“Just lift huge!”
Christian Horner has been sacked by Red Bull after 20 years as principal at F1 team. Bye, bye!
Michael Johnson's gold shoes from Atlanta 1996
Gotta gold fast!
In the EA Sports FC 24 multiverse, England won Euro 2024
Football can’t come home if it never leaves.
Here’s a Wikipedia article about “sleep in the NBA“. It feels more like a blog post but it’s cool to have the info. (h/t @juniedreamcast.bsky.social)
Lyon just got relegated to Ligue 2 due to financial problems. The owner and club officials met with the DNGC to try and sort things out (they were provisionally relegated in November 2024) but couldn’t come to an agreement. The seven-time Ligue 1 champions will now play in the second division for the first time since the 1988/89 season.
‘Maradona: The Fall’ explores his controversial exit from the 1994 World Cup
Conspiracies, illegalities, and wasted talent.
Did you know that the inaugural French Open in 1891 was played on grass? The winner was an H. Briggs, a British man who lived in Paris. It was his one and only grand slam and that was the only French Open played on grass. (Women didn’t compete in the singles tournament until 1897).
A funny anecdote from Roy Keane about Ruud Gullit and an “unusual” question about injuries…
Found this really cool Subbuteo team on Bluesky painted to look like AFC Richmond from Ted Lasso. Makes me want to play Subbuteo again (and watch the show finally).
Remember Adidas Predators? They’re back in gold form. As a lover of Predators and gold stuff, I quite like the new Adidas Predator Precision ZZ FG in Gold Metallic.
Rafael Nadal spoke to Roland-Garros about his legacy and memories of the tournament that he made his home. ICYMI somehow, he won it 14 times which will likely be an unbroken record.
Chess as a tool for social transformation in Jamaica
From kings and queens to Queensbury in Kingston (tenuous chess link there)