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Hey, remember that ESPN baseball commercial from far too long ago with “The Rick?” As in, “Hi, my name is Rick, but my friends call me The Rick.”

Well, this is The Don. Fun fact about The Don: Not Italian, though he’s still a Don. As in Don Broadhurst, from England.

The Don whacked beat Isaac Quaye on points last night in a super flyweight title bout. Good for The Don. But here’s more from The Don. Check out his socks — St. George’s cross. Plus, look at the panel on his leg — does that say “Geezers Palace”? Indeed, it does. Geezers Palace sells boxing stuff.

The Don accepts your gratitude for learning new things today. — Bryan

 
  
 
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    I wonder what the tatoos say on his arm and side. I’m intrigued at what people “type” on themselves.

    Checkout this link. Weird helmet numbers from Melbourne High in Florida…look as if they are hand painted on with different personalized messages.

    “Super Flyweight” — The newish names for the tweener weight divisions in boxing like this one crack me up. (I think the IBF still calls it “Junior Bantamweight”.)

    OK, “Super Welterweight” does sound more imposing than “Junior Middleweight” but “Super Flyweight?” Please.

    [quote comment=”297714″]”Super Flyweight” — The newish names for the tweener weight divisions in boxing like this one crack me up. (I think the IBF still calls it “Junior Bantamweight”.)

    OK, “Super Welterweight” does sound more imposing than “Junior Middleweight” but “Super Flyweight?” Please.[/quote]
    Wonder why boxing doesn’t just use the numbers of the weight classifications to identify them (like NCAA wrestling does)? Guess that would make too much sense… “The Don” fought in the 115-pound weight class; whether it’s “Super Flyweight” or “Junior Bantamweight” is immaterial…

    According to link, there are eighteen freakin’ weight classes in pro boxing! The NCAA has ten weight classes for wrestling; Olympic wrestling has eleven weight classes in the Greco-Roman competition, and ten weight classes in freestyle, and uses names for the weight classifications.

    Scott County, TN High School football team added crosses and black tapes to their helmets last night in honor of four cheerleaders killed in car wreck last weekend.

    link

    In Thursdays comments, someone mentioned that the Hockey News had come out with a special edition issue called the “Greatest Masks of All-Time.”

    Well, I picked it up yesterday, and it was seriously worth the eight bucks. I thought it would just show what they thought were the best masks, but it actually goes into the history of the mask, the cross over with baseball catcher’s mask, how masks are made, etc…Highly recommended.

    [quote comment=”297718″]im just curious…

    does anyone else have “google ads” on their page…specifically, ones for like xanax, vics and oxy?

    wtf?[/quote]
    Yeah, I’ve got ’em. I particularly like one for a “Luxury Rehab Locator.” What in the Google database caused the system to decide that Uni Watchers are in need pain relievers, antidepressants, and rehab to beat the addiction to said pain relievers and antidepressants?

    On an unrelated Saturday morning note: is it possible to have a “candy hangover?” I was at home giving out candy all night, had a beer with dinner, not even remotely partying, but woke up with a hangover-ish headache!

    im kinda hoping maybe tomorrow bry will feature link…texas tech’s link link link…particularly if da raidahs hook the horns tonight

    i thought he was scary…but not as scary as this former link…who hung up his pads and is now giving back to our youth as a teacher…well done sir

    If I was a boxer, I’d wanna be in the “Super Fly” division.

    I’m one cool cat, a super fly boxer from the old school… ya dig?

    Maybe call me Jimmy Snuka?

    [quote comment=”297722″][quote comment=”297718″]im just curious…

    does anyone else have “google ads” on their page…specifically, ones for like xanax, vics and oxy?

    wtf?[/quote]

    Yeah, I’ve got ’em. I particularly like one for a “Luxury Rehab Locator.” What in the Google database caused the system to decide that Uni Watchers are in need pain relievers, antidepressants, and rehab to beat the addiction to said pain relievers and antidepressants?

