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imagine hating a rider for ten years and he comes back from an almost career ending injury to win and break records in your backyard i would kms

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thank you val very cool val (x)

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brad marchy drunk hater posting on insta, doorbell cam footage of barkov waking his neighbors up at Whatever AM to show them the cup shitfaced out of his mind, mackie sammy stripping and climbing that pole like a baby sloth while dexterously removing his shirt, dudes addressing the masses at the club saying theyre never playing anywhere else we’re all signing extensions we love everyone at this bar!!!! while their agents deep in contract negotiations kill themselves instantly and their other teammate bites some dudes titties. like that is what winning the cup should be about. fucking rights! etc. like regrettably objectively. they kinda brought straight slutting it up back in a massive way for the Puritan ass hrpf world. fuck okay. sure. i guess! this is what vegas should have been doing if they werent the worst franchise in the world with a vibe so lame if it were a horse id shoot it dead

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Sepang 2015 is essential viewing for both Marc fans and people generally getting into motogp. The race isn’t even the point, the commentary is the best bit

Marc Marquez's Greatest Hits (pre-2024)

When I first got into MotoGP and became a Marc Marquez fan, I had so wished it was easier to find races. There are so many to choose from and it was a bit daunting on where to start. I know not everyone is as neurotic as me and doesn't have the time/money to spend hours upon hours on Video Pass.

So, as more and more of us get into MotoGP/Marc Marquez I wanted to consolidate some of his greatest races (imo), and where you can watch them.

Most of his best races are actually available on YouTube for free via the MotoGP channel. I've included direct links below, but just FYI there are actually a ton of great races on MotoGPs youtube page, 10 out of 10 would recommend checking it out.

Year: 2012 Location: Valencia Why It's Good: My personal favorite race, I watch it way too often. The greatest comeback of all time, starts last and makes it through the field by the last few laps. Absolute crazy guy, but this was just the start of it all. Available On: YouTube

Year: 2013 Location: CoTA Why It's Good: First MotoGP Win Available On: YouTube

Year: 2013 Location: Silverstone Why It's Good: Rides with a broken collar bone and still is a menace to Lorenzo at the front Available On: YouTube

Year: 2014 Location: Le Mans Why It's Good: comes back after falling to 11th in pretty spectacular fashion Available On: VideoPass

Year: 2014 Location: Assen Why It's Good: A flag to flag race that also shows off Marc and Cos strategy skills and just overall balls to wall mentality. Good battle with Dovi as well, but does pretty much decimate the competition. Available On: YouTube

Year: 2015 Location: Philip Island Why It's Good: this race is insane with how many passes there are. Also the supposed start of the Rossi/Marquez beef. Available On: VideoPass

Year: 2016 Location: Mugello Why It's Good: Last lap battle with Lorenzo goes crazy. Available On: YouTube

Year: 2016 Location: Sachsenring Why It's Good: I mean, it's the Sachsenring, but this race is in the wet and really shows off Marc and Cos flag to flag skills. And other rider's lack there of…. Available On: YouTube

Year: 2016 Location: Motegi Why It's Good: If you really want to just see Marc happy and his team freaking out, this is a great race because something unexpected happens. Available On: YouTube

Year: 2017 Location: Austria Why It's Good: the infamous Dovi/Marc last corner crazy pass, also when Dovi throws up his hand and is kind of like “I can’t believe you just did that”. Available On: YouTube

Year: 2017 Location: San Marino Why It's Good: wet race and Marc has a craaaazzzy last lap. Available On: YouTube

Year: 2018 Location: Thailand Why It's Good: Marc pushes the entire race and some can’t keep the pace (queue evil laugh) Available On: YouTube

Year: 2019 Location: Austria Why It's Good: a repeat of the 2017 battle but even better in my opinion Available On: YouTube

Year: 2019 Location: Silverstone Why It's Good: Crazy last lap battle with Rins and I think this is still one of the closest finishes in MotoGP history. Available On: YouTube

Year: 2019 Location: Thailand Why It's Good: I will say that this one is not great if your a Fabio fan first and foremost, but if you are a Marc fan and know what a absolute menace he is.. I think this race is a great example of Marc's mentality about winning. Also, when he claims the 2019 MotoGP World Championship title. Available On: YouTube

Year: 2020 Location: Jerez Why It's Good: If you want to hurt your soul, this is the race where Marc's arm is nearly torn off. However, before that happens, he is incredible and this race also has the greatest double take done by Valentino when Marc comes past. Available On: Youtube

Feel free to add any that I missed in comments or reblogs.

