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- Tolkien estate wins court order to destroy fan's 'Lord of the Rings' sequel https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/21/arts/lord-of-the-rings-sequel-lawsuit.html 84 comments
- DARPA: Shredder Challenge Solved. See images from the winning entry. http://www.shredderchallenge.com 11 comments
- Trump contradicts himself on abortion, grasping for a winning message https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/30/trump-vance-abortion-anger/ 54 comments politics
- [OptaPaolo] 26 - Daniele De Rossi has picked up 26 points in 11 games with #Roma (W8 D2 L1): only Rudi Garcia (31) and Eusebio Di Francesco (27) did better in their first 11 games with the Giallorossi in #SerieA, in the era of three points for a win (since 1994/95). Exploit. https://twitter.com/OptaPaolo/status/1776674131464912943 26 comments soccer
- [José Morgado]: "Iga Swiatek wins her 2nd Grand Slam title at 21yo, beating 18yo Coco Gauff 6-1, 6-3 in the Roland Garros final. 35 consecutive wins, ties Venus Williams with the best streak in the 2000s. 9-0 in finals (18-0 in sets...)" https://twitter.com/josemorgado/status/1533091317470961665?s=20&t=A7k5xPI6myq5HR-ElIHO1A 28 comments tennis
- Machine Gun Kelly wins AMA Favorite Rock Artist Award, says the age of the rockstar “looks pretty alive to me” https://www.guitarworld.com/news/machine-gun-kelly-ama 57 comments nottheonion
- Nic Roy wins it in overtime https://streamable.com/qkk85v 432 comments hockey
- Study finds young athletes who perceive their parents as less authoritarian are more likely to embrace moral values in sport, to keep winning in proportion, and to reject cheating. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.618507/full 13 comments science
- Wall Street keeps rising on Democratic wins, stimulus hopes https://abcnews.go.com/politics/wirestory/world-shares-stimulus-hopes-congress-oks-biden-win-75106283?cid=clicksource_4380645_6_heads_hero_live_headlines_hed 14 comments politics
- Michigan election board votes to certify Biden win, dealing blow to Trump effort https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/michigan-election-board-votes-certify-biden-win-dealing-blow-trump-n1248685?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma 23 comments politics
- [spanish] Alonso: "If I am offered something to win with immediately, I will return to F1, without a doubt." https://www.marca.com/motor/formula1/2019/06/18/5d08a1f446163f374b8b45bd.html 431 comments formula1
- Simon Pagenaud Wins the 103rd Running of the Indianapolis 500 https://fox59.com/2019/05/26/simon-pagenaud-wins-103rd-running-of-the-indianapolis-500/ 2 comments sports
- Lazio coach Simone Inzaghi celebrates after seeing his team win penalty shootout https://www.instagram.com/p/btubb9ugohd/ 16 comments soccer
- New Cavalier Alec Burk's game winning slam dunk against the Nets https://streamable.com/ue400 135 comments nba
- Price denies Ovechkin his game winning hat trick in spectacular fashion with no time remaining https://streamable.com/u62nt 466 comments hockey
- It looks like white Supremacist is actually going to win a seat in the state House in Missouri tomorrow. This is so sad. https://www.yahoo.com/news/republican-candidate-children-warn-people-173452174.html 19 comments politics
- If the Republicans Win Tuesday, the Reason Will Be Simple: They Cheated https://www.thedailybeast.com/if-the-republicans-win-tuesday-the-reason-will-be-simple-they-cheated?ref=wrap 2246 comments politics
- TIL that every team in the NL had at least 10 wins against the 1899 Cleveland Spiders (except for the Spiders of course) https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/nl/1899-standings.shtml#all_head_to_head_wins 4 comments baseball
- Tyus Bowser wins Pepsi Rookie of the Week https://www.baltimorebeatdown.com/2017/9/22/16352308/tyus-bowser-wins-nfl-coms-pepsi-rookie-of-the-week 61 comments nfl
- Westbrook after winning the NBA's "Best Style Award" (voted on by the fans): "The fans do an amazing job of obviously watching the game and obviously watching myself stroll to the arena and post-games." https://twitter.com/nbaontnt/status/879491851727785984 33 comments nba
