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Good morning, Winners! Team USA’s hockey team are losers today.
That’s sad, really. As I wrote yesterday, this was a chance for U.S. hockey to shift the paradigm of the sport a bit. The United States top national team hadn’t beaten Canada in the sport since 1996 and had gone 4-14-1 against their neighbors to the north in their 19 matchups together.
Guess we can make that 4-15-1 now.
Connor McDavid etched another chapter in his career storybook with an incredible goal to win it in overtime. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (deservedly, honestly) mocked the U.S. after the loss, too. This is the Canadian victory lap the North needed after Kendrick Lamar eviscerated Drake last year.
CANADA’S VICTORY, VISUALIZED: Here are 25 photos of the epic overtime matchup.
What a devastating loss. It’s not really a surprising one, though. And, no, it’s not because the United States has always been Canada’s little, snot-nosed, loud-mouthed, annoying brother in hockey.
It’s because President Donald Trump, who was convicted on 34 felony counts of influencing the 2016 presidential election via hush money payments to a porn star, picked the U.S. to win it all.
He called the team before the game to wish them good luck in their matchup. As it turns out, stepping aboard the Trizzy Train was the death knell for the United States’ chances in this one.
This is the new Drake sports curse. Think about it, guys. In the last few weeks, Trump has openly shown support for:
The Kansas City Chiefs team that got destroyed by the Philadelphia Eagles. The U.S. hockey team that obviously just lost to Canada. Tiger Woods, who we must admit is pretty mid now, no matter how much we still act like he’s a great golfer. The man doesn’t even know which clubs to use anymore! The Daytona 500 got rained out because of the dude’s presence.Guys, the proof is in the pudding. I don’t make the rules — I only enforce them. If something happens twice, it’s a coincidence. Three times? It’s a trend. This is a trend.
The Trump sports curse is real. Tell your favorite teams to beware.
FINALLY the Yankees are being less dorky
Despite the franchise’s massive success throughout baseball’s history, the Yankees have always been massively uncool.
A big reason why? The team’s facial hair rule. It’s been more than 50 years since the Yankees allowed any of their players to have a single follicle of hair grow on their face.
That’s changing today. The team finally decided to join the rest of us in 2025, writes Bryan Kalbrosky.
“The decision to allow “well-groomed beards” is perhaps too little, too late for something that should have probably changed decades ago. In fact, it should have been eliminated right after it was instituted in 1973.
But it is at least a step in the right direction toward modernity for a team that desperately needed to re-evaluate a policy that was weirdly enforced and was somehow stricter and militant than it ever should have been.”
It’s about time, Yankees. Sheesh.
Get well soon, Wemby
(Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
Victor Wembanyama is out for the remainder of the season thanks to a case of deep vein thrombosis.
Our Andrew Joseph explains more on what, exactly, the condition is and dives into other NBA players who’ve had it. Basically, Wemby has a blood clot. That’s extremely scary and, honestly, potentially life-altering. But, as Andrew wrote, other players have come back from this before. It’s not the end for Vic.
But, man. This is devastating. Wembanyama was having one of the best sophomore seasons we’ve ever seen. He was already an All-Star. He was likely going to be an All-NBA player. He was a shoo-in for Defensive Player of the Year.
Now, that’s all done. The reverberations from the injury will be felt around the league, Prince Grimes writes.
But, honestly, I’m less concerned about all of that stuff and more concerned with his recovery. Get well soon, Wemby. I hope he comes back healthier than ever.
Photo Friday: Ice Skating looks hard, guys
(Photo by Piero CRUCIATTI / AFP) (Photo by PIERO CRUCIATTI/AFP via Getty Images)
Here’s a photo of USA’s Caroline Green and Michael Parsons performing during the Ice Dance in Milan. Not sure what this move is called. But I am sure there’s no amount of training that I could do to figure out how to do this without cracking my head open on the ice. Sheesh.
Quick hits: A’ja Wilson on being A’ja Wilson … 5 teams who should sit out NFL free agency … and more
— Here’s Meg Hall with more from A’ja Wilson on why being A’ja Wilson is so difficult sometimes.
— Christian D’Andrea has five NFL teams he thinks should sit out free agency this year.
— On the opposite end, here are 7 teams Christian thinks should splurge on talent this offseason.
— Here’s Meg Hall with a WNBA mock draft. Olivia Miles is falling a bit in this one.
— Blake has five options for MLB now that its partnership with ESPN is officially over.
— Here’s Caroline Darney with more of Josh Allen and Hailee Steinfeld being adorable.
That’s a wrap, folks. Thanks so much for reading. Peace.
-Sykes
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