This Week's Current Links--May 4-11, 2021

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Check out my new Domestic Cricket Blog (12 countries). Links to results, video (full match and highlights, match reports, standings, etc.). Have entries for Afghanistan,  England, and New Zealand (New Zealand completed April 21). Working on Australia, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Sri Lanka, British West Indies, and Ireland. They should be coming on board soon. 
 

Recently there has been a bit of a format change. I am going to arrange these in general topic (alphabetic within topic), with the sports at the bottom.

Section 1: News
Section 2: Politics, culture (art, music, theatre, film, TV,), science and technology, etc.
Section 3: Sports

There will be no anchors, as I still don't know how to make anchors, but you can use the section headings yourself as an anchor mechanism. Use the "find" function of whatever your device is (CTRL-f on PCs) and copy the section heading into the sign box. That will get you to the part of the report you are interested in. I will try to keep "Section #" unique to this function so that you can jump around easily to any of the sections. 

I am also going to be making use of Youtube playlists more. That way, you can look at a topic and decide for yourself which links within the playlist to use. Playlists almost (but not) always have the most current links at the top of the list and will also tell you when the latest link was added. This should be particularly helpful for news sites, which tend to be prolific. 

Hopefully, these changes will make it easier for you to find what is of interest to you, as well as digging into particular subjects more deeply than a single Youtube link would.

Finally, I have decided to make this a weekly for the time being.  There will be plenty to keep you entertained in each issue, as well as enough context links for you to keep current yourself if you wish. 

As always, enjoy

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This Issue's Gems

Astronomy

National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Playlists updated in the last week. Most recent are at the top of the playlist.




Hubble Space Telescope
Playlists updated this week. Most recent are at the top of the playlist.


VideoFromSpace (Space.com)
Playlists updated this week. Most recent are at the top of the playlist.





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Music

Classical

Deutsche Grammophon
Playlists updated in the last week. 

Piano Masters (bottom)



Chopin-Best of (bottom)

Context: Claudio Abbado Obituary (Guardian--London)



Country Music

Grand Old Opry
May 8 Livestream: Russell Dickerson, Jamey Johnson, Randy Houser, Chris Lane, Steve Wariner

Theatre

Andrew Lloyd Webber The Shows Must Go On

UPCOMING:

Cats (Full Show) Premiers May 14 (AVAILABLE FOR 48 HOURS ONLY)

"Andrew Lloyd Webber's CATS, the most famous musical of all time, first exploded onto the West End stage in 1981. 'Memory', one of its many classic songs, became an instant worldwide hit. Since then CATS has smashed records and conquered the world. Using the latest technology, all the excitement, thrill, romance and intimacy of this theatrical legend has been captured on screen. Breathtaking visuals and full digital sound (that has been completely re-recorded with a seventy piece orchestra) will leave you deep into the mysterious world of CATS as you've never seen it before -- more intoxicating and magical than you could possibly imagine. With a star cast including Elaine Paige and Sir John Mills." 

PLAYING NOW:

Border Tails (Full Show)  (mature subject matter
Run has been extended, don't know for how long (still available as of May 11, 2021)

"Border Tales, Luca Silvestrini’s Protein’s smash-hit commentary on multicultural Britain seen through the eyes of an international cast, is told through dance, live music and dialogue compiled from the performers’ personal experiences. With this broadcast we contribute to breaking down the walls of silence that uphold and sustain ‘borders’ around the world."

After the Interval (Full Show) available from April 30

"'After the Interval' (2012) and its sequel 'Before the Interval' (2014), conceived and directed by Luca Silvestrini for award-winning HeadSpaceDance will be presented together for the first time giving you the chance to see them in their continuity. 'Before the Interval' will be available from Friday 7th May 7pm BST.

'After the Interval' pins Silvestrini’s observational genius to satirising dancing life. A show about dance and dancers that opens with the performers’ curtain calls, who then answer audience questions, and continues with revivals of their past stage roles and steps. After the Interval brings to the fore the art of dance making and the backstage lives of dancers while celebrating Broom/Akrill’s 20 years joint career and the start of their company HeadSpaceDance."

