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Strong survivor: Freddie Freeman’s four-month journey from COVID-19 victim to Most Valuable PlayerDecember 24, 2020 at 11:32 PM On the night of July 3, he was the Most Vulnerable Player.
He was one of the young and the strong who, we’re told, couldn’t be stopped by COVID-19. But Freddie Freeman, two months short of his 31st birthday, was broiling with a 104.3 degree fever and frozen by unprecedented fear.
That, he said, was the night when he reached up to his Lord and said, “Please don’t take me.”
On Nov. 12, Freeman became the National League’s Most Valuable Player. He also could have won Comeback Player of the Year. H...Tags: Sports, Toronto, Atlanta, Sport, Blue Jays, Soccer, Chelsea, Mlb, Villa Park, Rosemary, Emory University, Fred, Freeman, Dodgers, Charlie, Braves 45 people like this. Like Washington Football Team owner claims he's being extorted by a minority ownerDecember 24, 2020 at 11:18 PM Dan Snyder, the majority owner of the NFL's Washington Football Team, claimed in a court filing Wednesday that he's being extorted by one of the franchise's minority owners, Dwight Schar.Tags: News, NFL, Stories, Dan Snyder, Washington Football Team 39 people like this. Like Washington Football Team owner claims he's being extortedDecember 24, 2020 at 11:18 PM Dan Snyder, the majority owner of the NFL's Washington Football Team, claimed in a court filing Wednesday that he's being extorted by one of the franchise's minority owners, Dwight Schar.Tags: News, NFL, Stories, Dan Snyder, Washington Football Team 46 people like this. Like Washington Football Team owner Dan Snyder claims he's being extorted by one of team's minority ownersDecember 24, 2020 at 11:18 PM Dan Snyder, the majority owner of the NFL's Washington Football Team, claimed in a court filing Wednesday that he's being extorted by one of the franchise's minority owners, Dwight Schar.Tags: NFL, Cnn, Dan Snyder, Washington Football Team 41 people like this. Like Armed with a stronger seam attack, Sri Lanka look to beat the odds againDecember 24, 2020 at 11:10 PM On their last tour to SA, they became the first Asian side to win a Test series in the countryTags: Sport, Cricket, Sri Lanka 14 people like this. Like Wade and Green look to leave stamp on series as Warner return loomsDecember 24, 2020 at 11:10 PM Wade will be after a strong display either to hang on to his opener's spot or return to the middle-order berth currently occupied by GreenTags: Sport, Cricket, Warner, Wade 40 people like this. Like BLM: SA players to make anti-racism gesture during Boxing Day TestDecember 24, 2020 at 11:10 PM "We've had a lot of discussions about this and the guys have come up with a meaningful gesture," says BoucheTags: Sport, Cricket 9 people like this. Like Santa Anita Racing: Charlatan and Nashville headline Grade I Malibu StakesDecember 24, 2020 at 10:25 PM If Saturday’s anticipated speed duel between Charlatan and Nashville in the Grade I Malibu Stakes doesn’t get the ol’ motors revved up, well, better bring your car in for its scheduled maintenance.
The Malibu, which has been won by such racing royalty as Ferdinand (1986), Precisionist (1984), Spectacular Bid (1980) and Ancient Title (1974) over the past 50 years, is no doubt the headliner on Santa Anita’s opening-day card that includes two other Grade I stakes races and a pair of Grade II...Tags: California, Sports, Sport, Soccer, Nashville, Horse racing, Spielberg, San Antonio, Malibu, Southern California, Keeneland, Los Alamitos, Santa Anita, Del Mar, Jon White, Santa Anita Derby 34 people like this. Like The Mini Bike SpecialDecember 24, 2020 at 10:16 PM [Author: [email protected] (Columbus Rides Bikes)]Tags: Sport, Cycling 28 people like this. Like Horse racing: news and notesDecember 24, 2020 at 10:11 PM LOS ALAMITOS LEADERS
Final Standings
JOCKEYS / WINS
Abel Cedillo / 13Juan Hernandez / 12Jessica Pyfer / 11Edwin Maldonado / 7Three tied / 6
TRAINERS / WINS
Bob Baffert / 5Doug O’Neill / 5Jonathan Wong / 5Steven Miyadi / 4Isidro Tamayo / 4
WEEKEND STAKES (Santa Anita)
Saturday
