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by Takimoto on Apr 3, 2009 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You weren’t lying!
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by Thoroughbred on Apr 3, 2009 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
A true gentleman stiff arms like this:
It’s as if he’s saying, “Easy friend. I don’t hate you or anything but seriously, don’t screw this run up for me.”
On a serious note, I agree that while it would be nice to outlaw the actual grabbing of the face mask by a ball carrier in the stiff arm scenario Spazz has it right—no way it could be consistently enforced. It’d end up being one of those calls that just pisses everyone off the few random times it pops up and bites your team in the arse.
by ArbyOSU on Apr 6, 2009 11:16 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That is a sickeningly good photo. Did you take it? It might be improved by cropping the player on the far left out, although some might say that player improves the photo.
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by TwistNHook on Apr 6, 2009 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You’re right, cropping out the play on James Rodgers’ far left would be a good idea but it cuts his arm off and looks goofy. Feel free to put a zero or an upside down “M” on the helmet if you feel it’d look better. I could really go either way.
by ArbyOSU on Apr 6, 2009 11:34 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Since we’re on the subject, how does OSU feel about the swoosh?
Stanfurd Delendum Est.
by Olsonist on Apr 6, 2009 11:37 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
As an Oregonian first, the swoosh is OK. It’s one of the things we kind’ve get props for internationally as a state… that aside…
As a Beaver I’m not so into it. We had some pretty bad uniforms under the direction of said swoosh and are forced to live among people who wear things like this to the supermarket:
Camo?! Really?! I mean, it sucks that we need to put up with uo’s uniforms but it sucks even more that uo fans wear this stuff around town and in social settings. Let me tell you, pale ass pacific northwesterners DO NOT look as good in lightning yellow as they think no matter what Phil Knight tells them.
Nike finally fixed our uniforms this year, or so most of our fans feel. We now rock the simple look, sans piping and trim of years previous. No sports bra jokes anymore.
Overall I think most OSU fans would be cool if we jumped ship and went with Adidas or, GASP, even Under Armor or New Balance (Chippewas!). OK, kidding about the New Balance and Under Armor, but an Adidas sponsorship would be cool.
The only thing we really don’t like currently is this look:
The giant “o” on the chest floors me every time.
by ArbyOSU on Apr 6, 2009 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
oops
The only thing we really don’t like currently is this look:
The giant "o" on the chest floors me every time.
by ArbyOSU on Apr 6, 2009 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Picture won’t post.
Just close your eyes and imagine the Oregon baseball uniforms.
by ArbyOSU on Apr 6, 2009 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
well shoot, I wanna play this game too!
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by Takimoto on Apr 6, 2009 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You weren't invited! (then again, neither was I...)
Nice stiff arm on Utah State.
And your post smells like farts.
by ArbyOSU on Apr 6, 2009 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
stiff arms to the face are much more effective than than to the body.
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by HydroTech on Apr 6, 2009 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ooooh, I wanna play, too!!!!
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by TwistNHook on Apr 6, 2009 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I had no idea that the ducks played West Virginia…
by ArbyOSU on Apr 6, 2009 1:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Or that WV had helmets with the word BEARS on it!
In other words, Go Bears!
by royrules22 on Apr 6, 2009 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Don’t be so sensitive, I know it’s Cal.
by ArbyOSU on Apr 6, 2009 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
flagged for cheating at the staff-arm pictures game
no repeatsies!!!
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by Takimoto on Apr 6, 2009 6:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Who died and made you a Marshawnthusiast?
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by TwistNHook on Apr 6, 2009 7:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
wait, I thought I killed you!
shit…
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by Takimoto on Apr 6, 2009 7:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
My Favorite Image
I don’t have a photo because this happened live, but I’ll try to describe my favorite sports image.
In my early 20’s I volunteered to coach my little brother’s 5/6 grade basketball team. We had a good team with four great players, two solid players, and one not-so-great player (Michael). Michael was a little overweight, baby-fat mostly, and he didn’t have a good dribble, wasn’t too coordinated, didn’t have a great understanding of basketball, but was incredibly nice and soft-spoken.
We had made the playoffs (as everyone does) and it was midway through the 4th quarter (there are 5 quarters in this league), and Michael was in. The good players had just stolen the ball twice and made a few fastbreak layups. We were beginning to pull away and we definitely had momentum. The other teams star point guard passed it towards his center (who ended up being a 2-star football recruit at tackle), and Michael left his player, pokes the ball away, the other team’s point guard slips, he grabs the ball and dribbles it down and gets fouled on a lay-up attempt. He had not scored in four games, and only had a total of 10 points all season. He never dribbled the ball, and certainly not coast-to-coast. This was quite unexpected.
