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alexbkrieger13 · 9 months ago

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Damn straight that 👑 P should be acknowledged by the Danes.

https://www.dr.dk/sporten/fodbold/pernille-harder-udbygger-imponerende-stime-med-tysk-mesterskab

Pernille Harder builds up an impressive streak with German championships

With Saturday's title, the Danish Bayern Munich star has won nine championships in a row.

In almost a decade, Pernille Harder has never played a season without winning a championship.

That impressive fact was underlined on Saturday when the soccer star and Bayern Munich won the German title with a 2-1 victory over Bayer Leverkusen.

Thus, Pernille Harder, who was not in Saturday's game due to illness, is up to nine national championships in a row for four different clubs.

The 31-year-old striker has been at his best in Sweden with Linköping, in Germany with Wolfsburg, in England with Chelsea and again in Germany with Bayern Munich.

DR Sport's football commentator Arnela Muminovic does not hesitate to call Pernille Harder's feat unique.

- Pernille Harder has been a profile for each and every team, and in many ways it is unique that a Danish player has managed this. It is violent and huge, she says

It is difficult enough to win a championship, but to win nine in a row for four different clubs is almost unheard of, points out Arnela Muminovic.

- She has had to get used to a new club, league and teammates. After all, they are different systems and cultures, but she has still managed to become a profile, she says.

Why stop here, Harder?

When Pernille Harder moved from Skovbakken to Linköping in 2012, it was far from written that the Swedes would win the championship with the young striker. But they did, and the Dane was among the league's best.

Four years later, she moved to Germany and the big club Wolfsburg.

Pernille Harder re-established herself as a profile and won the championship, prompting England's Chelsea to buy her for what was then a record fee.

The national team captain played at Chelsea from 2020 to 2023 and won three championships before flying back to Germany last year and signing a contract with Bayern Munich.

- Although Pernille Harder has been injured quite a bit this season, she has still been decisive. From day one, she has made the offensive midfield her position and is a big part of the team, says Arnela Muminovic.

The Danish attack profile is never satisfied and is always looking for a new triumph, she continues.

- She does not stop at nine championships. She will take one more next year. And maybe again the following year. It is not the end, because Bayern Munich has taken the throne in Germany, says DR Sporten's football commentator.

- Pernille Harder has consolidated herself as one of the biggest in Danish football.

Pernille Harder can add another title to her collection on May 9 when Bayern Munich face Wolfsburg in the cup final.

#pernille harder #woso #fcb frauen #fc bayern frauen

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coimbrabertone · 5 months ago

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NASCAR Numerology: How NASCAR's Current Teams Got Their Numbers: Part Five.

Alright guys, we've gotten to the last part of this little miniseries.

Today we're covering:

Front Row Motorsports, who run the #34 Ford for Michael McDowell and the #38 for Todd Gilliland in the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series.

Legacy Motor Club, who run the #42 Toyota for John Hunter Nemechek and the historic #43 for Erik Jones.

and JTG Daugherty Racing, who run the #47 Chevrolet for Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

Fittingly, we get to end on representation for all three brands.

Front Row Motorsports debuted in 2004, running the #92 Ford on a partial schedule with drivers like Brad Teague, Tony Raines, and Stanton Barrett, but they would fail to qualify for any races. Furthermore, the Mach 1 Motorsports team ran the #98/#96 car that year, splitting time between Ford and Dodge, and running drivers such as Todd and Geoff Bodine, Larry Gunselman, Derrike Cope, Chad Chaffin, and Randy LaJoie.

This team did manage to make some races (keyword: some) and in 2005, Mach 1 would attempt the full schedule with a #34 Chevrolet while another slew of drivers (mainly LaJoie, Chaffin, and PJ Jones) but by the end of 2005, the team was up for sale. Front Row Motorsports would buy this #34 car, as well as Mach 1's shop, and build their team around it.

Often running as a start-and-park team with a revolving door of drivers, Front Row finally got some stability in 2009, with John Andretti driving the #34, and dragging it up to three top twenty finishes, at Daytona, Loudon, and Fontana.

Andretti left after the 2010 Daytona 500, but the top twenty streak remained, with Travis Kvapil scoring an 18th at Talladega and Kevin Conway a 14th at the summer Daytona race.

David Gilliland (Todd's father) ran the full 2011 season and scored a third place at the Daytona 500, building on the results of the last three years to make Front Row Motorsports a proper contender on the superspeedways.

For 2012, Gilliland was moved to the #38 (more on that later) while David Ragan took over the #34. This car would top off FRM's superspeedway streak by winning the 2013 Aaron's 499 at Talladega.

Ragan would leave FRM after the 2015 Daytona 500 to get the opportunity to fill in for the injured Kyle Busch, so that season was a bit of a revolving door for the #34 yet again. Yet, for 2016, they got a technical alliance with Roush Fenway Racing in exchange for running Roush development driver Chris Buescher.

