1) Lewis Hamilton can overtake Michael Schumacher in the all-time US Grand Prix standings with victory on Sunday. Back when a dry F1 race wasn’t settled on the first corner, the 1990 edition saw Ayrton Senna and Jean Alesi battle it out in a Phoneix classic. Hamilton won on the race’s return in 2012, as the DRS zone delivered some great racing in the newly minted Circuit of the Americas. In 1984, Nigel Mansell got out and pushed his Lotus toward the finish line in Dallas, but fainted from exhaustion in searing heat. At least some racing happened, unlike the controversial 2005 procession for Michael Schumacher at the Indianapolis Raceway, where Martin Brundle delivered an all-time classic paddock interview with Bernie Ecclestone. Indy was no stranger to the bizarre, just ask 2002 winner Rubens Barrichello. Finally, here’s the 1976 edition, where James Hunt closed Niki Lauda’s driver’s championship lead to just three points.
2) Natalie Sciver announced herself as a star as England won the Women’s World Cup at Lord’s this summer but she made the Australians take notice in the 2015 Ashes, hitting 66 to set up victory in the first one day international of the series. Sarah Taylor has long been a thorn in the side of the Southern Stars – this catch from the third ODI back in 2013 is still jaw dropping:
3) There’s pretty much nothing better than old football videos, so here’s a belter you probably won’t have seen, from 15 June 1956: Spurs 7-1 Manchester United. The game was staged at Yankee Stadium and features some of the finest vintage commentary ever heard: “On tour of Canada and the US, the Tottenham Hotspurs and the Manchester Uniteds continue their feud.” Also from the archive – Hereford United worship a swede in the centre circle back in 1989.
4) The Bosnian Premier League saw some interesting behaviour last weekend. With just two minutes of their game remaining, NK Zvijezda Gradačac led NK Bosna Visoko 1-0, at which point a Zvijezda player contracted an acute case of convenient cramp. The referee refused to order him off, prompting some Bosna players to sit down in protest while others took a knee, apparently confusing perceived incompetence with racially-motivated police brutality. In the meantime, Zvijezda scored twice more to complete a 3-0 win.
5) Let’s finish with some inspiration: here’s former UFC title contender, Diego Sanchez, with his signature YES! cartwheel, and here he is explaining it – apparently: “Yes could mean anything for anybody.”
1) Mitch Trubisky’s two-point conversion was one of the highlights from his Chicago Bears debut. It requires a couple of views to take it all in – a shame the Bears went on to lose the game. More two-point fun here, here and here.
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2) Pick it out! Benjamin Jeannot scored this sizzling late equaliser for Dijon against the mighty PSG. Just like those Bears, the hosts ultimately lost – in stoppage time.
3) Apparently this is how every football match should be played – give Classic YouTube Grimsby v Crawley any day of the week.
4) Mohamed Salah’s spot kick for Egypt brought back memories of Australia’s John Aloisi moment in 2005 (of which you can read more here).
5) And after the knockout performance from BYU’s Cosmo the Cougar in last week’s blog, here’s a different Cosmo delivering a different kind of knockout performance. Be warned, this one is altogether more brutal.
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