20 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 Tour seems more festive than some in the past. 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 of resources that will not only keep you up to date on the Tour, but also make you more knowledgeable about many of its’ various facets through articles, photo essays, video, and links. We have added the official Tour de France (“TDF”) twitter feed today…so enjoy.
ICYMI
The Move is a podcast covering the 2018 Tour de France. We are including their podcast in the Nightshift Sports coverage of the Tour.
Resources:
A complete set of resources to understand and enjoy the 2018 edition of The Tour is below. And, of course, click on the video (above) to for a recap of today’s events at The Tour.
Direct Link to Official Tour de France website
Official Route of the Tour de France
Tour de France Coverage/Cycling News
The Guardian Coverage of Tour De France
The Bikes of the Tour de France
New Bike Models at Tour de France
Riders and Teams for 2018 Tour de France
Teams in the Tour de France
Official Instagram Feed: #letourdefrance
Tour de France on Twitter : https://twitter.com/hashtag/tdf2018?lang=en
Where to Watch the Tour de France
The Fine Print: Image Embeds courtesy of GettyImages.com. Images have not been altered in any way. We thank them for sharing. Special thanks to our friends at the Tour de France for the direct links to their website(s). Thanks, also, to our friends at YouTube and the Tour de France along with NBC who enable the video recap of the day’s events. This video has not been altered in any way. We thank them for making it available.We also thank The Move for making their podcast available. Thanks guys. Also thanks to our friends at the Guardian for the links to their coverage of the Tour. The Guardian provides rather spectacular coverage of sporting events. They could use your support if you enjoy their work (and you will). The Nightshift staff supports the Guardian. We invite you to join us. Nightshift Sports is produced by Perception Engineering and The Media Bunker. All rights not expressly reserved by others are reserved by donald pierce. All text copyright (c) 2018 donald pierce. Thanks for reading and following. Enjoy the tour…..and ride your bike (more).
Nightshift Sports: The Open, 21 July 2018
Context
The Open (sometimes known in the United States as The British Open) is the oldest of the four Golf Majors (Masters, Open, U.S. Open, PGA) and was first played in 1860. The Open is often considered the most prestigious because it is played in the country which is the home of golf, although many golf fans and historians would argue that the Masters, a U.S. tournament founded by the legendary golfer Bobby Jones is the most prestigious. The tournament rotates from golf club to club throughout the U.K. and has been in England, Ireland, and, of course, Scotland. This year the tournament is being staged in Angus, Scotland, at Carnoustie, a links style course that has many difficult challenges, so much so that players often call it Carnasty. The challenges in 2018 have been made more difficult by the weather–the lack of rain in the area (a rarity) has made the links fairways as hard as the top of a pool table, so shots off the tee and long iron shots can hit and bounce and run for very long distances–often into trouble. Carnoustie was the scene of the famous Jean van de Velde meltdown on the 18th in 1999, when the French golfer–literally on the verge of winning the tournament–needing only a 6 on a par 4 hole to win–made a triple bogey 7, and ended up in a four hole playoff with Justin Leonard and Paul Lawrie for the championship . Lawrie won the playoff by three strokes over the four holes. Notably, van de Velde handled the entire incident with a level of class and sense of humor seldom seen in any sport. The Open is always one of the most dramatic tournaments of the year and this year’s will be no exception; also–expect bad weather, because invariably there is at least one (and often more) day of bad weather. Use the Nightshift Resource links (below) to get the most from following this year’s tournament. You can see the tournament on the Golf Channel (early) and NBC (late). Streaming is available via TheOpen.com . See the resources below for details.
Resources
Direct Link to the Official Site of The Open
The Leaderboard
The Course
Direct Link to Official Site of Carnoustie Golf Links
How to Qualify for the British Open
Carnoustie, Hole by Hole
How to Watch The Open
The Fine Print: Embeds courtesy of GettyImages.com, who have the photographic history of the 20th and 21st century on file. Images have not been altered in any way. We thank for sharing. Video embeds courtesy of The Open, YouTube, and NBC. Again, these have not been altered in any way. We thank them for sharing. Nightshift Sports is a production of Perception Engineering and The Media Bunker. All rights not expressly reserved by others, are reserved by donald pierce. Text and other elements (c) donald pierce. Thanks for watching. Enjoy The Open.
The Nightshift: World News 21 July 2018
Press Clippings
Embed from Getty Images
People, places, and events for today.