Before the Interval (Full Show) available from May 7

"Before the Interval' imposed itself as the obvious title for this second commission in which Akrill, Goddard and Sveaas take Broom’s absence as a cue to promote their own talents as dancer-directors, projecting themselves into what their future selves could be. Using Silvestrini’s style of humorous, satirical dance theatre, they speak their thoughts about their potential careers, audience expectations and hold conversations as they simultaneously move."

Film

Canadian National Film Board documentary. NFB makes a limited amount of its films available free of charge outside the country. They usually feature one per week. This week we have been gifted three.

1. Earth to Mouth by Yung Chong (2002, 41 minutes)

"Filmed at the Wing Fong Farm in Ontario, this documentary follows the tilling, planting and harvesting of Asian vegetables destined for Chinese markets and restaurants. On 80 acres of land, Lau King-Fai, her son and a half-dozen migrant Mexican workers care for the plants. For Yeung Kwan, her son, the farm represents personal and financial independence. For his mother, it is an oasis of peace. For the Mexican workers, it provides jobs that help support their children back home."

2.  The Street, by Caroline Leaf--animated (1976, 10 minutes)

"This award-winning animation is a poignant interpretation of a short story by Montreal author Mordecai Richler. It makes a strong statement about how many families respond to their old and infirm members. In washes of watercolour and ink, filmmaker Caroline Leaf illustrates reactions to a dying grandmother, capturing family feelings and distilling them into harsh reality."

Comedy

Nina Conti (Comedy, Ventriloquist)

Randy Rainbow (Musical Parody)

Sports

Baseball Rankings (Moving graphics of statistics through time)
Other Available Graphs (18 at present)


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(CONTINENT INDICATES RESIDENCE OF THE SOURCE, NOT NECESSARILY THE COUNTRIES COVERED BY THE LINKS)

AFRICA

allAfrica.com
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ASIA 

WION News (Asia and the World)
Playlists: Videos added in the last week. Most recent news can be at the top or bottom of the Playlist
Context: More information about WION (Wikipedia) 

Corona Virus Outbreak Around the World (Top),  Gravitas 2021 (Top), Nepal (bottom), Israel (bottom), Japan (bottom), Bangladesh (bottom), Afghanistan (bottom), The Interview (bottom), South Africa (bottom), Pakistan (bottom), Saudi Arabia (bottom), WION Wide Angle (bottom), Iraq (bottom), Brazil (bottom), Hong Kong (bottom), Nigeria (bottom), Ukraine (bottom), Iran (bottom), Ethiopia (bottom), Mission Sustainablility (bottom)

Al Jazeera English News (Doha/London)
Playlists: Videos added in the last week. Most recent news can be at the top or bottom of the Playlist


Up Front (top)


The Stream (top)




New China TV (Xinhua)
India Today
Playlists: Videos added in the last week. Latest items always appear at the top of the Playlist

India Today has updated 10 or more Playlists in the last week. I have sorted them so that they come out at the top of the list of playlists. 

NDTV (India)
Playlists: Videos added in the last week. Latest items always appear at the top of the Playlist

NDTV has updated 10 or more Playlists in the last week.  I have sorted them so that they come out at the top of the list of playlists. 

NHK (Japan)
Playlists: Videos added in the last week. Latest items always appear at the top of the Playlist


Korea Now (Yonhap--South Korea News)
Playlists: Videos added in the last week. Latest items can appear at the top or bottom of the Playlist






Pyongyang Broadcast Service (D.P.R.K--North Korea)
DPRK Massive Torch Parade (Korean--but you get the picture in any language)


MNB World (Mongolia)
Playlists: Videos added in the last week. Latest items can appear at the top or bottom of the playlist


This Week (bottom)

Sightline (bottom)

CNA (Singapore)--Regional News
Playlists: Videos added in the last week. Latest items can appear at the top or bottom of the playlist






The Thaiger (Thai news in English)
Playlists: Videos added in the last week. Latest items can appear at the top or bottom of the playlist


Vietnam News Agency
Playlists: Videos added in the last week. Latest items can appear at the top or bottom of the playlist





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AUSTRALIA / NEW ZEALAND / POLYNESIA 

ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Playlists: Videos added in the last week. Most recent news is always at the top of the playlists

10 or more Playlists were updated this week. I have sorted them so that they come out at the top of the list of playlists.  

