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My first thought when Popyrin beat Djok was, “Oh, thank goodness. Now I won’t even be tempted to root for Zverev.” So it was with a light heart today that I freely and happily rooted against Zverev. Thank you, Fritz. I don’t like you either, but I’m glad you won, and appreciate you took out the abuser.

Don’t know if this will be helpful, but I’m a DirectTV user, and at 7:15 this evening, they engaged in a blackout with ESPN. So I checked out what other services are streaming the USO, and YouTube TV is offering a free 21-day trial, so I went for that, and the broadcast is now up on my TV.

ME TOO! LITERALLY SCREAMING. I suspect having two broadcasting gymnastics newbies at the helm didn’t help matters: Rich Lerner - probably hasn’t broadcast gymnastics before, and the commentary guy, who was on the 2008 bronze-medal winning US team, but seemed VERY green on the broadcasting front. He seems likable, but it’s like he would forget he has to do more than gasp to inform the audience; he actually has to talk. Then of course the director was in charge of keeping the camera focused on the US team, so they’re at fault too. I mean, it’s not like nothing was at stake, just one of the most unexpected, dramatic comebacks in the history of the event.

Anyone know how to find which teams are in which subdivisions?

Congratulations to Krejčiková. I enjoy her game. I can’t remember the issue, but I remember reading something about her (possibly on this site) that made me not like her as a player and disinclined to root for her. But now I’ve forgotten what that was. Either way, congrats. Totally rooting for the adorable Jasmine, though. Hope she can continue this wonderful form. I hope this is a maintainable level for her. But for me the big match of the day is the Women’s Dubs final. GO TAYLOR!!!!! (The Best US Taylor, IMHO.). ESPN better darn show it! Can’t wait for the men’s to be over, as worthy as the players are.

Lorenzo!!!! Such a beautiful game. Such a beautiful man (shallow).

Wow, crickets (not Cricket!) here for Wimbledon, huh? So disappointed that Coco is out as well as Naomi (my two favorites). And the women’s remaining draw is remarkably charisma-free (except for the charming Paolini). At the moment I feel about the Navarro the way I do about Tommy Paul. I acknowledge they’re very good and have nothing against them except ... I don’t care. Sigh. I felt absolutely gutted for poor Keys, getting injured on the very verge of winning. The men’s is starting to feel exciting, though. A lot of good matchups coming up, and I’m psyched for it. I AM NOT psyched at the prospect of Yuck-ovic winning again, however.

Now, did he start it, “Hi-ho, I’m the ice cream man ... ?" (Or did Niles say that as one of the characters in his classic bursting-the-balloons rant? Either way, I just love it when they threw in these random British-sounding expressions, even for the non-British characters.)

Judge’s scans came up clear for fractures (supposedly. This is the Liars, er, Yankees we’re talking about.)

Darn! I was really hoping Naomi would beat Andreescu and go on to take the title this week. I like Andreescu too, but not as much as Naomi. The portion I was able to watch, they both looked close to their old, intimidating form.

I totally adore Judge* and never warmed to Jeter as a person at all (even though he was undoubtedly a great player), but even I do a mental double take when they call Judge The Captain. *Judge is probably my third favorite baseball player after Eddie Murray (forever Number One) and Mariano Rivera, but he’s definitely the most exciting player I’ve rooted for. I also think he seems like a lovely, genuine guy.

This Yankee fan was feeling so sad, despite the club’s good start, fearing that Judge's mediocre second half last year, his poor start this year, and his talk that the toe isn’t really expected to get better but will always need to be managed, meant that he might be a seriously diminished player going forward. But he’s definitely starting to look like the exciting slugger he’s always been (injuries aside.). Fingers crossed. Then it occurred to me how fun it would be (and how great for the game it would be), if he and Ohtani had a HR race. They are two of the real household names in baseball, and a HR race with them could be big news for casual and non-fans as well as us diehards. Just a pipe dream, but there it is.

Just watching the American Classic on a stream on flipnow. After the first rotation Gabby had an extremely rough floor routine scoring 11.450; Jade had a strong vault (couldn’t ID it, but it was worth 5.00 - DTY?) scoring 14.200; and Suni was the final performer of all on beam with a good performance scoring 14.300 with a D value of 5.9. Kelise Woolford has a particularly lovely, precise dance quality with gorgeous turns on the floor. She had a relatively high score of 13.150. I’m sure there were other athletes of note that I didn’t focus on. The competition is taking place at a gym, and there are no ID’s of competitors or announcement of the scores. There’s a separate page you can follow with the scoring. Second rotation about to start ... ETA: looks like Suni’s not doing floor. Roberson didn’t do floor and is not going to do vault. Jade is on bars now, and Gabby on vault. ETA2: Didn’t know Gabby was working with Liukin. Good vault. Looked like a DTY, and she scored 14.000. ETA3: Whoa, Jade just laid down a strong bars routine with lots of twisty moves between the bars (see, I’m an expert!). Let’s see what the D level is ... 5.2. She scored 13.400. It’s the second highest bar score after Myli Lew, who seems to be the next best one after the Olympic champions. Unfortunately I missed both Lew’s performances. ETA4: Oh, crap. Gabby’s off the bars twice. Sigh. Suni did a lovely 4.2 D vault for 13.250. Jade did a good beam set: 13.650. Roberson did bars: 12.650. ETA5: Suni didn’t do the bars as originally scheduled. DK why. Gabby was okay on beam: 13.350. Jade was good on floor: 13.750. I’ve heard there are new artistic/dance requirements/standards; maybe she’s running afoul of those. Roberson was okay on beam: 12.500.

A shame he’s such a horrible person. He’s a fantastic actor, and Mike was such a great character.

Did Noth want to leave to do other projects?