The Cohen Tape(s)
Duck Boat Sinking
British Open
George Michael
Manhattan Madam
Brexit
Second Passport
The Fed
Editor’s Note: If you like the classic sports of summer (golf, tennis, the Tour de France, be sure to visit the Official Websites for each sports. They are all superbly done with lots of information and insight that you cannot get anywhere else. We have included direct links to the Tour de France –currently in progress–and The (British) Open–also currently in progress– in the “Front Page Links” below.)
Today is National Toss Away The “Could Haves” and “Should Haves” Day….another chance to reset certain parts of life.
Music for news reading, with new tunes (and more added each day) curated by DJ Tschugge and Miles Geauxbye: July Tunes
We have added the U.S. Edition of The Guardian, one of the U.K.’s top newspapers (and terrific for sports) to the list.
The Front Page Links
The Times (London
Financial Times (UK)
The Irish Times (Dublin, Ireland)
The Wall Street Journal (European edition)
Washington Post (Washington, D.C.)
New York Times (New York)
The Boston Globe (Boston)
The Guardian
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles)
Daily News Egypt (Cairo)
South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)
The Moscow Times (Moscow)
Le Figaro (Paris)
Bloomberg.com (New York)
The Jerusalem Post (Jerusalem)
The Japanese Times (Tokyo)
The Local (Oslo)
Sputnik (Moscow)
The Buenas Aires Herald (Buenas Aires)
The Sidney Morning Herald (Sidney)
Deadline Hollywood (Hollywood)
FiveThirtyEight (New York City)
Politico (Washington, DC)
Lawfareblog (Washington, DC)
Wired (San Francisco, CA)
The Weather Channel
CNN News Text Site
Ars Technica
Agence France-Presse
McClatchy DC Bureau
Xinua
UPI
Oil Prices Dot Com
Wimbledon
Tour de France
(British)Open Golf Tournament
The Fine Print. Embed courtesy of our friends at GettyImages.com, who have the photographic history of the 20th and 21st century on file. This image has not been altered in anyway. We thank GettyImages.com for sharing. The Nightshift is a continually evolving experiment in news communications and is a production of Perception Engineering and The Media Bunker. It’s rapid iteration within a surprisingly wide bandwidth. Thanks for reading. Now–catch up on the world.
Nightshift Sports: The Open, 20 July 2018
Context
The Open (sometimes known in the United States as The British Open) is the oldest of the four Golf Majors (Masters, Open, U.S. Open, PGA) and was first played in 1860. The Open is often considered the most prestigious because it is played in the country which is the home of golf, although many golf fans and historians would argue that the Masters, a U.S. tournament founded by the legendary golfer Bobby Jones is the most prestigious. The tournament rotates from golf club to club throughout the U.K. and has been in England, Ireland, and, of course, Scotland. This year the tournament is being staged in Angus, Scotland, at Carnoustie, a links style course that has many difficult challenges, so much so that players often call it Carnasty. The challenges in 2018 have been made more difficult by the weather–the lack of rain in the area (a rarity) has made the links fairways as hard as the top of a pool table, so shots off the tee and long iron shots can hit and bounce and run for very long distances–often into trouble. Carnoustie was the scene of the famous Jean van de Velde meltdown on the 18th in 1999, when the French golfer–literally on the verge of winning the tournament–needing only a 6 on a par 4 hole to win–made a triple bogey 7, and ended up in a four hole playoff with Justin Leonard and Paul Lawrie for the championship . Lawrie won the playoff by three strokes over the four holes. Notably, van de Velde handled the entire incident with a level of class and sense of humor seldom seen in any sport. The Open is always one of the most dramatic tournaments of the year and this year’s will be no exception; also–expect bad weather, because invariably there is at least one (and often more) day of bad weather. Use the Nightshift Resource links (below) to get the most from following this year’s tournament. You can see the tournament on the Golf Channel (early) and NBC (late). Streaming is available via TheOpen.com . See the resources below for details.
Resources
Direct Link to the Official Site of The Open
The Leaderboard
The Course
Direct Link to Official Site of Carnoustie Golf Links
How to Qualify for the British Open
Carnoustie, Hole by Hole
How to Watch The Open
The Fine Print: Embeds courtesy of GettyImages.com, who have the photographic history of the 20th and 21st century on file. Images have not been altered in any way. We thank for sharing. Video embeds courtesy of The Open, YouTube, and NBC. Again, these have not been altered in any way. We thank them for sharing. Nightshift Sports is a production of Perception Engineering and The Media Bunker. All rights not expressly reserved by others, are reserved by donald pierce. Text and other elements (c) donald pierce. Thanks for watching. Enjoy The Open.
