General Other Sports Chit-Chat Thread

[Ding Dong Johnson]

I forgot about this nonsense

 

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Karel Sabbe, a dentist from Anzegem (Belgium) set a new record for running the Pacific Crest Trail: 46 days, 12 hours an 59 minutes. That’s five days (!) faster than the previous best. 😎

[17 Seconds]

i haven't seen the video. did it really look intentional?

 

 

[minnesotacubsfan]

1 hour ago, 17 Seconds said:

i haven't seen the video. did it really look intentional?

 

 

yes, the other player kicked his leg up at kicked at Johnsons face as he was gliding by. I only saw the video to the point that the skate is about to strike him, it stops at that point for obvious reasons

 

 

 

[Hairyducked Idiot]

1 hour ago, 17 Seconds said:

i haven't seen the video. did it really look intentional?

 

 

It looks .... Weird. I finally got up the nerve to watch today.  Just up to the moment of contact, none of the aftermath.  Honestly changed my opinion a little.

I was imagining that Johnson was falling and his neck was at knee height or something.

But nope, Johnson was completely upright in a normal skating posture.  Petgrave tries to slide around another player to get to Johnson as Johnson crosses the blue line.  Petgrave ends up in front of Johnson and almost has his back to him. Petgrave is off balance and his skate flies up, it looks like a scorpion kick in soccer or almost a superkick in pro wrestling.

My understanding of criminal law is that it should be pretty much impossible to get a conviction.  People like to see terms legal terms like "gross negligence" and think they apply to situations when they almost never do.

But that play is weirder than I thought it would be.  Between pros and rec league (I play and I live near a rink that is a great place to take my autistic kid to be entertained away from crowds) I probably see 10 hockey games a week.  I don't think I've ever seen someone's skate come up like that.  So I kind of understand why they're investigating.  He either lost an edge and reacted in an incredibly unfortunate way, or maybe he was going for something dirty like a knee to knee and that's why his leg was in an awkward position.

But the whole thing has turned political online now and I'm sure that had something to do with the arrest.  Right-wing trolls are flooding hockey forums.  My extremely conservative mom just texted me that she is glad he's been arrested.

 

Edited November 14, 2023 by Hairyducked Idiot

[JudasIscariotTheBird]

Back before my knees and elbows turned into mush, I used to practice jiu jitsu.  I was very middling, but it was rare I wasn't the best wrestler in the room, so the MMA guys would often seek me out to spar. I'd show them a technique or two, and they would reciprocate with striking and choking tips. Fun stuff...but some of them were pretty clearly just insane. 

One of insane guys I rolled with made it as far as Strikeforce, and had some wins over UFC vets.  Lumumba had a very sad post-fight-career story before this week, but it just got sadder. 

https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2024/08/lumumba-sayers-arrest-murder-childs-birthday-party

 

[Tank]

On 11/14/2023 at 12:17 PM, Hairyducked Idiot said:

It looks .... Weird. I finally got up the nerve to watch today.  Just up to the moment of contact, none of the aftermath.  Honestly changed my opinion a little.

I was imagining that Johnson was falling and his neck was at knee height or something.

But nope, Johnson was completely upright in a normal skating posture.  Petgrave tries to slide around another player to get to Johnson as Johnson crosses the blue line.  Petgrave ends up in front of Johnson and almost has his back to him. Petgrave is off balance and his skate flies up, it looks like a scorpion kick in soccer or almost a superkick in pro wrestling.

My understanding of criminal law is that it should be pretty much impossible to get a conviction.  People like to see terms legal terms like "gross negligence" and think they apply to situations when they almost never do.

But that play is weirder than I thought it would be.  Between pros and rec league (I play and I live near a rink that is a great place to take my autistic kid to be entertained away from crowds) I probably see 10 hockey games a week.  I don't think I've ever seen someone's skate come up like that.  So I kind of understand why they're investigating.  He either lost an edge and reacted in an incredibly unfortunate way, or maybe he was going for something dirty like a knee to knee and that's why his leg was in an awkward position.

But the whole thing has turned political online now and I'm sure that had something to do with the arrest.  Right-wing trolls are flooding hockey forums.  My extremely conservative mom just texted me that she is glad he's been arrested.

 

Rec leagues are full of lunatics. A former teammate of mine was arrested for kicking a guy in the head during a game. Ironically, he's coaching junior A now. 

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In 1989 Greg Lemond beat Laurent Fignon by 8 seconds in the time trial on the final day to win the Tour de France.

Today, the women of the Tour de France Femmes went one better: Kasia Niewiadoma did just enough to hang on to her lead over Demi Vollering by 4 seconds on the mythical climb to Alpe d’Huez. Sport doesn’t get better than this.