Radio New Zealand Playlists: Videos added in the last week. Most recent news can be at the top or bottom of the playlists

Fight For the Wild (This is the first of a series of documentaries).

"Fight for the Wild takes viewers into the wild heart of Aotearoa (New Zealand) and documents the desperate battle to protect it; it explores the notion of a Predator Free 2050 and asks whether this big, bold initiative is achievable and if so, how?"



Radio Samoa
Playlists: Videos added in the last week. Most recent news is always at the top of the playlists


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EUROPE

AFP (Agence France Presse)


Playlists: Videos added in the last week. Most recent news is always at the top of the playlists






Deutsche Welle News (Germany)
Playlists: Videos added in the last week. Most recent news can be at the top or bottom of the Playlist 

10 or more playlists have been updated this week. I have sorted them so that they come out at the top of the list of playlists.  

Euronews in English (European Community)
















Financial Times (London, UK)
Playlists: Videos added in the last week. Most recent news can be at the top or bottom of the Playlist




RT (Russia Today)
Playlists: Videos added in the last week. Latest items can appear at the top or bottom of the playlist

Context: More information on Max Keiser (Wikipedia)

Covid 19 Pandemic (Worldwide coverage) (Top)

Crosstalk (debates on issues) (Top)

In addition these individual links may be of interest

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NORTH AMERICA

CBC News (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Playlists: Videos added in the last week. Most recent news always at the top of the Playlist









Democracy Now (Amy Goodman) (US) 
Playlists: Videos added in the last week. Most recent news always at the top of the Playlist

Latest Shows (split into topical sections)
Context: More information about Amy Goodman

The Real News Network 
Playlists: Videos added in the last week. Most recent news always at the top of the Playlist



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SECTION 2: Politics, culture (art, music, theatre, film, TV), science and technology, etc.

Arte (France/Germany) (French) (Documentaries)
Playlists updated in the last week (virtually all are in French). 10 or more have been added in the last week..Note: Unfortunately the "Tous les Videos" playlist puts it's latest updates at the bottom of an over 300 item playlist. This is an example of poor accessibility in web design at its worst.

Arte Concert (France/Germany)
Playlists updated in the last week. (French or German, but it is mainly music). Most recent updates can be at the top or bottom of the playlist

Arte en Scene (bottom)

Let's Dance! (bottom)

Bobby Harvey Video Productions (Trains,-Trains,-Trains)
Boston Symphony
Playlists that have been updated in the last week

Music in Changing Times: Pathways of Romanticism (latest updates are at the bottom of the playlist)

Braemar Media
Bright Side 
Playlists updated in the last week where you can actually find the most up to date additions

How it works (bottom of the playlist)


Calgary (Alberta, Canada) Philharmonic

Chronos Media History
Context: More information about Chronos Media
 
CUNY TV
Playlists updated in last week. Most recent can be at the top or bottom of the playlist

CUNY TV has updated 10 playlists this week (including Bob Herbert's Op Ed TV). I have sorted them so that they come out at the top of the list of playlists.  

David Swanson
Context: More information about Richard Falk (Princeton University)
Context: More information about David Swanson 

David Von Pein's JFK Channel
Note: This connection to the topic of the channel is obvious. But, for conspiracy fans, there is another connection. And it ain't Colonel Sanders. Do you know what it is?

Democracy at Work (Richard Wolff, David Harvey, etc.)
Playlists updated in the last week. Most recent always at the top of the playlist.


Economic Update (Richard Wolff)


Capitalism Hits Home (Harriet Fraad and Juliana Forlano)

Context: More information about Richard Wolff
Context: More information about David Harvey
Context: More information about Harriet Fraad and Julianna Forlano (scroll to the bottom of the page

The Dodo (Animal Rescue)
Playlists updated in the last week. Most recent on top or 
bottom of the playlist

The Dodo has updated 10 or more playlists this week. I have sorted them so that they come out at the top of the list of playlists.

DW (Deutsche Welle) Documentaries (English)
Playlists updated in the last week. Most recent always at the top of the playlist.