Nightshift Sports: Tour de France, Stage 13
20 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 Tour seems more festive than some in the past. 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 of resources that will not only keep you up to date on the Tour, but also make you more knowledgeable about many of its’ various facets through articles, photo essays, video, and links. We have added the official Tour de France (“TDF”) twitter feed today…so enjoy.
ICYMI
The Move is a podcast covering the 2018 Tour de France. We include their podcast in the Nightshift Sports coverage of the Tour.
Resources:
A complete set of resources to understand and enjoy the 2018 edition of The Tour is below. And, of course, click on the video (above) to for a recap of today’s events at The Tour.
Direct Link to Official Tour de France website
Official Route of the Tour de France
Tour de France Coverage/Cycling News
The Guardian Coverage of Tour De France
The Bikes of the Tour de France
New Bike Models at Tour de France
Riders and Teams for 2018 Tour de France
Teams in the Tour de France
Official Instagram Feed: #letourdefrance
Tour de France on Twitter : https://twitter.com/hashtag/tdf2018?lang=en
Where to Watch the Tour de France
The Fine Print: Image Embeds courtesy of GettyImages.com. Images have not been altered in any way. We thank them for sharing. Special thanks to our friends at the Tour de France for the direct links to their website(s). Thanks, also, to our friends at YouTube and the Tour de France along with NBC who enable the video recap of the day’s events. This video has not been altered in any way. We thank them for making it available.We also thank The Move for making their podcast available. Thanks guys. Also thanks to our friends at the Guardian for the links to their coverage of the Tour. The Guardian provides rather spectacular coverage of sporting events. They could use your support if you enjoy their work (and you will). The Nightshift staff supports the Guardian. We invite you to join us. Nightshift Sports is produced by Perception Engineering and The Media Bunker. All rights not expressly reserved by others are reserved by donald pierce. All text copyright (c) 2018 donald pierce. Thanks for reading and following. Enjoy the tour…..and ride your bike (more).
The Nightshift: World News 20 July 2018
Press Clippings
Embed from Getty Images
People, places, and events for today.
Duck Boat Sinks
Putin Visit
Midwest Tornados
Elon Musk
China Tariffs
British Open
Mega Millions
Amy Powell
Comic Con
Editor’s Note: If you like the classic sports of summer (golf, tennis, the Tour de France, be sure to visit the Official Websites for each sports. They are all superbly done with lots of information and insight that you cannot get anywhere else. We have included direct links to the Tour de France –currently in progress–and The (British) Open–also currently in progress– in the “Front Page Links” below.)
Today is National Moon Day, celebrating the first Walk on the moon, July 20th, 1969.
Music for news reading, with new tunes (and more added each day) curated by DJ Tschugge and Miles Geauxbye: July Tunes
We have added the U.S. Edition of The Guardian, one of the U.K.’s top newspapers (and terrific for sports) to the list.
The Front Page Links
The Times (London
Financial Times (UK)
The Irish Times (Dublin, Ireland)
The Wall Street Journal (European edition)
Washington Post (Washington, D.C.)
New York Times (New York)
The Boston Globe (Boston)
The Guardian
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles)
Daily News Egypt (Cairo)
South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)
The Moscow Times (Moscow)
Le Figaro (Paris)
Bloomberg.com (New York)
The Jerusalem Post (Jerusalem)
The Japanese Times (Tokyo)
The Local (Oslo)
Sputnik (Moscow)
The Buenas Aires Herald (Buenas Aires)
The Sidney Morning Herald (Sidney)
Deadline Hollywood (Hollywood)
FiveThirtyEight (New York City)
Politico (Washington, DC)
Lawfareblog (Washington, DC)
Wired (San Francisco, CA)
The Weather Channel
CNN News Text Site
Ars Technica
Agence France-Presse
McClatchy DC Bureau
Xinua
UPI
Oil Prices Dot Com
Wimbledon
Tour de France
(British)Open Golf Tournament
The Fine Print. Embed courtesy of our friends at GettyImages.com, who have the photographic history of the 20th and 21st century on file. This image has not been altered in anyway. We thank GettyImages.com for sharing. The Nightshift is a continually evolving experiment in news communications and is a production of Perception Engineering and The Media Bunker. It’s rapid iteration within a surprisingly wide bandwidth. Thanks for reading. Now–catch up on the world.
