Soccer, Sports and Politics - Part Deux

My question to them is "How jealous and bitter do you have to be to leave off Caitlin and Angel?"

 

Especially if they only get three downs on offense.

 

Run the onside punt every play.

 

They only end zone they get near will be the one where they’re tackled for a safety.

 

The whole game has been a blast. I planned on 75-25 for a work/watch ratio, but am at more like 40/60. Too many golden chances.

 

Spain’s GK is my MotM.

 

One hell of an assist on the final goal too.

 

Great men's football final. That's the way football should always be played.

 

This was irresponsible at so many levels:

Noah Lyles GASSED after winning bronze in the 200m

He was seeing wearing a medical mask before the race and was checked on by medical staff afterwards

US Track and Field has confirmed he tested positive for COVID two days ago pic.twitter.com/TxPsfZMjmK

— Complex Sports (@ComplexSports) August 8, 2024

It is Incredible that they let him compete with his asthma and kind of remarkable he still got the bronze medal…

 

{Ismitje considers abusing his SuperMod powers to excise all evidence of his obvious gaffe . . .}

{Ismitje instead goes with the playbook from contemporary politics}

No, those are giraffe spots. You just have a different definition of what a giraffe is and what spots are than me.

 

They removed karate and put this shit instead

 

Yeah but much bigger field under Canadian rules football to go along with a faster tempo. Can the National Fat-bastards League keep up?

 

Doesn't speak to needing a bit of endurance to cope with the faster tempo and larger field.

 

He basically put not only his health but other athletes’ as well. Truly irresponsible.

 

He fumbled the France first goal but saved a quite a few after. He was playing at “home” as well, he is the 3rd PSG keeper.

 

Watching the men's Kite final. I knew windsurfing was part of the Olympics - has been for a long time - but I've never seen Kite before. Mrs. Ismitje just exclaimed "Is someone in the lead? Is there a course here?" but it was just the prelim part so we didn't know what was happening.








EDIT: it's the first time it has been in the Olympics. It's a wild race.

 

Yesterday we watched the first "Olympic Medal Reallocation Ceremony" where athletes from 2000, 2008, and 2012 who lost out on a medal due to a competitor doping received their medals. Six of the ten participants received Bronze so this was their first "podium" moment while the other four were in events where the winner was retroactively disqualified, so they moved up to Gold and Silver.

I hope this becomes a tradition.

https://olympics.com/ioc/news/ten-o...ls-during-reallocation-ceremony-at-paris-2024