((HT: NBA))
A last-second jumper from Steph Curry at Dallas for the win...
But Jermaine O'Neal started the offensive set by blocking a Dallas shot:
"I had missed a couple in regulation and a couple in overtime that I felt were good, so I just knew to keep shooting it, and thankfully it went in," Curry said.
Curry finished with 23 and 10. Back court mate Klay Thompson led Golden State with 27 and O'Neal had 20 and 8 for his part in the win. Dallas dropped from seventh in the Western Conference to ninth, a half-game behind Memphis and Phoenix for the final two playoff spots. Golden State, now the 6-seed, moved two games ahead of the Grizzlies and Suns in the standings.
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Barca Gets 14-Month Transfer Ban
FIFA decided to flex its collective muscle on one of its model franchises yesterday when an investigation uncovered that FC Barcelona was mishandling their transactions involving athletes under the age of 18.
Their statement read in part:
“The FIFA Disciplinary Committee has sanctioned the Real Federacion Espanola de Futbol (RFEF) and Spanish club FC Barcelona for breaches relating to the international transfer and registration of players under the age of 18.
“The investigations concerned several minor players who were registered and participated in competitions with the club over various periods between 2009 and 2013.”
It looks like the summer and winter transfer windows will now remain without Barca's participation. The club plans to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)- which is notorious for voting in favor of people they like and voting against those they don't regardless of the evidence presented.
There are select conditions involved in youth transfers and FIFA claims that Barca violated the terms on ten players and also fined them the equivalent of a little over $500,000- which, for Barca as a franchise, is around seven dollars of their budget...
Barca will have some transfer decisions this off-season including both goalies and Carles Puyol, so it will be interesting to see if the deals they have in place for replacements will be able to stick...
Here's Valdes' injury that will keep him out for seven months and keep Barca fans gnashing their collective teeth...
((HT: UEFA))
Their statement read in part:
“The FIFA Disciplinary Committee has sanctioned the Real Federacion Espanola de Futbol (RFEF) and Spanish club FC Barcelona for breaches relating to the international transfer and registration of players under the age of 18.
“The investigations concerned several minor players who were registered and participated in competitions with the club over various periods between 2009 and 2013.”
It looks like the summer and winter transfer windows will now remain without Barca's participation. The club plans to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)- which is notorious for voting in favor of people they like and voting against those they don't regardless of the evidence presented.
There are select conditions involved in youth transfers and FIFA claims that Barca violated the terms on ten players and also fined them the equivalent of a little over $500,000- which, for Barca as a franchise, is around seven dollars of their budget...
Barca will have some transfer decisions this off-season including both goalies and Carles Puyol, so it will be interesting to see if the deals they have in place for replacements will be able to stick...
Here's Valdes' injury that will keep him out for seven months and keep Barca fans gnashing their collective teeth...
((HT: UEFA))
Is This Even A Legal Shootout Goal...???
((HT: Hockey Vines))
No matter how awesome looking it is...
Andreas Athanasiou, who currently plays for the Barrie Colts in the OHL, did this...
But since the puck left the ice surface, does this sickness count...???
Just asking...
No matter how awesome looking it is...
Andreas Athanasiou, who currently plays for the Barrie Colts in the OHL, did this...
But since the puck left the ice surface, does this sickness count...???
Just asking...
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Can Ian Darke Call Everything from Now On...???
((HT: ESPN))
The promotion is running for the world soccer competition in Rio this summer...
Providing there will actually be stadia to play in...
The four-letter network is ramping it up with their main play-by-play guy...
As they should...
Who is writing this stuff, indeed...
The promotion is running for the world soccer competition in Rio this summer...
Providing there will actually be stadia to play in...
The four-letter network is ramping it up with their main play-by-play guy...
As they should...
Who is writing this stuff, indeed...
Fall Out From Federal Hockey League Fight/Beer Chug
((HT: Puck Daddy))
The HQ showed you this non-fight/beer chug among friends from the FHL last week...
But, for those of you who have forgotten...
((HT: Tyler Puntureri))
Well, Puck Daddy has the reaction from the parties involved and the league fallout...
FHL Commish Don Kirnan responded: “Obviously the biggest problem was bringing alcohol on the ice,” he said. “If they would have just hugged each other at the end of the season … bringing the beer on the ice is what we’re upset about.”
Both Danbury's Matt Puntureri and Dayton's Jesse Felton were suspended for the rest of the season.
Sean FitzGerald of the National Post talked to Puntureri about it.
Puntureri said he smuggled the beer into the arena under his jacket. He said he was late to the bench before the third period, and skated out with one glove off his hand. He snuck a can of beer to the bench in that empty glove.
