🚨 Landon Donovan didn’t hold back on the state of U.S. soccer:
“2002 World Cup is the furthest the men have ever been… we have only won one knockout game in our history. That’s pretty alarming. We’re not developing players like the rest of the world.”
“The bigger problem is our youth soccer in this country is a disaster… It’s all about winning. The kids get left behind because the clubs want to make money, the coaches want to make money… and the kids don’t develop.”
On the post-16/17 pathway:
“If you’re 16, 17 and you haven’t made it, you kind of fall into this abyss.”
His bottom line:
“I want to give the game back to kids.”
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People are tired of watching the highly political @NBA. Basketball ratings are WAY down, and they won’t be coming back. I hope football and baseball are watching and learning because the same thing will be happening to them. Stand tall for our Country and our Flag!!!
Mike Breen: "IT'S OVER! IT'S OVER! THE KNICKS SURVIVE! THIS MAGIC CARPET RIDE CONTINUES!... THEY LEAD 2-0 HERE IN THESE NBA FINALS! EIGHT STRAIGHT ROAD WINS IN THESE PLAYOFFS!... ONE OF THE GREAT PLAYOFF RUNS IN THE HISTORY OF THE NBA CONTINUES!" 🏀🎙️ #NBAFinals
“The Knicks spent nearly three decades as a Jim Dolan punch line, a wretched franchise torturing a fan base that deserved so much more,” writes Will Leitch. “On Monday night, all that pain became worth it. Sticking with this team actually paid off. The Knicks are back in the NBA Finals. It’s just the damndest thing.”
The Knicks have been absurdly, almost surreally dominant this postseason — their 11-game win streak has featured the largest average point margin over an 11-game stretch in NBA history, regular season or postseason — in a way that justifies everything team president Leon Rose has done since taking over just before the pandemic, Leitch argues. Rose built the team slowly and methodically but also aggressively: Once he had his core in place, he kept taking big swings, ultimately compiling enough talent that the Knicks just needed everything to finally click into place. That has happened in these playoffs, with everyone reaching their maximum potential.
Rread Leitch on how suffering through 27 years of utter futility was worth it for the Knicks: https://t.co/Q8x28BXway
I’m not one for the “if you weren’t here for this” tweets. But I will say:
As a kid, I (and I know many of you) sat there watching every single game. Grasping for any hope.
Jubilant for the smallest victories.
Marbury and Curry and Lee and Melo and Porzingis and tanks and lotteries and teams without even a single recognizable name.
Hundreds of hours of wondering how in the world we could even approach where this team now finds itself.
So I say, let’s bask in it.
Congrats to all of you. Let’s keep going.
2023 Nuggets beat an 8th, 4th, 7th & 8th seed
2024 Celtics beat an 8th, 4th, 6th & 5th seed
2025 Thunder beat an 8th, 4th, 6th & 4th seed
None of those runs had 10-game winning streaks.
None of those runs had the highest margin of victory or point differential ever.
Your tears are like PEDs to us.