A California athlete's speed is going viral for an unusual reason after she ran a mile in under 6 minutes -- while 9 months pregnant.
Makenna Myler, 28, said her doctors cleared her to continue running with the Valor Track Club in Orange County five to six times a week while pregnant.
Myler's husband, Mike, bet her $100 that she could not run a mile in under 8 minutes, and she decided to take on the challenge only one week before her due date.
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The runner crushed the goal, finishing with a time of 5 minutes, 25 seconds. The average time for a female runner to complete a mile is 10 minutes, 40 seconds.
"I think pregnancy is a beautiful thing and it's not an injury or a sickness, that you're still really capable," Myler told Good Morning America.
Mike Myler posted video of the accomplishment to TikTok and Instagram, where it quickly racked up thousands of views.
"Someone check the Guinness stats. My wife is an absolute champion," Mike Myler wrote.
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Plans for a lucrative breakaway European Premier League involving top English clubs that would supersede the Champions League have been revived, with the banking giant JP Morgan being asked to seek financing for a new competition.
Liverpool and Manchester United have been approached to join the league, which would comprise 18 teams – including three more English sides and teams from Spain, Italy, Germany and France – and have no promotion and relegation, according to proposals reported first by the Spanish outlet Vozpopuli and by Sky News.
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David Toole, who was made an OBE last year for services to dance and people with disabilities, passed away at a hospital in Leeds earlier this week.
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Apparently a fan-less "bubble" court with "Black Lives Matter" painted on it was not a recipe for success for NBA ratings this year.
According to Nielsen viewership ratings, the NBA Finals averaged just 7.45 million viewers over the course of six games this year, easily making it the least-watched Finals on record, Outkick reported Tuesday.
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That's with the series featuring the league's biggest star, LeBron James, continuing his quest for six championships (to tie Michael Jordan) and playing with one of the league's premiere franchises, the Los Angeles Lakers.
Yet as the Lakers capped off the series against the Miami Heat on Sunday, only 8.29 million people watched. For context, that was only slightly more than half the number of people who watched NBC's Sunday Night Football game between the Seattle Seahawks and the Minnesota Vikings. The regular season football game earned 15.1 million viewers.
For even more context, the NBA Finals average of 7.45 million viewers dropped more than 50% from last year's Finals average of 15.14 million viewers and even paled in comparison to the new runner-up for least-watched Finals, which averaged 9.29 million viewers. According to OutKick, that was in 2007, when the San Antonio Spurs swept the LeBron James-led Cleveland Cavaliers.
On Monday, President Trump mocked the ratings drop on Twitter, saying, "Maybe they were watching in China, but I doubt it. Zero interest!"
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Still champions of SJW
“There has never been a single active player that has come out. While I’m sure I’ve played with LGBTQ+ players — highly skilled, athletic, and effective at their jobs — they did not come out. But they were my teammates and part of the larger NFL family,” NFL Executive Vice President Troy Vincent said of the campaign.
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A Spanish rally co-driver died in a horrific crash today when her car veered off the road and smashed into another vehicle before slamming into a pine tree.
Laura Salvo, 21, was competing in the first stage of the Rally Vidreiro in Portugal when her car allegedly careered off the road and slammed into the tree on the right-hand side of the road.
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The car was driven by Miguel Socias and medics rushed to the scene within two minutes. Despite the quick response, attempts to resuscitate her failed and she died on the roadside.
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NFL nears COVID-19 crisis as Titans, Patriots reveal more positive tests | CBC Sports
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Report: New England Patriots-Kansas City Chiefs all clear; no positives for Tennessee Titans - TSN.ca
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NFL postpones Patriots-Chiefs game after positive COVID-19 tests - Sportsnet.ca
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Utah Jazz
Attn: Gail Miller, Owner I Chair
301 W. South Temple
Salt Lake City, UT 84101
September 9. 2020
Re: SME Steel Contractors, Inc. Suite - Vivint Smart Home Arena
Dear Ms. Miller:
This letter is sent by the owners and management of SME Steel Contractors, Inc.
