Myles Garrett, Suspended for Hitting a Player In the Head With a Helmet Wielded Like a Club, Now Says, "Oh Wait, I Just Remembered, He Used a Racial Slur, That's Why I Did It"

The slur was so seared into his memory he forgot to mention it until after the NFL suspended him indefinitely.

Now he trots out his Racial Privilege -- yes, he has privilege due to his race, not a disadvantage -- and asserts that he can't be punished.

Browns defensive end Myles Garrett [aka Cleveland Juicy Smolliere] told NFL officials that Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph used a racial slur leading up to their fight, ESPN reported on Thursday.
An on-field fight broke out during the last 8 seconds of the Browns and Steelers game on Nov. 14. It escalated when Garrett ripped off Rudolph's helmet and hit him in the head with it. The NFL banned Garrett for the final six regular-season games and playoffs
ESPN reported Garrett made the accusation during his appeal hearing on Wednesday. Appeals officer James Thrash "remained stoic and took copious notes" while listening to Garrett, according to ESPN.

Mason Rudolf denies it and the Steelers are backing him up.

The NFL has searched for evidence of Garrett's very convenient 11th-hour race hustle, and has found "no evidence" of it.

Rudoph's lawyer issued this statement:

"According to ESPN, in his appeal, Myles Garrett falsely asserted that Mason Rudolph uttered a racial slur toward him, prior to swinging a helmet at Mason's uncovered head, in a desperate attempt to mitigate his suspension. This is a lie. This false allegation was never asserted by Garrett in the aftermath of the game, never suggested prior to the hearing, and conspicuously absent in the apology published by the Browns and adopted by Garrett.
"The malicious use of this wild and unfounded allegation is an assault on Mason's integrity which is far worse than the physical assault witnessed on Thursday. This is reckless and shameful. We will have no further comment."

Garrett's suspension was upheld on appeal.

Seems awfully funny that Garrett only remembered this detail at his appeals hearing after having been socked with a huge suspension.

To be honest, I really didn't think he deserved such a long suspension. Yes, striking a man with a helmet is dangerous. But this is a contact sport, and sometimes people get chippie, and sometimes it escalates, and it's hard to extract yourself from an escalating situation.

Especially if you subscribe to a macho ethic of not backing down and so forth.

So yeah, I think he should have been punished, but I also think the punishment should have taken into account of the fact that, you know what? It's hard to de-escalate when you're fighting.

But now that he's taking out his Racial Privilege card and making the typical "Devil White Man Is To Blame So I'm Innocent" racial play?

This lie is a premeditated assault.

I hope they suspend him for life.

And pro-tip: When you can Plead Your Race and expect more lenient punishment, your race is not some barrier to your success, but an unfair racial privilege.

Oh: Reviewing the actual hit (video here), I think I have to retract the bit about not thinking such a long suspension was justified.

Garrett started this entire episode -- this wasn't mutual chippiness, as I'd guessed -- by not only tackling a quarterback who had already passed the ball, but slamming him hard into the ground, driving him into the ground.

That right there is a big suspension.

Taking it to the next step and attacking the guy with his own helmet?

Well. That's special, and deserves a special punishment.

Posted by: Ace of Spades at 06:12 PM

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1 That's some weak shit.

Posted by: squirrelly dan at November 21, 2019 06:13 PM (ngSZO)

2 first?

Posted by: clutch cargo at November 21, 2019 06:13 PM (Z1ykJ)

3 Bah!

Posted by: clutch cargo at November 21, 2019 06:13 PM (Z1ykJ)

4 They gave Kap a 2nd chance, so dunno

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at November 21, 2019 06:13 PM (vEIlU)

5 Ok, I'll go get 'em

Posted by: clutch cargo at November 21, 2019 06:13 PM (Z1ykJ)

6 Hola!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 21, 2019 06:14 PM (Dc2NZ)

7

I'll bet my left nut the Cleveland Browns say he's full of shit, too.

Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at November 21, 2019 06:14 PM (S30K2)

8 Wiilowed:

You just gave me a fun idea. Finally getting around to finishing my Christmas display after deer hunting the last few weekends. Hmmm. Wife would probably kill me, but Hmmm.
Posted by: Minnfidel

I'm on the landing pattern to DFW.

EDKH in Christmas lights on my roof facing the south bound landing planes.

Hmmmmmm.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 21, 2019 06:14 PM (Oqufv)

9 Happy Gilmore applauds Myles Garrett.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 21, 2019 06:14 PM (r+sAi)

10 The slur that nobody else heard....seems quite common.

Posted by: BignJames at November 21, 2019 06:14 PM (X/Pw5)

11 Nooded Corgination

Posted by: clutch cargo at November 21, 2019 06:14 PM (Z1ykJ)

12 If he'd used the helmet on a couple of refs he'd be a hero today.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 21, 2019 06:15 PM (LCzNi)

13 It's the Tyson biting the ear of Holyfield moment for the NFL.

Posted by: squirrelly dan at November 21, 2019 06:15 PM (ngSZO)

14

He doesn't belong on the field.

OR in the game.

Posted by: irongrampa at November 21, 2019 06:15 PM (KATBx)

15 It's NFL football.

There are lots and lots of slurs, every single play.

The player that doesn't let those slurs affect their play are usually the ones that get a second, big contract.

Just like most other things in life.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at November 21, 2019 06:15 PM (sy5kK)

16 That's some weak shit.
Posted by: squirrelly dan

Especially since there was a scrum and at least one BLACK player between him and the quarterback.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 21, 2019 06:15 PM (Oqufv)

17 going ot because I have to run

REPORT: Eastwood's 'Richard Jewell' Mercilessly Trashes The Fake News Media

...Writing at IndieWire, Ryan Lattanzio said both the media and the FBI are portrayed as the "bad guys not to be trusted" while commending the film for attempting to give Richard Jewell justice....

will watch

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at November 21, 2019 06:15 PM (vEIlU)

18 Brother Garrett is quite right. If you play back the footage very slowly, you can clearly see Rudolf taunting him with a noose and a bottle of hot sauce.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 21, 2019 06:15 PM (iys0/)

19 If the idiot had ripped off his helmet and thrown it away, he would be playing the week after next.

There were only 15 FREAKING Seconds left in the game, and they were ahead by 14 Freaking Points!!!

Idiot! Fool!

Posted by: rd at November 21, 2019 06:16 PM (+0uDE)

20 Meh - only way I'd watch the NFL again is if they had this kind of stuff every play. Turn it into Warhammer meets Blood Bowl. Random blunt objects everywhere.

Legal hit yet not-needed soft takedown led to Rudolph going for Garrett's helping, which led to Garrett pulling Rudolph's off, which led to Rudolph going back for some more for some reason, which led to an unsatisfying hit on the quarterback's head.

It was like a wilted salad. Really needed more crunch.

Posted by: Lurking Libertarian at November 21, 2019 06:16 PM (zRbHz)

21 And then he said this is MAGA country.

Posted by: Myles Smollett at November 21, 2019 06:16 PM (ufJfM)

22 Rudolf did have a shiny red nose though.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 21, 2019 06:16 PM (r+sAi)

23 Maybe he just forgot about it for a week or so.....It happens.

Posted by: JOE BIDEN at November 21, 2019 06:17 PM (QvoAk)

24 And pro-tip: When you can Plead Your Race and expect more lenient punishment, your race is not some barrier to your success, but an unfair racial privilege.

Posted by: Ace of Spades at 06:12 PM

Kinda like QB Justin Fields transferring to Ohio State from UGA without having to sit a year?

Posted by: squirrelly dan at November 21, 2019 06:17 PM (ngSZO)

25 Rudolph should have also been suspended.

Posted by: Blacksheep at November 21, 2019 06:17 PM (SyRAt)

26 Mason Rudolph got crowned one more time than Prince Andrew ever will.

Posted by: Muldoon at November 21, 2019 06:17 PM (m45I2)

27
I'll also bet my left nut Myles Garrett was raised solely by his mother.

Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at November 21, 2019 06:17 PM (S30K2)

28 I don't know either of these people but I believe Mason Rudolph, and with some many people on teams being African American I think the white players are less likely to be racist, and as I understand it there is a lot of competition/bad feelings between the two teams so it was probably not about race at all.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 21, 2019 06:17 PM (WI7YS)

29 Garret is an idiot so no sympathy there.

Posted by: Blacksheep at November 21, 2019 06:17 PM (SyRAt)

30 Someone should photoshop the scene on the field with some Subway laying there on the field, the QB with a MAGA hat holding a noose.

Posted by: Minnfidel at November 21, 2019 06:18 PM (U7cQ/)

31 I believe the poor black chile.

Posted by: Juicy Smollett at November 21, 2019 06:18 PM (sWM8x)

32 Rudolph should have also been suspended.
Posted by: Blacksheep at November 21, 2019 06:17 PM (SyRAt)

Concur

Posted by: Diogenes at November 21, 2019 06:18 PM (LCzNi)

33 NFL, you are dead to me....

Posted by: Pinochet Air Lines Flt. Attendant at November 21, 2019 06:18 PM (q9+CU)

34 I hadn't got involved with this one because it looked like Rudolph was being a dick who needlessly escalated the situation. Also, F@ the NFL.

But with Garrett's new hustle - F@ that guy in particular. I want him gone. Finished. Out of the league.

Posted by: boulder t'hobo at November 21, 2019 06:18 PM (+P5gm)

35 OT, but I searched the below thread and didn't see any mention of it:

Hey, if Donald Trump sends that American diplomat's wife back to England to face the music for vehicular manslaughter, can we expect Prince Andrew to come back to America in handcuffs?

I think we might have a quid pro quo that America can get behind!

Posted by: Oschisms at November 21, 2019 06:19 PM (/U3h1)

36 The only Race card here is the Race for the first draft pick.

Posted by: Roman Maroni at November 21, 2019 06:19 PM (vCA4F)

37 25 Rudolph should have also been suspended.
Posted by: Blacksheep at November 21, 2019 06:17 PM (SyRAt)

We was for a game.

Posted by: squirrelly dan at November 21, 2019 06:19 PM (ngSZO)

38 Contemptible.

Utterly contemptible. This is society needs to make this racial privilege shit disappear or we are headed for a century of permanent societal warfare.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at November 21, 2019 06:19 PM (1Vobx)

39 Was there bleach involved?

Posted by: Ktgreat at November 21, 2019 06:19 PM (zoJ0T)

40 I'm on the landing pattern to DFW.

EDKH in Christmas lights on my roof facing the south bound landing planes.

Hmmmmmm.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 21, 2019 06:14 PM

Do it! LOL! DFW approach this is Delta 487, we're seeing a large lit up display..

Posted by: Minnfidel at November 21, 2019 06:19 PM (U7cQ/)

41 Does anyone else smell steak?

Posted by: Myles Garrett's Hippocampus at November 21, 2019 06:20 PM (sN9mD)

42 Rudolph should have also been suspended.

Posted by: Blacksheep at November 21, 2019 06:17 PM (SyRAt)

Concur
Posted by: Diogenes at November 21, 2019 06:18 PM (LCzNi)

Yeah - but it's a quarterback. The Unicorns of football now. I'm for just going all the way, give 'em different colored uniforms, entirely different rules. Like soccer goalies.