Fascinating Horror

France 3 Nouvelle Acquitaine (French)
Playlists updated in the last week. Most recent always at the top of the playlist.



France Musique (French, but Musique is a global language)
Playlists updated in the last week. Most recent can be at the top or bottom of the playlist.





George L. Mosse Program in History (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
For all three click on "show more" under the title for complete synopsis 
Context: More information about the Mosse Center
Context: More information about Martin Jay (University of California-Berkeley History Department

Letters and Politics (Mitch Jeserich--KPFA Public Radio--San Francisco)

The Lincoln Project
National Theatre (UK)
Playlists updated in the last week. Most recent can be at the top  of the playlist.

Life in Stages (bottom)

Nature Bats Last (Guy McPherson)
Playlists updated in the last week. Most recent can be anywhere in the playlist, but is usually at the bottom.   

Self-Reinforcing Feedback Loops (Playlist #6--Feedback Loop#13)


Explained (a new playlist where McPherson explains an article that he frequently cites)
Context: More information about Guy McPherson (University of Arizona)

NHK (Japanese TV) Documentaries

Note: this is the 2nd highest smoke stack in the world (source: Above All Chimney and Masonry--no, they are not sponsoring this page). 
Context: More information about Paul Beckwith (Paulbeckwith.net)

The People's Forum NYC
Context: More information about The People's Forum 

Something Incredible (Science topics explained)
Stats Media ("Moving graphs through time by nations" of single variables)

Beer Production by Country (1960-2020) (United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization)

TED
Context: More information about TED

Voices of the Past (1st person accounts)

SECTION 3: SPORTS

ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL (SOCCER) IN EUROPE

1. 2020/21 UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) Champions League
Through the first leg of the Semi-Finals. Second leg May 4 and 5). Watch the Highlights playlist.

Extended Highlights Playlist (most recent is at the top of the playlist--current through end of Quarter Finals)
Context: UEFA Champions League (Schedules, results, statistics, etc)

The competition began with 69 champion teams from all over Europe. The Final 8 have been determined (Liverpool, Chelsea, Manchester City--England; Dortmund, Bayern--Germany, Real Madrid--Spain, and Port-Portugal. The first leg of the Quarter Finals began April 6 and 7. THE FINALISTS HAVE BEEN DETERMINED. IT WILL BE AN ALL-ENGLISH FINAL BETWEEN CHELSEA AND MANCHESTER CITY ON 29 MAY. For those who haven't been following, use the above playlists to catch up on how they got there.

2. Bundesliga (Germany)

All highlights, match statistics and commentary are available, match by match, and day by day, at the Bundesliga Fixtures and Results page, part of the main Bundesliga below (context)
Highlights Playlist (look for "Matchday" in the playlist title--now current through Match Day 32) 
Best of 2020-21 Playlist (latest are at the bottom)
Context: Bundesliga, scores standings, articles, statistics, etc.

3. LaLiga (Spain)
There are some issues with the Youtube organization of the site. The highlights are better organized at the web page. While it is bandwidth rich, scores accompany the highlights, and match articles and statistics are just a click away. Highlights are current through Week 36.
Context: La Liga Santander (Top Spanish Professional Football Division) (schedule, standings, results, statistics, etc).

4. Premier League (England)
Highlights Playlists
Scroll to any file that says "Highlights" 
For Highlights of play in the weeks before Week 35 see the General Highlights playlist at NBC Sports. Look for "Premier League."
Context: English Premier League, everything you need to know 

AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL

AFL (Australian Football League (Aussie Rules) (Ninh explains)
Round 8 Highlights Playlist (includes 2 mini-matches--extended highlights plus extended highlights of a classic match played in 1996). Highlights of all 9 matches.

For Highlights of earlier Rounds see the general AFL Playlists page or the 2021 Highlights Playlist (latest round is at the bottom of the playlist)
Context: AFL--scores, schedules, match reports, statistics, and anything else you can think of.

BASEBALL

1. MLB (Major League Baseball)
Playlists updated in last week. Most recent always at the top of the playlist



Games on Demand: MLB Games of the Week on Youtube (there are 5 games on this playlist at present.

