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American sports owners like Stan Kroenke and the Glazers tried to turn European football into WrestleMania

And in came the American sports owners... Stan Kroenke, who it's not clear to me actually knows he owns Arsenal... you've got the Glazers... and they've got ideas... it was a bit like that old sci-fi show V where we welcomed in the aliens who seem nice... to try and turn what is precious, what has grown over a century, just that evolution, the history, the traditions, and to try and turn that into WrestleMania was a bit dark.

The European Super League's attempt to create a closed, American-style league was widely condemned for ignoring traditional meritocracy (promotion/relegation).

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Giannis Antetokounmpo's ligaments are made of rubber bands because a normal body would have 'blown up' after that injury

Giannis, I don't know, he like broke his leg. ACL? Yeah. Doctor David PFT says, 'I personally think it's an MCL.' ... but whatever it is, his ligaments are not made out of ligaments. They're made out of like rubber bands. Because it's crazy. Like my leg would have, my body would have just blown up, given up at that point.

Giannis famously returned just a week later to win the NBA Finals MVP, proving he did indeed have incredible recuperative powers, though 'rubber bands' is obviously metaphorical.
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Jun 30, 2021
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NBA teams should sign stars and then only play them once the role players have won the early playoff series

Reggie Miller was mega right about resting the players. You should just, the new formula should be you sign star players and then you just try to win all the playoff series against inferior teams with your role guys. And then you put your stars back in for the fight.

This is an intentionally absurd strategy that no team would actually implement.
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Jun 30, 2021
#17257
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The 2021 NBA Playoff injuries are mostly freak occurrences rather than a result of the shortened season

I still believe... that this is the weirdest playoffs ever... a lot of these injuries are kind of freak injuries that I don't know if that has anything to do with playing the season was shortened rests off of the bubble. I just think there's a lot of freak injuries. They've happened all at once.

This remains a debated topic among sports scientists and NBA fans; while some injuries like AD's could be load-related, others like Trae Young stepping on a ref's foot are clearly freak events.

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The USMNT played their best and most complete game ever to open the 2026 World Cup

It was erotic. Watching this team... we've always had the collective doginess, you know, we've been like a collective fist. But this though, it was stunning. I can't quite understand where it came from. The goals were ecstatic. The team play was transcendent. It was like Caleb Williams was playing and suddenly we don't fear the Packers.

Whether it is their 'best game ever' is a matter of expert opinion and debate.
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Portugal is completely capable of winning the World Cup, but Cristiano Ronaldo is holding them back.

They can win this, they can win this tournament. That's the agony. And they all wanna win it for Ronaldo. But the thing that's stopping them winning it for Ronaldo is Ronaldo.

Subjective tactical/team analysis.
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The four greatest soccer players of all time are Christian Pulisic, Freddy Adu, Marta, and Kyle Beckerman.

Number one for sure is Christian Pulisic. Number two... Freddy Adu. [...] Number four I think would probably be Marta. The Brazilian icon. [...] I love Kyle Beckerman, who used to play for the United States, played for us forever, was just the most tenacious footballer, worked so bloody hard. He'd probably be number five. But you only wanted four on that Rushmore.

A satirical joke answer.