Nightshift Sports: Tour de France, Stage 12
19 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 Tour seems more festive than some in the past. 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 of resources that will not only keep you up to date on the Tour, but also make you more knowledgeable about many of its’ various facets through articles, photo essays, video, and links. We have added the official Tour de France (“TDF”) twitter feed today…so enjoy.
ICYMI
The Move is a podcast covering the 2018 Tour de France. We include their podcast in the Nightshift Sports coverage of the Tour.
Resources:
A complete set of resources to understand and enjoy the 2018 edition of The Tour is below. And, of course, click on the video (above) to for a recap of today’s events at The Tour.
Direct Link to Official Tour de France website
Official Route of the Tour de France
Tour de France Coverage/Cycling News
The Guardian Coverage of Tour De France
The Bikes of the Tour de France
New Bike Models at Tour de France
Riders and Teams for 2018 Tour de France
Teams in the Tour de France
Official Instagram Feed: #letourdefrance
Tour de France on Twitter : https://twitter.com/hashtag/tdf2018?lang=en
Where to Watch the Tour de France
The Fine Print: Image Embeds courtesy of GettyImages.com. Images have not been altered in any way. We thank them for sharing. Special thanks to our friends at the Tour de France for the direct links to their website(s). Thanks, also, to our friends at YouTube and the Tour de France along with NBC who enable the video recap of the day’s events. This video has not been altered in any way. We thank them for making it available.We also thank The Move for making their podcast available. Thanks guys. Also thanks to our friends at the Guardian for the links to their coverage of the Tour. The Guardian provides rather spectacular coverage of sporting events. They could use your support if you enjoy their work (and you will). The Nightshift staff supports the Guardian. We invite you to join us. Nightshift Sports is produced by Perception Engineering and The Media Bunker. All rights not expressly reserved by others are reserved by donald pierce. All text copyright (c) 2018 donald pierce. Thanks for reading and following. Enjoy the tour…..and ride your bike (more).
The Nightshift: World News 19 July 2018
Press Clippings
Embed from Getty Images
Disney+ Fox
Putin/Washington DC
Tesla
Maria Butina
Trump Foundation
British Open
Sun Valley Conference
Editor’s Note: If you like the classic sports of summer (golf, tennis, the Tour de France, be sure to visit the Official Websites for each sports. They are all superbly done with lots of information and insight that you cannot get anywhere else. We have included direct links to the Tour de France –currently in progress–and The (British) Open–also currently in progress– in the “Front Page Links” below.)
Today is National Daiquiri Day…..probably necessary considering the world news recently.
Music for news reading, with new tunes (and more added each day) curated by DJ Tschugge and Miles Geauxbye: July Tunes
We have added the U.S. Edition of The Guardian, one of the U.K.’s top newspapers (and terrific for sports) to the list.
The Front Page Links
The Times (London
Financial Times (UK)
The Irish Times (Dublin, Ireland)
The Wall Street Journal (European edition)
Washington Post (Washington, D.C.)
New York Times (New York)
The Boston Globe (Boston)
The Guardian
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles)
Daily News Egypt (Cairo)
South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)
The Moscow Times (Moscow)
Le Figaro (Paris)
Bloomberg.com (New York)
The Jerusalem Post (Jerusalem)
The Japanese Times (Tokyo)
The Local (Oslo)
Sputnik (Moscow)
The Buenas Aires Herald (Buenas Aires)
The Sidney Morning Herald (Sidney)
Deadline Hollywood (Hollywood)
FiveThirtyEight (New York City)
Politico (Washington, DC)
Lawfareblog (Washington, DC)
Wired (San Francisco, CA)
The Weather Channel
CNN News Text Site
Ars Technica
Agence France-Presse
McClatchy DC Bureau
Xinua
UPI
Oil Prices Dot Com
Wimbledon
Tour de France
(British)Open Golf Tournament
The Fine Print. Embed courtesy of our friends at GettyImages.com, who have the photographic history of the 20th and 21st century on file. This image has not been altered in anyway. We thank GettyImages.com for sharing. The Nightshift is a continually evolving experiment in news communications and is a production of Perception Engineering and The Media Bunker. It’s rapid iteration within a surprisingly wide bandwidth. Thanks for reading. Now–catch up on the world.
