JustAl

“Every battle is won before it is ever fought.” Sun Tzu

[Vfynn_🥷🏼 𐙚 @Vfynn_]

🚨🗣️NEW: Zlatan Ibrahimović on FIFA’s new mouth-covering red card rule: as Almiron was given a red card for covering his mouth in the game between Paraguay and Turkey

“I have seen football at its highest level, the real football. Not this watered-down version they are serving us now. What happened with Almirón? A straight red card for covering his mouth? This is not football anymore. This is a circus run by bureaucrats in suits who have never felt the fire of the pitch.”

“Covering your mouth is now a red card? What is this, Big Brother on the field? FIFA wants to read lips, punish thoughts before they even become words. Next they will put muzzles on players like dogs. Players cannot even talk, cannot even breathe passion without some VAR robot or referee deciding your emotions are illegal. This is dystopian. Football is dying.”

“This rule was born because some players cry every week. One incident in the Champions League and suddenly the whole world must change. But elbow a man, break his leg, or spit — sometimes you get a yellow and a pat on the back. Two-tier football. Protect the protected, punish the rest. I have played in every league and I have seen it.”

On the softness of the modern game:
“Maradona would be sent off in the tunnel. Roy Keane? He would laugh at the referee and walk off with a smile while the stands burn. Pepe would have collected five reds before half-time. Today? Players are becoming actors, not warriors. They fall, they cry, they hide behind rules. Where is the masculinity? Where is the character? Football is not ballet. It is war. And they are turning it into a polite conversation with red cards as punctuation.”

“I, Zlatan, have scored goals that made stadiums shake and said things that made opponents tremble — without hiding. This generation is being raised soft. If you cannot handle words on the pitch, how will you handle life? FIFA is not protecting football. They are burying it. And one day, the real fans will rise and say: enough. Bring back the game.”

[Jose Miguel @jpgechele]

Tanto que lloró la izquierda internacional con Estados Unidos siendo anfitrión del mundial y ya entendemos por qué: porque el capitalismo mostraría una vez más que es excesivamente superior a todos los demás sistemas.

Qué belleza estos estadios 🇺🇸🫡

[JustAl @OHAL17]

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[MLB Pipeline @MLBPipeline]

Daniel Espino debuts in the Majors with a pair of K's during a clean inning of work!

The @CleGuardians prospect hits 99+ mph on all 8 of his fastballs, topping out at 100.3:

[JustAl @OHAL17]

#WorldCup

[OLDSKOOLBBALL @oldskoolbballx]

What did Michael Jordan think about 3-point shooting?

“My 3-point shooting is something that I don’t want to excel at, because it takes away from all phases of my game. My game is a fake, drive to the hole, penetrate, dish off, dunk, whatever, and when you have that mentality, as I found out in the first game, of making threes, you don’t go to the hole as much. You go to the 3-point line and you start sitting there waiting for someone to find you. And that’s not my mentality, and I don’t want to create that because it takes away from my other parts of my game.”

[JustAl @OHAL17]

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[UnpavedSeanSalisbury @SSalisburyShow]

$2.7 Million. $7 Million. $10 Million. $17 Million. $24 Million. Now $40 Million Rosters.

Nick Saban Isn't Wrong. You're Missing The Point On What He's Saying Is Easy If You're Too Busy Criticizing The Messenger. 🚨

If This Doesn't Get Under Control We Won't Just Lose Competitive Balance In College Football. We'll Lose Olympic Sports, Scholarships, And Everything That Isn't Football Or Basketball.

Pay The Players. Yes. But Do It The Right Way Before It's Too Late.

@SeanUnfiltered @AdamGSager

#NickSaban #NIL #CollegeFootball #CFB #OlympicSports #CollegeSports #TransferPortal

[betJACK: Ohio's Sportsbook @betJACK]

Would you make this trade if you were the #Cavs? 🤔

#LetEmKnow | #Cavs | #MockTrade

[Just Baseball @JustBB_Media]

Only 3 SP in MLB history have achieved the following in the first 18 starts of their career:

ERA below 2.50
More than 100 K’s
Fewer than 30 Walks

Paul Skenes. Stephen Strasburg. Parker Messick. 🤯

[Jon Root @JonnyRoot_]

The NBA has rules against flopping, yet they almost never call it during a game.

They do the opposite… They reward players for flopping.

Knicks’ Jalen Brunson is a good example:

[Charles R Downs @TheCharlesDowns]

During the NFL draft, Abdul Carter (@1NCRDB1) wore an Islamic political chain while his family showed up in full burqas.

Funny how Abdul loves shoving his religion and politics down America’s throat but melts down when his teammate Jackson Dart (@JaxsonDart) attends a Trump rally.

The left are such hypocrites.

[MaxPreps @MaxPreps]

You don't see this every day. 👀 South Walton (FL) pulls off the SUICIDE SQUEEZE to win the Florida 3A State Baseball Championship in walk-off fashion over North Broward Prep. ⚾🔥

(via @NFHSNetwork)

@SWseahawks @southwaltonHS @FHSAA

[JustAl @OHAL17]

#Cavs #Pistons #NBA

[WizKay @WizKayTV]

Ausar Thompson pushes Jarrett Allen’s arm away from the ball, then his right ankle turns and he starts to lose balance before Allen’s leg gets infront of him to “trip” him.

Legit can’t believe how much I’m seeing Pistons fans talk about this play. NOTHING about this is a foul.

[JustAl @OHAL17]

#Cavs #NBA

[NBA @NBA]

Cleveland trailed 103-94 with 3 minutes remaining.

Cavs closed regulation on a 9-0 run to force OT.

They outscored Detroit 14-10 in OT, closing the game on a 23-10 run.

Cleveland wins their first road game of the postseason and takes a 3-2 series lead in East Semis 🤯

[JustAl @OHAL17]

S/O to James Harden…credit where credit is due. https://t.co/v6nMS3p9IP

[OptaSTATS @OptaSTATS]

Cam Schlittler of the @Yankees is the first MLB pitcher to have:

50+ strikeouts
fewer than 10 walks
no more than 1 HR allowed
a sub-1.50 ERA

...over his first 9 starts of a season since Walter Johnson in 1913.

[JustAl @OHAL17]

#GoCavs

[Exola Blog @exolablog247]

Bo Naylor is trending in the US because the Cleveland Guardians catcher has been optioned to Triple-A Columbus.

The Catcher's optioning follows a trade in which the Guardians acquired two-time Gold Glove-winning catcher Patrick Bailey from the San Francisco Giants.
HN

[ESPN BET @ESPNBET]

It was a rough two games for James Harden in Detroit 😳

[Roberto Shenanigans @Rob_Shenanigans]

James Harden tonight:

36 Minutes
3-13 Shooting (23.1%)
0-4 3PT Shooting
4 Turnovers
3 Assists
6 Rebounds
-10 +/-

[nick wright @getnickwright]

Today was James Harden’s 182nd career playoff game.

It was the 36th time he’s had 3 or fewer made field goals. Nearly 20% of his career playoff games.

It was the 46th time that he’s had as many or more turnovers than made field goals. More than 25% of his career playoff games.