The Mets were swept this weekend by the A's, including being shutout in two of the three games with a 1-0 loss in the Sunday finale.
This begs the question: Who had a worse weekend, the NY Mets or JD Vance?
This Day in Sports History: 3/9/2016. Final game of inaugural #SheBelievesCup between GER & USA. Both undefeated after beating FRA & ENG earlier. To win, USA needed to beat Germany, while Germans only a tie. Alex Morgan hit game winner & Hope Solo shutout GER in 2nd half. For more: tiny.cc/gjww001
This Day in Sports History: 3/7/2017. #DirkNowitzki of #Mavericks scored 30,000th pt becoming 1st int'l player & sixth overall #NBA player to reach this milestone. He finished his 21-year career (all w/ Mavs) w/ 31,560 pts, 14 All-Star picks, an MVP & an NBA Championship. ๐ For more: tiny.cc/4k3x001
This Day in Sports History: 3/5/1997. #Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda was elected to #MLB Hall of Fame. He managed for over 20 yrs (1976-1996), won 1,599 games, 4 NL Pennants & 2 World Series. He also won Gold w/ #TeamUSA at the Olympics. His #2 has been retired by Dodgers. For more: tiny.cc/4k3x001
How sad for Kristi Noem. She permanently altered her face for the job as DHS Director and now she's out. Unfortunately for her, she cannot get her old face back. #AbolishICE
This Day in Sports History: 3/3/1968. Canadiens #JeanBรฉliveau scored goal during 5-2 loss & joined Gordie Howe as only players, at the time, in #NHL history to reach 1,000 pts. He played 20 yrs & hoisted the Stanley Cup 17 times - 10 as player, 7 as executive. For more: tiny.cc/4k3x001
This Day in Sports History: 3/2/2004. #StJosephs menโs basketball beat St. Bonaventure 82-50 capping a perfect 27-0 record & earning the #1 ranking for 1st - and only - time in program history. They receive #1 seed in NCAA Tourney & made it to Elite. ๐ #NCAA #MarchMadness For more: tiny.cc/gjww001
This Day in Sports History: 3/1/1919. In Game 3 of #NHL Championship, Canadiens HOF Center & Head Coach Newsy Lalonde set NHL Playoff Record w/ 5 goals in 6-3 win over Senators. Montreal advanced to Stanley Cup, but series cancelled after 5 games due to Spanish Flu ๐#hockey For more: tiny.cc/4k3x001
This Day in Sports History: 2/28/1971. The Golden Bear Jack Nicklaus took 4-stroke lead over Gary Player into final round of #PGA Championship in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Was his 2nd PGA Championship (9th major) & became 1st golfer win career Grand Slam twice. ๐๏ธ #golf For more: tiny.cc/4k3x001
Here's a formula for everyone. Just as it is in personal life, it rings true in public policy:
Intentional stupidity + Bad short-term actions = Terrible long-term outcomes
This Day in Sports History: 2/25/1977. #PeteMaravich of #NewOrleans #Jazz scored 68 pts in a 124-107 win over the #Knicks & set an NBA record for most pts by a guard. Went 26-43 from field & 16-19 from FT line, plus 6 reb & 6 ast. Broke Jerry West's record of 63 w/ Lakers ๐ For more: tiny.cc/gjww001
This Day in Sports History: 2/24/1989. #RobertoDurรกn beat Iran Barkley in a split decision to win the WBC Middleweight. His career spanned 5 decades & he won Championships in 4 classes: Lightweight, Welterweight, Light Middleweight & Middleweight. ๐ฅ #Panama #boxing For more on Duran: tiny.cc/4k3x001
Canada may have lost the Gold Medal hockey game, but a consolation prize is they don't have to be visited by #KashPatel. So that's a win!
