This essay showed up on my FB timeline from some guy called John Gregory I thought it was pretty insightful so am re-posting… After watching Portugal register just one shot on goal during the Portugal-DR Congo World Cup match the other day, I scratched my head over how soccer can be the world’s most popular […]
An incredible bit of sports journalism by The Guardian here. A short summary of the playing style of all 48 World Cup nations and a short profile of all 1248 World Cup players. Bookmark and refer to the resources when watching the obscure matches: https://t.co/tdLGq8en0o — Simon Kuestenmacher (@simongerman600) June 4, 2026
In terms of the biggest “what ifs” in wrestling is what a match between the two biggest stars of the 80s & 90s, Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair would have been like with proper build-up before being a main event at wrestling’s biggest event, Wrestlemania. It was possible for Wrestlemania VIII but never happened with […]
#HockeyOps explains video review of Ryan Poehling’s goal at 2:29 of overtime in the @EdmontonOilers / @AnaheimDucks game. https://t.co/5urT2W4lB9 — NHL Public Relations (@NHLPR) April 27, 2026
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One of the best things about local indy wrestling is getting to know the wrestlers in a way you never would with WWE or AEW or much bigger companies. At the local show last night, there were library patrons in the ring and in the crowd, a buddy I was sitting with had trained with […]
I watched this after it was initially broadcast so I’d heard he makes it to the top of the building successfully. I still nearly shit myself watching – vertigo, worrying about a man falling to his death but also stunned at what human beings are capable of.
Of particular relevance to the atheist typing right now is the idea that even if you lose religion, you will find some other tribe to give your life meaning – for me, that’s progressive politics and hockey fandom and other things that go beyond “I like this” to the secular equivalent of religious tenants such […]
One of their villain characters is called “The Educated” and brings a book to the ring as a weapon (which got used on Friday night to secure the victory!) but the owner of the company is a regular at the library I work at, always brings his kids, is a devoted dad who is clearly […]
Full-on riding the Riders bandwagon the last time they were in the Grey Cup Final!