• $300,000 Grade I Malibu Stakes, 3-year-olds, 7 furlongs• $300,000 Grade I La Brea Stakes, 3-year-old fillies, 7 furlongs• $300,000 Grade I American Oaks, 3-year-old fillies, 1 1/4 miles (turf)• $200,000 Grade II Sa...Tags: Sports, Sport, Soccer, Horse racing, Spielberg, San Antonio, Neill, Bob Baffert, Pimlico, Los Alamitos, Santa Anita, Baffert, Flavien Prat, Ed Golden, American Oaks, Santa Anita Handicap 25 people like this. Like Heavyweight boxing in the 1990s, a brief chronology [VIDEO]December 24, 2020 at 8:13 PM This @RummysCorner chronology of heavyweight boxing in the 1990s is a delight to watch [h/t @arupar]Tags: Post, News, Sports, Boxing, 1990s 132 people like this. Like LFC and Cadbury team up for Secret Santa campaignDecember 24, 2020 at 9:55 PM LFC and Cadbury Team Up
Liverpool FC has teamed up with Cadbury to bring Christmas cheer to local residents in Liverpool as part of its Secret Santa campaign.Alongside Red Neighbours and LFC Foundation, Cadbury will be raising awareness for the Trussell Trust - and providing little bit of extra magic for more than 150,000 people supported by its network of foodbanks - by adding a chocolate treat
[Author: [email protected] (Unknown)]Tags: Sport, Soccer, Liverpool, Liverpool Fc, Lfc, Secret Santa, Cadbury, Trussell Trust, Cadbury Team Up Liverpool FC, Red Neighbours, LFC Foundation Cadbury 13 people like this. Like Alabama’s Mac Jones, DeVonta Smith lead four Heisman Trophy finalistsDecember 24, 2020 at 8:31 PM Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence has passec for 2,753 yards and 22 touchdowns and just four interceptions in nine games this season, helping Clemson reach the College Football Playoff for the third time in his career. The Heisman Trophy finalist, who is 34-1 as the Tigers’ starter, also has rushed for 211 yards rushing and seven touchdowns. (AP Photo/Brian Blanco, File)
Alabama wide receiver DeVonta Smith had 15 catches for 184 yards and two touchdowns in the Crimson Tide’s 52-46 victory o...Tags: Florida, New York, Texas, Tim Tebow, Sports, Alabama, LSU, NFL, Mark Ingram, Atlanta, Sport, Ap, Soccer, Army, Davis, College sports 128 people like this. Like Under pressure Premier League managers hope for Christmas cheerDecember 24, 2020 at 9:40 PM London (AFP) – Slaven Bilic’s sacking by West Brom last week made him the earliest managerial departure in a Premier League season for six years after it took 18 games for Cardiff City to dismiss...
Visit http://www.majorleaguesoccertalk.com for the rest of the story.Tags: London, Sport, Soccer, Premier League, West Brom, Cardiff City, Afp 26 people like this. Like Showtime must go on: How the Lakers put on games at Staples Center without fansDecember 24, 2020 at 9:29 PM After 39 years at the scorer’s table, there are very few situations when Lawrence Tanter doesn’t know how to strike the right note with the soothing baritone that is as familiar to some Lakers’ fans as the voice of a parent.
But Tanter had questions ahead of his first preseason home game earlier this month – the first time he had been the public address announcer for any game since March when the COVID-19 pandemic eclipsed the season. He asked Matt Shelton, the Lakers’ director of game entertain...Tags: Florida, Sports, Sport, Soccer, Showtime, Kings, Nba, Lebron James, NHL, Staples Center, Orlando, James, Lakers, The Lakers, HARRIS, Clippers 44 people like this. Like LeBron James, Luka Doncic circling for Lakers-Mavericks Christmas Day clashDecember 24, 2020 at 8:15 PM Playing the season opener and Christmas in consecutive games is a little bit like following the first day of school with winter break, LeBron James said.
But ahead of his 15th career Christmas Day game and his 14th in a row, James said he was still brimming with excitement for a home matchup against Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks. Although James turned his ankle in the fourth quarter against the Clippers on Tuesday, it’s not going to keep him from suiting up.
“I’ve never missed a Christmas...Tags: Abc, Sports, Dallas Mavericks, Nike, Spain, Sport, Soccer, Nba, Dallas, Jordan, Lebron James, Anthony Davis, James, Lakers, Phoenix, Suns 48 people like this. Like Health officials collectively hold breath as holidays threaten to worsen coronavirus surgeDecember 24, 2020 at 8:10 PM As Los Angeles County hospitals fill rapidly with COVID-19 cases, often beyond the ability to immediately find patient beds, health officials today fretfully awaited another holiday weekend that threatens to spread the virus even further, potentially leaving medical centers completely overrun.