    On an unrelated Saturday morning note: is it possible to have a “candy hangover?” I was at home giving out candy all night, had a beer with dinner, not even remotely partying, but woke up with a hangover-ish headache![/quote]

    [quote comment=\”297718\”]im just curious…

    [/quote]

    I’ve got them too. Truthfully, I just got used to ignoring them. It seems so many pages have random ad links, that I’ve grown accustomed to them. Half the time, I don’t even notice them unless I make a point to.

    I can imagine, with the current economy/healthcare crisis, that the pain pill sites get a bunch of hits. Who knows about legality and legitimacy though.

    [quote comment=”297712″]the don has link on his glove tape…what’s up with that?

    /where’s my royalties?[/quote]

    The person who tapes his hands and then his gloves has to sign the tape in case something happens or something is wrong with the tape, like if they have doctored it somehow. I believe the sanctioning organization keeps the tape as evidence.

    [quote comment=”297723″]im kinda hoping maybe tomorrow bry will feature link…texas tech’s link link link…particularly if da raidahs hook the horns tonight

    i thought he was scary…but not as scary as this former link…who hung up his pads and is now giving back to our youth as a teacher…well done sir[/quote]

    When I played football in college, I had some joker on another team who tried to do the John Randle look. Our entire team laughed at him for the entire first half. We made it a point to destroy that guy (a TE) every chance we got. After halftime the make-up was gone.

    [quote comment=”297726″][quote comment=”297712″]the don has link on his glove tape…what’s up with that?

    /where’s my royalties?[/quote]

    The person who tapes his hands and then his gloves has to sign the tape in case something happens or something is wrong with the tape, like if they have doctored it somehow. I believe the sanctioning organization keeps the tape as evidence.[/quote]

    yeah…i knew that, but i always thought they were like little initials or something…even a name…but i never seen a name THAT big before…is that something new in the fight game, or is this like a abberation?

    yeah…i knew that, but i always thought they were like little initials or something…even a name…but i never seen a name THAT big before…is that something new in the fight game, or is this like a abberation?[/quote]

    They can pretty much sign it however they want, a lot of guys will actually use a signature. The only one like that that I can think of is a former boxer named Vinny Pazienza, if he does the tape he’ll write PAZ in huge letters.

    in the cfl yesterday, a reciever for the als had a jersey that was much too large for him, so he tied the back to make it smaller. see at :36 in this video.

    link

    Last night, the AHL’s Manitoba Moose played in Rockford against the IceHogs. While that fact isn’t strange or uni-worthy, the Moose wore something that I haven’t seen on their jerseys all season thus far: link.

    You can see it on Cory Schneider’s left shoulder.

    Extra-special merit “stickers” on Kokomo footballers. Can any of you tell what it says on the front of the helmet?

    link

    [quote comment=”297735″]Extra-special merit “stickers” on Kokomo footballers. Can any of you tell what it says on the front of the helmet?

    link[/quote]
    Wreckin’ Crew?

    [quote comment=”297736″][quote comment=”297735″]Extra-special merit “stickers” on Kokomo footballers. Can any of you tell what it says on the front of the helmet?

    link[/quote]
    Wreckin’ Crew?[/quote]
    It says. “That’s how we get down in K-Town!”

    Sorry. There’s probably about three people in the world who’d get that one and I doubt that any of them will read this.

    Seriously, I believe it does say “WRECK N CREW”

    Notre Dame has a memorial sticker of JR on the back of their helmets for Rev. James Riehle, C.S.C. He died at age 83.
    He was the Monogram Club executive director emeritus and longtime athletics chaplain passes away at Notre Dame’s Holy Cross House following a short illness.