And, if not a skirt, at least a tu-tu.

Posted by: Lurking Libertarian at November 21, 2019 06:20 PM (zRbHz)

43 Maybe Garrett and Kapernick can start their own league.

Posted by: Ernst Schreiber at November 21, 2019 06:20 PM (xmKbk)

44 Gotta disagree. He should definitely be suspended and not just for a few games.

Fighting is part of professional hockey but they also know to drop their gloves before fighting let alone the sticks. Guys have been charged for fighting with sticks in the NHL. He could have seriously injured or killed Rudolph.

The good news is this bullshit about screaming RACISM about every damn thing is being pushed back on.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 21, 2019 06:20 PM (ZLI7S)

45 The first thing I thought when I saw Garrett rip off Rudolph's helmet was Rudolph said something about Garrett's mom/wife, said get off me you gay mf'r or something like that. I kept waiting to hear what it was but 2 weeks later is not believable.

Posted by: kahall at November 21, 2019 06:20 PM (fq7/e)

46 Rudolph should have also been suspended.
Posted by: Blacksheep at November 21, 2019 06:17 PM (SyRAt)

We was for a game.
Posted by: squirrelly dan at November

Didn't know that.
Good.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 21, 2019 06:20 PM (LCzNi)

47 anyway good on the Steelers for backing up their QB in the face of all this ugly.

Posted by: boulder t'hobo at November 21, 2019 06:21 PM (+P5gm)

48 >>>The malicious use of this wild and unfounded allegation is an assault on Mason's integrity which is far worse than the physical assault witnessed on Thursday

I don't know about that. you can call me a racist and I won't like it but if you try to crack a helmet over over my dome I'll shoot you.

Posted by: x at November 21, 2019 06:21 PM (nFwvY)

49 Maybe he didn't say a racial epithet but maybe he was subliminally singing a rendition of "swing low sweet chariot?" and Garret read his mind brain?

Posted by: Huxley's Eyeglass Emporium at November 21, 2019 06:21 PM (gnCeF)

50 Fuck this guy. You hit a man like that in the street, it's Ag Assault. Why should he get a pass? It's a football game, not Thunderdome.

Posted by: UGAdawg at November 21, 2019 06:21 PM (tRd71)

51 He'll claim he had PTSD from hitting the guy in the head with the helmet.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 21, 2019 06:21 PM (ptqGC)

52

Did Jussie Smollett suggest he use this excuse?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 21, 2019 06:21 PM (aKsyK)

53 Watched that game. The Browns were playing dirty all game and took out several players. Game got out of hand way before this happened.

Posted by: squirrelly dan at November 21, 2019 06:21 PM (ngSZO)

54 I don't get the guy really. Just apologize, give a mea-culpa, you'll be playing next pre-season. For millions of $.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 21, 2019 06:22 PM (r+sAi)

55 It's a football game, not Thunderdome.
Posted by: UGAdawg at November 21, 2019 06:21 PM (tRd71)

If they turn it into Thunderdome, I'll definitely start watching again.

Posted by: Lurking Libertarian at November 21, 2019 06:22 PM (zRbHz)

56 He should have gone with his original defense, which was that Rudolph was kneeing him repeatedly in the groin and also tried to pull Garrett's helmet off first.

The Race Card is no longer a trump card. Especially when played too late.

Posted by: Sharkman at November 21, 2019 06:22 PM (xgyDD)

57 Next, Garrett will claim Rudolph hung a noose hung around his neck.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 21, 2019 06:22 PM (ptqGC)

58 Jussie Smollett called up and said "You GO, Grrrl!!!!"

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 21, 2019 06:22 PM (Kpl3J)

59 Were any Nigerian players involved?

Posted by: dantesed at November 21, 2019 06:22 PM (88xKn)

60 Talk about Joey Bidet level drain bamage...

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 21, 2019 06:23 PM (fkOoL)

61 so calling someone a Brown is racist now?

Posted by: not so at November 21, 2019 06:23 PM (HALdu)

62 If he'd used the helmet on a couple of refs he'd be a hero today.

If he'd used it on some ESPN or Deadspin reporters sniffing around the locker room, I'm not saying I'd buy him a beer, but I'd buy him a beer.

Waste of a helmet.

Posted by: boulder t'hobo at November 21, 2019 06:23 PM (+P5gm)

63 Mr. Rudolph, please contact us about your civil suit.

Posted by: Dewie, Cheatham, and Howe at November 21, 2019 06:23 PM (sWM8x)

64 meh.

take away the pads and helmets and give them brass knuckles.

I want blood. and tears.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 21, 2019 06:23 PM (d7Ww2)

65 OT: Anybody see "Midway"? Was that sub commander supposed to be "Mush" Morton?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 21, 2019 06:23 PM (Dc2NZ)

66 Vid blocked by NFL.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at November 21, 2019 06:23 PM (1CjJc)

67 @48
I don't know, but being marked as a racist in a profession that has something like a 80pct black constituent may be a little more problematic than getting hit in the noggin, in the long run.

Posted by: Huxley's Eyeglass Emporium at November 21, 2019 06:23 PM (gnCeF)

68 Everything is racist now.

Thanks, Obama, Great Racial Healer.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at November 21, 2019 06:23 PM (ptqGC)

69 He could have seriously injured or killed Rudolph.

Agreed. No player consents to this level of violence when he steps onto a sports field. And taunting doesn't justify it either any more than it would off the field. In any other venue, Garrett likely would do serious time on felony charges (like assault with a deadly weapon). He should never be allowed to play again.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 21, 2019 06:23 PM (iys0/)

70 Deportation. Just....deportation. Let him play ball on other shores.

Posted by: Curmudgeon at November 21, 2019 06:23 PM (ujg0T)

71 Rudolph should have also been suspended.

*******

As long as he's back by Christmas Eve.

Posted by: S. Claus at November 21, 2019 06:24 PM (m45I2)

72 Yay sportsball, and its lessons on character!

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at November 21, 2019 06:24 PM (oVJmc)

73 meh.

take away the pads and helmets and give them brass knuckles.

I want blood. and tears.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Hell, I want that with Congress.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 21, 2019 06:24 PM (Oqufv)

74 Speaking of dumpster fires, I watched Raiders Hard Knocks. I can not believe they are 5-5. I thought they would win 0-2 games all year.

Posted by: squirrelly dan at November 21, 2019 06:24 PM (ngSZO)

75 Ah, the 'His racist whore mouth made me do it!' defense.

Whores contacted for comment but had not responded as of this typing.

Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at November 21, 2019 06:24 PM (EnQC8)

76 I want blood. and tears.
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 21, 2019 06:23 PM (d7Ww2)

But no sweat ... too stinky!

Posted by: What Goes Up, Must Come Down ... at November 21, 2019 06:25 PM (LPnfS)

77 We were supporting him... with our SILENCE

Posted by: Dave Chappelle at November 21, 2019 06:25 PM (dGN2T)

78 take away the pads and helmets and give them brass knuckles.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 21, 2019 06:23 PM (d7Ww2)

Imagine if every lineman on both sides of the ball had a pugil stick.

Now, tell me you would not be entertained.

Posted by: Lurking Libertarian at November 21, 2019 06:25 PM (zRbHz)

79 Eris only US sub that saw combat was Nautilus but name of Skipper escapes me at the moment.

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 21, 2019 06:25 PM (fkOoL)

80 My people have no need for such foolishness.

Posted by: freaked - Preferred pronoun is at November 21, 2019 06:25 PM (Tnijr)

81 Hell, I want that with Congress.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 21, 2019 06:24 PM (Oqufv)

Anyone ever watch the Taiwanese legislature in action? It's an idea that could be used here. Imagine Adam Schitt getting his comeuppance.

Posted by: Curmudgeon at November 21, 2019 06:25 PM (ujg0T)

82
Ok, now I am glad Epstein didn't kill himself:
https://tinyurl.com/t28yfr4

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 21, 2019 06:25 PM (r+sAi)

83 It's a good thing that baseball batting helmets are harder to weaponize. Otherwise bench-clearing brawls could get really ugly.

Posted by: Basement Cat at November 21, 2019 06:25 PM (pPNCa)

84 Jussie Garrett.

Posted by: eleven at November 21, 2019 06:25 PM (M0u+N)

85 I'd love to mock the Browns for being a stinky team that stinks, but I'm a Texans fan so

Posted by: boulder t'hobo at November 21, 2019 06:26 PM (+P5gm)

86 I remember when Todd Bertuzzi took out a guy by nailing him in the back of the head with his stick. Dirty fucker.

Posted by: Minnfidel at November 21, 2019 06:26 PM (U7cQ/)

87 In Rudolph's defense, it was in MAGA country.

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at November 21, 2019 06:26 PM (1CjJc)

88 73 meh.

take away the pads and helmets and give them brass knuckles.

I want blood. and tears.
Posted by: nurse ratched

---

How you do'ing?

*apologies to Insomniac*

Posted by: Tonypete at November 21, 2019 06:26 PM (Y4EXg)

89 Fruit loops are all the same flavor?

Posted by: Yo! at November 21, 2019 06:26 PM (1XAal)

90 meh.

take away the pads and helmets and give them brass knuckles.

I want blood. and tears.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Ahhh. Nurse out drumming up business.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 21, 2019 06:26 PM (LCzNi)

91 it's the nfl. it's cleveland and pittsburgh. i just can't give a fuck. the nfl will cave soon enough.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at November 21, 2019 06:27 PM (KP5rU)

92 #believeallliars

Posted by: torabora at November 21, 2019 06:27 PM (Y274z)

93 Oh, and I've no more no fucks to give.

https://youtu.be/Vqbk9cDX0l0

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at November 21, 2019 06:27 PM (1CjJc)

94 I predicted this, it was his only out. Some in the press hinted at it but did not come out and say that that might have happened. And I am not saying it didn't happen, but I predicted he would say that is what caused him to freak out.

Posted by: Quint at November 21, 2019 06:27 PM (n13/j)

95 Rudolph was not suspended.

Posted by: Blacksheep at November 21, 2019 06:27 PM (UiQ7s)

96 >>Yay sportsball, and its lessons on character!

Sportsball isn't the problem. The problem is the people who run it these days.

It used to be a fantastic venue for lessons on character, was for generations of kids. Lately it's fallen victim to the same forces that have corrupted pretty much all of our culture.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 21, 2019 06:27 PM (ZLI7S)

97 The reason he deserves a lifetime suspension for that hit alone is that with all the sanctioned violence, the entire sport depends on players who have the ability to go right up the edge of what's allowed, but who won't go over that line. (Most penalties are simply unintentional mistakes) The ones who cross that line are like dogs that can't be trained to always come back when they're called - you can't trust them and you can't use them.

