American Sports Thread

[Club Rossa]

Redskins have signed Larry Johnson,obviously his best days are behind him but may be able to take some of the workload off Portis who has took a battering in recent seasons.

[Minder]

Browns trade Brady Quinn to Broncos and Kameron Wimbley to Raiders. Two more former first round draft picks out of town.

[ONeill]

And LT's a Jet.

[mc_grens]

And LT's a Jet.

Best move possible for him. There's a tonne of carries in that offence, and they have the league's best O-line.

[AZOffaly]

Anyone interested in doing a Bracket for March Madness? For anyone who doesn't follow it, March Madness is probably the best 'tournament' in US Sports. 65 teams, with a prelim game to whittle down to 64. Followed by straight knockout in 4 regions, going from 64 to 32, sweet 16, elite 8 and into the Final 4 weekend with a National Championship game.

The teams are placed in 4 regions, each region has teams ranked 1 to 16, with 1 v 16, 2 v 15, 3 v 14 etc etc.

It's a great spectacle from March 18th to April 5th.

Anyway if you are interested, go here....

http://games.espn.go.com/tcmen/en/group?groupID=53611

Group: GAABoard Bracketology
Password: fightingirish

[full back]

Anyone interested in doing a Bracket for March Madness? For anyone who doesn't follow it, March Madness is probably the best 'tournament' in US Sports. 65 teams, with a prelim game to whittle down to 64. Followed by straight knockout in 4 regions, going from 64 to 32, sweet 16, elite 8 and into the Final 4 weekend with a National Championship game.

The teams are placed in 4 regions, each region has teams ranked 1 to 16, with 1 v 16, 2 v 15, 3 v 14 etc etc.

It's a great spectacle from March 18th to April 5th.

Anyway if you are interested, go here....

http://games.espn.go.com/tcmen/en/group?groupID=53611

Group: GAABoard Bracketology
Password: fightingirish

Do you need an ESPN account to join it?

[AZOffaly]

Yeah, but it's free. I'm thinking of ESPN for the Fantasy Football next season as well. I might start a fantasy baseball league to get the feel of it...

Anyone willing to help me out by taking part in a draft?

[AZOffaly]

Bump for our Stateside cousins.

[Gabriel_Hurl]

I'll sign up for some March Madness alright

if i can remember my ESPN password 

[Minder]

I'll sign up for some March Madness alright

if i can remember my ESPN password 

ArdboeHallion2010 ?

[Capt Pat]

Joe Mauer signs a 180 million 8 year contract with the Twins. That is correct 8 years not 80, 180 million not 18. As a Twins follower this move keeps me happy.
The best catcher in baseball by a long way, he will keep the Twins in contention in the AL central as the twins open a new stadium.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5016230

http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/min/ballpark/index.jsp

[mikasas]

What is March Madness? I'm presuming I've missed it whatever it is anyway?

[Capt Pat]

College basketball? I wouldn't cross the road to watch it but the Americans probably do it a whole lot better.

[new devil]

Its brilliant....Rather watch it than NBA

[David McKeown]

After going to college in the states, I would rarely watch the professional game anymore, there seems to be so much more connection between the teams and the fans than in the pro games.