    [quote comment=”297722″]
    Yeah, I’ve got ’em. I particularly like one for a “Luxury Rehab Locator.” What in the Google database caused the system to decide that Uni Watchers are in need pain relievers, antidepressants, and rehab to beat the addiction to said pain relievers and antidepressants?[/quote]
    Something about “the obsessive study of athletics aesthetics” perhaps?
    [quote]

    On an unrelated Saturday morning note: is it possible to have a “candy hangover?” I was at home giving out candy all night, had a beer with dinner, not even remotely partying, but woke up with a hangover-ish headache![/quote]
    A one-beer hangover is possible. What kind of beer was it? Pretty much any Miller product will do that to me on occasion. I think I’m allergic to something they use in their brewing process.

    [quote]That’s how we get down in K-Town![/quote]

    knoxvegas?

    [quote]any Miller product will do that to me on occasion. I think I’m allergic to something they use in their brewing process.[/quote]

    formaldehyde

    [quote comment=”297739″][quote comment=”297722″]
    Yeah, I’ve got ’em. I particularly like one for a “Luxury Rehab Locator.” What in the Google database caused the system to decide that Uni Watchers are in need pain relievers, antidepressants, and rehab to beat the addiction to said pain relievers and antidepressants?[/quote]
    Something about “the obsessive study of athletics aesthetics” perhaps?
    [quote]

    On an unrelated Saturday morning note: is it possible to have a “candy hangover?” I was at home giving out candy all night, had a beer with dinner, not even remotely partying, but woke up with a hangover-ish headache![/quote]
    A one-beer hangover is possible. What kind of beer was it? Pretty much any Miller product will do that to me on occasion. I think I’m allergic to something they use in their brewing process.[/quote]

    Could it be the urine they use to make it look and taste like piss?

    Wyoming in all gold/yellow today. If you are prone to seizures I would not recommend you turning to The Mtn!

    On the other hand, San Deigo State has very underated uniforms.

    [quote comment=”297746″]Good job Oregon, you managed to not be the worst uniformed team on the field today.[/quote]

    dammit…stuck with noles and jackets here

    [quote comment=”297747″]so much for those rumors that the dawgs were gonna be all in red for TWLOCP[/quote]

    How does Penn Wager get this game for the second year in a row? The guy is a tool with his “Down Remains 3rd”.

    [quote comment=”297749″][quote comment=”297747″]so much for those rumors that the dawgs were gonna be all in red for TWLOCP[/quote]

    How does Penn Wager get this game for the second year in a row? The guy is a tool with his “Down Remains 3rd”.[/quote]

    his cadence with the “automatic…first down” (like a full two-second pause there) is also annoying as shit

    Any one watching Illinois-Iowa? There’s a wide-out on the Hawkeyes with a NOB the same as one of the Portland State guys. Number 15, Derrell Johnson-Koulianos. NOB = “D. J-Koulianos”.

    [quote comment=”297751″]Any one watching Illinois-Iowa? There’s a wide-out on the Hawkeyes with a NOB the same as one of the Portland State guys. Number 15, Derrell Johnson-Koulianos. NOB = “D. J-Koulianos”.[/quote]

    I kind of understand why the first part of the last name is an initial, but I really don’t get why the initial of his first name is there.

    [quote comment=”297744″]Wyoming in all gold/yellow today. If you are prone to seizures I would not recommend you turning to The Mtn!

    On the other hand, San Deigo State has very underated uniforms.[/quote]
    Good God! These three factors make it look like a high school game on a cable access channel:
    A)the yellow monochrome look (with white helmets for a lil’ extra oomph)
    B) The Aztecs’ black pants paired with maroon helmets
    C) The overall shit video quality of the broadcast

    I just saw the Cal-Oregon highlights. I applaud the Ducks. Dare I say they looked downright classy today? The all-white look was nice. And I don’t just mean they looked good compared to Cal’s eyesores. They actually looked good.

    That game had some serious retinal damage potential.

    I’m watching the Oregon-Cal game on ESPN360 and, wow. Cal’s gold jerseys are a completely different shade of their gold pants. I agree, JTH, Oregon definitely looks classy today.

