unclevlad Posted May 15 Report Share Posted May 15 On 5/14/2024 at 11:18 AM, Pariah said: Avalanche's Valeri Nichushkin placed in Stage 3 of Player Assistance Program, suspended six months From ESPN: Quote Created in 1996, the player assistance program is a joint venture between the NHL and the players' union that's meant to help players when they're struggling with mental health, substance abuse and other issues. The program, which has been around since 1996, is also available to players' family members. Understandably, the reason why is kept confidential. EDIT: an interesting adjunct on this. Switched over to ESPN because MLB's games were both hit with blackouts. NBA Today. The NBA combine's going on, so they showed a clip of Bronny James' press conference. Austin Rivers congratulated him on how he handled himself, particularly with regard to questions like "what do you think about playing with your dad?" The response was pretty much "I want to be known for me." Rivers then talked briefly about his early career, and the *major* flak and difficulties. He said he suffered from depression and went through therapy. Whoa. Never heard that, did we. And it's worse now. I remember a story from the college basketball season about the kinds of MAJOR!!! serious verbal ABUSE!! that players are getting...the story focused on some of the deep bench warmer types who come in at the end of the game, when the outcome's decided. Problem is...the bets may NOT be. So the kid dribbles out a shot instead of driving for an open layup...so his team wins by 23, where the spread was 23.5...gets RIPPED. And of course social media is even more vicious than afternoon drive time AM radio callers. So...I'm really happy to hear the NHL has a program to help, because I fully believe there's MUCH more need for it than we know. Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted May 16 Report Share Posted May 16 (edited) Julian Alaphilippe wins stage 12 of the Giro D'Italia https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/articles/ce9699gkl9qo Edited May 16 by death tribble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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death tribble Posted May 17 Report Share Posted May 17 (edited) Jonathan Milan wins stage 13 of the Giro D'Italia https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/articles/cxwv23y18nvo Edited May 18 by death tribble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted May 18 Report Share Posted May 18 The world’s top-ranked golfer, Scottie Scheffler, arrested and charged with felony assault. Then returned to play his round at the PGA Championship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted May 18 Report Share Posted May 18 (edited) Filippo Ganna wins Stage 14 of the Giro, a time trial. Geraint Thomas retakes second place overall while Pogacar retains the overall lead https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/articles/cv225l0r6d8o Edited May 18 by death tribble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted May 19 Report Share Posted May 19 No mention of the Heavyweight Unification in boxing ? There is now ! Usyk beats Fury on a split decision. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/articles/cg33drqdd2no Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted May 19 Report Share Posted May 19 (edited) Tadej Pogacar wins stage 15 of the Giro https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/articles/c6pp45e4engo Manchester City become the first team to win the league title four years in a row https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/czkvkp3ej9xt Verstappen win the Grand Prix at Imola https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/articles/c877x4lxgkxo Edited May 19 by death tribble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted May 20 Report Share Posted May 20 On 5/19/2024 at 6:41 AM, death tribble said: No mention of the Heavyweight Unification in boxing ? There is now ! Usyk beats Fury on a split decision. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/articles/cg33drqdd2no And loses one of his new titles within hours over a potential "mandatory defense" with that promotions top contender. Given that there are now four sanctioning bodies in boxing, it is not in their interest to cooperate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted May 21 Author Report Share Posted May 21 The Dallas Mavericks and the Dallas Stars are both in their respective conference finals for the first time ever. In other news, the Dallas Cowboys still suck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted May 21 Report Share Posted May 21 (edited) Tadej Pogacar wins stage 16 of the Giro D'Italia https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/articles/c13386lkpgeo Edited May 22 by death tribble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted May 22 Report Share Posted May 22 Georg Steinhauser wins stage 17 of the Giro D'Italia https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/articles/cmmm7vrggqqo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted May 22 Report Share Posted May 22 Atalanta beat Bayer Leverkusen in the Europa League final 3-0. It is Atalanta's first European final and a 61 year trophy drought https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/cw005j1704lt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted May 23 Report Share Posted May 23 Tim Merlier wins stage 18 of the Giro D'Italia. This is the first time he has won past stage 3 of any of the Grand Tours. