dreamth, just my opinion, and I admit that Sport is a jolly good thing. it brings out our Male competitive nature without harming babies and women.
For instance, you learn a great deal about you ability to duck when what in Cricket is called a Beamer (An illegal ball) is hurled at your head at 90 mph. I ducked it, but it was a close thing! It FIZZED over my head. A sound I will never forget.
But really, arm-wrasseling is a minority Sport. Surely Football has more general appeal. The TV Ratings prove it!
For instance, you learn a great deal about you ability to duck when what in Cricket is called a Beamer (An illegal ball) is hurled at your head at 90 mph. I ducked it, but it was a close thing! It FIZZED over my head. A sound I will never forget.
But really, arm-wrasseling is a minority Sport. Surely Football has more general appeal. The TV Ratings prove it!
Full match:
and the previous one with Rron Bath 3 months ago.Ron Bath is same age as John but it's not that clear that Ron won that match unlike John's win:
And the 55 years old Toddzilla:
Irakli is the main training partner of the actual 180 kg super heavy weight world champion...
It takes all sorts to make a World.
Me, I was born with a lighter frame. I might have made a Jockey, except that Horses scare me!
Just over a week to the Epsom Derby and Oaks! I have run this course. Our School Cross-Country run.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/horseracing/18669540/epsom-derby-oaks-predictions-50-1-winner/
I haven't yet put a lot of work into the Fillies Race, but feel confident that the Stars are aligning over the Colt's Derby.
Usual betting advice applies. Never stake more than you can afford to lose.
Me, I was born with a lighter frame. I might have made a Jockey, except that Horses scare me!
Just over a week to the Epsom Derby and Oaks! I have run this course. Our School Cross-Country run.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/horseracing/18669540/epsom-derby-oaks-predictions-50-1-winner/
I haven't yet put a lot of work into the Fillies Race, but feel confident that the Stars are aligning over the Colt's Derby.
Usual betting advice applies. Never stake more than you can afford to lose.
OMG, the 2-day June 3-4 Epsom Horse meet is looking INTENSE! 🙂
I think this will be the best £14 I have ever spent, unless I sensibly duck the Handicaps and Races I know nothing about, thus reducing my minor Financial exposure.
I am intensely interested if the "People's Horse" Pyledriver can win this one on Friday. Up against Manobo. Both good.
https://www.skysports.com/racing/ra...ronation-cup-group-1-british-champions-series
Small field of 6. I have already lost previous money on High Definition and Hukum. So they can take a walk!
Now onto the Fillies Oaks. Hollie Doyle and Frankie Dettori. Also a wretched nag called Tuesday which has let me down recently:
https://www.skysports.com/racing/ra...oaks-fillies-group-1-british-champions-series
The main event is always the 3-y-o Colts Derby Race over 1.5 miles on Saturday. I just fancy horses with Stars in their name.
https://www.skysports.com/racing/racecards/epsom-downs/04-06-2022/1067018/cazoo-derby-group-1
Think about it. It's much cheaper entertainment than going to the football. But just as exciting!
FWIW, always buy the Sun newspaper on serious Race Days.
I think this will be the best £14 I have ever spent, unless I sensibly duck the Handicaps and Races I know nothing about, thus reducing my minor Financial exposure.
I am intensely interested if the "People's Horse" Pyledriver can win this one on Friday. Up against Manobo. Both good.
https://www.skysports.com/racing/ra...ronation-cup-group-1-british-champions-series
Small field of 6. I have already lost previous money on High Definition and Hukum. So they can take a walk!
Now onto the Fillies Oaks. Hollie Doyle and Frankie Dettori. Also a wretched nag called Tuesday which has let me down recently:
https://www.skysports.com/racing/ra...oaks-fillies-group-1-british-champions-series
The main event is always the 3-y-o Colts Derby Race over 1.5 miles on Saturday. I just fancy horses with Stars in their name.
https://www.skysports.com/racing/racecards/epsom-downs/04-06-2022/1067018/cazoo-derby-group-1
Think about it. It's much cheaper entertainment than going to the football. But just as exciting!
FWIW, always buy the Sun newspaper on serious Race Days.
Not a game the Arm-Wrasslers would understand, but how's about 27 YEARS World Champeen!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emanuel_Lasker
Chess.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emanuel_Lasker
Chess.
Younes El Aynaoui vs Andy Roddick for a great example of mutual respect, general sportsmanship and fair-play in Tennis.
Any Liverpool FC come-back and final win in a big final.
Many older Brazil World Cup matches, e.g. at the time of Zico, Socrates, etc... Many more recent ones as well.
Khabib 'The Eagle' Nurmagomedov's fights in the UFC.
Charles 'Do Bronx' Oliveira's fights in the UFC.
For both of these fighters, US commentators during the night of the fight seem to initially only see the action of the other fighter, especially if he's American... (e.g. Charles vs Poirier, Charles vs Gaethje)
Sergio 'Checo' Perez and Max Verstappen, with the latter winning the F1 Championship last Season. Max coming back from being behind Charles Leclerc at the start of the current season.
Right now, there should be plenty of brilliance in Djokovic vs Nadal in the Roland-Garros quarter finals.
Any Liverpool FC come-back and final win in a big final.
