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Football
The Cincinnati Bungles actually won a playoff game. Didn't see that coming.
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And, Blackburn are third in the standings, tied on points with Bournemouth, but trailing in GD.
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Thursday
And Blackburn beat QPR and rise to tenth! They're not *that* far from competing for promotion, but it's a very tight league once you're in the top 2/3 or so.
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"Arizona woman charged with murder in disturbing killings of 3 children" is a disturbing headline, implying as it does that there are reassuring, ordinary ways to commit mass pedocide ( Read more... ) -
Blackburn
Holy shit, Blackburn! Drove the steamroller right over Sheffield Wednesday, 5 - 0.
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Sports Thoughts
So, Yankees are carrying on like bosses. Cubs are barely ahead (one-half game) of the Beer Factory Employees, despite having a 4/6 run. The Reds, meanwhile, are only 4.5 games back at the tail-end of the division! Every other division's lead from first to second is larger than that. This is probably some kind of record ( Read more... ) -
World Cup!
Woohoo! Dutch goalie played like a monster!
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World Cup
Well, I'm glad our guys won,but the VAR people really need to be thrown over a cliff. That's just completely ruining the game.
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Woohoo!
That was close. Not content with being predictably wrong, the VAR guys're gonna change their standards in mid-stream for extra popularity. Hopefully there'll be a reaction against this, and a return to real-time officiating in future.
Now we get to play England.
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Perhaps inevitably, the Chinese goalie was referred to as "The Great Wall".
Original posted at https://rain-gryphon.dreamwidth.org/91183.htmlAmerica v. Spain
Oh my. This may be an actual contest.
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Started out wanting to see England win. Ended up very much wanting to see Cameroon lose.
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