And Chris Buescher would win the 2016 Pennsylvania 400 for them on a Monday after a rainy weekend followed by a foggy weekend led to a segmented and ultimately shortened race. It took a bit of luck, but it got FRM its second win, and the first that wasn't on a superspeedway.

Chris Buescher went to JTG Daugherty of all places for 2017 (more on that later), so FRM hired Landon Cassill, without much success, before signing Michael McDowell for 2018.

McDowell has seen FRM become a legitimate team, winning the 2021 Daytona 500 and the 2023 Verizon 200 at the Brickyard at the IMS Road Course. Furthermore, in 2024, now in alliance with Team Penske, Front Row Motorsports is no longer an ironic name, as McDowell has started first or second multiple times this season, including at Daytona, Atlanta, and even Gateway, the latter two being pole positions.

Michael McDowell, however, will be moving to the Spire Motorsports #71 for 2025.

FRM has built their numbering scheme off of the #34, running other cars such as the #35, #37, and most commonly the #36, but its second full time car has been the #38.

Driven by David Gilliland from 2012-2015 and son Todd Gilliand ever since 2022, the car has also seen drives from Landon Cassill, David Ragan (in a return to FRM), John-Hunter Nemechek, Anthony Alfredo, and Zane Smith. With four top tens and a further ten top twenties, 2024 has thus far been the most successful season to date for the #38.

FRM will run a third full time car in 2025, having bought a charter from SHR, and has signed SHR's Noah Gragson, but it is unknown was number he will run. FRM ran the #36 this season for Kaz Grala, but Bob Jenkins says he's not married to this numbering scheme. Still, even numbers in the mid-30s are as close to consistent numbering as FRM has ever gotten, so I hope they do decide to stick with the #36.

Onto Legacy Motor Club.

First things first, this team is a Frankenstein's Monster mess of forgotten NASCAR teams in hilarious fashion. Petty Enterprises, officially ran from 1949 to 2008, when sponsorship could not be found, leading to the team merging with Gillett-Evernham Motorsports for 2009. Gillett-Evernham Motorsports consisted of Evernham Motorsports, the former Dodge factory team that ran the #9 and the #19, MBV Motorsports (which was essentially the #10 car owned by Valvoline at this point), and money from George Gillett, who was at the time the controversial owner of the Montreal Canadiens and Liverpool FC.

So already, you had the Petty #43, Petty #45, Evernham #9, Evernham #19, and Valvoline #10 merging into one team, but for 2010, they also bought Yates Racing to take over Paul Menard and his #98 Ford. This allowed the entire team to switch from Dodge to Ford.

So come 2010, the team is running the #9, #19, #43, and #98 with relics from three different numbering schemes remaining in the team. It's freaking awesome.

The #19 and #98 went away after 2010, leaving the team with the #9 and the #43.

The #9 was initially their most successful car, with Kasey Kahne winning Sonoma 2009 and Fall Atlanta 2009 with the team, before Australian Marcos Ambrose won Watkins Glen for the team in 2011 and 2012.

The #43 would, to its credit, with the 2014 Coke Zero 400 at Daytona with Aric Almirola, and it would become the team's only car after 2016.

After the 2021 season, GMS Racing, a truck team, bought into Petty, becoming Petty GMS. Ahead of the 2023 season, the team became Legacy Motor Club, with Jimmie Johnson buying in, Richard Petty chasing out, and Maury Gallagher of GMS becoming majority owner. Petty remained involved a spokesman for the team, however.

So, finally, onto their numbers. They run the #43 and have since practically the beginning of time, because that was Richard Petty's number? Why, well, that actually takes us to their second car, the #42, which was Lee Petty's number.

Why did Lee Petty pick the #42? Legend has it was the first two numbers in his license plate.

So, Lee Petty ran the #42, his son Richard ran the #43, Richard's son Kyle would eventually run the #44, and Kyle's son Adam would run the #45. Each generation building on the last. When Adam died, Kyle took over the #45 in his memory.

Thad Moffitt in the Truck series is a grandson of Richard Petty through Petty's youngest daughter Rebecca, and he continues this trend by running the #46.

In any case, when Petty GMS bought a second car in 2022, they chose to run the #42 - recently vacated by Chip Ganassi - reuniting the original two Petty numbers.

This arrangement continued as Petty became Legacy and eventually switched to Toyota for 2024. Currently the #43 is driven by Erik Jones, who won Darlington in it in 2022, and the #42 by John Hunter Nemechek.

Also, fun fact, Kyle Petty drove the #42 at Team SABCO (which would eventually become Chip Ganassi Racing) from 1989 to 1996, so it was a Petty number even when it wasn't.

And now JTG Daugherty Racing. It started in 2007, running a second car (#47) in alliance with the Wood Brothers. I cannot find any specific reason for the #47, only that Tad Geschickter ran a #47 Busch car ever since 1996, so maybe it was an availability thing. In any case, they ran the #47 and made their Cup debut in 2007, with Ken Schrader and Jon Wood each trying and failing to qualify for a race.

