[SPOARTS!] Comments that don't warrant their own thread 2017-2025

[chief bromden]

Maybe they should try putting a game on a major network, like NBC... Man, I wish they still had the NHL. They did such a better job than ESPN/Turner. Sigh, oh well.

 

[pdxKingsFan]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1915471319547707621

Sounds like he suffered no broken bones and is in stable condition, coma induced due to smoke inhalation. Yes, it was, in fact the vehicle you were probably thinking after reading that.

Get well Alijah.

 

[Capt. Factorial]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1915471319547707621

Sounds like he suffered no broken bones and is in stable condition, coma induced due to smoke inhalation. Yes, it was, in fact the vehicle you were probably thinking after reading that.

Strange, I didn't have any particular vehicle come to mind at all.

Get well Alijah.

Seconded!

 

[pdxKingsFan]

Not a lot of updates but Arenas was out of the coma but still on a ventilator as of the last reports I saw. He wrote "Did anyone get hurt?" and reportedly remembers details about the crash including the smoke which is probably a good sign.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

It tickles me that there is a Jason Ross in sports broadcasting and a Jason Ross, Jr. in sports broadcasting, and they're not related to each other.

 

[Capt. Factorial]

It tickles me that there is a Jason Ross in sports broadcasting and a Jason Ross, Jr. in sports broadcasting, and they're not related to each other.

Shoot, the Athletics drafted two different players named Max Muncy nine years apart, and they're not related either!

 

[QWERTYLICIOUS]

That French Open final was, hands down, some of the best, if not the absolute best, tennis I've ever seen in my entire life.

 

[iowamcnabb]

This guy built an indoor clay court that is the same as the French open here in Iowa. Open to the public 24/7 for FREE! So cool!

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[iowamcnabb]

Let me know if the link doesn’t work and I’ll try to find a different one that isn’t Facebook.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Late on reporting here so, to catch up, I'm only posting the winners and the top US finisher (if applicable).

2025 World Aquatics Championships from Singapore

Day 1:

• Lukas Martens (GER) wins the men's 400m freestyle.
• Summer McIntosh (CAN) wins the women's 400m freestyle. Katie Ledecky (USA) gets bronze.
• Australia wins the women's 4x100m freestyle relay, United States settles for silver.
• Australia wins the men's 4x100m freestyle relay (3:08.97), with a new Championship Record! United States gets bronze.

Day 2:

• Qin Haiyang (CHN) wins the men's 100m breaststroke. Josh Matheny (USA) finishes 7th.
• Gretchen Walsh (USA) wins the women's 100m butterfly (54.73), with a new Championship Record!
• Maxime Grousset (FRA) wins the men's 50m butterfly.
• Summer McIntosh (CAN) wins the women's 200m individual medley. Alex Walsh (USA) settles for silver.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

The thing that sucks about the Aquatics championships being in Singapore is that all the heats are happening at night my time, and the medal events are happening while I'm asleep.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

The other unfortunate thing about the World Championships, at least relative to the Olympics, is the lack of other events. During the Olympics, once you're done watching the heats, you can switch over to another event. At the WCs, once the heats are done in the morning (local time), there's just nothing until the evening.

Day 3:

Reigning Olympic Champion David Popovici (ROM) wins the men's 200m freestyle (1:43.53), having to come back from behind in the final leg. Olympic Bronze Medalist Lucas Hobson (USA) fades down the stretch and has to settle for silver, Tatsuyo Murasa (JPN) gets bronze.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Reigning Olympic Champion Katie Ledecky (USA) wins the women's 1500m freestyle (15:26.44). In the closest race I can remember Ledecky having in this event, Simona Quadarella (ITA) wins silver, a "mere" five seconds behind Ledecky. Lani Pallister (AUS) wins Bronze. Quadarella (15:31.79) broke the European record in this event and set a personal best. She also swam the 12th-fastest time in the history of this event, breaking the absolute stranglehold that Ledecky had, coming into this event holding all of the 23-fastest times!

Bing Jie Li (CHN), who out-touched Ledecky for silver in the 400m freestyle two days ago, finished fourth in this event, over 23 seconds out of first place. Credit to her, though, for being the only swimmer besides Ledecky to have the gumption to swim in both this and the 400m.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Reigning Olympic Champion Kaylee McKeown (AUS) wins the women's 100m backstroke (57.16), with a Championship Record! McKeown chased down Olympic Silver Medalist Regan Smith (USA) in the final 25 meters. Olympic Bronze Medalist Katherine Berkoff (USA) gets bronze.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Pieter Coetze (RSA) wins the men's 100m backstroke. Reigning Olympic Champion Thomas Ceccon (ITA) settles for silver, Yohann Ndoye-Brouard (FRA) gets bronze.

No American swimmers qualified for the final.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Anna Elendt (GER) wins the women's 100m breaststroke (1:05.19). Kate Douglass (USA) fell as far behind as fifth but surged back to get silver. Tang Qianting (CHN), who led at the halfway mark, settles for bronze.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

World Aquatics Championships Day 4:

• Ahmed Jaquadi (TUN) wins the men's 800m freestyle (7:36:88). Germany completes the podium with Svan Schwarz and Lukas Märtens finishing second and third, respectively. American record holder Bobby Finke finishes in fourth place. Reigning Olympic Champion Danial Wiffen (IRL) finishes eighth.
• Reigning Olympic Champion Mollie O'Callaghan (AUS) wins the women's 200m freestyle (1:53:48). Li Bing Jie (CHN) gets her second silver of the competition, Claire Weinstein (USA) gets bronze (1:54.67) with a new Personal Best.
  
  • Li Bing Jie is the only swimmer to compete in the 200m, 400m and 1500m events.
• Luca Urlando (USA) wins the men's 200m butterfly (1:51.87). Krzysztof Chmielewski (POL) gets silver, Harrison Turner (AUS) takes bronze.
• Simone Cerasuolo (ITA) wins the men's 50m butterfly (20.54). Kirill Prigoda (NAB) gets silver, Qin Haiyang (CHN) takes bronze.
• Neutral Athletes B (Russia, basically) win the mixed 4x100 individual medley (3:37.97). China gets silver, Canada takes bronze. Reigning Olympic and World Champion United States did not qualify for the final.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

World Aquatics Championships Day 5:

• Reigning Olympic and World Champion Summer McIntosh (CAN) wins the women's 200m butterfly (2:01.99), with a Championship Record! Regan Smith (USA) takes silver, Elizabeth Dekkers (AUS) gets bronze.
  
  • 12 year-old Yu Zidi (CHN) missed the podium by 0.29 seconds.
• Reigning Olympic and World Champion (and World Record holder) Léon Marchand (FRA) wins the men's 200m individual medley (1:53.68). Shaine Casas (USA) takes silver, Hubert Kós (HUN) gets bronze.
• Katherine Berkoff (USA) wins the women's 50m backstroke (27.08), with a new American Record! Regan Smith (USA) takes silver, Wan Leitan (CHN) gets bronze.
• Australia wins the women's 4x200m freestyle relay (7:39.35). United States settles for silver (7:40.01), with an American Record , China gets bronze.
  • Erin Gemmell blew the lead for USA, and Katie Ledecky couldn't chase down reigning World Champion Mollie O'Callaghan in the anchor leg.