Bob Costas on Trans men in women’s sports
I’d say the reporter was surprised. Once you lose Bob Costas it’s over.
Sports
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 … Read more
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
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 … Read more
Barry Bonds v. Mariano Rivera; only time they faced each other
Who wins the duel…
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.
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.
Here’s how happy the Chicago Bears coach was upon beating the Eagles
They beat them yesterday 24-15 in Philadelphia & now have the best record in the NFC. The coach is Ben Johnson. How cool is this?
The Heidi game – 57 years ago
I clearly remember this game. I didn’t watch it – my family was driving somewhere and we heard the game on the radio – Heidi did not interrupt the radio feed.