Afterwards, as the players on the floor congratulated him: he had a huge grin, from ear to ear. One of those, I’m trying not to smile, but can’t help it smiles. He knew he did something good, and he was thoroughly enjoying it. It may be hokey, but that is my favorite sports image. A 10 year-old kid with a shit-eating grin on his face because he did something he didn’t think he could.
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by chowder on Mar 31, 2009 10:09 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Watching that man on offense was like watching a train without tracks.
by Avinash on Mar 31, 2009 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
…….a huge, inert, metal object?!
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Mar 31, 2009 12:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Something like that
It’s like the Pain Train when he’s sleeping.
by Avinash on Mar 31, 2009 1:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Steve Kerr is looking pretty concerned about what’s going to happen there…
by firefly on Mar 31, 2009 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dennis Rodman has hand signed this 16×20 photograph of him grabbing a rebound during the 1998 NBA Eastern Conference Finals at the United Center on May 13, 1998 in Chicago, Illinois. The Bulls defeated the Hornets 93-84.
by zoonews on Mar 31, 2009 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
THAT WAS A REBOUND?
Oh the Worm, you madman. You won’t hear me say anything bad about his D.
by Avinash on Mar 31, 2009 4:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Dennis Rodman is not in the NBA Hall of Fame.
Charles Barkley, the TwistNHook of small forwards, is.
Why is that?
Stanfurd Delendum Est.
by Olsonist on Apr 7, 2009 9:33 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Communism?
the Maharg is above catch phrases
by Maharg on Apr 7, 2009 9:47 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So the five rings on two teams, the two defensive player of the year awards and the seven rebounding titles don’t matter?
Stanfurd Delendum Est.
by Olsonist on Apr 7, 2009 11:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
HELL NO! He wears women’s clothes! Candidacy dead!
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by TwistNHook on Apr 8, 2009 8:01 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes, but do you think he looks hot?
Stanfurd Delendum Est.
by Olsonist on Apr 8, 2009 9:01 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Because bears1981 might want to use this in a future argument.
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by Olsonist on Apr 8, 2009 9:02 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m not saying it doesn’t matter (by all conventions the Worm deserves his turn). I’m saying it’s the reason he’s not there.
by Avinash on Apr 8, 2009 9:08 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS
by norcalnick on Mar 31, 2009 10:35 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
the thing I love soooo much about that play
is that everyone in the stadium except the 11 players on offense, and the coach of T knew the blitz was coming…..all the people around me were “come on get him get him” even before the snap.
Go Bears Go
by Rocksanddirt on Mar 31, 2009 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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by norcalnick on Mar 31, 2009 10:37 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I love that one!
That was totally my desktop image for, like, 3 months.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
by ragnarok on Mar 31, 2009 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not a favorite but certainly iconic of sports photography…
by AndBears on Mar 31, 2009 10:38 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I love neat shots like this. The first few pages of Sports Illustrated, with just the full-page photos, are some of my favorites.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
by ragnarok on Mar 31, 2009 10:40 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
yes, you still have to scoop the cat box.
Heaps and Hinder...come on down!
by carp on Mar 31, 2009 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I love that one because it is the ultimate ’Nobody’s Perfect’
Toot Toot
by rollonubears on Apr 1, 2009 8:10 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS
by norcalnick on Mar 31, 2009 10:38 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Such an amazing moment.
What more can I say? One of the great moments in sports (and American) history.
I haven't seen that many tear-stained dollar bills since my dad hired a stripper for my uncle's funeral.
by BearStage on Mar 31, 2009 5:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wonder what the white guy is thinking while standing there?
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
by ragnarok on Mar 31, 2009 6:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Let's not go into that
In other words, Go Bears!
by royrules22 on Mar 31, 2009 7:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He was actually in support of them. I had actually looked this up before because I had the same question. Here is what Wikipedia says
What is less known is that Norman, a white Australian, donned a badge on the podium in support of their cause, the Olympic Project for Human Rights (OPHR). On the way out to the medal ceremony, Norman saw the badge being worn by Paul Hoffman, a white member of the US Rowing Team, and asked him if he could wear it.[citation needed] It was also Norman who suggested that Smith and Carlos share the black gloves used in their salute, after Carlos left his gloves in the Olympic Village.
Toot Toot
by rollonubears on Apr 1, 2009 8:13 AM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Very cool! Thanks!
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
by ragnarok on Apr 1, 2009 9:15 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
rec'd for new and interesting historical facts!
I haven't seen that many tear-stained dollar bills since my dad hired a stripper for my uncle's funeral.
by BearStage on Apr 1, 2009 10:43 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What is happening in this picture?
Toot Toot
by rollonubears on Apr 1, 2009 8:14 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Exactly what it looks like.
Still happy over the fact that the Nets signed Ryan Anderson. Now if only they can sign Leon Powe after this year...
by yellow fever on Apr 1, 2009 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Gaines was typing Jordan’s shoes?