And while it may seem unseemly to use an animal comparison, I think it fits here, because you have handlers (coaches) who need to have complete assurance that their directions will be strictly followed. Without that, a player is useless no matter how much raw skill he has.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 21, 2019 06:27 PM (Kpl3J)

98 /Christmas stocking off

Posted by: Muldoon at November 21, 2019 06:27 PM (m45I2)

99 As long as he's back by Christmas Eve.
Posted by: S. Claus at November 21, 2019 06:24 PM

He's on the island of misfit boys.

Posted by: Minnfidel at November 21, 2019 06:28 PM (U7cQ/)

100 Ah, the rayciss slur.

When all else fails and you are a complete asshole, it's the card to play.

We live in bizarro world Apartheid South Africa 2019 instead of Apartheid South Africa 1948.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at November 21, 2019 06:28 PM (Z+IKu)

101 42 Rudolph should have also been suspended.

Posted by: Blacksheep at November 21, 2019 06:17 PM (SyRAt)

Concur
Posted by: Diogenes at November 21, 2019 06:18 PM (LCzNi)

Yeah - but it's a quarterback. The Unicorns of football now. I'm for just going all the way, give 'em different colored uniforms, entirely different rules. Like soccer goalies.

And, if not a skirt, at least a tu-tu.

Posted by: Lurking Libertarian at November 21, 2019 06:20 PM (zRbHz)

-----

Neon Pink Jerseys for Breast Cancer Awareness all season.

Posted by: rd at November 21, 2019 06:28 PM (+0uDE)

102 " He used a racial slur"

Works in Philadelphia

Posted by: Skip at November 21, 2019 06:28 PM (ZCEU2)

103
Ace didn't mention the best part of this stupid story:

An ESPN douche bag racist immediately tweeted that Mason Rudolph probably said something racial.

Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at November 21, 2019 06:28 PM (S30K2)

104 apparently the Colts are set to do to the Texans tonight what they did to Catherine II Romanova

Posted by: boulder t'hobo at November 21, 2019 06:29 PM (+P5gm)

105 It used to be a fantastic venue for lessons on
character, was for generations of kids.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 21, 2019 06:27 PM (ZLI7S)

Meh - I only played because it let you absolutely fucking drill people without getting punished. So that was nice.

Posted by: Lurking Libertarian at November 21, 2019 06:29 PM (zRbHz)

106 One more reason to watch college, at least for now.

Posted by: Blacksheep at November 21, 2019 06:29 PM (UiQ7s)

107 That noose doesn't just put itself around your black neck.

Posted by: Jusse at November 21, 2019 06:29 PM (Y274z)

108 "Fruit loops are all the same flavor?"

Yup...

Froot.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 21, 2019 06:29 PM (cqNba)

109 21 And then he said this is MAGA country.
____________

lol, yeah, the only real surprise here is that this race-baiting asswipe didn't try to fit a reference to Trump in his scummy lie.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at November 21, 2019 06:29 PM (k4dH2)

110 78 take away the pads and helmets and give them brass knuckles.

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 21, 2019 06:23 PM (d7Ww2)

Imagine if every lineman on both sides of the ball had a pugil stick.

Now, tell me you would not be entertained.
Posted by: Lurking Libertarian at November 21, 2019 06:25 PM (zRbHz)

Toepoppers planted at random spots throughout the field. NOW it's entertainment.

Posted by: Insomniac at November 21, 2019 06:30 PM (NWiLs)

111 I am old enough to remember there was a few pro hockey players when I was a kid that didn't wear helmets! Crazy bastards! Of course most of them had to have their dinner in a blender first, but still.

Posted by: Minnfidel at November 21, 2019 06:30 PM (U7cQ/)

112 We need to beat the fvck out of concussion-related short-term memory loss with its own helmet.

Posted by: Joe "Is That No More Tears I Smell" Biden at November 21, 2019 06:30 PM (PFjNT)

113 If there was racism he should have taken a knee.

Posted by: garrett at November 21, 2019 06:30 PM (gh1GI)

114 94 I predicted this, it was his only out. Some in the press hinted at it but did not come out and say that that might have happened. And I am not saying it didn't happen, but I predicted he would say that is what caused him to freak out.

I know that when players get down and dirty they talk shit to each other constantly, although I'm pretty sure any racial stuff is way out of bounds. But you can see it sometimes when some lineman jumps offside and just clobbers the guy opposite from him for no obvious reason.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 21, 2019 06:30 PM (Kpl3J)

115 Yesterday was the third day this year that Chicago went 24 hours without someone being shot.

Posted by: Duncanthrax The Austere at November 21, 2019 06:30 PM (Lic/8)

116
"Fruit loops are all the same flavor?"

THAT'S A HEATHEN LIE.

Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at November 21, 2019 06:30 PM (S30K2)

117 Good. Now go get a real job.

Posted by: redridinghood at November 21, 2019 06:30 PM (wiXsO)

118 This will make ace happy when he finds out about it tomorrow.

>>Durham Probe Expands to Pentagon Office That Contracted FBI Spy Stephan Halper

https://tinyurl.com/vp27pdf

Posted by: JackStraw at November 21, 2019 06:31 PM (ZLI7S)

119 The threat of losing millions because of dumb stuff you do makes you do new dumb stuff.

Posted by: torabora at November 21, 2019 06:31 PM (Y274z)

120 Hell, I want that with Congress.
Posted by: rickb223 at November 21, 2019 06:24 PM (Oqufv)

Get your Hasbro Congressional Cage Match action figures today!

Cane wielding Congressman and Republican Senator not included.

Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at November 21, 2019 06:31 PM (EnQC8)

121 Toe poppers?

NFL Commish - I said mines!!!

Posted by: Anna Puma at November 21, 2019 06:31 PM (fkOoL)

122 Do it! LOL! DFW approach this is Delta 487, we're seeing a large lit up display..

Marker. Delta 487 proceed direct EDKH, cleared for the approach...

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM guy at November 21, 2019 06:31 PM (7s3Gx)

123 Good. Now go get a real job.
Posted by: redridinghood at November 21, 2019 06:30 PM (wiXsO)

Screw that.

Posted by: George Thorogood at November 21, 2019 06:31 PM (zRbHz)

124 It used to be a fantastic venue for lessons on
character, was for generations of kids. Lately it's fallen victim to the
same forces that have corrupted pretty much all of our culture.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 21, 2019 06:27 PM (ZLI7S)

Exactly. And big college athletics is fast going the way of the pros.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 21, 2019 06:32 PM (wYseH)

125 Posted by: nurse ratched at November 21, 2019 06:23 PM (d7Ww2)

Imagine if every lineman on both sides of the ball had a pugil stick.

Now, tell me you would not be entertained.
Posted by: Lurking Libertarian at November 21, 2019 06:25 PM (zRbHz)

make it a simple wooden stick, put them all on ice, and you've got a sport!

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 21, 2019 06:32 PM (Kpl3J)

126 For those who continue to say that Mason should have been suspended, go review the INITIAL hit that Garrett put on him, essentially pile-driving him into the ground. That alone drew a flag, and I would expect most Alphas to respond to such a measure by Garrett.

Posted by: Crusader at November 21, 2019 06:32 PM (ewSN2)

127 The Steeler could have pressed charges. He better do something now.

Posted by: Quint at November 21, 2019 06:32 PM (n13/j)

128 Good. Now go get a real job.

Welcome to Cost Co. I love you.

Posted by: Myles Garrett next week at November 21, 2019 06:32 PM (+P5gm)

129 "Yesterday was the third day this year that Chicago went 24 hours without someone being shot."

Damn.....

Posted by: Baltimore City Council at November 21, 2019 06:32 PM (cqNba)

130 Anyone ever watch the Taiwanese legislature in action? It's an idea that could be used here. Imagine Adam Schitt getting his comeuppance.
Posted by: Curmudgeon

Taiwanese and South Korea. Love them.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 21, 2019 06:32 PM (Oqufv)

131 If they turn it into Thunderdome, I'll definitely start watching again.

Posted by: Lurking Libertarian at November 21, 2019 06:22 PM (zRbHz)

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Combat Football.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at November 21, 2019 06:32 PM (qC1Sy)

132 I told you them helmets was unsafe

Posted by: Antonio Brown at November 21, 2019 06:33 PM (6/uwW)

133 Froot Loops suck now. I blame Michelle

Posted by: x at November 21, 2019 06:33 PM (nFwvY)

134 Marker. Delta 487 proceed direct EDKH, cleared for the approach...
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM guy at November 21, 2019 06:31 PM

Too funny. I'd do it at our house but A) it's cold. B) my wife would just make me re-do it and well, back to A.

Posted by: Minnfidel at November 21, 2019 06:33 PM (U7cQ/)

135 Back when I was a kid I didn't get an allowance because of all the dumb stuff I did put me in the hole before I got an allowance.

I'm lucky I left home alive.

Posted by: torabora at November 21, 2019 06:33 PM (Y274z)

136 >>"Yesterday was the third day this year that Chicago went 24 hours without someone being shot."

This is not who we are!

Posted by: Chicago at November 21, 2019 06:33 PM (gh1GI)

137 Speaking of NFL players, former NFL running back Larry Johnson's Twitter is a must read. I can't believe he hasn't been banned. Christian black man dropping daily MOAB sized red pills.

https://mobile.twitter.com/2LarryJohnson7

Posted by: squirrelly dan at November 21, 2019 06:34 PM (ngSZO)

138 After today, buy ammo and buy more ammo

Posted by: rammajamma at November 21, 2019 06:34 PM (xceTB)

139 Many a time I have been beat by another man's helmet.

Posted by: Shemp at November 21, 2019 06:34 PM (BRpqW)

140 I agree with Fenelon. A white player especially a QB who depends on black players putting their health on the line for him, is not not not not not never not ever going to be throwin' race bombs at, well, anybody. Did I mention not ever.

Posted by: Myles Garrett next week at November 21, 2019 06:34 PM (+P5gm)

141 One thing the NFL should do to make the Cleveland Brown-stains clean up their act is to require the Head Coach to where a Suit and Tie on the sidelines.

His sweatshirt with "Dawg Pound" on it is emblematic of the undisciplined Browns.

Maybe make them play their Pittsburgh home game at a neutral site for the next few seasons too.

They blew a game against the Pittsburgh Steelers a few years ago when their defensive players went on a violent attack against the Steelers at the end of that game too.

Posted by: rd at November 21, 2019 06:34 PM (+0uDE)

142 #129 Did they all miss?

Posted by: torabora at November 21, 2019 06:34 PM (Y274z)

143 Bouncing Betty's placed randomly in the field. About 10 of 'em ought to do it.

Posted by: Old Blue at November 21, 2019 06:34 PM (VNmG1)

144 Supposed to rain tomorrow.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 21, 2019 06:35 PM (cqNba)

145 I remember when Todd Bertuzzi took out a guy by nailing him in the back of the head with his stick. Dirty fucker.

******

Steve Moore of the Colorado Avalanche. There had been ongoing bad blood between the Canucks and Avalanche, and Moore had inflicted a legal hit on one of the Vancouver players several days earlier. Bertuzzi sucker punched Moore in the back of the head, knocking him down, apparently slamming his head into the ice and breaking his neck. Ended Moore's career.