The #47 managed a few starts in 2008 with Marcos Ambrose, finishing third at the Glen, which prompted JTG to split with the Wood Brothers to try and go full time for the 2009 season with Ambrose in a #47 Toyota. This lasted two years before Mabrose moved to the aforementioned Richard Petty Motorsports, with JTG instead drafting in Bobby Labonte.

They would sign AJ Allmendinger in 2013 as Labonte began scaling back his races, and with AJ full time in 2014, they'd win at Watkins Glen. Allmendinger would last until 2018, when Ryan Preece was hired for that car, but then Ricky Stenhouse Jr. was chosen for 2020. Ricky would win the 2023 Daytona 500 with the team.

JTG Daugherty also briefly has a second car, the #37 - ten less than #47, also apparently Tad used this number in college sports - the #37 ran with Chris Buescher for 2017, 2018, and 2019, before running with Ryan Preece for 2020 and 2021.

This brings up another interesting aspect of JTG Daugherty Racing - despite the fact that they're a Chevy team, they kinda have this unique relationship with RFK Racing. First of all, Chris Buescher was a Roush development driver. Second of all, that #37 car for Buescher was run on the charter for Roush's #16.

Third, was that when Roush took Chris Buescher back for the 2020 season, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. then went the other way, going from the Roush #17 to the JTG Daugherty #47.

Oh, and as recently as 2023, JTG Daugherty's pit crew was on loan from Roush. Yeah, odd.

So yeah, that is all 36 chartered teams for the 2024 NASCAR Cup series and the story of a couple other numbers that are relevant to the story. I hope you guys enjoyed all that, but I think I'm gonna write about some other motorsports for a little while. The blog has been a bit NASCAR heavy lately and this week added a whole five extra blogposts to it.

I do enjoy blabbing on about NASCAR, but I also enjoy blabbing on about MotoGP and Indycar. Formula One is also a sport that exists.

#motorsports #racing #nascar cup #nascar #front row #legacy motor club #JTG Daugherty

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fuckyeaharizonacoyotes · 9 months ago

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Unfortunately, my first post back is also my last one. There is a part of me that feels some guilt for not updating this account since 2017, so apologies for not sticking around.

With that said, I would like to thank everyone who has ever interacted with this blog.

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I became a fan in the summer of 2009. I spent that summer trying to remember names and faces, reading up on the team’s history and figuring out what games I hope my family and I would attend. Every time we went to a game, the Coyotes would win- I literally thought I was some sort of good luck charm. Delusional, I know, but it only fueled my love for the team. Everything really felt official when my dad got me an Oliver Ekman-Larsson jersey after the 2012 playoffs. A player who I’ve watched get drafted, get called up and score his first goal. My favorite player. A couple years later, I got the jersey signed by him, something so simple that I will cherish forever.

At the moment, I feel numb. I know this sounds selfish considering how fortunate the Coyotes were given the multiple chances compared to other teams. Relocation of any team sucks even when I say that as a Coyotes fan. Now I can say that I share their pain, unfortunately. It’s almost as if these past few years of constant relocation rumors would have helped me somewhat prepare for if or when the time comes. Needless to say, I’m am not prepared.

As time winds down, it will slowly start to hit me that this is actually happening to a team that has meant so much to me for half of my life. I got to witness countless goals, comebacks, hat tricks (one of them being Shane Doan’s) and whiteouts. These memories will always live with me and I am forever grateful to have experienced these moments either in person or from the comfort of my home. I’m also grateful for the players who had stuck with this team through thick and thin. The ones who signed on when things weren’t looking up, the ones who continued to play hard in the mist of losing streaks and especially the ones who said they wanted to stay a Coyote.

I know no one from the team will read this but from the bottom of my heart, thank you. Thank you for giving me something to cheer for and for the memories. It truly means more than anyone could ever know.

With tonight being the last Coyotes game, here is my final LET’S GO COYOTES! ♥️

#misc #arizona coyotes

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bollywoodirect · 3 months ago

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Remembering #YashChopra, the legendary filmmaker, on his 12th death anniversary (21/10/12).

Yash Raj Chopra (27 September 1932 – 21 October 2012) was a distinguished Indian film director and producer in Hindi cinema. He was the visionary founder and chairman of the film production and distribution powerhouse Yash Raj Films. His illustrious career earned him numerous accolades, including 6 National Film Awards and 8 Filmfare Awards, marking him as one of the paramount filmmakers in Hindi cinema, especially revered for his romantic narratives with compelling female protagonists. His remarkable contributions to the film industry were recognized by the Government of India with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2001 and the Padma Bhushan in 2005. Further, in 2006, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts gave him a lifetime membership, a first for an Indian.

