Amad Diallo trying to shake Pep Guardiola's hand. Pep, still bald, looks somewhat in disbelief. His eyes betray sadness and bitterness.
“Hang it in The Louvre” — Kyri‬ ‪(@chuparos.bsky.social‬) Amad Diallo offers Pep Guardiola commiserations after Man Utd’s epic comeback win in the Manchester derby tonight
Have yourself a Maradona Christmas!
Luke Davis@lukealexdavis.co.uk

TIL: Montpellier HSC’s top goalscorer is a defender—former Marseille, Inter Milan, and Manchester United defender Laurent Blanc to be exact. He scored 80 goals in 267 appearances (although the club’s Wikipedia page says 84 goals). Either way, that’s a lot for a defender from the penalty spot and the penalty area.

Scott Steiner’s shoot promo on Ric Flair on WCW Monday Nitro (7th February 2000) is one of my favourite promos in wrestling history and I had no idea it was on Genius.com. Kids should study this in schools.

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For JSTOR Daily, Livia Gershon looked back at “The Rumble in the Jungle”, the World Heavyweight Championship match between George Foreman and Muhammad Ali held in Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo): The 1974 Rumble in the Jungle was freighted with symbolism regarding American racial politics and the pan-African struggle in the context of the Cold War.

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