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  • Bob Baffert horse Restoring Hope accused of blocking for Justify

    06/10/2018 6:55:24 PM PDT · by NKP_Vet · 48 replies
    http://www.espn.com ^ | June 10,2018
    Long shot Restoring Hope's run in Saturday's Belmont Stakes is being questioned by some competitors, who suggest the horse might have been used to block other horses from catching stablemate Justify on his way to the Triple Crown. Bob Baffert trains both Justify and Restoring Hope, which went off at 37-1 and then broke fast to the front and settled into second place for much of the race, just off Justify's shoulder, before falling to eighth at the finish. Mike Repole, who co-owns fourth-place finisher Vino Rosso and last-place finisher Noble Indy, and Hall of Fame jockey John Velazquez both...
  • Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner party with Stanley Cup, Alex Ovechkin at DC restaurant

    06/10/2018 4:56:05 PM PDT · by EdnaMode · 23 replies
    ABC News ^ | June 10, 2018 | MARK OSBORNE KENNETH MOTON
    The two biggest items in Washington, D.C., crossed paths on Saturday night as Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner posed with the Stanley Cup. It was a matter of pure coincidence as the president's daughter and son-in-law visited D.C. hotspot Café Milano for a date night while Washington Capitals star Alexander Ovechkin was celebrating with the Stanley Cup. The Capitals won the Stanley Cup, the NHL's championship trophy, on Thursday. They defeated the underdog Las Vegas Golden Knights in the series, 4-1, to win their first Cup. The Keeper of the Cup Philip Pritchard, who has traveled with the Cup as...
  • P. Diddy Abandons ‘Dream’ to Own NFL Team: ‘Don’t Want to Be Associated with Oppressing Black Men’

    06/10/2018 8:27:40 AM PDT · by EdnaMode · 55 replies
    Breitbart ^ | June 8, 2018 | Dylan Gwinn
    In an interview with BigBoy TV, rap, fashion, and vodka mogul P. Diddy blasted the NFL, referring to it as a league which “oppresses black men.” The wide-ranging interview sees Diddy divulge his abortive efforts to purchase the Carolina Panthers to the wave of anthem protests that have swept across the league. The hip-hop star made it clear that he no longer sees the NFL as something he wants to be a part of. “I don’t want to be associated with oppressing black men,” Diddy said. “I don’t want to be associated with telling grown ass men what they can...
  • UFC 225: Whittaker vs. Romero 2, Live Thread

    06/09/2018 7:23:09 PM PDT · by Impy · 45 replies
    6-9-2018
    PPV already started, premlims replay will be available on Fox Sports Go. Middleweight Robert Whittaker (c) vs. Yoel Romero [a] Welterweight Rafael dos Anjos vs. Colby Covington [b] Women’s Featherweight Holly Holm vs. Megan Anderson Heavyweight Andrei Arlovski vs. Tai Tuivasa Welterweight CM Punk vs. Mike Jackson
  • ESPN's Jerry Crasnick: Now the big question: Is Justify going to the White House?

    06/09/2018 4:10:47 PM PDT · by EdnaMode · 56 replies
    Twitter ^ | June 9, 2018 | Jerry Crasnick
    Now the big question: Is Justify going to the White House?
  • Belmont Stakes 2018: Time, TV schedule, post positions for 'Third Jewel of the Triple Crown’

    06/09/2018 11:15:16 AM PDT · by TaxPayer2000 · 52 replies
    SBNation ^ | Jun 9, 2018 | James Brady
    Can Justify win the Triple Crown after taking the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness?The 150th running of the Belmont Stakes is set for Saturday, and a Triple Crown is on the line with Justify coming off wins in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes. The race is set to get underway with a post time of 6:37 p.m. ET. Television coverage of the race will be carried by NBC, which begins pre-race coverage at 5 p.m. Further pre-race coverage can be found at NBC Sports from 3 p.m. Online streaming of the race will be handled by NBC Sports or...
  • Justify has just won the Triple Crown

