death tribble Posted August 19 Report Share Posted August 19 Wout Van Aert wins stage 3 of the Vuelta https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/articles/ckg155r3p1yo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted August 20 Report Share Posted August 20 (edited) Primoz Roglic wins stage 4 of the Vuelta https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/articles/c5y8kyx50l0o Edited August 21 by death tribble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted August 21 Report Share Posted August 21 Paval Bittner wins stage 5 of the Vuelta https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/articles/c17gnzdgwjpo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted August 22 Report Share Posted August 22 Ben O'Conner wins stage 6 of the Vuelta. Like Victor Campenaerts in the Tour, Ben is leaving his current team for a new one at the end of the year and also pulls out a stage win becoming the latest to win a stage at all three Grand Tours. But this one was so emphatic that O'Conner is now in the overall lead by close to five minutes. This should not have been allowed to happen as O'Connor is a genuine threat and a team leader. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/articles/c0l8kg21y94o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted August 23 Report Share Posted August 23 Roglic may be playing a long game. Ceding the leader's jersey may force O'Conner's team to try to defend it...can they do that for 2 weeks? I'll grant that the margin's larger than I can recall from the TdF, and it *could* be Roglic isn't in in top form, of course, and/or teams made mistakes. But going back to TdFs before...I wanna say Ineos...started dominating...first-week leads weren't necessarily desirable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted August 23 Report Share Posted August 23 Van Aert wins Stage 7 of the Vuelta https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/articles/c1l589rle7go All the teams made mistakes in not reeling back the breakaway the previous day. Vingegaard would not have allowed Pogacar to do that and vice versa in other Grand Tours. O'Connor had nothing to lose and went for it. Otherwise yes first week leads may not be desireable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted August 24 Report Share Posted August 24 (edited) Primoz Roglic wins stage 8 of the Vuelta https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/articles/c07em1dpvj3o Edited August 24 by death tribble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted August 25 Report Share Posted August 25 (edited) Lando Norris wins the Dutch Grand Prix https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/articles/cn9l7wn4xx3o World records broken at the Diamond League meeting in Silesia https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/articles/c89w1zeg1kko Adam Yates wins stage 9 of the Vuelta https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/articles/cp3dxg6x57no Edited August 25 by death tribble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted August 25 Report Share Posted August 25 Saw the Norris win on ESPN Bottom Line....it was by 22 seconds (!!!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted August 25 Report Share Posted August 25 Little League Baseball international championship game. Taiwan grabs a 1-0 lead early, and holds on all the way to the 6th...when Florida scores on a play at the plate that's just not quite good enough to get the runner.....with 2 outs, at that. Game goes into extras. Neither team scores in the 7th. In the 8th, the rules dictate the placed runner at 2nd...Little League absolutely doesn't want to strain the pitchers. Taiwan doesn't score. Florida comes up...runner on 1st, none out. It's their #12 hitter...fairly recent rule is, the batting order is circular, and ALL the kids on the team have a slot in the order. So the Florida manager orders a bunt...which Taiwan didn't do. The kid drops an absolute beauty down...hugs the edge of the grass down the first base line, with near-perfect pace. Uh...oh...this absolutely has the kid making third.....and ooohhhhhh noooooooo.......the first baseman went for the ball too. Yeah...there's no one at first. Believe the pitcher tried to get the out...with no one there................................ Ball does down the line, the kid on second had been running..............................game over. Florida wins the international championship. Best "what I did on my summer vacation" essay topic, EVER. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted August 26 Report Share Posted August 26 Obviously not a player of the status of Nadal or Murray, but Diego Schwarzmann had an *excellent* career, hanging around in or near the top 10 for many years. He was 15th as late as the summer of 22. He's only 32...but he's been on tour for 14 years. So, it's not surprising he's basically emptied the tank, and it's shown; his ranking plummeted from ~30th in Jan/early Feb 2023 to 100th in July, and steadily dropped since. Below 200 after Wimbledon. He announced his retirement after the US Open. Good for him...he won the 3 rounds of qualifying to get into the main field, but then lost in 4 sets to Gael Monfils just now. Meanwhile, #15 Holger Rune lost the first set, then got down 3-1 in the second. Had Brandon Nakashima 15-40...couldn't break. Got to 5-1...Rune up love-40...couldn't break. So Nakashima's got the first 2 sets. Let's start the upsets early!!! EDIT: in preliminary talks before the evening matches...James Blake mentioned that Dominic Thiem is also retiring...after Vienna, in October. He's only 30. In his case, the root cause was a right wrist injury in '21. For a right handed tennis player, this is clearly a crucial problem...it's central to playing, and it's never come back fully. