Enjoyed the heck out of this one! Baseball! On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 1:22 AM, 'Eric Rex' via omnisport < [email protected]> wrote:
> > > > > > > <https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MyFc0RlMT88/WMOVNCi50oI/AAAAAAADbow/Fe9BbTlg4mwTf6zLtGGUkniKCPDVImQwACLcB/s1600/cycsagstirreno-630x419.jpg> > Peter Sagan > UCI Pro Cycling is very well underway today. In France, the route > towards the sun, the route de soleil, in other words, the Paris-Nice stage > race wraps up a week of racing tomorrow at the French Riviera. Today, > stage 7 goes from Nice up the Colle de la Couillole. Yesterday, Simon > Yates soloed to victory on stage 6, with Julian Alaphilippe benefiting from > Team Sky's work to keep the overall lead In Italy, the annual coast to > coast race is underway. The Tirreno-Adriatico started at the western > sea, the Tyrrhenean, on Wednesday, and will wrap up next week at the > Adriatic. The racers continued down the coast yesterday in stage 3 of > the race, Australian rider Rohan Dennis was surprised to take the > leader's jersey after a late crash delayed teammate Greg Van Avermaet. > Saturday > will see a big mountain finish at Terminillo. Ever popular Slovakian Peter > Sagan took the stage victory yesterday, which promises exciting action > today, with attacks from the big-name Grand Tour riders such as Nairo > Quintana, Vincenzo Nibali and Tom Dumoulin. > > <https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-b5v5BYAGN7g/WMOWAKbR42I/AAAAAAADbo4/nh5VMgqC6kUqYE6zhttpZgD_lSK5Z6D5wCLcB/s1600/socBarcaSandroRamirez.jpg> > Barcelona's Sandro Ramirez > In France, in Ligue 1 Soccer, perennial champs Paris Saint-Germain travels > today to Lorient, perennial losers. Lorient have been described as Ligue > 1’s basement barnacles, glued to the bottom of the French first division > since their wretched campaign began, six points adrift of safety. PSG, > though, scurries to Lorient as a way to regain their reputation. They > took a great advantage into their game against Barcelona the other day, and > were traumatized, losing a 4-0 advantage in the twilight of their game, > losing to Spain's second best by a score of 6-1. Regarding the loss, PSG > captain Thiago Silva said "It’s a defeat that is going to make news around > the world... and that’s hard." The team conceded three goals after the > 86th minute and were clearly spooked and disoriented. Worse yet, they > are behind league leaders Monaco by six points... Today's away game at > Lorient now seems of supreme importance to try to reconstitute some sort of > winning outlook. > > > <https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fXuR6FOtD1U/WMOWf-SNAYI/AAAAAAADbo8/R3YeBUXnY9oQFycUrRSS2y5h825yje6NQCLcB/s1600/skinuded.jpg> > This weekend, Ski Jumping World Cup competition is being held at Oslo, > Norway. German Andreas Wellinger is currently in the lead. The Team > Men's competition will be held this afternoon with individual finals being > held tomorrow afternoon. > > In the USA, in NCAA collegiate basketball action, conference tournament > play continues today in almost all conferences. With so many games it > is hard to choose which to highlight, so consult your local listings. > > > <https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wIUl_Dfxx5Q/WMOWo5dngII/AAAAAAADbpA/LYmPuJGGq2sOyzD9NUZIxUrCauEC9U2gACLcB/s1600/baseballWBC.jpg>Meanwhile, > the World Baseball Classic play continues today. Fans across the globe > seem to love this competition, allowing their home teams to excell on > the world stage, but apart from this outlet, Americans appear to greet this > international contest with a big "meh," as US baseball fans are focused on > Spring training and the cactus leagues. Leave it to the Dominican > Republic, Venezuela and the other Latin American nations in the tourney to > draw the very best of their Major League players, who treat the WBC like > the World Series. Eligibility rules are wide enough that players can > play for their "heritage." Manny Machado, an American citizen who was > born in Miami, chose to play for the Dominican Republic, the birthplace of > his parents. Players from Dutch territories in the Caribbean – such as > Curacao and so MLB players Xander Bogaerts and Kenley Jansen play as > orangemen. Yesterday, the USA avoided disaster with a walk off homerun > win over Colombia. The classic continues today with pool round robin > play. > > Saturday’s dream matchup between the U.S. and the defending champion > Dominican Republic in Pool C remains intact, with both clubs having 1-0 > records that put them in the driver’s seat for advancing. The last time > they met, also in Miami in the second round of the 2013 tournament, the > Dominicans prevailed 3-1 on the way to claiming the title in undefeated > fashion. Edinson Volquez will pitch for the Dominican Republic opposite > Marcus Stroman. Colombia faces Canada in the early game Saturday. > Ironically, the highest the USA has ever finished in the history of this > classic is 4th. Spring Training, after all. > > > > -- > Posted By Rex to Speed o Rex > <http://speedorex.blogspot.com/2017/03/sport-saturday.html> at 3/11/2017 > 01:19:00 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 [email protected]. > 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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