Category: Sports (en)

Drake just lost a small fortune, $833,333.85, on Barcelona losing to Real Madrid.

The 35-year-old rapper bet a big amount on Arsenal, who were playing Leeds United, and Barcelona, who were fighting against Real Madrid.

While Arsenal won 1-0, Barcelona lost 3-1. Thus, due to this setback, Drake lost a whopping 867,190 euros, which comes to 833,333.85 US dollars.

If Champagne Papi had won his bet, his harvest in American dollars would have been 3.9 million dollars. A nice amount that would have added to Drake’s very deep pockets, but instead he lost several thousand dollars.

To celebrate this “occasion” (for Real), the Madrid Twitter account allowed itself a nice little joke towards Drizzy:

GOD’S PLAN 🙏🏾 pic.twitter.com/mYGTPWBN49

— Rodrygo Goes (@RodrygoGoes) October 16, 2022

Just like that, God’s Plan is one of the most popular songs in Drake’s repertoire, which is a near perfect nod.

A lifelong Los Angeles Kings fan, who has been a season ticket holder for a long time, was hit in the face with a puck, breaking his nose and leaving a cut on his forehead.

Jeremy Aaronson, the name of the fan, was in attendance for the Kings’ opening game (against the Vegas Golden Knights), accompanied by his 11-year-old son, and this sequence occurred during the warm-up period.

An unwanted souvenir at the @LAKings game tonight. Puck to forehead and nose during warm ups. At least I heard the goal before heading to the hospital. #GoKingsGo pic.twitter.com/NFoatKFMky

— That Guy (@jeremy_aaronson) October 12, 2022

Although the doctors at Crypto.com Arena tried to treat him, Aaronson had to head to the hospital as the injuries required surgery. In the end, he missed his Kings’ opening game…

Aaronson is doing well, but will need further treatment from doctors once his nose swells.

In his son’s case, he stayed at the Kings ‘ home with some of his dad’s friends to watch the game… which the Golden Knights won 4-3.

Mark Hoppus, one of the singers and founding members of the band Blink-182, marked the Colorado Avalanche’s opening game during banner night by singing the hit “All the Small Things” with the crowd.

Not a Small Thing tonight, huh?#GoAvsGo pic.twitter.com/UiOkkwdmJc

— Colorado Avalanche (@Avalanche) October 13, 2022

Note that this song was originally sung by Tom DeLonge, who has been back with the band for a few days now in preparation for a tour and album in 2023.

That said, the reason Hoppus was on hand to accompany the crowd’s singing was because of the team’s fans who went viral with their Blink-182 chants in the playoffs.

Hoppus, who just recently beat cancer, actually opened up to Av‘s fans:

“What a season, what a team! Congratulations, you did it! Stanley Cup champions! Thank you so much for taking our group with you; it means a lot to us. Let’s do it again next season!”

Opening Night gave us all goosebumps as we watched the 2021-2022 Stanley Cup banner raise to the rafters and the @Avalanche start off the season with a win. pic.twitter.com/Sc3Q4jF2ut

— AltitudeTV (@AltitudeTV) October 14, 2022

Netflix has just released a highly anticipated documentary for basketball and sports maniacs, The Redeem Team, which features this 2008 American team guided by Kobe Bryant.

The docu was produced by the duo LeBron James-Dwyane Wade, two great friends and former teammates who won two consecutive championships with the Miami Heat (2012 and 2013).

The story line is to tell the little-known story of the 2008 Beijing Games, where the late “Mamba” was the cornerstone of a monstrously talented group. The whole thing was scripted by John Weinbach, one of the co-producers of the series that had a BIG success with The Last Dancethe story of the Chicago Bulls dynasty.

The film is about 1 hour and 30 minutes long, and features archival footage of Olympic games, plus a shocking statement from King James about Kobe.

Here is the trailer of this documentary not to be missed during the long weekend!

During a practice session of the Golden State Warriors, Stephen Curry ‘s team that won the last NBA championship, Draymond Green went for a “superman punch” on the face of his teammate Jordan Poole.

The site TMZ has shared an exclusive video where we can see the act of violence of one of the stars of this group, Draymond Green. A powerful right that earned an internal sanction for Day-Day, obviously.

Before the varlope, you can perceive that something is going on between the two teammates, exchanges of words not very sweet. Green approached Poole in order to most likely intensify his trashtalk, then the latter pushed him violently, only to receive a massive punch in the face.

Luckily for Poole, staff members rushed to stop the scene to prevent Green from finishing his fight.

The team clarified that Poole suffered no injuries in the sequence, and that the situation was resolved as a result of the brouhaha. Those are the only details that were delivered by the franchise…which admittedly needs to continue its investigation to find the individual who took this video.

American League home run king Aaron Judge spoke out about the historic ball he catapulted with his mighty guns (arms) into the stands at Globe Life Field on Tuesday night.

Here’s what Judge said with his legendary class about the catch:

“It would be great to get it back, but it’s a memory for a fan. He made a great catch (…)”

Number 99 says he wants the historic ball badly, but as of now, the new owner of the ball, Cory Youmans, has no desire to part with it.

Youmans, who works in finance in Dallas, told reporters at the event that he had not yet thought about the ball’s future, but for now he would keep it.

#Rangers Security whisked away a Dallas man by the name of Corey Youmans who caught Judge’s 62nd home run ball.
#62 pic.twitter.com/lP7jequjIJ

— Joe Trahan (@JoeTrahan) October 5, 2022

I guess he wants to raise the stakes as high as he can?

According to several specialists, this ball could be worth about two million dollars!

On Tuesday night, Aaron Judge hit his 62nd pitch into the stands against the Rangers in Texas, becoming the long ball king in American League history.

Not surprisingly, many fans were willing to risk a lot to get their hands on a historic ball valued in the seven figures.

One fan in particular stood out more than others…

A live video of this fanatic shows his determination to get this authentic collector’s item!

https://twitter.com/markkberger/status/1577451206846431234

Didn’t see it? Look closely on the left, a fan jumps down believing that the ball was going to end up there because of a potential “bounce” somewhere.

The result of this run to this historic ball is this: the fan who caught this ball from Judge ‘s 62 is named Cory Youmans, a vice president of Fisher Investments.

The ball was caught precisely in Section 31, Row 1, Seat Number 3, at Globe Life Field. It was authenticated and autographed, so everything was done by the book.

Official: Aaron Judge's home run ball landed in Section 31, Row 1, Seat 3, of Globe Life Field.

The person in possession of the baseball has been guided by security to a location in the stadium where the ball is being authenticated and officially dedicated.@MLB @MLBNetwork

— Jon Morosi (@jonmorosi) October 5, 2022