Chopra's cinematic journey commenced as an assistant director to I. S. Johar and his elder brother, B.R. Chopra. He debuted as a director with Dhool Ka Phool in 1959, a melodrama exploring illegitimacy, followed by the social drama Dharmputra (1961). His directorial finesse gained prominence with the critically and commercially acclaimed family drama Waqt (1965), which introduced the trend of ensemble casts in Bollywood. In 1970, he launched his own production entity, Yash Raj Films, with its maiden venture being Daag: A Poem of Love (1973), a melodrama delving into polygamy, which garnered success. His winning streak continued through the seventies with iconic films like the action-thriller Deewaar (1975), which catapulted Amitabh Bachchan to stardom; the musical romantic drama Kabhi Kabhie (1976), and the ensemble family drama Trishul (1978). Chopra crafted two of his magnum opuses with Sridevi: the romantic musical Chandni (1989), which played a pivotal role in veering Bollywood away from violent themes towards romantic musicals, and Lamhe (1991), an intergenerational romantic drama, which, despite underperforming domestically, enjoyed overseas success.

Following the critically lacking Parampara (1993), he helmed the musical psychological thriller Darr (1993), marking the onset of his collaborative journey with Shahrukh Khan. This partnership flourished with romantic hits like Dil To Pagal Hai (1997), Veer-Zaara (2004), and Jab Tak Hai Jaan (2012). Although he announced his retirement in 2012, his dedication saw him working until his demise during the production of Jab Tak Hai Jaan due to dengue fever. Yash Raj Chopra's directorial legacy, embodied in his extensive work, cements his position as one of Bollywood's timeless directors.

#yash chopra #bollywood #bollywoodirect

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justforbooks · 3 months ago

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Martina Navratilova (born October 18, 1956) is a Czech-American former professional tennis player. Widely considered among the greatest tennis players of all time, Navratilova won 18 major singles titles, 31 major women's doubles titles, and 10 major mixed doubles titles, for a combined total of 59 major titles, the most in the Open Era. Alongside Chris Evert, her greatest rival, Navratilova dominated women's tennis for the first two-thirds of the 1980s.

Navratilova was ranked as the world No. 1 in singles for a total of 332 weeks (second only to Steffi Graf), and for a record 237 weeks in doubles, making her the only player in history to have held the top spot in both disciplines for over 200 weeks. She won 167 top-level singles titles and 177 doubles titles, both the Open Era records. She won a record six consecutive singles majors across 1983 and 1984 while simultaneously winning the Grand Slam in doubles. Navratilova claims the best professional season winning percentage, 98.8% in 1983 (going 86–1 for the season), and the longest all-surface winning streak of 74 straight match wins. She reached the Wimbledon singles final 12 times, including for nine consecutive years from 1982 through 1990, and won the title a record nine times. Navratilova is one of the three tennis players, along with Margaret Court and Doris Hart, to have accomplished a career Grand Slam in singles, doubles, and mixed doubles, called the career "Boxed Set". She won her last major title, the mixed doubles crown at the 2006 US Open, shortly before her 50th birthday, and 32 years after her first major title in 1974.

Originally from Czechoslovakia, Navratilova was stripped of her citizenship when, in 1975 at age 18, she asked the United States for political asylum and was granted temporary residence. She became a US citizen in 1981. On January 9, 2008, Navratilova reacquired Czech citizenship, thus becoming a dual citizen. She stated she has not renounced her U.S. citizenship nor does she plan to do so, and that reclaiming Czech nationality was not politically motivated. Navratilova has been openly gay since 1981, and has been an activist on gay rights.

Navratilova is considered one of the best female tennis players of all time and in 2005, Tennis magazine selected her as the greatest female tennis player for the years 1965 through 2005, directly over Steffi Graf. Billie Jean King, a former World No. 1 player, said in 2006 that Navratilova is "the greatest singles, doubles and mixed doubles player who's ever lived." In 2008, tennis historian and journalist Bud Collins called Navratilova "arguably, the greatest player of all time."

In 2000, she became a member of the Laureus Sports Foundation's Academy.

In 2006, Martina Navratilova was named by Equality Forum as one of their 31 Icons of the LGBT History Month.

Tennis writer Steve Flink, in his book The Greatest Tennis Matches of the Twentieth Century (1999), named her as the second best female player of the 20th century, directly behind Steffi Graf.

In 2009, Navratilova was awarded the International Tennis Federation's (ITF) highest accolade, the Philippe Chatrier Award, for her contributions to tennis both on and off the court.

In June 2011, she was named one of the "30 Legends of Women's Tennis: Past, Present and Future" by Time.

In March 2012, The Tennis Channel named Navratilova as the second greatest female tennis player of all times, behind Steffi Graf, in their list of 100 greatest tennis players of all times.

On August 2, 2013, Navratilova was among the first class of inductees into the National Gay and Lesbian Sports Hall of Fame.

On May 12, 2016, Navratilova was made an honorary fellow of Lucy Cavendish College of the University of Cambridge.

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maaarine · 1 year ago

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it's wild that Spain is world champion at senior level, and under-20, and under-17

I wonder if the women's current dominance is directly correlated to the 2008-2012 winning streak of the men's team (two euros and one world cup)

like Spain being on top of the world in men's football 10-15 years ago, did it lead to a huge rise in little girls' participation in the sport at the time (and a rise of investment)?

and have those girls turned into the women who are winning everything today?

