In Spain, there's nothing to play for in terms of the championship, as Barcelona coasted to first place in La Liga. But there's still history at stake this evening in Madrid. Barca are unbeaten through 34 of 38 matches, with 26 wins and 8 draws. Tonight, their bitter rivals Real Madrid offer the last realistic chance to take points from Barcelona. Madrid have scuffled through a mediocre season by their standards, lagging in third place behind Atletico Madrid, but they're into the Champions League final against Liverpool, and a win over their hated foe would be a brilliant knife-twist. Fuck Cristiano Ronaldo, though, that preening bastard. Vamos Leo Messi!While there isn't much to play for at the top of the Premier League table (Chelsea still harbors long-shot hopes of sneaking into a top-four finish and a Champions League berth), there's a bunch of action in the relegation zone. Stoke City became the first team relegated this season after a loss yesterday to Crystal Palace, leaving West Bromwich Albion (31 points), Southampton (33), Swansea (33), Huddersfield Town (35), and West Ham United (38) to scrap to stay out of the bottom three.
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West Brom's fate still very much hangs in the balance. They need Southampton and Swansea to draw on Tuesday, then they need both of those sides to lose next weekend. They also need to beat Crystal Palace on the road, and make up a four-goal net differential against Southampton. It's possible, and if they pull it off, it'd be one of the greatest escapes in soccer history. Up the Baggies!
By the time you read this, the matches I really care about today will be well underway. Fulham are on a magical run of form, shaking off early-season somnambulism to rip off 19 consecutive games without a loss. Many observers tip them as the best team in the league. The Cottagers have rocketed from the middle of the League Championship table to third, one point behind Cardiff City. The top two teams in England's second division are automatically promoted to the Premiere League, while the third through sixth-place teams play a mini-tournament to decide the third promotion spot. Needless to say, there's a massive difference between second and third.
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Fulham's chances of auto-promotion aren't quite as long as West Brom's odds to stay in the top flight, but they're still on the slim side. But I'm sayin' there's a chance. Come On You Whites!
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good start to the day. fulham shat themselves when a win would've seen them promoted. cool.
I fell off the keto diet in a big way at the shindig we threw for my 2nd grader’s holy communion. I feel less than stellar.
And pollen is hammering our entire area. Hard to sleep it off when you can’t breathe thru your nose.
Bryce Harper is a career .284 hitter w/ one 30+ HR season and zero 100+ RBI seasons. Who is gonna pay him? I hope the Yanks don’t.
batting average? we’re talking batting average? not ops. not ops. batting average.
and i really hope the yanks don't sign him, too. for different reasons.
He wants 12 years $500M. He aint gonna get it but somebody might give home $40M per especially if it is backloaded. Yanks, Cubs, Dodgers.
Boras needs to make up for the Matt Harvey money he thought he was going to bank this offseason.
Flying to Indianapolis for a conference the next 3 days. Anybody have any recommendations for what to do/eat/drink there?
just dominated a travel soccer game and couldn't finish. 0 - 0 tie. blech. and ian suffered another head injury. are burgers and beer on the keto diet?
i heard Indianapolis has great free food at strip clubs. i think you want to get the chicken fingers.
just helped my daughter write a cover letter to go with job applications she’s submitting to local businesses. figured it was a good idea because she has no prior work experience. she was mortified at having to write about things she’s done and talk herself up. she finds the real world highly overrated.
finished up the baseball season last thursday losing in our world series. tough loss, but elated the season is over with.
we are now in full-on long course swim season (50 meter pool length vs 25 yard). we had a meet this week at the famed Bolles school here in town (3 medalists in the past olympics alone). i came here solely to brag on the oldest and his prowess...after this wkd's times are posted he will not have anything outside of the top 20 in the.....united states...among 9 year olds during the swim calendar year, with several top 10's and 5's. he is a beast but w/out any hint of a beastly personality.
i can’t wait until danimal can score the gheorgies primo olympic swimming tix. or at least a swim cap.
We should introduce lil Danimal to Jeff Rouse. And gin snorts.
I do not recommend the gin snorts. I still remember that feeling. Jeff was a fun guy, showing up to party with a pint of gin and box of plastic spoons.
Definitely just bumped into Jay Bilas, literally, at DCA.
you know what my first question is, teej
no, he does not know who you are
Did he come in peace?
Nobody has done things in Indy they like, eh? Okay, fine, I’ll wing it. And get chicken strips from strip clubs.
I went to a car race there one time. Indy somethin or other. Have been there a couple of times but it's been eons, so I've got nothin for ya.
it’s been 25 years since i was in indy. the downtown area is pretty fun. but i’ll be damned if I can remember any details.
I read a book about the Chitlin' Circuit recently that had quite a bit about 'The Stroll' in Indy, but it's long gone thanks to urban renewal. Sounds like they had quite a scene there back in the day. I'm sure you'll find something acceptable, at the minimum.
Indy is known for having a million average steak joints and little other food of note. NFL folks bitch about it every year at the NFL Combine.
You should venture out to Pawnee if you can.
www.visitindy.com
It would be much cooler if visitindy.com involved Indiana Jones.
This internet thing has everything!
https://do317.com/events/concerts-livemusic-indianapolis/today
But Indianapolis has nothing.
You gotta blow up this Raptors team. They have no testicular fortitude. Can’t believe the 2nd round of the playoffs has been such a dud after a fantastic 1st round.
Been to Indy once to RIF a good guy on my team. Sucked. Got out of town as fast as I could. Airport bar had solid non-measured scotch pours.
Was that a typo? You meant to type RIM, right?
Is that a Blackberry reference?
Ah, I wish. Might have been more enjoyable. Corporate speak for shitcanning without cause. Not good times.
Hola Gheorghies!
Anybody see the ad from Dude leading the Republican primary polling for US Senate in WV? The convicted felon that even DJT can’t endorse?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nW4cSKWPre4
China people!!
TR, did you ever meet this clown during your time in the the energy sector?
Gin snorts?
I think Blankenship is actually third in the polls (out of three candidates) but the fact that he's getting 15-20% is troubling. I guess people like his Trumpish approach to race and his Trumpish/Lamboish approach to nicknames (he calls Mitch McConnell "Cocaine Mitch" which is something I could see Trump and the brothers of Lambda Chi both bestowing on someone).
Danimal, gin snorts are exactly what they sound like. Take a spoonful of gin up the nasal passage. As I recall, the stages of it are: pain/revulsion > head rush > swearing off gin snorts for life > goading other people into trying it.
It was being touted at the time by a recent olympic gold medalist (and maybe world record holder)swimmer.
I take that back--Blankenship apparently leads some recent polls! If convicted felons can't vote should they be allowed to hold office?
is it possible for an individual person to secede from the union? asking for a friend. who looks a lot like me.
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