So far, the deaths of 6,499 people in L.A. County have been attributed to COVID-19. The county on Thursday, Dec. 24, set another single-day record for COVID-19 fatalities — 148 — having broken the record a...Tags: Health, Business, News, Education, California, Government, Religion, US, Sport, Public Health, Soccer, Community, Pfizer, Pasadena, Gavin Newsom, Los Angeles County 38 people like this. Like Colorado’s 2 new In-N-Out locations see COVID-19 outbreaks as 80 employees test positiveDecember 24, 2020 at 6:24 PM In-N-Out Burger’s two newly opened Colorado restaurants each have active COVID-19 outbreaks with 80 staff members having tested positive for the virus between the two locations, according to state data.
The wildly popular fast-food chain based in Irvine debuted in the state Nov. 20 with locations in Aurora and Colorado Springs. Each now have coronavirus outbreaks among employees, according to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.
State health officials consider an outbreak to...Tags: Business, Jobs, Colorado, Sport, Soccer, Colorado Springs, Wendy, McDonald, Aurora, Irvine, El Paso County, Top Stories LADN, Top Stories OCR, Top Stories PE, Top Stories IVDB, Top Stories RDF 39 people like this. Like Good, bad, ugly: Year’s 5 biggest environmental stories in Southern CaliforniaDecember 24, 2020 at 6:07 PM As in so many aspects of our lives, COVID-19 and President Trump played major roles in Southern California’s top environmental headlines for 2020.
Overall, environmentalists won some and lost some — as did the Trump administration’s efforts to reduce burdens on businesses by trying to rollback more than 100 environmental regulations, ranging from California’s emissions standards to protections of natural preserves.
Many of the administration’s proposed changes spurred legal challenges, some alre...Tags: News, California, Environment, Sacramento, Los Angeles, Southern California Edison, Sport, Joe Biden, Soccer, CalTrans, DuPont, Biden, Orange County, Southern California, Trump, San Bernardino 37 people like this. Like Jay Norvell gets french fry bath as Nevada wins Famous Idaho Potato BowlDecember 24, 2020 at 5:58 PM Nevada football coach Jay Norvell received a french fry bath from his players as a reward for Tuesday's victory over Tulane at the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl. It happened with 17 seconds left as Nevada held a 38-20 lead. One group of players took the cooler full of french fries and poured it over Norvell, while another group of players gave Norvell the traditional Gatorade bath. There was one issue with the celebration, however, as the french fries spilled out onto the field. Sin...Tags: Facebook, Funny, Sport, Espn, Nevada, Unknown, Ncaa Football, Boise State, Tulane, Idaho Potato Bowl, Norvell, Jay Norvell 34 people like this. Like Afternoon Line- Bill DalyDecember 24, 2020 at 5:58 PM via Pierre LeBrun tweets,
NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly:
``On the basis of our discussions in the past week, as well as our exchange of correspondence over the last 24 hours, we believe we are aligned and in agreement on the conditions on which each of our Canadian franchises can begin ... ''
``... play in their own buildings for the start of the 2020-21 NHL season.''Tags: Sport, NHL, Bill Daly, Pierre Lebrun 48 people like this. Like A Three-Year Deal For Anthony Cirelli In TampaDecember 24, 2020 at 5:58 PM TAMPA BAY – The Tampa Bay Lightning have re-signed forward Anthony Cirelli to a three-year contract worth $4.8 million AAV, vice president and general manager Julien BriseBois announced today.
Cirelli, 23, played in 68 games for the Lightning during the 2019-20 regular season, recording 16 goals and 44 points to go along with a +28 rating and 30 penalty minutes. The Etobicoke, Ontario native ranked tied for the team lead and tied for fifth in the NHL for plus/minus. Cirelli set career highs ...Tags: Sport, NHL, Tampa, Tampa Bay Lightning, AAV, Anthony Cirelli, Julien BriseBois, Cirelli, Etobicoke Ontario If OnlyDecember 24, 2020 at 5:58 PM from Ryan Kennedy of The Hockey News,
Scouting the 2021 NHL draft has already proven to be an incredibly hard job due to the pandemic and teams are doing their best under the circumstances. But what if - as a thought exercise - NHL franchises were only allowed to pick players in their own backyards? Now, I don't mean players who grew up in the area (that's an entirely different blog), but players on teams within a reasonable driving distance? Let's say about three hours, one w...Tags: Sport, Ncaa, Michigan, NHL, SCHMIDT, Ryan Kennedy, Luke Hughes, NTDP Dylan Duke C U S NTDP, NTDP Sasha Pastujov LW U S NTDP 16 people like this. Like Happy Everything!December 24, 2020 at 5:58 PM To Paul, Bill, the 19, and everyone that visits here.....