Posted by: Muldoon at November 21, 2019 06:35 PM (m45I2)

146 94 I predicted this, it was his only out. Some in
the press hinted at it but did not come out and say that that might have
happened. And I am not saying it didn't happen, but I predicted he
would say that is what caused him to freak out.

I know that when players get down and dirty they talk shit to each
other constantly, although I'm pretty sure any racial stuff is way out
of bounds. But you can see it sometimes when some lineman jumps offside
and just clobbers the guy opposite from him for no obvious reason.

Posted by: Tom Servo at November 21, 2019 06:30 PM (Kpl3J)

when they are miked up you see that a lot of time the trash talk is constant. I cant' saw what was said and what was not said in this instance. It doesn't make a lot of sense to me for the QB to say that. It sucks that what I expected to be the excuse turned out to be so. It is possible Garret is telling the truth. The key word from me is "possible" Anything is possible really.

Posted by: Quint at November 21, 2019 06:36 PM (n13/j)

147 One thing the NFL should do to make the Cleveland Brown-stains clean up their act is to require the Head Coach to where a Suit and Tie on the sidelines.

Gregg Williams should wear motley and a cap-and-bells on his head

Posted by: boulder t'hobo at November 21, 2019 06:36 PM (+P5gm)

148 For those who continue to say that Mason should have
been suspended, go review the INITIAL hit that Garrett put on him,
essentially pile-driving him into the ground. That alone drew a flag,
and I would expect most Alphas to respond to such a measure by Garrett.
Posted by: Crusader at November 21, 2019 06:32 PM (ewSN2)

Come on. Jesus Christ - I just watched it again. This is why nothing can be discussed anymore.

There was no "pile drive". Rudolph lands on top of Garrett. No flag was thrown for the hit. Garrett has already wrapped Rudolph, and twists. The hit was perfectly legal - and pretty damn tame by any standard.

Rudolph goes for Garrett's helmet, and hilarity ensues.

Pile-drive. Fuck me - Jerry Lawler gave better pile-drivers. And that shit was fake.

Posted by: George Thorogood at November 21, 2019 06:36 PM (zRbHz)

149 131 If they turn it into Thunderdome, I'll definitely start watching again.

Posted by: Lurking Libertarian at November 21, 2019 06:22 PM (zRbHz)

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Combat Football.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing

Calcio Storico. Italian Medieval church league football with punching and kicking and refs who wear swords.

Posted by: x at November 21, 2019 06:36 PM (nFwvY)

150 Can you imagine if a white player yelled the "N" word on a nationally broadcast game surrounded by black players including his own team mates would have gone down?

But the black community has zero shame, they will all just nod their heads and know this is fair game to get what they want.

Posted by: Blago at November 21, 2019 06:36 PM (+nvNd)

151 Posted by: Muldoon at November 21, 2019 06:35 PM

Bertuzzi was always a dirty rat fuck.

Posted by: Minnfidel at November 21, 2019 06:36 PM (U7cQ/)

152 >>Froot Loops suck now.

Trix, too.

They are awful now.

Posted by: garrett at November 21, 2019 06:36 PM (gh1GI)

153 Bouncing Betty's placed randomly in the field. About 10 of 'em ought to do it.
Posted by: Old Blue

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"Front towards the line of scrimmage"?

Posted by: Tonypete at November 21, 2019 06:36 PM (Y4EXg)

154 Why did I know this would happen?

Posted by: atilla the thrilla at November 21, 2019 06:37 PM (w7KSn)

155 Your point about the ball being long gone and Garrett slamming him is something that's been ignored by the coverage.

Posted by: spongeworthy at November 21, 2019 06:37 PM (35Slc)

156 79 Eris only US sub that saw combat was Nautilus but name of Skipper escapes me at the moment.
Posted by: Anna Puma at November 21, 2019 06:25 PM (fkOoL)
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Yeah Mush was the Wahoo, right? They never mentioned the sub captain's name.

Oh, I looked it up, it was William Brockman.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 21, 2019 06:37 PM (Dc2NZ)

157 I have to say I disagree with Aces take in a big way.

First, he obviously didn't drive Randolph into the ground. That would have been flagged. He rolled over so Randolph landed on him. It is right there in the video. He intentionally took the brunt of it.

Second, Randolph initiates the extracurricular by pulling at Garretts helmet and possibly kneeing him in the groin. Racial epithet in the midst of all that doesn't seem unlikely but isn't necessary. Randolph is clearly attacking Garret.

Third, after Garret removes Randolphs helmet, he is pushed back by a lineman and disengages. The conflict with Randolph is now over, except Randolph gets up and chases after him and makes it a 2-1 fight and grabs Garrets facemask and starts pulling on it. Garret smacked him with his own helmet. Shouldn't have. Needs a suspension. 2 games seems about right.

Fourth, Pouncey then comes in and shows what a big man he is by repeatedly punching and kicking a defenseless man in the head. Garret at this point is pinned under the lineman. 4 games would be fine by me for brave brave sir Pouncey.

Posted by: CAL at November 21, 2019 06:37 PM (HK7P2)

158 >>Multiple sources confirmed to this news site that Durham has spoken extensively with sources working in the Office of Net Assessment, as well as outside contractors, that were paid through Pentagon office.

Oh you mean the place where the whistleblower who turned in Stefan Halper worked and was then fired and had his security clearance yanked for being a whistleblower in the Obama administration?

That DOD Office of Net Assessment?

Posted by: JackStraw at November 21, 2019 06:37 PM (ZLI7S)

159 Just remember that Romanowski broke a guy's Eye Socket at practice and the guy had to retire and he wasn't suspended.

I think the guy should be done for the year.

Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at November 21, 2019 06:37 PM (dKiJG)

160 73 meh.

take away the pads and helmets and give them brass knuckles.

I want blood. and tears.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Hell, I want that with Congress.

Posted by: rickb223

nope, congress gets clubs and a mace. perhaps a flammenwaffer.

or guns. I wonder how many of those pussy democrats can actually handle a firearm?

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 21, 2019 06:37 PM (d7Ww2)

161 131 If they turn it into Thunderdome, I'll definitely start watching again.

Posted by: Lurking Libertarian at November 21, 2019 06:22 PM (zRbHz)

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Combat Football.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at November 21, 2019 06:32 PM (qC1Sy)

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"Combat Football"

I remember that Sci Fi short story from the late 1960's. It won a Hugo Award Nomination back when the Hugo Awards meant something.

Posted by: rd at November 21, 2019 06:38 PM (+0uDE)

162
Calcio Storico. Italian Medieval church league football with punching and kicking and refs who wear swords.
Posted by: x at November 21, 2019 06:36 PM (nFwvY)

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Combat Football was a short story many years ago.

Actually, I think the story was, "Favorite Pasttime"

Gee, Google search doesn't turn up the story, though I easily found it a few years ago.

No way it would be printed these days, because it was wildly politically incorrect.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at November 21, 2019 06:39 PM (qC1Sy)

163 >>Bertuzzi was always a dirty rat fuck.

And not the good kind. Guys like Michele Petit were dirty players, but well liked by the rest of the league.

Give him the opportunity he'd break your nose in flash. But he'd also take you out to dinner.

Posted by: garrett at November 21, 2019 06:39 PM (gh1GI)

164 The ref who hit the all pro OT in the eye will the flag causing him to go blind and ruined his career, wasn't that lineman a Brown?

Posted by: squirrelly dan at November 21, 2019 06:39 PM (ngSZO)

165 For those who continue to say that Mason should have
been suspended, go review the INITIAL hit that Garrett put on him,
essentially pile-driving him into the ground. That alone drew a flag,
and I would expect most Alphas to respond to such a measure by Garrett.

Posted by: Crusader at November 21, 2019 06:32 PM (ewSN2)
Garret has been teeing off on him all game. They went after him when the game was basically over. They were trying to rough him up for sport. No one charges a quarterback for going after a DB unless it is beyond the pale. Forget the excuses, Garrett went nutz and his own team members said so.

Posted by: Quint at November 21, 2019 06:40 PM (n13/j)

166 sportsball. Yeay.

Posted by: Hotgas VIP Member at November 21, 2019 06:40 PM (baX5h)

167 I think Ace is off base here. You don't pull the helmet off a QBs head and beat him with it.

MG is a roided up thug who should have taken the W and walked away, instead of trying to kill an opponent.

Posted by: Regular joe at November 21, 2019 06:40 PM (6/uwW)

168 If your cellmate is nicknamed "Chippy," sleep with one eye open.

Posted by: Fritz at November 21, 2019 06:40 PM (wo3c/)

169 I remember that Sci Fi short story from the late 1960's. It won a Hugo Award Nomination back when the Hugo Awards meant something.
Posted by: rd at November 21, 2019 06:38 PM (+0uDE)
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Yep.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
at November 21, 2019 06:40 PM (qC1Sy)

170
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Posted by: Yo! at November 21, 2019 06:41 PM (1XAal)

171 Broomball is brutal. Its a bit like hockey as it's played on the hockey rink, but no skates and a hard rubberized broom and drunk players. I think they wear helmets now but back in the day every dive bar in MN had a broomball team.

Posted by: Minnfidel at November 21, 2019 06:41 PM (U7cQ/)

172 I think the guy should be gone for good, but suspect anger management classes and written no apology apology will be the course.

Posted by: Skip at November 21, 2019 06:41 PM (ZCEU2)

173 Tonypete, a Bouncing Betty when triggered popped straight up about waist level then exploded. 360 degree scattering. GI's were terrified of them because they were afraid that their jewels would get blown off.

Posted by: Old Blue at November 21, 2019 06:41 PM (VNmG1)

174 Posted by: CAL at November 21, 2019 06:37 PM (HK7P2)

Who's Randolph?

Posted by: BignJames at November 21, 2019 06:42 PM (X/Pw5)

175 The Bruce Willis movie Surrogates also flicks by a poster of what the NFL looks like when remote-controlled androids are introduced to the game. Some jock photographed from the back, holding a helmet with a dripping spinal-cord dangling beneath it.

A pretty good movie with a dark sense of humour. Deserved to have done better.

Posted by: boulder t'hobo at November 21, 2019 06:42 PM (+P5gm)

176 On the Cleveland Browns blogs, they don't want Mason Rudolph punished.

They think he's exposed himself as a hothead with a hair-trigger temper who can't play the position effectively.

They say that Mason Rudolph, going unpunished, will almost surely do something similar next season...

And screw the hated Steelers.

Posted by: Oschisms at November 21, 2019 06:42 PM (/U3h1)

177 Tonypete, a Bouncing Betty when triggered popped straight up about waist level then exploded. 360 degree scattering. GI's were terrified of them because they were afraid that their jewels would get blown off.
Posted by: Old Blue

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I'm aware they are different weapons. Just a reach for a joke. lol

Posted by: Tonypete at November 21, 2019 06:42 PM (Y4EXg)

178
Randy Andy just doesn't get it. He was thinking it was still business as usual:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7712625

The twit was about to fly off for some junket (and maybe jailbait) in Bahrain. Go to your room, Andy.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at November 21, 2019 06:42 PM (f1Vqw)

179 I never have and never will understand the fascination Americans have with football. 300 lb roided up animals with an IQ of 60 chasing a funky shaped ball around for 3 hours. Do not get it.

