March 23, 20223 yr comment_2868289 MASSIVE!!!!! Surprise. Ash Barty has announced her retirement from women's tennis. She's 25...and as far as I know, there's no injury issue. 3 Grand Slams. Current #1 in the world. Just won the Aussie Open. But: Quote “I know how much work it takes to bring the best out of yourself,” she said, later adding, “It’s just I don’t have that in me anymore. I don’t have the physical drive, the emotional want and kind of everything it takes to challenge yourself at the very top level anymore and I think I just know that I’m absolutely, I am spent.” I can believe this completely. I remember Mats Wilander some years ago...busted his backside, made #1...but decided he didn't care to keep it. And that was before social media.
March 23, 20223 yr comment_2868319 Reminds me of Andre Agassi who revealed later in life he never liked tennis. She's made more than enough to retire on.
March 24, 20223 yr comment_2868432 In hockey news... The Las Vegas Golden Knights traded one of their forwards, Evgenii Dadanov, to Anaheim Monday. There's only one...slight...problem. Dadanov had a limited no-trade clause; a list of 10 teams where he would not go. Anaheim was one of them. Now, to make this even more surreal, Dadanov was acquired in a trade from Ontario last summer. Sources are saying that clause was not revealed to Vegas. The NHL cancelled the trade today. In my book, both the Knights and Senators come off as total idiots. The Senators will, I think, get hammered; I wouldn't be surprised if they lose a high draft pick if they actively concealed it; a lesser pick or a massive fine if their omission was more passive. Their move is one that no sports league can tolerate. OTOH, tho, the Knights had the rights, and thus the contract, on hand for the last 8 months, and they completely failed to review it properly. It is plausible, I suppose, that they may have relied on statements by the Senators; they might not have had full access to the contract before the trade was completed. By the same token, those are filed, and by and large, the big sports broadcasters' people find out these details all the time. There may or may not be a failure to execute due diligence before the trade...but there was absolutely such a failure after it. The Knights front office comes across as amateurs.
March 25, 20223 yr comment_2868616 Lance “Buddy” Franklin kicks 1000 career goals, 6th person is VFL/AFL history (125 years) to do so. I think this is his 19th year (18 playing). So massive achievement. Buddy brilliant! Lance Franklin mobbed after reaching historic 1000-goal milestone moment https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/buddy-brilliant-lance-franklin-mobbed-after-reaching-historic-1000goal-milestone-moment/news-story/79ae152e2c9f1e558966ce6dc8aa4334
March 28, 20223 yr comment_2868986 US men's national soccer team annihilate Panama earlier today and it will require arithmetic freaks (lose by more than 6 to Costa Rica in their last match) for them to miss qualifying for the World Cup in Qatar.
March 28, 20223 yr comment_2869072 On 3/25/2022 at 1:37 PM, Bazza said: Lance “Buddy” Franklin kicks 1000 career goals, 6th person is VFL/AFL history (125 years) to do so. I think this is his 19th year (18 playing). So massive achievement. Buddy brilliant! Lance Franklin mobbed after reaching historic 1000-goal milestone moment https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/buddy-brilliant-lance-franklin-mobbed-after-reaching-historic-1000goal-milestone-moment/news-story/79ae152e2c9f1e558966ce6dc8aa4334 That is incredible. The sheer number of people mobbing him.
March 28, 20223 yr comment_2869103 NORTH MACEDONIA STUN ITALY 1-0 IN STOPPAGE TIME AND ITALY FAIL TO QULIFY FOR THE WORLD CUP
March 28, 20223 yr comment_2869109 Yeah, I saw that a few days ago. The Italian fans are are like...whaaaaaaaaaaaaa??????????????? North Macedonia is ranked #67 in the world by FIFA. Italy was #6. Yes, this is pretty much St. Peters over Kentucky. But much more boring.
March 28, 20223 yr comment_2869111 Well, Italy is out of the 2nd WC running. I expect they'll be putting toilets on wheels.
March 28, 20223 yr comment_2869141 5 hours ago, death tribble said: That is incredible. The sheer number of people mobbing him. Estimated to be in the thousands. It is a tradition in the sport that if you kick 100 goals in a season or another major milestone like 1000, the crowd runs on the oval. Last time the crowd ran on the oval was When Lance kicked 100 goals in a season about 15 years ago. For everyone else, this was the crowd:
March 30, 20223 yr comment_2869365 Cameroon have qualified for the World Cup My understanding is that the qualifying will all be completed in coming couple of days. The draw for the World Cup will happen this Friday.
