I am glad to have this feedback. I am learning some as I try to cover some sports we don't normally think about and some of the more popular ones. I have learned a lot about Cricket, and learned that I cannot figure out how to keep track of the Winter sports like luge and their standings from week to week... As Always, Eric
http://speedorex.blogspot.com/ From: Joe Copeland <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2017 1:21 PM Subject: Re: [omnisport:29772] Saturday Sport Sorry, I've been meaning to tell you how much I've liked these posts. It's something different and fun, and it always informative. Thanks! On Sat, Feb 25, 2017 at 4:44 AM, 'Eric Rex' via omnisport <[email protected]> wrote: Not sure if y'all are enjoying these... if so, here you go... Sport Saturday Today's sport scene sees a little old, a little new in cycling, NCAA Basketball action, Six Nations Rugby, a surge in Test Cricket in India, and a low down dogs contest between two premier league teams facing relegation. | | | Mark Cavendish | Cycling's Tour of Abu Dhabi continues todaywith a third stage of exciting action. So far, the tour is a contest between established and well known heros,Marcel Kittel, Mark Cavendish, and Caleb Ewan. Ewan has done so well recently, it seems like he has been aroundforever, but he is only 22, and has taken the white jersey for best young | | | Marcel Kittel and that wonderful hair | rider. After two stages which have catered to thesprinters, it is time for the climbers to shine on Saturday as the Abu DhabiTour heads into the mountains for the 186km Al Maryah Stage from Al Ain toJebel Hafeet. This afternoon marks thestart of the Spring one day cycling classics, which continue for a couple ofmonths, mostly in Holland, Belgium andnorthern France. Today's race is the HetNieuwsblad, which begins and ends in Ghent. Champion Tom Boonen, who is a one day classics specialist, has announcedhe will ride today and this season, retiring definitively after Paris-Roubaixon April 9th. Go Tom! In England Premier (for now) League Soccer, dogfights can be interesting,especially when the game is down to the dogs. One of the most hard fought contests this weekend may not be Sunday'scup championship, but instead the game of two teams fighting relegation. Crystal Palace and Middlesbrough should both put up an excitingeffort, as both teams are in real risk of demotion. Palace are desperate for a win and thevisit of Middlesborough’s misfiring attack gives them the perfect chance. "Weare treating this as a final," Middlesbrough manager Aitor Karanka said,and they will do well to play their hearts out. Six Nations Rugby continues with its third weekend of play today, with hardfought contests between Scotland and Wales, and between Ireland and France. Currently England is atop the standings withtwo wins, Italy at the bottom with no wins. Ireland is in second place, followed by Wales, France and Scotland, allof whom have a single win a piece. Today's play may shake up the competition. InTest Cricket, visitors Australia currently lead India after Day 2 of the firsttest. Left-arm spinner Steve O'Keefe | | | Steve O'Keefe | grabbed a career-best haul of 6-35 to put Australia on top before skipper SteveSmith compounded India’s misery with an unbeaten fifty in the first Test Friday.The Aussies reached 143-4 at stumps on day two, which saw a total of 15 wicketsfall at Pune’s Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium. O’Keefe, whose six wickets came off just 24balls, helped Australia bundle India out for 105 in the afternoon sessionbefore the visiting batsmen rammed home their advantage against the world’s topTest team. Indian off-spinnerRavichandran Ashwin claimed three wickets, including the early scalps ofopeners David Warner and | | | Ravichandran Ashwin | Shaun Marsh. Australia are playing in the first match of the four Test series. The number-two ranked Australia, who losttheir last nine Tests in Asia, are looking for an upset win against the world’stop side. In Pakistan Super League play Mohammed Sami’s final over puts hasassured Islamabad United of a play-off berth, taking the pressure off of themfor their final regular season match against Karachi this week. Inthe USA, in NCAA Basketball, the Southern Methodist University Mustangs willplay at the Connecticut Huskies. TheMustangs won a January 19th meeting against UConn in Dallas 69-49, holding theHuskies to just 15 points in the first half. Shake Milton led the Mustangs inscoring with 23 points. SMU had only five turnovers in that game, and isexpected to play well today, even in the aggressive confines of UConn. Wichita State will travel to Missouri State.The Wichita State Shockers (26-4) roll into Springfield looking to clinch atleast a share of their fourth straight regular-season crown in the MissouriValley Conference. They forced 21 turnovers in an 80-62 win over Missouri State(16-14) on February 9th. -- Posted By Rex to Speed o Rex at 2/25/2017 03:58:00 AM -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "omnisport" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to omnisport+unsubscribe@ googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/ group/omnisport. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/ optout. -- Take a moment and view my blog! http://hohcopelandwj.wordpress.com/-- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "omnisport" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/omnisport. 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