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25 July 2018 Context The Tour de France, the world’s greatest long-distance bicycle race, goes on at the same time France is playing in the world’s largest single sports event. What a year and maybe, just maybe, the Franco rise to the top of the sports world is one of the reason’s why this year’s …
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18 July 2018 (Note: The Stage 11 coverage of the Tour did not go up as scheduled on the 18th. These things happen. But we’re back. Stage 12 coverage has been posted) Context The Tour de France, the world’s greatest long-distance bicycle race, goes on at the same time France is playing in the world’s …
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15 July 2018 Context Things don’t get much better than today in France: France won the World Cup with a 4-2 victory over Croatia and the Tour de France hit Stage 9, to be noted–forever–by the cobblestone section of the route the riders have to negotiate. See the video above, courtesy of NBC and the …
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14 July 2018 Context Today is Bastille Day, the national day of France (similar to the American Four of July). Tomorrow, France plays Croatia in the finals of the World Cup; it’s a good year to be a fan of French sports and athletics. The Tour de France, the world’s greatest long-distance bicycle race, goes …
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14 July 2018 Embed from Getty Images Context Entering the final weekend of play at Wimbledon, the oldest of the “major” tennis tournaments. Today was a busy day at the Big W. One match from yesterday was held over (Djokovic vs. Nadal) and had to be played this morning before the regularly scheduled Women’s Singles …
13 July 2018 Context The Tour de France, the world’s greatest long-distance bicycle race, is on. The Tour is being covered by Nightshift Sports as part of our coverage of The Golden Season of Classic Sports. To get you in the mood and increase your enjoyment of the 2018 Tour, Nightshift Sports has put together a …
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12 July 2018 Embed from Getty Images Context Entering the final weekend of play at Wimbledon, the oldest of the “major” tennis tournaments. Women’s Singles Championships will be decided on Saturday; Men’s Singles will be contested on Sunday. Plus.. the great doubles matches. Results to Date Closing it out. Yesterday was the Women’s singles semi-finals …
11 July 2018 The Tour de France, the world’s greatest long-distance bicycle race, is on. The Tour is being covered by Nightshift Sports as part of our coverage of The Golden Season of Classic Sports. To get you in the mood and increase your enjoyment of the 2018 Tour, Nightshift Sports has put together a set …
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Press Clippings Embed from Getty Images People, places, and events for today: Brett Kavanaugh Tab Hunter World Cup Boris Johnson/Brexit Thai Soccer Rescue Wimbledon Do you like Pina Coladas? If you do, this is your day, because it’s National Pina Colada Day. Music for news reading, with new tunes curated by DJ Tschugge and Miles …
9 July 2018 The Tour de France, the world’s greatest long-distance bicycle race, is on. The Tour is being covered by Nightshift Sports as part of our coverage of The Golden Season of Classic Sports. To get you in the mood and increase your enjoyment of the 2018 Tour, Nightshift Sports has put together a set …
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