unclevlad Posted June 28, 2022 Report Share Posted June 28, 2022 7 minutes ago, tkdguy said: Kudos to Harmony Tan. I thought she was done for in the final set when she fell behind 5-4. Even if she had lost today, she gets credit for lasting this long against Serena Williams. Granted Serena is pretty rusty right now, but she is still a dangerous opponent. As for Serena, I suspect that this was just a warmup for the US Open this fall. She'll be used to playing in majors again, and she'll most likely go farther. Certainly possible but she's got a LOT of work to do to be competitive. She's 40, and her daughter's 5 in the fall. She'd have to be pretty seriously dedicated...get back into shape, get matches in, sharpen up her strokes. Does she want to? She was non-committal at a post-match presser, but that was understandable to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted June 28, 2022 Report Share Posted June 28, 2022 Serena has been playing in the minor tournaments lately. I can understand her guarded tone, since anything she says will be scrutinized and probably be blown up by the press. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted June 29, 2022 Report Share Posted June 29, 2022 1 hour ago, tkdguy said: Serena has been playing in the minor tournaments lately. I can understand her guarded tone, since anything she says will be scrutinized and probably be blown up by the press. No....she hasn't been playing, PERIOD. Not WTA level, anyway...and the WTA records will show ITF events like Challengers and Futures (not sure they use the same terms, I know those are the mens' names). She played doubles at Eastbourne, but that was literally the first matches since Wimbledon last year. Eastbourne isn't a minor event, it's a WTA 500. But it was doubles only, just to get *some* matches on grass in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted June 29, 2022 Report Share Posted June 29, 2022 Doubles still count; why do you think they don't? Granted they have different rankings than singles rankings, but some players mainly play doubles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted June 29, 2022 Report Share Posted June 29, 2022 [BLEEP] Former MLS player Scott Vermillion diagnosed with first American pro soccer case of CTE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted June 29, 2022 Report Share Posted June 29, 2022 Formula One's Lewis Hamilton Says 'Archaic Mindsets' About Color Must Change Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted June 30, 2022 Report Share Posted June 30, 2022 6 hours ago, Cygnia said: [BLEEP] Former MLS player Scott Vermillion diagnosed with first American pro soccer case of CTE Yes, but CTE issues have been percolating around soccer for a few years now. Headers can involve a sharp neck acceleration...with the ball coming in on an opposing vector. tkd: doubles doesn't require the same kind of court coverage. It's a far less intense/explosive/strenuous game...which is why those older players remain very good at it. Top singles players don't generally play that much doubles. Younger ones, yes...Cori Gauff still does, I believe, even when she's pushing to be in the top 10 now. It was principally, I think, a test for her. Of course, another major factor is that the doubles pay scale is minuscule, compared to singles. Wimbledon awards about $2.1M to the singles winners...and about $570K to the winning doubles *teams*. To split. So it's about 1/7th the amount. Mixed doubles is much lower still. And winning the doubles is not easy. Those fields are pretty darn loaded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted July 1, 2022 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2022 Troll Level: Expert Nazem Kadri wore a ‘Too Many Men’ shirt to the Avalanche’s Stanley Cup parade and NHL fans loved the savagery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted July 1, 2022 Report Share Posted July 1, 2022 The Tour de France starts today and here is the BBC guide to each stage. I'll update later with who won stage 1 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/61940037 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted July 1, 2022 Report Share Posted July 1, 2022 Short TT today, won by Lampaert, but Pogacar is only back a handful of seconds. Gonna have to try to catch tomorrow's stage; it's VERY unusual. Coastal. So, coast hugging for the most part. BUT, that bridge at the end...!!! 18 km, apparently. WIDE open to the elements, so who knows what the wind will do. Could be a pretty boring (overall) stage, or could be a potential trap stage. Might also be an awesome stage for overhead shots...the very colorful peloton against the ocean backdrop. Gonna have to try to remember to stream it tomorrow, at least the last hour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted July 1, 2022 Report Share Posted July 1, 2022 Why is that Denmark? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted July 1, 2022 Report Share Posted July 1, 2022 Because it starts in Denmark and does three stages in the country before resuming in France on Tuesday. Monday is a day off so that the teams can get to France. Ineos and Jumbo Visma have both started off strongly. Rain on the first part of the race proved a major factor. Teams put the strongest out first which may have been an error as the rain was expected later but turned up early. Lampaert was one of the later riders when the road dried up a bit. The race passed close to the Little Mermaid which was not shown because the sculptors family own the rights and they won't let it be shown. Odd really. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/62017114 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted July 1, 2022 Report Share Posted July 1, 2022 The Tour starts outside France periodically, but usually much closer...Belgium, the Netherlands. Spain next year...which makes me think the Pyrenees are gonna happen at the START? Ewww. Harsh. This is the first time it's started in Denmark, not surprisingly; and that almost certainly means, it's the first time any stage has happened there. It's also why, as the Fuzzlord points out, there's the day off for travel. The Tour usually has only 2 off-days. The riders won't need the break; the Denmark stages are all flat. Well, they won't need a break unless the wind gets nasty...that changes everything. But after the transit day...hilly, hilly, hilly, mountain, medium mountain, mountain; rest day; medium mountain, mountain, MOUNTAIN (3 HC climbs with a summit finish on Alpe d'Huez to boot). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted July 2, 2022 Report Share Posted July 2, 2022 Fuzzlord ? Fuzzlord ? I don't know whether to be insulted or complimented. But kudos to unclevlad for coming up with a new name. Fabio Jakobsen wins stage 2 of the Tour de France. