SPORTS!!!

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Still the GOAT:

Tom Brady wins inaugural Fanatics Games, $1M prize

Seven-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady emerged Sunday as the winner of the inaugural Fanatics Games, which pitted athletes and celebrities against fans in eight competitions this weekend at Fanatics Fest in New York.

Brady finished atop the 100-person leaderboard with 399.1 points, taking home the $1 million prize. Brady, the former New England Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback who is currently a part-owner of the Las Vegas Raiders and an NFL broadcaster for Fox Sports, said he will give $5,000 to each of the 50 fans who competed in the event and donate the rest to charity.

Very GOAT-like. My first thought on seeing the headline was, " Like he needs more money."

UFC fighter Justin Gaethje finished second with 345.5 points to win a Ferrari 812 GTS.

Where does all this prize money come from?

A fan -- 39-year-old Pennsylvania teacher Matt Dennish -- finished third with 326 points to win a 2003-04 Topps Chrome Gold Refractor LeBron James rookie card, numbered to 50 and graded a 9.5 by Beckett Grading Services. Dennish later sold the card to Brady for $250,000 and a signed card and jersey from the future Pro Football Hall of Famer, according to cllct.com.

Not bad.

The competitors took part in eight sports-themed skills competitions: quarterback skills, basketball shooting (around the world), soccer goal-scoring, baseball pitching accuracy, a washer-dryer hockey shooting challenge, a WWE Superstar entrance, a UFC striking challenge and a closest-to-the-pin golf challenge.

Six fans were among the top 10 finishers. LA Clippers star James Harden (fourth) and retired New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning (fifth) were the only other athletes to finish in the top 10.

Guess I missed it.

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Look up "toughest badass in the valley" and here's the picture..
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/lindsey-vo ... 47654.html

Now, almost 7 years post-2nd "retirement", age 41:

Lindsey Vonn makes World Cup podium for a second day in a row

A day after her first World Cup victory in nearly eight years, Lindsey Vonn almost made it two in a row.

Vonn was second in the downhill at the World Cup in St. Moritz, Switzerland, on Saturday, finishing 0.24 seconds behind Emma Aicher of Germany. It was the 140th podium of Vonn's career.

Vonn won the downhill Friday, her first World Cup victory since coming out of retirement last season. And she was briefly in position to make it two in two days, taking the lead from Italy's Sofia Goggia after her run.

But Vonn had gotten off-balance off a jump about halfway down the course, and her fight to save her run cost her precious time. Aicher, the next skier after Vonn, took advantage.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DSM-rOtjTSa/

... Still, Vonn maintains the lead in the downhill standings and moved up to 11th in the overall standings....

x 41 x 140

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Florida golf and gators? "Hold my beer," says Australian tennis:

Dominic Thiem advances after brush with deadly snake at Brisbane

I've always wanted to visit Australia, but it seems like the whole continent wants to kill you.

Jay Vine wins Tour Down Under after crash caused by kangaroo

... Vine was knocked from his bike when two large kangaroos bounced onto the road on a high-speed section with about 60 miles left in the undulating 105-mile stage through the hills around Adelaide.

Three riders -- Menno Huising, Lucas Stevenson and Alberto Dainese -- were forced to quit the race, and a kangaroo was injured.

"Everyone asks me what's the most dangerous thing in Australia, and I always tell them it's kangaroos," said Vine, who won his home race for the second time in three years. "They wait and they hide in the bushes until you can't stop and they jump out in front of you. Point proven today.

"Two of them blasted through the peloton when we were doing probably 50 kph [30 mph], and one of them stopped and went left, right, left, right, left, right, and I ended up hitting its backside." ...

[GoCubsGo]

LOL

See, I was right!

[O Really]

Oh nooo!

Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn’s status for the Winter Olympics is uncertain. While competing in her final downhill event before the upcoming world competition, Vonn crashed on the course and had to be airlifted to a nearby facility for treatment. The skier lost control while attempting to land a jump during a World Cup downhill event, becoming tangled in the safety nets lining the course. When Vonn was able to get up, she was limping and favoring her left knee, using her poles to steady herself.

She says...

"I am discussing the situation with my doctors and team and will continue to undergo further exams. This is a very difficult outcome one week before the Olympics...but if there's one thing I know how to do, it's a comeback. My Olympic dream is not over. I will give more information when I have it. It's not over until it's over."

Still, doesn't sound good.

[GoCubsGo]

Oh nooo!

Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn’s status for the Winter Olympics is uncertain. While competing in her final downhill event before the upcoming world competition, Vonn crashed on the course and had to be airlifted to a nearby facility for treatment. The skier lost control while attempting to land a jump during a World Cup downhill event, becoming tangled in the safety nets lining the course. When Vonn was able to get up, she was limping and favoring her left knee, using her poles to steady herself.

She says...

"I am discussing the situation with my doctors and team and will continue to undergo further exams. This is a very difficult outcome one week before the Olympics...but if there's one thing I know how to do, it's a comeback. My Olympic dream is not over. I will give more information when I have it. It's not over until it's over."

Still, doesn't sound good.

Not the way you want to leave the mountain.

Fingers crossed for her.

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Here it is:


Lindsey Vonn Crashes in Final Race Before Milan Cortina Olympics

No telling what's been twisted, but at least there wasn't a major impact. Good luck, Lindsey, the whole world wants to see you compete for medals again.