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted August 27 Report Share Posted August 27 (edited) Wout Van Aert wins stage 10 of the Vuelta https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/articles/c984jy71z89o Edited August 27 by death tribble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slikmar Posted August 28 Report Share Posted August 28 Don't know how many follow the NWSL, but their new CBA pretty much has an unprecedented free agency bent: Abolishes the Draft Unlimited Free Agency Cannot be traded without players permission Guaranteed Contracts FWICT no salary cap/luxury tax Revenue sharing across league I realize this is extreme, and probably won't be duplicated, but makes me wonder if we won't see other sports, the MLB Union, specifically, fight more for something closer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted August 28 Report Share Posted August 28 (edited) Dan Evans wins the longest match in US Open history https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/articles/crmwl21zjrjo Eddie Dunbar wins stage 11 of the Vuelta https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/articles/clyng821ypmo Edited August 28 by death tribble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted August 28 Report Share Posted August 28 3 hours ago, slikmar said: Don't know how many follow the NWSL, but their new CBA pretty much has an unprecedented free agency bent: Abolishes the Draft Unlimited Free Agency Cannot be traded without players permission Guaranteed Contracts FWICT no salary cap/luxury tax Revenue sharing across league I realize this is extreme, and probably won't be duplicated, but makes me wonder if we won't see other sports, the MLB Union, specifically, fight more for something closer. MIGHT see something like this in the WNBA, but IMO no chance in MLB, NBA, or NFL. For one thing, the economic scale is entirely different...the minimum salary in the NWSL is basically $50K, rising to $80K in 2030. In MLB, the rookie minimum is $740K...so someone called up and on the roster for a dozen games makes about $50K from that period alone. NWSL salary cap is $2.75M, but that might be before the new agreement. Still...estimate it at, say, $3.5M...for the entire roster. Most MLB teams have 1 or 2 individual players making 10x, or more, I suspect. Secondary aspect...in MLB, the top players have almost-equal billing with the team they're on. In rare cases, arguably, it's higher billing...Judge, say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted August 29 Report Share Posted August 29 Caitlin Clark sets the WNBA rookie record for 3 pointers in a season. The previous record was set in a 34 game season; she broke it in her 31st. She'll set a new mark that's massively higher...because the season's now 40 games...but skip the asterisk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted August 29 Report Share Posted August 29 (edited) Pablo Castrillo wins stage 12 of the Vuelta https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/articles/c77le8jggz7o France's first medal of the Paralympics is silver in the Women's cycling C4-5 Time Trial. The Netherlands took Gold and Canada bronze Daphne Schrager of Great Britain wins silver in the Women's cycling C1-3 3000m individual pursuit. China won Gold. This is Britain's first medal. China win Gold and Silver in the Men's cycling C1 3000m individual pursuit Britain take silver in the Men's B cycling 4000m individual pursuit with the Netherlands taking gold France take gold in the Men's S9 swimming 400m freestyle final with Italy second and Australia third. Ugo Didier is one of the faces of the French team Hungary take gold in the Women's S9 400m freestyle swimming with Australia taking silver and bronze for Italy Poland take gold in the Men's S1 100m Backstroke final, Ukraine take silver and Italy bronze Brazil win gold in the Men's S2 100m backstroke final Neutral athletes take silver and Chile take bronze Denmark win gold in the Men's S14 100m butterfly swimming with Britain taking silver and Brazil bronze Britain's first gold is the Women's S14 100m butterfly swimming, Hong Kong take silver and bronze for neutrals Britain get bronze in the para table tennis WD14 Britain win gold in the Women's S5 200m swimming freestyle final, Ukraine take silver and Italy take bronze Italy take gold in the Men's S5 200m swimming freestyle final, neutrals take silver and Ukraine bronze China win the Women's S10 50m freestyle swimming with USA second and Canada third Australia take Gold and Bronze in the Men's S10 50m freestyle swimming final with Brazil taking bronze The neutrals take gold in the Men's S13 100m butterfly swimming with France getting Silver and Spain bronze Jackie Chan was presenting some of the medals in the cycling Edited August 29 by death tribble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted August 30 Report Share Posted August 30 (edited) Michael Woods wins stage 13 of the Vuelta https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/articles/crlr477697lo Australia win gold in the Men's C4-5 cycling time trial with Britain taking silver China take gold in the para athletics Women's 200m T37, Ukraine silver and China bronze Spain win Gold in the Women's SB8 