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Keith loses 7 teeth to errant puck

CHICAGO -- After describing a dental scene that would make a horror movie junkie flinch, Chicago Blackhawks defenseman Duncan Keith said his incident wasn't that big of a deal.

Keith got hit in the mouth by the puck Sunday as the Hawks clinched a spot in the NHL finals with a 4-2 win over the San Jose Sharks at the United Center. As he skated off the ice to the bench, he felt teeth falling out. He lost a total of seven.

"I felt a chunk of some tooth," Keith said. "Teeth were falling out as I skated off. I coughed one up.

"It sounds gross and bad, but it happens all the time to guys. Probably could have been a lot worse if I got hit in the jaw more."

Keith, an Olympian and Norris Trophy finalist, said he wanted to get back on the ice as quickly as possible. He missed only about 6½ minutes.

"I just wanted to get out there as quick as I can, and the trainers and dentists and doctors did a good job," Keith said. "Honestly, I was fine. You get hit in the teeth, obviously it hurts the gums, but it's not like you got your jaw smashed in or anything like that.

"It's tougher talking, but it's not as bad as you think it is."

Keith remembered the shot from Sharks center Patrick Marleau.

"I went to try to keep the puck in, and Marleau turned and fired," he said. "Unlucky play, and I knew right away my teeth were smashed in. I tried to get back to the bench as quick as I can. I was down in the room right away.

"I had seven needles in my mouth. It's all frozen right now. Just a bunch of needles in my jaw, gums to freeze it up. Might need some more soon, because it's starting to wear off. I can feel it."

Keith said two of the teeth knocked out were fake, "so hopefully I can get some nice teeth now."

"He'll have a great smile in a couple of weeks," Patrick Sharp said. "He's spitting out teeth in the locker room and comes back and assists on the [Dave] Bolland goal.

"He created the whole play, taking the big hit to set it up. And he's skating around before the power play, telling us what to do, but he's mumbling. I don't think anyone understood what he was talking about. But he's one of our leaders."

A game where the hardest balls on the pitch are in the dudes pants! Hardcore. Would love to see a game in real life, a couple mates have and said its insane.

in toughness, Aussie Rules >>>> Everything else


In no other game do you have to run backwards with the flight, on a totally open 360 field, not knowing what/who's coming

Don't get me wrong, the tooth thing's impressive but at least he was conscious. Footy's the only sport where dudes get knocked out cold, only to return to the field 30 mins later

That said, not gonna argue it, cannot be bothered. I strongly disagree with your view, as you do mine

Admittedly that's pretty hardcore. (Did he come back on?)

this DOES NOT happen in Ice Hockey.

That's fucking hardcore.

agree with quazz, padding 


only thing maybe as tough as AFL is rugby union.

Let's not forget the fact that fights are a routine part of the game and they are generally ALLOWED to reach a conclusion by the refs.

Footy is soft by comparison, I respect your views but you're kidding yourself if you think footy even compares man!

Let's not forget that 95% of fights in the NHL result in two blokes rapidly trying to punch each other, but missing basically every time, because they're wearing so much equipment. The "conclusion" is pretty much just when one guy slips over. I think you're the one kidding yourself mate.

If the padding doesn't do anything, then why do they wear it? To keep warm?

Solid blows... yeah, enough to make a guy fall over on ice. Big deal.

It's like any of these sports with padding. They're not going to completely stop you from getting injured but the idea is to minimise any damage done.

Eg. people used to die of head injuries relatively often in comparison to now in the days when helmets weren't compulsory in the NHL

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Anyway, got to watch the Bruins play ____ when I was in Boston and sat two rows behind the benches. Only drawback was the coach walking around in the way. Great game; high scoring (7-3 I think), very physical (few fights) and fast - half the time I was looking in the wrong spot haha. Reckon you need to watch the game for a while before you can really start to track the puck.

And this was because of how tough the game was and not because they were hit in the head by a puck traveling at 100mph?

Anyway, I'm done with this. I just cant work out how someone can watch that video of Jordan Lewis and come to the conclusion that AFL is a pussy sport in comparison to NHL...

watched my first ever baseblall game from start to finish last week. I think I aged, 2 years during it

again not that anyone gives a fuck but just for the "my sports tougher than your sport" banter and to point again at my question above
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watched my first ever baseblall game from start to finish last week. I think I aged, 2 years during it

I love watching baseball, great game.

yer bvut have you heard the dodgers commenator?

