Category: Sports
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Angels outfielder robs 3 home runs in one game!
Amazing – a defensive hat trick. the last one he ends up in the seats. you may have to hit the link to go to the site. Defensive hat trick
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Cody Bellinger, crazy catch in left field yesterday.
At first glance it’s heard to figure out how he caught it, but watch from the several angles. Definitely highlight film stuff.
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Bob Costas on Trans men in women’s sports
I’d say the reporter was surprised. Once you lose Bob Costas it’s over.
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Lou Holtz
Gone at 89 years old. Coached Notre Dame to the National Football College Championship in 1988 and by all accounts was an even greater man. UPDATE: from RN – I went to the College he coached before ND – The College of William & Mary. He was asked why he lost a game, and he…
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Lindsay Vonn’s ski injury at the Olympics was devastating
Wow. This is from the NY Times. There was a real chance she would have to have had an amputation. Two and a half weeks after her crash during the Olympic downhill race in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Lindsey Vonn has returned to the U.S. and is finally out of the hospital. “Video footage from the fall…
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Women Olympic hockey final – USA v. Canada!!
This is the short version – all three goals with the USA tying the score with only two minutes left, putting the game into overtime. Can’t embed the link, you have to hit it. https://youtube.com/shorts/9nPsOSlYSCE?si=tO9L1L1MCzHwv3WR
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Elroy Face, forkball relief pitcher
He had a long career with the Pittsurgh Pirates – was one of the very first specialist as a closer. Older Yankee fans will unfortunately remember him from the 1960 World Series… Face was one of the first major-league hurlers to make the closer job a specialty. Not an overpowering pitcher, he finagled outs with…
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Barry Bonds v. Mariano Rivera; only time they faced each other
Who wins the duel…
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Highlights of last night’s college football championship
Wow this was a good game. Abbreviated highlights are here. And here are the full highlights – great if you like college football.
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50th anniversary – the original “Hail Mary” pass!
Yup. Cowboys v. Vikings in a playoff game. Roger Staubach coined the phrase. Somebody restored the video and posted this recently in Slo Mo Here’s the catcher of the pass explaining it.