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Leicester City wins the Premier League (xpost from LBN)
Source: Washington Post
The U.S. Olympic hockey team had no hope of defeating the Soviet Union. Villanova could not possibly stop Georgetown. Buster Douglas was, at best, a 42-to-1 long shot against Mike Tyson. Wrestler Rulon Gardner would not last an Olympic round against Aleksandr Karelin, who hadn’t lost in 13 years. Unseeded Italian Roberta Vinci couldn’t stop Serena Williams’s ride to a calendar-year Grand Slam.
Upsets have captured the sporting public for generations, but most have been one-off shockers, lightning-in-a-bottle moments that paralyze us because of their suddenness.
On Monday, Leicester City — an English soccer club in the same league but historically deep in the shadows of the likes of wealthy Manchester United and Arsenal – won the Premier League with a sustained upset over nine glorious months. The humble Foxes won their first top-flight championship in 132 seasons and became just the sixth team to win the Premier League in the past 23 years.
They completed the remarkable act without stepping on the field. After missing a chance to clinch the title on their own volition Sunday at Manchester United, they watched their closest pursuer, north London’s Tottenham Hotspur, relinquish a two-goal lead in the second half and settle for a 2-2 draw against southwest London’s Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.
Upsets have captured the sporting public for generations, but most have been one-off shockers, lightning-in-a-bottle moments that paralyze us because of their suddenness.
On Monday, Leicester City — an English soccer club in the same league but historically deep in the shadows of the likes of wealthy Manchester United and Arsenal – won the Premier League with a sustained upset over nine glorious months. The humble Foxes won their first top-flight championship in 132 seasons and became just the sixth team to win the Premier League in the past 23 years.
They completed the remarkable act without stepping on the field. After missing a chance to clinch the title on their own volition Sunday at Manchester United, they watched their closest pursuer, north London’s Tottenham Hotspur, relinquish a two-goal lead in the second half and settle for a 2-2 draw against southwest London’s Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/soccer-insider/wp/2016/05/02/believe-it-leicester-city-wins-the-premier-league/
If don't know anything about soccer this is huge news.
h/t iandhr
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