Reality Check - Sports

Sports youtube thread

Rory_the_Great — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:51:11 GMT

I am going to start it off with a hilarious video from the US open tennis last night.

Wtf :rofl:

Martin Frk joins Mooseheads!

Codith — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:36:03 GMT

HALIFAX MOOSEHEADS SECURE IIHF RELEASE FOR MARTIN FRK

Tuesday August 31, 2010
Halifax Mooseheads GM/Head Coach Cam Russell announced today that the Club has secured the IIHF release of Martin Frk from HC Energie Karlovy Vary of the Czech Ice Hockey Association.
Frk was chosen third overall by the Mooseheads during the CHL Import Draft on June 29, 2010. He will be eligible for the NHL draft in 2012.
Frk will join the Mooseheads immediately. He will take part in practice Wednesday morning at 10:00 at Cole Harbour Place with Mooseheads� players not traveling to Saint John with the Club for its pre-season game Wednesday evening.
Individual game tickets for the Mooseheads go on sale tomorrow morning at 9am at the Ticket Atlantic Box Office at 9am. Be the first in line to secure your seat for next Friday's home opener against Cape Breton!

http://www.halifaxmooseheads.ca/defa...id&search=2152

thank fuck, this kid is going to be a monster, potential top5 pick in 2012, mooseheads will be worth the money to see this year I think.

CFL Power Rankings: Week 9

NameLeSS — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:45:43 GMT

Stephen Strasburg - Tommy John Surgery?

Goodie — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:27:34 GMT

I'm reading his torn his ulnar collateral ligament and requires Tommy John surgery, and will miss all of next season. If true... huge blow to the Washington franchise next season.

Wish him a speedy recovery, he's an electrifying pitcher to watch

10/11 Reality Check Fantasy Hockey League

tribeachpunk — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 23:59:33 GMT

10/11 RC Fantasy Hockey League

I've signed us up for a Yahoo Fantasy League again. The format is identical to all past seasons of the RCFHL. I wasn't given the option for a keeper when I renewed. I know we wanted one but then I got to thinking it may be better to keep it the same since we're annually adding and dropping owners.. So if the status quo is okay....

Our LIVE DRAFT is scheduled for Mon Sep 20 9:15pm ADT.

This direct link should sign you up to the league. Let me know if you have any difficulties getting registered.

If you participated in the league last year and dropped out early or abandoned your team, please do not join the league again this year.

Our league is a very active league intended for very active managers.

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10/11 RCFHL Managers & Teams (Max. 14 teams)
01. tribeachpunk ------ T.B.P. War Ensemble
02. rb_chimp ---------- hALIFAX eXPLOSION!!1
03. surlykm ----------- Leafs
04. Scirocco#28 ------- Philly's Flyers
05. anarchy42 -------- The Fighting 42nd
06. Hiltzy --------------- EastCoast Crackheads
07. Getson ------------ DonCherrysDreamTeam
08. ingress ------------- ingress
09. Snide --------------- Top Shelf
10. CasualNinja ------- OffDaHizzleFoShizzle
11. Brian ---------------- Halifax Citadels
12.
13.
14.

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League ID#: 4328
League Name: 10/11 Reality Check FHL
Password: arrsee
Custom League URL: http://hockey.fantasysports.yahoo.com/league/rcfhl
Draft Type: Live Draft
Draft Time: Mon Sep 20 9:15pm ADT
Max Teams: 14
Scoring Type: Head-to-Head
Max Moves: No maximum
Max Trades: No maximum
Trade Reject Time: 2
Trade End Date: March 10, 2011
Waiver Time: 2 days
Can't Cut List Provider: None
Trade Review: League Votes
Post Draft Players: Follow Waiver Rules
Max Acquisitions per Week: No maximum
Min Games Played: 2
Weekly Deadline: Daily - Tomorrow
Start Scoring on: Week 1
Playoffs: Week 23, 24 and 25 (8 teams) Note: Week 25 runs 7 days from Apr 4 to Apr 10
Divisions: No
Playoff Seeding Options: Division winners awarded top playoff seeds
Roster Positions: C, C, LW, LW, RW, RW, F, D, D, D, D, Util, G, G, BN, BN, BN, BN, IR, IR
Forwards/Defensemen Stat Categories: Goals (G), Assists (A), Points (P), Plus/Minus (+/-), Penalty Minutes (PIM), Powerplay Points (PPP), Shorthanded Points (SHP), Game-Winning Goals (GWG), Shots on Goal (SOG), Faceoffs Won (FW)
Goaltenders Stat Categories: Games Started (GS), Wins (W), Losses (L), Goals Against (GA), Goals Against Average (GAA), Shots Against (SA), Saves (SV), Save Percentage (SV%), Shutouts (SHO)

Once we have teams, we'll be able to bet on the league champ in vBookie.. And probably vCash prizes again.

