Streakers Weekly Sports Rundown, episode 5 with Craig Weissenfels (CBP 381) | 2 October 2022
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This is the 5th episode of the Streakers Weekly Sports Rundown with Craig Weissenfels, CEO and co-founder of Streakers Gaming Inc, covering the week of sports from 26 September to 2 October 2022 BERLIN MARATHON Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya set a World Record Marathon time in the Berlin Marathon on 25 September 2022 in a time of 2:01:09, eclipsing his time of 2:01:39 he set in 2018 at the same event | NN Running team website | https://www.nnrunningteam.com/team/eliud-kipchoge/ In the women’s event, Ethiopian runner, Tigist Assefa ran a course record of 2:15:37  She was also the 800 metre gold medal winner at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio | Women’s Running article: https://bit.ly/3e3ucKM MLB Aaron Judge finally hit HR number 61 – on 28 September against none other than the Toronto Blue Jays.  Yankees won the game 8-3 | ESPN article: https://es.pn/3BU8fWo Frankie Lasagna actually “interfered” with Kyle Mulligan who almost caught the ball; Jimmy Kimmel hosted him and invited him to New York on New Years Eve to “watch the ball drop” one more time.  BlogTo has the story: https://bit.ly/3fFoxLl NFL Minnesota and New Orleans played in London and although the Vikings won 28-25, the highlight of the game was the 61-yard field goal attempt by Will Lutz of New Orleans that hit the left upright  and then dropped to the cross-bar where it bounced back towards the line of scrimmage.  The media made the reference to a “Double Doink” CNN Sports article | https://cnn.it/3UUTZ8s UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Group F features the team from Ukraine: Shakhtar Donetsk.  Because of the war, they are playing all home games at the Legia Warsaw’s “Polish Army Stadium” and train out of the Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Kyiv.  Inside the Games article | https://bit.ly/3RxI3ql WOMEN’S WORLD RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP Starts in October (7th October) The ninth edition of Women's Rugby World cup, that was postponed from 2021 due to Covid, will commence 8 October with reigning champions New Zealand hosting for the first time. Telegraph article | https://bit.ly/3C1LQ9M LEAGUE OF LEGENDS World Championship 2022 The “LoL World Cup” tournament kicked off on 29 September but the real story is the sponsorship of the “Summoners Cup” by jeweler, Tiffany.  The “cup” weighs 44 pounds, is approximately 27 inches in height and is made of contemporary sterling silver.  The winner will be awarded this cup on 6 November 2022 Hype Beast article |  ​​https://hypebeast.com/2022/8/tiffany-co-league-of-legends-world-champion-trophy-official-reveal FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup | in Sydney, Australia Tournament ran from 22 September and 1 October 2022 with a total of 14 teams.  USA defeated China 83-61 in the Gold Medal game CNN article | https://cnn.it/3RvgHRy ATHLETES UNLIMITED | WOMENS SPORT LEAGUES Craig shared an interesting development in the world of women’s sports – Athletes Unlimited, a collective of women’s pro sports leagues, recently raised $30 million which included NBA Superstar, Kevin Durant investing through his media and investment company, 35 Ventures Insider article  https://bit.ly/3ST3ljs --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allen-wazny/message
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