turning off the TV & going offline, will check the final score later - don’t need this sort of stress in my life right now #sportsball #ireland

Dublin city centre is like a ghost town..

(Great for shopping and/or cycling.)

#Dublin #MastoDaoine #SportsBall

Manchester United fan, 76, feeling ‘helpless’ as family seat is given to VIPs

Son-in-law of former United player is among 1,100 fans forced to give up prime seats under cash-boosting plans

The Guardian

I know many people want the US part of the World Cup to fail, and it may turn into some kind of ICE fiasco, but the demand for tickets is extremely high...FIFA is using dynamic pricing and even Curacao-Ivory Coast in Philly starts at $265. That's a low profile game... I'd love to see a fan boycott but bread and circuses are always popular...

#sportsball #WorldCup

> How Bad Bunny brought the issue of Puerto Rico’s power grid into world view https://globalvoices.org/2026/03/22/how-bad-bunny-brought-the-issue-of-puerto-ricos-power-grid-into-world-view/

FTA: "Bad Bunny did not lecture audiences about climate change or energy policy. Instead, he showed what vulnerability looks like — and sometimes, that’s the most powerful communication of all."

#BadBunny #PuertoRico #BackInTheUSColony #SuperbOwl #sportsball #energy #climate #MastodonPR

How Bad Bunny brought the issue of Puerto Rico’s power grid into world view

Puerto Rico’s electricity system has faced repeated crises since 2017’s Hurricane Maria, which destroyed much of the grid and triggered the longest blackout in modern U.S. history; outages remain routine.

Global Voices

“Is Attwell the worst referee in the history of the Premier League?”

From 2009.

Yes, yes, he is, at least in terms of sheer longevity of incompetence.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2009/mar/05/stuart-attwell-referees-premier-league

#Football #SportsBall #EPL

Is Attwell the worst referee in the history of the Premier League?

Paul Wilson: He may have upset Steve Bruce, Paul Jewell and Aidy Boothroyd with some inexplicable decisions, but there are other candidates for this dubious honour

The Guardian

(Of course, Attwell has form for this after giving an incorrect foul - noted as completely incorrect by the EPL incident panel - in January which denied United the win. Is he just incompetent again or is he taking some revenge after being called out by the panel as being incompetent? Either way, WTF PGMOL?)

#Football #SportsBall #EPL #BOUMUN

I stand corrected - he’s decided to send Maguire off for an Evanilson dive after much less contact than on Cunha and not even a fraction of the wrestling and pushing that took Amad down.

You cannot watch this game and come to the conclusion that these are fair decisions made with a coherent understanding of the rules. It’s just corruption, plain and simple.

#Football #SportsBall #EPL #BOUMUN #PGMOL #Cheats

Honestly one of the most shamefully thumb-on-the-scale decisions I’ve seen since, well, ok, the last Liverpool or Arsenal match but you get the idea.

Absolutely disgraceful cheating from the match officials.

#Football #SportsBall #EPL #BOUMUN #PGMOL

If the simple pull on Cunha is a penalty, the push, trip, and wrestle to the ground on Amad must also be a penalty because it was far more egregious.

But not according to VAR. WTF PGMOL? And they've scored from that foul.

#Football #SportsBall #EPL #BOUMUN #PGMOL #Corruption