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The Olympics on Ask Metafilter

Simply The Best

Lewis HamiltonLewis Hamilton by Mubarak Fahad (cc by-nc-nd)

In Ask Metafilter, Hactar wonders, "Which sports are completely dominated by a single person currently?"

06/13/21
by taz

"They still said no"

Taylor Townsend on court with tennis racketBy si.robi - Townsend RG19 (29), CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=80164672

America hating fat Black women — it’s just part of life. It’s in the culture. It’s in the health-care system. You see it in Hollywood, you see it in sports. You don’t have to look around very hard. misskaz posts a superb personal essay by tennis pro Taylor Townsend.

06/09/21
by taz

It's Wicket Good

Krocketbällen hintereinander aufgestelltKrocketbällen hintereinander aufgestellt by marcoverch (cc by)

Carillon posted the excellent article "How Two Kentucky Farmers Became Kings Of Croquet, The Sport That Never Wanted Them," which — bonus stroke! — turns out to have been written by Mefi's own gottabefunky! It's a good read.

09/22/19
by taz

NCAA basketball tournament time

Basketball Madness

If you have March Madness, come fill out NCAA basketball brackets - hurry, they're due by Thursday! Also time for fantasy baseball signups!

Superbowl on Fanfare

If you're watching the Superbowl, c'mon over to Fanfare!

World Series 2018 on Fanfare

Baseball fans come on along - Dodgers vs Red Sox, the MLB World Series chat and watch is happening on Fanfare.

Fall ball

Baseball! The heroes, the villains, the extra inning games. Come to Fanfare for all your baseball playoff discussion needs: first the division series, then the NLCS and ALCS (Brewers/Dodgers and Astros/Red Sox).

World Cup Final

Join today's livewatch and discussion in Fanfare for the World Cup Final!

World Cup 2018

Come share your excitement for the World Cup! There's also a bracket thread, and we'll sidebar Fanfare threads for livewatching as they go up.

NCAA basketball time

Hoop CloudsHoop Clouds by sclboston (cc by-nd)

It's March and that means college basketball! Did you see the historic upset last night? Come join the NCAA basketball discussion on Fanfare for the next couple weeks, and share your brackets on Metatalk.

Winter Olympics time!

CurlingCurling by BC Living (cc by)

Join us in Fanfare for the Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony, and for ongoing discussion of all the events of the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics !

Superbowl

Unhappy owlUnhappy owl by krishna.naudin (cc by-sa)

It's Superbowl time! Come join in the Superbowl post on Fanfare -- for NFL football, and all the associated intra-Superbowl tv hoopla (ads, halftime, etc)

Slabs 101

slab upslab up by chris kuga (cc by)

Come ride the waves with not_the_water's great post about slab surfing

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