My Greatest Contribution in the Last Decade

Before the calendar is turned to a new year and a new decade, one could argue the greatest contribution this ultimate frisbee blog had in the past decade (2010's) was...

being cited in the Flying Disc Emoji Proposal sent to the Unicode Consortium.

Written by Amsterdam-based Devin Bayer, the proposal for a new sports-related emoji that represents a FLYING DISC, references the Olympics, USA Ultimate, WFDF, Google, and...the Sludge blog post on participation in the sport of ultimate frisbee.

Alongside footnote citations of the IOC and the Sport & Fitness Industry Association, is a link to the October 13th, 2013 post on this blogspot blog on page 1 of Bayer's proposal memo.

The eventual outcome was the flying disc emoji was first seen in August 2018 and is now ubiquitous. What an honor to be tangentially associated with such an important milestone.

Best Of in 2018

Yet another full year of ultimate! This blog published 100+ posts this year covering topics related to the sport of ultimate. Thanks for visiting and reading when necessary.

2018's Best-Of based on traffic Top 18 Posts in '18
18. MLB's MVP Mookie Betts credits Frisbee throwing

17. USA Player Stats from 2018 World U24 Ultimate Championships

16. AUDL Opening Day

15. Women players in the AUDL

14. NFL's Nick Foles has Ultimate Frisbee skills

13. United Ultimate League: unsuccessfUUL Crowdfunding

12. Review of AUDL jerseys (2017 season)

11. AUDL betting lines

10. Prize Money Won during Triple Crown Tour (2018 Season)

9. Results of 2018 Club Nationals, U24 Worlds, WUCC, WMUCC, YCC, WJUC

8. CHART: Medal History at WFDF World Ultimate Club Championships

7. Madison Radicals win their 1st AUDL Title

6. Retrospective on MLU: A conversation with Nic Darling

5. Ranking of AUDL Team Cleats

4. Canadian PM Justin Trudeau Addresses WJUC 2018

3. Comparison: Seed vs Finish of Club Teams at 2018 Nationals

2. Maplewood, New Jersey Proclamation of "Ultimate Days"

1. Q&A with the Indy Red organizers



Past B-O's:  2017.. 2016 .. 2015 .. 2014 .. 2013 .. 2012 .. 2011 .. 2010 .. 2009 .. 2008

Best Of in 2017

Time to air out our B.O....

What a year of ultimate! This blog published 300+ posts this year covering topics related to the sport of ultimate. Let's reflect on the year's most popular posts.

As always, many thanks for reading and supporting this independent blog.

2017's Best-Of based on traffic
Top 20 Posts in '17

20. This Is Fine: USA Ultimate College Logo edition

19. Canadian MP Justin Trudeau wears ultimate swag.

18. Interview with Ex-MLU Stats Guru Luke Ryan

17. Recap: EuroStars summer ultimate tour.

16. Memories of Washington DC Current [MLU]

15. Boston Melting Pot Wins First Women's Division title (1983)

14. Stats Comparison: AUDL MVP candidates

13. Backstory of designing of U.S. ultimate team jerseys for The World Games

12. Rivalry History: Boston Brute Squad versus Seattle Riot

11. Charts: AUDL Tools Survey

10. USA Players stats at World Championships of Beach Ultimate 2017

9. Comparison: Seed vs Finish of Club Teams at 2017 USA Ultimate National Championships

8. What's Jimmy Mickle's autograph worth?

7. Record Comparison: AUDL teams 2016 vs 2017 seasons

6. Game lines for AUDL games

5. USA Players ultimate stats at The World Games 2017

4. Sludge blog announcement.

3. Review: AUDL jerseys (2016 season)

2. Chart: Performance of 2017 Nationals Qualifying Club Teams by Region and Division

1. Madison NOISE uniform tribute honoring Kelly Donovan



Past B-O's: 2016 .. 2015 .. 2014 .. 2013 .. 2012 .. 2011 .. 2010 .. 2009 .. 2008

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11th Anniversary of the Sludge Blog

Today marks 11 years since the very first published post - way back in 2006.

Much appreciation to all visitors and/or readers (?) of this blog. Things have changed since last year, yet the blog continues with sporadic output.

Thank you!

Do Over: November 2017

Catch up on last month's noteworthy posts you may have missed...

Ultimate > Football 

Drink water.

Break the spheroid habit

The Frisbee was made possible because of a popcorn tin lid 

SLUDGE Blog Announcement

Dear visitors and/or readers of the SLUDGE blog,

After 10+ years and nearly 4000 posts later, the SLUDGE blog is significantly scaling back its operations as a weekdaily blog.

The SLUDGE blog began as a space for team musings then expanded to Put Something In* for the goings-on of the sport of ultimate. The independent blog has been run solely since its launch in 2006. Today, it cannot continue as a one-person operation.

The SLUDGE blog has been a healthy obsession and a creative outlet for me. Through injury and health, via spotty WiFi and T1 internet, on mobile device and Mac laptop, during vacation/holiday and work days, blog visitors could find a daily post Monday through Friday (plus some weekends).

My thirst for understanding the sport of ultimate is still there. My time, however, is not as plentiful in order to sufficiently research ideas, collect data, manage and analyze collected data, find and craft images, and/or write some shtick on the subject.  [BREAKING: Ultimate blogger admits blogging takes time.]

Thank you to those who have ever visited the SLUDGE blog for its coverage on ultimate, Frisbees and flying discs. I appreciate the opportunity to share what I discovered and uncovered. Hopefully you learned something along the way. I know I did.

