5 Things You Need To Know About The Fastest Weekend Of The Year
Blink and you’ll miss it.
Hold onto your hats because we’re about to set the world on fire with the Circuit of the Americas Formula One race and the New York City Marathon both on the same day.
Where the rubber hits the road,
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1. The first New York City Marathon took place in 1970 with 55 runners. Last year more than 100,000 runners applied to run in the race with only 15% accepted. That acceptance rate is lower than most elite colleges. This year if you’re a Michelob Ultra fan and can prove you’re environmentally friendly, you might qualify for one of the 95 entries that the beer is handing out. Or if you’re a celebrity, you’re in. POUNDING THE PAVEMENT FOR MOTHER EARTH
2. Women were barred from road races for a decade but in the Marathon’s third year, six women took their rightful places in the race. The AAU, the then-governing body of marathons, had previously squashed the idea of women running in marathons. It was considered a health risk for women to run distances as their uterus might fall out along with a host of other medical disasters. LADIES TAKE YOUR PLACE AT THE FRONT OF THE LINE
3. The F1 (Formula One) race takes place in Austin on Sunday . It’s the only F1 race in the U.S. and is known as the “Circuit of the Americas.” And if going fast doesn’t do it for you, each night of racing is followed by a concert. This year’s shows feature P!NK and Imagine Dragons. ROCK ON
4. F1 has always been a global sport with a massive international following, but expect to see more about F1 in the states because U.S. based Liberty Media is now the main stakeholder, buying in at a mere $4.4 billion. There have been talks about expanding the races to other U.S. cities outside of Austin including Las Vegas and Miami. COMING TO A CITY NEAR YOU
5. Last season’s overall winner, Lewis Hamilton is looking to win his sixth championship in Austin. He’s the sport’s most recognizable current driver and is known for his time behind the wheel, big diamond earrings, his famous ex-girlfriend Nicole Scherzinger (Pussycat Dolls) and his Instagram famous bulldogs, Roscoe and Coco, that are raking in the international followers. BULLDOGS THAT DRIVE FAST? YES PLEASE.
The Times They Are A-Changin'
This weekend brought us a time change, another Diddy/Puff Daddy name change (call him Brother Love) and athletes wanting to make a change.
This weekend brought us a time change, another Diddy/Puff Daddy name change (call him Brother Love) and athletes wanting to make a change.
Bringing you the latest, greatest, but not always the sanest,
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NFL (National Football League)
We salute you. In honor of the U.S. Military, teams were on trend yesterday in camo accented uniforms. As part of the NFL’s Salute to Service week, for every tweet with the hashtag #SalutetoService, the NFL will donate $5 to select military nonprofits. You have until Saturday so get tweeting for a good cause.
Use your head. There was a big UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) fight on Saturday night and apparently NFL players decided to emulate their actions. There were three different brawls during yesterday’s games. Note to self, fighting against guys in helmets while not wearing yours is not a smart move. SEE IT HERE
Overtime
From winning the World Series on Wednesday to marrying supermodel Kate Upton in Italy on Saturday, Houston Astros pitcher (Major League Baseball) Justin Verlander has had one epic week. WEDDING PICS
Sideline stat
Yesterday’s NYC Marathon saw American Shalane Flanagan take home the win for the women at an impressive time of 2 hours, 26 minutes, 53 seconds. As if that wasn’t impressive enough, she’s also the first woman American in 40 years to win the race. To think, we felt accomplished getting out of our pajamas by noon.
Coaches’ corner
It was the annual Las Vegas Shriners Open golf tournament this weekend. While he didn’t win it all, the real star was UNLV (University of Nevada – Las Vegas) graduate and Vegas resident Charlie Hoffman. Hoffman donated 100% of his 18th place earnings to the victims of the Vegas shootings, roughly $56,000. #VegasStrong
PS - What is targeting? How does the NFL pick which teams play each other in a season? Curious questions like that are what motivated us to start Last Night’s Game and we want to answer them for you. Send us your burning questions to be answered during our question of the week.
5 Things To Know About Game 7 Of The World Series
When the Pointer Sisters sang “I’m So Excited” we don’t think they were referencing game 7 of the World Series, but who cares because tonight’s game will be one of the most exciting sporting events you’ll ever see.
When the Pointer Sisters sang “I’m So Excited” we don’t think they were referencing game 7 of the World Series, but who cares because tonight’s game will be one of the most exciting sporting events you’ll ever see.
Waiting for tonight,
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Five Things To Know About Game 7 Of The World Series
How’d we get here? This record-breaking MLB (Major League Baseball) World Series has been back and forth the entire time. The Houston Astros had a chance to win it all last night but the Los Angeles Dodgers prevailed, winning in front of their home crowd. Tonight’s game is at Dodger Stadium. SCHEDULE
1. We haven’t always seen November baseball. When the 9/11 terror attacks delayed the baseball season by a week in 2001, that delay pushed the series into November for the first time ever.
2. TMobile is stepping up to the plate for hurricane relief. They have pledged $20,000 per World Series home run and $2 per #HR4HR tweet. The tweets along with the record breaking amount of home runs have racked up over $1 million for the relief efforts. It's not often you can make a difference while sitting on the couch watching TV.
3. We don’t love to throw stats at you but yet another reason that tonight’s game isn’t the norm. There have only been 38 World Series game 7’s in the last 105 years of baseball.
4. Dodger Stadium is vintage according to stadium standards. The stadium, built in 1962, has never hosted a World Series game 7. No doubt the stars will be out tonight to cheer on their team. See who was there last night. PICS
5. Tonight’s starter for the Dodgers, Yu Darvish, will become the first Japanese-born pitcher to start game 7 of the World Series. Earlier this week, Darvish was the target of racist comments from an Astros player. READ MORE.
Keep it coming
Dive into the conversation with three more things to talk about including free tacos and hot dogs (yes, free), who has the best chance to win in tonight’s game and is the NYC Marathon still on for this weekend? READ MORE