May the excitement of the weekend carry you through your last Friday of February.
Make the most of it,
The Last Night's Game Team
MLS (MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER)
MLS kicks off its 27th season this weekend. At the start of the season, the two key talking points are that five women serve as either president or CEO of an MLS club. And at age 14, most of us were in teenage angst but not Axel Kei. In January, Kei officially became the youngest MLS player ever when he signed with Real Salt Lake. CALLING COACH LASSO
Short and Sweet
This morning, UEFA (the Union of European Football Associations) moved the biggest game in European soccer, the Champions League final, out of Russia to Paris after the Ukraine invasion. Will the summer World Cup playoffs be next?
The touching reason golfers and caddies are wearing purple at this weekend's PGA (Professional Golfers Association) tournament.
Ukrainian men aged 18–60 are required to stay as part of the martial law, including the mayor of Kyiv, former heavyweight boxing champion Vitali Klitschko and his boxer brother Wladimir who are preparing to fight. (Wladimir has a child with actress Hayden Panettiere).
Formula 1 (F1) pulls September's Russian Grand Prix off the calendar with support from its drivers.
Before We Go
Hockey is taking it outside this weekend in Nashville when the Nashville Predators play the Tampa Bay Lightning, but the hockey takes a backseat to the entertainment. Country stars Dustin Lynch, Walker Hayes, Jessie James Decker and more will join headliners (and first intermission performers), Dierks Bentley and Miranda Lambert. Managing the talent could be the most challenging job of the weekend unless you're the ice crew in charge of keeping the outdoor rink in pristine condition. They've had to deal with warm temps, then rain and now (finally!) near freezing temps. WORKING FOR THE WEEKEND