Posted by: Hotgas VIP Member at November 21, 2019 06:43 PM (baX5h)

180 Suspend him for life ... and a day

Posted by: jaytrain at November 21, 2019 06:43 PM (eh3OZ)

181 I think the guy should be gone for good, but suspect anger management classes and written no apology apology will be the course.
Posted by: Skip at November 21, 2019 06:41 PM (ZCEU2)

He already has his deal - gone for the year, apply for reinstatement. He was gonna' get it. Why he interjected this into everything is beyond me. Dude - you ain't getting those six game checks. But you got ten, plus your guaranteed money. Shut up, jack weights, be quiet, see you next year.

Now they may not reinstate him, just because he embarrassed the league.

Posted by: Lurking Libertarian at November 21, 2019 06:43 PM (zRbHz)

182 Bertuzzi was always a dirty rat fuck.

And not the good kind. Guys like Michele Petit were dirty players, but well liked by the rest of the league.

Give him the opportunity he'd break your nose in flash. But he'd also take you out to dinner.

Posted by: garrett at November 21, 2019 06:39 PM

Willie Plett who was the enforcer for the Minnesota North Stars in the 90's was like that. He was tough but never dirty IMHO.

Posted by: Minnfidel at November 21, 2019 06:43 PM (U7cQ/)

183 Who's Randolph? <<<<

From Trading Places?

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 21, 2019 06:43 PM (r+sAi)

184
Pity Ace didn't include the Richard Kiel "He said he was sorry" clip
from THE LONGEST YARD.

Posted by: Soothsayer, very senile at November 21, 2019 06:43 PM (S30K2)

185 >>I never have and never will understand the fascination Americans have with football. 300 lb roided up animals with an IQ of 60 chasing a funky shaped ball around for 3 hours. Do not get it.

Maybe you should have played.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 21, 2019 06:44 PM (ZLI7S)

186 >>I never have and never will understand the fascination Americans have with football.

It's the second dumbest sport.

Posted by: garrett at November 21, 2019 06:44 PM (gh1GI)

187 You have it right Ace, BLACK PRIVILEGE. Brought to all of us by white feminist homo and female leftists.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserios at November 21, 2019 06:44 PM (pw+jk)

188 Even if he did use a racial slur, so what? Are we saying anyone who hurts someone else's feelings deserves what they get? Oh wait, I guess we are now

Posted by: hannitys_hybrid at November 21, 2019 06:44 PM (iMxDC)

189 >>Maybe you should have played.

Admit it. You played to get into the shower with all those other guys.

Posted by: garrett at November 21, 2019 06:45 PM (gh1GI)

190 #LOLGF

Posted by: Grump928(C) at November 21, 2019 06:45 PM (yQpMk)

191 Right up until Garrett swung that helmet, he was golden. Make no mistake, Rudolph started it - but that was dumb, dumb, dumb by Garrett.

Posted by: Lurking Libertarian at November 21, 2019 06:45 PM (zRbHz)

192 RANDOLPH SCOTT!

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 21, 2019 06:45 PM (d7Ww2)

193 Admit it. You played to get into the shower with all those other guys.

Posted by: garrett at November 21, 2019 06:45 PM (gh1GI)

you can do that in gym class.

Posted by: BignJames at November 21, 2019 06:46 PM (X/Pw5)

194 192 RANDOLPH SCOTT!
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 21, 2019 06:45 PM (d7Ww2)

Would never take a cheap shot.

Posted by: Insomniac at November 21, 2019 06:46 PM (NWiLs)

195 Who's Randolph?

From Trading Places?
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 21, 2019 06:43 PM

Got a stock tip for you on orange juice....

Posted by: Minnfidel at November 21, 2019 06:46 PM (U7cQ/)

196 My internet just came back after being out for 8 hours. Let's see what the Hash Fairy brought me.

Posted by: bluebell at November 21, 2019 06:47 PM (/669Q)

197 Do not get it. <<<<
Most sports are dumb if you really analyze them. Oooh what if we see who can put a ball in a basket. Oooh lets see who can hit a ball with a bat if I throw it at you. Sports deep down are a replacement for war.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 21, 2019 06:47 PM (r+sAi)

198 I want a refund.

Posted by: bluebell at November 21, 2019 06:47 PM (/669Q)

199 My internet just came back after being out for 8 hours. Let's see what the Hash Fairy brought me.
Posted by: bluebell at November 21, 2019 06:47 PM

Wait, you can get that delivered now?

Posted by: Minnfidel at November 21, 2019 06:47 PM (U7cQ/)

200 Combat Foot ball was a story by Norman Spinrad.

I found a reference to it using Bing, not Google. The reference was an article by Vox Day at Castilia House dot com

Posted by: rd at November 21, 2019 06:48 PM (+0uDE)

201 I want a refund.
Posted by: bluebell (/669Q)

HA!

Posted by: Tonypete at November 21, 2019 06:48 PM (Y4EXg)

202 185 >>I never have and never will understand the fascination Americans have with football. 300 lb roided up animals with an IQ of 60 chasing a funky shaped ball around for 3 hours. Do not get it.

Maybe you should have played.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 21, 2019 06:44 PM (ZLI7S)

As a Brit has said it's Human Chess.

Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at November 21, 2019 06:48 PM (dKiJG)

203 from last thread:

A scare film from British Leyland that was designed to beat into the skulls of Leyland employees that they were killing people through their indifference:
https://youtu.be/xRyN4XhJ_ms
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

What a great film. It was actually pretty accurate in terms of quality issues, and the ending was freaking hilarious.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest at November 21, 2019 06:48 PM (LWu6U)

204 I'm just sad I can't have (FUDGj) back.

Posted by: boulder t'hobo at November 21, 2019 06:48 PM (+P5gm)

205 bluebell, unplug quickly and try again.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 21, 2019 06:48 PM (+w1IT)

206 Sorry. Rudolph obviously. And Garrett has a double t.

Posted by: CAL at November 21, 2019 06:48 PM (HK7P2)

207 Yeah but in Gym class you don't have to soap up the coaches, too.

Of course, I played Pop Warner at Penn State. Maybe the rules were diffrent in Rhode Island.

Posted by: garrett at November 21, 2019 06:48 PM (gh1GI)

208 (/669Q)
Welp, looks like a throuple for you, Bluebell.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 21, 2019 06:49 PM (r+sAi)

209 I played basketball and baseball in high school. Foosball....never had an interest. I probably could have been a decent player definitely built for it, tall and built. Always found it kinda dumb though.

Each to their own.

Posted by: Hotgas VIP Member at November 21, 2019 06:49 PM (baX5h)

210 bluebell - looks like a threesome

Posted by: Skip at November 21, 2019 06:49 PM (ZCEU2)

211 My internet just came back after being out for 8 hours. Let's see what the Hash Fairy brought me.

It has a slash in it. How Hordelike.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy does whatever his television tells him at November 21, 2019 06:49 PM (HaL55)

212 bluebell, unplug quickly and try again.
Posted by: Ben Had at November 21, 2019 06:48 PM (+w1IT)
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I can't, Ben. It's literally been out since the morning and my son is on doing school stuff that needs to be done online.

But I'm thinking I'll unplug it overnight or early in the morning. This just can't stand.

Posted by: bluebell at November 21, 2019 06:49 PM (/669Q)

213 >>Most sports are dumb if you really analyze them. Oooh what if we see who can put a ball in a basket. Oooh lets see who can hit a ball with a bat if I throw it at you. Sports deep down are a replacement for war.

All games are outlets for human instincts. Some play video games, others play chess, others play sportsball an others carry real weapons.

Humans really aren't all that complicated. We just like to think we are.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 21, 2019 06:50 PM (ZLI7S)

214 Welp, looks like a throuple for you, Bluebell.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 21, 2019 06:49 PM (r+sAi)

bluebell - looks like a threesome
Posted by: Skip at November 21, 2019 06:49 PM (ZCEU2)
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That's it. I'm definitely unplugging.

Posted by: bluebell at November 21, 2019 06:51 PM (/669Q)

215 I believe his story!

Posted by: Jussie at November 21, 2019 06:51 PM (oVJmc)

216 I am old enough to remember there was a few pro
hockey players when I was a kid that didn't wear helmets! Crazy
bastards! Of course most of them had to have their dinner in a blender
first, but still.

Posted by: Minnfidel at November 21, 2019 06:30 PM (U7cQ/)

Helmets were mandated for players coming into the NHL starting in the 1979-80 season, but anyone around before that could choose to continue playing without a lid. There were a lot of them in the 80s. Last helmetless player was Craig MacTavish, who played without one right up until he retired.

If you're familiar with the 1972 Summit Series, the entire Soviet team wore helmets and the goalie, Vladislav Tretiak, had the full cage and helmet that later became common in the NHL. The Canadian goalies, Ken Dryden and Tony Esposito, wore facemasks, and the only guy on the rest of the team to wear a helmet was the series' ultimate hero, Paul Henderson.

Posted by: Vendette at November 21, 2019 06:51 PM (6ezlu)

217 My internet just came back after being out for 8 hours. Let's see what the Hash Fairy brought me.

It has a slash in it. How Hordelike.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy does whatever his television tells him at November 21, 2019 06:49 PM (HaL55)

I can't do that Dave.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 21, 2019 06:51 PM (Oqufv)

218
Right up until Garrett swung that helmet, he was golden. Make no mistake, Rudolph started it - but that was dumb, dumb, dumb by Garrett.
Posted by: Lurking Libertarian at November 21, 2019 06:45 PM (zRbHz)

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If Garrett had just thrown Rudolph's helmet away after he ripped it off his head, he would be playing the week after next for sure.

Posted by: rd at November 21, 2019 06:51 PM (+0uDE)

219 Admit it. You played to get into the shower with all those other guys.

Posted by: garrett at November 21, 2019 06:45 PM (gh1GI)

you can do that in gym class.
Posted by: BignJames at November 21, 2019 06:46 PM (X/Pw5)

But they give you all matching shirts if you play the foos-ball. You know what other sport, the true Sport of Kings, they give you a uniform for ?

Ah - Construction. I remember it well. A brawny fifteen year old lad, resplendent in my hi-viz yellow, finishing concrete and hoisting rafters. Carrying squares of shingles up that ladder. Just itching - itching - to break into the Varsity Crew.

Did I ever tell you I was All-County Concrete my Senior year ? It's true.

I got looked at by some of the big schools, but my times on the trowel were a bit slow. Knocked around in the minor leagues a bit after high school, just for the college money.

I gotta' tell you - sometimes - I can still smell fresh wet mix in the morning. Oh boy, does it ever take me back.

Posted by: Lurking Libertarian at November 21, 2019 06:51 PM (zRbHz)

220 'It's the second dumbest sport.'

Right after golf?

Posted by: freaked, space alien, not worth mentioning really at November 21, 2019 06:52 PM (Tnijr)

221 The slur was so seared into his memory
.......

It was indelible in his hippocampus.

