unclevlad Posted June 19 Report Share Posted June 19 WOWWWWwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww if you're not watching the Stanley Cup finals???? SHOCKER. Edmonton scores first, on a *short handed* goal. They've scored twice, short handed...and allowed 1 goal. Then they score on a power play. 2-0. THEN, a couple minutes later? They score AGAIN, by being the more physical. 3-0 after 25 minutes, and the Panthers are totally shell-shocked. In about 5 periods, it's been, I believe, 13-1 for the Oilers. If this heads back north, the pressure totally shifts. EDIT: CRAZY game. Scoring flurry in the second...Oilers hold onto a 4-3 lead for most of the 3rd. Panthers are forced to pull the goalie with 2 minutes left...but Oilers get a shot at the net. GREAT!!! effort to knock it away just before the puck crosses the goal line...only to have McDavid be there to pick up the loose puck and smack it home. 5-3 Oilers. Friday gonna be bonkers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slikmar Posted June 19 Report Share Posted June 19 (edited) removed, wrong spot Edited June 19 by slikmar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted June 20 Report Share Posted June 20 Half of the second round of the European Championships have now been completed Germany beat Hungary Scotland drew with Switzerland Croatia drew with Albania England drew with Denmark Slovenia beat Serbia Spain beat Italy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted June 22 Report Share Posted June 22 Mannnnnnnn........... I *love* listening to Canadians singing O Canada. 18,000 taking over and singing the last 2/3 or so all on their own. Florida at Edmonton, game 6. Here we go. EDIT: Wow...Edmonton gets 1 in the first, and a *quick* goal in the first 45 seconds of game 2. Florida apparently responds 10 seconds later (!)......but the Oilers call for a replay, and it's *overturned* because the play was offsides. BARELY. (Hockey's got a nice rule. Challenge a play, if you don't win the challenge...delay of game penalty.) Edmonton gets another later to go up 3-0. Panthers get 1, but get desperate, down 2, around the 5 minute mark......and the Oilers make them pay with 2 empty net goals. 5-1. Game 7, here we come. First time a series has gone from 3-0 to game 7 in 80 years. The last 2 games in Edmonton...13-2 Oilers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted June 22 Report Share Posted June 22 4 hours ago, unclevlad said: Mannnnnnnn........... I *love* listening to Canadians singing O Canada. 18,000 taking over and singing the last 2/3 or so all on their own. It's a tradition on home opening matches of the Portland Timbers (Major League Soccer) that the massive supporters group The Timbers Army sings the anthem. After the first home opener in 2011, A Boston sportswriter on the ESPN series Around the Horn told his audience that 4,000 anthem singers in full throat having a go at it at once was an insult to the anthem and the flag. I don't know how much he covered soccer, where organized supporters groups singing various songs and chants through much of the match is a global norm. And fans in every sport are encouraged to sing along with the anthem. Getting back to the Canadians, they must have complicated thoughts about "The4 Star-Spangled Banner", which was written near the end of the War of 1812. That war was started by the Americans on a flimsy pretext, and its purpose was to conquer Canada and add it to the Union while the British was occupied with Napoleon. The Canadians would not have it, and they soundly repelled the invasion with British aid. "The Star-Spangled Banner" is a really weird choice for a national song, IMHO. There are many that better exemplify what Americans are actually on about all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted June 22 Report Share Posted June 22 And that can be sung...and sound good. Bob Ryan's been known to have a few...curious...opinions, shall we say, but that one's utter claptrap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted June 22 Report Share Posted June 22 The second half of the round 2 matches have been completed in the European Championship Austria beat Poland Ukraine beat Slovakia The Netherlands drew with France Georgia drew with the Czech Republic Portugal beat Turkey Belgium beat Romania Elsewhere Scotland beat South Africa in Rugby as the Glasgow Warriors defeated the Bulls to win the United Rugby Championship Grand Final https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/articles/cpwwg9j306jo And in cycling Tom Pidock won short track gold at the Mountain Bike World Cup https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/articles/cd113wvp5x2o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted June 23 Report Share Posted June 23 Verstappen wins Spanish Grand Prix https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/articles/c722212ngedo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted June 24 Report Share Posted June 24 Man...from AP: Quote Texas parted ways with baseball coach David Pierce on Monday after eight seasons in which the Longhorns won the Big 12 three times but made only three appearances in the College World Series. Win your conference 3 times...make what amounts to the Elite Eight 3 times...and that's not good enough? Wow. That said, a) they had a somewhat down year. b) They're moving to the SEC in baseball too. If you think SEC football is a powerhouse, it don't hold a CANDLE to baseball. 