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Were going to see a red on Brazil too, play is getting very chippy. I wonder who is going to pull a Marquez. And yeah, this thing has been chippy from the start. And there it is.
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Goal Oranje! 2-1!
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De Jong is going to miss the next match, if there is one.
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I'd argue the only money machine in New York has to do with being on the Yankees. Jeter makes decent endorsement money, but even Jeter is outpaced by guys like Dale Earnhardt and Jim Furyk.
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Of the top 10 endorsed American athletes in 2009, A-Rod (4) and Jeter (9) are based in New York.
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According to Bosh's twitter, he talked with Riley and Wade today, and he said the meeting went well with the Heat.
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I think New York would easily pay 50 million for LeBron if they could.
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Wait, Allan Houston doesn't still play, does he? He might have to if things don't work out this week. In fact, that may have been part of the pitch: "Come play in New York, or else we might be forced to play Allan Houston again."
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Wait, Allan Houston doesn't still play, does he? He might have to if things don't work out this week.
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From twitter: @ConanOBrien: I don't care where LeBron James ends up... As long as it's not at 11pm on TBS.
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I don't think Pierce would accept any kind of MLE deal, and I don't see (hope not) the Bulls giving him max money. Allen possibly could be had at the MLE, but not Pierce. I'd be a little surprised to see Allen at the MLE at this point. Pierce will probably wind up back with Boston for way too much money for too money years, effectively killing their chances at reloading around Rondo and Perkins. If Johnson re-ups with Atlanta (and especially if James re-ups with Cleveland), there are going to be too many teams with money to burn and no players for Allen to not be overpaid by a bunch. Especially since Darko just got 20 mil.
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I don't think Pierce would accept any kind of MLE deal, and I don't see (hope not) the Bulls giving him max money. Allen possibly could be had at the MLE, but not Pierce.
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At this point, the only drama is who ends up being the starting goaltender next season (i.e. if someone offers Niemi upwards of 3 mil).
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Not a chance. We'll know where all the big guys are going by Saturday. I don't think so. THEY may know where they want to go, but they're going to relish in every single minute of media coverage they get about it. In fact, David Stern probably wants them to string it out to keep the NBA as the lead story every night Yeah the only one I see being public by Saturday is Wade staying in MIA I definitely could see Wade bailing on MIA if they can't land LeBron or Bosh.
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I think that'll be Friday's big story. Monday was Chicago, Tuesday was Miami, I think today is the Knicks turn, tomorrow is probably the Nets.
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Yeah, really the thing I like the most about Richmond's stats right now are his points per weighted shot (PPWS) of 1.625, which is crazy high. Glad to see him knocking down freebies consistently also.
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Jereme Richmond's stats thus far in the FIBA U-18 championships: Min 2PM 2PA 2P% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% RBO RBD RBTo AS PF TO ST BS PTS 21 5 8 63 0 0 0 3 4 75 4 3 7 4 0 1 0 0 13 23 6 8 75 0 0 0 2 2 100 6 4 10 4 1 2 2 0 14 21 3 3 100 0 0 0 1 2 50 2 4 6 1 1 1 2 0 7 14 2 2 100 1 1 100 4 4 100 2 1 3 3 0 1 2 0 11 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 79 16 21 76 1 1 100 10 12 83 14 12 26 12 2 5 6 0 45 Granted, they've been blowing everybody out, and he's nowhere near the leading scorer, but he's looking good.
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Goalie rankings by GVT This only covers the above average goalies (0+ GVT) that played at least a majority of the team's games, which is why you don't see Huet or Niemi on the list. 1. Tuukka Rask 2. Ryan Miller 3. Jaroslav Halak --------------------------- Tier "two": Evgeni Nabokov, Jimmy Howard, Tomas Vokoun, Ilya Bryzgalov, Henrik Lundqvist --------------------------- Tier "three": Jonas Hiller, Mikka Kiprusoff, Johan Hedberg, Craig Anderson, Martin Brodeur, Tim Thomas, Chris Mason --------------------------- Tier "four": Marty Turco, Cam Ward, Roberto Luongo, Pekka Rinne ...and after that it really tails off towards mediocrity and below. Other than those top 3, it's not really worth spending a bunch of money on a goalie to make a lot of difference. EDIT: My reasoning for this is that the numbers really level off after Lundqvist, and every goalie from Howard on down to Nittymaki (just after Rinne) is within a single standard deviation of the mean. Nabokov and Howard are nearly identical, so the only true outliers in a positive direction are the top 3.
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I fear if the US and Mexico broke from CONCACAF and joined up with, say, CONMEBOL (which would make the most geographical sense...sort of), the chances of qualification would drop significantly.
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Well, it's being held in June 2013, and if qualification/seeding is anything like this cycle, qualification will go through September at least, and seeding would take place in Nov/Dec 2013, so I would assume those matches would impact seedings.
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As far as World Cup 2014 seeding would go, though, preliminary thoughts: - With Brazil as the host, that essentially allows for one additional team to get a seed than in 2010, which is good news. - I don't expect the following teams to drop off so much that the USMNT passes them: Spain, Germany, Argentina, Netherlands. - So, essentially, the USMNT would have to take one of three spots available for them and likely the following teams: England, Italy, France, Greece. Uruguay, Mexico, Portugal, Serbia, Croatia or Russia. They're likely already ahead of Mexico, Greece, Serbia, Croatia and Russia at this point, but a lot can happen in 4 years. - If FIFA decides to use World Cup 2010 results in the seeding process, then the USMNT would have an advantage over England, Italy, France, Mexico and Serbia on that front. - The 2011 Gold Cup is very important for the US, to stay ahead of Mexico for potential seeding, and to get an opportunity in the Confederations Cup to play against more elite teams between now and 2014 (since CONCACAF qualifying doesn't really offer a similar opportunity).
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Mexico has 4 points...draw v. South Africa, win v. France, loss v. Uruguay. Slovakia also has 4 points...draw v. New Zealand, loss v. Paraguay, win v. Italy. So England is ahead of both.
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Per Grant Wahl, the USMNT will not receive an invite to Copa America 2011, since CONMEBOL was unhappy that the US brought the B-team to Copa 2007.
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If anything, the rarity of this one is the guy who threw the no-hitter was the second best pitcher of the night.
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Again Ghana has 24 million we have 305 million, Mr. Optimistic What does that have to do with anything? What I'm getting frustrated with is the lack of parity in this [expletive] sport. I mean, don't get me wrong, I love the game, but when it's China v India EVERY TIME in EVERY FINAL winning EVERY TROPHY it just gets a little old, you know? Especially when no other nation comes close, ever. I mean, India has had more success than the next 5 nations combined.