Posted by: wth at November 21, 2019 06:52 PM (v0R5T)

222 Just call me hash tag happy. I'll have this one until am tomorrow.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 21, 2019 06:52 PM (+w1IT)

223 179 I never have and never will understand the fascination Americans have with football. 300 lb roided up animals with an IQ of 60 chasing a funky shaped ball around for 3 hours. Do not get it.

Posted by: Hotgas VIP Member at November 21, 2019 06:43 PM (baX5h)

And I don't get cricket....

Posted by: Tami at November 21, 2019 06:52 PM (cF8AT)

224 Played football and hockey into HS. I loved them both. I played hockey a few years after for fun. Then 7 or 8 years ago my buddy convinced me to play in a bar league basically. Yea, having guys 25 year old checking you in a supposed no checking league. I could hardly get out of bed the next day. My wife just looked at me and said, told you not to play anymore. Hung up the skates. I do miss playing once and a while.

Posted by: Minnfidel at November 21, 2019 06:52 PM (U7cQ/)

225 Cpl. Judson:
Bastard, 88, called me a coon.

Spearchucker:
Called you a what?

Cpl. Judson:
Coon.

Spearchucker:
OK, that's an old pro trick, to get you thrown out of the ball game.

Cpl. Judson:
Well...

Spearchucker:
Why don't you do the same thing to him?

Cpl. Judson:
What, call him a coon?

Posted by: Other Art at November 21, 2019 06:53 PM (S+f+m)

226 The NFL needs to contract and eliminate two teams and disperse whatever talent they have elsewhere for the sake of humanity.

Abolish the Browns and the Redskins for a start. Next year the Bungholes and the Lions.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at November 21, 2019 06:53 PM (Z+IKu)

227 http://bit.ly/35jYX3S
*******
Durham Probe Expands to Pentagon Office That Contracted FBI Spy Stephan Halper - Sara A. Carter
*******
Attn. JackStraw

Posted by: Deep State is in Deep Shit at November 21, 2019 06:53 PM (BqBId)

228 Posted by: Lurking Libertarian at November 21, 2019 06:51 PM (zRbHz)

I bet you'd be cute in some jockey silks.

Posted by: BignJames at November 21, 2019 06:53 PM (X/Pw5)

229 And I don't get cricket....
Posted by: Tami at November 21, 2019 06:52 PM (cF8AT)
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I'm not sure anyone gets cricket. Not even cricket players.

Posted by: bluebell at November 21, 2019 06:53 PM (/669Q)

230 >>And I don't get cricket....

If you have a week, we can go over the rules.

Posted by: garrett at November 21, 2019 06:54 PM (gh1GI)

231 QB, Center & Guards Have mics in their Shoulder pads. That is how the NFL knew Garrett was full of shit

Posted by: Deep State is in Deep Shit at November 21, 2019 06:54 PM (BqBId)

232 I'm not sure anyone gets cricket. Not even cricket players.

Posted by: bluebell at November 21, 2019 06:53 PM (/669Q)

Right?! And wtf is with the scoring in that game?!

If one of you tries to explain it to me, I swear I'll come through the monitor and rip your arms off. Then stab you.

Posted by: Tami at November 21, 2019 06:55 PM (cF8AT)

233 Posted by: Vendette at November 21, 2019 06:51 PM

Yep, different era for sure. Saw some old football footage the other day of the Vikings Chief super bowl game and one of the players was smoking. LOL WTF.

Posted by: Minnfidel at November 21, 2019 06:55 PM (U7cQ/)

234 I'll take watching rugby over football any day.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 21, 2019 06:55 PM (+w1IT)

235 "Randolph is attacking Garrett"?

Good lord, it's amazing what biased fans see.

By the way, Garrett will lose $1.1 M in pay during his suspension and he was fined, but I do not think that has been disclosed yet.

As Garrett's teammates said along with other NFL players, these players have families to support, etc. There is no excuse to try to deliberately injure someone and most had never seen anything like what Garrett did, whether in practice, or in a game.

As an aside, Garrett's lie that Rudolph called him a racist name is laughable. Several years ago, the NFL wanted to establish a rule that racist epithets said during a game, specifically the n word , would result in a fine, suspension, and a penalty right then on the team.. Why? Because the lineman , receivers, and safety, etc all call each other the n word constantly during plays.

The players union had a fit, and refused to go along with it , threatening a strike, court cases, etc.and the NFL finally gave up

So, Garrett can take his little fake complaint and shove it, no sympathy from me.

Posted by: Jen the original at November 21, 2019 06:56 PM (v2Axo)

236 >>Attn. JackStraw

Yea, I linked it above.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 21, 2019 06:56 PM (ZLI7S)

237 Why does Fiona Hill have a British accent?

Posted by: JAS at November 21, 2019 06:56 PM (DBGf/)

238 My boyhood friend was British and we played Cricket, interesting game, but damn if it isn't slower than Baseball.

Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at November 21, 2019 06:56 PM (dKiJG)

239 230 >>And I don't get cricket....

If you have a week, we can go over the rules.
Posted by: garrett at November 21, 2019 06:54 PM (gh1GI)

LOL! No.

Posted by: Tami at November 21, 2019 06:56 PM (cF8AT)

240 Most sports are dumb if you really analyze them.
Oooh what if we see who can put a ball in a basket. Oooh lets see who
can hit a ball with a bat if I throw it at you. Sports deep down are a
replacement for war.

All games are outlets for human instincts. Some play video games,
others play chess, others play sportsball an others carry real weapons.

Humans really aren't all that complicated. We just like to think we are.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 21, 2019 06:50 PM (ZLI7S)

reminds me of the sarcastic line Niles said in a Frasier episode. "I can't go to sleep at night until I know which player through which ball into which apparatus" or something like that.

Posted by: Quint at November 21, 2019 06:56 PM (n13/j)

241 A wicked googilie!

Posted by: Minnfidel at November 21, 2019 06:57 PM (U7cQ/)

242 Douglas Adams wrote a SF book about the Krikkitmen. Can't remember if he intended it for Doctor Who or for Hitchhiker's first but it ended up as the third Hitchhiker's book. 'Life, the Universe, and Everything'.

It was ass.

And not just because I didn't understand cricket, which is a boring stupid game, yes, but so is golf.

Posted by: boulder t'hobo at November 21, 2019 06:57 PM (+P5gm)

243 Posted by: Hairyback Guy at November 21, 2019 06:53 PM (Z+IKu)

Can the Liedowns go away in the first year?

Posted by: Joe Biden ask me about my grandkids at November 21, 2019 06:58 PM (+mbOC)

244 Hemingway- There are only 3 real sports, mountain climbing, auto racing and bull fighting, the rest are just games

Posted by: Skip at November 21, 2019 06:58 PM (ZCEU2)

245 Posted by: Lurking Libertarian at November 21, 2019 06:51 PM (zRbHz)

I bet you'd be cute in some jockey silks.
Posted by: BignJames at November 21, 2019 06:53 PM (X/Pw5)

I'd like to think so - but I just don't have the cakes to fill 'em out. Wrangler pretty much designed their jeans for me. Thanks guys.

The little helmet - hat - whatever you fucking call that thing is intriguing though. And the way they color-coordinate it appeals to my OCD. But the whole pastel-thing kills me.

Let's get some black and silver and gold in there. Hugo Boss this shit up. Work in some leather. Come on - we've already got the riding crop. How about some spikes ?

Posted by: Lurking Libertarian at November 21, 2019 06:58 PM (zRbHz)

246 all sports are dumb if you over analyze them. In golf, you hit a ball. Then you go look for it. Once you finally find it, you hit it again.

Posted by: Quint at November 21, 2019 06:58 PM (n13/j)

247 I was sort of the 6 week view but I've never seen a great angle for the hit

After this stunt if they double his punishment I'd be happy. Such transparent nonsense

Posted by: Former mass resident at November 21, 2019 06:58 PM (VidtX)

248 I spent three hours one week in a bar in Australia with a couple of girlfriends. we sat with some aussie guys and they attempted to explain cricket to us.

I never knew it was a drinking game.....

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 21, 2019 06:59 PM (d7Ww2)

249 Hemingway- There are only 3 real sports, mountain climbing, auto racing and bull fighting, the rest are just games

Posted by: Skip at November 21, 2019 06:58 PM (ZCEU2)

There is also skinny skiing and going to bullfights on acid.

Posted by: Quint at November 21, 2019 06:59 PM (n13/j)

250 Posted by: Hotgas VIP Member at November 21, 2019 06:43 PM (baX5h)

It's fun to watch games and root for your team - or used to be, until the NFL got woke.

People have hard lives and have different ways of enjoying their free time. Sports are, ideally, a celebration of the fastest, the strongest, the most agile, doing stuff most of us could never do ourselves.

Are they overpaid? Yes. Can sports be corrupted? Of course. It's still enjoyable to crack open a beer and watch a QB time a throw just right or a pitcher drop a perfect curveball past a hitter.

Posted by: Donna&&&&V. at November 21, 2019 06:59 PM (d6Ksn)

251 One thing the NFL should do to make the Cleveland Brown-stains clean up their act is to require the Head Coach to where a Suit and Tie on the sidelines.

His sweatshirt with "Dawg Pound" on it is emblematic of the undisciplined Browns.

Maybe make them play their Pittsburgh home game at a neutral site for the next few seasons too.

They blew a game against the Pittsburgh Steelers a few years ago when their defensive players went on a violent attack against the Steelers at the end of that game too.
Posted by: rd at November 21, 2019 06:34 PM (+0uDE)

It is against NFL rules for any NFL coach to wear a suit and tie. You must wear branded merch.

A coach for the 49ers tried to get permission a while back, DENIED.

Posted by: Oldcat at November 21, 2019 06:59 PM (FTPn0)

252 I have no dog in this hunt, my husband had to tell me which team was the browns, but I don't think he hit him. I know he fell down, but I've seen kickers get very dramatic about someone coming near them. And the players that were kicking the player on the ground should get fined and suspended too, if they didn't.

Posted by: Moon howler at November 21, 2019 06:59 PM (khYUy)

253 all sports are dumb if you over analyze them. In golf, you hit a ball. Then you go look for it. Once you finally find it, you hit it again.
Posted by: Quint

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"IF" you find it Quint. If not, take out a new one and try to lose it.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 21, 2019 07:00 PM (Y4EXg)

254 I would guess that a hate crime has a 30% chance of being fake, but approaches 99% the more famous it is.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at November 21, 2019 07:00 PM (kA8lw)

255 248 I spent three hours one week in a bar in Australia with a couple of girlfriends. we sat with some aussie guys and they attempted to explain cricket to us.

I never knew it was a drinking game.....
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 21, 2019 06:59 PM (d7Ww2)

Husband has spent a lot of time in India on business. He actually started to understand the game.

That frightened me.

Posted by: Tami at November 21, 2019 07:00 PM (cF8AT)

256 Are yall watching the Warren rally?! Omg.

Posted by: By Bye Bi at November 21, 2019 07:00 PM (LIhNq)

257 Watching LAST CHANCE U and seeing that the college football rule where no player can say the N word and it's mostly Black players getting ejected from games.

Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at November 21, 2019 07:00 PM (dKiJG)

258 Honestly, I haven't thought about Freddie Kitchens since he personally lost the Iron Bowl for Alabama by fumbling the ball to Auburn in field goal range in the closing seconds of the game. A punt on the next down would probably have won the game for Bama.

I had no idea he was an NFL coach, much less a Head Coach.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at November 21, 2019 07:01 PM (yQpMk)

259 Hemingway- There are only 3 real sports, mountain climbing, auto racing and bull fighting, the rest are just games

Posted by: Skip at November 21, 2019 06:58 PM (ZCEU2)

There is also skinny skiing and going to bullfights on acid.
Posted by: Quint at November 21, 2019 06:59 PM (n13/j)
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Let us not forget extreme ironing.

Posted by: bluebell at November 21, 2019 07:02 PM (/669Q)

260 I don't give a rats ass what the NFL does anymore. So suspend the rageholic, ban him for life, or ban the QB for taunting a poor 'roided up defensive player whatever floats their SJW boats. I thought Ace was done with the NFL too but whatever.

Posted by: paleRider is simply irredeemable at November 21, 2019 07:02 PM (eASYU)

261 237 Why does Fiona Hill have a British accent?
Posted by: JAS at November 21, 2019 06:56 PM (DBGf/)

She was born a poor English girlwith a working class accent.

She came to America to find her fortune. (Quite Literally)

Posted by: rd at November 21, 2019 07:02 PM (+0uDE)

262 Working on a new golf super store, putting green, virtual reality, maybe a indoor driving range.

Posted by: Skip at November 21, 2019 07:02 PM (ZCEU2)

263 Good evening, Horde.

Posted by: Ladyl at November 21, 2019 07:02 PM (TdMsT)

264 I consider interest in golf to be a sign of mental illness.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at November 21, 2019 07:03 PM (oVJmc)

265 Ladyl!

Posted by: Tonypete at November 21, 2019 07:03 PM (Y4EXg)

266 Good evening, Ladyl. Like my new hash? I hate it. I'm unplugging overnight.

Posted by: bluebell at November 21, 2019 07:03 PM (/669Q)

267 Youse guys who wanted to woken when indictments are coming, set your alarm.

>>Exclusive: FBI official under investigation after allegedly altering document in 2016 Russia probe

https://tinyurl.com/wa9pygp

Posted by: JackStraw at November 21, 2019 07:03 PM (ZLI7S)

268 148 It's Jerry 'The King' Lawler

Posted by: Lt. Col. Vindman at November 21, 2019 07:03 PM (Roy2Z)

269 Well, here's a poke at you
You're gonna choke on it too
You're gonna lose that smyle
Because all the whyle

I can see for Myles and Myles
I can see for Myles and Myles
I can see for Myles and Myles and Myles and Myles and Myles
Oh yeah

Posted by: Fritz at November 21, 2019 07:03 PM (wo3c/)

270 I consider interest in golf to be a sign of mental illness.

Watching golf makes your life seem longer.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at November 21, 2019 07:03 PM (yQpMk)

271 e hours one week in a bar in Australia with a couple of girlfriends. we sat with some aussie guys and they attempted to explain cricket to us.

I never knew it was a drinking game.....
Posted by: nurse ratched at November 21, 2019 06:59 PM (d7Ww2)

Did they try to explain Aussie Rules Rugby? My goal in life is to see a live game in Australia. I fell in love watching the game when ESPN showed the games late at night. Now they are are Fox but it's such a crazy game.

Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at November 21, 2019 07:03 PM (dKiJG)

272 I'll just watch ' The Replacements"

Posted by: Ben Had at November 21, 2019 07:03 PM (+w1IT)

273 This is not the first time it's happened. Bennett claimed the racist cops came after him in Vegas. Video showed otherwise.
The media has let it go, but LeBron fakes graffiti at his house for some attention. It's possible that he merely lied about something done by someone he knew. Either way, the police investigation has turned up nothing, for an area that should have plenty of video, including at LeBron's house.

Posted by: MikeN at November 21, 2019 07:03 PM (o/eHL)

274 I have no dog in this hunt, my husband had to tell me which team was the browns, but I don't think he hit him.

I don't either. It's easy enough to google the entire play. Back Judge never reaches for the flag. The hit was legal, and pretty fucking tame.

Rudolph gets pissed, starts yanking on Garrett's helmet. Garret pulls Rudolph's helmet off. Rudolph comes back for more - and that's when Garrett costs himself six game checks.

What this is going to do is prompt some d-line coaches to go back to "get your money's worth" when engaged with a quarterback.

Posted by: Lurking Libertarian at November 21, 2019 07:04 PM (zRbHz)

275 Naked ironing would be hazardous but not death defying

Posted by: Skip at November 21, 2019 07:04 PM (ZCEU2)

276 Are yall watching the Warren rally?! Omg.
Posted by: By Bye Bi at November 21, 2019 07:00 PM

A) Why? B) No and C) are they doing the tomahawk chop?

Posted by: Minnfidel at November 21, 2019 07:04 PM (U7cQ/)

277 I never shot him. I wasn't even in the room!

Oh wait, I was? And the powder tests, DNA and fingerprints all prove I fired the killing shot?
Well, then, it was self defense.

Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at November 21, 2019 07:04 PM (0V/8D)

278 Some players don't belong. FSU had a very talented defensive player- Darnell Dockett, caught on tape trying to injure a Gator by twisting his leg in the pile, bad rep in pros too. And there was a Titan a few years back that stomped someone's face (Wilfork maybe?) Suh is also known to be dirty, as is Nick someone out of Auburn (played d-line with Suh in Detroit).

Posted by: Farmer Bob at November 21, 2019 07:04 PM (87EdW)

279 669 is Joe Biden, Katie Hill, and some staffer in series

Posted by: boulder t'hobo at November 21, 2019 07:04 PM (+P5gm)

280 I consider interest in golf to be a sign of mental illness.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles

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I offer as evidence:

At the local Topgolf, they have up to 5 hour wait times.

And folks do it.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 21, 2019 07:04 PM (Y4EXg)

281 265 Ladyl!
Posted by: Tonypete at November 21, 2019 07:03 PM (Y4EXg)

TonyPete!

Posted by: Ladyl at November 21, 2019 07:04 PM (TdMsT)

282 'There are only 3 real sports, mountain climbing, auto racing and bull fighting, the rest are just games '

Life and death level danger. Plane racing too.

Posted by: freaked, space alien, not worth mentioning really at November 21, 2019 07:04 PM (Tnijr)

283 Can the Liedowns go away in the first year?
Posted by: Joe Biden ask me about my grandkids at November 21, 2019 06:58 PM (+mbOC)

Ummmmmmmmmmmm....Yes.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at November 21, 2019 07:04 PM (Z+IKu)

284 And boat racing. Not sailboats though.

Posted by: freaked, space alien, not worth mentioning really at November 21, 2019 07:05 PM (Tnijr)

285 I can't take looking at it anymore. Off to eat dinner and ponder why the Hash Fairy hates me.

Posted by: bluebell at November 21, 2019 07:05 PM (/669Q)

286 I think this should dispel any confusion about cricket:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_6d3JBBo4s

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 21, 2019 07:05 PM (Dc2NZ)

