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  • 2025 FORMULA 1 AWS GRAN PREMIO DEL MADE IN ITALY E DELL'EMILIA-ROMAGNA Live Thread

    05/16/2025 9:35:48 AM PDT · by Chode · 9 replies
    5/17/20025 | chode
    Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari First Grand Prix1980 Number of Laps63 Circuit Length4.909 kmRace Distance309.049 kmLap Record1:15.484Lewis Hamilton (2020)Track
  • Robert Walls: Aussie Rules Legend Dies Using Voluntary Assisted Dying Laws

    05/15/2025 7:34:13 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 16 replies
    Walls was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of blood cancer in 2023Aussie rules legend Robert Walls has died aged 74 after using voluntary assisted dying laws. Walls won three premiership titles with Carlton Football Club as a player and a coach. He was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of blood cancer, named acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, in 2023. The Age reports that Walls decided not to go through another round of chemotherapy after being told he had months to live earlier this year. “Having battled cancer for more than two years, Robert did it his way and...
  • 2025 FORMULA 1 AWS GRAN PREMIO DEL MADE IN ITALY E DELL’EMILIA-ROMAGNA Live Thread

    05/15/2025 6:06:22 PM PDT · by Chode · 9 replies
    Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari First Grand Prix1980 Number of Laps63 Circuit Length4.909 kmRace Distance309.049 kmLap Record1:15.484Lewis Hamilton (2020)Track
  • Henry County police use taser on naked man during chase 🫣⚡️

    05/15/2025 1:17:21 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 32 replies
    Twitter / X / Citizen's Free Press ^ | May 15, 2025 | ATL Uncensored
    Henry County police use taser on naked man during chase 🫣⚡️ VIDEO AT LINK................... Nice form on the Taser dive for naked perp..............
  • The world's greatest alligator movie star has passed away

    05/15/2025 1:00:37 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 22 replies
    Not The Bee ^ | May 15, 2025 | Staff
    RIP to one of the greats. You're with Harambe now. NBC News @NBCNews An alligator that appeared in numerous TV shows and films over three decades, most notably the 1996 Adam Sandler comedy “Happy Gilmore,” has died at a gator farm in southern Colorado. Based on his growth rate and tooth loss, Morris the alligator was at least 80 years old when he died, the Colorado Gator Farm said in a Facebook post Sunday. He was nearly 11 feet (3.3 meters) long and weighed 640 pounds (290 kilograms). Here was Morris in his infamous Happy Gilmore role: Video at link.................
  • First look emerges of Nicholas Cage as John Madden (and Chrisian Bale as Al Davis)

    05/15/2025 5:27:22 AM PDT · by silent_jonny · 42 replies
    nbcsports.com ^ | 5-14-25 | Mike Florio
    When word emerged last year that Nicholas Cage will take a break from making a nonstop string of movies to play John Madden in yet another movie, it was a curiosity. We didn’t know then what we know now. Christian Bale appears in the same film, as the legendary Al Davis. Cage has been in some things that, well, aren’t good. Bale’s work rarely lands in that category. The mere mention of Bale’s name gives Madden cachet. Up the ying yang. (If you’re never seen The Prestige, what are you waiting for? If you start now, you will have...
  • $20 Pill vs $20,000 Surgery? Popular Diabetes Drug Metformin Found To Relieve Osteoarthritis Knee Pain

    05/15/2025 5:14:15 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 21 replies
    Scitech Daily ^ | May 14, 2025 | Monash University
    A clinical trial led by Monash University found that the common diabetes drug metformin significantly reduced knee pain in people with osteoarthritis and overweight or obesity, potentially delaying the need for knee replacements. Over six months, participants taking metformin experienced greater pain relief than those on placebo, offering a promising, low-cost alternative treatment. ======================================================================== Metformin may reduce knee pain in overweight patients with osteoarthritis, offering a low-cost alternative to early knee replacement surgery, according to a Monash University trial. A widely used diabetes medication may help relieve knee osteoarthritis (OA) pain in people who are overweight or obese, potentially delaying...
  • Rose, Shoeless Joe among 17 now eligible for HOF consideration after new ruling