#wwc 2023 #football

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chequeredandreas · 5 months ago

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The Italian Grand Prix '24

Highlights

1. Yuki Tsunoda's Unlucky Streak

Tsunoda's bad luck in Monza continues as he was forced to retire his car by Lap 8.

2. Daniel Ricciardo And His Penalties

As if his teammate unable to race wasn't enough, Ricciardo received multiple penalties throughout the race.

3. Kevin Magnussen Unable To Race In Azerbaijan GP

K. Mag is given a one-race ban after his collision with Gasly.

4. Franco Colapinto's F1 debut

The Logan Sargeant rookie replacement finished in an impressive P12 for his F1 debut.

5. Multiple Race Leaders

We saw 3 teams with 6 drivers leading throughout this race but only one came in first— Charles Leclerc wins in Monza once again!

Race Recap

First Lap Chaos

It's a Papaya 1-2 as the Mclarens lead the race with Norris as pole-sitter, they are followed by Russell in third position. Behind him, the Ferraris.

Russell goes off into the run off area and the Ferraris go through with Leclerc taking 3rd position. They are followed by Hamilton as Russell attempts to get back on track. His car is damaged.

Piastri makes a swift move on Norris into T4 by slipstreaming and becomes the new race leader. Norris then opens up a door, Leclerc takes the opportunity and overtakes. The Monegasque takes 2nd position.

Norris gets behind Leclerc, behind him Sainz.

First Penalty For Ricciardo

Ricciardo makes contact with Hülkenberg in Lap 5. Ricciardo is later given a 5-second penalty.

Tsunoda's Unlucky Streak

Hülkenberg collides with Yuki Tsunoda, damaging the car which causes Tsunoda to retire his car at Lap 8. Hülkenberg receives a 10-second penalty.

It's Box Time For #4

Lando Norris pits by the end of Lap 14 and drops into 7th from 3rd position before getting behind Ocon towards T1 in Lap 15. Norris doesn't back out and gains back the position before T4.

Another 'Box, Box!'

Leclerc drops into 7th position in Lap 16 as a result from entering the pit lane.

Yet Another Race Leader...

Piastri boxes at the end of Lap 16. Sainz then takes the lead, with the Red Bulls behind him. The Red Bulls are tailed by the former race leaders and Leclerc by Lap 18.

Sainz leads from Laps 17 to 19. The Red Bulls lead by Lap 20 as Sainz pits and drops to 6th position. Verstappen becomes the new race leader.

Adding Salt There!

Ricciardo receives a 10-second penalty for failing to serve his first penalty right.

K. Mag's Inchident With Gasly

Looks like VCARB isn't the only one feeling the Monza blues as Haas drivers have gotten into unfortunate incidents throughout the race too. Magnussen and Gasly collides in Lap 21's T4, later earning the Dane a one-race ban keeping him from racing in Baku this year. The last person to receive this penalty was Romain Grosjean back in 2012 after causing a multi-car crash in the Belgian GP.

Passing The Crown To Checo

Verstappen boxes at lap 23 letting Perez lead, followed by the Mclarens and Ferraris.

Didn't Last Long, I Guess

Perez pits by the end of Lap 23 letting Piastri lead once more in Lap 24 followed by his teammate, and Leclerc.

The Mclaren garage sends out a message stating their drivers are free to race.

Ric v. Gas

Ricciardo and Gasly fight for position in Lap 28. Gasly eventually lets the Aussie through.

Halfway There...

Norris pits in Lap 33, giving way to the Ferraris. It is now Piastri against the Ferraris, followed by the Red Bulls. Norris gets behind the Red Bulls.

44 v. 55

I guess we could say it's a Ferrari vs Ferrari in Lap 37 as Hamilton and Sainz are fighting for fourth position with the Spaniard leading.

Another Ferrari Up-Front!

Piastri boxes at Lap 39, The Ferraris now lead with Leclerc on the front. Piastri ends up just ahead of Verstappen and Norris who are fighting for position.

DRS For Norris

Norris gets DRS in Lap 41 and overtakes Verstappen. Verstappen pits by Lap 42.

Classic 55 v. 81

Sainz did a great job keeping the Mclarens behind. He defends against Piastri up until T8 of Lap 45 as the Mclaren manages to overtake the Ferrari. Job well done to Sainz for defending against the rocket ship.

Norris Gets Through

Norris manages to overake Sainz into T1 of Lap 48, earning the third position.

Father-Son Bonding

Piastri tries to gain position and races against Leclerc for the top spot in the podium.

Piastri gets faster each lap but Leclerc defends, despite the graining on his tyres.

He Wins In Monaco, He Wins In Monza!

Leading from Lap 39 onwards, Charles Leclerc pushes through to the end with the Mclarens behind him and wins the Italian Grand Prix for the second time after four years in front of the Tifosi! Victory to the Prince of Monaco, the Chosen One of Maranello!