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/articles/cpvvzdw44nqo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted May 23 Author Report Share Posted May 23 Her first Olympic Competition was as part of the Unified Team in 1992, after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Gymnast Oksana Chusovitina's quest to qualify for record 9th Olympics at age 48 ends with injury Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted May 24 Report Share Posted May 24 (edited) Andrea Vendrame wins stage 19 of the Giro D'Italia https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/articles/ck55zl6ele8o Edited May 24 by death tribble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted May 25 Report Share Posted May 25 (edited) Tadej Pogacar wins stage 20 of the Giro D'Italia https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/articles/c0jjw0vkg5yo And the wrong Manchester team win the FA Cup final And in the old firm Scottish FA Cup derby Glasgow Celtic beat Glasgow Rangers 1-0 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c722keg5nndo Edited May 26 by death tribble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted May 25 Report Share Posted May 25 Grayson Murray withdrew from the Charles Schwab Challenge golf tournament late in his second round Friday, citing illness. He died this morning. He was 30. https://www.nbcsports.com/golf/news/two-time-pga-tour-winner-grayson-murray-dies-saturday-morning That's all that's known at this point, unsurprisingly. Cygnia 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted May 26 Report Share Posted May 26 Common phrase in athletics...win or go home. It has a bit of a different meaning for the baseball team from Birmingham-Southern. They punched a ticket to the Division III College World Series, which starts May 31st. That's the day the school shuts down due to insufficient funding; stories note they've had financial issues for several years. So once their time at the CWS is over...so is...well...everything about their college experience. At least as it has been. It's largely been that way since late March, when the school announced the news. Since then, the baseball team has gone 15-4. The school's actually resorted to a GoFundMe to raise the money to pay the traveling expenses, staff, and rings for the players...even if they don't win the CWS, I'd think almost nothing would mean more to them than a ring for winning the super regional, under the circumstances. Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted May 26 Report Share Posted May 26 16 hours ago, unclevlad said: Grayson Murray withdrew from the Charles Schwab Challenge golf tournament late in his second round Friday, citing illness. He died this morning. He was 30. https://www.nbcsports.com/golf/news/two-time-pga-tour-winner-grayson-murray-dies-saturday-morning That's all that's known at this point, unsurprisingly. He took his own life https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/40222743/family-reveals-pga-tour-golfer-grayson-murray-died-suicide Pariah and unclevlad 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted May 26 Report Share Posted May 26 Leclerc wins the Monaco Grand Prix https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/articles/ce99jln69vno Pidcock wins Nove Mesto race for fourth year in a row https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/articles/crgg703jmk0o Tim Merlier wins stage 21 of the Giro D'Italia. He has never previously won past stage 3 on any Grand Tour so winning here on stage 18 and 21 is great for him. Pogacar won the race overall with Daniel Martinez second and Geraint Thomas third. Jonathan Milan won the Sprinters competition and Pogacar is King of the Mountains. Biggest winning margin since 1965 at nearly 10 minutes https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/articles/c06652p001no Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted May 27 Report Share Posted May 27 French Open has started. The draw had one particularly unfortunate first round match. Rafa Nadal was in the field...I presume as a wild card, because his ranking is far, far too low, but when you're the absolute French Open GOAT? You wanna play, you get a spot. But he didn't get a seed...also reasonable. So he drew Zverev. First round. Oops. Straight sets for Zverev. In what likely is his last appearance...possibly as a pro, period...it was unfortunate for the sport, that he went out so fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted May 29 Report Share Posted May 29 (edited) Olympiakos become the first Greek side to win a European football trophy. They beat Italian side Fiorentina 1-0 in extra side https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/c988jy177gqt Edited May 29 by death tribble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted May 29 Report Share Posted May 29 Naomi Osaka returns to Roland Garros, after her difficult times, then the more recent pregnancy. She also gets a nasty draw...not in the first round, but the second. Iga Swiatek, the world's #1 woman player, and 2-time defending champ. It's an amazing match, with incredible play and tenacity. Swiatek takes the first set in a tie breaker...but Osaka goes on an extended heater, taking 10 of the next 12 games...not easily at all, mind. Osaka took the first 3 games of the 3rd, but Swiatek had 10 game points in them. Swiatek regathers, gets the break back, and forces a tie breaker...which she takes. But this was still the best match from Osaka in several years...and on clay. She's got a hard court game...and Swiatek is a clay courter...but Osaka darn near still pulled it off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted May 31 Report Share Posted May 31 https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/40250257/french-police-arrest-man-olympic-soccer-attack-plan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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