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

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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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!
 
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!

 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
No disrespect to y'all football fans, but I just logged into Peacock to watch the prelim heats for Day 6 at the World Aquatics Championships, and they got a huge banner up for an NFL preseason game that's apparently on right now, and my immediate reaction was, "Jesus, is this **** back already?:rolleyes:"
 
When I watch football: "Why is the clock not ticking every time I look at it, and how are there really 10 minutes still left in this quarter?"
 
World Aquatics Championships Day 6:

  • Reigning World Champion Marrit Steenbergen (NED) wins the women's 100m freestyle (52.55). Mollie O'Callaghan (AUS) settles for silver, Torrie Huske (USA) gets bronze.
  • Reigning World Champion and World Record holder Qin Haiyang (CHN) wins the men's 200m breaststroke (2:07.41), after barely qualifying for the final. Ippei Watanabe (JPN) takes silver, Caspar Corbeau (NED) gets bronze.
    • AJ Pouch (USA) was leading on the final turn, but faded down the stretch and finished in 5th.
  • Reigning Olympic and World Champion Hubert Kós (HUN) wins the men's 200m backstroke (1:53:19). Pieter Coetze (RSA) takes silver. Yohann Ndoye-Brouard (FRA) gets bronze.
    • No American men qualified for the final.
  • Reigning Olympic Champion Kate Douglass (USA) wins the women's 200m breaststroke (2:18.50), with a Championship and American Record! World Record holder Evgeniia Chikunova (NAB - Russia) settles for silver, Kaylene Corbett (RSA) and Alina Zmushka (NAA - Belarus) tie for bronze.
  • Great Britain wins the men's 4x200m relay (6:49.84). China takes silver, Australia gets bronze. USA finishes fourth.
 
World Aquatics Championships Day 7:

  • Gretchen Walsh (USA) wins the women's 50m butterfly (24.83). Alexandria Perkins (AUS) takes Silver, with an Oceanic Record (25.31), Roos Vanotterdijk (BEL) gets bronze.
    • Reigning World Champion Sarah Sjöström (SWE) did not compete due to maternity leave.
  • Reigning Olympic Champion Cameron McEvoy (AUS) wins the men's 50m freestyle (21.14). Reigning Olympic Silver Medalist Ben Proud (GBR) takes silver. Jack Alexy (USA) gets bronze.
    • Reigning World Champion Vladyslav Bukhov (UKR) failed to qualify for the Final.
  • Reigning Olympic Champion Kaylee McKeown (AUS) wins the women's 200m backstroke (2:03.33), with a Championship Record! Reigning Olympic Silver Medalist Regan Smith (USA) takes silver, reigning World Champion Claire Curzan (USA) settles for bronze.
  • Maxime Grousset (FRA) wins the men's 100m butterfly (49.62), with a European Record! Noè Ponti (SUI) takes silver, Reigning Olympic Bronze Medalist Ilya Kharun (CAN) takes bronze.
    • Reigning Olympic Champion Kristóf Milák (HUN) did not compete due to injury.
    • Reigning World Champion Diogo Ribeiro (POR) failed to qualify for the Final.
    • No American men qualified for the Final.
  • In the closest race of her career in this event, Reigning Olympic Champion Katie Ledecky (USA) wins the women's 800m freestyle (8:05.62), with a Championship Record! Lani Pallister (AUS) takes silver (8:05.98), with an Oceanic Record! Summer McIntosh (CAN) briefly took the lead in the final 100m but faded down the stretch, and settled for bronze.
    • Ledecky is now the sole holder of the record for most World Championships in a single event with 7 in the 800m free, breaking a three-way tie she had with herself (800m free/1500m free) and Sarah Sjöström (50m butterfly).
    • Reigning World Champion Simona Quadarella (ITA) finished in fourth (8:12.81), with a European Record. Quadarella took advantage of an open field to win in 2024 as, due to scheduling, Ledecky, Pallister and McIntosh all declined to participate in order to focus on the Olympics.
    • Li Bingjie (CHN), the only woman to qualify for the Final in the women's 200m, 400m, 800m and 1500m, and one of two women to ever finish second to Ledecky more than once (Arianne Titmus - AUS), finished in fifth.
  • United States wins the mixed 4x 100m freestyle relay (3:18.48), with a World Record! Neutral Athletes Team B (aka Russia) takes silver (3:19.68), with a European Record. France gets bronze.
 
Since I've been so locked in on the swimming, I missed the start of the US Outdoor Track & Field Championships.

Day 1:

  • Curtis Thompson (MS State, '19) wins the men's Javelin (83.89m).
  • DeAnna Price (Southern Ill., '16) wins the women's Hammer Throw (78.53m), with a Season's Best.
  • Evie Bliss (Bucknell) wins the women's Javelin (57.77m).
  • Rudy Winkler (Cornell, '16) wins the men's Hammer Throw (81.47m).
  • Tara Davis-Woodhall (Texas, '21) wins the women's Long Jump (7.12m).
  • Emily Infeld (Georgetown, '12) wins the women's 10,000m (31:43.56).
  • Nico Young (Northern Arizona, '21) wins the men's 10,000m (29:02.12).

