(“The TEN” is not a top ten but ten items worth being included in “The TEN”)
- Spain beat Argentina 1-0 Sunday to win the World Cup title.
- England beat France 6-4 Saturday to take third place in the World Cup.
- In the loss to England Kylian Mbappe of France scored two goals to give him 10 for the tournament as he became the winner of the Golden Boot. Mbappe, who also won the award in 2022, became the first player to win the Golden Boot in two World Cups.
- The Atlanta Hawks acquired Luguentz Dort from the Oklahoma City Thunder in a three-team deal that sends three second-round picks to Oklahoma City, 2024 No. 1 pick Zaccharie Risacher to the Dallas Mavericks and Ryan Nembhard to Atlanta.
- Sierra Canyon beat Santa Margarita 29-21 in the Final to win the Mission Viejo Passing Tournament Saturday.
- The Tennessee Titans announced they are inducting former running back Chris Johnson into their ring of honor during halftime of the team’s season opener on Sunday September 13. Johnson revealed last month that he has been diagnosed with ALS.
- New York Giants running back Cam Skattebo said he is “perfectly fine” after failing to land a backflip and landing awkwardly on his surgically repaired right ankle during an appearance at Fanatics Fest on Saturday.
- “Where LeBron plays will affect the schedule. So, I would like him to make his announcement already, so we can finish the schedule. Because, as you might imagine, the teams are calling us, the networks are calling us, and everybody wants to lock in the schedule. … It will influence how we set the schedule, how we set opening week, Christmas Day, etc., etc. So, I need him to make a decision.” – NBA Commissioner Adam Silver on LeBron James decision on where he will play next season.
- Spain’s Rodri won the “Golden Ball” as the World Cup’s best player.
- Duane Ward, a star reliever on the Toronto Blue Jays back-to-back World Series winning teams in 1992 and ’93, passed away at the age of 62 the team announced Sunday.
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Offsides, pass interference, holding, punts, field goals, touchdowns, time outs, tv time outs, halftime, quarters, huddles breaking up plays, incomplete passes, fumbles, roughing the kicker, roughing the passer, delay of game, icing the kicker, injury time outs, coaching staffs of at least 30, garish displays of jingoism and militancy. Two minute time outs? Are coaches and players so illiterate that they need a reminder of how much time is left on the clock? Incessant referee huddles, incessant ad breaks, halftime, all packing 60 minutes of play (less if you exclude inaction due to huddles) packed into three to four hours. Unending debates about what constitutes a catch, or what it means to break the plane, or to define pass interference. Talking heads on a 24 hour news cycle talking about coaching/player drama with almost no discussion of the actual game. A game on which certain people projecting onto players from middle school to the NFL male insecurity and mourning for “what used to be”.
Be careful what you criticize because American football has its own issues and contradictions.
Off sides, extra time, yellow card, red card, flopping the likes of which would make LaBron jealous. Who thought up this game? Hydration break? Isn’t that what substitutions are for? Does anyone ever question how much extra time even exists. I watched the end of a game in the tournament where a team won 0-0 by scoring a goal in a shootout. How does the score not end 1-0? Count me out. I have better things to do than watch 127 minutes and 14 seconds of a contest that ends 0-0.
I know enough about soccer to understand that something is terribly wrong with the sport if a team as dominate as Spain was able to win by just a single point, which indeed was the only point scored in the entire game. Until or unless something is done to facilitate MORE SCORING in this sport, count me out of its fanbase.
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Even as a complete novice at all things soccer, I could see the total domination of Spain over Argentina.
Spain’s defence was terrific . Spain controlled the ball 80% of the time. Did Messi even play
All things considered , My player of the game was the Arginteen goalie.
But I know nothing about soccer
I don’t care if LeBron waits until after the all star break to make his decision. I actually would rejoice if he quits altogether, so we might have the pleasure of watching Bronny get waived. I’ve had it up to my eyeballs with this James thing, so Adam Silver should just make the schedule based on the teams’ current rosters and concentrate on hanging Steve Balmer.