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/62022776 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted July 2, 2022 Report Share Posted July 2, 2022 I caught the start of the bridge; was watching it when the live broadcast ended, which killed the ability to replay it (at this point). Nasty crash on the bridge...almost everyone got back together to get the same time, but 7 riders never did. 3 lost 8 minutes, 4 lost 11. Couple of em looked looked quite sore, so it seems plausible some of em won't start tomorrow. Elsewhere, Alize Cornet upset Iga Swiatek at Wimbledon...rather easily. Swiatek never looked comfortable, never got a great run going, and Cornet won rather easily (4 and 2). It was Swiatek's first loss of the year, after winning 6 consecutive tournaments and 37 consecutive matches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted July 2, 2022 Report Share Posted July 2, 2022 There was a crash close to the finish within the last 3 km which meant that people had the same time. This was true of Pogacar and Froome. The former had suffered a double puncture. Uran was trying to ride back on as he suffered an accident before the bridge and his team sent people back to get him. This benefited those who were in the bridge crash and they made use of the train to catch up with the peloton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted July 2, 2022 Report Share Posted July 2, 2022 Ahhh...I was wondering. I caught the replay of the finish; that wasn't very wide, and IIRC from the map, there were some turns. That sets up for problems when everyone's pushing hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted July 3, 2022 Report Share Posted July 3, 2022 There were a couple of significant upsets today at Wimbledon. Alize Cornet ends Iga Swiatek's winning streak Nick Kyrgios beats Stephanos Tsitsipas. Of course, there just had to be some drama in the court. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted July 3, 2022 Report Share Posted July 3, 2022 1 hour ago, tkdguy said: There were a couple of significant upsets today at Wimbledon. Alize Cornet ends Iga Swiatek's winning streak Nick Kyrgios beats Stephanos Tsitsipas. Of course, there just had to be some drama in the court. Cornet yes; Kyrgios, not so much. He's probably the last person ANY player wants to play on grass. His worst opponent is himself. If he can keep his act together, he can beat *anyone*. He was playing at an insane pace...some of his service games were over in literally less than a minute on the clock...and that includes time to get balls off the court, reposition ball people, and get him balls for the next point. He was stepping to the line, one little rock, then BAM!!!!!!!! He's cracking 140 on the T. And Tsitsipas couldn't handle his constant BS. Between points, between *serves* when Tsitsipas was serving. Both McEnroes, at different points, mentioned, this needed to be stopped. Patrick was more irritated, calling K's antics disrespectful to the game. I dearly wish tennis organizers would slap him hard, but they rarely do much. Tsitsipas actually came closer to being disqualified...he hit a couple balls in anger that, had they hit anyone...would've been instant DQ. The rules need to give chair umpires the power to call conduct violations more often, AND encourage them to do so. At one point, one of the linesmen walked up to the umpire and reported Kyrgios saying Bad Things...which, if fans can hear it, is a violation. Kyrgios got the warning. But he was calling the linesman a snitch...and that's bullying the officials, which IMO should ALSO be a violation. Medvedev does a lot of this too, and I'm thoroughly sick and tired of both of em. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted July 3, 2022 Report Share Posted July 3, 2022 Dylan Groenewegen wins stage 3 of the Tour de France pushing Wout Van Aert into second place for the third day in a row, Magnus Cort took off and won all the King of the Mountains points (all 3 of them) on three separate climbs. And he was applauded all the way as he is a Dane. He looked like he thoroughly enjoyed it as well. The end was really close https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/62029511 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted July 3, 2022 Report Share Posted July 3, 2022 Carlos Sainz wins British Formula 1 Grand Prix https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/62030429 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted July 3, 2022 Report Share Posted July 3, 2022 The peloton can often demonstrate courtesy when there's no significant impact. Probably why Cort was just told "you take them." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted July 5, 2022 Report Share Posted July 5, 2022 England beat India in a postponed test match for the highest ever run chase by an England team https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/62031210 tkdguy and assault 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted July 5, 2022 Report Share Posted July 5, 2022 Wout Van Aert wins stage 4 of the Tour de France staging a solo getaway on the last climb of the day to win the stage. After three 2nd places in a row I think he wanted to make a point. Magnus Cort got 5 of the 6 points for the mountain competition. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/62055178 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted July 5, 2022 Report Share Posted July 5, 2022 Beautiful tactics by his team. The lead-in to the last climb was through village-level roads...narrow, with some sharp turns. The team set up at the front, powered through, and dropped the hammer to create a BIG gap when one wasn't really expected. Van Aert also broke Cort's streak...Magnus Cort Neilsen had won every climb to that point. The boys were raving "oh this will never be done again!!!" But what are the odds we'll ever see 10 Cat 4 climbs to start? So it's disingenuous, IMO. Van Aert gave himself a respectable margin in the green jersey competition; he's now 60 points ahead of Jakobsen, and 90 over Sagan. For reference, flat and hilly stages give 50 for winning the stage, IIRC, scaling down rapidly...30 for 2nd, 20 for 3rd, then rolling off. Doesn't apply, IIRC, to mountain stages where there won't be a sprint finish. Intermediate sprints exist on all non time trials; they're 20 for first. Just for grins...at this point, Van Aert is +3300 to win the race...but -600 (yes, bet 600 to win 100) to win the points competition. Oh, and despite all those standalone KoM wins? Neilsen is +2000 to take KoM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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