IDEA: Third-place playoff to be held immediately after the final. Everyone filing out the stadium as the game kicks off, people packing away during the first half, only sound in the stadium is the hoover being run round the terraces. Could do it in a pub car park.

Most of my words for the next hour will rhyme with ducking so it's probably not the best time to talk about stuff really.

Just once. Just one time, to watch a major tournament victory with family. Only one. Oh well.

Proper effing game of football, this. Huge fan. Saka for Rogers, this is the perfect Saka game, but otherwise wouldn't change a thing. Bring it home.

People talk a lot about Noni Madueke not having a right foot, but they often neglect to mention that he doesn't have a left foot, either.

Everyone in England is uniting behind the football result but let's not forget we still face tremendous issues as a country. For example, Tesco have stopped doing their three-for-two offer on crispy potato slices.

Now over to Harry Kane for a quick interview

Beautiful time to be English. Winston Churchill, fish and chips, Prince William, Three Lions fallen empires, crumpets, Factor 50 sun cream, Jude Bellingham, we've got it all. I might even like Wonderwall now.

I have managed not to do any gatekeeping about the fact that my whole country is doing its nut at staying up to 2am for this one-off England game, and frankly I deserve a medal.

No more Madueke. No more Spence. Rice at right back, start Eze. It's the only way to unshoot our own foot.

LeBron James, 41 years old - still the NBA's biggest market-mover, the one holding all the keys, and still better at basketball than almost everyone else on the planet. Mark Deeks, 41 years old - slept a bit weird last night and hasn't been able to turn left all day today.

$14 million for one year for Jock Landale is a hell of a lot of money. That's more than I earn in FIVE years.

Just a few hours left for Khris Middleton to sign an extension and avoid free agency. The most the Mavericks can offer him is a four year, $208,834,639 pact that runs through 2030, but Middleton may be wanting to see what he can get on the open market instead.

If Cam Boozer is only at best the third best player in it, you've got yourself a hell of a draft

Always found it fascinating how a few NBA players treat LinkedIn like middle managers. "I'm happy to announce I have started a new role at Shooting Guard at Dallas Mavericks" oh right yeah cool I remember seeing the ad posted but the position wasn't right for me

Kai Jones, former Hornets big who talked himself into getting waived two years ago, has shot 120-127 from the field this season. A 94.5% field goal percentage. No I'm not making that up. heavy.com/sports/nba/c...

Absolutely delighted to report that after four perfect hours, my stream died at this exact moment. I therefore have no idea how the fifth penalties went, but can only imagine they went really well and am thrilled by Arsenal's victory.

I HAVE NOTHING ANALYTICAL TO SAY. I JUST WANTED TO SHOUT TO ALLEVIATE SOME TENSION. COME ON ARSENAL.

Stewie Griffin: Nerves Scared

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All those times over the last two decades Arsenal needed to be able to shut teams down, and couldn't do it. All the stuff it cost them. Do not take for granted just how good they are at it this year. I don't care if it's an interesting watch for the neutral.

Dedicated forums for smaller user bases that allow for the formation of actual communities >>> whatever this is. We all made the wrong choice 16 years ago and we need to revert.

In the same news cycle in which Jaden Ivey got cut for his views, this seems relevant. heavy.com/sports/nba/o...

Had the dog now for five weeks and we finally heard him woof. It was at the sight of a cat. His first cat. Don't think he knew what to do, so he moonwalked, which tbh is what most of us do upon the discovery of any new information.

Can anyone here speak Serbian? I'd like to run a translation by you. Thanks.

Flashback to the time I went on a date with a highly educated woman who maintained there was no such thing as genetic predisposition, and when I used the example of how many fathers/sons/siblings/twins played top level basketball, she took it as validation of her point that it was about upbringing.

Shout out to my mum, who this whole time has thought that AI stood for Artificial Insemination

"If ever you get me a dog, that will count for like the next six birthdays and Christmases combined." Ladies and gentlemen, you are in the presence of the smug grin of a man who until 2032 is officially off, the, hook. Welcome Tyson!

That was deeply, deeply shit from Arsenal. There should be far too much leadership in this team for timorousness like that to rule the day.

All that build-up, brief flashes of optimism, disappointing finish. To be fair, I've had many Saturdays like that.

It's kinda fun listening to the announcing team struggling to balance the professional requirement to praise this thing with their innate desire to rip on it.

The single best change that can be made to All-Star Weekend is to stop putting the Dunk Contest on last. It's not the showpiece any more and is far too hit-and-miss to be your closer.