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Soon to be wind assisted.
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The article includes details of the incident, which are kind of upsetting. It’s pretty clear, from what the witnesses said in this article, that this was a deliberate attempt to hurt/kill people.
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That was the 1st news story I saw when I got up. Absolutely fucking awful!
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I can’t even. Let’s get rid of the ball, and the sport, and go straight to traumatic brain injury shall we?
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In an attempt to forestall the incidents seen post-Southport, police released ethnicity/age/nationality of the arrestee.
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Not what most witnesses are saying but then I assume he’s white from all the reports.
Car privilege is a killer.
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White British, age 53.
It is supposedly not terrorism related, but considering the British cops history of downplaying RWA terrorism I’m going to leave it in my list of possibilities.
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I was looking at an article at some of the online craziness about it and wondered what would be the terrorist motive. Disgruntled Everton fan?
Then I remembered watching an Ireland soccer match in France broadcast on Canal Plus Árabe and, hilariously, in the midst of all the commentary I couldn’t understand would be the names of old Liverpool players who used to play for ireland years before the match.
Blah blah blah Steve Stownton blah blah blah Ronnie Whelan blah blah Ray Houghton….
Liverpool have incredible recognition around the world and used to be pretty popular in North Africa for some reason. They were the OM of England.
I was in England briefly last year and chatted with kids about who they supported and it seemed to make about as much sense as which English team Irish kids support. Definitely not regional any more.
ETA article mentioned:
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Outcome of said double…
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I was wondering whether banana ball has caught on, cane across this piece. Looks like it’s doing well!
This year the Savannah Bananas have sold out every series on their schedule through July. That includes baseball and football stadiums even the full-time tenants haven’t been able to fill.
While the Bananas themselves won’t be coming to Greater Nevada Field two other teams playing this style of baseball will be in town: the Party Animals and the Texas Tailgaters.
Click here to view how the game is different than Reno Aces baseball in the 775 are accustomed to seeing.
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We have tickets for next month in DC.
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They were in Kansas City last week, but I didn’t learn about it until too late to make plans.
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So it is possible to visit all 92 grounds in the football league in one season. That’s something like watching three games a week.
Carlisle United is 21st, between Portman Road (Ipswich Town) and Anfield. No wonder nearly everyone wants us back in the league as soon as possible.
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Interesting. I feel like similar complaints about NFL celebrations finally died out. And now it’s acceptable for all players to do stuff like that, often choreographed with teammates. The Chiefs do this a lot.
ETA: Yeah, apparently the NFL significantly scaled back its “excessive celebration” rule in 2017. Now, it’s only a penalty if you use an external prop, including the goal posts.
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The heyday for soccer celebrations was the 1990s and 2000s. After that IFAB cracked down on them.
Celebration of a goal
Players can celebrate when a goal is scored, but the celebration must not be excessive; choreographed celebrations are not encouraged and must not cause excessive time-wasting.
Leaving the field of play to celebrate a goal is not a cautionable offence but players should return as soon as possible.
A player must be cautioned, even if the goal is disallowed, for:
climbing onto a perimeter fence and/or approaching the spectators in a manner which causes safety and/or security issues
acting in a provocative, derisory or inflammatory way
covering the head or face with a mask or other similar item
removing the shirt or covering the head with the shirt
The modern goal celebration seems to have started with Roger Milla in the 1990 World Cup
Roger Milla is still the oldest player to have scored a goal in a World Cup (42 years old against Russia in 1994)
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