Non-baseball items, part II Showing 601-650 of 1,087

[C. John]

The New Pope is Cardinal Robert Prevost. He is an American and is the first American pope. He has chosen the name Leo XIV. I do not know if he is a traditionalist or more of a modernist.

[Brina]

He is a Cubs fan. That is the most important thing. But I just hope that he has a positive relationship with Israel.

[C. John]

Okay, Smokey Robinson has been accused of sexually assaulting several women. He is, of course, denying the charges. My only question is has anyone ever said "Yes. I admit it. I did it."? I certainly don't recall it happening.

[C. John]

The Pakistan Super League, which i believe is a Cricket league, will be playing the remainder of its games in the UAE, for obvious reasons.

[C. John]

Here is your weekly pub quiz. Lance you will get one right as it asks who won the most recent Miami Grand Prix.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/play/quizzes...

[C. John]

C. John wrote: "Here is your weekly pub quiz. Lance you will get one right as it asks who won the most recent Miami Grand Prix.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/play/quizzes......"

It figures I would get that one wrong.

[C. John]

Terry Brunk, better known as the wrestler Sabu, has passed away at age 60. Sabu was a proponent of what is termed the 'hardcore' style of professional wresting and chiefly made his reputation in ECW (Extreme Championship Wrestling).

[Lance]

C. John wrote: "Here is your weekly pub quiz. Lance you will get one right as it asks who won the most recent Miami Grand Prix.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/play/quizzes......"

Oscar Piastri, of course. But...I didn't take the quiz yet.

[C. John]

Lance wrote: "C. John wrote: "Here is your weekly pub quiz. Lance you will get one right as it asks who won the most recent Miami Grand Prix.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/play/quizzes......"

I went with a driver who always seems to win.

[Lance]

Either Lewis Hamilton or Max Verstappen?

[C. John]

The latter.

[Lance]

Wolves now up 3-1 on Golden State. Yes, the Warriors don't have Curry, but I liked the Wolves as a team to win this series even before the injury. Julius Randle has been fantastic in the playoffs. National media was whining after the Wolves eliminated the Lakers and the LeBron-Luka duo, now they'll whine again after they eliminate Curry and the Warriors.

[Brina]

Im whining only because I don’t watch much basketball but if I do watch I want to see LeBron vs Curry and now it looks like Celtics about to be eliminated as well. I’ll stick with hockey.

[C. John]

The networkds want to see the star matchups in the playoffs because they know the average person is only interested in those. When there wasn't as much competition for the entertainment dollar/eye balls it wasn't as important. That isn't the situation now. Of ourse those eyeballs indicate how much the networks can charge for ads and thus how much they can spend on sports properties. Of course they also hope the viewer of, say the NBA final will stick around to watch other network programing, or be enticed into doing so.

[Lance]

Well...there is this guy on the Timberwolves who gets exposure - last I heard, he's pretty good - goes by the name Anthony Edwards...

And sorry, Brina - looks like my team knocked out both of your guys...

[Brina]

They not my guys. Only guy I have is his Royal Airness and he retired over 20 years ago. Hence reason I don’t watch much hoops anymore.

[C. John]

Everton's current home has gotten a reprieve. Goodison Park was going to be torn down to make way for a redeveloping of the site when Everton moves into its new stadium. However the new owners, who happen to be American, would prefer to see the park somehow incorporated into whatever developement takes place. So now it is going to be turned over to the Everton Women's team for their use.

[C. John]

So Jason Tatum is done for the playoffs and it seems next season as well. This is not good for the Celtics.

[C. John]

Looking at a comic book cover that was in an email from Pinterest. It was for a non-existant book that pits DC characters agains Marvel characters. In this case it was two teams of Super-Villains. The thing was that as far as DC goes there were a couple I didn't recognize but most I did. However as far as the Marvel side went I have no clue as to who any of them were.

[C. John]

Doug Cifu, the vice chairman of the Florida Panters has been suspended by the NHL for inappropriate comments he made on social media during a 'discussin' with a Leafs fan.

https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/...

[C. John]

I know some don't like mixing politics and sports but I have to, as a proud Canadian, share the following quote from today's Morning Brew newsletter. It is part of an article on how tourism to the US is down this year.

"Canada’s response to President Trump’s rhetoric about annexation is giving New York far more problems than the Boston Celtics"

[Lance]

Timberwolves win! Reaching the conference finals for the second consecutive year. Of course, the national announcers were making excuses for the Warriors since Curry was injured…but they so often forget basketball is a team game. Wolves had the better overall team even if Curry was healthy.

[C. John]

An official with FIFA has suggested that the England should host the World Cup in 2038. Not sure if he meant England or the UK. If the UK then there is a problem in that the four components of the UK are separate countries as far as Football is concerned. See how this plays out I guess.

[C. John]

The 'naked dress' (now there's an oxymoron if ever I saw one) has been banned at the Cannes Film Festival. Given what is likely to be on the sreen inside that seems a bit sily. Oh well.

