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buried in that hbo story i linked to is a pretty good scenario for the next home for the most popular sportswriter/podcaster/tvhost/documentarian bill simmons who was recently fired from espn. hbo is a time warner property. he could have a weekly show there and curate a documentary series as he did at espn. time warner also broadcasts baseball on tbs and basketball on tnt which would greatly appeal to him and they own a popular sports but still raw site called bleacher report. his columns and podcasts would bring some welcome traffic and credibility as the site is built on the back of amateur writer enthusiasts. that actually fits well with simmons brand as he ushered in the era of columnist as fan subjectivity. whether he would try to recreate his grantland project, a sports-pop culture amalgam is another question to ponder. are you pondering?
Insane. Us open cup timbers v sounders. 11 v 7, 3 red cards for sea. 30 min extra time. 3-1 por. nuts.
hard to believe this has never happened before. kc royals fans (not exactly a large fan base) have been stuffing the all-star ballot box. every spot except centerfield is currently occupied by a royal. i have no idea which if any are worthy but according to espn second basemen omar infante is batting .204 with zero homeruns and is ranked dead last among american leaguers at that position.
socccapocalypse today. unfortunately i am without beinsports so the copa america is off my plate. but there are euro 2016 qualifiers. italy v. croatia is on espn at 245 est and the american women play sweden at 8 on fox.
interesting game 1 of the nba finals. its the golden state warriors v. the cleveland cavaliers for all of you not paying attention. lebron james is carrying his team with 39 points with 4 minutes remaining but his team is down 1. golden state is just so much deeper especially as clevelands third best scorer is out for the series. golden state can go 10 deep while cleveland at best has 8 although 6 have had the majority of minutes. and the 11th guy on the warriors bench was an all-star two years ago. so even if lebron wills them to victory over a game or two it just doesnt look like they can win over the course of a seven game series.
Have you been watching the U-20 Men's World Cup??
The #9 (USA) guy is the "Portland" lad that is buddies (and trained?) with R's trainer....aka Rubio Rubin
The team is doing great, he is doing super!!
sports saturday (est)
9 am french open women's finals (nbc) yet to be determined
245 pm champions league finals (fox) barcelona v. juventus
645 pm belmont stakes (nbc) another shot at a triple crown
suddenly got a lot less interesting when i realized it wasnt game two of the nba finals but game two of the nhl finals.
8 pm nhl finals game 2 (nbc) chicago v. tampa bay
havent watched any of the french open but just noticed that djokovic v nadal is about to go down at 10 am est. nadal is somehow seeded 6th so this quarterfinal matchup came sooner than it might have in the recent past. i dont think nadal performed particularly well in the clay court tourneys leading up to the french so theres been a lot of hang-wringing as to whether his reign as clay court king is about to end. he has won 9 out of the last 10 french opens.
fivethirtyeight is liveblogging the match.
world cup of women starts on saturday. heres a fivethirtyeight preview. first us game is on monday.
well, that was fast. blatter resigns.