Senior Baseball Championships

Hiltzy — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:56:58 GMT

Anybody going to see Dartmouth/Windsor tonight at 8pm at Beazley?

Little league world series

Codith — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 19:01:53 GMT

Jesus the Canadian team sucks, not sure if anyone is watching this game against Chinese Taipei, but it is rather pathetic, how the hell did they even make it this far lol.

Top of 2nd, 10-0 Taipei, so many errors, the kids don't even look like they know how to field the ball lol.

Cro Cop

NameLeSS — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 23:38:48 GMT

Mirko �Cro Cop� Filipovic replaces �Big Nog� in UFC 119 headliner

Quote:

Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic (27-7-2 MMA, 4-3 UFC) replaces an injured Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (32-6-1 MMA, 3-2 UFC) and now meets Frank Mir (13-5 MMA, 11-5 UFC) in the headliner of next month's UFC 119 event, according to a report from "Fighters Only."

Although details of Nogueira's injury were not reported, a source close to the fighter told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) a recurring hip injury is to blame.

UFC 119 takes place Sept. 25 at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.

The main card airs on pay-per-view, and two preliminary-card bouts air on Spike TV.

Mir and Nogueira were slated to rematch at UFC 119. Mir, of course, won his first meeting with Nogueira with an impressive second-round knockout at UFC 92 in December 2008. Only after the fight did we learn that Nogueira was slowed by staph-infection recovery and a knee injury. Still, Nogueira praised his opponent's performance and said he was surprised by Mir's noticeably improved striking skills.

Mir is just 1-2 since that big win, which marked Nogueira's first stoppage loss, with knockout losses to Brock Lesnar and Shane Carwin and a submission win over Cheick Kongo. The Carwin loss, which came at UFC 111 in March with an interim title on the line, marks his most recent outing.

Filipovic, a former PRIDE star who's now in his second stint with the UFC, looks to improve upon his recent and impressive 5-1 run. The only loss during the stretch came to current top UFC contender Junior Dos Santos, and Filipovic immediately rebounded from that loss with recent stoppage wins over Anthony Perosh at UFC 110 and Pat Barry at UFC 115.

Filipovic had been medical suspended 180 days after the UFC 115 event due to head and face contusions, but he could've sought early clearance by a physician.

The latest UFC 119 card now includes:

MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view)
Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic vs. Frank Mir*
Ryan Bader vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
Chris Lytle vs. Matt Serra
Evan Dunham vs. Sean Sherk
Melvin Guillard vs. Jeremy Stephens
PRELIMINARY CARD (Spike TV)
C.B. Dollaway vs. Joe Doerksen
Joey Beltran vs. Matt Mitrione
PRELIMINARY CARD
Steve Lopez vs. Waylon Lowe
T.J. Grant vs. Julio Paulino
Mark Hunt vs. Sean McCorkle
Pat Audinwood vs. Aaron Riley*

UFC Rankings: Flip-flop at the top

NameLeSS — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 01:29:43 GMT

Anderson Silva’s memorable victory over Chael Sonnen at UFC 117 was the talk of the sporting world. In running his UFC record win streak to 12 with a fifth-round submission, Silva became the first defending champion in company history to win a title fight in the final frame after dropping each of the first four rounds.

But the finish wasn’t enough to keep Silva in the top spot in Yahoo! Sports poll. Four pollsters switched their first-place votes from Silva to Georges St. Pierre after the UFC middleweight champ absorbed a 22-minute beating from Sonnen, and that was enough to erase Silva’s thin lead and shift St. Pierre back into the top spot

The UFC welterweight champion was named first on 11 of 19 ballots (down from 20 participants in July) and claimed eight-second place votes for 182 points. Silva took the remaining eight firsts and a mix of second-, third- and fourth-place votes for a total of 171.

