Sports Thread

[Lets Gekiga In]

The Florida Panthers take a commanding 3-0 lead over the Toronto Maple Leafs. I'm glad to see rats were thrown onto the ice after the OT goal.

 

[wataru330]

Verstappen wining the Miami GP from 9th place is unreal.

 

[Claudia Schiffer]

Fuck the Roughnecks!

Best of 3, winner advances to the NLL Championship.

Pretty sure only Gekiga cares besides me, but fuck y'all anyway

i hope they all get aids from their pregame ass fucking ritual

 

[Lets Gekiga In]

Verstappen wining the Miami GP from 9th place is unreal.

It's been a little bit of time since I last saw an F1 race. I was stoked and getting ready to watch since the program guide said it was coming on at 2 pm on ABC. After I saw it was pre-race coverage I would only check every 20 minutes or so if they would finally get to the race. I cannot believe it was over 1 hour and a half of that. By the point the race actually started I already had it turned off.

 

[wataru330]

It's been a little bit of time since I last saw an F1 race. I was stoked and getting ready to watch since the program guide said it was coming on at 2 pm on ABC. After I saw it was pre-race coverage I would only check every 20 minutes or so if they would finally get to the race. I cannot believe it was over 1 hour and a half of that. By the point the race actually started I already had it turned off.

I cut the cord, so I wasn’t aware how network TV did it this season.

I use the F1 app, and shoutcast the race from my phone to the TV.

In the app, practice/qualification/race are all broken up in separate chunks-and also available live.

 

[Fygee]

My wife is a huge Oilers fan, out of nowhere. She's from Tucson, just picked a hockey team before this season started, and is now the fan that screams at the tv during the games, lol. She wanted to skip my kid's school recital last night to stay home and watch the game, and i caught her checking espn on her phone multiple times during the show. (Yeah, she was recording it, but couldn't take not knowing what was going on, lol) She probably watched 90% of their games this season too. Never thought I'd be sick of having hockey on in the house, haha! Still better than the subtitled K-dramas she was watching before this.

She's chosen poorly.

The Oilers fanbase is toxic. I suggest divorcing her before it's too late. Save yourself and your children.

 

[Lets Gekiga In]

I cut the cord, so I wasn’t aware how network TV did it this season.

I use the F1 app, and shoutcast the race from my phone to the TV.

In the app, practice/qualification/race are all broken up in separate chunks-and also available live.

Yep, I'm a cord cutter as well. Decided to check it out since I don't have ESPN on cable/cable replacement services. I'm fortunate enough that I get NBC, ABC, Fox, CBS, and PBS via an indoor antenna. I thought by watching it on ABC in the time slot it was designated for according to the guide I would've caught some of it. Then I could've watched the race replay on ESPN+, but by that point I was already told the result of the race. I heard quali was pretty fun this year for the Miami GP.

 

[Lets Gekiga In]

She's chosen poorly.

The Oilers fanbase is toxic. I suggest divorcing her before it's too late. Save yourself and your children.

I keep forgetting that the Golden Knights and Oilers are in the same division. Still so weird to me that the Coyotes are in the Central Division.

 

[famicommander]

'nother win for my Mammoth. Knocked off Calgary in game 1 of their best of 3. Mammoth can advance back to the NLL Championship with a win in Calgary on Saturday.

 

[Lets Gekiga In]

Hurricanes finish up their series with the Devils and wait on the Panthers-Leafs series. Stars take 3-2 series lead over the Kraken.

It would be interesting to see a Hurricanes-Oilers final again just like in 2006.

In NLL: Bandits take on Rock this evening.

 

[Claudia Schiffer]

let's go dc defenders!

 

[Lets Gekiga In]

let's go dc defenders!

One of a handful of XFL games I watched. I caught St. Louis Battlehawks and Vegas Vipers earlier in the season because I thought it was interesting seeing a football game on FX. For a championship game, DC nearly came back toward the end and at least made things interesting.

 

[Arcademan]

One of a handful of XFL games I watched. I caught St. Louis Battlehawks and Vegas Vipers earlier in the season because I thought it was interesting seeing a football game on FX. For a championship game, DC nearly came back toward the end and at least made things interesting.

So, Arlington, which entered the playoffs with a 4-6 record wins the divisional and then the Championship while a 7-3 St. Louis team fails to make the post season. XFL needs to rethink the playoffs with a two division, 8 team league. The two division champs and then the two with the best records should be the ones to advance.

 

[Tw3ek]

So, Arlington, which entered the playoffs with a 4-6 record wins the divisional and then the Championship while a 7-3 St. Louis team fails to make the post season. XFL needs to rethink the playoffs with a two division, 8 team league. The two division champs and then the two with the best records should be the ones to advance.

Rethink? Nah, basic getting his hopes crushed by a sub .500 Bob Stoops team was awesome

 

[Lets Gekiga In]

So, Arlington, which entered the playoffs with a 4-6 record wins the divisional and then the Championship while a 7-3 St. Louis team fails to make the post season. XFL needs to rethink the playoffs with a two division, 8 team league. The two division champs and then the two with the best records should be the ones to advance.

I think top two playing in the championship I would've been ok with as well.

 

[Fygee]

Oilers done and dusted. Knights move on.

 

[Claudia Schiffer]

Rethink? Nah, basic getting his hopes crushed by a sub .500 Bob Stoops team was awesome

hopes weren't crushed. it was just a "nice to have" to help my football sorrows.

 

[Claudia Schiffer]

So, Arlington, which entered the playoffs with a 4-6 record wins the divisional and then the Championship while a 7-3 St. Louis team fails to make the post season. XFL needs to rethink the playoffs with a two division, 8 team league. The two division champs and then the two with the best records should be the ones to advance.

it's all good. arlington's success is attributed to getting luis perez late into the season, who was a solid spring league qb from the usfl last year. the record really just reflected how bad their qbs were before.

don't let his middle-aged housewife lower body fool you. perez is competent.

 

[Lets Gekiga In]

Oilers done and dusted. Knights move on.

Come on Seattle and Vegas WCF!

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1448131907137392644

 

[Fygee]

The Twitter snark during the series would be epic. I'm totally down. WCF with the two newest expansion teams. It'll be a feelgood entry to the Stanley cup regardless of who wins.

 

[famicommander]

Two Southern teams in the East and two expansion teams in the West. Canadian fans on maximum butthurt alert.

 

[Claudia Schiffer]

Two Southern teams in the East and two expansion teams in the West. Canadian fans on maximum butthurt alert.

please ban fami, because i am honestly terrified of him

 

[Lets Gekiga In]

Worst case scenarios now for Stanley Cup winners are curing some droughts. Shortest drought dates back to 2006 for Carolina Hurricanes (who I think will win). Second drought is Dallas Stars back in 1999, and then the Florida Panthers and Vegas Golden Knights who have never won.

Eric Staal faces his former team the Carolina Hurricanes (who he won the 2006 Stanley Cup with), he is joined by his brother Marc (defenseman) on the Florida Panthers. His other brother Jordan (who plays forward) still plays for the Carolina Hurricanes.

Also, Buffalo Bandits are in the NLL Finals.

 

[Fygee]

Vegas is now the most northern city in the NHL conference finals.

Bummer the Kraken lost.

 

[Arcademan]

The 6th longest NHL hockey game took place last night as Florida scored the winning goal 19:47 in the 4th overtime for a 3-2 win over Carolina and take a 1-0 lead in the Eastern Conference Finals. Something about these Florida teams being 8 seeds making great runs in the playoffs (Miami Heat are up 2-0 also as a 8th seed).