    [quote comment=”297755″]I’m watching the Oregon-Cal game on ESPN360 and, wow. Cal’s gold jerseys are a completely different shade of their gold pants. I agree, JTH, Oregon definitely looks classy today.[/quote]
    I guess I shouldn’t have used the past tense in my previous post. I guess the Ducks can still do something like switch to the yellow pants and helmets at halftime

    I’d never noticed before, but one of Kimbo Slice’s sponsors is the Internet porn site Reality Kings.

    link (of Slice, safe for work)

    [quote comment=”297757″]I’d never noticed before, but one of Kimbo Slice’s sponsors is the Internet porn site Reality Kings.

    link (of Slice, safe for work)[/quote]
    If you’ve only seen him fight on CBS, then there might be link you hadn’t noticed.

    remember the rumor, i think it was reported on either MBTN or another met fan site…about the mets having a dark gray away jersey, with “Mets” in script, and blue and orange piping???

    well…i was in the sports authority and there was one exactly as described…for $80, made by majestic (no name or number on back)…looked to be authentic otherwise, not a replica…i attempted to take a pic with my cell, but im like technologically retarded so it didn’t come out

    so…maybe that is where the rumor (since squashed by mr. lukas) was being fueled

    having said this…it was pretty sweet looking, much better than the black mess they break out now…and i could certainly live with it if they were to replace the current roadies with it…it was VERY dark gray, however, almost charcoal, so i can’t imagine they’d have matching pants, and what the hell would be the point of introducing a dark gray alt?

    food for thought (if i get back there, i’ll try to get decent pic)

    [quote comment=”297761″]GAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!

    Bad uni victory… noooooooooooooooooooo

    *depressed*[/quote]

    shouldn’t you be studying?

    [quote comment=”297760″]remember the rumor, i think it was reported on either MBTN or another met fan site…about the mets having a dark gray away jersey, with “Mets” in script, and blue and orange piping???

    well…i was in the sports authority and there was one exactly as described…for $80, made by majestic (no name or number on back)…looked to be authentic otherwise, not a replica…i attempted to take a pic with my cell, but im like technologically retarded so it didn’t come out

    so…maybe that is where the rumor (since squashed by mr. lukas) was being fueled

    having said this…it was pretty sweet looking, much better than the black mess they break out now…and i could certainly live with it if they were to replace the current roadies with it…it was VERY dark gray, however, almost charcoal, so i can’t imagine they’d have matching pants, and what the hell would be the point of introducing a dark gray alt?

    food for thought (if i get back there, i’ll try to get decent pic)[/quote]
    Is link it?

    Mississippi State had a tribute for breast cancer awareness on its helmets by putting a pink ribbon behind the helmet decals:

    link

    couldnt tell for sure and dont have a screen grab, but in the pitt-notre dame game it looked like there was some weird NOB things goin on for lucas nix (#56, he played right tackle most of the game). it looked like he was wearing “LNIX” with no period and no space…

    oh, and a big woohoo for my panthers beatin the irish in south bend

    [quote comment=”297763″][quote comment=”297760″]remember the rumor, i think it was reported on either MBTN or another met fan site…about the mets having a dark gray away jersey, with “Mets” in script, and blue and orange piping???

    well…i was in the sports authority and there was one exactly as described…for $80, made by majestic (no name or number on back)…looked to be authentic otherwise, not a replica…i attempted to take a pic with my cell, but im like technologically retarded so it didn’t come out

    so…maybe that is where the rumor (since squashed by mr. lukas) was being fueled

    having said this…it was pretty sweet looking, much better than the black mess they break out now…and i could certainly live with it if they were to replace the current roadies with it…it was VERY dark gray, however, almost charcoal, so i can’t imagine they’d have matching pants, and what the hell would be the point of introducing a dark gray alt?

    food for thought (if i get back there, i’ll try to get decent pic)[/quote]
    Is link it?[/quote]

    YUP…picture doesn’t do it justice, but that’s it

    I have the the Texas Tech/UT game on in the background. I glanced at the screen when Tech was around the 30-yard line and nearly had a seizure. With the stadium name, the Big XII logo, the sharp contrast between paint and FieldTurf, the Bottom Line below, the info bar above, and the monochrome black and white unis flying around it was nearly impossible to watch.

