Nobody Cares About Your Favourite Sport

[Isabeau]

 

[Free]

Who knew curling had such crazed fans...

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

With Gareth Southgate in charge, we three hijabis can be proud of the Three Lions | Shaista Aziz

People like my friends and me feel England are playing for all of us, says anti-racism campaigner Shaista Aziz

www.theguardian.com

Evernote link because why not

Dear England | By Gareth Southgate

Only around 1,200 players have represented England at senior men’s level. Ever.

www.theplayerstribune.com

I had been seeing some concerns online from some Englanders who did not want England to win the final. Not so much a repeat of the arbitrary "ABE" thing of some World Cups; but more of there being a general feeling that Leavers and other far-rightist elements in England were forcibly injecting a political implication into England's performance at this particular Euro.

 

[Cat Fratica]

I'm proud to be English - sometimes...

 

[Kaimi Kyomoon]

My favorite 3 weeks of the year.

 

[Sid]

The whole 2021 sports summer is great.
European Football Championships, Wimbledon, Tour de France, The Olympics.

 

[Free]

Fans start petition to have England's Euro 2020 final loss against Italy replayed

England fans continue to struggle with coming to terms with the fact that football isn't coming home this summer, following their failure in the Euro 2020 final against Italy. Whi

www.marca.com

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

Some positive news for Olympics viewers in the US; for the first time ever, NBC will be broadcasting the Opening Ceremony live on its network channel, beginning at 6:55 AM ET/3:55 PT. There will also be a livestream available during that time, if you prefer to use that. This is next week that we're talking about btw - the morning of Friday, July 23rd in the US.

This is something most of the rest of the world's TV networks already do, but until now NBC has always favored a local primetime replay broadcast because it gets more viewers than live broadcasts when the ceremonies are held during what amounts to the early-morning hours in US time zones, as in this Olympics. Still, it has long, loooooong been a consistent complaint from the Olympics' American fans who would prefer to share the moment with the rest of the world. Finally, this year, the complaint has been listened to.

To be sure, NBC will still have its traditional primetime replay broadcast just like always, later that night. But the live broadcast is happening, for those who want to enjoy it.

Also, a reminder that if you're in the US and you have a cable or satellite package that includes NBC's cable channels, even if you didn't realize it it probably includes online NBC Sports access, and they provide live streams of every single Olympic event including early rounds and obscure sports like kayaking, archery, or sailing, that rarely or never make it on the TV coverage because only a few weirdos like me watch them.


There have been some rules changes as to what events are included in the Olympics and how they are chosen; but to make a long story short it ends up that all 27 sports from Rio 2016 will be played in Tokyo, and a new rule going forward allows host countries to add a handful locally-popular sports to the list in order to promote increased local interest; the sports Japan has chosen to add are baseball/softball, karate, surfing, sport climbing, and skateboarding, for a total of 33 events at this Games.

 

[Isabeau]

Men's beach volleyball team say mandatory bikini uniform comfortable, supportive - The Beaverton

The highly revealing uniform was first met with some resistance, but has now been completely embraced as far superior to the old tank-top and board shorts.

www.thebeaverton.com

 

[Free]

Interesting.

 

[Sid]

Meanwhile in Bolivia a soccer match is about to start.

 

[Free]

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

Interesting.

I've read that a couple of team assistant coaches have been "let go" "due to differences regarding COVID policies", in other words they refused to get vaccinated so they were fired/compelled to quit.

I don't follow the NFL at all, but - good.

 

[Free]

 

[Free]

Maglink

 

[Lexxi]

Yeah, I saw that game. The tv commentators were having fun with Victor's little friend. Were vaguely, though not seriously, wondering if praying mantis were poisonous or not (the answer is no, but they do have sharp spines in their legs that can pierce the skin - "The prominent forelegs are lined with outnumbered sharp spines to aid it in griping its prey item tightly. These needle-like spines are enough to get pierced in the skin").

ETA: he was wearing the mantis on the top of his hat while in the dugout while the Nationals were at bat. Then still wearing Mantis when the Nationals took the field.

 

[Free]

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Three Panel Soul - Cross Training

www.threepanelsoul.com

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

The Kid Ridiculed In 2012 When He Told Cristiano Ronaldo His Dream Is Now Going Places In His Football Career

What a great story.

www.sportbible.com