    05/13/2025 3:59:25 PM PDT · by Beave Meister · 53 replies
    MLB.com ^ | 5/13/2025 | Brian Murphy
    Hall of Fame Chairman of the Board Jane Forbes Clark issued a statement on Tuesday regarding MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred's policy decision about individuals losing their permanently ineligible status after death. "The National Baseball Hall of Fame has always maintained that anyone removed from Baseball’s permanently ineligible list will become eligible for Hall of Fame consideration," Clark said in the statement. "Major League Baseball’s decision to remove deceased individuals from the permanently ineligible list will allow for the Hall of Fame candidacy of such individuals to now be considered. The Historical Overview Committee will develop the ballot of eight names...
  • NBA fans blast 'rigged' Lottery after Dallas get first pick with just 1.8% chance

    05/12/2025 6:53:10 PM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 27 replies
    The Mirror ^ | 12 May 2025 | Matthew Neschis
    Basketball fans clapped back at the NBA for allegedly “rigging” the Draft Lottery after the Dallas Mavericks won the Cooper Flagg sweepstakes. After shockingly losing to Houston in the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament, Flagg announced that he’d be entering his name in the 2025 NBA Draft. The Naismith Player of the Year is considered the consensus first overall pick, with Jayson Tatum, Colin Cowherd and Charles Barkley all expressing confidence that he will excel at the next level. The Mavericks, meanwhile, endured a brutal 2024-25 campaign highlighted by the three-team blockbuster trade that sent Luka Doncic to the...
  • Female rugby player left with sickening injury after horror tackle from transgender opponent asks: 'How was this allowed to happen?

    05/12/2025 6:25:39 AM PDT · by C19fan · 79 replies
    UK Daily Mail ^ | May 12, 2025 | Luke Power
    A young female rugby player who was left screaming in agony after a transgender rival tore apart her knee ligaments has accused sporting chiefs of letting her down. Elena King, 20, suffered a torn ACL and MCL in January in the Netherlands after her biologically male opponent popped her left knee out of its socket with a rash challenge. Now facing lifelong pain and six months of physiotherapy just to run again, she is asking why the Dutch Rugby Association allows transgender athletes to compete against women.
  • WWE is saddened to learn that Terry Brunk, known to wrestling fans as Sabu, has passed away.

    05/11/2025 4:38:07 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 17 replies
    Twitter / X / ^ | May 11, 2025 | Staff
    WWE is saddened to learn that Terry Brunk, known to wrestling fans as Sabu, has passed away. WWE extends its condolences to Sabu’s family, friends and fans.
  • Boy wins girls HS track events in Maine; parents are both college professors

    05/11/2025 5:05:07 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 45 replies
    The College Fix ^ | May 10, 2025 | Staff
    OPINION: What are the chances? That thing that “never happens” happened yet again last week: A biological male competing against females won first place in two track events. It happened in (surprise!) Maine, which so far has held firm against President Trump’s executive order banning biological men from competing against women in interscholastic athletics. In what appears to have been a tri-meet, North Yarmouth Academy junior Soren Stark-Chessa won the girls 800 meter and 1600 meter (mile) runs, the latter by almost 20 seconds. As noted by Outkick, the 800 event was a closer race with Yarmouth High’s Lilah Connor...
  • Cyclist dies after collision with loose dog on river trail in Durango. ( Colorado )

    05/09/2025 6:05:28 PM PDT · by george76 · 81 replies
    Durango Herald ^ | May 9, 2025 | Jessica Bowman
    Police, animal control seek to address leash law violations.. ... The recent deaths of a cyclist and a beloved family pet, both the result of off-leash dogs, have renewed calls for greater accountability. ... A Durango man who fell off his bike and later died from his injuries while apparently trying to avoid a loose dog on the Animas River Trail has reignited calls for pet owners to leash their animals in public spaces. The collision involving the bicyclist and off-leash dog occurred about 2:30 p.m. March 12 on a section of the river trail near the skate park and...
  • Sources: Pacquiao ending retirement to face Barrios for WBC belt

    05/09/2025 8:33:03 AM PDT · by DFG · 3 replies
    ESPN ^ | 05/08/2025 | Andreas Hale
    Boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao will end his nearly four-year retirement to face Mario Barrios for the WBC welterweight championship on July 19 in Las Vegas, sources confirmed to ESPN on Thursday. The fight will be available via PBC on Prime Video pay-per-view. Pacquiao, 46, last fought in August 2021 when he lost a unanimous decision against Yordenis Ugas for the WBA welterweight championship. After the loss, Pacquiao announced his retirement on social media to focus primarily on his political career. But boxing's first and only eight-division world champion has kept an eye on the sport that made him a household...
  • DOGE hearing on trans athletes in women's sports descends into chaos