    At least it improved some when they got to an more open area of the field.

    normally, i’d be rooting for tech…but those UA unis are atrocious, and who doesn’t love the beautiful burnt orange that is the horns…on a UW scale, this is a 10 vs. a 1

    trust me, Tech has worse looks than that. The black monochrome may be one of their best looks

    Does Michael Crabtree and the rest of Texas Tech get away without having mouthguards? Also, I notice he never has his chin strap buckled, isn’t this a fine in the nfl?

    [quote comment=”297771″]trust me, Tech has worse looks than that. The black monochrome may be one of their best looks[/quote]

    Yea, I mean… I don’t hate it. It’s actually growing on me. I’m a fan of UA products (more than their unis), and I think the all-black TT jersey represents their product line well. I also know that this uni combo will resonate with the younger crowd (potential recruits?). They love black, black & red, and UA.

    [quote comment=”297772″]Does Michael Crabtree and the rest of Texas Tech get away without having mouthguards? Also, I notice he never has his chin strap buckled, isn’t this a fine in the nfl?[/quote]

    Can we refer to this as a “swashbuckler”??

    :)

    I can’t stand the digital background ABC uses when they show their announcers talking. It looks very cheesy. Just show ’em in the booth!!!

    [quote comment=”297767″]oh…and the ad says (and now i concur) that it is a replica, not an authentic (i spose for 80 bucks, how could it be)[/quote]
    If you do a search on “charcoal fashion jersey” it looks like they make those for just about all the teams. The Mets version appears to be about the best of the bunch. I saw a few others that looked OK (Cardinals, White Sox, Tigers, Yankees, Mariners) but the colors don’t really pop the way the royal blue & orange do. Some looked flat-out horrible (Cubs, Red Sox, Angels).

    Although you said in your other post that the picture doesn’t do it justice, so maybe they all look pretty decent up close.

    [quote comment=”297776″][quote comment=”297767″]oh…and the ad says (and now i concur) that it is a replica, not an authentic (i spose for 80 bucks, how could it be)[/quote]
    If you do a search on “charcoal fashion jersey” it looks like they make those for just about all the teams. The Mets version appears to be about the best of the bunch. I saw a few others that looked OK (Cardinals, White Sox, Tigers, Yankees, Mariners) but the colors don’t really pop the way the royal blue & orange do. Some looked flat-out horrible (Cubs, Red Sox, Angels).

    Although you said in your other post that the picture doesn’t do it justice, so maybe they all look pretty decent up close.[/quote]

    i wouldn’t drop 80 bucks on it, but it really did “pop” as you say…the royal was deep and the orange was bright without being obnoxious…

    if i see one of those for like 20-25 washingtons in like TJ Maxx or marshalls, i’d prolly pick it up…although…i do have a policy of never buying ‘fashion’ jerseys…it’s either t-shirts or the real deal

    [quote comment=”297773″][quote comment=”297771″]trust me, Tech has worse looks than that. The black monochrome may be one of their best looks[/quote]

    Yea, I mean… I don’t hate it. It’s actually growing on me. I’m a fan of UA products (more than their unis), and I think the all-black TT jersey represents their product line well. I also know that this uni combo will resonate with the younger crowd (potential recruits?). They love black, black & red, and UA.[/quote]

    I’ll say this: Texas Tech would look a lot better without that red bullshit pattern they have on their unis. I’m not one for monochrome, but the solid black with solid black helmets and whatnot does look okay. But if they choose to do the solid black, I would prefer it without the UA red trim.

    [quote comment=”297775″]I can’t stand the digital background ABC uses when they show their announcers talking. It looks very cheesy. Just show ’em in the booth!!![/quote]

    It looks even stranger when you are at the game and there is a green glow from the booth! I was at the night games at Camp Randall last month and the glow was sorta strange.
    BTW the Bucks look great in their red alts tonite!