("SME). Our company has a long-established record of suppo1i for the Utah Jazz.
... Indeed, SME has licensed a full suite to all Utah Jazz games since 1992. Over the 28
years that SME has licensed its suite, our company has paid approximately $6 million in
ticket/licensing fees for Jazz games alone. SME's total expenditures at your arena are at
least $1 million higher than that figure when food, beverage and other non-Jazz events
are considered. Historically, SME has been proud of its affiliation and relationship with
the Utah Jazz. Indeed, several of SME's employees were personally involved in the
fabrication and erection of steel for the venue now known as Vivint Smart Home Arena.
Even for those of us who were not involved in the arena's construction, the Jazz and have
been a source of camaraderie, community pride and top-tier sports entertainment
(regardless of the wins and losses).
Our disappointment and disillusionment with the recent actions of the NBAincluding
the owners, coaches and players of the Utah Jazz-are almost beyond
expression. We have been stunned to see the entire Jazz team kneeling during the
playing of our county's national anthem. Like other fans throughout the country, SME
was disappointed that the 20 I 9-20 season was disrupted by the COVID pandemic. That
disappointment pales, however, to the feelings we experienced when NBA games
"restarted" on what appears to be a billboard for the "Black Lives Matter" movement.
The final evidence of NBA disregard for its fans and customers was the recent wildcat
strike engaged in by NBA players-resulting in the frivolous disruption of scheduled
playoff games.
Performance of the "Star Spangled Banner" at the commencement of sporting
events has been a tradition in this country for nearly I 00 years. Standing quietly and
respectfully during the anthem is not merely an antiquated or courteous tradition, it is a
way of honoring the many thousands who have protected this country and its unique
freedoms-through their service and sacrifice. Too say the least, it is ironic that
pampered and exceptionally well-paid athletes cavalierly exercise the freedom bought for
them through the courage, and sacrifice of this nation's servicemen and women by
disrespectfully kneeling during the country's anthem. By the same token, it seems odd
and inappropriate for NBA players to adorn their jerseys with names and tributes for
felons and politically-divisive slogans from Black Lives Matter, when true heroes like
Chris Kyle and Pat Tillman go unnoticed and unremarked.
As noted above, our Company's Jazz suite has long been viewed by SME as a
place where our company's employees and guests can join together to cheer on their
favorite teams and enjoy watching exceptionally-gifted athletes compete. The recent
actions of the NBA-including the owners, coaches and players of the Utah Jazz-have
converted a beloved entertainment venue into a forum for dissemination of political
propaganda which is divisive and completely out of step with our company and its
values.
SME assumes that other patrons, both in Salt Lake and elsewhere, may have
similar feelings. NBA franchises, and players, like all others in this country, certainly
have the right to freely express their views. They cannot, however, force paying
customers, to be subjected to their ostentatious acts of disrespect for our country and its
values, without any consequences. Perhaps when the arenas are empty the NBA, its
franchises, and its players will rethink their present course of action. Regardless of how
other patrons react, please be advised that unless and until the NBA and the Utah Jazz put
a stop to all disrespectful actions during the anthem and remove the Black Lives Matter
logos from the arena, SME's suite at the Vivint Smart Home Arena will remain dark and
unused. Moreover, SME will not renew its licensing agreement or make any further
payment for its suite until the NBA and its franchises again offer sports and entertainment
rather than divisive political propaganda.
Thank you for your serious attention to this matter.
Cc: Jim Olson, President
LHM Sports & Utah Jazz
Sincerely,
SME Steel Contractors, Inc.
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A sports reporter recently lost his job for hurling a racial epithet at Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) after the presidential debate. Fred Gerteiny, who worked with News 12 Network, used the slur because of the senator’s reaction to President Donald Trump’s response to a question about white supremacy during the debate.
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In a now-deleted tweet, Gerteiny referred to Sen. Scott as an “Uncle Tom,” which is a favorite for leftists who lack the mental capacity to make a cogent argument when confronted with a black conservative. “Thanks Uncle Tom,” he tweeted, responding to a story in which the senator speculated that President Trump “misspoke” during the question on white supremacists. In the video, Scott suggested that the president clarify his comments which the president did in a Wednesday interview with reporters on the White House front lawn.