Im not sure he's even alive

calls home runs with the same "excitement" he does a fan grabbing a hot dog

tbh a lot of baseball fans would be extremely excited about their hotdogs

I'm not normally a tennis watcher but I happened to turn on the TV for the Stosur vs. Williams match. Big ups the Aussie for knocking off the top seed! She was in the driving seat and almost did it in straight sets but then let Williams get back in and scraped it out in the last set.

So she's beaten Henin then Williams...looking good for a title seeing as the big guns are dropping out...

Further to this, I didn't watch it but just saw the semi result. She fucking owned Jankovic, 6-1, 6-2.

Onto the final, come on Aussie!

his private Caribbean island

his girlfriend, model Denni Parkinson

Lol WTF?

He's been pretty happily married for a longtime AFAIK, the whole models thing is all part of his image. I read his autobiography awhile back and he certainly had his fair share of all that when he owned a phat 70s hedonistic studio/mansion where the Stones and other recorded heaps of tracks and partied hard.

Oh man.... i wish i was Sir Branson!

Er, Richard Branson... you won't go very fast with that naked model round your Necker!



It is said that billionaires can be magnets for pretty girls but this is ridiculous.

With his eyes fixed firmly in front, kite surfer Sir Richard Branson seems not to have noticed that he has a naked girl clinging to his back.

In fact, Branson agreed to model for the risque shot while enjoying a visit to his private Caribbean island, Necker, after photographer Stephane Gautronneau suggested his girlfriend, model Denni Parkinson, also took part in the shoot.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1171739/Er-Richard-Branson--wont-fast-naked-model-round-Necker.html#ixzz0q8QO1o6I

Longest Match in History   This article documents a current event. Information may change rapidly as the event progresses.

Main article: 2010 Wimbledon: Mahut-Isner match

In the singles at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships, he faces Nicolas Mahut in the first round, attempting to win his first ever match at Wimbledon. At this moment, they are both locked in an epic 6–4, 3–6, 6–7(7), 7–6(3), 52-51 stand-off (In Progress). Later, during the match, Isner set the record for most aces in a match, breaking Ivo Karlović's record of 78, and Mahut would go on to surpass it as well.[17] Isner has already served a career high 92 aces (In Progress). The match is officially the longest match ever in a Tennis Open in terms of both times and games[18] lasting 145 games or more and over 8 hours and 45 mins (in progress) beating the previous record set by (respectively) Pancho Gonzales defeating Charlie Pasarell in 118 games in 1969 at Wimbledon in the first round, as well as the Fabrice Santoro and Arnaud Clement (both French) match at the 2004 French Open which lasted 6 hours, 33 mins.

have you seen the stats? they have basically destroyed any previous records for 'the most ...... in a game' type of record.

This is good stat...

The loser of this match will go home with $16,783.60. That means that, as it stands right now, he has made $19 per point, $28.06 per minute  and $102 per game.

Yeah I saw they had about 100 aces each by the end of play. Probably due to the fact they are so hammered both of them can't muster the energy to return the serve haha. They're probably winning service game after service game.

they're going to need a whole lot of lanolin if they plan to play again tonight!

59-59...fifth set...(10 hours)....darkness ended the match...play resumes tomorrow...don't they have lights at these places?

Congratulations Isner. 70-68. He looked like he was within mere points of collapsing.

the Commonwealth Games Council clearly didn't read Slumdog

What I can't understand is how do these cities with shit infrastructure, rampant corruption and many other major problems win the bids for these types of events. It's ridiculous and you can see why it's a problem now.

You answered your own question IMO.

What I can't understand is how do these cities with shit infrastructure, rampant corruption and many other major problems win the bids for these types of events. It's ridiculous and you can see why it's a problem now.

The rule should be that a place needs to get it's house in order first before being eligible to host a major event I reckon.

more easily ascribed to post-colonial guilt

its unbelievable hey. Have a look on Adelaide now photo galleries of all of the poor Indian labourers doing all of it by hand. And the shanty slums right by the stadium. Its terrible. Indian Government cant afford to even feed its people or control its population growth, let alone build the infrastructure necessary for a games. What were the Commonwealth organisers thinking? Ludicrous

Ridiculous decision to give it to india

 I hope it gets called off.