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supercalifragipopculturevomit · 1 year ago

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FUCK, MARRY, KILL: Daniel Brühl Cinematic Universe Edition

Just for funsies. Don't have an aneurysm. Leaning towards Zemo, Laszlo, and Böse, in that order, at the moment. At some other point, I might have said Thomas Lang, Niki Lauda, and Erik Jan Hanussen.

Because of the 30-photo limitation, I removed his minor and/or underdeveloped roles and the ones that wouldn't be difficult to "kill". I also didn't include the ones I haven't seen, so you won't see Salvador on this list. p.s. if anyone has a copy/link to that movie with English subs, I'd be forever grateful!

Lukas, The White Sound (2001)

Daniel, No Regrets / Nichts Bereuen (2001)

Alexander Kerner, Good Bye, Lenin! (2003)

Paul Krantz, Love in Thoughts / Was nützt die Liebe in Gedanken (2004)

Jan, The Edukators / Die fetten Jahre sind vorbei (2004)

Andrea Marowski, Ladies in Lavender (2004)

Lieutenant Horstmayer, Merry Christmas / Joyeux Noël (2005)

Tonda, Krabat (2008)

Dr. Georg Rosen, John Rabe (2009)

István Thurzó, The Countess (2009)

Fredrick Zoller, Inglorious Basterds (2009)

David Kern, Lila, Lila (2009)

Hans Krämer, The Coming Days / Die kommenden Tage (2010)

Konrad Koch, Lessons of a Dream / Der ganz große Traum (2011)

Álex Garel, Eva (2011)

Iván Pelayo, Winning Streak / The Pelayos (2012)

Niki Lauda, Rush (2013)

Daniel Domscheit-Berg, The Fifth Estate (2013)

Thomas Lang, The Face of an Angel (2014)

Daniel, Colonia (2015)

Sebastian Zöllner, Me and Kaminski (2015)

Tony Balerdi, Burnt (2015)

Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, The Alienist (2018 - 2020)

Ernst Schmidt, The Cloverfield Paradox (2018)

Wilfried Böse, Entebbe (2018)

Thomas Fischer, My Zoe (2019)

Daniel Weltz, Next Door / Nebenan (2021)

Erik Jan Hanussen, The King's Man (2021)

Baron Helmut Zemo, Captain America: Civil War (2016) / The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021)

Matthias Erzberger, All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)

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wrestlinghistorywithkay · 8 months ago

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The Hounds Of Justice : The Story of The Shield

June 2, 2014 will always be a day that I will never forget as a wrestling fan. This is one thing that I will never get over as a fan. My heart was shattered into a million pieces when an event that I never thought would happen. I am talking about the break up of The Shield. I am sure that we all remember where we were the night it happened.

The Shield was a popular faction in WWE consisting of Dean Ambrose ( now Jon Moxley in AEW ) , Roman Reigns , and Seth Rollins. The three Superstars made their main roster debut on November 18, 2012 at the Survivor Series Pay-Per-View. Reigns, Rollins, and Ambrose were originally supposed to be bodyguards for CM Punk, however , that changed and all three of them became huge main event names. They became dominant during six man tag team matches , having an undefeated streak on WWE Programming from December 2012- May 2013 , when they scored the biggest win of their careers , at Wrestlemania 29. Reigns and Rollins went on the win the Tag Team Championships while Ambrose went on to win the United States Championship at Extreme Rules the same year. Ambrose made history when he held the US Championship for a year in May 2014. Soon, The Hounds of Justice would face trouble.

In June of 2014 ,The Shield had a feud with Evolution, a faction consisting of Triple H , Randy Orton , Ric Flair , and Batista. On the June 2 , 2014 episode of Monday Night RAW , Triple H escorted Randy Orton to ring for a match and cut a promo on The Shield. Triple H stated that there was always a ‘ Plan B ’ for himself and Randy Orton , with Batista quitting WWE the same night to focus on his acting career. Thus, Rollins betrayed Reigns and Ambrose by hitting both of them with a style chair and aligning with Orton and Triple H , becoming the newest member of Evolution and The Authority. Reigns and Ambrose would be a tag team until June 16, 2014. Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins would feud until 2015. During Payback, the Hounds of Justice would have a small reunion when they Powerbombed Randy Orton through the announce table. In 2016 , the three would have a Triple Threat Match for the WWE Championship, in which , Ambrose, who was the champion , would retain. The same year, they would be on opposing sides on Survivor Series with Reigns and Rollins representing Team RAW while Ambrose represented Team Smackdown Live. Thus, this lead to another small reunion.