[C. John]

The Eurovision song contest is this weekend. Reading an item on it I discovered that Celine Dion actually competed in it once, representing Switzerland. That was not a one-off either. apparently there have been other timnes when a European country was represented by an artist whowas in fact Canadian. As well one year the song entered in the competition by three different countries had been written by the same Canadian composer. It has gotten to the point that there have been suggestions made that Canada should join the competition.

[C. John]

And here is the link for the Pub Quiz

https://www.mirror.co.uk/play/quizzes...

[C. John]

Crystal Palace defeated Manchester City for the F.A. Cup.

[C. John]

Australia has been competing in the Eurovision Song Contest for about ten years now, and broadcasting it for even longer. The best they have done is second place.

[C. John]

Cristiano Ronaldo's contract with the Saudi Club Al Nassr expires at the end of the season. There is some though that the club may decide to let him go as a move to pare costs.

[C. John]

In the Romanian presidential election today the Pro-European Centrist defeated the right wing populist. First Canada, then Oz and now Romania. Is this becoming a trend?

[C. John]

I see the Msaple Leafs have been eliminated from the play offs. I don't know why but the Leafs seem to have a problem game seven of series. They may also have a problem with The Panthers. Oh well, maybe next year. I really do think they are cursed by Harold Ballard. They couldn't win the Stanley Cup when he was the owner so now he doesn't want them to win with anyone else owning the team.

[C. John]

Wishing everyone a happy Victoria Day. It is named for Queen Victoria who was a keen supporter of Canada becoming a country on its own rather than remaining a colony of England.

[C. John]

Reading about the UFL (?) game that ESPN switched away from so as to get to it NBA coverage. Loved one of the comments that was made: Heidi is rolling over in her sarcophagus.

[C. John]

Toronto FC defeated CF Montreal by the score of 6-1 in MLS play yesterday. I think the term the headline writer used was massacre.

[C. John]

The final of the Europa League is coming up, with Manchester United playing Tottenham Hotspurs. Given they are playing Spurs I expect United to win.

[C. John]

There is a Concervative MP in the UK by the name of John Glen. As you can expect that one gives me a pause every time I read the name in a news item, even if the speliing is not quite the same.

[C. John]

Spurs overcame being Spurs and actually won a major trophy. They defeated Manchester United in the Europa League final. I believe this earns them a spot in next season's Champions League as well.

[C. John]

Following is a link for today's Buzzzer from CBC Sports. The league article is on who might be on the US and Canadian teams in the next Olympics Flag Football competition.

https://subscriptions.cbc.ca/newslett...

[C. John]

Well you can tell Spurs was involved in last night's Europa League final. The only goal scored was a rebound off a defender's arm. The only surprise is that it was in Spurs' favour. Call it Spurs doing Spurs things.

[C. John]

Colts owner Jim Irsay has passed away. Reading the article I learned something I had not been aware of. When Irsay moved the Colts from Baltimore to Indianapolis it was because the city was planning on seizing the team using eminent domain. That puts a whole different complextion on the situation. Also, reading about the type of things he collected he might have been a fun guy to have a conversation with over a cup of coffee.

https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/nf...

[C. John]

Every player with Man U is on their transfer list. since they lost the Europa League final there will be no European Football for Man U next season. Thus they need to bring in money somehow.

[C. John]

Headline from the New York Post states that Ukraine and Russia conduct a massive prison swap. I know they meant prisoners but it reads like they exchanged actual prisons.

[Lance]

C. John wrote: "Colts owner Jim Irsay has passed away. Reading the article I learned something I had not been aware of. When Irsay moved the Colts from Baltimore to Indianapolis it was because the city was plannin..."

This was a good article I found on Baltimore attempting to use eminent domain on the Colts. Interesting that at the time that Oakland was also trying to use it on the Raiders, even though they were already in Los Angeles.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/institut...

[C. John]

And now what you have all been waiting for the link to the Saturday Mirror Pub quiz.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/play/quizzes...

[C. John]

I suppose it had to happen at some point. Welcome to the "Enhanced Games".

https://www.dw.com/en/enhanced-games-...

[C. John]

Not sure about anyone else's reading tastes but I shall post this in case it is of interest to anyone. Author and comic book writer Peter David has passed away at age 68. Most of his comic book work was for Marvel apparently but he did write for DC and others. As for books he wrote a lot of Star Trek as well as some other stuff. I am pretty sure I have read some of what he has written.

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inb...

[C. John]

I am thinking Lance was quite pleased with the result of last night's hockey game.

[Lance]

Talking about the Frost, I’m assuming, and the 3 OT win. It’s difficult for me to see them here in NY…unless they are playing against NY

[C. John]

Actually I was thinking Dallas. Or did I get misled by the coverage and the game wasn't last night.

[Brina]

The game was last night and Dallas lost 6-1. I don’t like any Dallas teams due to my disdain for the Cowboys. I like the Oilers because they have a Jewish player Hyman. Hopefully they hang on.