Ridiculous decision to give it to india

The Aus government has said not to wear colours or take flags around now too - if it's that dangerous, why would you even advise anyone that you could go.

gotta love the aussies... we win pretty much everything at the commonwealth games, then when we dont - we give the finger to the judges!

once in the cycling and once in the wrestling

http://www.news.com.au/opinion/its-not-a-v-for-victory-aussies-lose-it-twice-at-commonwealth-games/story-e6frfs99-1225935237925

Don was even more hardcore than that. It was a stump and a golf ball on a corrugated iron water tank.

i don't know if he did give the bird in the cycling. looked like he just gave a big fist pump to the crowd. then again though, he had just been disqualified from the final earlier, so it's a fair chance that's what he was doing.

how do i know you're not mike verdu??

putting your wang in a dog's mouth is a bad idea at the best of times. putting your wang in your team mate's dog's mouth, taking a picture of it, then posting it on twitter for the world to see is an even worse idea...

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/appalling-photo-of-canberra-raider-prompts-nrl-investigation/story-e6frf7l6-1225947814042

quite a few of those docos on demonoid, also a 17gig complete series torrent.

edit - this one sounds nuts...

Straight Outta LA:

In 1982, Raiders owner Al Davis beat the NFL in court and moved his team from Oakland to Los Angeles. With a squad as colorful as its owner, the Raiders captivated a large number of black and Hispanic fans in L.A. at a time when gang warfare, immigration and the real estate boom were rapidly changing the city. The L.A. Raiders morphed into a worldwide brand as the team’s colors, swagger and anti-establishment ethos became linked with the hip-hop scene that was permeating South Central Los Angeles. Rapper-turned-filmmaker Ice Cube was not only witness to this evolution, he was also a part of it. As a member of the notorious rap group N.W.A, Ice Cube helped make the silver and black culturally significant to a new generation and demographic. Still a die-hard Raiders fan, Cube will explore the unlikely marriage between the NFL’s rebel franchise and America’s glamour city and show how pro football’s outlaw team became the toast of La La Land.

I have watched a few of those 30 for 30 docos. Loved the Reggie Miller one and the Jordan one that detailed when he played baseball.  Len Bias story is so sad.

 The Vlade Divac/Drazen Petrovic one was fantastic too. It actually made my gf cry

 I'm going to have to DL the whole lot I reckon. I always miss them on ESPN

Shane Warne got Sports Tonight play of the week for pulling Liz Hurley.

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UCONN QB has some skills

NFL owners' false labor pains


Are you the kind of person who loves hearing the bug zapper?

Who likes it when the highway paves over a few neighborhoods? Who secretly wants the tank to flatten the kid with the flower?

Then you're going to love the NFL owners in this mess.

It's hard to find anybody to like in this coming distraction known as the NFL lockout. But look closely. Yes, some of the players are millionaires. But half of the owners are billionaires.

Their estimated combined net worth is well over $40 billion, which is more than the GNP of 150 nations. Paul Allen, owner of the Seattle Seahawks, has a 414-foot yacht called "The Octopus" with two helicopters, two submarines, a swimming pool, a music studio and a basketball court. He also has two backup emergency yachts.

You're really worried about his wallet?

Yes, many of the players are diamond-coated knuckleheads. But have you ever met Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder? He's worth $1.1 billion and yet, two years ago, the Redskins sued a 73-year-old grandmother for not keeping up on her season-ticket package payments.

This man also got caught buying stale peanuts from a defunct airline and reselling them at games.

For the owners to lock out the players at this time in American history is unconscionable. You don't like the players? Fine. There are still nearly 9 percent of Americans out of work. Think of the people who've lost their homes, lost their cars and can barely pay the rent. Watching an NFL game on a Sunday -- and getting ready for it all week -- is sometimes literally the only thing keeping them going.

Do you realize what having no NFL season would do to the economy? According to the NFLPA, it's estimated it would cost each NFL city $160 million and 3,000 jobs. That's 93,000 jobs nationwide. For what? Another Aspen chalet?

Question: In 10 years, do you think you're going to find New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft wandering the streets because of the 200-plus concussions he didn't know he had from his time in the NFL? You figure Detroit Lions owner William Clay Ford will end up with ringing in the ears and depression the way former Patriots linebacker Ted Johnson did? Within the past year alone, two former players killed themselves.