The Shield reunited one more time in 2019 for a match against Drew McIntyre, Bobby Lashley, and Baron Corbin at the Fastline Pay Per View. This would be the last time Reigns , Rollins , and Ambrose would share a ring together as Ambrose’s contract with WWE was ending. Dean Ambrose left WWE the same year and made his debut at All Elite Wrestling ( AEW ) as Jon Moxley and become a member of The Blackpool Combat Club. He has won the AEW World Championship three times. Seth Rollins would go on to have the Monday Night Messiah gimmick and win the Inaugural WWE World Heavyweight Championship in 2023 . He is a five time WWE Champion. Roman Reigns went on to become The Tribal Chief and have a record setting Undisputed WWE World Heavyweight Championship reign of 1,316 days before being defeated by Cody Rhodes at Wrestlemania 40. Nevertheless, Reigns also got his revenge on Rollins the same night by hitting him in the back with a chair. Seth Rollins stated that the next time fans will see The Shield reunite will be at their WWE Hall of Fame Induction.

My Final Thoughts:

The Shield will forever be a legendary faction in WWE and in Professional Wrestling. They were what made WWE Programming during that time period. Knowing that they also had successful solo careers makes me feel like they will always be remembered individually as well. I’ll confess that I was a major Roman Reigns girl. I hope that fans can remember them for what they did as a group and individually. When they broke up , I was raging. What about you? How did you feel when The Shield broke up? Who was your favorite member?

Love You All,

- Kay

#wwe #the shield #roman reigns #dean ambrose #seth rollins #wrestlinghistory #wwe superstars #jon moxley #wwe raw #wwe smackdown #wwe nxt #the tribal chief

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puckpocketed · 9 months ago

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hello my neighborhood AIHL reporter!

just found out the Central Coast Rhinos have a (what seems) kraken inspired uni. i love it!!!!!!!! do you have any thoughts on them as a team? thinking about following them just based on uniform alone hehe…..

hope you’re having a good day/night love u my sweet cheese <3333

hellooo mia . i have some (coughs up microplastics) News. they are. hrghh. Not Very Good i fear…! i love them very very much for this (sharks enjoyer) but if you plan to watch them to avoid the pain of our squids flopping, i will have to disappoint you </3

Exhibit A:

Exhibit B:

As far as i know. they have never been very good (cursed franchise) finishing last or close to last for every season of their existence </3 and between 2009-2012, and 2013-2021, they um. did not play at all. idk if they were relegated or simply non-operational but!! yeah sakajfkglh

wanna hear something incredible and very fucked up? This past week, they FINALLY broke a 5796 day home game winless streak. The last time they won at home was in 2008. against MY CBR Brave — who were actually operating under a different franchise name the Canberra Knights 😭👍 if you think the kraken loss streak was awful — can you imagine being fans in their home barn and not seeing a win since before the last recession <3

Listen to me my darling clam chowder do NOT let this stop you from loving them. I of all people don’t have a fin to stand on when it comes to supporting losers. 5/8 of my nhl teams were lottery teams this year!!!

They DID get a new coach this szn, and they’ve actually been doing a bit better!! despite the HORRENDOUS scores I’ve shown you jsjfjjg. they aren’t last in the standings as of writing (my Brave, hamstrung by having our best players poached for the national team, have this honour <3)

Here is their instagram

Here is their season preview from HockeyhypeAustralia

Here is a podcast interview (spotify) with Rhinos forward Mackenzie Bolger

@sregnarkroywen Charlie here is a KNOWN Rhinos enjoyer so please shoot them a follow if you do pull the trigger on loving this flop ass team <3 Charlie also covers the euro leagues and is currently rooting for our beloved Grubi on team germany 🥺 they are very nice, and they’ve been fighting the good fight (following the rhinos/aihl) for much much longer and would have much more info for you if you’re interested!

and to answer your last question — I am having the time of my life watching nhl playoffs, worlds, and my flop teams’ prospects in their playoffs games <3 no end to hockey in sight im a pig in mud im a worm in dirt im a shark in blood !!!!!!! thank u for popping in holding fins and tentacles and hooves forever weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

#thank u for stopping by my rabbits foot my pink gel overlay my nars sheer glow in shade fiji <3 #hope u are well too and thabnk u for giving me an excuse to ramble about my beer league HAHAHA #australian ice hockey league #aihl #central coast rhinos #auspuck #asks #user scoringchance #<- ough we gotta work something out in case u change url again #maybe…#user mia #?#does this count as a primer LMFAO #primers #sure i’m tagging it

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imagine you are andy roddick. it’s 2003. you’re being held up as the next big thing from your country. you make it to the semifinals of wimbledon, but this swiss guy who’s beaten you a few times beats you in straight sets and wins the title. okay. fine. time to turn this h2h around. you beat him a few weeks later en route to a title in canada. then you win cincinnati. you’re on fire, and guess what’s right around the corner…

and you do it. you win the fucking us open. you’re a grand slam champion on home soil. you’re on top of the world, and nothing can stop you

the increasingly annoying swiss man beats you at the world tour finals, but you end the year as number one anyways

it’s 2004. things are going great. you’re playing some of your best tennis, and you end up in the wimbledon final! but who is your opponent? it’s the swiss man at his best tournament. you’re both at the top of your game, but your ceiling is a mere house and his is a skyscraper