March 30, 20223 yr comment_2869415 Apparently, Tiger Woods played a full practice round at Augusta yesterday.
March 31, 20223 yr Author comment_2869521 American soccer fans are jubilant tonight after the USMNT qualified for the 2022 World Cup by losing 2-0 to Costa Rica. It's like the old ABBA song Waterloo: "And how could I ever refuse / I feel like I win when I lose..."
March 31, 20223 yr comment_2869557 Actually, there were serious suggestions that USA merely forfeit (lose 3-0, officially) which would still have had them qualifying and not risk injuries to key personnel.
April 3, 20223 yr comment_2869995 Oxford won the Boat Race for the first time since 2017 (no edition in 2020 due to Covid) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rowing/60974951
April 3, 20223 yr comment_2869996 Mathieu Van Der Poel wins the Tour of Flanders beating Tadej Pogacar into 4th. Dylan Van Baarle came second and Valentin Madouas came third.
April 5, 20223 yr comment_2870321 On 4/3/2022 at 8:14 AM, death tribble said: Oxford won the Boat Race for the first time since 2017 (no edition in 2020 due to Covid) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rowing/60974951 The larger question is whether any of the police at the event are missing their hats. On 3/28/2022 at 2:33 PM, Bazza said: Estimated to be in the thousands. It is a tradition in the sport that if you kick 100 goals in a season or another major milestone like 1000, the crowd runs on the oval. Last time the crowd ran on the oval was When Lance kicked 100 goals in a season about 15 years ago. For everyone else, this was the crowd: That looks like it would be incredibly dangerous for the players, and the fans themselves, if things go wrong.
April 7, 20223 yr comment_2870599 Most Lovable Team in Cleveland Sports, (the John Marshall High School Chess Team), is Heading to Nationals
April 7, 20223 yr comment_2870626 3 hours ago, Cygnia said: Most Lovable Team in Cleveland Sports, (the John Marshall High School Chess Team), is Heading to Nationals Well, sure. Heading to nationals is going over a pole vault bar; the first one is a limbo dancing bar.
April 7, 20223 yr Author comment_2870644 If I were a Cleveland sports fan, I imagine I would be spending a lot of time in bars myself.
April 8, 20223 yr comment_2870655 15 minutes ago, Cygnia said: Not the way they overcharge for beer 😛 Happy hour. Oh wait, with Cleveland teams, that's an oxymoron, isn't it? Well, OK, we all know the real function of happy hour is to drown your sorrows, so it still fits...... In golf...Tiger played...and shot 1 under to be 2 shots back and tied for 10th. And to show timing is everything......Denver University...a very small, private school in south Denver that you've never heard of unless you're a big time college hockey or lacrosse fan (they're VERY good at both) and Michigan (big bad arrogant Power 5 school) playing in the Frozen Four. ESPN shows these. Tied 2-2, end of regulation. Got shunted from ESPN 2 to ESPNU and a Spanish-language broadcast on ESPN 3...basically, streaming. So that'd been a while ago, and the game was still going. Well, OK, sudden death is always fun. Spanish...oh, missed that. Tried ESPNU...but it's not included on Xfinity. Drat. OK, fine. Switch back to ESPN3. Goalie stops a shot...but the rebound is smacked home!!!! JUST as I switch. Denver beats Michigan. QUITE delightful.
April 8, 20223 yr Author comment_2870665 I grew up watching a lot of DU hockey. I got to see a couple of their rivalry games, against Colorado College (~40 miles down the road in Colorado Springs) and North Dakota. At the time (i.e., before the mascot change) DU fans would often derisively refer to the UND hockey team as "the boys named Sioux". This was in the days before Denver had an NHL team, of course. Or, more properly, in the days when Denver had their first NHL team, which had previously been known as the Kansas City Scouts, was then known as the Colorado Rockies, and is now known as the New Jersey Devils.
April 8, 20223 yr Author comment_2870668 Quote The [Denver] Pioneers are going for their ninth national title; Minnesota State is playing in the championship game for the first time. The puck drops at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN2. A follow-up to the item above, as Minnesota State has beaten Minnesota 5-1 in the other semifinal. Go Pioneers!
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