You recall any NFL owners killing themselves lately?

The players aren't asking for more money. They deserve what they get, and they get it for an average of only three years. The Bidwills have owned the Cardinals for 79 years. The Rooneys have owned the Steelers for 78 years. Nine NFL owners inherited their teams. There's no easier path to permanent hot-and-cold running jets than your dad handing you an NFL team.

On the other hand, nobody hands NFL players anything but a chinstrap. With what we know about the dangers to brains now, would you exchange jobs with an NFL player?

This isn't baseball. These guys go to a job every day in which safety is Job 1,379.

The people asking for more money are the owners. They want $1 billion more out of the deal they have now.

They say they're losing money. But if you were losing money and were asking for $1 billion back, wouldn't you slap some proof down on the table? The owners are more secretive with their books than KFC is with its recipe.

Take our word for it and just fork over the billion. Oh, and play two more games for free. Thanks.

In this, the greediest and most shameful era in American business history, the NFL owners would steal the cake. No set of sports owners in U.S. history has known this kind of popularity, love or cash. If there is a lockout, the day the 2012 season starts, every fan ought to pelt the owners' luxury boxes with pennies.

Jeffrey Lurie, owner of the Philadelphia Eagles, owns an 18-bedroom estate with a three-hole golf course, two-lane bowling alley, two-story recreation center and indoor tennis court. He's really going to lock players out? For what, his own ski hill?

Stan Kroenke, owner of the St. Louis Rams, owns four homes, four ranches and three vineyards. He once ordered his employees to destroy $3 million in wine because he didn't think it was up to his standards. His wife is a Wal-Mart heiress.

Are you really fretting about his future?

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said the other day that the owners need this money to build new stadiums. And who profits from new stadiums? The owners. A new stadium doesn't make the team any better. The seat under your butt isn't any bigger. But a new stadium, usually built with vats of your tax dollars, funnels millions more per game into an owner's pocket via luxury boxes, concessions and advertising. That's money that isn't shared 32 ways. What Goodell is saying is, "We need that billion so my owners can buy new Bentleys. Theirs are dusty."

Locking out the players now would be unjust, unfair and as indefensible as Al Davis' wardrobe. There is so much to go around, it's obscene. A billion back? These guys have that in cash.

Malcolm Glazer, owner of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, once bought a $14 million Palm Beach mansion and never moved into it. He later sold it for $24 million.

Bud Adams, owner of the Tennessee Titans, has 10,000 head of cattle.

Jennifer Lopez, part owner of the Miami Dolphins, has offered to auction off her twins' clothes because they're not allowed to "repeat" outfits.

When's the telethon?

PhillieBot to crank out first pitch


PHILADELPHIA -- PhillieBot, the one-armed, three-wheeled robot, designed by engineers at the University of Pennsylvania, will throw out the ceremonial first pitch before Wednesday's game between the Philadelphia Phillies and Milwaukee Brewers.

The spectacle is part of Science Day festivities at Citizens Bank Park, said Evan Lerner, a spokesman for Penn's engineering school.

The pitching robot has been in the makings for a month and a half as Penn engineers Jordan Brindza and Jamie Gewirtz assembled parts and wrote software in their spare time, Lerner said.

They started with a Segway, gave it a robotic arm and added a third wheel. They also gave it a pneumatic cylinder, which delivers a burst of compressed carbon dioxide to power the pitch. The robot's computer brain can be tweaked to change pitch velocity and trajectory.

On Monday, Brindza and Gewirtz took PhillieBot out to the mound for its final test, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. After the press of a button, the robot's mechanical arm reared back and then moved toward home plate; at the top of its delivery, it flicked its mechanical "wrist" and shot the ball forward.

The ball appeared to be traveling no more than 30 or 40 miles an hour, the Inquirer reported. But that was by design, since the Phillies didn't want the pitch approaching Major League speeds.

The team's head groundskeeper, Mike Boekholder, told the newspaper that he has been assured the machine won't tear up the playing surface.

Nevertheless, he doesn't see a future for PhillieBot in the team's star-studded rotation, which features reigning Cy Young award-winner Roy Halladay, Cliff Lee, Roy Oswalt and Cole Hamels.

"I know some teams are a little pitching-challenged," Boekholder said. "But we certainly don't have that problem."