Topic: WE LIKE SPORTS (Read 486416 times)

SubaruStephen · « **Reply #3750 on:** 21 Jun 2016, 02:41 »

"You do anything fun last weekend?"

Nico Rosberg: "Went for a nice little Sunday drive."

http://www.roadandtrack.com/motorsports/news/a29629/nico-rosberg-wins-in-azerbaijan/

Skewbrow · « **Reply #3751 on:** 03 Nov 2016, 01:03 »

Quote from: jwhouk on 25 Oct 2011, 06:05

Quote from: Skewbrow on 24 Oct 2011, 23:07
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And, of course, I won't truly believe in the draft as the great equalizer unless the Cubs win the world series one of these centuries.

FYP.

So possibly there is some hope for the draft system

SubaruStephen · « **Reply #3752 on:** 03 Nov 2016, 20:58 »

Just one year off. Suck it Nostradamus

cesium133 · « **Reply #3753 on:** 03 Nov 2016, 21:11 »

Whoever made that gif left out the part about the Cubs beating Miami.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #3754 on:** 03 Nov 2016, 21:16 »

It was also as far from a sweep as possible.

Ignominious · « **Reply #3755 on:** 06 May 2017, 03:32 »

Eliud Kipchoge - 26.2 miles - 2:00:25

There's some controversy surrounding this attempt but in the world of human endeavour, that's no easy task regardless of how it came about. I feel certain we will see the two hour barrier fall within the next decade.

Kugai · « **Reply #3756 on:** 28 May 2017, 23:59 »

Quote from: jwhouk on 30 May 2016, 15:27

Oh, Kugai: I need this explained to me.

I was not aware that NZ even had any sort of Ice Hockey league/organization...

To be perfectly honest, neither was I

And it's a Government Bureaucracy, even we here are not immune to asshat decisions

And on another note,Scott Dixon goes for a wee ride this morning

Ignominious · « **Reply #3757 on:** 02 Jul 2017, 09:56 »

A bit of a surprise win for Thomas yesterday in stage 1 and the shock departure of Valverde yesterday.

Two GC contenders crash and Kittel takes his tenth stage win.

Looks like the Tour de France may not be following its usual boring first week form. Anyone daring to make any jersey predictions yet?

osaka · « **Reply #3758 on:** 17 Jul 2017, 04:16 »

Well a couple of weeks later I must say that if Warren Barguil keeps climbing mountains and getting in large leading groups he might as well win it for France. He lost a shitton of time in the first week but he's less than 10 minutes away now.

JoeCovenant · « **Reply #3759 on:** 17 Jul 2017, 05:14 »

Dear Glob!
It's almost as if NONE of you realise that Dundee F.C. travel to Kirkcaldy on Tuesday night for a the first competitive game of the 2017/18 season, when we take on Raith Rovers in the Betfred Cup !!!!!!!!!!

I mean, what ARE you?? Philistines??

Method of Madness · « **Reply #3760 on:** 17 Jul 2017, 21:03 »

Would there be any feasible way to stagger the starting time on the last day, so the person in first starts first, followed by the person in second however amount of time they're behind later, and so forth, so the winner will always actually finish first?

Ignominious · « **Reply #3761 on:** 17 Jul 2017, 23:51 »

Quote from: osaka on 17 Jul 2017, 04:16

Well a couple of weeks later I must say that if Warren Barguil keeps climbing mountains and getting in large leading groups he might as well win it for France. He lost a shitton of time in the first week but he's less than 10 minutes away now.

He would need at least 10 minutes to get the minute needed to hold off Froome in the TT. Not going to happen. If he gets on par with Contador none of the top 5 will let him get up the road. GC riders only take the polka dot jersey by happenstance, not by target. He's being allowed to go away in the breakaway groups, for now.

The real hope for France is pinned on Romain Bardet. He still needs to chuck 1m23s into Froome if he wants to stand a chance of wearing the yellow jersey in Paris and with two downhill finishes in three days, he may well do that. I reckon he'll at least overhaul Aru who is vulnerable due to lack of team around him.

Things to watch out for today:

Bardet and all of AG2R at the 2nd climb attempting to force a gap while the sprinters teams wet the bed.
Michael Matthews desperately trying to get ahead of Kittel in the intermediate sprint.
Steve Cummings in general.

Actually a AG2R, Sunweb, Dimension Data alliance today could be very damaging to the shape of the race if there's any crosswinds in the second half.

Ignominious · « **Reply #3762 on:** 19 Jul 2017, 15:08 »

After today, Barguil is tied on for the polka dot but clearly not making a move on GC. Aru has practically put himself out of the running while Rigoberto Uran is a new and interesting threat having been through the Sky TT school. Still having hopes for Bardet. SL2 could get a bumper crop yet this year.

JoeCovenant · « **Reply #3763 on:** 20 Jul 2017, 02:17 »

Dear Glob!
It's almost as if NONE of you care that Dundee F.C. travelled to Kirkcaldy on Tuesday night for a the first competitive game of the 2017/18 season, and beat Raith Rovers 2-1 in the Betfred Cup !!!!!!!!!!

I mean, what ARE you?? Philistines??

Ignominious · « **Reply #3764 on:** 20 Jul 2017, 05:15 »

It's summer lad, cycling and cricket's order of day. You can keep football until after the summer hols.

