-gate

[Dan Goncharoff]

$50k fine and made to sit out an entire game by the coach -- for
unsportsmanlike behavior related to shoelaces. The -gate suffix tells us it
was not treated as a mere prank.

DanG


On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 11:32 AM, Christopher Philippo <toff at mac.com> wrote:

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> On Jan 10, 2014, at 11:28 AM, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> > Aesthetically one may hate it, but it is hard to argue with its
> effectiveness.
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> 鉄hoelace-gate might be final straw for JR Smith and the Knicks; JR Smith
> in trouble over shoelace prank against Mavericks"
> http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/jan/08/shoelace-gate-jr-smith-knicks
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