287 Posted by: Hotgas VIP Member at November 21, 2019 06:43 PM (baX5h)
~~~~~

Football: *\o/*

Cricket: Zzzzzzzzzzzzz

Posted by: IrishEi at November 21, 2019 07:05 PM (sGotD)

288 282 'There are only 3 real sports, mountain climbing, auto racing and bull fighting, the rest are just games '

Life and death level danger. Plane racing too.
Posted by: freaked, space alien, not worth mentioning really at November 21, 2019 07:04 PM (Tnijr)

I disagree!

Posted by: Ladyl at November 21, 2019 07:05 PM (TdMsT)

289 It is against NFL rules for any NFL coach to wear a suit and tie. You must wear branded merch.

A coach for the 49ers tried to get permission a while back, DENIED.
Posted by: Oldcat at November 21, 2019 06:59 PM (FTPn0)

Yes, the days of Tom Landry are long gone. Now, most coaches in the NFL look like one of the janitors waiting to start cleaning out the stadium. Bill Bellichek is a master at looking like an unemployed highway trash picker waiting for his sister to drive him to McDonalds and most of the rest have followed suit. How you can coach a sport that requires most of the players to be in strong, aerobic condition and look like a walking heart attack wrapped in an oversize sweatshirt is beyond me.

Most college coaches actually look respectable but not all. Bert Beilima is a prime example.

Posted by: Jen the original at November 21, 2019 07:06 PM (v2Axo)

290 @themarketswork 1 minute ago

"An FBI official is under criminal investigation after allegedly altering a document related to 2016 surveillance of a Trump campaign adviser."

Posted by: Tami at November 21, 2019 07:06 PM (cF8AT)

291 >>And boat racing. Not sailboats though.

homo

Posted by: JackStraw at November 21, 2019 07:06 PM (ZLI7S)

292
I'm trying to remember the last high profile white-on-black racist incident that did not turn out to be a hoax.

Plenty of examples of black on white racial attacks, but those have been disappeared by narrowing the definition of racist.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at November 21, 2019 07:07 PM (IC+FT)

293 284 And boat racing. Not sailboats though.

Posted by: freaked, space alien, not worth mentioning really

sailboat racing is freaking AWESOME!

Posted by: nurse ratched at November 21, 2019 07:07 PM (d7Ww2)

294 unemployed highway trash picker waiting for his sister to drive him to McDonalds ... a walking heart attack

Mrow!

Posted by: boulder t'hobo at November 21, 2019 07:07 PM (+P5gm)

295 288 282 'There are only 3 real sports, mountain climbing, auto racing and bull fighting, the rest are just games '

Life and death level danger. Plane racing too.
Posted by: freaked, space alien, not worth mentioning really at November 21, 2019 07:04 PM (Tnijr)

I disagree!
Posted by: Ladyl

----

Exclaims the woman that sleeps with her tennis racket.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 21, 2019 07:07 PM (Y4EXg)

296 It is against NFL rules for any NFL coach to wear a suit and tie. You must wear branded merch.

A coach for the 49ers tried to get permission a while back, DENIED.
Posted by: Oldcat at November 21, 2019 06:59 PM (FTPn0)

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The two best coaches of the 1960's, 1970's and 1980's were Bud Grant and Tom Landry. They looked and acted like head coaches should. They always wore suits and ties. They also always consistently won with well behaved and respected teams.

Posted by: rd at November 21, 2019 07:07 PM (+0uDE)

297 NOOD

Posted by: Max Power at November 21, 2019 07:07 PM (q177U)

298 I don't care if the entire NFL roster had a gang fight with helmets and tridents.

Posted by: Easy Andy at November 21, 2019 07:07 PM (2DOZq)

299
These hoaxes are so retarded.

Myles Garrett, jersey # IQ85.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at November 21, 2019 07:07 PM (IC+FT)

300 266 Good evening, Ladyl. Like my new hash? I hate it. I'm unplugging overnight.
Posted by: bluebell at November 21, 2019 07:03 PM (/669Q)

Oh dahlin. That hash has GOT to go!!!

Posted by: Ladyl at November 21, 2019 07:07 PM (TdMsT)

301 275 Naked ironing would be hazardous but not death defying
Posted by: Skip at November 21, 2019 07:04 PM (ZCEU2)

Naked bacon frying.

Posted by: Insomniac at November 21, 2019 07:07 PM (NWiLs)

302 Hemingway- There are only 3 real sports, mountain climbing, auto racing and bull fighting, the rest are just games.

Correction: There are only 4 real sports - mountain climbing, auto racing, bull fighting, and competitive shotgun sucking. The rest are just games.

Posted by: zombie earnest hemingway at November 21, 2019 07:07 PM (iys0/)

303 Posted by: Jen the original at November 21, 2019 07:06 PM

Yea I just said upthread how times have changed. Saw some video of a Vikings Chiefs game, might have been the SB. And one of the players was smoking on the bench during the game. LOL.

Posted by: Minnfidel at November 21, 2019 07:08 PM (U7cQ/)

304 239 230 >>And I don't get cricket....

If you have a week, we can go over the rules.
Posted by: garrett at November 21, 2019 06:54 PM (gh1GI)

LOL! No.
Posted by: Tami at November 21, 2019 06:56 PM (cF8AT)

It's actually very simple. Really.

You want complicated rules? Football and basketball have incredibly complicated rules, which officials have to try to implement on the fly.

Cricket is actually simpler even than baseball (which has the balk rule, which most people do not understand).

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 21, 2019 07:08 PM (A68IW)

305 Back in the '90's I read a fascinating book about sex differences (it's probably banned now.) I remember it said the ability to throw well and to time throws was undoubtedly one of the most important skills for prehistoric men to learn. It could mean the difference between food for you and your family and starvation. Men who survived were the ones who were skilled in spatial ability and gauging distances and following the trajectory of thrown objects. And guys who are still good at that stuff make a lot of money today.
(Men still score higher on spatial ability then women do - we are less likely to be color-blind and to know subtle differences in color because you could poison your kids if you fed them the wrong berries.)

Posted by: Donna&&&&V. at November 21, 2019 07:08 PM (d6Ksn)

306 Some players don't belong. FSU had a very talented
defensive player- Darnell Dockett, caught on tape trying to injure a
Gator by twisting his leg in the pile, bad rep in pros too.
Posted by: Farmer Bob at November 21, 2019 07:04 PM (87EdW)

Kentucky had a kid caught red-handed reaching into the pile twisting on the Florida QB's ankle.

Reaction was typical - lie that it didn't happen first. The video is right fucking there. Then move to "it happens all the time".

When people's emotions are involved, because they see black and white players, because they like Team X or hate Team Y, hang it up - there will be no objectivity. None. I'm convinced their lizard brain actually kicks in and creates images they find more pleasing. I'm not kidding. I think they "see" something different than what is there.

Posted by: Lurking Libertarian at November 21, 2019 07:09 PM (zRbHz)

307 Nice hash, bluebell. Jackstraw hook you up with the good stuff?

Posted by: flounder, rebel, vulgarian, deplorable, winner at November 21, 2019 07:09 PM (1CjJc)

308 Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at November 21, 2019 07:08 PM (A68IW)

I swear, I never see balks until they're called and replayed in slow motion. And I've watched a lot of games.

Posted by: Donna&&&&V. at November 21, 2019 07:09 PM (d6Ksn)

309 Couldn't find the Warren rally but saw one once, looked like a mayor running for some small town.

Posted by: Skip at November 21, 2019 07:10 PM (ZCEU2)

310 @ChuckRossDC This was CNN's chyron an hour ago, before they reported that an FBI official is under investigation for altering documents in the Russia probe. Great job guys!

https://tinyurl.com/yx7t97dk

Posted by: redridinghood at November 21, 2019 07:10 PM (wiXsO)

311 OT : from A.F.P., "Pope urges respect for prostitutes at crowded Bangkok mass"

They work hard for the money . . .

Posted by: boulder t'hobo at November 21, 2019 07:11 PM (+P5gm)

312 It is against NFL rules for any NFL coach to wear a suit and tie. You must wear branded merch.

A coach for the 49ers tried to get permission a while back, DENIED.
Posted by: Oldcat at November 21, 2019 06:59 PM (FTPn0)

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Sounds like a growth and marketing opportunity for Armani or Hugo Boss. Imagine the coach in a suit coat like Governor LePetomaine / Brooks in a suit with "Browns" emblazoned on the back in six inch high letters?

And yes, they would sell hundreds a year.

Posted by: rd at November 21, 2019 07:12 PM (+0uDE)

313 sailboat racing is freaking AWESOME!

When B'Gal and I lived over on the left coast, we were right down the street from a house where the Stars and Stripes catamaran was docked. Still had the original paint job.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy does whatever his television tells him at November 21, 2019 07:13 PM (HaL55)

314 Erin Lies out Front on CNN played clip
President Trump - There was no Prid quo pro
Sondman- There was Prid quo pro

Goes to commercial

Posted by: Skip at November 21, 2019 07:13 PM (ZCEU2)

315 Sounds like a growth and marketing opportunity for
Armani or Hugo Boss. Imagine the coach in a suit coat like Governor
LePetomaine / Brooks in a suit with "Browns" emblazoned on the back in
six inch high letters?

And yes, they would sell hundreds a year.
Posted by: rd at November 21, 2019 07:12 PM (+0uDE)

Pinstripes - but the pinstripes are actually the team name. Kinda' like the Connar McGregor "Fuck You" suit. Pocket square and tie all worked into the team colors. Cuff-links and maybe tie or lapel pin with the logo.

They'd sell a zillion.

Posted by: Lurking Libertarian at November 21, 2019 07:14 PM (zRbHz)

316 The ultimate in punching down.

Posted by: Browns player suspended 4 eva at November 21, 2019 07:18 PM (ZuGkg)

317 There was 8 seconds left in the game. Steelers down by 2 touchdowns. There was no reason to even approach a late hit on the QB. He's a dirty player that takes cheap shots. He ended Trevor Simians season in week 2 on his second personal foul of the game.

Posted by: Fletch at November 21, 2019 07:20 PM (xhwIo)

318 OT,
The Santa Clarita sheriff's dept. has said that the weapon used in the HS shooting last week was a 45 ca. 1911 that was a ghost gun. The twits' father had a cache of unregistered weapons also.

The LA Times goes on to try to explain what a ghost gun is.

Their comment that putting a frame in a pistol together with the action , barrel. etc. is as easy as putting Ikea furniture together. Yeah, ok.

https://tinyurl.com/r9dw8vu

Posted by: Jen the original at November 21, 2019 07:23 PM (v2Axo)

319 I agree with all you said, Chief, but it does look like Mason tried to pull Garretts helmet off and kicked him in the crotch while Mason was still on the ground. Not that hard but still.

But pulling the race card and playing it is so lame.

Posted by: Beverly at November 21, 2019 07:27 PM (r3fIZ)

320 Sailboat racing rarely results in sudden death if you do something wrong. I suppose it does happen though.

Posted by: freaked, a real space alien, but not dangerous at November 21, 2019 07:39 PM (Tnijr)

321 10 Directed, focused racial invective. It's all the rage now: only the target hears it, and HOW DARE YOU CHALLENGE HIS PAIN!

Posted by: Richard McEnroe at November 21, 2019 07:39 PM (ABuva)

322 It was three on one at the time.

Next.

Posted by: nip at November 21, 2019 07:42 PM (cpS4u)

323 267.

"Under investigation". Set my alarm off when people are perp walked into preliminary arraignment in cuffs.

Posted by: SaltyDonnie at November 21, 2019 07:50 PM (bQu8v)

324 The only thing I disagree with Mason's lawyer is that using a racial slur is worse than being beaten to death or maimed. I would never use a racial slur myself, but context is everything.

Posted by: Jonah Kyle at November 21, 2019 09:01 PM (SH7Tr)

325 Now, I wouldn't be surprised if he called him a puss or some manner of Buttigeg-inclined individual but I'm pretty sure Garrett would have killed him, straight up, had it been a racial slur on the field. Dude's an imposing physical specimen and could absolutely have killed that guy.

If he's gonna lie like that, suspend him longer.

Posted by: sb at November 21, 2019 09:41 PM (1D0Ai)

326 So now you can KILL or attempt to KILL another person because he calls you a name?

Really? All those women who kill their husbands will be happy to know that it's understandable when he calls them lazy sluts and that his murder is fully justified.

Posted by: Your Friendly Neighborhood Witch at November 22, 2019 03:54 AM (xZjSg)

327 Racial slurs harm no one. Egos are offended. You don't get a license to kill. Try that crap in the weal world.

Also, whatever he called him ( he didn't ) maybe that's what he IS.

Posted by: Your Friendly Neighborhood Witch at November 22, 2019 03:55 AM (xZjSg)

328 Here's the part you don't understand : Cleveland and Pittsburgh play one another more than once very few years. These bozos from Cleveland have to play in Pittsburgh next time. I think Tomlin will read his team the riot act to behave themselves, but the fans...that may be something else. Pittsburgh really IS a family.

Posted by: Your Friendly Neighborhood Witch at November 22, 2019 03:58 AM (xZjSg)

329 Rudolph was first HIT long after he threw the ball, dolt.

Posted by: Your Friendly Neighborhood Witch at November 22, 2019 03:59 AM (xZjSg)

330 1) The League HAS to treat this severely. If they allow this, there will be use of "He called me a racial slur" for EVERY call.
2) It's on video. It's clearly a blatant violation, as is the hit that preceded it. ALL the Browns player's fault.
3) Payback WILL be a bitch, if this penalty is not imposed. And, it will likely affect someone else that is innocent of the offense, but wears the same uniform. For their sake, accept the suspension.
4) For those Browns fans that are excusing this (many of them in my own family):

Man up. Accept that YOUR team's guy went WAY over the line. Some principles trump tribal loyalties - even when your traditional rivals are involved.

Posted by: Linda Fox at November 22, 2019 05:51 AM (3uqJZ)

331 Pity .... He skipped Step #1 - NOOSE! Always discover NOOSE before alleging racial taunt!

Posted by: Duke Nuke'm More at November 22, 2019 06:41 AM (kM/hT)

332 If you look at the whole altercation, Garrett hits Rudolph with his own helmet after Rudolph attempts to tear Garrett's helmet off while they're scuffling on the ground.

Not trying to lessen the egregious nature of the whole ordeal, and I don't think it was Racistm� that set anything off, but Rudolph ain't exactly pure as snow in this thing either.

Posted by: red speck at November 22, 2019 11:13 AM (nrC0n)

333 Racial taunt? This guy is a worse liar than Juicy. The unfortunate effect will be that no one will believe anything of this nature again, since every damned one has been a lie.

Posted by: WhoElse at November 22, 2019 04:00 PM (6XLoz)

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