And on that subject, Katie Archbald and Tom Pidcock both delivered stellar performances last night to win the National Circuit Racing Championships in Sheffield. And this morning, Annemiek Van Vlouten stormed it up the Col d' Izoard to take a commanding win on the first stage of La Course.

jwhouk · « **Reply #3765 on:** 20 Jul 2017, 06:15 »

We signed Pontus Aberg to a longer-term contract yesterday.

jwhouk · « **Reply #3766 on:** 23 Jul 2017, 17:59 »

Re: Brickyard 400

And that, ladies and gentlebeings of the jury, is the reason why I no longer watch NASCAR on a regular basis.

JoeCovenant · « **Reply #3767 on:** 25 Jul 2017, 08:33 »

Dear Glob!
It's almost as if NONE of you realise that Dundee F.C. travel to Cowdenbeath tomor...

...Accchhhh, FORGET it!

osaka · « **Reply #3768 on:** 11 Aug 2017, 18:25 »

So how about the London athletics world championships

Plenty of upsets huh.

It is fun to see but my goodness it's a continuous stream of surprises.

jwhouk · « **Reply #3769 on:** 11 Aug 2017, 18:38 »

And, as usual, my Brew Crew has had reality set in once the clock struck August.

From being up half a game on July 25th to down two today. *SIGH*

pwhodges · « **Reply #3770 on:** 11 Aug 2017, 23:20 »

Britain's brave athletes are showing their grit by getting fourth place in almost every event.

audrina · « **Reply #3771 on:** 18 Aug 2017, 04:36 »

Quote from: osaka on 11 Aug 2017, 18:25

So how about the London athletics world championships

Plenty of upsets huh.

It is fun to see but my goodness it's a continuous stream of surprises.

Agree! But that is a sport. I think athletics is one of the best sport. It is easy to understand who wins in comparison to some subjective sport like the figure skating

Method of Madness · « **Reply #3772 on:** 18 Aug 2017, 21:03 »

Quote from: audrina on 18 Aug 2017, 04:36

athletics is one of the best sport

Wait...what? I thought "athletics" was just another word for "sports".

cesium133 · « **Reply #3773 on:** 18 Aug 2017, 21:05 »

If ESPN is to be believed, fantasy football is a "sport".

Method of Madness · « **Reply #3774 on:** 18 Aug 2017, 21:06 »

How is it any more of a sport than D&D?

cesium133 · « **Reply #3775 on:** 18 Aug 2017, 21:07 »

There's more money in it.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #3776 on:** 18 Aug 2017, 21:08 »

There's more money in the lottery if you win it.

cesium133 · « **Reply #3777 on:** 18 Aug 2017, 21:14 »

I never said the money was for the players.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #3778 on:** 18 Aug 2017, 21:18 »

Neither did I.

Edit: Wait, I did. Either way, the players aren't the biggest winners.

jwhouk · « **Reply #3779 on:** 19 Aug 2017, 05:56 »

"Athletics" is known as "Track and Field" to those of us on the other side of the pond.

Track is, indeed, an interesting sport.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #3780 on:** 19 Aug 2017, 06:59 »

Interesting. Separated by a common language, indeed.

jwhouk · « **Reply #3781 on:** 25 Nov 2017, 15:39 »

Ladies and Gentlemen, the University of Wisconsin at Madison has a football team that is UNDEFEATED in regular season play.

For context: there are currently two other teams in the NCAA Men's Division I Football Bowl Subdivision that are undefeated. One is the University of Central Florida. The other, the University of Alabama, is currently losing to their biggest rivals, Auburn University.

Jimor · « **Reply #3782 on:** 25 Nov 2017, 21:33 »

And Alabama lost. To be honest, I'm for any kind of upset or result that leads to exposing the current "playoff" system and cause it to collapse in its own ineptitude and favoritism. Go to a 16-team knockout playoff - each conference winner + 6 wildcards, and we'd have the same excitement of the basketball tournament, and we wouldn't be leaving out a lot of schools who have arguably earned the right to at least try for the national championship.

hedgie · « **Reply #3783 on:** 02 Jul 2018, 10:01 »

With the pain that Mexico fans are feeling right now, one might as well say that they just got a full Brazilian.

Joking aside, with Germany already out, I was pulling for Mexico to take the cup.

JoeCovenant · « **Reply #3784 on:** 03 Jul 2018, 01:16 »

Last night's game with Belgium and Japan was something else.

Whereas I wanted Belgium to win (for reasons) I think it was pretty cruel that they got their goal when they did (with 10 seconds to go). Just think ti would have been slightly less cruel getting it in extra time when Japan could have at least had time to try and fight back...

Great game though!

jwhouk · « **Reply #3785 on:** 03 Jul 2018, 12:13 »

I asked it elsewhere: why was Colombia so upset about the placement of that wall on the penalty kick in the first half? And WHY didn't the ref Red Card that Colombian player after the head butt?

LeeC · « **Reply #3786 on:** 03 Jul 2018, 17:24 »

LeeC · « **Reply #3787 on:** 07 Jul 2019, 15:04 »

USA won the Women's World Cup!

Patrick · « **Reply #3788 on:** 08 Aug 2019, 23:03 »

hockey, can you please hurry back? i miss you :C

LeeC · « **Reply #3789 on:** 02 Feb 2020, 21:01 »

Honestly, this super bowl has been pretty good. Game was entertaining, commercials were enjoyable, and the half time show was alright.

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