Many older Brazil World Cup matches, e.g. at the time of Zico, Socrates, etc... Many more recent ones as well.
Khabib 'The Eagle' Nurmagomedov's fights in the UFC.
Charles 'Do Bronx' Oliveira's fights in the UFC.
For both of these fighters, US commentators during the night of the fight seem to initially only see the action of the other fighter, especially if he's American... (e.g. Charles vs Poirier, Charles vs Gaethje)
Sergio 'Checo' Perez and Max Verstappen, with the latter winning the F1 Championship last Season. Max coming back from being behind Charles Leclerc at the start of the current season.
Right now, there should be plenty of brilliance in Djokovic vs Nadal in the Roland-Garros quarter finals.
I am listening to Djokovic versus Nadal right now. Fitness and age issues over Nadal, but wait and see.
Apropos nothing, very funny sporting joke in Private Eye recently.
https://www.private-eye.co.uk/
Diego Maradona's famous No. 10 Blue and White World Cup shirt is up for Auction.
The entire audience raises their left hand to bid!
He was a Professional doing a job. 😎
Apropos nothing, very funny sporting joke in Private Eye recently.
https://www.private-eye.co.uk/
Diego Maradona's famous No. 10 Blue and White World Cup shirt is up for Auction.
The entire audience raises their left hand to bid!
He was a Professional doing a job. 😎
The chess championship takes place every 2 years and sometimes it happens once in 5 years while if you won it you don't have to qualify for the next championship.
Did you know that the greatest chess player of all times as most experts call Bobby Fisher actually won the world championship only once in his lifetime?
.Armwrestling world championship happens every year and in order to attend it you have to win the national championship every year even though you only play with the best of the rest...John Brzenk is a full time flight airplanes mechanic at Delta Airlines since 1980 to this date where he is qualified to test and repair everything mechanical on every single airplane that Delta Airlines has in stock, so technicaly he's quite close to a "rocket scientist " 🙂 I don't know if you saw his head size and forehead next to his usual opponents head size...This guy didn't attend the gym since he was 18 when he won his first world championship with a half sized hand as his opponent so there must be something about his brains...Here's two videos,one older where he's facing a mechanical engineer, Todd Hutchins(you find him upstream wining against a 30ish guy that can swing 95kg on one arm at 55 a week or so ago ), the second against a monster who needed 3 years to get big enough to defeat John so tell me about his brains:
Now tell me that's not impressive and has nothing to do with his native intelligence...
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TBH, I follow the Ladies game with more interest usually. They also seem to read more books. Iga Swiatek, I am looking at you. 🙂
But 1 Set all in Djocovic versus Nadal has got me interested:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/tennis/59071622
Could it be that Nadal, despite his protestations about playing in the late night cool and floodlights of Paris, actually prefers them? 😎
What we Sportsmen call the double-bluff.
But 1 Set all in Djocovic versus Nadal has got me interested:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/tennis/59071622
Could it be that Nadal, despite his protestations about playing in the late night cool and floodlights of Paris, actually prefers them? 😎
What we Sportsmen call the double-bluff.
Do Boeing 737 manuals count as books?
What I find very interesting is to see that in the last 22 years Nemiroff or Zloty tour cup were very symbolic to these days as only US , Ukraine and Russia's armwresters got to compete at the top of armwrestling in Poland...Travis Bagent , Ron Bath and John Brzenk had a very good team game for 2 decades.
What I find very interesting is to see that in the last 22 years Nemiroff or Zloty tour cup were very symbolic to these days as only US , Ukraine and Russia's armwresters got to compete at the top of armwrestling in Poland...Travis Bagent , Ron Bath and John Brzenk had a very good team game for 2 decades.
We seem to be getting into a Sporting game of Strength against Intelligence!
Never underestimate your opponent. 😎
Never underestimate your opponent. 😎
The second smartest guy I knew in gimnasium was also the whole school bully...beating everybody in both chess and knuckle fights , stealing our money, etc...He's deep into gaming owning 5 small casinos after 35 years...same attitude to this day...tax evasion...
Typical day for me. It's my job to throw the chickens in, watch the remains fly out to ensure there's no flameout, check the landing gear and give the thumbs up to the captain. I then run like hell before getting caught, and go to my regular job inspecting roofs. This is YVR where I had an all access airside pass. I say had as they didn't share my sense of humour.
Hey, all I did is yell Hi Jack!
Bad timing I suppose.
Sports you say? Ya, try outrunning these guys in their fancy combat vehicles without thinking of your days as a running back in the CFL.
Hey, all I did is yell Hi Jack!
Bad timing I suppose.
Sports you say? Ya, try outrunning these guys in their fancy combat vehicles without thinking of your days as a running back in the CFL.
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Has anyone noticed, as I have, that the Los Angeles Rams won Superbowl this year? Playing in Blue and Yellow.
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/feb/13/la-rams-clinch-second-super-bowl-title-in-nail-biter
Whereas Liverpool, playing in Red, lost?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/61609200
What does this mean? 😕
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/feb/13/la-rams-clinch-second-super-bowl-title-in-nail-biter
Whereas Liverpool, playing in Red, lost?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/61609200
What does this mean? 😕