Day 2:
  • Vashti Cunningham (last attended Bishop Gorman High School, '16) wins the women's high jump (1.97m).
  • Isaac Grimes (Florida State, 22) wins the men's Long Jump (8.15m), with a Season's Best.
  • Reigning Olympic Silver Medalist Kenny Bednarek (last attended Indian Hills Community College, '19) wins the men's 100m (9.79). Reigning Olympic and World Champion Noah Lyles (TC Williams High School, '16) exercised his right to receive a bye to the 2025 World Championships.
  • Reigning Olympic Bronze Medalist Melissa Jefferson-Wooden (Coastal Carolina, '23) wins the women's 100m (10.65), with a Personal Best. Reigning World Champion Sha'Carri Richardson (last attended LSU, '19) exercised her right to receive a bye to the 2025 World Championships.
 
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Day 2:

  • Anna Hall (Florida '22) wins the Heptathlon.
  • Kyle Garland (last attended Georgia, '23) wins the Decathlon.

US Outdoor Track & Field Championships Day 3:

  • Lauren Harris (Marist, '20) wins the women's 20km Race Walk (1:31:23.7).
  • Nick Christie (MO Baptist, '15) wins the men's 20km Race Walk (1:24:56.2).
  • Reginald Jagers III (Kent State, '17) wins the men's Discus (66.85m).
  • Reigning Olympic Bronze Medalist Jasmine Moore (Florida, '23) wins the women's Triple Jump (14.68m).
  • Reigning World Champion Chase Jackson (OK State, '16) wins the women's Shot Put (20.84m), declining the option to exercise her right to receive a bye to the 2025 World Championships. Reigning NCAA National Champion Mya Lesnar (CO State, '25) finished eighth.
  • Austin Miller (High Point University, '16) wins the men's Pole Vault (5.92m).
  • Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (last attended Kentucky, '17), wins the women's 400m (48.9).
  • Jacory Patterson (Florida, '22) wins the men's 400m (44.16).
  • Nikki Hilz (Arkansas, '18) wins the women's 1,500m (4:03.15).
  • Jonah Koech (TX Tech, '19) wins the men's 1,500m (3:30.17).
  • Reigning Olympic Champion Masai Russell (Kentucky, '23) wins the women's 100m Hurdles (12.22).
  • Reigning Olympic Silver Medalist Kenneth Rooks (last attended BYU, '23) wins the men's 3,000m Steeplechase (8:26.58).
  • Lexy Halladay-Lowry (BYU '25) wins the women's 3,000m Steeplechase (9:09.14).

Bold move by NBC sports leading off their coverage with the only race the biggest star at the event is participating in.
 
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World Aquatics Championships Day 8:

  • Kliment Kolesnikov (Neutral Athletes Team B - Russia) wins the men's 50m backstroke (23.68), with a Championship Record!Pieter Coetze (RSA) takes silver (24.17), with an African Continental Record. Pavel Samusenko (Neutral Athletes Team B - Russia) gets bronze.
    • Reigning World Champion Isaac Cooper (AUS) finished 7th.
    • Quintin McCarty (USA) finished 5th.
  • Reigning World Champion Rūta Meilutytė (LTU) wins the women's 50m breaststroke (29.55). Tang Qianting (CHN) takes silver, Benedetta Pilato (ITA) gets bronze.
    • Three-time former Olympic Gold Medalist and seven-time former World Champion Lilly King (USA) finished 5th in the final race of her career.
  • Reigning Olympic Silver Medalist Meg Harris (AUS) wins the women's 50m freestyle (24.02). Wu Qingfeng (CHN) takes silver, Cheng Yujie (CHN) gets bronze.
    • Reigning Olympic and World Champion Sarah Sjöström (SWE) did not compete due to maternity leave.
    • Gretchen Walsh (USA) finished 4th.
    • Torri Huske (USA) finished 5th.
  • Ahmed Jaouadi (TUN) wins the men's 1500m (14:34.41). Sven Schwarz (GER) takes silver. Reigning Olympic Gold Medalist Bobby Finke (USA) settles for bronze.
    • Reigning World Champion Daniel Wiffen (IRL) did not qualify for the Final.
  • Reigning Olympic Champion Léon Marchand wins the men's 400m individual medley (4:04.73). Tomoyuki Matsucrapa takes silver, Ilya Borodin (NAB) gets bronze.
    • Reigning World Champion Lewis Clareburt (NZL) failed to advance out of the preliminary heats.
    • No American men qualified for the Final.
  • Reigning Olympic Champion Summer McIntosh (CAN) wins the women's 400m individual medley (4:25.78), with a Championship Record! Jenna Forrester (AUS) and Mio Narita (JPN) tied for silver. No bronze was awarded.
    • Reigning World Champion Freya Colbert (GBR) finished 8th.
    • Emma Weyant (USA) finished fifth.
    • Katie Grimes (USA) finished sixth.
  • Neutral Athletes Team B (Russia) wins the men's 4x100m individual medley relay (3.26.93), with a European and Championship Record! France gets silver. Reigning World Champions United States settle for bronze.
    • Reigning Olympic Champions China did not qualify for the Final.
    • United States started the race in Lane 4, and Rowdy Gaines spent the entire race saying that they'd be lucky to medal. I can't remember the last time I heard someone even suggesting that the fastest performer(s) in the semi-final heat would be lucky just to make the podium.
  • Reigning Olympic Champion United States wins the women's 4x100m individual medley (3:49.34), with a World Record! Reigning World Champion Australia settles for silver, China takes bronze.