    06/09/2018 3:56:09 PM PDT · by Catmom · 107 replies
    Just won the Belmont. 13th Triple Crown winner, first undefeated winner since Seattle Slew in 1977.
  • Secretariat - Belmont Stakes 1973

    06/09/2018 11:24:10 AM PDT · by NKP_Vet · 39 replies
    https://youtu.be ^ | June 25, 2012
    Secretariat’s historic 1973 Belmont Stakes victory.
  • Warriors sweep Cavaliers to claim second straight NBA championship and third in four seasons (tr)

    06/08/2018 9:02:19 PM PDT · by EdnaMode · 81 replies
    Washington Post ^ | June 8, 2018 | Tim Bontemps
    Warriors complete sweep of Cavaliers with 108-85 win to claim second straight NBA championship and third in four seasons Led by Stephen Curry’s 37 points, Golden State finished off Cleveland, its Finals opponent four years running. LeBron James, a potential free agent next month, scored 23 points for the Cavaliers in the last game of his eighth consecutive Finals appearance.
  • Two “Trans” Boys Destroy Girls in Race — Feminism Is to Blame

    06/08/2018 3:26:47 PM PDT · by simpson96 · 48 replies
    The New American ^ | 6/8/2018 | Selwyn Duke
    What do you call the top two finishers in the girls’ 100-meter dash at Connecticut’s recent State Open track and field championships? First and second place? If you’re not the mainstream media, you may call them “boys.” In fact, one of them set the “girls’” State Open record in both the 100 and 200-meter runs. Welcome to our (not so) Brave New World. Bulkeley High School’s Terry Miller, a boy claiming girlhood (BCG), won the events. In the 100-meter dash, the runner-up was Andraya Yearwood of Cromwell, also a BCG. This now is nothing new. For example, “Laurel Hubbard —...
  • Steve Harvey Calls Golden State Players ‘Gorillas’ on ESPN

    06/08/2018 7:17:18 AM PDT · by EdnaMode · 37 replies
    Breitbart ^ | June 7, 2018 | Dylan Gwinn
    Talk show host and comedian Steve Harvey referred to the Golden State Warriors as “gorilla’s,” on ESPN’s NBA Finals pre-game show. During an interview with ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith, Harvey was asked if there was anything his hometown Cleveland Cavaliers could do to derail Golden State? Harvey responded by saying that there wasn’t, because they had “800-pound gorilla’s” on their team: The caption of the video asks Outkick the Coverage’s Clay Travis whether Harvey’s comments constitute a Doug Adler situation. Adler, who is white, was part of ESPN’s coverage of the Australian Open in 2017. During coverage of the match...
  • ALL CAPS, WON THE CUP!!!

    06/07/2018 9:28:47 PM PDT · by CJ Wolf · 36 replies
    That's all, and what about that clock?
  • The Washington Capitals Win Their First Stanley Cup

    06/07/2018 8:11:33 PM PDT · by EdnaMode · 109 replies
    New York Times ^ | June 7, 2018 | Ben Shpigel
    Across their 43 seasons, the Washington Capitals have dabbled in hapless hockey and exquisite hockey, boring hockey and effective hockey, but never had they played winning hockey through four playoff rounds, all the way to a grueling, glorious end. It took a team hardened by those postseason lures but liberated from high expectations to complete a run as dazzling as it was cathartic, capping it on Thursday night by dispatching the upstart Vegas Golden Knights, 4-3, to win the first Stanley Cup in franchise history. It was the Capitals’ fourth consecutive victory in the finals after a disorienting 6-4 loss...
  • 2018 FORMULA 1 HEINEKEN GRAND PRIX OF CANADA - LIVE THREAD

    06/07/2018 4:14:18 PM PDT · by Chode · 38 replies
    6/7/2018 | Chode
    Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve FIRST GRAND PRIX 1978 NUMBER OF LAPS 70 CIRCUIT LENGTH 4.361KM RACE DISTANCE 305.27KM LAP RECORD 1:13.622 by Rubens Barrichello (2004)
  • The Philadelphia Eagles are America's football team now. And Trump's feud with them proves it.

