The Weekly Puttdown 27/1/2020-2/2/2020

-

The Weekly Puttdown

Welcome to the weekly Puttdown. A weekly run-through of the major news from the major sports around the globe. Short and to the point, cutting through the drivel and not to be taken too seriously.

NFL:

Kansas City Chiefs are your Super Bowl 54 Champions. In classic 2019-2020 Kansas style, they gave themselves a mountain to climb, going behind again in the playoffs, 10 points down going into the fourth quarter, only to surge back and take the win on the back of Patrick Mahomes MVP performance. Lamar Jackson was named Unanimous MVP, only the second time this has ever happened. This comes only a couple of years after being told he should be a wide receiver by the so-called experts. It makes you think, doesn’t it?

NBA:

The NBA continued to mourn the loss of the legend Kobe Bryant with tributes paid all across the league. The league made some changes to the All-star format this year. Every quarter will be to play for with the winning team winning money for their chosen charity. If this doesn’t at least get the players to try I don’t know what will.

Football (Premier League unless otherwise stated):

Liverpool continues to be miles ahead in the race for the Premier League title. Should we just fast-forward to next season?  Everybody still hates VAR. Norwich and Watford continues to try their best to get relegated, Watford going 2-0 only to lose 3-2 to ten men Everton. Norwich drew 0-0 leaving them 7 points behind 17th.

MLB:

Pitchers and catchers report this month! Not long now until the Houston Astros attempt to break the record for hits by pitch, I can’t wait.

Golf:

Webb Simpson won the Waste Management Phoenix Open. The most fun hole in golf, the 16th at the Phoenix Open, continued to live up to its reputation. It only makes sense to bring more holes like this into tournaments. Players love it, fans love it what could go wrong, have a whole course like it!

NHL:

In the battle of Alberta, we got the chance to witness a fight between two goalies, which, was just fantastic, and in my opinion, needs to happen more often.

Honourable Mentions:  
A big shock in rugby as France beat England in the first round of the six nations. England looked like a shell of the team that got to the World Cup final in Japan, only really turning up in the late stages of the second half, but little too late.

In tennis, Novak Djokovic won his Eight Australian Open and Seventeen grand slams. Meanwhile in the Women’s, Sofia Kenin won her maiden Grand Slam title at just the age of 21.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

College Football is Cancelled

-
Image
2020 gets worse by the week. Recent announcements have seen college football conferences cancelled or suspended until the spring of 2021, leaving players, coaches and fans reeling in the news. One of the biggest questions that have come from these announcements is what will happen to the players. As a student-athlete, you are now just a student, which means you will finally have to start going to class. If you are an athlete reading this, you are in the right place, below we cultivated a list on what to do next, and thrive as a student. Get a pen and paper. This will be key, you will need this in all of your classes, to take notes from the teacher, or "coach" of the class.  The teacher is in charge, but instead of shouting at you when you miss a catch or fumble the ball, they will shout at you when you get an answer wrong or fall asleep in class. Try not to fall asleep in class. Books. What is a book you ask? It's like a playbook for the class you are taking, it contains
Read more

MLB Cancelled?

-
Image
After all the talk between the MLB and MLBPA, it looks like we are finally going to get ourselves a baseball season. At this point there looks like there is nothing in the way of us seeing our favourite summer pastime. Or is there? Our sources tell us that discussions have been taking place between the Owners and Rob Manfred, and a new plan has been devised to stop the season going ahead.   Rob Manfred will declare the old school, unwritten playground rule ‘it’s my ball I’m going home’. It’s a rule as old as time, for those who have never seen or used it, this is how it works:  When you are playing a sport with friends, and you own the ball being used, you can decide to randomly take your ball and go home. People will do this for a couple of reasons. 1. If they have to actually go home (the least common use of the rule). 2. If they are losing or 3. If the ball owner hasn’t got their own way with regards to rules or teams, they will take their ball so no one else can play and go home.  
Read more

The Weekly Puttdown 6-12/1/2020

-
The Weekly Puttdown Welcome to the weekly Puttdown. A weekly run through off the major news from the major sports around the globe. Short and to the point, cutting through the drivel and not to be taken to seriously. NFL: The Texans blew a 24-point lead; they blew it so quickly it was gone before half time. The Packers ruined Lynches coming out of retirement party, but it was nice to see they game him the ball on the goal line twice, unfortunately, this doesn’t change history. Baltimore Ravens players decided not to turn up in their most important game of the year, forgetting that, when the ball is thrown to you, that you are meant to catch it. Derrick Henry continued to walk through defences, one point even making an opponent in to a lead blocker.   The 49ers blew out the Vikings, which led the Cleveland Browns to employ the Vikings OC as their new head coach after he got embarrassed that same weekend, a move that only the Cleveland Browns would do. NBA: Th
Read more