1) The Memphis Grizzlies may have been swept by the Spurs in the NBA playoffs, but that didn’t stop their mascot Grizz from putting an opponent through a table.
2) Marcus Smart: the NBA’s Jamie Vardy? He’s since been fined $5,000.
3) The prelude to a tricky call to the insurance company. While sometimes, you just need to bump your team-mate out of the way.
4) The best of junior ultras. Four-year-old Alcorcón fan Paula leads her side’s hardcore in a round of “Alcorcón Alé”, then gets the players involved. Eight-year-old Djarno didn’t need a megaphone to get his PSV crowd going - inspired by 2010’s Celtic nipper, who got some dancing going too. Elsewhere in youth news - heart-warming footage of one young London marathon fan high-fiving the runners. Ah.
5) Corpsing, not knowing who has been sent off, terrible shirts and ties, and a weekend ritual: 25 years of Soccer Saturday. And elsewhere, The Worst Goals of the Season Compilation, Part 2.
6) Woof! And, talking of which, dog on the pitch! Everyone loves a dog on the pitch.
Highlights from last week’s blog
1) That “depths of hell” IUAA women’s 4x400m relay final was low-key compared to these. Relive the mother of all classic 4x400m finishes from Lillian Board in 1969, with David Coleman supplying the shivers. And how about this for a finish?
2) Down to two wheels in the middle of a grand prix? Not a problem if you’re Gilles Villeneuve. Just carry on. He took the same laid-back view two years later after smashing his front wing, leaving it blocking his view of the track.
3) Meet the hardest punching boxer you never heard of: Julian “The Hawk” Jackson.
4) All those hours BMXing as a kid finally pay off for Peter Sagan in the Paris-Roubaix. When Fabian Cancellara goes flying in front of him at speed, Sagan stays upright via a classic bunny-hop-front-wheelie saver. On cobbles, too.
5) “Did you see it? Is that on tape? Are you kidding me?”
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