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Yeah, I was about to write that. Lions stop a 15-game winless skid and beat Vikings 29-27. First win for QB Jared Goff under a coach not named Sean McVey.

More drama late in the race with Hamilton running into the back of Verstappen (brake-testing?) and Hamilton eventually wins. Both are tied on points heading into Abu Dhabi. Oh, and Michael Masi needs to go after the season. FIA has completely lost the grip with some of these calls between Hamilton & Verstappen.

Pile-up at the restart. Another red flag. Verstappen cut the corner so he might have to give this one back. We're in for a long afternoon, folks!

Schumacher crashed. Red flag. Verstappen could change tires and retain first place.

F2 sprint race had three SC in 20 laps. I expect three-four in F1 unless Mazepin and Stroll won't make it past T1

The gap is only 0,84 this time Btw, Kjetil Jansrud could be done for the season and it's unlikely he would stick for another year?

The guy from Salvador probably only watched England games at Euro 2020 (or maybe only the final)?

Iga Swiatek parted ways with coach Piotr Sierzputowski. Radwanska's former coach Tomasz Wiktorowski will take over on interim basis.

Verstappen was set to take pole but crashed in the last corner so Mercedes takes front row. I wonder how many SC we get in the race?

Frida Westman might be the first noteworthy Swedish ski jumper since Staffan Taellberg 25+ years ago

Serbia wins 25-21. We had a chance for upset score but completely misplayed the last five minutes. Next up Russia. This should be a one-sided beatdown.

Only three women came within two seconds of Goggia. Top 10 for Nicol Delago on her injury comeback.

It looks like Sofia Goggia killed the competition with that run.

vs has started

Right. But Premier League isn't the Alpha & Omega of soccer. How many Americans actually know what Norwich City colors are for instance? Or such a club like Norwich even exists? And this is a really low-hanging fruit.

There's so much money to be earned that someone will always take a bite at the cherry. FIFA and IOC have had bad press for years and maybe Americans don't really realize that since they don't care about soccer and NBC hardly shows anything not involving US athletes that for them it sounds different than it really is. There's not a snowball's chance in hell a country like Norway will boycott the Winter Games and since they are not member of EU they don't have to listen to those buffoons either

OG survived two global wars, political boycotts (like who remembers the African boycott of '76 anymore or which countries actually boycotted the '56 games and why) and multiple terrorist attacks (again, who actually remembers the '96 bombing if only Clint Eastwood didn't make a movie about it lately?). They will be fine. If the choice comes down to host OG in Qatar or don't host OG at all, it will be a simple one indeed

Sander was in 3rd place when Thompson came down to push him off the podium

Well, guess after the latest failure in Afghanistan and millions of dollars lost on "promoting" democracy Americans need a feel good punchbag again. I don't believe even EU gives a damn about Colin Kapernick though - neither does NFL anymore. Sorry, you can't win all the ideological wars after all.

And Polish ES commentator was surprised that Sander will get a podium here (not really a surprise with many DNFs too).

Cancel culture has showed up in European Union. Using the words "Christmas", "Mr.", "Mrs", "John", "Mary" are recommened to be banned in official EU language in a 30-page memo. So EU goes all inclusve, unless you are Christian or your name is John or Mary. What a bunch of morons. And they wonder why people turn against the EU so much? Another proof that liberalism is a complete folly and uses the same methods communism did before. https://www.politico.eu/article/european-commission-cancel-christmas-inclusive-language-lgbtq/

Still no points for Poland. 0/6 events so far. Hojnisz-Starega 67th with one miss is a joke.

Money talks and pro sports is business. The days of Karl Schranz and Ingemar Stenmark being banned because they were "professionals" are long gone. Sport is a monster money maker. Even USA finally legalised sports gambling after decades of ethical opposition. You cannot stop the power of money in this world.

Since IOC awarded Brisbane the SOG without any bidding process that won't be a problem for Winter Games either.

Alec Baldwin claims he didn't fire the shot that killed Halyna Hutchins. I guess he wants to cover his ass because there is a major lawsuit & money to be paid and if they won't find the person who put the live round it will be Baldwin who will have to pay up? As usual with celebs, money loss is bigger threat than a conviction verdict. I mean manslaughter won't even get him to jail but the financial loss would be real. https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-59499237