- The Kentucky Derby will take place tomorrow on NBC... kinda.
"Bets" on the winners will be donations to COVID-19 relief charities, with all donators put into a drawing for a VIP experience the next time the real Derby is actually held. Churchill Downs is matching all donations to $1,000,000, according to the official Kentucky Derby website.
A full list of the day's social-media activities and broadcasts is on Lifehacker.
Odds have been placed, and, to what should be no one's surprise, Secretariat is the favorite.
- English Premier League will probably decide how to complete the 2019-20 season on May 8 (next Friday), but all remaining games will probably be played at neutral grounds to prevent fan congregation.
- ESPN is doing "The Ocho" again tomorrow. This time, it has a twist! There will be one live event! "The Mountain" from Game of Thrones, World's Strongest Man Thor Bjornsson, will attempt a world-record deadlift of 1,104 pounds (500.68 kg). Ouch, that is not a misprint.
He's going to try to become the first human being in history to deadlift 500 kilograms.Oops, I stand corrected. The current record, held by Eddie "The Beast" Hall, is 1,102.31 pounds (An exact 500 kg), set in July of 2016. - To give you an idea of how much a beast Bjornsson is, he posted on Tuesday to his social media a video in which he successfully deadlifted for 3 reps 440 kilograms. NINE HUNDRED SEVENTY POUNDS -- for three reps!
- This is NOT his first attempt at this weight. He failed at last year's Arnold Classic.
- Large-scale streaming comedy event to benefit Americares tonight:
This looks awesome 💙💙 pic.twitter.com/refBTVpnJy— tara strong (@tarastrong) May 1, 2020
- Evo 2020, the largest fighting-game tournament in the world, will be held online. No Las Vegas this year.
- Olbermann taking a couple days off. He, like many of the rest of us, are now seeing one day blend into the next. We feel you, Keith. Rest well.
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