- Today belongs to Trump, but Obama's vision will win in the end http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/1/20/14327314/obama-inclusive-vision 8 comments politics
- World stock markets surge amid confidence Clinton will win U.S. election https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/nov/07/world-stock-markets-surge-clinton-us-election?cmp=oth_b-aplnews_d-1 21 comments politics
- Michigan Republican House nominee wins WWE tag team championship http://michiganradio.org/post/michigan-republican-house-nominee-wins-wwe-tag-team-championship 4 comments politics
- Kentucky Gov: If Clinton Wins, Blood Of ‘Tyrants’ And ‘Patriots’ Will Be Shed (VIDEO) http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/matt-bevin-blood-shed-clinton-victory 65 comments politics
- Mack Horton calls Sun Yan "Drug Cheat", wins Rio 2016 gold medal for Australia in 400m freestyle http://www.foxsports.com.au/olympics/mack-horton-delivers-ultimate-olympic-sledge-then-pips-sun-yang-to-claim-memorable-gold-medal/news-story/7a4d4846dd81fee2fb1b547ce10f0efb 13 comments sports
- Iceland historian Johannesson wins presidential election http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-36628444?ns_mchannel=social 127 comments worldnews
- TIL that Richard Norris Williams survived the Titanic sinking, but spent such a long time in the icy Atlantic ocean that doctors wanted to amputate his legs. He refused, recovered and went on to win his 1st US Tennis Championship that same year. (X-post r/todayilearned) https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/4gqyl2/til_that_r_norris_williams_survived_the_titanic/ 7 comments tennis
- A Win For Drug Companies Leaves Taxpayers Holding The Bag http://dailycaller.com/2016/04/20/a-win-for-drug-companies-leaves-taxpayers-holding-the-bag/#ixzz46nirykub 4 comments politics
- Bernie or Hillary? Cornel West & Dolores Huerta Debate After Sanders' Upset Win in Michigan http://www.democracynow.org/2016/3/9/bernie_or_hillary_cornel_west_dolores 4 comments politics
- Donald Trump wins Kentucky caucuses http://www.thedailychappaqua.com/2016/03/06/donald-trump-wins-kentucky-caucuses/ 23 comments politics
- Trump, Clinton roll up wins on Super Tuesday http://www.reuters.com/article/iduskcn0w346t 6 comments politics
- French Government congratulates French Starcraft player Lilbow for winning the WCS on Twitter https://twitter.com/gouvernementfr/status/643523599060574208 6 comments europe
- For Koch group, winning is rising as priority over purity http://bigstory.ap.org/article/460df31517094c6eb86e3380b4bbc84f/koch-group-winning-rising-priority-versus-purity 92 comments politics
- After their win against Italy, FIFA calls 7 Costa Rica players for antidoping tests. http://www.nacion.com/deportes/brasil-2014/fifa-jugadores-dopaje-triunfo-italia_0_1421857941.html 652 comments soccer
- Yohan Cabaye says if France win World Cup he'll run from Newcastle to Sunderland naked https://twitter.com/mattspiro/status/457815384075567104 147 comments soccer
- Xtrinsic sensor evaluation board giveaway! - 4 to win http://kimondo.co.uk/win-xtrinsic-sensor-evaluation-board/ 7 comments arduino
- TIL David Robinson scored 71 points on the last day of the regular season to win the 1994 scoring title from Shaq. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993%E2%80%9394_nba_season#notable_occurrences 110 comments nba
- Saints looking at Romeo Crennel and Eric Mangini for DC (and possibly both, with Crennel as DC and Mangini as DB coach - same positions they had winning 3 SBs with NE) http://twitter.com/adamschefter/status/294895555107225601 18 comments nfl
- Guy bets $5 on a 15-team parlay for $100K and is a SF +3 win away from cashing in! http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2010/10/08/some-guy-needs-san-francisco-to-beat-philly-by-four-or-more-sunday-night-to-collect-on-his-100k-15-team-parlay/ 12 comments sports
- Teen challenges system and wins http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/300520_krystal20.html?source=mypi 12 comments reddit.com