At the start of this speech Brandon says in Spanish: “I come from a country where we often say ‘Yes, we can’ and sometimes, we can’t. But today we fucking did it! Today we did it!” and I wish people understood how that line perfectly encapsulated the moment for Mexican sports
Jake McCarthy's bid for a walkoff HR went an estimated 425 feet but ended up in Colton Cowser's glove to end the game.
That's the longest distance of a game-ending robbery of a potential walkoff HR in MLB's wild card era (since 1995).
Latin American /Caribbean states that Hegseth listed today as having agreed to some form of "joint operations" with US military personnel:
- Ecuador
- Guatemala
- Honduras
- Jamaica
- Colombia
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The United States is hunting down, dismantling, and destroying Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación. @StateDept is offering rewards totaling over $100 million for information leading to the arrests and/or convictions of their leaders and associates. We are also imposing visa restrictions on 65 individuals and revoking 26 visas of family members and associates of persons linked to the cartel.
ÚLTIMA HORA:
Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada morirá en una cárcel de EE. UU.
A las 11am el juez Brian Cogan lo sentenció a prisión de por vida.
"La violencia debe acabar en México... Nadie ganará esta guerra" ha dicho Zambada en un mensaje antes de recibir la condena.
(Sigue hilo)
Leandro Trossard is 5'8, 145 pounds soaking wet and just cooked Sergino Dest, who, on paper, would be touted as a better "athlete".
Youri Tielemans is 5'9 and may run a slower 40 than most P4 offensive linemen and controlled the entire match.
Tired trope is tired.
I’ll leave it here, but I find it astonishing that American colleagues I respect, in sports and beyond, are either celebrating or minimizing what should be obvious: overt political interference in a disciplinary decision at a World Cup is unethical, unacceptable and profoundly dangerous. Whatever one thinks of Balogun and the red card itself, the debate is now beyond it and precedent is indefensible. The integrity of the tournament depends on the idea that what happens on the field is judged by the rules of the game, not by pressure from political power.
To celebrate this is...baffling.
Even if Americans are happy that Balogun can now play (myself included), FIFA has just set an insane precedent:
Any interpretable red card at the World Cup can now come under scrutiny in hindsight. The referees judgment isn’t final. It hints at the fact that FIFA can do as they please, even if it means disagreeing with the subjective decisions of their own referees.
Imagine how Rafael Clauss (referee) and Juan Soto (VAR) are feeling right now? FIFA just undermined their credibility.
This isn’t overruling something objective, a decision that’s based on fact. They’re rescinding a decision based on opinion. For as much as I believe Balogun didn’t deserve the red, it’s an interpretable decision.
Anything can now be questioned after the fact. And it’s up to FIFA’s “judicial body” – whoever that is, wherever they are – to call make critical decisions as they see fit.