General Sports Discussion

[Timberridge]

I don't know why, but when I read that I'm imagining you riding a setup like this.

[wooley12]

Yeah. That's how I remember it too. 500cc speedway bike. 80 mph.
Reality

[zion zig zag]

I once got kicked off the bus on the way back from an away game loss. HS soccer team. Coach just straight up left me on the side of the road. You could get away with that in the late 80's.

[m2711c]

was it deserved?

[Timberridge]

clearly.

[Timberridge]

Nice. I like it.

[BmillsSkier]

Excellent stories boys.

Timberridge, I too once won Gold in a NASTAR race at Boyne Highlands. It was a most excellent day.

I once got kicked off the bus on the way back from an away game loss. HS soccer team. Coach just straight up left me on the side of the road. You could get away with that in the late 80's.

Must be something about soccer coaches. I was on the bus after an away game loss and me and my buddy were generally being a shit to eachother and our coach wanted silence so he walked back grabbed the hat off my head and threw it out the window.

I'm not sure what transpired after that but at practice a week later he was demoted to JV and he had to give me my hat back in front of the entire team. I still imagine him searching the roadside ditch in the dark looking for that hat.

Now that I think about it, that may be one of my greatest moments in sports.


Speaking of winning and trophies though, I think my greatest moment in sports was winning my first bump comp at like age 10 at Mt. Brighton, Michigan. Shitty moguls, shittier jumps, 190 Dynastar Vertical Assaults with rear entry Solly boots, but really good skiers. I was so jacked I quit racing the same day and set out to ski bumps (competitively) for the rest of my skiing career.

[Timberridge]

Timberridge, I too once won Gold in a NASTAR race at Boyne Highlands. It was a most excellent day.

FKNA Bmills. I never expected that from a Clevelandite.

[BmillsSkier]

FKNA Bmills. I never expected that from a Clevelandite.

Got my start at age 2 at the aforementioned Mt. Brighton, Michigan (WHERE DEX AND TJ ARE FROM!!! ) when my family lived there. NASTAR and neon were a way of life for a very long time.

[Timberridge]

One for you Bmills...

[BmillsSkier]

That's just straight porn right there.

Right down to the lack of pines on hill. Takes me back.

Mmmmm, mmmm.

[zion zig zag]

was it deserved?

Absolutely.

[Marshall Tucker]

decathlete, I got to practice pole vault quite a bit with our top vaulters who were going over 18'. ool.

18 is some serious cabbage. Played with the decathalon a little bit, did 6k once (again mid 80s; know they change the scoring tables regularly). Couldn't throw fer shit.

[smartyiak]

I raced BMX as a kid. When I was 7, I finished first in the state (WI) for my age group. We went the to the "World Championships" in Indianapolis. It was cool to meet Stu Thompson, Perry Kramer ( I had...and still have a PK Ripper), Eddy King, and all those guys. I came in 7th in my age group.

The best was: I was interviewed it ended up as a little blurby-blurb in BMXA (about 1/4 page) "profiling me." When that magazine came in the mail and I saw I was in it....it was pretty much the coolest thing ever.

[BmillsSkier]

I raced BMX as a kid. When I was 7, I finished first in the state (WI) for my age group. We went the to the "World Championships" in Indianapolis. It was cool to meet Stu Thompson, Perry Kramer ( I had...and still have a PK Ripper), Eddy King, and all those guys. I came in 7th in my age group.

The best was: I was interviewed it ended up as a little blurby-blurb in BMXA (about 1/4 page) "profiling me." When that magazine came in the mail and I saw I was in it....it was pretty much the coolest thing ever.

Can we call you Cru Jones from now on? Seriously, that's pretty rad. No pun intended. BMX was about as cool as it gets growing up.

[BmillsSkier]

So it was announced tonight that Tiger Woods, Phil Mickleson, Tom Brady and Peyton Manning will be playing a 2 v 2 match on May 24 on TNT, which, I'll definitely tune in for although I wish it was on HBO or Netflix so we can hear them mic'd up and unedited.

https://www.cbssports.com/golf/news/...vid-19-relief/


Which... brings us to tomorrow's General Sports Discussion topic:

Who is in your dream foursome? Pick 3 other guys, gals, athletes, functional alcoholics, relatives, who gives a shit, that you would like to spend 4 hours chasing a ball around with.

Don't golf? Fine, pick 3 other people you would like to ride a quad lift with for 4-5 hours. With beer.

[Blackbeard]

Late to the party, but no one named Barry Bonds among the most hated. All the talent in the world pre-roids, 3 MVP awards before the juice. But the guy was just an asshole all around, few wanted him to break Aaron’s record outside of the Bay Area.

[plugboots]

Late to the party, but no one named Barry Bonds among the most hated. All the talent in the world pre-roids, 3 MVP awards before the juice. But the guy was just an asshole all around, few wanted him to break Aaron’s record outside of the Bay Area.

I was in the Bay Area during his prime so maybe I’m a little bit of a homer, but the more I read about him, and given his history, his dad’s history, and with his godfather Willie Mays’ influence, It kind of makes sense to me he did what he did. He’s a pretty good cyclist now too.

[I Skied Bandini Mountain]

Greatest accomplishment - I was a 7 foot high jumper. Cleared it freshman year college, and I was done - to many injuries (stress fractures in my feet). Competed against some good athletes, including Mike Powell, WR holder long jump.

[BmillsSkier]

Respect to you T&F guys, just true athletes, especially so for the multi event dudes.

[54-46]

Late to the party, but no one named Barry Bonds among the most hated. All the talent in the world pre-roids, 3 MVP awards before the juice. But the guy was just an asshole all around, few wanted him to break Aaron’s record outside of the Bay Area.

I played HS hoop against Barry a few times. When he was young, he was an asshole. (FWIW, I was better than he was at hoop.) He was the greatest hitter I ever saw though...

[wooley12]

Points for a business meeting with Bill Polian and Marv Levy to discuss their order for the teams Super Bowl XXV losers ring?

[Aldo]

Just cleaning up a late thought here , I’m still visually enamored with the Daly encounter during the rain delay, takin a break with the crowd knocking back beers and not breaking stride t’all, I can smell the cigarette smoke and hear the cans getting crushed. Love it.


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[iceman]

#8 VT up 10-0 on #2 BC with three minutes left in the game the next year. Matty Ice marched the ball down the field twice in three minutes to win the game 10-14 and I stood in the pouring rain for three hours to watch it happen.

Missed this until now. That was just epic. You may disagree.

[m2711c]

Respect to you T&F guys, just true athletes, especially so for the multi event dudes.

at my school sports were required so i went out for the football and basketball teams. you get cut, you went to track & field...











i ran the 880 and was an alternate on the relay.