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@GrassmarketNot the finest hour for BBC given the growing Gary Lineker saga

@hckošiceVlhova made a mistake on a left turn, lost all speed and basically two seconds with it. Would have been in 2nd place otherwise. A few girls made a mistake on that gate later on.

Liensberger almost 3 seconds slower than Shiffrin in 1st run. This is an utter joke. Why is she even competing this season? She has completely collapsed ever since winning the 2021 World Champs. Even Livio Magoni did nothing to solve her slump.

Paula Moltzan advances into top slalom group. Liensberger after a horrendous season finally drops out.

Here's the bomb. Bears were set to trade away #1 overall pick and stick with Fields but the question is who would make the trade happen. It's the Panthers. Let's see if they draft CJ Stroud over the undersized Bryce Young?

Gonna be a long birthday party weekend for Shiffrin. Of course Are is where she won her 1st ever World Cup event - slalom in December 2012. I believe Hansdotter led after the first run but like so many other times was forced to settle for 2nd place

Raw Air starts on Saturday. All eyes will be on next weekend in Vikersund where women will officially participate in ski flying competition for the first time in World Cup history alas only Top 15 from the Raw Air standings and only those who are 18+ years old. It's not the first time women will jump on ski flying hill. The unofficial record jump comes from Kulm 2003 by Daniela Iraschko (200m). Anette Sagen, Lindsay Van and Eva Ganster also participated as trial jumpers in Vikersund in 2004 but distances were ca. 170-175 meters.

The shock is on. Lech Poznań beat Djurgardens IF 2-0 in the R16 first leg

Olympic Committee has stripped the funding for two cyclists and three tennis players for competing on the same tour as Russians. For Ostapenko it's 1,700 Euro which is laughable for her standards of WTA purse but it's bad news for the ITF-level compatriots Vismane and Semenistaja who don't make a great living playing ITFs all the time

Btw, also good showing for Auchentaller & Passler with Top 20/30 finishes. Weronika Nowakowska started talking too much as usual even going as far as saying how she spend holidays with Wierer twice before. Just no spicy details

The 1000 tournament in Indian Wells has started. Slower courts & winds increasing the DF count are to be expected. Marta Kostyuk made 17 DF in R1 loss to Rebecca Peterson. But Camila Giorgi beat Arantxa Rus and will play Jessica Pegula in R2 (for like the 4th time in the last twelve months). Top 32 seeds don't start until tomorrow.

1-2 with Wierer & Vittozzi in the Ostersund individual

Would be interesting if active athletes have spoken instead? Retired ones have literally nothing to lose so they can talk whatever they want to.

[hide] Event & Date Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Women's 1500m Day 1 March 11th 2023 Hanne Desmet Claudia Gagnon Courtney Sarault x Renee Marie Steenge Any Chinese Athlete Anna Seidel Arianna Sighel Olga Tikhonova Selma Poutsma Suzanne Schulting Xandra Velzeboer Choi Minjeong x Kim Gilli x Shim Suk Hee Kristen Santos-Griswold Any Other Athlete Men's 1500m Day 1 March 11th 2023 Brendan Corey Stijn Desmet Pascal Dion Any Other Canadian Athlete Any Chinese Athlete Pietro Sighel Nurtilek Kazhgali Reinis Berzins Friso Emons x Sjinkie Knegt Jens van 't Wout Hong Kyung Hwan x Park Ji Won x Any Other Korean Athlete Any Other Athlete Women's 500m Day 1 March 11th 2023 Kim Boutin x Rikki Doak Petra Jaszapati Selma Poutsma Suzanne Schulting Xandra Velzeboer x Natalia Maliszewska x Nikola Mazur Choi Minjeong Seo Whimin Any Other Korean Athlete Kristen Santos-Griswold Corinne Stoddard Any Other Athlete Men's 500m Day 1 March 11th 2023 Stijn Desmet Steven Dubois x Maxime Laoun Any Other Canadian Athlete Lin Xiaojun Zhong Yuchen Pietro Sighel Any Japanese Athlete Abzal Azhgaliyev Denis Nikisha x Jens van 't Wout Any Other Dutch Athlete Diane Sellier Lim Yong Jin x Any Other Korean Athlete Any Other Athlete Women's 1000m Day 2 March 12th 2023 Hanne Desmet x Kim Boutin Courtney Sarault x Zhang Chutong Anna Seidel Selma Poutsma Suzanne Schulting x Xandra Velzeboer Kim Gilli Shim Suk Hee Any Other Korean Athlete Kristen Santos-Griswold Corinne Stoddard Any Other Athlete Men's 1000m Day 2 March 12th 2023 Pascal Dion x Steven Dubois Any Other Canadian Athlete Any Chinese Athlete Quentin Fercoq Adil Galiakhmetov Roberts Kruzbergs x Jens van 't Wout Any Other Dutch Athlete Hong Kyung Hwan Park Ji Won x Any Other Korean Athlete Furkan Akar Any Other Athlete Mixed 2000m Relay Day 2 March 12th 2023 Canada x China Hungary Italy Netherlands x Poland South Korea x Any Other Nation Women's 3000m Relay Day 2 March 12th 2023 Canada x China Hungary Italy Netherlands x Poland South Korea x Any Other Nation Men's 5000m Relay Day 2 March 12th 2023 Canada x China x Hungary Italy Japan Kazakhstan Netherlands South Korea x Any Other Nation [/hide]

Ravens placed non-exclusive franchise tag on Lamar Jackson so he might have played his last game in Baltimore. Let's see what he finds on the market but I doubt someone will give him 250m fully guaranteed what he wants... Meanwhile Giants went haywire. 160 million to a guy who had 15 pass TD last season. No offense but Daboll might have to pull more rabbits out of his hat now...

And there it is. Good choice for Carr, a domed team in a "rebuilding" division plus probably the best defense he's had the entire career.

Donna Vekic wins Monterrey 250 beating top seed Caroline Garcia 6-4 3-6 7-5 in the final. All came down to break point conversion, Vekic 3/3, Garcia 2/16

That is some big ass trophy for a ITF W60 tournament! WTA would be proud. Who says Slovakians can't go big in life (outside of hockey life ) @hckošice

Marta Kostyuk wins her first WTA title in Austin 6-3 7-5 over Varvara Gracheva in the final. Wilson and their red dress can be proud they signed her at the right time when she can maybe make a run towards Top 30 of the rankings this season. Obviously there was no handshake at the end given Kostyuk's previous comments.

Marcus Ericsson comes through the carnage to win the St. Petersburg race

Kyle Kirkwood joins the ski flying efforts...

IndyCar season started in St. Petersburg with a ski jumping effort from Devlin DeFrancesco. Everyone walked away.

Llopis is conscious but could be a concussion? He whacked the ground with the side of his head there.

wins the medal table. As if you think biathlon and nordic skiing was enough for them...

Let's see if Jakub Szymański can become the most surprising medallist at these champs...