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Mark Cavendish won his last-ever race at Tour de France Criterium in Singapore, capping off an impressive retirement run including winning a record 35th stage at Tour de France last summer.
For Black History Month, the LTA did a spotlight on the Black Tennis Collective, formed from five pioneering organisations from the Black tennis community
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.
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.
Jimmy White has played professional snooker matches against both Stan Moody who was born in 2006, and Fred Davis who was born in 1913.
Richard Osman on Twitter
Incredible pool clearance by 9 year old Teddy White in a game of English 8-ball pool. The kids are alright (at cue sports).
Glorious on the female and non-binary photographers ‘changing the way we see sport’: We all know those iconic sports photos—the triumphant victory, the crushing defeat. But there’s a whole world of sports photography out there, and many of its most exciting voices are female and non-binary.
Danny Jansen will become the first player in MLB history to play for both teams in same game. And we have rain and a trade to thank for this unusual milestone.
C.P. Company on the chromatic evolution of Italian racing cars: In the car world as well as in life, a particular tone or an exact colour match, if used wisely, are and will always be an excellent propeller for our state of minds.
Taisiia Onofriichuk’s Olympic rhythmic gymnastic performance to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” was sensational for multiple reasons. I’m surprised that the Olympics, Eurosport or BBC haven’t covered this yet.
Attention Deficit Disorder Prosthetic Memory Program (ADDPMP) has a page dedicated to ice hockey goaltender masks from teams such as the Chicago Blackhawks, Edmonton Oilers, California Golden Seals, New York Rangers, and Washington Capitals.
Glorious put together a guide to Wimbledon, the London suburb where that little grass tournament is held every July. Obviously the tennis gets a mention but there are also tips on finding the best pubs, restaurants, and travel info.
Ashawnta Jackson on Richard Nixon’s fantasy baseball team: The publicity associated with the sport would help ‘humanize’ his image with the potential Nixon-voting Democrats.