Nightshift Sports: Tour De France, Stage 11
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 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 Tour seems more festive than some in the past. 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 of resources that will not only keep you up to date on the Tour, but also make you more knowledgeable about many of its’ various facets through articles, photo essays, video, and links. We have added the official Tour de France (“TDF”) twitter feed today…so enjoy.
ICYMI
The Move is a podcast on the Tour de France. We include their podcast in the Nightshift Sports coverage of the Tour.
Resources:
A complete set of resources to understand and enjoy the 2018 edition of The Tour is below. And, of course, click on the video (above) to for a recap of today’s events at The Tour.
Direct Link to Official Tour de France website
Official Route of the Tour de France
Tour de France Coverage/Cycling News
The Guardian Coverage of Tour De France
The Bikes of the Tour de France
New Bike Models at Tour de France
Riders and Teams for 2018 Tour de France
Teams in the Tour de France
Official Instagram Feed: #letourdefrance
Tour de France on Twitter : https://twitter.com/hashtag/tdf2018?lang=en
Where to Watch the Tour de France
The Fine Print: Image Embeds courtesy of GettyImages.com. Images have not been altered in any way. We thank them for sharing. Special thanks to our friends at the Tour de France for the direct links to their website(s). Thanks, also, to our friends at YouTube and the Tour de France along with NBC who enable the video recap of the day’s events. This video has not been altered in any way. We thank them for making it available.We also thank The Move for making their podcast available. Thanks guys. Also thanks to our friends at the Guardian for the links to their coverage of the Tour. The Guardian provides rather spectacular coverage of sporting events. They could use your support if you enjoy their work (and you will). The Nightshift staff supports the Guardian. We invite you to join us. Nightshift Sports is produced by Perception Engineering and The Media Bunker. All rights not expressly reserved by others are reserved by donald pierce. All text copyright (c) 2018 donald pierce. Thanks for reading and following. Enjoy the tour…..and ride your bike (more).
The Nightshift: World News 18 July 2018
Press Clippings
Embed from Getty Images
People, places, and events for today:
Backlash
Dr. BumBum
Google Fine
All-Star Game
Maria Butina
Editor’s Note: If you like the classic sports of summer (golf, tennis, the Tour de France, be sure to visit the Official Websites for each sports. They are all superbly done with lots of information and insight that you cannot get anywhere else. We have included direct links to the Tour de France and The (British) Open in the “Front Page Links” below.)
Today is National Hot Dog Day. Easy to celebrate.
Music for news reading, with new tunes curated by DJ Tschugge and Miles Geauxbye: July Tunes
We have added the U.S. Edition of The Guardian, one of the U.K.’s top newspapers (and terrific for sports) to the list.
The Front Page Links
The Times (London
Financial Times (UK)
The Irish Times (Dublin, Ireland)
The Wall Street Journal (European edition)
Washington Post (Washington, D.C.)
New York Times (New York)
The Boston Globe (Boston)
The Guardian
The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles)
Daily News Egypt (Cairo)
South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)
The Moscow Times (Moscow)
Le Figaro (Paris)
Bloomberg.com (New York)
The Jerusalem Post (Jerusalem)
The Japanese Times (Tokyo)
The Local (Oslo)
Sputnik (Moscow)
The Buenas Aires Herald (Buenas Aires)
The Sidney Morning Herald (Sidney)
Deadline Hollywood (Hollywood)
FiveThirtyEight (New York City)
Politico (Washington, DC)
Lawfareblog (Washington, DC)
Wired (San Francisco, CA)
The Weather Channel
CNN News Text Site
Ars Technica
Agence France-Presse
McClatchy DC Bureau
Xinua
UPI
Oil Prices Dot Com
Wimbledon
Tour de France
(British)Open Golf Tournament
The Fine Print. Embed courtesy of our friends at GettyImages.com, who have the photographic history of the 20th and 21st century on file. This image has not been altered in anyway. We thank GettyImages.com for sharing. This post is number 1882 for this site (we’ve been busy overnight). The Nightshift is a continually evolving experiment in news communications and is a production of Perception Engineering and The Media Bunker. It’s rapid iteration within a surprisingly wide bandwidth. Thanks for reading. Now–catch up on the world.