4 teams in the CWS this year...2 of which play tonight for the title, and a 3rd made it to the bracket final, to play into the title series. (The CWS was 4 SEC and 4 ACC teams this year.) Oh, and this will be the 6th baseball title in the last 7 for the SEC. By 6 different universities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted June 24 Report Share Posted June 24 Group A and Group B have now finished their games in the European Championship Germany win Group A and Switzerland came second Germany and Switzerland drew their game although the Swiss were ahead for a long time. Hungary beat Scotland. Spain win Group B and Italy are second Spain beat Albania while Italy drew with Croatia although that was in the 98th minute. Croatia could have put Italy out. Tom Pidcock wins a second gold medal at the Mountain Bike World Cup https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/articles/cd113wvp5x2o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted June 25 Report Share Posted June 25 My oh my oh my... Florida Panthers had a good, LONG look at the Abyss of Despair, blowing a 3-0 lead... But in the kind of drama that ONLY hockey can create, they pull off a 2-1 win, holding off a desperate last 5 minute all-out effort to get the tying goal by the Oilers...but some near-miraculous goaltending and generally rugged defense keep the lead intact. Panthers win the Stanley Cup in a series that'll go down in hockey history. EDIT: NOT popular. McDavid wins the Conn Smythe as overall playoff MVP...broke a record held by Gretzky so it's understandable, but......he lost. And I'm quite sure he'd give it up for a chance to hold the only trophy that matters. Side note, I'm watching Bettman announce the Smythe, and now making his little speech to give the Cup to the Panthers captain first of all. OK, nothing there...but Bettman's got some...really *twitchy* head movements going one while he's doing it. Disturbing, if it isn't a long-term habit while speaking.... Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted June 25 Report Share Posted June 25 (edited) Group D has now finished their group games and we have a surprise Austria beat the Netherlands to come head of the group while France drew with Poland. Austria and France automatically advance and it looks like the Netherlands will as well as they have 4 pts. Group C has now finished. England and Denmark qualify England drew with Slovenia and Denmark drew with Serbia Edited June 25 by death tribble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted June 26 Author Report Share Posted June 26 (edited) I just read that Drake bet heavily on the Mavericks and Oilers to win the NBA title and the Stanley Cup, respectively. He lost a million dollars on the those two bets. Edited June 26 by Pariah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted June 26 Report Share Posted June 26 Group E and F have now finished their matches In Group E Ukraine and Belgium drew as did Slovakia and Romania which means that Romania are through as group winners with Belgium in second place. Slovakia also qualify as one of the best third place teams. In Group F Georgia beat Portugal and Turkey beat the Czech Republic which means that Portugal qualify as group winners and Turkey are second. Georgia also qualify. France vs Belgium is perhaps the pick of the next round which is on Monday. Germany vs Denmark on Saturday is the other one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted June 27 Report Share Posted June 27 On 6/25/2024 at 8:19 PM, Pariah said: I just read that Drake bet heavily on the Mavericks and Oilers to win the NBA title and the Stanley Cup, respectively. He lost a million dollars on the those two bets. I'll wait for Kendrick Lamar to tell me all about it.... Cygnia and Grailknight 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted June 29 Report Share Posted June 29 (edited) The Tour de France has started Roman Bardet won stage 1 and unusually a French rider wins stage 1. This will be Bardet's first yellow jersey although he has won stages before. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/articles/c3ge9d59ek5o In the first last 16 European Championship game Switzerland beat Italy 2-0 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/ce781j4kxy0t And Germany beats Denmark 2-0 after the match is suspended due to a storm https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/c51yl8ez940t India beat South Africa in the T20 Cricket World Cup final by seven runs https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/live/c977dnj31lpt Edited June 29 by death tribble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted June 30 Report Share Posted June 30 (edited) Kevin Vauquelin wins stage 2 of the Tour de France. It is his team's first ever win at the Tour. First time France have had back to back wins at the Tour since 1968 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/articles/c9wvnmxpkm9o George Russell wins the Austrian Grand Prix https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/articles/cw4y9xdpdm1o England beat Slovakia 2-1 in extra time in the European Championships https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/c4ng971vdx0t Spain beat Georgia 4-1 in the European Championships https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/cxe2mx95x90t Edited June 30 by death tribble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted July 1 Report Share Posted July 1 8 hours ago, death tribble said: Kevin Vauquelin wins stage 2 of the Tour de France. It is his team's first ever win at the Tour. First time France have had back to back wins at the Tour since 1968 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/articles/c9wvnmxpkm9o It should be noted that this team's only competed in the Tour a handful of times. It actually got promoted from the Pro Tour to the World Tour last year. It did get some wild card entries into the Tour in the past, but ya gotta think a wild card entry is going to have a seriously hard time winning