From there, he said he hid the beer near the equipment manager, out of sight. He said that a handful of players knew what was coming, but not the coaching staff. And when it was time, he said he snuck the beer into his hockey pants and skated out for his shift.
“Luckily, it didn’t fall, because that would have ruined the whole thing,” he said. “I could feel it sort of sliding down my leg. That was kind of why we had put an end to the joke.”
Sarak Kwak over at SI.com caught up with Puntureri and he thinks that he will be suspended for life from the FHL. But Puntureri's approach to the game follows his last quote in the article:
“I guess that’s my message to the world through all my antics,” he says. “It’s a message about being happy, having fun and not taking everything quite so seriously — just enjoying life.”
Looking at the incident, the HQ wouldn't have had an issue with the psych out and hug-it-out with a friend on the ice. But our larger issue is the introduction of the beer on the ice...
Literally, turning the Fed into a beer league...
The HQ showed you this non-fight/beer chug among friends from the FHL last week...
But, for those of you who have forgotten...
((HT: Tyler Puntureri))
Well, Puck Daddy has the reaction from the parties involved and the league fallout...
FHL Commish Don Kirnan responded: “Obviously the biggest problem was bringing alcohol on the ice,” he said. “If they would have just hugged each other at the end of the season … bringing the beer on the ice is what we’re upset about.”
Both Danbury's Matt Puntureri and Dayton's Jesse Felton were suspended for the rest of the season.
Sean FitzGerald of the National Post talked to Puntureri about it.
Puntureri said he smuggled the beer into the arena under his jacket. He said he was late to the bench before the third period, and skated out with one glove off his hand. He snuck a can of beer to the bench in that empty glove.
From there, he said he hid the beer near the equipment manager, out of sight. He said that a handful of players knew what was coming, but not the coaching staff. And when it was time, he said he snuck the beer into his hockey pants and skated out for his shift.
“Luckily, it didn’t fall, because that would have ruined the whole thing,” he said. “I could feel it sort of sliding down my leg. That was kind of why we had put an end to the joke.”
Sarak Kwak over at SI.com caught up with Puntureri and he thinks that he will be suspended for life from the FHL. But Puntureri's approach to the game follows his last quote in the article:
“I guess that’s my message to the world through all my antics,” he says. “It’s a message about being happy, having fun and not taking everything quite so seriously — just enjoying life.”
Looking at the incident, the HQ wouldn't have had an issue with the psych out and hug-it-out with a friend on the ice. But our larger issue is the introduction of the beer on the ice...
Literally, turning the Fed into a beer league...
For Canucks, It Takes A Village...
((HT: Sportsnet))
And by his own admission, John Tortorella is the village idiot...
The team is hemorrhaging offensively, but the penalty kill is still a top-10. Admittedly, the Canucks have lost an inordinate amount of games to injury- especially to players whose last name rhymes with "Tedin."
But the "trade" of Vigneault for Torts seems like a wash in New York City, but a mess out west...
And by his own admission, John Tortorella is the village idiot...
The team is hemorrhaging offensively, but the penalty kill is still a top-10. Admittedly, the Canucks have lost an inordinate amount of games to injury- especially to players whose last name rhymes with "Tedin."
But the "trade" of Vigneault for Torts seems like a wash in New York City, but a mess out west...
Interesting Night For Angels: Game-Winner Plus A Nasty Injury
((HT: ESPN/MLB/AP))
Any LA Angels fan can tell you that the signing of Mike Trout to the contract the team did was a steal...
Opening night was a celebration as Trout got the game-winning hit (not a "walk-off" since there was no walking involved), and Vlad Guerrero signed a one-game contract to retire as an Angel...
But the ceremony was the most shocking part of the evening where it was supposed to be a celebration- and it went wrong.
Baylor broke his leg- which, understandably, is brittle because of his fight with bone marrow cancer. Baylor has been a big, public presence in and around those fighting the battle along with him...
And we only hope that one of the best hitters in the game will be back at it soon...
Any LA Angels fan can tell you that the signing of Mike Trout to the contract the team did was a steal...
Opening night was a celebration as Trout got the game-winning hit (not a "walk-off" since there was no walking involved), and Vlad Guerrero signed a one-game contract to retire as an Angel...
But the ceremony was the most shocking part of the evening where it was supposed to be a celebration- and it went wrong.
Baylor broke his leg- which, understandably, is brittle because of his fight with bone marrow cancer. Baylor has been a big, public presence in and around those fighting the battle along with him...
And we only hope that one of the best hitters in the game will be back at it soon...
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