MLB.com offers a free game of  the day (free registration required at the site)

Last week's Best Free Game of the Day--On May 9, MLB offered every game on the schedule save one for free viewing. Those games are now available on demand and without geographic blackout restrictions. For those unfamiliar with Major League Baseball (or unfamiliar with its recent evolution), you will see a microcosm of everything the sport has to offer at this level. You will see blow outs (3), pitchers' duels (4), one run games (6), and extra inning games (1). You will see 18 home runs (low by modern standards for 12 games) and 212 (about par) strikeouts. The strikeouts average to about 18 per game, or 1/3 of the outs. Whatever you may think of the modern game, this is an extraordinary act of generosity by MLB. 

MLB Vault
Playlists updated in last week. Most recent always at the top of the playlist










INTERNATIONAL BASEBALL

1. Baseball International

Weekly Review for the week ending May 10 (61 teams in action), Use this to help you acclimate to the international baseball linked to below.  

2. Japanese Baseball Highlights: 2 sources

2.1 Dramatic Baseball 2021 (NTV Yomiuri Giants--Central League) Highlights.

Highlights for May 1, 7, 9  (look for "Today's Highlights")

2.2. Japanese Baseball (Nippon Professional Baseball) Today's Game Digest Play List (Pacific League TV Official)  (home team listed first) scores are usually given at the end of each video). Dates are clearly given. Commentary is in Japanese but visuals are in English. Final line score is usually flashed at the end of the highlights. May 5-9. Look for "Digest".
Context: Nippon Professional Baseball Access to scores, schedules, statistics, standings for both Pacific and Central League. Information is in English


3. Czech Extraliga

Multiple games are live streamed each week. The origins are the Youtube sites of the teams, but you can reach them through the calendar (TV) listed at the League Web site, which will also give you all score, statistical, standing, etc. information. Games are played on weekends.

Latest live streams are for the weekend of May 2-9, 2021 (15 games were live streamed)

May 2 (1); May 4 (1); May 7 (4); May 8 (5); May 9 (4)

Context: Czech Extraliga (scores, boxes, standings, player statistics linked through the box scores). 

4. German Bundesliga 

Two of the teams in the League stream live and on demand games 

1. Haar Disciples, streams selected games via Youtube. The playlist has the 
latest game at the bottom. Long times indicate doubleheaders. (Through May 13). (English commentary but not the best viewing angles.)

2. Regensburg Legionaire (German commentary but commercial quality viewing angles. Also Regensburg is one of the best teams in the league.
Context: German Bundesliga (scores, schedules, box scores, standings, game stories (German). Box scores are in English and include English play-by-plays that indicate the count at the time of result pitches. Note that the League is divided into North and South Divisions. The South Division has a mixture of professional and amateur players and a longer schedule. 

5. Mexican Summer League (LMB) begins May 20. Video will be available at the LMB Youtube site. Schedule (.pdf format, 4p.). Teams

6. Taiwan (Chinese Professional Baseball League)

CPBL TV Youtube Game Highlights (longer highlights  (anything over 8 or 9 minutes) are the full game highlights). Highlights are dated. For a more contextual view of highlights, they can also be accessed from the CPBL Website Calendar (click on F for highlights). The box scores and game stories are in Chinese. However, the standings are presented in English. Because there are only four teams in the League, a split schedule is used and there are some series that are round robin. Current through May 13.
Context: CPBL English Page

Note: there will be no coverage of the KBO (Korean League) because there is no easy access to video.
Context: (everything you need to know).

7. Netherlands (Hoofdklasse Honkbal--Dutch Major League Baseball)

Context: Hoofdeklasse Hankbal Site. Everything you need to know about the League. However, the best way for the new English speaking fan to learn the League is a great English blog:  Dutch Baseball Hangout Blog, which covers the League in English with contextual video links. It is written by an ex Dutch baseball player and will get you pretty quickly to the point where you can use the League site to best advantage. This is an 8 team league that plays mostly on weekends.

BASKETBALL

NBA (National Basketball Association)
Playlists updated in the last week. Latest games are at the top of the playlists.

10 or more playlists updated in the last week. I have sorted them so that they come out at the top of the list of playlists. 