a Grand Tour stage. But it's cool they got this one. One interesting point in the article...Pogacar decided against going for the stage win. Chasing down the breakaway wasn't worth it, he noted.......because of the heat. I don't follow European weather much, but I have heard it's been a scorcher there too...so this is concerning. This was a hilly stage...no serious climbs, but 6 of them. Monday's route is flatter. I don't even wanna think what the mountain stages will be like. I'll go out on a limb and suggest there will be more riders than usual that complete a stage within the time limit...but are so drained, they can't make the starting line the next day. Indeed.................... From Cycling News. Quote Astana's Tour de France got off to a terrible start, with Mark Cavendish struggling off the back in the searing head of Tuscany on stage 1. As his team rallied around him, helping him through episodes of vomiting, Gazzoli was hit by apparent leg cramps and climbed off, not finishing the stage and missing the opportunity to race the Tour de France through his home region of Lombardy on stage 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted July 1 Report Share Posted July 1 (edited) Biniam Girmay wins stage 3 of the Tour de France. It is also Intermarche Wanty's first ever win at the Tour. Girmay is the first black African to win a stage at the Tour. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/articles/c3gwq0nnn4po France beat Belgium 1-0 in the European Championships https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/c25ln8kzdndt Portugal beat Slovakia in a penalty shoot out after a 0-0 draw and extra time https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/crgkd32x07zt Edited July 1 by death tribble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted July 2 Report Share Posted July 2 (edited) Tadej Pogacar wins stage 4 of the Tour de France https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/articles/c0krn10r1deo The Netherlands beat Romania 3-0 in the European Championships https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/c7204xy3zg1t Turkey beat Austria 2-1 in the European Championship https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/cpv35e6dypet Edited July 2 by death tribble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted July 3 Report Share Posted July 3 Sir Mark Cavendish wins stage 5 of the Tour de France. This means he has now broken the record for stage wins at the Tour with 35. His team got on the front on the last climb and took him up to the line. He shot through a gap and got the win from other sprinters. Everyone was congratulating him which is something I cannot recall seeing before. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/articles/c2q05e2e920o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted July 4 Report Share Posted July 4 (edited) Dylan Groenewegen wins stage 6 of the Tour de France. Photo finish. The sprinters did not know who won so did not celebrate. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/articles/c98qje0qq1no EDIT: Added the BBC link Edited July 4 by death tribble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted July 4 Report Share Posted July 4 6 hours ago, death tribble said: Dylan Groenewegen wins stage 6 of the Tour de France. Photo finish. The sprinters did not know who won so did not celebrate. The finishing sprint starts at about the 4 minute mark. Cav got the congratulations because he broke a major record. As in: Hinault approached it, but no one since has been anywhere *close*. Kittel's the leader in the last 45 years...with 14. I wouldn't be surprised if Cav drops out before the big southern mountains...the way the route's structured this year, as a counterclockwise loop ending in Nice, there's the Wine Country TT tomorrow, 2 more flats and a hilly stage, then there's a moderate mountain stage...only a single Cat 1 climb, quite a few secondary ones. 2 more flat stages. Then...Pau. 2 HC climbs, including a summit finish. I'll predict Cav doesn't finish this stage; at this point, his team's got to be ecstatic with the stage win, he's got to be ecstatic with the stages record...what's left? I just don't think he'll torture himself, because stages 14-20 are NASTY. I'll also suggest Cav's set a mark *wildly* unlikely to be challenged for a very long time, and is almost certainly the GOAT among sprinters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted July 5 Report Share Posted July 5 (edited) Remco Evenepoel wins stage 7 of the Tour de France, the time trial https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/live/cj50802p35mt Spain beat Germany in the European Championships 2-1 in extra time https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/c25033494gnt France beat Portugal on penalties in the European Championships https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/cy79llev4znt Edited July 5 by death tribble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted July 6 Report Share Posted July 6 (edited) Biniam Girmay wins stage 8 of the Tour de France https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/articles/cql8yp31qq1o Julian Bernard fined for kissing his wife on the time trial on stage 7 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3g9vwvy430o England beat Switzerland during the penalty shoot out. This was after 1-1 at full time and extra time https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/crgkevjm6zmt The Netherlands beat Turkey 2-1 in the European Championship https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/cg3e7v2dqg8t Edited July 6 by death tribble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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