My column on Kylian Mbappe standing against the tide of gambling that is drowning the world of sports. montrealgazette.com/sports/socce...

Hands down, one of the greatest prog rock voices of all time! (imho) A young, supposedly nervous, Greg Lake, sitting on a stool in front of an audience of 300K, plucking on a 12-string, singing with the voice of an angel, AND… chewing gum?!? Anytime! (*swoon) 💜 #GregLake #ELP

It always seems there are certain players who get caught up in drama (whether through their fault or not) and the only way out of the drama is a change of scenery. Max Pacioretty was one. Jonathan Drouin another. And Kirby Dach. At a certain point, the best thing is to move on.

Does the arbitrator have the authority to just trade Kirby Dach for a bag of pucks? I would raise no objections.

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How is Trump blocking the Strait of Hormuz and charging ships a 20 percent fee to pass through any different than Iran blocking the Strait? Well, except for the 20 percent. It's against International Law.

“I wish I could tell you the story of a life well led. I cannot. Lindsey Graham made the terrible decision to serve Donald Trump even though he knew better, thereby aiding and abetting a corrupt and hateful operation to destroy our beloved country.” www.americaamerica.news/p/the-choice...

They're saying something about an aortic tear but everyone knows Lindsay Graham died of a fatal mix of mendacity, sycophancy and spinelessness.

We’re sanctioning Russia at speed and scale. Today’s measures, together with the upcoming 21st sanctions package, will add 250 individuals and entities to the Russia sanctions regime. (1/3)

Edmonton Oilers: Good news Colton Dach. We're signing you to a 2-year extension. Oh, and the bad news - Mike Babcock will be your coach.

Erling Haaland and the rest of the Norwegian men's team are paid the same as the women's team. In 2017, they took a voluntary pay cut to allow the women's pay to be increased. The move came from the players' union, not management.

Netflix is struggling with keeping viewers "hooked" because it keeps canceling shows after 1 season so no one trusts a Netflix show to last. Its that simple, regardless of whatever their bullshit internal analytics are informing them.

Promised his father he wouldn't drink alcohol, smoke, or get tattoos. And is stridently opposed to sports betting...and the French far-right. Mbappé is the hero we need.

What a nasty ignorant soulless bitch he was. Bye freak. Graham is another huge reason why we are now a global pariah.

The Norwegian team has been a delight to watch and they represent all that is positive about football.

Recently the island of Mousa became home to Shetland ponies once again again. It is a joy to see the next generation of these beautiful horses standing by the iconic Mousa broch #Shetland

One down. Saving America and the world, one obituary at a time.

Nationwide, the annual cost of gun violence is $557 billion, more than the GDP of 160 countries, according to a study released in 2022 by gun control advocacy group Everytown. rochesterbeacon.com/2022/07/26/g... via @RochesterBeacon

"don't you know who I play golf with?" #NorEng

Guess it's up to Messi & Co. to take care of Divin' 'Arry and the Englishes in Falklands War 2026.

Uh-oh...

Harry Kane diving. Guy is a piece of work.

Clown show in Toronto. Whoever heard of such a thing?

The fool in the middle golfs with Trump. Screw England.

This seals it for me. Heia Norge!

Please, people Make your voices heard www.theguardian.com/environment The estimates are most dire for 2026 – somewhere between 2,500-8,000 whales are estimated to have died so far this year, which meets the criteria for a “catastrophic mortality event”.

Go Spain and Belgium! Neutral in this one but leaning to Belgium for the ass-kicking they gave the cheating Americans.

People really be forgetting gambling is a horrible addiction. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

This is so very clever... and very insightful.

Bryce Harper here, just saying thanks for all you do. Keep grinding. Hope you and your 14 husbands are having a great summer! 👍

Many reasons to love the ebullient and talented Kylian Mbappe. This is top of my list.

Fucking VAR messed that up.

Erling Haaland, the Norwegian striker, is incredibly popular with his fans, especially children. #WorldCup

I assume the Alouettes have the Stampeders last score posted on the wall ahead of Saturday's game against the Stamps: Calgary 58, Toronto 36.

Tennis Canada does not need to gobble up green space. Tennis Canada does need stars who remain here and pay taxes in the country that nurtured them.

Superbe couv de la @mtlgazette (and forever Kurt Cobain).

Muchova got rid of Gauff. No Americans left at Wimbledon. Or in the World Cup. Now if they would just butt out of the Middle East...

Why the hell is Carney bending the knee to Trump on this? Elbows up, my ass. More like knees down.

Big drop in the Dow this morning. Bad Donald playing stock manipulation again. Couple days, he'll announce a sweetheart deal with those wonderful dudes in Iran and cash in. And the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed. It's almost like ... corruption.

Seriously, Guardian. Must we?

Man spent five hours filling his bucket with fish, until he woke up to find every single one gone. On May 20th, a man was fishing off a dock when he started having one of the best days he’d had in weeks. Dock camera showed his Dog was feeding a Dolphin 🐬

Before I saw this I assumed the Mets were on the wrong end.

Excellent column from Jack as usual. Well worth the few minutes it takes to read it. Daniel Brière has just screwed the whole world of hockey. I’m convinced there will be no end to the silliness now until there’s another lockout.

TL;DR of today's newsletter: ICE is shooting people again. It's doing so in service of a mass deportation agenda that is, more than any other policy, the routinization and institutionalization of Trumpian cruelty. So: Oppose mass deportation. And abolish ICE. open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

I'm going to have to unfollow Forbes. Garbage like Bezos making me ill. We really need a revolution. If they're going to send people to a fetid prison in El Salvador where people sleep 30 to a cell on concrete floors, it should start with bastards like Bezos and Musk.

VAR is a curse.

plucky little Belgium

"There are no words for the corrupt, cowardly deal Infantino struck with DJT to allow US striker F Balogun to skip his red card and play against Belgium. When you start letting tinpot dictators make the rules for the world’s most promi sports federation, your credibility is hanging by a thread."