[punkem 733]

You ran out of fingers, well all the Yankee hate, and how many have we won?? Oh right, we're the most successful Franchise in sports history.

See how it goes both ways. Also I know life long laker fans who love their team and hate kobe, he's rude, and an asshole. After games telling people to fuck off, and get That "shit" outta my face when said friends tried to hand him a pen and paper to autogragh.

Enjoy...

http://deadspin.com/5392067/excerpts...yline=true&s=x


Just a sample...

Studying under Dick Bavetta for 13 years was like pursuing a graduate degree in advanced game manipulation. He knew how to marshal the tempo and tone of a game better than any referee in the league, by far. He also knew how to take subtle — and not so subtle — cues from the NBA front office and extend a playoff series or, worse yet, change the complexion of that series.

The 2002 Western Conference Finals between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Sacramento Kings presents a stunning example of game and series manipulation at its ugliest. As the teams prepared for Game 6 at the Staples Center, Sacramento had a 3–2 lead in the series. The referees assigned to work Game 6 were Dick Bavetta, Bob Delaney, and Ted Bernhardt. As soon as the referees for the game were chosen, the rest of us knew immediately that there would be a Game 7. A prolonged series was good for the league, good for the networks, and good for the game. Oh, and one more thing: it was great for the big-market, star-studded Los Angeles Lakers.

In the pregame meeting prior to Game 6, the league office sent down word that certain calls — calls that would have benefitted the Lakers — were being missed by the referees. This was the type of not-so-subtle information that I and other referees were left to interpret. After receiving the dispatch, Bavetta openly talked about the fact that the league wanted a Game 7.

"If we give the benefit of the calls to the team that's down in the series, nobody's going to complain. The series will be even at three apiece, and then the better team can win Game 7," Bavetta stated.

As history shows, Sacramento lost Game 6 in a wild come-from-behind thriller that saw the Lakers repeatedly sent to the foul line by the referees. For other NBA referees watching the game on television, it was a shameful performance by Bavetta's crew, one of the most poorly officiated games of all time.

Great job on the Kind city Steve-O.

[anonymeX]

I'm glad the Yankees won. They are America's team in the greatest sense. Sport has the ability to bring a nation together. I hope that one day sport can yet again bring us all together. In love and peace.

[iconoclast]

The Fab 4 have won their 5th World Series Championship since they all came up from the Yankees farm system in 1985!

Jeter, Rivera, Pettitte, and Posada. I love these guys!

Be well,
iconoclast

Originally Posted by punkem 733