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It wouldn't surprise me if Americans think Europeans don't have a clue about NFL

Me and My family were just having a goof laugh about Europeans watching the game.

I did to. I yelled “Fuck!” when I saw Hulu in the background. 90% of America was about to have their dreams come true.

I will say that I really like the graphics Fox went with for this game.

I don't think the United States cares if they play Canada or not. Of course, they would prefer to play Mexico, but Canada poses no danger to them...

Super Bowl LIV is tomorrow.
 
San Francisco 49ers (13-3) vs Kansas City Chiefs (12-4)
 
The halftime show will feature Demi Lovato, Jennifer Lopez and Shakira.

Honestly, I don't see any reason for it to exist. Many sports federations have their own hall of fame, so why create another one for the Olympics? If someone is, indeed, a legend, and this has been acknowledged once, why repeat it again? We all knew about it the first time. 

I have a proposal that I would love to hear everyone’s opinion on: 
 
The IOC should make an Olympic Hall of Fame. Every 4 years, the greatest olympians get inducted into the hall of fame. There would an induction ceremony (probably about 10 minutes or so) at the opening ceremony of all summer and winter Olympic games. The greatest winter sport olympians get inducted at the opening ceremony of the winter games & vice versa. At the Lausanne Olympic Museum there would be an exhibit honoring all of the inductees.
 
What do you guys think?
 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-51305526
 
Coronavirus: Death toll rises as virus spreads to every Chinese region
 
30 January 2020

The death toll from the coronavirus outbreak has risen to 170, and a confirmed case in Tibet means it has reached every region in mainland China.
 
Chinese health authorities said there were 7,711 confirmed cases in the country as of 29 January.
Infections have also spread to at least 15 other countries.
 
The World Health Organization (WHO) are again meeting in Geneva to consider whether the virus should be declared a global health emergency.
 
Various countries have implemented evacuation and quarantine plans for nationals wanting to return from China, where the outbreak began in the city of Wuhan.
 
Russia has decided to close its 4,300km (2,670-mile) far-eastern border with China in an attempt to stop contagion.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus named Germany, Vietnam and Japan, as places where people had caught the virus from others who had visited China.

"Although the numbers outside China are still relatively small, they hold the potential for a much larger outbreak," he said, adding that human-to-human transmission was a concern.
 
More people have now been infected in China than during the Sars outbreak in the early 2000s, but the death toll remains far lower. Sars, also a coronavirus, caused acute respiratory illness.
 
Researchers are racing to develop a vaccine to protect people from the virus. One lab in California has plans for a potential vaccine to enter human trials by June or July.
 
What's the latest on evacuations?
 
Voluntary evacuations of hundreds of foreign nationals from Wuhan are under way to help people who want to leave the closed-off city and return to their countries.
 
The UK, Australia, South Korea, Singapore and New Zealand are expected to quarantine all evacuees for two weeks to monitor them for symptoms and avoid any contagion.
 
Britons in Wuhan to return home on Friday

Australia plans to quarantine its evacuees on Christmas Island, 2,000km (1,200 miles) from the mainland in a detention centre that has been used to house asylum seekers.

The Costa Smeralda cruise ship, carrying 6,000 people, is stuck at port near Rome
 
Singapore is setting up a quarantine facility on Pulau Ubin, an island north-east of the city-state's mainland.
In other developments:
 
Chicago health officials have reported the first US case of human-to-human transmission of the deadly coronavirus
 
Six thousand people on board a cruise ship in Italy were barred from disembarking after a Chinese passenger was suspected of having coronavirus; however initial tests have come back as negative
 
Flights to take British and South Korean citizens out of Wuhan have both been delayed after relevant permissions from the Chinese authorities did not come through
 
Two flights to Japan have already landed in Tokyo. Three passengers have so far tested positive for the virus, Japanese media report
 
Around 200 US citizens have been flown out of Wuhan and are being isolated at a military base in California for at least 72 hours
 
Two aircraft are due to fly EU citizens home with 250 French nationals leaving on the first flight
India has confirmed its first case of the virus - a student in the southern state of Kerala who was studying in Wuhan
 
Japan's first flight with evacuees arrived on Wednesday
 
How is China handling the outbreak?
 
