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The misfortunes of Mott

By: vic-eldred • Sports • 3 Comments • 5 years ago

Yesterday was the 151st running of the Belmont Stakes. The race, with a purse of $1.5 million, is the final leg of horse racing's famed "Triple Crown." The distance of the race is a demanding one...

Bill Buckner dies at 69 after battling dementia

Via: john-russell • Sports • 19 Comments • 5 years ago

Bill Buckner dies at 69 after battling dementia ESPN 6-8 minutes Bill Buckner, the longtime major leaguer whose error in the 1986 World Series for years lived in Red Sox...

Woods's win was not the greatest comeback in sports history. Not even in golf.

Via: john-russell • Sports • 10 Comments • 5 years ago

Woods's win was not the greatest comeback in sports history. Not even in golf. Couch Slouch . The Washington Post ; Washington, D.C. [Washington, D.C]13 May 2019: D.2....

Mike Fiers Records Baseball’s 300th No-Hitter (Besides the 31 They Took Away)

Via: bob-nelson • Sports • 24 Comments • 5 years ago

After waiting out a 98-minute technical delay and firing an outrageous 131 pitches on Tuesday night, Mike Fiers of the Oakland Athletics was at a loss to explain his efforts in throwing...

My Leafs Fell Again - You'd Think It Was Autumn

By: buzz-of-the-orient • Sports • 24 Comments • 5 years ago

My Leafs Fell Again - You'd Think It Was Autumn It's been a long time since I watched an NHL game - When I was a kid I would always listen on Saturday night to Foster Hewitt announce the...

Peter Kaiser Takes First In Iditarod — Marking A Win For Alaskan Natives (The Last Great Race on Earth)

Via: kavika • Sports • 21 Comments • 5 years ago

Peter Kaiser and his team of dogs take off at the start of the Iditarod race. Courtesy of John Wallace Snow whipped past Peter Kaiser and his eight-dog team as they passed under...

Eagle helps golfer get a hole in one

Via: kavika • Sports • 37 Comments • 5 years ago

Every golfer in the world now wants an eagle to join their foursome. I wonder what the offical ruling on this hole in one will be....

Baseball Trivia - What've You Got?

By: buzz-of-the-orient • Sports • 13 Comments • 5 years ago

Baseball Trivia - What've You Got? This is my only baseball photo, taken with my Canon F1 SLR at 2000th a second - fast enough to stop a hit ball in the air. I had been invited to watch...

One Of Baseball's All Time Greats Died Today

Via: johnrussell • Sports • 9 Comments • 5 years ago

In 2005, when Frank Robinson was in his first year as manager of the Washington Nationals, a young player casually asked his 70-year-old skipper if he ever played in the majors. That...

SUPERBOWL SUNDAY GUESSING THE WINNER AND THE SCORE.

By: kathleen • Sports • 27 Comments • 5 years ago

Hello everyone, as we know this Sunday is Superbowl Sunday. I thought it would be fun for us all to guess who we think might win and what the score will be. Lets take a break and have some fun,...

Mariano Rivera Acclaimed As Baseball's Greatest - First Ever Unanimous Selection To Hall Of Fame

By: johnrussell • Sports • 5 Comments • 5 years ago

Morning Joe, a show which is almost entirely devoted to politics and news, led with this story this morning, indicating this is a big deal. For the first time in baseball history a player...

Something unbelievably freaky happened today -- The eerie, devastating coincidence that connects Redskins QBs Alex Smith and Joe Theismann

Via: dignitatem-societatis • Sports • 10 Comments • 6 years ago

Joe Theismann broke his right tibia and fibula on Nov. 18, 1985 in a game in Washington that ended 23-21 . The only three-time Defensive Player of the Year Lawrence Taylor...

Max Muncy ends longest game in World Series history with Game 3 home run

Via: tig • Sports • 17 Comments • 6 years ago

The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Boston Red Sox 3-2 in Game 3 of the 2018 World Series on Friday night. It was an 18-inning affair that doubled as the longest game in World Series...

Bellinger, Puig power Game 7 win to send Dodgers to the World Series

Via: perrie-halpern • Sports • 15 Comments • 6 years ago

The Dodgers are headed back to the World Series following a 5-1 win over the Brewers during Game 7 of the NLCS. Cody Bellinger delivered the go-ahead shot after taking Jhoulys Chacín deep in...

This is how Texas does high school football

By: hal-a-lujah • Sports • 38 Comments • 6 years ago

Who Do You Like In The Baseball Playoffs?

By: johnrussell • Sports • 11 Comments • 6 years ago

Major League Baseball playoffs continue Friday with the final four of the LCS. Winners to go to the World Series. In the American League the Houston Astros are a slight favorite to defeat...

Bathurst 1000, The Great Australian Race

By: dave-2693993 • Sports • 8 Comments • 6 years ago

This weekend in Australian Motorsports history, an era comes to an end. For those not familiar with the race details will follow in the body of the discussion. This will be the last time an...

How bad are the Buffalo Bills? Cornerback Vontae Davis retired at halftime on Sunday

Via: johnrussell • Sports • 2 Comments • 6 years ago

https://sports.yahoo.com/bad-bills-cornerback-vontae-davis-retired-halftime-sunday-211324991.html Vontae Davis didn’t even wait until the end of Sunday’s Buffalo Bills loss to retire. He...

Here’s what Formula 1 cars may look like in 2021 if the sport gets its way

Via: bob-nelson • Sports • 4 Comments • 6 years ago

Formula 1 has become quite forward-thinking since getting new owners interested in more than just sucking as much profit out of the sport as possible. That was certainly on display in a...

Serena Williams is right on women’s treatment but wrong about Saturday

Via: perrie-halpern • Sports • 19 Comments • 6 years ago

W hen Serena Williams threw away the US Open title she has won six times by calling the umpire “a liar” and “a thief”, she cited sexism as the root cause . No male player, she said, would...

Remembering Manuel Ycaza

By: vic-eldred • Sports • 2 Comments • 6 years ago

Manuel Ycaza died on July 16th at the age of 80. He was the first of many Hispanic riders who now dominate the Grand Game of Thoroughbred Racing in the US. From his early years in Panama, (he...

Position Player Strikes Out Baseball Superstar

By: johnrussell • Sports • 18 Comments • 6 years ago

We don't seem to have a lot of sports fans here, but this is pretty cool. The White Sox have used 3rd baseman designated hitter Matt Davidson as a relief pitcher on three occasions this season. He...

Of course Trump attacks LeBron James: the NBA star is a true role model

Via: bob-nelson • Sports • 1 Comments • 6 years ago

I n the last week we have witnessed LeBron James , a global sports star, open his new school for underprivileged children in his hometown of Akron, Ohio, and his nation’s...

Baseball Has a New Position: The Make-Believe Pitcher

Via: bob-nelson • Sports • 8 Comments • 6 years ago

Baseball 2018: Is it the year of the home run? The year of the strikeout? Nope, it’s the year of the position player getting a chance to pitch. Daniel Descalso, normally an Arizona...

The South Korean players who sent Germany crashing out of the World Cup