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Patrick Johnston πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦

@risingaction.bsky.social

Sports guy. Some yelling about other things too. I had a blue check once, but Elon took it away. πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ @loveyourcake.bsky.social tolerates my snoring

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elmo is surrounded by flames with the word fuego written above him ALT: elmo is surrounded by flames with the word fuego written above him
25.11.2025 01:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Small Victory is Big Danger

25.11.2025 01:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Whoa DAZN has Manningcast now?

25.11.2025 01:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Senators call on prime minister to ban advertising for sports betting | CBC News Two senators are calling on the federal government to ban advertising for sports betting in Canada. A letter to the prime minister from Charlottetown Sen. Percy Downe and Waterloo Sen. Marty Deacon as...

I could not agree more strongly with this. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

23.11.2025 22:30 β€” πŸ‘ 668    πŸ” 188    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 26

Kane’s xG in public models is a good example why they aren’t great. High volume, a lot of low quality does add up to something.

I’d argue Horvat proves the point as well, given the kind of goals he scores: tips in front, which public models struggle with due to lack of pre-shot data

24.11.2025 06:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

On how many shots tho ;)

24.11.2025 06:03 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

the vancouver canucks are not good

but are they fun to watch? also no

but are they young and on the upswing? regretfully, no

but are they beloved in the community? increasingly not!

but do they have good ownership? so uh the thing is

24.11.2025 03:49 β€” πŸ‘ 337    πŸ” 43    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 6

In the 1980s the Canucks were bad year after year and drew flies as a result.

Lions ruled the roost then.

Wonder if Caps can seize the flag when MLS switches to a winter season in 2027?

24.11.2025 04:26 β€” πŸ‘ 53    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0

Hard to argue

24.11.2025 04:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Bold contrast between what Vancouver sports fans are getting tonight vs Saturday and Friday

24.11.2025 03:41 β€” πŸ‘ 47    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

The gap between the Colorado Avalanche and second place in the NHL standings is the same between second place and 25th.

24.11.2025 03:16 β€” πŸ‘ 85    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 3

NYC FC knocks out Phila Union, meaning the Caps’ hopes of hosting the MLS Cup final are still alive.

Obviously need to win the Western final next week and have NYC win in Miami to take east.

24.11.2025 03:12 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Major League Soccer calendar switch - What can we learn from other leagues? Last week, Major League Soccer announced major changes to its calendar. From 2027 onwards, the league will move its playing calendar from a spring-to-fall schedule to a summer-to-spring schedule, foll...

MLS is making a big calendar switch in 2027. But what has the experience been like for other leagues that have changed their calendar? And are other leagues considering the same?

I spoke to members of TM's global team to find out.

www.transfermarkt.us/major-league...

23.11.2025 16:08 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Jesper Sorensen is obviously delighted his team lives on but he was brutally honest about his team’s escape tonight.

theprovince.com/sports/socce...

23.11.2025 07:35 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Jesper Sorensen is honest: his team was lucky. But obviously delighted about the win.

23.11.2025 06:35 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Donald Trump tells one nation's fans to stay away from World Cup in America

President Donald Trump's administration will not permit supporters from Haiti to enter the United States next summer after the nation qualified for the World Cup.

23.11.2025 03:32 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 33

well that game was bananas

23.11.2025 06:01 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0

PKs my god

What a wild story this game has been for the caps

From the dominant first half. The near-choke in the second. Going down to 10 then 9 men.

LA with multiple glorious chances to score.

23.11.2025 05:29 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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As a game-changing second yellow card + foul that leads to equalizing free-kick golazo? Hmmm...

23.11.2025 05:00 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 9

Oh boy.

serious gut check time now for the Whitecaps.

What a strike by Son.

23.11.2025 04:38 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Caps had been working on that before the Dallas series because FCD ran such a high defensive line. Figured they'd be able to spring one of the speedsters off a Takaoka long ball.

Sharp, sharp stuff.

23.11.2025 03:24 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Holy shit what a goal

23.11.2025 03:21 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Whitecaps vs. LAFC Live: Do or die for a spot in MLS Western Conference final The Whitecaps vs. LAFC in MLS Western Conference semi-final. Check back for updates

Live-bloggy-bloggy

@andycole.bsky.social

theprovince.com/sports/socce...

23.11.2025 03:03 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Big game they say

23.11.2025 02:37 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This is exactly the thing: by now we’ve seen enough substantial errors in first use deployments of AI to know the fact checking needed must be thorough so no idea what we’re actually gaining in either time or money?

22.11.2025 18:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Fit-again Whitecaps set for biggest test against LAFC The stout defensive base starts with Tristan Blackmon, MLS defender of the year.

The Whitecaps' attack is humming, but Tristan Blackmon's return is the real key to tonight vs. LAFC theprovince.com/sports/socce...

22.11.2025 17:12 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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OT winner wraps up dazzling debut before raucous crowd for Vancouver Goldeneyes Sarah Nurse: "It felt like something different was in the air, like I've never experienced."

theprovince.com/sports/hocke...

22.11.2025 16:44 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Christopher.

22.11.2025 04:05 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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SARAH NURSE HAS THE VANCOUVER GOLDENEYES FIRST GOAL IN FRANCHISE HISTORY πŸ”₯

#PWHL

22.11.2025 03:55 β€” πŸ‘ 148    πŸ” 37    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 5

ALERT: The Goldeneye 64 pause song is the official end-of-period music at @pwhlgoldeneyes.bsky.social games

22.11.2025 03:59 β€” πŸ‘ 79    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 10

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