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« Reply #226 on: June 02, 2024, 11:17:37 pm »
The WNBA needs to bring the hammer down on stuff like this. They can't allow a player to target the league's biggest star:

https://apnews.com/article/caitlin-clark-chennedy-carter-foul-wnba-4e92f8ce52fefe62b1d14a28f36ff1b5

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« Reply #227 on: June 03, 2024, 08:27:22 am »
Indiana looked like a bad team last night. Probably why they had #1 pick. Clark had one brilliant rebound to a long fast break pass from what I saw. I didn't see the body check live, but the replay looked like a hit Brad Marchand would have been proud of.

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« Reply #228 on: June 06, 2024, 06:25:13 pm »
So I see there is a new sheriff on the cricket pitch, or whatever it is they call it...

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« Reply #229 on: June 07, 2024, 03:05:23 pm »
So I see there is a new sheriff on the cricket pitch, or whatever it is they call it...

Right up there with England 1950 (soccer)...And, yes, it is a cricket pitch

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/cy990k0lwl7o

My personal favorite cricket story features the first great of English Cricket - W.G.Grace. Playing in a County game, he let a ball go by which just grazed the top of the Wicket and took one of the bails off. Grace stood his ground, looked down the pitch and said 'windy day today, Umpire...' The Umpire replied - 'indeed it is, Dr Grace - mind it doesn't blow your cap off on the way back to the Pavilion...' :hysterical:

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« Reply #230 on: June 08, 2024, 12:25:55 am »
Capone sold out tonight for Caitlin Clark. Clark put up 30 in an 85-83 win for Indy.

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Re: general sports news with no other thread
« Reply #232 on: June 12, 2024, 09:47:14 am »
I wonder what 70 veggie hot dogs does to the alimentary canal?  Probably like eating a bale of hay.

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« Reply #233 on: June 12, 2024, 08:21:28 pm »
Via Netflix:

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CHESTNUT VS. KOBAYASHI: UNFINISHED BEEF — the ultimate hot dog eating competition — will air LIVE on Netflix, Monday, September 2.

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« Reply #234 on: June 28, 2024, 06:29:56 pm »
Here's today's thrilla at the Gabba - well worth a look...


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« Reply #235 on: June 29, 2024, 05:35:58 pm »
Simone Biles is pretty good at gymnastics:

https://x.com/NBCOlympics/status/1806861187314794627

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« Reply #236 on: June 29, 2024, 07:52:00 pm »
I wonder what 70 veggie hot dogs does to the alimentary canal?  Probably like eating a bale of hay.
Wheat gluten, oil, spices. Probably sits a lot like pork or beef.

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« Reply #237 on: June 30, 2024, 09:57:04 pm »
Simone Biles is pretty good at gymnastics:

https://x.com/NBCOlympics/status/1806861187314794627

Is she going to quit again during the Olympics?

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« Reply #238 on: June 30, 2024, 10:21:18 pm »
Is she going to quit again during the Olympics?
Tune in and find out!

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« Reply #239 on: July 10, 2024, 10:37:17 am »
If you fancy combining a trip to Vegas with something interesting...(and it is 'the real deal', not an exhibition).

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/articles/cg64v1qzn3zo

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« Reply #240 on: July 11, 2024, 06:02:53 pm »
Thought he might make it to the end of the season, but this Sunday's game (against Brisbane) will be Adam Simpson's last as West Coast head coach - he leaves by 'mutual consent'...

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« Reply #242 on: July 19, 2024, 10:48:35 am »
If you want to see why Aussie Rules is such a great game...

https://www.afl.com.au/video/1174989/highlights-essendon-v-adelaide?videoId=1174989&modal=true&type=video&publishFrom=1721394242001
My son got to attend a game in Adelaide earlier this summer and loved every minute of it.

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« Reply #243 on: July 19, 2024, 06:21:21 pm »
My son got to attend a game in Adelaide earlier this summer and loved every minute of it.

Chapeau!  Was it for the Crows or the other lot?...

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« Reply #244 on: July 19, 2024, 06:27:49 pm »
Chapeau!  Was it for the Crows or the other lot?...
it was a Crows game.

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« Reply #245 on: July 21, 2024, 05:59:53 pm »
it was a Crows game.

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« Reply #247 on: August 08, 2024, 05:07:31 pm »
Awful scene at the CrossFit games as a competitor appears to have drown just short of the finish line as nobody noticed him going under.

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« Reply #249 on: September 02, 2024, 04:06:46 pm »
Joey Chestnut eats 83 hot dogs in 10 minutes to beat Kobyiashi (who only downed 67).  Chestnut smashed his previous record of 76.

He has to be up there Phelps, Jordan, Biles, and Djokovic as one of the greatest athletes of all time.