This Day in Sports History: 2/23/1985. #Indiana #basketball head coach #BobbyKnight was famously ejected from a game vs #Purdue for throwing a chair. As Purdue's Steve Reid was at FT line, he tossed a chair from his bench. It was Knight's 2nd tech & was ejected. ๐ #Hoosiers For more: tiny.cc/gjww001
This Day in Sports History: 2/22/1998. #CzechRepublic beat Russia to win 1st #Olympics #Hockey Gold for their country in 1st #WinterOlympics w/ #NHL players. #Flyers Petr Svoboda scored only goal of game. Sabres goalie Dominik Haลกek stopped all 20 shots he faced. ๐ #Czechia For more: tiny.cc/4k3x001
This Day in Sports History: 2/21/1992. Kristi Yamaguchi (USA) won Gold in women's singles #figureskating. In doing so, she became the 1st Asian American to win Gold at the #WinterOlympics. Midori Ito (JPN) won Silver & Nancy Kerrigan (USA) took home Bronze. โธ๏ธ #iceskating For more: tiny.cc/4k3x001
This Day in Sports History: 2/202021. Naomi Osaka (JPN) beat Jen Brady (USA) at #AustralianOpen 6-4, 6-3 to win her 4th Major & 2nd Australian. Osaka rolled thru the field losing just one set during the tourney, which was to Garbiรฑe Muguruza (SPA) in 4th Round. ๐พ #tennis For more: tiny.cc/gjww001
This Day in Sports History: 2/19/2014. At the #SochiOlympics, "The King of Biathlon" Ole Einer Bjรธrndalen led #Norway in dominant fashion to win the 1st Olympic #Biathlon Mixed Relay. Joining him was Tora Berger, Tiril Eckhoff & Emil Hegle Svendsen. #WinterOlympics โท๏ธFor more: tiny.cc/gjww001
Typo: King Charles' quote should start with the word "with"
Regarding the #EpsteinFiles:
#Trump: We can't! Releasing them would embarrass a lot of ppl.
#Republicans: We can't! Whole "system" would collapse.
#KingCharles after his OWN BROTHER is arrested: "We deepest concern...the law must take its course."
Lack of accountability in US remains shameful.
This Day in Sports History: 2/18/1978. 1st #Ironman #Triathlon race was held on #Oahu, #Hawaii. It consisted of 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bicycle ride & 26.2-mile marathon. 15 athletes competed & 12 finished w/ Gordon Haller winning in 11:46:58 earning 1st Ironman title. ๐๐ดโโ๏ธ๐ For more: tiny.cc/4k3x001
I just wish RFK Jr's PSA with Kid Rock had him shirtless in a sauna, shirtless working out, and shirtless in a wading pool all while WEARING A TAN SUIT. That would have caused extreme outrage from the GOP.
The Constitution is currently being interpreted by the Epstein Class at SCOTUS.
Not only must we have accountability for elites & others in #EpsteinFiles who committed crimes. Not only do we need public shaming & scorn for ppl who maintained relationships while knowing he was a sex trafficker & predator. Also must have accountability for those who buried it all for 2 decades.
This Day in Sports History: 2/17/1998. #TeamUSA won the inaugural #WomensHockey at the Nagano #WinterOlympics, beating #TeamCanada 3-1 over Canada. They were perfect in the preliminary rounds, defeating their opponents 33-7 in 5 games, advancing straight to the Gold Medal game. ๐ #hockey For more:
This Day in Sports History: 2/16/1997. Henrick Motorsports finished 1-2-3 in #Daytona500. #JeffGordon (age 26) led the way & became youngest to win it. (Record previously held by Richard Petty who won at 26.) In 2nd was Terry Labonte & 3rd was Ricky Craven. ๐๏ธ #NASCAR #racing For more:
President Saddam Hussein's limo. Notice the splatter on the backseat. Supposedly it's from tobacco chew, but i dunno about that... Location: Petersen Automotive Museum.
Happy #PresidentDay. ๐ ๐ #history #automobiles
The #Presidential limo of FDR, which was the first US Presidential limo that had armor plating. Inspired by Al Capone and other mobsters who had their own vehicles retrofitted. Also, first that had an FM radio.
Location: Petersen Automotive Museum.
Happy #PresidentsDay. ๐ ๐ #history #automobiles
Birria hash. This was really good. Would go back here just to eat this.
Location: Attitude Cafe in Los Angeles.
This Day in Sports History: 2/14/2019. #Thunder PG #RussellWestbrook set record of 11 straight games w/ triple-double. He went 44p, 14r, 11a during a 131-122 loss at New Orleans. Previous record of 9 games was set in 1968 by Wilt Chamberlain. His record still stands. ๐ #NBA For more: tiny.cc/4k3x001