The other sports thread

[JujuFish]

2 hours ago, Night Train said:

Nice...but the mens final was one for the ages. 

Alcaraz and Sinner are 22 and 23 years old, have both held #1 rank, and have now taken 6 consecutive grand slams in a row between the two of them.

This might be the start of one of the greatest rivalries in sports.

[Taro T]

1 hour ago, JujuFish said:

Alcaraz and Sinner are 22 and 23 years old, have both held #1 rank, and have now taken 6 consecutive grand slams in a row between the two of them.

This might be the start of one of the greatest rivalries in sports.

It could be.

It also will be REAL interesting to see how long their dominance lasts.  Federer, Nadal, and Djokovic came along at just the right time to capitalize on improvements to training and equipment to stay at absolute top form for far longer than any other dominant players on the men's side.  Now that their machines are pretty much out of the picture (though Djokovic hasn't yet fully given up the ghost) wonder just how long these 2 can continue to divvy up the tennis world between them (and maybe 1 more as, unlike with Sith Lords, always there are 3 seems to be SOP).

(Disclaimer: don't follow tennis all that closely, so if one of you that do follow the sport closely want to say that Roger, Rafa, and Novak didn't dominate all that long, well as Emily Lutella used to say "nevermind."  Though, personally, believe that having the 3 of them dominate the sport for over 20 years is in fact unprecedented in the modern era.)

[JustOneParade]

Just saw that the LA Lakers are being sold for $10B (billion, with a B).

Maybe Pegula will buy the franchise and turn it into a $5B entity.

[Thorny]

OKC looking good tonight 

[Thorny]

John Cena vs CM Punk for the undisputed wwe championship, live next Saturday 

[Thorny]

Ridiculously sad to see Haliburton go down like that 

[Thorny]

Crazy season for SGA. One of the best individual nba seasons ever belongs to a Canadian 

[Sabres Fan in NS]

On 6/23/2025 at 12:02 AM, Thorny said:

Crazy season for SGA. One of the best individual nba seasons ever belongs to a Canadian 

He just signed (reported anyway) the largest AAV contract in NBA history - over $71M per on a 4 year extension.  That's insane, but seems he is worth it.  OKC is on the map for sure and will be a contender for a decade.  He may end up being the greatest to ever play the game.

*****

In other news .. looks like the Blue Jays are finally putting things together.

Edited Tuesday at 07:49 PM by Sabres Fan in NS

[Thorny]

1 hour ago, Sabres Fan in NS said:

He just signed (reported anyway) the largest AAV contract in NBA history - over $71M per on a 4 year extension.  That's insane, but seems he is worth it.  OKC is on the map for sure and will be a contender for a decade.  He may end up being the greatest to ever play the game.

*****

In other news .. looks like the Blue Jays are finally putting things together.

Jays have been VERY fun lately 

[Sabres Fan in NS]

This just in ...

The Jays are looking very legit right now - swept the Yankees in a 4 game series for the first time ever.

The whole team is on fire - pitching and hitting.

Film at 11 !!

[Thorny]

And another one. 

[Sabres Fan in NS]

17 hours ago, Thorny said:

And another one. 

Gone ... another one's gone .. another one bites the dust ..

😎

[JujuFish]

The Guardians stink this year.

[Thorny]

and ANOTHER ONE 

 

[Thorny]

I remember what it’s like to love sports 

[JohnC]

4 hours ago, Thorny said:

I remember what it’s like to love sports 

Do a lot of people from the American side of the border go to Blue Jay games?

[Wyldnwoody44]

10 minutes ago, JohnC said:

Do a lot of people from the American side of the border go to Blue Jay games?

I went to the Jays/Guardians game in Cleveland a week or so ago 

[Thorny]

1 hour ago, JohnC said:

Do a lot of people from the American side of the border go to Blue Jay games?

No idea I’ve never been to one 

[spndnchz]

1 hour ago, JohnC said:

Do a lot of people from the American side of the border go to Blue Jay games?

I believe the Bisons is still the farm team So we see bunch of Blue Jay from time to time.