Monzanator

One week after losing the Monastir final Rebecca Sramkova wins her maiden WTA title in Hua Hin by beating Laura Siegemund 6-4 6-4 in the final @hckošice

3 hours ago, NearPup said:

I think there is a lot of doomerism in this forum, there are a lot of deep, big issues with the Bach era IOC, but there have been big, deep issues with every era of the IOC.

 

Bach did lead some changes that were hard and necessary. His authoritarian and secretive style is the most concerning thing about his tenure.

Hosting Olympic Games isn't an honor anymore. The old fashioned bidding contests are dead. Democracies are no longer willing to spend money on the "show" unlike the Middle East gulf moguls plus China. It is what it is. Professional sports is business now and it has to invest money from somewhere to make a profit later. We can mock how NBC dictates the swimming programme with finals in the morning local time but that also falls into "authoritarian" style of organzing these Games. And it will only get worse as the big pockets will only have more influence going forward. There will come a time when Bach won't be viewed as the worst anymore because just when you think it can't get any worse, it can and probably will

One season plus two games and it's over. Bryce Young will go down as one of the worst #1 overall picks in NFL history and the trade for that #1 pick gives it a good run for the Herschel Walker worst trade crown as well.

Red Rifle is back on!

Vikings' season might not be toast with QB2!

Yeah, it's officially the biggest flooding in Poland since 1997 (I'm old enough to remember that one tough I don't live in the Lower Silesia region but in the nearby Upper Silesia).

Chicago White Sox need to win 10 of their last 15 games to avoid beating the modern MLB record of 120 losses in a season (set by New York Mets in 1962)

Week 2 has started on Thursday and Buffalo Bills beat Miami Dolphins 31-10 while Dolphins QB Tua Tagliovaoa suffered another concussion. It's safe to say the Dolphins hype based on beating bad teams should finally calm down and it's anyone's guess how long Tua plays since concussions were his main red flag since 2022 already.

Former Panthers Wrocław (as in Wrocław, Poland) WR Kavontae Turpin still making plays in the NFL

beat 1-0 in Osijek. The score should have been like 4-0. Matanovic missed a couple of clear chances, someone like Mandzukic would have scored a brace at least We got dominated so much even our media said it's telling that "over the hill" Modric looked like prime Modric again.

Aryna Sabalenka wins her second Grand Slam of the season and beats Jessica Pegula 7-5 7-5 in the women's final.

Pegula won five games in a row in the second set but still collapsed in true Buffalo Bills fashion

Paul Goldsmith passed away at the age of 98. The oldest living Indianapolis 500 starter and the last living driver from the period when this race counted towards Formula 1 World Championship.

Eagles beat the Packers 34-29 in Sao Paulo. That was a good game

Jannik Sinner vs Taylor Fritz is the men's final. The latter came from 1-2 sets down to beat Tiafoe.

A lot of points scored already which is a good advert for international games

Lyudmila Kichenok & Jelena Ostapenko won the women's doubles. Probably the best doubles team of the last 2-3 years that hasn't yet won a GS... until now.

Chiefs beat Ravens 27-20 in the season opener. The score was closer than the game itself as the Chiefs were the better team overall IMO.

Aryna Sabalenka beat Emma Navarro 6-2 7-6(2) and Jessica Pegula came from 1-6 0-2 down to beat Karolina Muchova in three sets. Muchova had BP to go 3-0 in the second set but blew it in vintage WTA fashion.

Women's SF:

Jessica Pegula vs Karolina Muchova

Emma Navarro vs Aryna Sabalenka

The billionaire Americans final is still possible but Sabalenka will probably spoil it.

Errani & Vavassori won the mixed title. Tortellini is having some few weeks seemingly years after her prime (albeit no longer in singles, duh).

has won a football match for the first time since April 2004. The judgement day is near!!!

In the mighty clash between two worst Euro 2024 teams led 2-0 at half-time only to concede a goal 20 seconds into the second half

A group of ten black & Latin students kills a white student and gets away with three years of juvenile detention center (or even less if they are released sooner). Can you imagine the political clown show if ten white students killed a black student? This would be all over CNN and I bet no plea deal would be reached at any cost

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62r1l7591jo

The new season kicks off tomorrow with Chiefs vs Ravens.

And Packers vs Eagles play in Sao Paulo on Friday!

Women's QF are set:

Iga Świątek (1) vs Jessica Pegula (6)

Beatriz Haddad Maia (22) vs Karolina Muchova

Paula Badosa (26) vs Emma Navarro (13)

Zheng Qinwen (7) vs Aryna Sabalenka (2)

Emma Navarro takes out defending champion Cori Gauff for the second Grand Slam in a row. Gauff played terrible, she had more double faults than winners

Paula Badosa keeps the Spanish flag flying as she makes GS QF for the second time in her career and is on the verge of getting back to Top 20 of the ranking