News 12 Networks, Gerteiny’s former employer, released a statement announcing that they have parted ways with the reporter. “After reviewing the incident, the network released sports reporter, Fred Gerteiny, as a result of a racially insensitive comment,” they explained. “News 12 Networks has a zero tolerance policy for racism or improper conduct based on race, and prides itself on being an objective and unbiased multi-platform news company.”
Gerteiny issued an apology on Twitter Wednesday evening. “Earlier today, I tweeted a racially insensitive comment, when I referred to @SenatorTimScott as an ‘Uncle Tom.’ I apologize to the Senator, my colleagues @News12CT, and anyone else I may have offended with this deeply offensive tweet.”
Oddly enough, the sportscaster’s apology tweet has also been deleted. The reporter has also shut down his Twitter account.
This is not the first time Sen. Scott has been subject to racist attacks from the left. I wrote about this in 2017, when he read some of the racist tweets and emails he has received in front of Congress.
These types of attacks are an issue on both sides. But it is rare that you see someone of the leftist persuasion call out individuals on their side for engaging in this blatantly racist behavior. In fact, the only time they seem willing to address racism in their camp is when the perpetrator is directing this conduct at another leftist.
Hypocrisy is no stranger to politics. However, the fact that the left will routinely ignore, or even defend, racism in its ranks while casting themselves as the champions of antiracism is a particularly nasty version of “do as I say, not as I do.”
Former Vice President Joe Biden can tell black Americans that they aren’t black, lie about attending a historically black college, and utter a series of other racially sensitive remarks without much backlash from his team.
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I'd really like to see a brand new football league. Why does everything have to be woke!?  what a shame. I really miss football.
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Titans-Steelers game to be made up later in season after more positive tests - Sportsnet.ca
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Dabo Swinney, Clemson coach, stands up against BLM and SJW, and is for the separation of sports and politics.
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The decision to postpone the AFC matchup comes after four Titans players and five Titans personnel tested positive for COVID-19.
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Damn. This is a seriously shocking announcement from one of the brightest stars in the game.
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A Harris poll suggests some viewers have stopped watching over politics.
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At Neptune Beach’s Fletcher High School, the pro-police Thin Blue Line flag has been a fixture on the football field for more than a year. Throughout the 2019 season and then again for the first game of the year last week, the football team proudly ran onto the field with the flag to show support for local police. Unfortunately, in an age where it is actually considered an act of racism to say something as uncontroversial as “all lives matter,” it should not surprise you that the flag has engendered controversy among many on social media.
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“…Fletcher really out here being openly racist…” wrote one mental giant.
“Thin blue flag shown at Fletcher High School game, a lot of students aren’t happy,” whined another.
Gee, we seem to recall that when some NFL fans weren’t “happy” with watching two teams lock arms in some theatrical show of “unity,” they were derided as a bunch of spoiled white supremacists and were accused of seeing black athletes as little more than bodies to be used and abused for their entertainment. But when fans aren’t “happy” with a pro-police sentiment being displayed on the field – ohhh, THAT we have to take seriously.
Adding another layer to this story: The flag was introduced into the games by Caelan Lavender, a junior offensive lineman who lost his dad – a 29-year veteran of the Jacksonville Beach Police Department – to a sudden death last August.
“It is all about my son’s love for his dad and his memory,” said Caelan’s mother.
Unfortunately, Fletcher High School Principal Dean Ledford is more concerned about a few aggrieved leftists than about his student’s tribute to his late father.
“In consultation with the coaches, I determined that the act of using this flag in this personal way, while in the context of the football game opening ceremony, could easily be construed as representing a political position of our school and not just the personal feelings of the student and his teammates,” Ledford said in a statement. “Therefore, I have determined that it is no longer appropriate to continue. I am in conversation with the student and his teammates about ways they can appropriately express their personal views.”
We’re sure he can feel free to fly a Black Lives Matter flag in “honor of his father” if that’s what he chooses to do.
This is utterly pathetic.
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