100m breaststroke, Britain take silver and neutrals bronze Brazil win gold in the Men's 100m T47, USA take silver and Morocco bronze Brazil win gold in the Men's T37 100m with Indonesia taking silver and neutral bronze Belgium win gold in the Men's 400m T52 with Japan taking silver and bronze The Netherlands take gold in the Women's S11 400m freestyle swimming with China taking silver and neutrals bronze The Czech republic takes gold in the Men's S11 400m freestyle swimming with Netherlands taking silver and Japan bronze Britain win gold in the Women's Sm6 200m individual medley swimming, USA take silver and China bronze China win gold in the Men's SM6 200m individual medley swimming, Colombia take silver and Brazil take bronze Israel win gold in the S3 men's 100m freestyle swimming Japan take silver and Mexico bronze Britain take gold in the Women's S5 100m freestyle swimming with Ukraine silver and Italy bronze Ukraine take gold in the Men's S5 100m freestyle swimming with China silver and neutrals take bronze Britain take gold and bronze in the Women's B 1000m time trial cycling and Australia take silver Britain take gold and silver in the Men's C3 3000m individual pursuit cycling France win gold in the Men's C2 3000m individual pursuit, Belgium take silver Britain take bronze Edited August 30 by death tribble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted August 30 Report Share Posted August 30 https://sports.yahoo.com/columbus-blue-jackets-johnny-gaudreau-brother-matthew-gaudreau-killed-by-alleged-drunk-driver-while-biking-114632130.html DAMN, do I hate drunk drivers................................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted August 31 Report Share Posted August 31 (edited) Kaden Groves wins stage 14 of the Vuelta https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/articles/clyl7g0lprwo Britain take gold in the Men's K44 +80kg taekwondo with neutral taking silver Britain take gold in the women's K44 +65kg taekwondo with Uzbekistan taking silver Turkey take gold in the Men's T12 para-athletics 100m USA take gold in the men's para-athletics T54 5000m with Switzerland in silver China take gold in the S11 women's 50m freestyle swimming with Cyprus getting silver and Ukraine bronze Britain take bronze in the Para archery: Women's individual compound Colombia take gold in the Women's para-athletics T38 100 final, Greece take silver and Colombia also take bronze Britain take gold in the Women's S8 100m backstroke swimming, neutral silver and Germany bronze Britain take silver and bronze in the Women's 200m S14 freestyle swimming with Neutral taking gold Britain takes gold in the Men's 200m S14 freestyle swimming, Canada silver and Australia bronze Britain take gold in the Men's S12 100m backstroke swimming with Azerbaijan silver and Ukraine bonze Britain win bronze in the table tennis MD14 doubles Slovakia win gold in the men's Cycling C4 4,000m pursuit with Britain taking silver, France take bronze China take gold and silver in the men's cycling C1-3 1,000m Time trial with France getting bronze Edited August 31 by death tribble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted September 1 Report Share Posted September 1 (edited) Charles Leclerc wins the Italian Grand Prix https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/articles/c1l590r59l9o Pablo Castrillo wins again on stage 15 of the Vuelta https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/articles/c86le6e8e0xo Britain take gold in the S14 mixed 4x100m freestyle swimming relay, Australia take silver and Brazil bronze China take gold in the men's T54 400m Britain take gold in the Women's F20 shot put and France take silver Britain take gold in the Women's SB5 100m breaststroke, China take silver and Ukraine bronze Algeria take gold in the Men's T13 100m with Norway taking silver Hannah Cockroft wins gold in the Women's T34 for Britain who also take silver, China take bronze Switzerland win gold in the Women's T53 800m with Britain taking silver Switzerland take gold in the Women's T54 800m, China take silver and USA bronze Britain take gold and bronze in the Women's SM8 200m individual medley with neutral taking silver France take gold in the Women's S10 100m freestyle swimming, silver for Canada and Italy take bronze Britain take gold in the Women's SB6 100m breaststroke with China taking Silver and Hong Kong bronze China win the SB6 Men's 100m breaststroke, Colombia second and Ukraine third Britain take gold in the C1-5 750m team sprint, Spain take silver and Australia bronze Slovakia take gold and silver in the SH1 mixed 10m Air rifle prone and Spain take bronze Britain take bronze in the Women's B 3000m individual pursuit with Ireland taking silver and Britain gold Britain take gold and silver in the Men's B 1,000m time trial with Germany taking bronze Britain win gold win the mixed doube sculls with China taking silver and Israel bronze https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/c4gexdg39ygo Britain win gold in the Men's PR1 single sculls with Ukraine taking silver and Italy bronze Britain win gold in the PR3 mixed coxed four with the USA taking silver Britain took silver in the PR 3 mixed double sculls with Germany taking bronze, Australia took gold Edited September 1 by death tribble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted September 1 Report Share Posted September 1 2 massive early upsets now at the US Open. Alcaraz lost in the 2nd round; Djokovic lost yesterday in the 3rd round. That's the 2nd and 3rd seeds, and