Archive for the ‘Sports’ Category
Thursday, October 20th, 2011
One of the suggestions TMQ has been making for reducing concussions in football is expanded use of “anti-concussion” helmets, as well as better fitting mouth guards.
With that in mind, we wanted to point out this article in today’s LAT:
“I wish there was such a product on the market,” Jeffrey Kutcher, chairman of the American Academy of Neurology’s sports section, said at a Senate hearing Wednesday. “The simple truth is that no current helmet, mouth guard, headband or other piece of equipment can significantly prevent concussions from occurring.”
It is fair to point out that TMQ has never suggested this equipment will totally prevent concussions. However, the article indicates that the alleged benefits may have been overstated: the Riddell Revolution helmet, which TMQ has endorsed, only reduces concussions by 2.6%, not the 31% Riddell claims.
Edited to add: Also worth noting: this NYT article about the death of Ridge Barden, mentioned in this week’s TMQ.
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Tuesday, October 18th, 2011
NFL teams that still have a chance to go 0-16:
Miami
Indianapolis
St. Louis
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Monday, October 17th, 2011
I wasn’t planning to say anything about the Texas Rangers: last year was significant, this year, well, what can you say other than that they’ve gotten good?
However, I can’t help but take the opportunity to gloat a little here, since it appears that a Rangers/Cardinals World Series has John Gruber extremely upset. Poor guy.
Loser update tomorrow: Miami plays tonight.
“We’re the only ones professional enough to have 21 MP-5 submachine guns stolen from our training facility.”
Somewhat buried lead: the MP-5s were converted to fire blanks only.
The parts required to change the MP-5 back to live firing were for sale on a gun supply website. It was unclear, however, what documentation or background checks would be required to purchase them.
I am not an MP-5 armorer, but I would guess: probably none. I doubt any of those parts are serial numbered like AR lower receivers. And I’m curious where the LAT reporter got his information.
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Sunday, October 9th, 2011
NFL teams that still have a chance to go 0-16:
Miami (bye week)
Indianapolis
St. Louis (bye week)
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Saturday, October 8th, 2011
Al Davis.
I always respected the man, mostly for his ability to make Pete Rozelle and the rest of the No Fun League miserable. I don’t expect you’ll hear a lot of “No, that’s God; he just thinks he’s Al Davis” jokes, but if he did make it to Heaven, I hope he has a decent quarterback.
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Tuesday, October 4th, 2011
One of WCD’s favorite quotes is from the late Arthur Schlesinger Jr.:
The notion that authority is entitled to reverence per se is the most subvervise of all notions in a free society. “There is not worse heresy,” Lord Acton wrote, “than that the office sanctifies the holder of it.” Authority is entitled only to the respect it earns, and not a whit more.
After the jump, this week’s TMQ:
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Tuesday, October 4th, 2011
NFL teams that still have a chance to go 0-16:
Miami
Indianapolis
Minnesota
St. Louis
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Thursday, September 29th, 2011
…and the Astros finish the season at 56-106.
Their .346 winning percentage doesn’t quite qualify for the list of worst teams in history, but we’re sure the Astros tried their best to make the list. We salute their efforts this season, and hold out hope for 110 losses next year.
Edited to add: We would like to point out that the Texas Rangers, our gold standard for futility in baseball, had the following records in their early years:
1972: 54-100, .350 winning percentage.
1973: 57-105, .351 winning percentage.
1974: 84-76, .525 winning percentage.
Yes, even at their most rock bottom and pathetic, the Rangers have never lost as many games in a year as the Astros did this year.
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Tuesday, September 27th, 2011
Did TMQ spend the off season reading epic fantasy novels? (WCD wonders if Easterbrook is a big Game of Thrones
fan. But we digress.)
Seriously, “great heroes”? “Muscular men with square jaws”? “gleaming heroes”? Who is TMQ talking about? After the jump…
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Monday, September 26th, 2011
NFL teams that still have a chance to go 0-16:
Miami
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Minnesota
St. Louis
Approaching the end of the season, the Astros are currently at 55-104.
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Wednesday, September 21st, 2011
“Is Cam Newton already a football god?” Without even going past that headline, we’ll suggest that the answer is “No”: rather, Cam Newton is Gandalf the Grey, the NFL is Middle Earth, and the Lombardi Trophy is the One Ring.
Hey, it makes about as much sense as last week’s extended Narnia analogy.
After the jump, “yes” or “no” to TMQ’s question…
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