More about sporting greats

David Beckham's goals for Preston North End

written by Luke Davis on 18th May 202518th May 2025 by lukealexdavis

Tekkers!

I’m late but Alex Ovechkin beat Wayne Gretzky’s all-time goals record. I also learnt that they are both kinda shitty with their vague alignments with Putin and Trump so hopefully someone not shitty can beat them both to 2nd and 3rd one day.

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Soccer

Frank Rijkaard, Marco Van Basten, and Ruud Gullit on their time in Italy with AC Milan

written by Luke Davis on 9th April 20259th April 2025 by lukealexdavis

Name me a better footballing trio. I’ll wait.

I have no opinion on the GOAT debate (so don’t bring it here) but these Michael Jordan plays are ridiculous.

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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.

This Cool Link was published 6 months ago. (#)

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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