1) Chris Froome’s transformation into marathon man isn’t the only time a cyclist has gone rogue. Enjoy Lance Armstrong taking the scenic route, Geraint Thomas’s detour into a ditch, and what not to do at a railway crossing. And here’s what happens when the Tour de France meets the Grand National.
2) In 13 seasons with the Chicago Bears and the Carolina Panthers, Charles “Peanut” Tillman racked up 44 trademark forced fumbles. So when he decided to retire, he broke the news with a three-minute video of himself forcing fumbles in the real world. Among other Peanut career highlights: this mind-blowing green screen experience while doing the weather for Fox 32 Chicago.
3) Showboating corner: meet 24-year-old FC Dallas winger Fabián Castillo and his rabona assist against Chicago – sure to earn him a place in the next re-cut of this montage of show-offs, featuring a crowd-pleasing rabona-specialist ballboy. Here’s how it should be done, and here’s how it shouldn’t.
4) Keep a close eye on the trailer for slow-paced arthouse flick XXX: Return of Xander Cage. It stars Vin Diesel and, for a bit, Neymar. Among other great footballer cameos: Zinedine Zidane in 2008’s Asterix at the Olympic Games, Alan Shearer in the seminal 2000s Goal! trilogy, and Ian Wright in 2011’s Gun of the Black Sun.
5) Baseball is more dangerous than it looks, part 94. Albert Pujois take one on the nose for the Los Angeles Angels; Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Jameson Taillon does likewise; and an unsuspecting hotdog seller’s left-buttock finds unexpected TV fame.
6) And the World Matchplay darts wraps up in Blackpool on Sunday night. Michael van Gerwen is the No1 seed, and this is why. When your luck is out …
Highlights from last week’s blog
1) There are own goals, and then there’s this.
2) The great Gheorghe Hagi at 51 – founder, owner and coach of his own club, FC Viitorul Constanta, shows he’s still got it with this sublime volley in a training session.
3) In the Chinese Super League, the Shanghai Shenhua keeper serves fresh air an almighty wallop.
5) Baseball is more dangerous than it looks, part 95.
6) Thor Hushovd: cycling safety campaigner.
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