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im about to be a rotted cunt until the end of playoffs (nothing personal to anyone, the hater in me sees the hater in you etc etc)

so in a last-ditch effort to persuade myself that actually, i will survive and find a kernel of happiness if any of these teams win, i started researching and then 12 hours later had this unhinged presentation

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pecco’s body still sweaty post race after losing the championship in the last race of the season and he looks over to see davide tardozzi personally rolling marc’s gresini bike into the garage and gleefully pasting a large 93 sticker on the wall like a child preparing for santa the night before christmas. pecco’s like okay fuck me i guess

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The rolled in Marc's Gresini Ducati into the factory garage and Davide unveiled the 93 immediately after the race???? Damnnnnn rough.

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Hockey fans, what's your rival team ? Not like whats the rival of your fav team [or at least not necessarily], like what's the team YOU PERSONALLY got beef w/ ?

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Jheniele Fowler has led in goals scored in Super Netball since 2018, which is the year she entered the league (it was created in 2017). She’s helped Jamaica medal in the last three commonwealth games. For context, international netball’s dominated by Australia, New Zealand and England (or it was). It may not be popular in North America but it’s still played by millions of girls globally. And she does this in a sport that still barely can say it has professional athletes, with most pros having separate jobs, and a minimum wage below $44,000 au.

When people say there are no Gretzky comparables they are lying. Well okay in specifically a hockey context they are not lying but there ARE sports GOATs who have that level of batshit insane outliership they are just, other than him, almost exclusively women

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Thursday’s Press Conference has been cancelled!

“Following the events that occurred at the Malaysian Grand Prix and further developments over the following week and given the exceptional circumstances, the Permanent Bureau of the FIM MotoGP™ World Championship, comprising of Messrs Vito Ippolito, FIM President, and Carmelo Ezpeleta, Chief Executive Officer of Dorna Sports, will summon all MotoGP™ riders and their respective team managers to address the situation on Thursday 5th November at 15.30 Local Time.

Given these circumstances, the pre-event press conference scheduled at 17.00 Local Time will be cancelled.”

I can’t believe this is how bad the situation has gotten, but the riders need to sort themselves out. We can’t have the drama getting started on Thursday again like at Sepang.  

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Link to listicle

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Podium celebration for Race 1, Round 5 of 1992 DTM season at Hockenheimring, as Ellen Lohr became the only women to have ever won a DTM race.

She won over her two teammates (Bernd Schneider and Keke Rosberg) and also set the fastest lap.

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LEWIS HAMILTON WINS THE 2024 BRITISH GRAND PRIX

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how does it feel to see the future? sergei bobrovsky conn smythe winner in my heart (if he doesn’t get the vezina as a consolation im actually going to cry)

wait y’all lol…. just realized… (kill me pls god i can’t do this)

pros : cats are once again the underdogs bc most people will want the oilers to win so that’s good for our Narrative, which is ofc where we draw our strength from 😌

cons : we are facing yet another series of disrespect. “skinner is pulling off incredible saves!” meanwhile bob is standing on his head in net just casually winning yet another vezina trophy. they will not Shut Up about mcdavid leon soul bond when sam matty are literally right there. matty will be simplified to the bare bones of the battle of alberta rivalry even if he’s very clearly left it behind and has been therapy-ed by the florida sun and is tanned and thriving. they will ignore the narrative of first panthers scp win to talk endlessly about it being mcdavid’s first scp final appearance, prophesied boy king that he is. they will belittle us in every way possible 😔

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SERGEI BOBROVSKY

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By far the most normal signing post we've gotten so far