INTERNATIONAL BASKETBALL

FIBA (International Basketball Federation) 
Playlists updated in the last week. Latest games are at the top of the playlists.





Context: FIBA and its competitions

BOWLING

Candle Pin

Alley Chat (Candlepin Bowling) (Ninh Explains)
Duck Pin (What is Duck Pin Bowling?--HowCastSportsFitness)

Duckpin Classics 

10 Pin

The Sport of Bowling (Women's Professsional Bowlers Association) 
Playlists updated in the last week. Latest games are at the top of the playlists.

Context: PWBA: Allyou need to know

PBA (Professional Bowlers Association)
Context: PBA--Schedules results, information about TV broadcasts, staistics, etc.

CRICKET

International--Home team listed 1st in title, batting order determined by coin flip--coin flip winner has option to bat or field first

Zimbabwe v Pakistan (3 T20 matches--120 deliveries per side; 2 Test Matches--5 day 2 Innings match, up to 2,700 deliveries (pitches) allotted, winning team must dismiss the losers twice (10 wickets per innings--well, like everything else in cricket, that's not actually true--they must actually dismiss the losers in their 2nd Innings--in cricket a team can close it's innings any time it wants--declaration--strategy, time remaining are variables)  About the length of a maximum of 20 MLB baseball games by time and deliveries. Or 5 consecutive 9 inning doubleheaders, followed by 3 days off, followed by another 5 consecutive 9 inning doubleheaders. )

All matches were played at Harare Sports Club Cricket Ground (1--Getty Images--wait for the large image to appear and then roll the mouse over it) (2--City--Wikipedia)

Note: Highlights for each day of both Test Matches and all three T20 matches are available at RabitholeBD  Sports Youtube Zimbabwe v Pakistan Playlist (in the reverse order of how they are listed here)


Test Match 2

May 7-10 (a five day match finished in 4 days)

Pakistan 510/8 (declared Innings closed)
Zimbabwe 132 and 231 (following on)--if a team has more than a 199 run lead after it's opponent has batted once, it can "invite" that team to follow on (bat again). This is done for strategic (time) or psychological reasons).

Pakistan won by an Innings and 147 runs (Pakistan scored more runs batting once than Zimbabwe did batting twice).

Pakistan won the Test Series 2-0. Pakistan won the T20 series 2-1.

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Test Match 1

April 29-May 1 (a five day match finished in 3 days)

Zimbabwe 176 and 134
Pakistan 426

Pakistan won by an Innings and 116 runs
Pakistan leads the series 1-0

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Three match T20 series (April 21, 23, 25, 2021) 

Match 1: Pakistan 165/3 Zimbabwe 141/7
Pakistan won by 24 runs and leads the series 1-0

Match 2: Zimbabwe 118/9 Pakistan 99 all out (19.5 overs) 
Zimbabwe won by 19 runs and the series is tied 1-1

Match 3: Pakistan 149/7 Zimbabwe 138/7
Pakistan won by 11 runs and won the series 2-1

Pakistan's winter Tour to South Africa and Zimbabwe lasted from April 2-May 10, and consisted of 2 Tests, 3 One Day Internationals, and 7 T20s. About the length in time and deliveries of a maximum of 33 MLB baseball games.

DISC GOLF (Ninh Explains)

Professional Disc Golf Association
2021 Twin Cities PDGA Women's Global Event (state of the women's game, short highlights)
Context: Complete Results (PDGA)

FIELD LACROSSE (Ninh Explains)

Lax Sports Network 
Playlists updated in the last week. Latest is at the bottom of the playlist.

Context (CAA Men's Lacrosse)

GRIDIRON FOOTBALL

NFL Throwback
Playlists updated in the last week. Most recent can be at the top or bottom of the playlist.





ICE HOCKEY

National Hockey League

1. NBC Sports
Playlists additions in the last week. Most recent can be at the top or bottom of the playlist.


2. NHL (National Hockey League)
Playlists updated in the last week. (Latest can be at the top or Bottom of the Playlist)

10 or more Playlists have been updated in the last week. I have sorted them so that they come out at the top of the list of playlists. 