    06/07/2018 11:48:17 AM PDT · by C19fan · 61 replies
    NBC News ^ | June 6, 2018 | Maggie Serota
    Since the late 1970s, the Dallas Cowboys have been known as “America’s Team.” In light of recent Trump White House statements, however, Dallas might want to consider handing that title over to the Philadelphia Eagles. "The Philadelphia Eagles are unable to come to the White House with their full team to be celebrated tomorrow,” the White House said in an eleventh-hour statement issued on Monday after learning that only two or three players, owner Jeff Lurie, and mascot Swoop were able (or willing) to meet President Donald Trump, as has become customary for championship teams in the U.S. “They disagree...
  • Why Malcolm Jenkins, other Philadelphia Eagles demonstrate -- but don't kneel (Flashback)

    06/07/2018 8:25:04 AM PDT · by Kid Shelleen · 18 replies
    Penn Live ^ | 09/24/2017 | Aaron Kasinitz
    --SNIP-- Eagles safety Malcolm Jenkins said he has no problem with that form of protest. But Jenkins has instead raised his right fist while standing during pregame anthems for the past 22 Eagles preseason and regular-season games, and he has an explanation for that. "The reason I don't kneel is not because I think it's disrespectful. It's because I think it's misunderstood," Jenkins said. "I want my demonstration to be effective and received. I think whatever that is is going to be to the individual, but everybody's saying the same thing: We need change. We want to be that vehicle...
  • Sources: Colin Kaepernick's legal team expected to subpoena President Trump in case against NFL

    06/07/2018 7:27:57 AM PDT · by C19fan · 44 replies
    Yahoo ^ | June 7, 2018 | Charles Robinson
    After months of circling President Donald Trump during NFL depositions and discovery, Colin Kaepernick’s lawyers are expected to force Trump directly into the ongoing legal battle between the quarterback and league. Kaepernick’s legal team is expected to seek federal subpoenas in the coming weeks to compel testimony from Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and other officials familiar with the president’s agenda on protesting NFL players, sources with knowledge of the quarterback’s collusion case against the NFL told Yahoo Sports.
  • Oldest living baseball Hall of Famer Red Schoendienst, who led the St Louis Cardinals to a World...

    06/07/2018 7:25:35 AM PDT · by Morgana · 8 replies
    DAILY MAIL UK ^ | June 6, 2018 | ap
    FULL TITLE: Oldest living baseball Hall of Famer Red Schoendienst, who led the St Louis Cardinals to a World Series win, dies aged 95 Hall of Fame second baseman Red Schoendienst who managed St Louis to two pennants and a World Series championship in the 1960s, has died aged 95. The Cardinals announced Schoendienst's death before the third inning of their game against the Miami Marlins on Wednesday night. A photo was shown on the video board with '1923-2018' written below. Fans gave a standing ovation, while players stood and applauded. 'Red Schoendienst was one of the most beloved figures...
  • Woman Catches Foul Ball in Beer at Padres Game, Proceeds to Chug the Beer With the Ball In It

    06/06/2018 4:44:23 PM PDT · by Category Four · 56 replies
    CBS News ^ | 06/05/2018 | Caitlin O'Kane
    When the San Diego Padres played the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday, the game was far from exciting to some people. Padres fans watched the Braves completely pummel the home team, winning 14-1. But if things were seeming predictable, that changed when a foul ball flew into the stands. The Braves' Ender Inciarte hit the foul high into the stands, where a woman named Gabby DiMarco sat, casually sipping her beer, CBS Sports reports. She was shocked when the ball flew her way, and she caught it right in her beer cup. But that amazing feat wasn't the end of it....
  • Vanity: An Important Message to Those Who Protest During the National Anthem

    06/06/2018 8:34:27 AM PDT · by savedbygrace · 28 replies
    An Important Message to Those Who Protest During the National Anthem: Some of you have said that you are not protesting the National Anthem or the flag of the United States of America or the United States military. They have said that the protests represent a response to unequal treatment by law enforcement and the justice system to black people. OK, I can accept that. However, if that is what you are protesting, then it is not appropriate or productive to protest during the National Anthem. Your protests would be better placed in front of police stations and courthouses across...