The final race clinches the Gold Medal count win for United States, by one over Australia. USA also won the overall medal count by a comfortable margin (+9).
 
If there is anyone who doesn't have Peacock and wanted to see this event, they will be broadcasting a truncated replay (presumably one which highlights Team USA's wins) of the World Aquatics Championships on regular NBC on Saturday, August 9, starting at 1pm ET.
 
USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships Day 4:

  • Roisin Willis (Stanford) wins the women's 800m (1:59.26).
  • Donavan Brazier (Texas A&M, '19) wins the men's 800m (1:42.16).
  • Delilah Muhammad (USC, '12) wins the women's 400m Hurdles (52.65).
    • Reigning Olympic Champion Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone opted not to participate in this event, in order to compete in the 400m flat.
  • Reigning Olympic Champion Valarie Allman (Stanford, '17) wins the women's Discus (71.45m).
    • Reigning World Champion Laulauga Tausaga-Collins (Iowa, '20) declined to exercise her right to receive a bye to the World Championships, and settled for second.
  • Reigning Olympic Champion Rai Benjamin (USC, '19) wins the men's 400m Hurdles (46.89).
  • Cole Hocker (last attended Oregon, '21) wins the men's 5000m (13:26.45).
  • Melissa Jefferson-Wooden (Coastal Carolina, '23) wins the women's 200m (21.84).
    • Reigning Olympic Champion Gabby Thomas (UT Health Houston, '23 (grad student)) settles for third.
  • Reigning World Champion Noah Lyles (TC Williams High School, '16) wins the men's 200m (19.63), declining to exercise his right to receive a bye to the World Championships.
  • Sandi Morris (Arkansas, '15) wins the women's Pole Vault (4.83m).
    • Reigning World Champion Katie Moon (Ashland, '13) declined her option to receive a bye to the World Championships, and settled for second.
  • Russell Robinson (Miami, '24) wins the men's Triple Jump (17.15m).
  • Tyus Wilson (Nebraska, '25) wins the men's High Jump (2.27m).
    • Olympic Silver Medalist Shelby McEwen (last attended Alabama, '19) finishes second.
  • Shelby Houlihan (AZ State, '15) wins the women's 5000m (15:13.61).
  • Josh Awotunde (South Carolina, '17) wins the men's Shot Put (22.47m).
    • Reigning Olympic and World Champion Ryan Crouser (Texas, '16) exercised his option to receive a bye to the World Championships.
  • Ja'Kobe Tharpe (Auburn) wins the men's 110m Hurdles (13.01).
    • Reigning World Champion Grant Holloway (Florida, '19) exercised his option to receive a bye to the World Championships.
 
Year after the Olympics is always relatively subdued in gymnastics, but some exciting developments heading into the U.S. Championship in New Orleans this weekend.

Skye Blakey is back a year removed from that devastating injury at the Olympic trials, where she had been on an inside track to make the team in Paris.

Other LA favorites include surprise Paris team member Hezly Rivera, junior champion and Rivera gymmate Claire Pease, Biles protege and Paris alternate Josc Roberson, and Florida standout and consummate Olympic alternate Leeann Wong.

The path to retain U.S. dominance with the likely retirement of Biles, Lee, Carey, and possibly Chiles to win gold on our home soil for the first time since the Magnificent Seven begins now.
 
The sole returning member of the Paris Golden Girls - who was the only one not a geriatric by gymnastics standards - Hezly Rivera took gold in the all-around at the U.S. championship tonight, beginning her bid for LA strong.

Leanne Wong pushed Rivera to keep pace and take home silver, really starting to pull out all the stops in what will likely be her last chance to make the Olympic team proper.

Josc Roberson shook off some ankle issues to nab bronze.

Sky Blakely did not finish close to the podium in her first event back since her injury at trials last year, but showed some promise moving forward as we get closer to 2028.
 
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