Letters to the Editor
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They could also solve the L.A. debate by doing this 17th game
They could add 4 or more games to be played at either the Rose Bowl or LA Coliseum which could galvanize local interest in the NFL and put pressure on the government to build or upgrade a stadium (not saying that's right, but that's what could happen). It's highly doubtful the NFL will have to expand since it's highly likely the Buffalo Bills' days in that city are numbered (sorry, but when Bills' owner Ralph Wilson passes, his heirs may sell the team, and I don't think the NFL wants to remain in a small market city where there's an exodus of young people happening as we speak...well, write. It's just a question of whether the franchise will end up in Toronto or Los Angeles).
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a mensch? really?
So on Thursday he said that "last night" was divine intervention.
His daughter's surgery was Wednesday morning.
His big shot was Wednesday night and his team won.
So the "Lord" cares about a basketball game? More than his daughter's health?
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wish you'd follow your own rule
You commend Fisher for taking non-religious people's feelings into account, yet you state that "The physician switch was, pardon the expression, blind luck." Fisher had the humility to add "I think" when stating that the switch was divine intervention, yet you state in no uncertain terms that it was coincidence, luck, &c.
Tell me something: Do you have a direct line to, in your case, the Man Who's Not Upstairs? If so, you should let us know; otherwise, perhaps you could take some lessons from the man you're cheering for and put in a qualification that you really don't know any more than he does.
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Football overseas.
This has got to be one of the worst ideas ever. Don't foreigners hate us enough. if they do this, it will be the worst US export since we sent the A-bombs to Hiroshima and Nagasaki. American Football should remain our own secret shame, like Koreans raising puppies for dinner.
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I love basketball, and I don't undertstand it
This is not a rhetorical question, but an honest one because I do not know: When a team like Detroit is so good that they can do what the did in the second half last night, why and how do they ever let the other team get up 19 in the first place?
Again I emphasize: Not saying they are not that good, because they are. Dumb question, but whatever.
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Wow, that is refreshing.
Being an atheist and a sports fan is difficult with the constant invocations of god and his will head-butting you at every turn. It would be like if god was always being mentioned in politics and in the news. Crazy.
Fisher does seem like a geniune dude. How can you not root for the guy? Too bad he plays for the Jazz in Mormon country. Al Sharpton told me their god isn't real so their prayers don't count. So I guess the Warriors are going to win the series.
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NFL's response to Chelsea, Barcelona, ManU, Real Madrid; Hockey
They understand that the biggest sports clubs in the world (not USA) do these annual Asian or North American summer tours where they build their global franchise base. The Glazier takeover at ManU and Hicks at Liverpool, two guys who have run NFL and MLB franchises shows that there are some owners smart enough to realize they are close to maxing out the American football and baseball $ here in the US.
American football will ever be followed at the fanatical, tribal level of European and Latin American soccer, but as pure spectacle it does catch the eye.
The Bills are more than just Buffalo. Syracuse, Rochester, Niagara Falls, into Southern Ontario. In case you have forgotten, Toronto already has a CFL team - Go Argos!
The NFL will not relocate the Bills unless they are pushed out by locals, and I can't see that happening.
Battle of Lake Ontario (alright, Ottawa doesn't border it but there's a canal - humor me) last night - Sabres looked scared of their own shadow in the HSBC, and mediocre goaltending. Must win Game 2 for Sabres. Many seasons of soft teams/early exits for Senators - maybe this is the year they finally harden up and get through to Finals.
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missing an 'n'
as in 'never be followed' not 'ever be followed'
Where's my copy editor?
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INFL
InterNational Football League. Ridiculous. Rational, but ridiculous. I could rail against it, but, as you implied King, I'll hate it when I see it.
Derek Fisher is the man. I love it when stories like this arrive in the morning paper - on the sports page. It makes you say, "Wow, they're not all making it rain or getting DUIs or beating their female or training fighing dogs or killing neighbors' horses or fighting fans in the crowd or kicking photographers or doing steroids or other drugs - there is this Derek Fisher guy and Ken Griffey Jr." (sorry, I couldn't help myself)
NFL in Germany? Didn't we uncover a terrorist plot today which called for the murder of U.S. tourists in Germany? Not so sure if I'm heading back to the fatherland to catch that Cardinals/Titans matchup.
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attn: jamesey
"it's tough being an atheist and a sports fan."
really? What's so difficult?? The staring at the television, or the not believing in anything? Seems to me like that's a pretty un-tough afternoon.
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What would have been a better conclusion for Fisher to draw...
If he was poor his daughter would probably no longer be with us. That's not because "God" hated her, its because of the piss-poor healthcare situation in this country.
Funny how rich people get lucky (or better treatment) and chaulk it up to "God", not realizing that poor people who believe in "God" just as much as them, never seem to be on the receiving end of "God's" graces. It's even less forgivable for sports millionaires, most of whom come from humble beginnings.
But I suppose that was "God" singling them out to be ballplayers (as opposed to winning the DNA lottery). Lucky twice, Mr. Fisher? Or blessed twice?
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Attn: Mikes Pace
"beating their female"?
You've got to be kidding.
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Sorry, BaldHeadHo, but the Sabres will get just close enough to disappoint
They will make you believe that they can do it, and then they will blow it, or a bad call will go against them.
In exchange for living in and around Buffalo, where you get to enjoy the great weather, etc., you have to have your heart broken by your sports teams. See: Norwood, Scott. Or Hull, Brett.
Here's how I can see it happening:
Sabres are up a goal in the last seconds of Game 7. Briere thinks that he has crossed the red line, so he can safely dump the puck to kill off the last 5 seconds. However, the linesman claims that he dumped from behind the red line, and he calls him for icing. The Sabres have to keep their tired line out on the ice, and the faceoff goes back to Miller's right, and Spezza wins the faceoff, where the puck is drilled into the net. Sens force overtime and win on an uncalled goaltender interference, where Miller is knocked down by a rushing forward and Alfredsson buries it.
Of course, I could be wrong. Maybe this is their year to win.