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FT Tottenham 1 Arsenal 4

A superb, dominant, second half by the league leaders. Good show.👏👏

1-3, 61'. I feel Arsenal are now safe.

Spurs 1 Arsenal 2, 47' 👏

Painful

HT Tottenham 1 Arsenal 1.

Arsenal had the Premier League title in the palm of its hand. Then Manchester City completed a sweep of Liverpool for the first time in 89 years with a 2-1 win at Anfield. That haunted Arsenal, who could feel the Beast coming off the ground and his hot breath on the back of their necks. The ghosts of going wooly in the knees again.

Arsenal "responded" with a 2-2 draw at dead last Dire Wolves. City had closed the gap at the top.

Then yesterday, City won a nervy match in east Manchester against Newcastle. The gap was 2 on an even number of matches played. Advantage Manchester City, for if we beat Arsenal at home later in the season, and don't drop points that they don't also drop, we will win the title.

Now today. Arsenal scored first in the 32' against a Spurs squad fighting a relegation battle with Dire Wolves and two others. But Spurs responded just 2' later. 

Arsenal have finished runners-up three straight seasons. They have the best squad in all of Merry Ol'. But if they drop points today, as they are half way to doing, City will have the league in its palm, and will begin to grasp it.

U.S.A. WINS GOLD! FT 2-1 (OT)

But for an attempt to break a Canadian's wrist (but that's going to happen in hockey, see Bobby Clarke-breaking Valeri Kharlamov's ankle), Tkachuk hate did not win this game for Team U.S.A. The American goalkeeper, Connor Hellebuyck, the Player of the Game, won it.

Canada 1 U.S.hAte 1, End Reg.

Now we skate 3-on-3 until somebody scores for the 🥇

ichael Dominski

Deputy Managing Editor, Live in Milan

USA kills penalty

P3 1:20 - USA 1, Canada 1

We're back to full strength for both teams for the final 80 seconds of regulation!

 

8s ago

Michael Dominski

Deputy Managing Editor, Live in Milan

Canada power play coming! 

P3 3:23 - USA 1, Canada 1

A high-sticking penalty by the U.S. and now Canada will have the upper hand! Incredible drama here! Jack Hughes called for getting Horvat up high.

We'll get 49 seconds of 4-on-4 and then a 1:11 power play.

2m ago

Michael Dominski

Deputy Managing Editor, Live in Milan

USA four-minute power play!

P3 6:34 - USA 1, Canada 1

Sam Bennett heads to the box for high-sticking. A double minor! Four minutes! An absolutely massive opportunity for the U.S. here, who have been totally dominated in this game since the end of the first period.

Canada 1 U.S.hAte 1, End 2P

Will Canada prevail? Will the Tkachuck Brothers maim someone? The third period will tell.

U.S.hAte

 2m ago / 9:41 AM EST

Fighting isn't allowed, but the intensity has been high

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Andrew Greif

Reporting from Milan, Italy

Wayne Gretzky said before the game that the U.S. needed to play physically against Canada and the intensity of this game has been obvious since the opening period. The latest example came with three minutes left in the second period when Canada's Cale Makar took a shot that was saved, then was slashed on the hand. That led to pushing and shoving with the Americans, with the Tkachuck brothers in the middle of a huge scrum behind the net.

The players took that level of physicality to the limit that the Olympics allows. The tournament is played under IIHF rules, and players who fight earn a major penalty as well as an automatic game misconduct, meaning an ejection.

Makar got his revenge a few minutes later when he scored from the right side to tie the game.

Canada Scores! 1-1, 18:16 2P

U.S.hAte 1 Canada 0, End 1P

U.S.hAte 1 Canada 0, 6' 1P

U.S.hAte vs Canada Olympic Hockey Gold Medal Game Has Started

Uh, MyGa...

Myron Gardner, a Hi-C, pushed Scottie Pippen, Jr. from behind, knocking the chip off the old migraine to the hardwood near the end of last night's blowout of Memphibians in Bang Bus Arena. ScoPiII reacted in a not rare manner, jogging three-quarters court with malice aforethought directly to MyGa and delivering a two-handed push that sent MyGa half-way back to the G-League, leastwise, the hardwood floor which caused a brief clash of arms between the whole of these two talent-challenged teams. 

Young Mr. Gardner, you can't do what you did, and I fail to understand why you done did it. 

70 years old and still don't like to sleep and be unconscious of how much fun life is. Good morning, Publoccians!

FT Miami 136 Memphis 120

 

Wiggins makes 9-of-10 shots in 28-point outing to lead Heat over Grizzlies 136-120

...Norman Powell finished with 25...

Tyler Herro finished with 14 points, Bam Adebayo added 13, while Kasparas Jakucionis and Jaime Jacquez Jr. each scored 12 for the Heat. Miami’s Kel’el Ware had 11 points and 15 rebounds.

The "Heat" crushed Memphis on the glass 57-35, offensive: 17-9, defensive 40-26.

Powell overcame a 2-of-7 performance at the free-throw line by converting 10-of-16 from the field, including 3-of-8 on 3-pointers.

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After leading by five at halftime, the Heat pulled away when they outscored the Grizzlies 39-26 in the third quarter. Powell and Jakucionis each scored nine in the period. Jacquez’s bank shot with 1:19 remaining in the quarter gave the Heat their first 20-point lead at 109-89.

"Heat's largest lead was 24.

Despite committing 18 turnovers, the Heat finished with 36 assists.

The 18 t.o.s led to 30 Memphis points. Cannot remember when we last gave up 30 points on turnovers. They had 13 for 21.

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Memphis stayed within distance in the first half by connecting on nine 3-pointers.

The Grizzlies again were without star guard Ja Morant (left elbow sprain), who missed his 13th consecutive game. Santi Aldama, Cedric Coward and Kyle Anderson are all dealing with knee issues and also sat out for Memphis.

Davion Mitchell (illness) and Nikola Jovic (back) didn’t play for the Heat.

AP

The "Heat" have won three straight and four of five, all against bite teams, Lizards, Moronis, Katrinas, Pigeons, Memphibians. In mid-November when we were New Miami, before the league caught on, we had the breathtaking run that resulted in a 13-6 record and such inflated hopes, winning six in a row over Mamdani City, Peaceniks, at Male Cows, at Seven Foot Sixers, over Dallas and Male Deer. 

Miami is 31-27, .534 --> 44-38 (our avg. record for a 12th consecutive year), in seventh place, two-thousandths of a percentage point behind Seven Foot Sixers, who got blown away tonight in Katrina, in the sixth and final playoff spot. We are fifth in the Least in cumulative point difference.

HT 73-68. Good luck, Hi-Cs, I'm taking a lap or three.