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Alex Palou wins the IndyCar opener at Barber. That is a mild upset indeed. Jimmie Johnson finished 19th three laps down after a harmless spin in the process. Big pile-up on the opening lap eliminated Josef Newgarden who caused it by putting a wheel on the grass and spinning across the track. @heywoodu Rinus VeeKay finished 6th after spinning out in that melee.

Used the F1 red flag to watch the finish of Moto2. Raul Fernandez who couldn't win a Moto3 race until the closing stages last season has won in only his third start in Moto2. Big high-side crash for Sam Lowes at the start. That's good for the championship battle.

Red flag after major shunt between Bottas & Russell in Turn 1. Hamilton made a rare error and slid off track but found the reverse gear and rejoined.

Looks like Clara Tauson's run of success has finally drained her physically and she retired in Charleston QF. Which means Maria Camila Osorio Serrano is into SF and continues on her own hot streak!

Meanwhile USA got scared of Mother Russia and cancelled the warships passing in the Black Sea https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/15/us-navy-ukraine-russia-tensions-481897

Rybakina has totally collapsed this year. I have no idea what's going on with her? She made 7 WTA finals in a 14-month span in 2019/20 but can hardly win a match in 2021

Estadio de La Cartuja in Seville is proposed as backup venue for Euro 2020 matches in the Spain/Poland group. Apparently the Basks might reject letting 13k attend the games in Bilbao which would drop the city off the list.

You're moving to Miami or Montreal? Hard Rock stadium serves as the current home of ATP/WTA tournament after it was kicked off Key Biscayne. I suppose Stephen Ross wants to make up money lost from the empty NFL stands. Besides, Miami has hosted street races three different times in the past, Tamiami Park in the 80s and then Bayfront Park in 1995 & early 00s. So, it's not exactly terra incognita for motor racing

Canadian Grand Prix has been cancelled for the second straight season. Istanbul is on stand-by to replace it. Meanwhile we've gotten one step closer to Miami GP in 2022. Dolphins owner Stephen Ross is too powerful to upset the city council?

If gun access to citizens is so easy as you say, it's obvious why it's so easy to become a policeman Gun violence and police capacity are not unrelated things. Long live the Second Amendment

At home, yes. But this was outside and the kid was hanging out with some 21yo who also had a gun. What gives? Kid was inspired by thug life or whatever street gang? I tell you, I'm not shocked police is so trigger-happy if some kid from 6th grade can pull a gun on you and flat out shoot you dead. Hence there will be no lessons learned from George Floyd and others. The juice is not worth the squeeze. USA is a gun violence country with both Republicans and Democrats happy to uphold the Second Amendment from 18th century. 230 years and you keep feeding this sacred cow. For what? I understand Republicans are scared to lose the conservative votes but what is holding the Democrats back? Either they're bunch of hypocrites or they're scared of NRA as well. Either way, nothing changes. Rinse and repeat.

But he was holding a gun like one second before that? What is a 13 year old doing with a real hand gun to begin with? USA is a brain dead country. 13 year olds running around with real guns, no wonder policemen are trigger-happy and have a short fuse.

No way Tokyo gets postponed again. Hell, WOG in Beijing will most likely go ahead as planned and Japan can't get their shit together for two years? It's either cancel or go ahead later this summer. If Japan cancels the games they should be banned from applying for another OG for the next 50 years or something!

What's the difference between A3 and B?

Yeah, CAS decision to ban the word "Russia" and national flag ends on December 16th, 2022 so I guess IBU falls in line with that.

Yeah, that must be an American thing only. Polish commentators never talk about brand of clothing or skin color during women's tennis matches They did talk about Radwanska because for years she didn't sign a clothing deal and had to wear those WTA stickers which sometimes flew off. Yep, the 5 set games come up in equal pay conversation. Victoria Azarenka made a fool out of herself last year by suggesting men should play 3 sets at Grand Slam. Roland Garros has said only men matches will be featured in this year's night sessions since they want to crank up revenue numbers. Everyone knows ATP matches gather significantly bigger interest than WTA's. When you're chasing financial revenue in pandemic even France ditches the "equality" thing.

Poland won 11 medals each of the last three SOG. I'll say they can win 11 fourth time in a row. 3 golds (most likely from Anita Wlodarczyk in W Hammer, Pawel Fajdek in M Hammer, Men's coxless fours in rowing). Count in Men's volleyball but we always screw the joint at the Olympics. Maybe it will change here. Biggest potential gold medal surprise that won't be a total upset is Katarzyna Niewiadoma in women's elite road race. Minor medal hopes: Marta Walczykiewicz in canoeing, women's 4x400 relay, Marcin Lewandowski 1500m in athletics and maybe someone from judo/wrestling with a rare run that usually tends to happen to us quite frequently.

He's done it! Hideki Matsuyama is the Masters champion! Cue in some crazy Japanese commentary clips soon...

Schauffele with water & triple bogey at the 16th and that's the end of his challenge. Matsuyama leads by two over Zalatoris with 2 to go.

Matsuyama found water at the 15th. Leads by two with 3 to go...

Zalatoris fading on back nine... Matsuyama leads by five over Schauffele with 5 to go...

Front nine done and Matsuyama extended his lead to five shots over Zalatoris. Jon Rahm after -6 on the day has moved up to third at -6.

Yeah, I realize that. It wasn't hard to spot his name on the second tour given how rarely "Z" is used in English language

Zalatoris only got to PGA last year due to laxed acceptance rules IIRC? If not for that, he'd still be playing in the second league? So that's one guy who really can be thankful for the COVID pandemic

Kudermetova wins Charleston 64 62 over Kovinic. And Maria Camila Osorio Serrano wins her home Bogota Slam.. I mean Copa Colsanitas! That's a totally unexpected result no matter how lukewarm the draw was. 87 v 90 UE! That is some other level of lukewarm indeed.