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04-07-2011 , 01:41 AM

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If you think a sub 2 hour marathon at the Olympic games is a bad sports storyline then you have no soul or right to be viewing sports.

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04-07-2011 , 02:54 AM

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An NBA or MLB player gains controlling ownership interest in his team while still being an active player. I believe this is currently barred by NBA rules because otherwise Jordan would have already achieved this in the 90's. It already happened in the NHL of course with Mario and the Penguins.

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04-07-2011 , 03:02 AM

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So that post was describing the biggest sporting moment ever then the payoff is some dude doing a double axle or something?

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04-07-2011 , 04:56 AM

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Today I thought about the possibility of LeBron not winning a title over the next ten years (all while obliterating the record books and clearly demonstrating himself to be the best player in the league). The idea of him in the year 2020, desperately jumping from team to team in search of a title, is very amusing.

Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson both 7 under par going into final round of one of the big 3 majors. Nobody else within under par. This needs to happen.

Manny-Floyd, but that's obvious. Manny-Floyd trilogy would be insane.

It is impossible to be the best player in the NBA and not have a title. DUCY?

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04-07-2011 , 05:07 AM

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Most of the "storylines" in this thread absolutely suck. The only one worth reading is mine, and I put maybe a 3rd grade effort into it where I could have written an article that would put Sports Illustrated's bibliography to shame if I had enough incentive to do so. If you're going with little one off storylines, then how about these?

-someone runs a 1:59:59 marathon. And to top it off, how about it's ran by a South African at the 2020 Summer Olympics in South Africa?

-#1 overall pick lives up to his hype a few years into his career, highlighted by scoring 101 points in an NBA game, 93 goals in an NHL season, QBing his team 19-0 to win the Super Bowl, throwing a perfect game to win the World Series, or whatever something awesome like that may be in his respective sport.

-someone finally wins all 4 majors or grand slam events in the same year in this modern era. A 50+ year old veteran winning a golf major would be pretty awesome, especially if it were a guy who had a lot of success in the past and it were a heroic story (like Phil Mickelson finally winning the U.S. Open on his 50th birthday to complete a career grand slam.) Equally cool would be a guy like Roger Federer winning a grand slam event when he is like 35 years old after not having won one for 7 years.

Get more epic and creative, people.

He did say plausible.

A) Marathon record today is 2:03:59. To do it in 1:59:59 is 3.5% faster. That's not happening in 9 years.

B) 1st and 2nd are not happening ever. 3rd is very unlikely considering game is probably going to 18 games (so need to go 21-0), 4th is likely to happen in your lifetime (halladay threw a no-hitter in playoffs).

C) Not happening.

Seriously be realistic

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04-07-2011 , 05:08 AM

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If you think a sub 2 hour marathon at the Olympic games is a bad sports storyline then you have no soul or right to be viewing sports.

If you think it's happening within the next decade, you're a fool.

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04-07-2011 , 09:30 AM

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04-07-2011 , 11:21 AM

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your avatar describes how i feel about your post

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04-07-2011 , 11:38 AM

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It is impossible to be the best player in the NBA and not have a title. DUCY?

uhhh I don't think that's true at all

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04-07-2011 , 11:46 AM

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Name me a player who was the best player in the NBA in that year/era and did not win a title.

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04-07-2011 , 11:49 AM

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Lebron '09 and Lebron '10?

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04-07-2011 , 12:15 PM

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[ ] best player in the NBA.

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04-07-2011 , 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by borderline

He did say plausible.

A) Marathon record today is 2:03:59. To do it in 1:59:59 is 3.5% faster. That's not happening in 9 years.

B) 1st and 2nd are not happening ever. 3rd is very unlikely considering game is probably going to 18 games (so need to go 21-0), 4th is likely to happen in your lifetime (halladay threw a no-hitter in playoffs).

C) Not happening.

Seriously be realistic

it doesn't really work like that

and no i don't think it is likely at all.

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04-07-2011 , 12:34 PM

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I see, "you're wrong because I say so"

good debates here

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04-07-2011 , 12:36 PM

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04-07-2011 , 01:31 PM

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it would be sweet if there was a guy in pro sports who just outwardly didn't give a flying **** ala charlie sheen

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04-07-2011 , 01:32 PM

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Name me a player who was the best player in the NBA in that year/era and did not win a title.

Kevin Love

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04-07-2011 , 01:44 PM

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it would be sweet if there was a guy in pro sports who just outwardly didn't give a flying **** ala charlie sheen

BODE MILAHHHHHH

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04-07-2011 , 01:44 PM

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would like to see an amatuer ship the U.S. open or masters in golf

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04-07-2011 , 04:18 PM

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Albert Pujols going to the Cubs would be sick

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04-07-2011 , 04:23 PM

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If you think it's happening within the next decade, you're a fool.

When Maurice Greene ran 9.79 in 1999, I bet the same thing was said about people who thought 9.58 could be done in 2009.

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04-07-2011 , 04:24 PM

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04-07-2011 , 04:37 PM

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it would be sweet if there was a guy in pro sports who just outwardly didn't give a flying **** ala charlie sheen

zack grienke might fit that category

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04-07-2011 , 05:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Whitegoose

When Maurice Greene ran 9.79 in 1999, I bet the same thing was said about people who thought 9.58 could be done in 2009.

Bets on someone not doing a sub 2hr marathon in the next decade? I will also take bets on someone not running a sub 9.4 in the next decade.

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04-07-2011 , 05:24 PM

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Title of thread is "Awesome (and plausible) sports storylines that could happen in the next decade"

A sub 2hr marathon is awesome, plausible, and could happen.

The chances of it are slim and I never implied anywhere that they were a lock to happen, they were highly probable to happen or they're even anything less than miraculous. I don't want to bet either and I doubt you do because I'd be looking to get my $1 to your $500 which is ridic to hold up for 10 years anyways. We disagree on the viability of the sub 2 hour marathon, but it would be awesome and it is plausible, so that's why I posted it ITT.

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