Here's a crazy fact:
In in April 2017, when Canada announced they were going to submit a bid to co-host this World Cup, the men's team was ranked 109th in the world.
One hundred and ninth.
Our two most recent wins at the time of bidding were against Bermuda and Maurtania.
@rgfray1@FIFAcom Its second place vs second place against a group that Mexico was in.,, this game was placed in LA because there was a chance it was Canada vs Mexico and wouldnt make much sense to have it in one of those countries.
Potentially could have spaced out the hosts in better groups tho
I think the NFL is playing with fire more than some people realize.
The reason the NFL model works so well is basically every game airs over-the-air on Sunday in the fall. You don't have to think about the day or the platform to watch them on.
They can easily screw this up.
Writing a story for tomorrow about the dysfunctional NHL playoff format when I really should be writing about the dysfunction behind releasing the schedule that follows the dysfunctional playoff format. ๐
Italy's World Baseball Classic team wears suits to games, drinks espresso after home runs and plays Andrea Bocelli's "Time To Say Goodbye" as the victory song. They're perfect.
You gotta love Tom Izzoโs, โMichigan shot 100 free throwsโฆโ whine. Michigan shot 29 free throws to MSUโs 20, but 14 of them came in the last 2:20 of the game due to the late-game fouling.
Just Izzo being Izzo.
Donโt hate me but changing the clocks makes sense. If we were on regular time year round, the sun would rise at 4:30 am in June which is too early. If we were on daylight time year round, it would rise at 9 am in December which is too late