Although questions have been raised about transparency, the WHO has praised China's handling of the outbreak. President Xi Jinping has vowed to defeat what he called a "devil" virus.
 
The central province of Hubei, where nearly all deaths have occurred, is in a state of lockdown. The province of 60 million people is home to Wuhan, the heart of the outbreak.
 
The city has effectively been sealed off and China has put numerous transport restrictions in place to curb the spread of the virus.
 
The WHO warns the virus holds the potential for a much larger outbreak
 
People who have been in Hubei are also being told by their employers to work from home until it is considered safe for them to return.
 
The virus is affecting China's economy, the world's second-largest, with a growing number of countries advising their citizens to avoid all non-essential travel to the country.
 
How are coronavirus patients treated?
 
How worried should we be?
 
Several international airlines have stopped or scaled back their routes to China and companies like Google, Ikea, Starbucks and Tesla have closed their shops or stopped operations.
 
There have been reports of food shortages in some places. State media says authorities are "stepping up efforts to ensure continuous supply and stable prices".
 
The Chinese Football Association has announced the postponement of all games in the 2020 season.
 
Who has been affected?
 
Although there have been nearly 8,000 infections, there has been little detailed information released on the profiles of patients and how the disease affects them.
 
Most of the confirmed cases involve people either from Wuhan or who had close contact with someone who had been there.
A new study published by The New England Journal of Medicine on the coronavirus is based on data for the first 425 confirmed cases in Wuhan. It reveals:
 
Of the 425, 55% diagnosed before 1 January were linked to the seafood and animal market believed to be at the centre of the outbreak, compared with 8.6% of the subsequent cases
 
The average age was 59 years and 56% were men
 
Almost half the 425 cases were adults 60 years of age or older
 
Human-to-human transmission among close contacts has occurred since the middle of December
 
In its early stages, the epidemic doubled in size every seven days
 
89% of the patients were not hospitalised until at least day five of illness

More attention: probably not (at least not a significant amount)
 
It would be nice and cool for those of us that care though.

Not opposed. I’d like a wall (somewhere in the museum) where they carve the faces into it (kind of like the Indy 500 trophy). 

By far one of my favorite Twitter accounts currently:
 

She sounds remarkably normal and knows what's important and what isn't.
I think  that most elite female athletes from the US and Europe in her position would be ringing up their abortionist 
(Can I say that ?)

The Asia and Oceania Boxing OQT is scheduled on March 3 to 11, not February.

The preliminary round for mixed doubles has concluded. The following are still eligible for Olympic qualification
 

This is actually an interesting result. There’s not many teams that can hold us to 4-0 on a given day.

Would anyone be interested in becoming a sport-specific writer for us. We just need some people willing to write preview/reviews of different events across sports. Please message me if interested.

World Baseball Classic will now expand from 16 to 20 teams in 2021.
 
All 16 teams from the 2017 World Baseball Classic have already qualified:

 
There will be two qualifiers that will have a double elimination format with the top 2 teams qualifying for the World Baseball Classic.
 
Pool 1(March 12-17):

 
Pool 2(March 20-25):

 
https://www.wbsc.org/news/world-baseball-classic-to-expand-from-16-to-20-nations-as-qualifiers-announced?fbclid=IwAR32ApIcUcxsZBAyYrwK9ltyzTCUj4bllx5KYdEaqtjEBgt7SJMqMjKpRE0

Game Over... won the last M team quota

won the last W ticket

Yes, this is all true for me as well. 

I’m saving my memories of Kobe for the podcast today, but this is such a shock. I’d been hard at work trying to put together some results books for 2019 African Games, and @Vojthas messaged me. I’d be offline for so long, and it’s just unbelievable. Really holding back tears right now.

Kobe Bryant is an absolute legend. I would make it a priority to watch Kobe and the Lakers whenever he was on tv. I stopped watching the NBA as much when he retired. He introduced me to basketball. He will be missed!! RIP KOBE

For the moment I only found this: https://www.wpnews.eu/asian-water-polo-championship-in-kazakhstan/
 
But will post if found something else.

I credit sevens for really opening up the American market to Rugby. I’d say it’s gotten more popular since it was added to the Olympics.