Expect more content in the future; just not as frequent output.

Sincerely,

SLUDGE


*Put Something In

Do Over: October 2017

Catch up on last month's noteworthy posts you may have missed...

Frisbee history on Jeopardy!

Nethercutt wins AUDL 2017 MVP

Bids to 2018 World Ultimate Club Championships

2017 USA Ultimate National Champions: Men, Mixed, Women

Do Over: September 2017

Catch up on last month's noteworthy posts you may have missed...

Prize Money Leaders in Triple Crown Tour

Bid Allocations to National Championships

Stat comparison of AUDL MVP finalists

Tweets celebrating qualifying for Nationals: Men . Mixed. Women

Do Over: August 2017

Catch up on last month's noteworthy posts you may have missed...

AUDL 2017 season ended; San Francisco FlameThrowers earned its first AUDL title

Recap: 2017 EuroStars Ultimate Tour

Tribute uniforms from Madison NOISE

USA Ultimate's hype video

Do Over: July 2017

Catch up on last month's noteworthy posts you may have missed...

Calendar: AUDL 2017 Postseason

EuroStars 2017 Tour begins 

USAU Masters: Results

2017 World Games: Results in Flying Disc/Ultimate . USA Stats

Do Over: June 2017

Catch up on last month's noteworthy posts you may have missed...

DC High School Coach wins $5000 from Breeze

[PHOTOS] Canadian PM Trudeau Wears Ultimate Swag

USA WCBU: Athletes . Represented Club Teams . Stats

2017 Beach Worlds: Countries . Medals

Do Over: May 2017

Catch up on last month's noteworthy posts you may have missed...

College Ultimate Champions: D1 . D3

R.I.P. MLU stats

The saga of the cable guide listing for USAU College championships on ESPNU

ESPN continues with ultimate "Games" 

Do Over: April 2017

Catch up on last month's noteworthy posts you may have missed...

AUDL Season 6 is on

Jesse Shofner's AUDL debut

Cascades Cup results

Yellow discs to fly at Beach Ultimate Championships

Do Over: February 2017

Catch up on last month's noteworthy posts you may have missed...

Super Bowl catch lookalike

Q&A with former stats guru of MLU

Ultimate Frisbee > Football [WIRED] 

Reviews of AUDL team jerseys (2016 season)

Do Over: January 2017

Catch up on last month's noteworthy posts you may have missed...

AUDL 4-game Coast Challenge (and then some)

60 years ago:Wham-O gained ownership of a plastic flying toy

Tryout invites for The World Games

Thanks, Obama

Best Of in 2016

Time to air out our B.O....

What a year of ultimate! This blog published 450+ posts this year covering topics related to the sport of ultimate. Let's reflect on the year's most popular posts.

As always, thanks for reading and supporting the blog.

2016's Best-Of based on traffic
Top 20 Posts in '16

20. Advice on playing ultimate by Opi Payne

19. Health Benefits of Ultimate Frisbee

18. Ten Commandments of Frisbee

17. USA Ultimate Indicates Interest in Indoor Championship event

16. Interview with ESPN's Ian Toner

15.  Redesigned Discraft UltraStar

14. Interview with (WUGC 2016 Champion) Team USA Boneyard

13. Madison Radicals <3 Aaron Rodgers

12. History of AUDL Championship logos

11. AUDL 2016 Road Trip

10. WUGC Medal Count & History

9. Interview with ESPN's Robyn Wiseman

8. WUGC Tournament Needs An Update

7. Celebratory Tweets by Team for Qualifying for Club Nationals: Men . Mixed . Women

6. Sportsbook for semi-pro ultimate leagues: AUDL . MLU

5. Compilation of Women's Division Highlights by Fulcrum

4. Montreal Royal Announce New Head Coach

3. SportsIllustrated disapproves of ultimate name

2. Trying to make sense of WFDF Kickstarter

1. Foul Call on The Economist's Use of Ultimate Frisbee




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"Tin-th" Year Anniversary of the Sludge Blog

Today marks ten years since the very first published post - way back on December 15, 2006. Appropriately, the 10 year anniversary is traditionally celebrated with gifts of tin.

Big thanks to those that have visited this blog with a strong relation to the sport of ultimate and an infatuation with Frisbees. There have been 3578 postings within these ten years (3653 days).

A hearty thank you to those that have ever shared a blog post via Facebook or Twitter or whatever is your social media du jour. Your support is very much appreciated.

It's fun to be able to share ultimate via this blog and Twitter. Hopefully, the blog somehow enriches your existing ultimate frisbee knowledge.

Thank you. 

Sincerely.

Do Over: November 2016

Catch up on last month's noteworthy posts you may have missed...

A keepsake from Sharon Jones

Ultimate in the the Olympic Games! Or, maybe not.

Updated version of Flying Disc Sports promo

Makeup of Boston's championship club ultimate teams

Do Over: October 2016

Catch up on last month's noteworthy posts you may have missed...

Boston adds 3 more club titles to its championship history

15 club ultimate teams won TCT prize money

Of all the places, WUCC is coming to Ohio in 2018

Team Comparison: Finish versus Seed at 2016 Club Nationals

BlockStack.TV Sharing Sludge Blog News

BlockStack - a news source for all things Ultimate - has begun sharing posts from the Sludge blog.

Thanks to BSTv for including the blog on their website along with other ultimate newsworthy sites. BlockStack started in the early 2000's as an ultimate video company, then went into podcasting. After a 3-year hiatus, BlockStack (BlockStack v3) returned as an online ultimate news consolidator.