remember last year when you got revenge and beat him in canada? yeah that’s not happening again. the final isn’t even 90 minutes long when he destroys you

but you’re still one of the best players in the world, and you make the wimbledon final AGAIN in 2005. back to back finals at the most prestigious tennis tournament in the world. but guess who else made back to back finals: the swiss bane of your existence. you can’t even stretch it out to two hours

instead of meeting in canada this year, you go head to head in a cincinnati final that you would probably rather forget

your streak of wimbledon finals comes to an end in 2006, but at the end of the year you find yourself back in the us open final. the slam you’ve won before with your home crowd, surely this is the time to win your second major. but no, because your opponent is this fucking swiss man who you are close to literally murdering. it doesn’t matter how competitive you make the match, he wins

he beats you at the tour finals again, just to rub it in

2007. you’re overdue for grand slam success, right? wrong! not only does he beat you in the semifinals of the australian open, you, one of the best servers on tour, gets bageled. and if that isn’t bad enough, you get stuck playing him in the quarterfinals of the us open because you’re slipping down the rankings. to add to the humiliation, it only takes him an hour to beat you in the tour finals again

but then. then. miami 2008. beautiful sunny miami, and you are playing your swiss nemesis in the quarterfinals. it’s long and tough and gritty but you stick it out and you win. finally, for the first time in five years, you have beaten him

a sign for good things to come? no, because 2009 is a fucking nightmare

australian open semifinals? he destroys you again. madrid quarterfinals? you get breadsticked. and then, your third wimbledon final. the third time has to be the charm. there’s no way someone as great as you can go his entire career without winning wimbledon

five sets. four hours. you give your everything but in the end you’re the one holding the plate and he’s the one with the trophy. it's not enough, it will never be enough

you’re done with grand slam finals now. you’re done being world #1. it’s over, and it has always been over because he has been blocking your path at every turn

in 2012, as you’re knocking on the door of retirement, you play him in an early round of miami. little do you know, this is the last match you will ever play against the swiss of your nightmares

and you win

after all that, you beat him in the last match

now isn’t that something

#I could ramble about andy forever #*shakes fist at the sky* damn you roger federer!#the 2009 wimbledon final my beloathed. I hate it #andy roddick

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Wadham vs Imperial, University Challenge S54E21

Just before Christmas I released a book which compiles my reviews of all the University Challenge Grand Finals since 2015. If you fancy a trip down memory lane you can buy it here…

University Challenge Time Machine

Imperial haven’t lost a University Challenge match since 2021.

They won the title in 2022 and 2024, and were absent in 2023, so we are coming up on 4 years since their last UC defeat.

In 2021, the last series which they appeared in and did not win the title, they made it to the semi-finals but actually lost three times, as though they were getting all of their losses out at once.

Their triumphs in 2022 and 2024 were achieved without losing a match, meaning that they have a current winning streak of thirteen matches.

Magdalen went back to back in the 90s, but those series only required five wins, so their streak of 11 was ended in round two of 1999 by the Open University. That match was extremely close (210–200) and Open went on to claim that series title, so perhaps Magdalen were a mere fifteen points away from a three-peat.

Manchester were repeat champions too, in 2012 and 2013, but they didn’t manage those titles unbeaten.

So by my estimate, Imperial are currently on the longest win streak in University Challenge history (certainly of the BBC era, the format was different on ITV).

There are teams like Birkbeck, who won in 2003 and didn’t appear again until 2020, who can claim longer periods without being beaten, but that doesn’t really count.

Can Wadham slay the giant and snap the streak? Read on to find out; here’s your first starter for ten.

This is going to be one of those reviews where I throw out any pretence of keeping things exciting and answer the above question immediately.

No. No they can’t.

When they score the first points of the match, it looks as though Wadham might be up for making a game of it, but over the next twenty minutes, the scores are so lopsided they make the Leaning Tower of Pisa look as though it’s leaning the other way.

Oof, what happened there?

A 305 point turnaround, which is surely the longest streak of unanswered points in UC history (the record-breaking continues for Imperial, if my speculation is to be believed).

If a picture says a thousand words, do these two pictures say two thousand words, or should they, for the purposes of the story they are telling, be taken as a single image, and so remain as a thousand words?

Either way, you get the picture (or in this case, you get the thousand words).

Having dropped the first starter, Imperial embarked upon a mercilessly dominant performance, and they will probably be slightly annoyed that they let Wadham relieve themselves of the ignominy of a zero pointer towards the end.

Wadham 25–345 Imperial

Wadham must be commended for their attitude, and their celebrations at stopping the rot were a highlight of the episode, but this is all about Imperial.

Backing up a 310-point performance in round one, they look fairly unstoppable, with starters coming from all directions (at least two for each player).

With 16 starters in total (led by six from Salamanca Camacho), and a 79% bonus rate, it will take a gargantuan effort to stop the now 14-game winning streak.

Join me next week for an Oxbridge derby as Christ’s, Cam take on Teddy Hall, Ox

#university challenge #bbc2 #oxford #quizzy mondays

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