    What the hell? Now Southern Miss is in all gold. Three schools in one day? Good grief. At least West Virginia didn’t wear all gold (granted, they were on the road, so they weren’t likely to wear gold jerseys. But they could have)

    [quote comment=”297780″]For once, I am ashamed that Berkeley is just down the road from me.

    link
    Cal is the new Oregon. Seven looks in eight games:
    8/30 v. Michigan State: link
    9/6 at Washington State: link
    9/13 at Maryland: link
    9/27 v. Colorado State: link
    10/4 v. Arizona State: link
    10/18 at Arizona: link (the only repeat so far)
    10/25 v. UCLA: link
    11/ v. Oregon: link
    Man, am I glad to be a link fan!

    [quote comment=”297782″][quote comment=”297780″]For once, I am ashamed that Berkeley is just down the road from me.

    link
    Cal is the new Oregon. Seven looks in eight games:
    8/30 v. Michigan State: link
    9/6 at Washington State: link
    9/13 at Maryland: link
    9/27 v. Colorado State: link
    10/4 v. Arizona State: link
    10/18 at Arizona: link (the only repeat so far)
    10/25 v. UCLA: link
    11/ v. Oregon: link
    Man, am I glad to be a link fan![/quote]
    In terms of jersey/pant combos, the only looks we’ve yet to see are white over blue and gold over white.

    Has this been mentioned yet? If so, I don’t recall, but it looks like the Isles’ alts might eventually become their regular home jerseys.
    link

    link
    This is an amazing site. Uncrate has a lot of good stuff, not just sports stuff. But there are a ton of good things they’ve accumulated here.

    [quote comment=”297787″]how bout dem raidahs![/quote]

    Yup. Any idea of where they’ll be ranked now? Just beat number one.

    [quote comment=”297788″][quote comment=”297787″]how bout dem raidahs![/quote]

    Yup. Any idea of where they’ll be ranked now? Just beat number one.[/quote]

    prolly 3
    behind bama & penn

    [quote comment=”297785″]Has this been mentioned yet? If so, I don’t recall, but it looks like the Isles’ alts might eventually become their regular home jerseys.
    link

    every comment references the isles as “we”…christ…well…the isles themselves did have a slogan one year, “we’re all islanders”…wonder where they get it

    *sighs*

    I’m watching College Gameday Final right now, and they just showed the Georgia Tech v. FSU highlights. Georgia Tech’s uniforms are really bad. The mustard yellow is downright terrible. And the side striping on both the jersey and pants just doesn’t sit right. Not to mention the chest and shoulder striping.

    [quote comment=”297783″][quote comment=”297782″][quote comment=”297780″]For once, I am ashamed that Berkeley is just down the road from me.

    link
    Cal is the new Oregon. Seven looks in eight games:
    8/30 v. Michigan State: link
    9/6 at Washington State: link
    9/13 at Maryland: link
    9/27 v. Colorado State: link
    10/4 v. Arizona State: link
    10/18 at Arizona: link (the only repeat so far)
    10/25 v. UCLA: link
    11/ v. Oregon: link
    Man, am I glad to be a link fan![/quote]
    In terms of jersey/pant combos, the only looks we’ve yet to see are white over blue and gold over white.[/quote]

    Cal needs to go to their Royal and Gold seventies throwbacks full time. The clawmark side stripes on the current unis are terrible.

    Did anybody see that Marshawn Lynch was wearing a pink mouthguard, along with his standard two-colored Magnigrip Elite Remix gloves, blue/white and red/white, in the game today against the Jets? Does anybody know why? I am assuming for breast cancer awareness…..

    link

    Re: Texas Tech’s all blacks –

    If you’re the RED Raiders, shouldn’t RED be your primary color? This is the kind of thing I would expect from Aggies…

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