coming in, the #2 and 3 ranked players...Alcaraz stayed #3, but Djokovic dropped to 4th. Medvedev will probably pass him, and Rublev might also. And Djokovic may need some extended time off. It's worth noting that Alcaraz and Djokovic were the Olympic finalists. Alcaraz lost his first match in Cincy, his only hard-court event before the Open. Djokovic didn't play any. Djokovic apparently wasn't moving well, and his service motion was way off; he had knee surgery not long before the Olympics. That makes me wonder that perhaps he *shouldn't* have played the Olympics per se, but he achieved his goal. He has nothing left to prove on the court, so, well, if his chance now for another slam's gone...it was probably worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted September 2 Report Share Posted September 2 (edited) Britain now have over 50 medals in total. The only other team with over 50 medals is China with 85. The USA have 41. 68 teams now have at least one medal of any colour (69 if you include neutral). 48 teams (49 with neutral) have at least one gold France win the Men's SH6 badminton gold and Britain take silver with Brazil taking bronze Australia take gold in the mixed 4x100m swimming medley relay, Netherlands silver and Spain bronze India win gold in the Men's F64 javelin, Sri Lanka take silver and Australia bronze Brazil take gold in the Men's S2 200m freestyle swimming, neutral silver and Chile bronze Costa Rica take gold in the Men's T64 100m with Italy silver and Germany bronze Italy take gold in the Women's SB4 100m breaststroke swimming with Hungary taking silver and China bronze Britain take gold in the mixed compound archery with Iran taking silver Neutral takes gold in the Men's SB4 100m breaststroke swimming, Greece take silver and Italy bronze Brazil take gold in the Women's S13 50m freestyle swimming with USA taking silver and Italy bronze Neutral takes gold in the Men's S13 50m freestyle swimming with Ukraine taking silver and bronze Britain take gold in the Women's SB14 100m breaststroke swimming with Brazil taking silver and bronze Canada take gold in the Men's SB14 100m breaststroke swimming, Australia silver and Japan bronze Britain take gold in the Women's S3 50m backstroke swimming, neutral take silver and Spain bronze Ukraine take gold and bronze in the Men's S3 50m backstroke swimming with Germany taking silver Italy take gold in the Men's S9 50m freestyle swimming, neutral take silver and Norway bronze USA take gold and silver in the Women's S7 400m freestyle swimming with Italy taking bronze Italy take gold in the Men's S7 400m freestyle swimming with Ukraine taking silver and Argentina taking bronze Britain win gold in the Men's BC4 boccia with Colombia taking silver Australia win bronze in the Men's wheelchair rugby Britain take gold and bronze in the Women's PTS4 triathlon with Spain taking silver The USA take gold in the Women's PTS5 triathlon with Britain taking silver and bronze Britain win gold in the Men's PTV1 triathlon, France took silver and bronze The Netherlands took gold in the Men's PTWC triathlon Australia win gold in the Women's PTWC triathlon France won gold in the Men's PTS3 triathlon India win gold in the Men's SL3 badminton with Britain taking silver Edited September 2 by death tribble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted September 3 Report Share Posted September 3 (edited) Marc Soler wins stage 16 of the Vuelta. Wout Van Aert crashes on one of the descents and has to retire from the race. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/articles/cwyj0x8jy2jo 72 countries now have at least one medal of any colour (73 with neutral), 53 have gold (54 with neutral) China have over 100 medals, Britain have just over 60 and the USA have 53. Brazil have 48 Germany take gold in the Men's wheelchair sabre fencing with Britain taking silver Britain take gold and silver in the Women's S10 100m butterfly swimming China take gold, silver and bronze in the Women's s5 50m backstroke swimming China take gold, silver and bronze in the Men's S5 50m backstroke swimming China take gold and silver in the Women's S6 50m butterfly swimming and Brazil take bronze China take gold in the Men's S6 50m butterfly swimming, Colombia take silver and France take bronze Israel take gold in the Men's S4 200m freestyle swimming neutral take silver and Japan take bronze USA take gold in the Women's S9 100m backstroke swimming with Spain taking silver and Spain bronze Neutral take gold in the Men's S9 100m backstroke swimming with France taking silver and Neutral bronze Ukraine take gold and silver in the Men's S7 100m backstroke swimming and Italy take bronze Latvia take gold in the Grade 1 para-equestrian with USA taking silver and Italy bronze Britain take silver in the Women's T54 1500m with Switzerland taking gold Britain take bronze in the Grade 2 para-equestrian Britain take bronze in the Grade 3 para-equestrian Germany take gold in the Women's 50m rifle three positions with Slovakia taking silver and China take bronze South Korea take gold in the Men;'s SH1 30m 3 positions rifle with China taking silver and Poland bronze Edited September 3 by death tribble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted September 3 Report Share Posted September 3 At the US Open, Fritz takes out Zverev in the quarters to reach the semis at a slam, for the first time. He's been around now, too...this is his 33rd slam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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