KORFBALL (Ninh Explains)

April 17, Rotterdam

1. Dutch Korfbal League FINAL
PKS 22
Fortuna 18

Player of the Match was Sanne van der Werff. She scored 8 of PKS 22 points, many on clutch shots in the 2nd half. 

Highlights (IKFchannel) (shows each of van der Werff's goals).
Full Match Video (English Commentary) (video begins with the score Fortuna 3 PKF 1
Full Match Video (Dutch commentary--shows the entire match) (match begins at 1:00:12 on the video

2. Portuguese Korfball League begins. 
Campeonato Nacional da 1ª divisão de Corfebol (Youtube)


NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS

10 or more Playlists have been updated in the last week. I have sorted them so that they come out at the top of the list of playlists. 

OLYMPICS
Playlists Updated in the last week. Latest are at the top of the playlist.


BASQUE PELOTA

1. Mano (handball)(Binakaka Txapelketa/Campeonato Parejas (World Pairs Championship) FINAL

Elezkano II-Zabaleta 22
Pena II-Albisu 7
Full Match video (EITB Basque TV Network (Basque)

This was the culmination of the premier handball pairs championship in the Basque Country. 8 teams participated in a double round robin League phase. The top 4 teams advanced to a semi-final league, a single round robin. The top two teams in the semi-final league played the final on May 9 at an almost empty Bizkaia Fronton, Bilbo (Bilbao)  (1--Bizkaia) (2--City-Wikipedia)

The tournament began on January 2nd. The two finalists were playing in their 18th game. 

Context: ASPE Pelota, one of the two major companies that provide players for professional mano competitions. This site provides scores and final League Table.

All matches --full match videos (EITB)
 "Buscar (search) "Pilota eskuz: Profesionalak 2021"
Each description should contain a number. That number is the week number of the League competition. Use context above to locate matches.
Match articles for all matches (Spanish) (includes linescores and scoring for each match (21iguales.com)

2. Dania Beach Jai Alai (Ninh explains) (Quineila Jai Alai--Parimutuel wagering)
Context: Dania Beach Statistics (wins, places, shows, roster)

3. Magic City Jai Alai (Quiniela Jai Alai--Parimutuel wagering) (short court-softball Jai Alai).  The Magic City competition runs from May to November and consists of two parts: 
1. Quiniela Jai Alai: 8 contestants or pairs teams in each game. 1 v 2. Winner gets a point, loser goes to the back of the line.
2.  Head2Head (short partido (one on one) matches; games to 6 points, best 2 sets out of 3)
Context: Magic City Quiniela Entries, Results, Statistics
Context: Magic City Head2Head schedule and standings
Context: Magic City Roster

 RUGBY (LEAGUE AND UNION)

World Rugby League (Rugby League) (Ninh explains

NRL (National Rugby League) (Australia) 

NRL Round 9 Highlights (Short Highlights Playlist)
NRL Roundup Playlist (One 30+ minute video that summarizes the Round (Current through Round 9--latest round is at the bottom of the playlist)
NRL 2021 Mini Match (extended highlights) Playlist (Current through Round 8, latest round is at the bottom of the playlist)
Context: National Rugby League (news. schedule, ladder, scores, statistics, etc.)
Note: At the above site, full match replays of all matches are available, free of charge. Free registration is required. Click on any match for link to full match replay. If the full match isn't available, go back later. It will be. 

Betfred Superleague (England)
Highlights Playlist: Round 5 (selected matches)
Context: Superleague (news. schedule, ladder, scores, statistics, etc.)

World Rugby Union (Rugby Union) (Ninh explains) 

Super Rugby (Aotearo--New Zealand; Australia) 
Highlight Playlists 

Aotearoa (Updated through FINAL)
Australia (Updated through FINAL)
Context: Scores, Standings, Fixtures, News (this page may have more up to date highlights than the playlists

This is the premier Southern Hemisphere Domestic Club Competition. It is usually contested as one League with Teams from Australia, New Zealand (Aotearoa), and South Africa. Due to the Pandemic, South Africa dropped out this year and the other two countries are having separate competitions.

Google Earth Stadiums Flights

10 or more playlists were updated in the last week. I have sorted them so that they come out at the top of the list of playlists. 

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