A few notes about this month’s results:

• Last month, Brock Lesnar moved WEC bantamweight champ Dominick Cruz out of the No. 10 spot by virtue of Lesnar’s win over Shane Carwin. This month, though, Cruz, who defends his title on Aug. 18 against Joe Benavidez, took back No. 10.

• Sonnen proved that you can win by losing. The Oregonian had never previously claimed a top-10 vote, but placed 15th with seven points after dominating Silva in four of the five rounds. Considering that his UFC 117 performance came after consecutive wins over Yushin Okami and Nate Marquardt, Sonnen has earned his spot as the world’s No. 2 middleweight (no disrespect to Vitor Belfort, who has not yet fought often enough at 185 to merit that tag).

• Where to rank Jon Fitch? He placed 12th this month with 26 points after defeating Thiago Alves on Aug. 7. Twenty-one of those points came from a third, a fourth and a fifth-place vote, but 13 pollsters didn’t name Fitch at all. On one hand, the only time Fitch ever fought a ranked fighter (St. Pierre), he suffered a 50-43 beatdown. On the other hand, he’s 21-1 in his past 22 fights. Barring unforeseen circumstances, with Fitch on the sideline waiting to see how St. Pierre’s December fight with Josh Koscheck pans out, he’s likely to remain on the outside looking in.

• Trivia note: This month marks the third anniversary of the Y! poll. The inaugural rankings: 1. Fedor Emelianenko; 2. Mauricio Rua; 3. Quinton Jackson; 4. Dan Henderson; 5. Anderson Silva; 6. St. Pierre; 7. Chuck Liddell; 8 (tie). Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira; 8 (tie) B.J. Penn; 10. Randy Couture. Emelianenko, St. Pierre and Silva are the only fighters to claim the top spot in that time; those three, plus Penn, are the only fighters who have remained in the top 10 without dropping out since 2007.

This month’s voting panel: Denny Burkholder, CBSSports.com; Elias Cepeda, Inside Fighting; Mike Chiappetta, MMAFighting.com and Fight! Magazine; Steve Cofield, Cagewriter and ESPN Radio 1100 in Las Vegas; Dave Doyle Yahoo! Sports; Ben Fowlkes, SportsIllustrated.com and MMAFighting.com; Josh Gross, SportsIllustrated.com; Ariel Helwani, Versus.com and MMAFighting.com; Kevin Iole, Yahoo! Sports; Damon Martin, MMAWeekly.com; Todd Martin, freelance; John Morgan, MMAjunkie.com; Franklin McNeil, ESPN.com; Brad McCray, freelance; Dave Meltzer, Yahoo! Sports; and The Wrestling Observer; Brett Okamoto, The Las Vegas Sun; Ken Pishna, MMAWeekly.com; Michael David Smith, MMAFighting.com; Dann Stupp, MMAjunkie.com; and The Dayton Daily News.

Scoring: 10 points for a first-place vote, nine points for second, etc., down to 1 point for a 10th-place vote. Fighters who are under suspension for usage of performance-enhancing substances or drugs of abuse are ineligible to be considered for the duration of their suspensions; fighters who have been inactive for more than 12 months are ineligible for consideration until after the completion of their next fight.

10. Dominick Cruz
Points: 46
Affiliation: UFC
Weight class: WEC (WEC bantamweight champion)
Hometown: San Diego
Record: 15-1 (has won past six)
Last month’s ranking: unranked
Most recent result: def. Brian Bowles, R2 TKO, March 6
Analysis:No one has been able to solve Cruz since he dropped to 135 pounds.

Shields
9. Jake Shields
Points: 46
Affiliation: Free agent
Weight class: Welterweight (never lost Strikeforce middleweight title)
Hometown: San Francisco
Record: 25-4-1 (has won past 14)
Last month’s ranking: 9
Most recent result: def. Dan Henderson, unanimous decision, April 17
Analysis:An intriguing UFC debut against Martin Kampmann should determine his spot in the UFC welterweight pecking order.

Machida
8. Lyoto Machida
Points: 50
Affiliation: UFC
Weight class: Light heavyweight
Hometown: Belem, Brazil
Record: 16-1 (lost previous fight)
Last month’s ranking: 7
Most recent result: lost to Mauricio Rua, R1 TKO, May 8
Analysis: A November matchup against Quinton “Rampage” Jackson will go a long way toward determining the light heavyweight title scene in 2011.