    05/08/2025 1:27:23 AM PDT · by Libloather · 81 replies
    Fox News ^ | 5/07/25 | Jackson Thompson
    Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency (DOGE) Chairwoman Marjorie Taylor Greene got into screaming matches and a gavel-smashing marathon at Wednesday's hearing on protecting women's sports. The hearing on "Unfair Play: Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports" featured a signature rant by Rep. Nancy Mace, R-SC, and Rep. Lateefah Simon, D-Cal, suggest that protecting women's sports will lead to bringing back racial segregation. Mace ensured the hearing ended with a boom when she got into a heated back-and-forth with witness Fatima Goss Graves, CEO of the National Women's Law Center. Mace hit Goss Graves with one of the oldest tricks...
  • Michigan Starting to Realize Hamburger Gate Wasn't the Nothing Burger they Claimed

    05/07/2025 6:12:08 PM PDT · by Jumper · 23 replies
    various sources | 7 May 2025 | Jumper
    The NCAA is coming to ready to adjudicate the case of the century. The NCAA has the most important case in their history. Already they have lost on NIL and paying players, but they still have rules for cheating, lying, and advanced scouting (stealing). Michigan is beging to realize with the notice(s) of allegations, and the upcoming hearings, that their PR machine is beginning to crack. The National Media is beginning to clue in on what was going on. In part there was a FBI investigation that gave the university cover, because the NCAA could not move forward until they...
  • Milwaukee Brewers Backtrack After Making Fans Who Took Advantage Of ‘Free’ Hot Dog Promo Pay Sales Tax

    05/07/2025 12:59:45 PM PDT · by DallasBiff · 14 replies
    brobible ^ | 5/7/25 | Connor Toole
    There’s something about eating a hot dog at a baseball game that makes those tubes of meat hit different, and the Brewers recently took advantage by launching a new promotion that lets fans get a free one at every contest they attend. However, it was greeted with some backlash after people who signed up discovered they still had to pay sales tax on each purchase.
  • Ravens Release Kicker Justin Tucker as He Faces Sexual Misconduct Allegations

    05/05/2025 4:15:24 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 21 replies
    New York Post ^ | May 5, 2025 | Christian Arnold
    Embattled kicker Justin Tucker was cut by the Ravens on Monday, general manager Eric DeCosta announced. The news comes 24 hours after head coach John Harbaugh had adamantly told reporters that any decision on Tucker’s future would be “based on football.” Tucker had been accused of inappropriate behavior by 16 massage therapists in the Baltimore area during a span between 2012 and 2016, which had first been reported by the Baltimore Banner in January. The longtime Ravens kicker has denied the accusations on multiple occasions, saying that they were “simply not true.”
  • Micro wrestling show draws sold-out crowd and controversy in Colorado Springs

    05/05/2025 11:57:15 AM PDT · by dynachrome · 30 replies
    KRDO ^ | 5-2-25 | Paige Reynolds
    A unique wrestling show featuring a troupe of little people is drawing big crowds across the country and they made a stop Friday night at the Buzzed Crow Bistro in Colorado Springs. While the performers say it's all in the name of fun, others strongly disagree. The group behind the event has been touring the country for over a decade, marketing itself as a form of professional wrestling entertainment. DJ TooTall, a former wrestler and current team member, told KRDO13 the show is a way to bring joy to people and to showcase their talents. "We do it so people...
  • Caitlin Clark's new Indiana Fever teammate gets brutally shoved to the ground twice

    05/04/2025 5:11:12 PM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 52 replies
    The Daily Mail ^ | 03 May 2025 | JAKE FENNER
    Indiana Fever star Sophie Cunningham was on the receiving end of some brutal treatment by the Washington Mystics in the first preseason game of her WNBA season. The Fever played without star Caitlin Clark, who was absent due to a minor injury that was described as 'a little tightness' in her left leg. So it was Cunningham that led the way for Indiana. However, she didn't do so without a bit of bruising. In the second quarter, Cunningham was fighting for a rebound with Mystics rookie Kiki Iriafen. Iriafen had her arm wrapped around Cunningham's torso and then flung her...