This has been a tough year for all, but, as long as we have hope, I guess that will keep us ready, for better days to come.
Merry Christmas. Happy Holidays. Keep the faith....
Love Always,
Kate
"We are never alone. Not when the night is darkest, the wind coldest, the world seemingly most indifferent..."
-Taylor Caldwell Tags: Sport, Paul Bill 15 people like this. Like KK- On The Morning Before ChristmasDecember 24, 2020 at 5:58 PM This will probably be my first Christmas without being with family.
I have an older sister who lives in Arizona, my parents are both looking from above, a close cousin who always visits from Ft. Myers won't be doing so this year.
I've been invited to a virtual dinner by friends but to be truthful, I actually need to eat something so a small, cubed, young leg of lamb is in day 2 of being marinated and will be cooked on Christmas Day along with some rice and green beans. Simple and p...Tags: Sport, Arizona, Santa, Ft Myers 41 people like this. Like How To Play Hockey Again In CanadaDecember 24, 2020 at 5:58 PM from Frank Seravalli of TSN,
The five Canadian provincial health authorities with jurisdiction over NHL games responded to the NHL’s Return to Play proposal with a joint letter on Wednesday asking for additional measures.
In the letter, written by Alberta Health chief medical officer Dr. Deena Hinshaw and obtained by TSN, the provinces presented the NHL with two options that could provide a road map to a green light to start the season with each team playing out of its own arena.
...Tags: Sport, Canada, NHL, TSN, Hinshaw, Frank Seravalli, Alberta Health, Deena Hinshaw, Alberta British Columbia Manitoba Ontario 46 people like this. Like The Night Before Christmas, Hockey StyleDecember 24, 2020 at 5:58 PM from Paul Friesen of the Winnipeg Sun,
‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the country
Not a creature is skating in a game of real shinny.
No stockings are hung in the lockers with care
With hopes that soon Wheeler or Scheifele be there.
No gloves on the dryer, waiting for Ehlers
No sticks in the rack, no tunes from the speakers.
The same story told throughout all the land
The game put on ice, all crowds are banned....
Now Leafs, now Senators, now Flames...Tags: Sport, Wheeler, Gary, Oilers, Leafs, Winnipeg, Habs, Scheifele, Paul Friesen, COVID 26 people like this. Like Clippers count on Patrick Beverley’s elite energy through ups and downsDecember 24, 2020 at 5:58 PM Patrick Beverley had a Dec. 25 to remember last season.
Think back to the closing seconds of that Clippers-at-Lakers showdown. A Christmas battle that went the visitors’ way, 111-106, thanks to Beverley’s quick hands and the NBA’s slow-motion replay rule.
Remember the 6-foot-1 guard swarming LeBron James as the Lakers’ star rose up for the potential go-ahead shot with just a 3 ticks remaining. Recall the Clippers’ all-world pest pushing a hand into James’ shot — and the replay showing the ball g...Tags: Florida, Sports, Denver Nuggets, Sport, Chicago, Soccer, Nba, Lebron James, Rivers, Denver, James, Lakers, Pat, Paul George, George, Morris 39 people like this. Like Jeff Kennedy on the Retro FlyDecember 24, 2020 at 5:57 PM The other day, artist Jeff Kennedy posted the Retro Fly template art on his Facebook page that he created years ago while on his Drawing Flies 365 bender. I thought it would be neat to get take on what inspired it and I don't think either of us anticipated all the different places over the world that the Retro Fly would pop up when he said that I could use the design as a logo for The Fiberglass Manifesto. I have long appreciated his generosity in being able to use this piece of art over ...Tags: Sport, Fishing, Cam, Jeff, Cameron Mortenson, Jeff Kennedy 67 people like this. Like Caught on camera: Best PGA Tour bloopersDecember 24, 2020 at 5:58 PM As an early Christmas present, PGA Tour video roductions has posted a compilation video on their Youtube channel featuring the best behind-the-scenes bloopers over the years. Highlights include Brooks Koepka and Jordan Spieth struggle with promo recordings and Tiger Woods getting hit in the head with a boom mic. Funny stuff. [PGA Tour]
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