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by HydroTech on Apr 1, 2009 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
where is maradona’s hand of god
They're after our precious bodily fluids
by chowder on Mar 31, 2009 4:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Do soccer players other than Maradona not know how to use their hands?
by Avinash on Mar 31, 2009 4:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wait you can use your hand in soccer?
Other than the goalie?!
In other words, Go Bears!
by royrules22 on Mar 31, 2009 6:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Doing that Italian “pinch your fingers together and shake” move?
HYDROTECH IS FREE!
by Thoroughbred on Mar 31, 2009 8:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Penalty kicks are such a horrible way to end great futbol matches
I’ll always have sympathy for poor Roberto Baggio
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by norcalnick on Mar 31, 2009 9:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
agreed, very anti-climatic
it doesn’t really lead to heros only goats
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by chowder on Mar 31, 2009 9:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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A hearty FUCK YOU for the first one there! And I mean that in the most insulting way possible.
yknow, my dad still freaks out if you bring that game up. Its 20+ years later and he hates Kirk Gibson.
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by TwistNHook on Apr 1, 2009 7:48 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Eck shouldn’t have thrown that back door slider.
by LeonPowe on Apr 1, 2009 7:56 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
or walked Mike freaking Davis.
Heaps and Hinder...come on down!
by carp on Apr 1, 2009 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
A's and Giants fans can agree on this one!
Evil Dodgers!
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by norcalnick on Apr 1, 2009 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I can’t believe you had to put up Gibson’s gimp shot.
Heaps and Hinder...come on down!
by carp on Apr 1, 2009 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
-1 for bringing up painful childhood memories
Do you have any idea what it was like for an A’s fan growing up in Los Angeles in 1988? Everyone in the whole freakin’ city was elated except for me. All anyone could talk about was Gibson, Gibson, Gibson. All that was in the papers was Gibson, Gibson, Gibson. I know it was bad for you guys up here, but living in the belly of the beast… indescribable.
So yeah, FAIL for the Gibson pic. EPIC FAIL.
I haven't seen that many tear-stained dollar bills since my dad hired a stripper for my uncle's funeral.
by BearStage on Apr 1, 2009 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
oh man, that’s a classic.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
by ragnarok on Apr 1, 2009 9:16 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Biggest badass in sports history?
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by norcalnick on Apr 1, 2009 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mike Tyson Quotes
“My main objective is to be professional but to kill him.”
Tyson on Tyrell Biggs’ complaining to him about low blows: “Low blows? Low blows? Huh! Motherf**ker you’re fittin’ to die!”
“He was screaming like my wife.”
“One morning I woke up and found my favorite pigeon, Julius, had died. I was devastated and was gonna use his crate as my stickball bat to honor him. I left the crate on my stoop and went in to get something and I returned to see the sanitation man put the crate into the crusher. I rushed him and caught him flush on the temple with a titanic right hand he was out cold, convulsing on the floor like a infantile retard.”
[To a female reporter] “It’s no doubt I am going to win this fight and I feel confident about winning this fight. I normally don’t do interviews with women unless I fornicate with them. So you shouldn’t talk anymore… Unless you want to, you know.”
Zeere-a veell be-a nu ixtra pueent!
by Spazzy Mcgee on Apr 1, 2009 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’M GONNA SMASH HIM INTA BOLIVIAN
HYDROTECH IS FREE!
by Thoroughbred on Apr 1, 2009 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Would have loved to have seen Tyson/Ali fight in their prime...
Tyson had such quick hands. Who does a two-uppercut combination with the same hand? But Ali had quick hands too, and he was much lighter on his feet than Tyson. Tyson was a beast who could tear people apart in less than a round. So strong, so powerful. But then, Ali did beat George Foreman in his prime, and I don’t think anyone hits harder than Foreman. Tyson was a wrecking ball in the ring, quick, strong, and dangerous, out-jabbing guys with clear height advantages and had the power to end the fight with one punch. But Ali’s prime lasted a lot longer, and he brought down some of the all-time greats. Plus, I think Ali was a lot smarter in the ring, and had more heart.
It’s a tough one… but I think Ali could outlast Tyson.
I haven't seen that many tear-stained dollar bills since my dad hired a stripper for my uncle's funeral.
by BearStage on Apr 1, 2009 11:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Don’t like really comparing cross generations. Tyson had more raw power, and could definitely keep up with Ali’s elusiveness. Of course Ali was a master of guile though.
However, I’m not sure if Tyson would’ve taken well to Ali’s verbal assault. He might’ve tried to rip his head off in the ring.
by Avinash on Apr 2, 2009 3:15 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Or bite his eat off!
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by TwistNHook on Apr 2, 2009 7:50 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This one’s amazing.