Penn
7. B.J. Penn
Points: 62
Affiliation: UFC
Weight class: Lightweight
Hometown: Hilo, Hawaii
Record: 15-6-1 (lost previous fight)
Last month’s ranking: 6
Most recent result: lost to Frank Edgar, unanimous decision, April 10
Analysis:Has his chance to prove razor-thin loss to Edgar was a fluke.

Edgar
6. Frank Edgar
Points: 65
Affiliation: UFC (UFC lightweight champion)
Weight class: Lightweight
Hometown: Toms River, N.J.
Record: 12-1 (has won past four)
Last month’s ranking: 5
Most recent result: def. B.J. Penn, unanimous decision, April 10
Analysis:Has his loss to prove razor-thin win over Penn wasn’t a fluke.

Emelianenko
5. Fedor Emelianenko
Points: 67
Affiliation: Strikeforce/M-1
Weight class: Heavyweight
Hometown: Stary Oskol, Russia
Record: 31-2, one no-contest (lost past 1)
Last month’s ranking: 8
Most recent result: lost to Fabricio Werdum, R1 submission, June 26
Analysis:Dropped to eighth last month after just one loss. Clearly some voters re-evaluated and felt the greatest heavyweight of all time fell too far.

Rua
4. Mauricio Rua
Points: 117
Affiliation: UFC
Weight class: Light heavyweight (UFC light heavyweight champion)
Hometown: Curitiba, Brazil
Record: 19-4 (won previous fight)
Last month’s ranking: 4
Most recent result: def. Lyoto Machida, R1 TKO, May 8
Analysis: Knee surgery is expected to keep the new champ out until at least March.

Aldo
3. Jose Aldo
Points: 145
Affiliation: WEC
Weight class: Featherweight (WEC featherweight champion)
Hometown: Rio de Janeiro
Record: 17-1 (has won past 10)
Last month’s ranking: 4
Most recent result: def. Urijah Faber, unanimous decision, April 24
Analysis:With Silva’s narrow escape, one could argue Aldo has the most definitive unbeatable aura of any weight-class champ.

Silva
2. Anderson Silva
Points: 192 (12 first-place votes)
Affiliation: UFC
Weight class: Middleweight (UFC middleweight champion)
Hometown: Curitiba, Brazil
Record: 27-4 (has won past 12)
Last month’s ranking: 1
Most recent result: def. Chael Sonnen, R5 submission, Aug. 7
Analysis: Was Silva’s struggle against Sonnen the product of a rib injury, or is he finally slowing down at 35? Time will tell.

St. Pierre
1. Georges St. Pierre
Points: 182 (11 first-place votes)
Affiliation: UFC
Weight class: Welterweight (UFC welterweight champion)
Hometown: Saint-Isidore, Quebec
Record: 20-2 (has won past seven)
Last month’s ranking: 2
Most recent result: def. Dan Hardy, unanimous decision, March 27
Analysis:On hold until “The Ultimate Fighter” runs its course.

More

• Votes for others: Brock Lesnar 28, Jon Fitch 26, Rashad Evans 12, Gilbert Melendez 8, Chael Sonnen 7, Jon Jones 4, Cain Velasquez 3; Joe Benavidez, Kenny Florian, Nick Diaz 2.

• Upcoming matches for Top 10 fighters: No. 10 Dominick Cruz vs. Joe Benavidez, Aug. 18, Las Vegas; No. 6 Frank Edgar vs. No. 7 B.J. Penn, Aug. 28, Boston.

Little Leaguers brawl at N.B. championship game

ingress — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 19:00:49 GMT

A brawl broke out at the Canadian Senior Little League Championships in Saint John, N.B., Thursday.
Teams from Quebec, Saint John, and Cape Breton, N.S., were involved in the brawl.
CBC News reporter Sara Trainor said that about two dozen children and adults were involved in the melee and that one woman was taken to hospital by ambulance.
Trainor said there was a lot of tension before the brawl at Memorial Stadium. Saint John was playing Edmonton and were being heckled by teams from Quebec and Cape Breton.
Saint John defeated the Quebec team Wednesday to secure a spot in the semifinals.
Saint John lost Thursday's game, shook hands with the Edmonton players, and headed straight for the stands, where the brawl started.
Police were called and were at the scene trying to determine what happened.
The winner of this tournament goes on to the Senior Little League World Series in Bangor, Maine.