Sports Finals

92 Dream Team (LBJ for MVP) asked:


According to Associated Press’s list of athletes of the century Michael Jordan is 2nd to **** Ruth. I would like to know if you guys think that **** Ruth should be over Michael Jordan?

Babe Ruth Resume:
-2x All-Star selection (1933, 1934)
-7x World Series champion (1915, 1916, 1918, 1923, 1927, 1928, 1932)
-1923 AL MVP
-First player to hit 30, 40, 50 and 60 home runs in a season
-New York Yankees #3 retired
-Ranks in the top 10 of numerous career statistics

Michael Jordan Resume:
-6x NBA Champion (1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998)
-5x NBA MVP (1988, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1998)
-14x NBA All-Star (1985-1993, 1996-1998, 2002-2003)
-6x NBA Finals MVP (1991-1993, 1996-1998)
-1x NBA Defensive Player of the Year (1988)
-10x All-NBA First Team Selection (1987-1993, 1996-1998)
-1x All-NBA Second Team Selection (1985)
-9x NBA All-Defensive First Team Selection (1988-1993, 1996-1998)
-1985 NBA Rookie of the Year
-1985 NBA All-Rookie Team
-3x NBA All-Star Game MVP (1988, 1996, 1998)
-2x NBA Slam Dunk Contest winner (1987, 1988)
-NBA’s 50th Anniversary All-Time Team
-1x NCAA Men’s Basketball Champion (1982)
-1982 ACC Freshman of the Year
-1x ACC Men’s Basketball Player of the Year (1984)
-1x USBWA College Player of the Year (1984)
-1x Naismith College Player of the Year (1984)
-1x John R. Wooden Award (1984)
-1x Adolph Rupp Trophy (1984)
-1991 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year
-2000 ESPY Athlete of the Century
-1990s ESPY Male Athlete Decade Award
-1990s ESPY Pro Basketballer Decade Award
Jim Thorpe - subsequently lost his Olympic titles when it was found he was paid for playing two seasons of minor league baseball before competing in the games (thus violating the amateur status rules).

Okay Nice.
theHound - I got all information from wikipedia I posted what’s written in there I’m not a baseball fanatic like you. You also didn’t talk about Michael Jordan.
But who was **** Ruth’s competition back then for the mvp and did the other baseball teams have good quality players to compete against the Yankees? In the Jordan era there was Barkley and co.

wolferaps asked:


What literary device is my appetite for sports and explanation why? Used in the context The first huge difference between my parents and I is my appetite for sports…

Richard S R.I.P. Great Grandaddy asked:


Doug Collins iz gonna be the head coach of the Bulls (again) next season.
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/basketball/bulls/chi080529-doug-collins-chicago-bulls,1,4541691.story

But in my opinion, I don’t think that heez gonna get the Bulls. I still think that they should’ve picked Avery Johnson. Look at Doug Collins coaching record the last three seasons
http://www.nba.com/coachfile/doug_collins/

I mean he iz a pretty good coach (332-287 coaching record) but I don’t think that the bulls aren’t goin anywhere but the semi finals. That’s just my opinion. If you agree or disagree, then feel free to comment.
F**k you scifientist
lol

Ultrastooge PhD. asked:


I am also going to outline a plan for Ultimate Hamster Fighting (UHF) with no rules combat in a death cage… I am going bill that one as a Police charity event. Do I need special construction permits for the cage/arena?

nathan c asked:


The injustice of the Chinese is so incredible that I want to know what I can do to show my displeasure.
wow. i guess im a heartless westerner. well at least im a *** heartless westerner who believes in human rights. I protested the Iraq war as much as i could. well thanks for bringing that up even though it doesn’t have much to do with my question!

bernieEC asked:


I’m wondering how some school finance sports like track and field, swimming or golf.

Steve asked:


http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketball/2008/06/10/2008-06-10_exreferee_tim_donaghy_blows_whistle_on_n.html

Tuesday, June 10th 2008, 4:10 PM
Tim Donaghy, who pleaded guilty to charges of betting on games he officiated, is now airing NBA’s dirty laundry. Murphy/Getty

Tim Donaghy, who pleaded guilty to charges of betting on games he officiated, is now airing NBA’s dirty laundry.

Ex-NBA referee Tim Donaghy told the feds two refs fixed the outcome of one playoff series - and that officials were told not to eject star players from games for fear of hurting ticket sales.

The bombshell allegations are contained in a court document filed Tuesday by Donaghy’s lawyer. It describes the “inner workings of the NBA in which top league executives used referees to manipulate games.

Donaghy, who pleaded guilty in Brooklyn Federal Court to charges of betting on games he officiated, told FBI agents “league officials would tell referees that they should withhold calling technical fouls on certain star players because doing so hurt ticket sales and television ratings, the document said.

Donaghy claims he was told that two refs who were “company men” acting in the interest of the NBA conspired to extend a playoff series in 2002 to a seventh game.

The referees allegedly ignored flagrant fouls committed by the team that needed to win. They also reportedly called made-up fouls against the other team which led to the ejection of two of their players. The team favored by the refs won that night and the next game to win the series.

The document does not name the teams. The Nets were in that playoff series, losing the championship finals to the Los Angeles Lakers.

Donaghy also claimed a supervising referee told refs that an unidentified NBA executive did not want them to call technical fouls on star players or boot them from the game.

Donaghy told feds the league reprimanded a referee who disobeyed that edict in January 2000 and ejected an unnamed star player from a game in the first quarter.

Lawyer John Lauro filed the four-page letter to Federal Judge Carol Amon because none of the information was included in the government’s letter to the judge seeking leniency for Donaghy when he is sentenced next month.

Lauro has gone to war against Brooklyn federal prosecutors for offering plea deals to Donaghy’s betting accomplices that give them less time than the disgraced ref, despite his extensive cooperation.

Donaghy claims referees have accepted autographs, free merchandise and meals from team coaches and managers. He told probers one referee used a team’s practice facility to exercise and another played tennis with an NBA coach.

These activities were against NBA rules, indeed, such inappropriate relationships could influence the outcome of games, Lauro wrote.

Lauro said he withheld the names of the teams, referees and league officials because the feds may still investigate the allegations.
there’s another article on ESPN.com

check this out

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3436401

by the way, everyone star this question

Michelle J asked:


Okay so I am looking to buy a car for about 8,000. I have been searching on kbb and i have found a few cars that are 2004 and 2005. the ones that i have been coming across in my price range are
1. Ford Focus
2. dodge Neon
3. Grand Am GT and SE and Prix
4. Cobalt

If anyone has andy of these, or knows about cars, or has any advice, please share. =) I am hoping to get all of the information on these before I make a final decision. Or if anyone knows of a car i should be looking into. I know you never know until you drive them, but I am hoping to be able to have a heads up on the long term aspects of these cars! Thanks for the help!