Zeere-a veell be-a nu ixtra pueent!
by Spazzy Mcgee on Apr 1, 2009 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
These are both Cal examples, but I feel they show the 2 extremes that sports usually result in.
Elation
and sadly
Shortcoming.
Toot Toot
by rollonubears on Apr 1, 2009 8:26 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
wow fail
Zeere-a veell be-a nu ixtra pueent!
by Spazzy Mcgee on Apr 1, 2009 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I ended up going a different direction...
I was trying to think of an iconic image that really captured a story for me, and immediately took me to the place and time, and where I was when I saw it, and how I felt. I was having trouble thinking of one i would call a ‘favorite’… but then I thought of one that was the complete opposite of that. For me, it is one of the true iconic images of my life – but in a completely negative way. It tells a story, and instantly takes me back to how sick and angry I felt when it happened.
We’re used to seeing the view from the front. We all know that one. This one, to me, is more painful because not only do you drink in the close-up view of Jeremy Giambi’s unconscionable mistake, but in the background, out of focus, you can see the image of that over-smug, over-exposed, overrated Derek f***ing Jeter.
Makes me sick just thinking about it. It wasn’t bad enough that 102 wins wasn’t enough to win the division – then we had to take a 2-0 lead in the ALDS and flush it away to the same team who beat us in five games the year before. Dammit!
And that, albeit in the worst way possible sense… is an iconic image.
I haven't seen that many tear-stained dollar bills since my dad hired a stripper for my uncle's funeral.
by BearStage on Apr 1, 2009 8:34 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I hate you and everything you stand for and am incredibly close to banning you.
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by TwistNHook on Apr 1, 2009 8:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Gibson one doesn’t really hurt me but that one does. That is the first time that sports actually, y’know caused me pain. Before I watched games and all that but I was really little. This one opened me up to how much being a sports fan can suck at times. Reaction to the play
First time: SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE
Second time: Oh come on! he was safe!!!!
Third time: He was safe…
Fourth time: Why is Derek Jeter so good?
I just rewatched that play and it hurt. That was second grade. It still hurts.
Toot Toot
by rollonubears on Apr 1, 2009 9:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
After all the Giants and A's arguing on this site
there needs to be a ‘which team has a more painful history’ argument.
I raise you blowing the 6 game of a World Series in the last 3 innings with a #$%ing rally monkey prancing around the whole damn time!
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by norcalnick on Apr 1, 2009 9:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I raise for you having an inept front office. Overall you have a more painful experience but we have more individual painful experiences.
Toot Toot
by rollonubears on Apr 1, 2009 10:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
By that I'm assuming you mean ownership?
cause if the Giants traded away Sabean for Billy Beane I’m pretty sure millions of A’s fans would burn down the colliseum
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by norcalnick on Apr 1, 2009 10:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was saying you guys have an inept front office. I said raise for you. It was pretty unclear, my bad. And yes I would be one of those who burnt down the coliseum if that happened.
Toot Toot
by rollonubears on Apr 1, 2009 10:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It seems so obvious now
Reading comprehension for the loss!
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by norcalnick on Apr 1, 2009 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
oooo, i like it when you play rough. Ban me. Ban me hard.
I haven't seen that many tear-stained dollar bills since my dad hired a stripper for my uncle's funeral.
by BearStage on Apr 1, 2009 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I haven’t seen this many tear-stained dollar bills since we banned BearStage.
PS That makes less than no sense.
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by TwistNHook on Apr 2, 2009 7:51 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
That’s okay – i didn’t understand the ‘hating everything i stand for’ in the first place, so it’s not too far off the mark.
I haven't seen that many tear-stained dollar bills since my dad hired a stripper for my uncle's funeral.
by BearStage on Apr 2, 2009 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
SLIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Heaps and Hinder...come on down!
by carp on Apr 8, 2009 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I almost forgot this one
Whose domicile? OUR DOMICILE!
by Berkelium97 on Apr 5, 2009 12:11 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
IF YOU KILL THE JOE, YOU MAKE SOME MO!
Toot Toot
by rollonubears on Apr 6, 2009 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
RECD HARD!
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by TwistNHook on Apr 8, 2009 11:26 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Are you trying to tell me that the All Valley Karate tournament ISN’T a great sports moment? What are you? Some kind of Somalian oil tanker pirate?
by ArbyOSU on Apr 10, 2009 8:58 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
more likely a racist Texas state representative.
It's spelled "T-A-K-I-M-O-T-S-C-H-M-O-E."
I support inroywetrust in his support of The VD Special in his support of me supporting Roger Kieschnick in his quest to becoming the best Kieschnick ever to play professional baseball.
by Takimoto on Apr 11, 2009 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I never said it wasn’t. That doesn’t mean you can’t be the Sports Guy.
by Avinash on Apr 11, 2009 6:27 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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