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I love Run Ricky Run and Once Brothers. I cried during Once Brothers, such an emotional film. And Run Ricky Run is all over the place, but that's kinda appropriate given how Ricky's life has been since he went pro. It's funny, a friend of mine from Philly once said that the city never forgave Donovan McNabb for the fact that Philly didn't pick Ricky, picking Mcnabb instead. I always wondered if that was true or if it was just within that guy's social circle or what. Furthermore, it makes me wonder how Philly's ruthless fans would have responded to a guy who was perceived to be total headcase like Ricky was. That said, the film made me feel like I have a better understanding of Ricky as a person, and I basically feel like it's no longer fair to refer to Ricky as a headcase.
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Iverson never walked out on the team though. The worst he ever did was the whole "PRACTICE?!?!" debacle.
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Sep 6, 2012 23:01
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Maybe a film about Marge Schott?
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barkingclam posted:I think it'd be great if they did a 30 for 30 on the Punch up in Piestany. In a nutshell, it was a world junior hockey game between Canada and the USSR which got physical and descended into a giant brawl when the refs lost control of the situation, ending only when the arena staff turned out the lights. Both teams were kicked out of the tournament, costing Canada a medal. They could talk about how when Canada got home, Leafs owner Harold Ballard bought them gold medals because he felt the Russians started it. Which they did, and they got the poo poo kicked out of them. That brawl went a long way towards establishing our rep as a physical team you don't wanna gently caress with. Speaking of Fleury, his situation with having been molested by his coach (alonside dozens of others, including Sheldon Kennedy), would be interesting if a film hadn't already been made.
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Sep 9, 2012 18:45
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The Dude Bro posted:I think a great subject for a 30 for 30 documentary would be the Buffalo Bills four trips to the Super Bowl, and their four losses in the Super Bowl. The emotional impact of such a both amazing and horrifying streak would be an interesting thing to look at. Plus all of the major athletic accomplishments that happened during that period, such as The Comeback. To elaborate a bit, maybe a doc about people who choked at crucial moments and what it did to their lives/careers. Earnest Byner. Mitch Williams. Scott Norwood. Jean Van De Velde. Greg Norman. Leon Durham. Grady Little. The '99 Blazers.
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Sep 10, 2012 02:20
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I'm pretty sure the NFL rookie orientation includes a financial education thing but I could see some of the bigger names thinking they'll never need it. If you're a 19 year old kid who has 40 million guaranteed coming your way, I could very well understand why you'd feel that way, especially if you're successful. There's also the fact that you can't plan for family acting like you owe them...or your financial manager taking you for everything you're worth, like Mr.T's did.
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Oct 3, 2012 18:52
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Travis Henry is currently in jail, so he's got bigger problems than baby mamas. He got popped for cocaine trafficking, and plead down to 3 years in federal jail.
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Oct 9, 2012 13:08
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SteelAngel2000 posted:He should be out by now, no? You're right, he would have gotten out this past July.
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Oct 9, 2012 18:07
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gently caress I always wondered what happened to Ben Petrick...now I wish I hadn't found out, that's awful 
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Oct 10, 2012 23:56
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I welcome a sequel to "The U" simply because when the announcement came up on Facebook, a bunch of dumbasses proceeded to complain how it was glorifying "a bunch of trash talking punks".
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I'm very interested in the Russian one. This ain't exactly a hot take, but I feel like the NHL was a poorer place from not being able to have some of the best Russians of the 70's and 80's. I sometimes wonder how many scoring titles Valery Kharlamov could have won, or how many Vezinas Tretiak could have won.
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Didn't Jessie also play for the U? Seems to play for controversial schools a lot if so...
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If a person is not excited for this, they have not seen Vince try to half-assedly explain poor decisions
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algebra testes posted:I am still worried about WWE bullshit coming through but I am hopeful. Beyond the Mat avoided it (and got condemned by WWE for it).
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Akileese posted:ESPN announced their next episode on George Best which is airing on 7/20. This is going to be really good. Oh man, he is ripe for documentary filmmaking. Although I imagine there's at least one doc made by a UK resident about him, Best is considered the greatest UK footballer ever, isn't he?
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Akileese posted:He's up there but definitely one of the greatest dribblers to ever play. He pretty much quit high level competitive football at his peak (age 27) and then just turned into a globetrotter, playing in a bunch of random leagues like the NASL, Irish league, and Scottish league. He played for a couple more English teams throughout. The guy was way before my time so someone about ten years older than I might be able to shed more light on his career. All I've ever seen are clips. I just remember seeing this goal from his time in the NASL. My favorite thing about him is there's a story where he used a feint on a PK to completely fool a goalie, and then this quote came out of it, bless the goalie's heart for having a sense of humour about it: quote:It's been a joke on the circuit ever since. You know, I'm on one side of the street, George Best is on the other. He nods to me and I dive under a bus.
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sportsgenius86 posted:Best is the one who basically drank a small country's GDP worth of alcohol on a regular basis right? Yeah, it killed him in the end. He got a life saving operation to replace or repair a liver that the NHS paid for, then continued to drink afterwards and died at 59. I read up a bit on him and he was making PSA's towards the end urging people to not be like him.
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Volkerball posted:I thought Ronaldinho played for a lot of teams in his twilight years, but goddamn, Best has him beat by a mile. From 1982 to 1984, he went from the US to Hong Kong to England to Australia to England to Australia to Northern Ireland. He played for multiple teams in different leagues in some of those stops as well. Part of it was that he kept getting turfed for being an alcoholic or out of shape or both
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