APISport

Commentary on professional & amateur sport and social issues from a Canadian perspective. #INTJ

[APISport @APISport]

@nazzobetweeting @CRX30iA That falls under the category of 'too bad' for the person wanting to switch seats.

[Jimmy King @Jimmyking35]

Promotion / Relegation soccer is finally coming to America

Starting January of next year, the USL will start its first season with a pyramid structure between its 3 leagues, USL Premier (Division One), USL Championship (Division Two), and USL League One (Division Three), allowing the best performing teams to move their way up in place of teams that finish at the bottom of the league above them

Exciting, no doubt about it. A lot of risk being taken here by those involved, but it should be interesting at the very least to see how the stakes at hand impact the product on the field and the excitement level of each match

[Footballism @FootbaIIism]

Kids these days will never truly understand just how great Barry Sanders was...

[Emma Weisblatt @Oldboatie]

That toxic combination of Covid and EBV. Another athlete, another life, devastated. Not even touted as a mystery this time. Will people try harder to reduce Covid risk because of this front page article which did actually mention Covid? https://t.co/v2RTyemB6n

[BBC News (UK) @BBCNews]

The Olympic sprinter now bedbound for 22 hours a day https://t.co/w9QScAgQgS

[Eric Alper 🎧 @ThatEricAlper]

Happy 80th birthday to Justin Hayward, the voice and guitar of The Moody Blues. He wrote “Nights in White Satin” at just 19, then gave us “Tuesday Afternoon,” “Question” and decades of unforgettable music.

[APISport @APISport]

@theawayfans Dad supported ManU.

Closest stadium to the house I was born is Plough Lane (SW12).

I live in Canada now.

I support Arsenal and have been a shareholder with AFC Wimbledon since 2019.

[NFL Rumors @nflrums]

Hall of Fame HC Bill Parcells has reportedly provided approximately $4 million in financial assistance to 20 former NFL players who experienced financial difficulties after their playing careers, according to sportswriter Gary Myers.

Myers revealed that Parcells provided the money as loans but had no expectation of being repaid:

"Over the years, Parcells had loaned out a total of four million dollars to 20 of his former players who have come to him, I won't say destitute, but certainly having financial hardship."

"And Bill sat down and wrote checks for about four million dollars, which to me is completely unprecedented in sports. I've never heard of anything like that. And I said, 'Bill, why would you do something like that? Why do you feel obligated?' And he explained to me that he set aside all the money he needs for, hopefully, another 30 years of his life."

Via NBC Sports.

#NFL #Giants

[The Football Tavern @TavernFootball]

Today is the birthday of Matthew Le Tissier.

One club man, scorer of some absolute stunners.

This is quite the collection.

[APISport @APISport]

@RTNToronto Wants to be the next chair girl. #Toronto #ChairGirl #Marcella

[BirdieBittern @BirdieBittern]

Helen Branswell, dead at 69

Helen Branswell, a renowned infectious disease reporter who earned the respect of experts and public health officials from around the world, has died from complications from cancer

https://t.co/0iNJkN1TUf via @statnews

[APISport @APISport]

@Analog_Hearts75 The Korgis 'Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime'

[Global Statistics @Globalstats11]

The GOAT of Every Sport

[Martin's Music @XMartinsMusicX]

the song that signaled the start of a new phase in the bands careers, one that would see them become one of the biggest alternative acts in the world
i love this Robert Smith quote from 1985..😆
"If I wasn't in a band I'd start The Cure up now because I still detest the people in the Top 10 as much as I did when we started"
The Cure - In Between Days (Live in '85) ▶️

[APISport @APISport]

@XMartinsMusicX Terrific song

[Echoes In The Tape Deck @Analog_Hearts75]

Heaven 17 - "(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang". (1981). Their very first notable track. Very funky and politically charged, it was banned from BBC broadcasts upon its release due to its lyrics targeting Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher.

[GamesBids.com @gamesbids]

The leaked Brisbane 2032 Olympic emblems – not the first time an official launch was spoiled #Olympics #logos @Brisbane_2032 https://t.co/xZ9Sszebmf

[APISport @APISport]

@HawkEmDownChris Real Madrid

[APISport @APISport]

@engineers_feed A Covid sterilizing vaccine.

[SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @COVID19_disease]

🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: Canadian scientists at the University of Waterloo Dr. Brian Ingalls, Dr. Sara Sadr, and Dr. Marc Aucoin have engineered “tumor-eating” bacteria that can invade and consume cancerous tumors from within

A potential breakthrough in cancer treatment research

Here’s how it works.🧵