Streakers Weekly Sports Rundown with Craig Weissenfels (CBP 366) | 4 September 2022
This is the first (1st) episode of the Streakers Weekly Sports Rundown with Craig Weissenfels, CEO and co-founder of Streakers Gaming Inc covering the week of sports from 29 August to 4 September
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This episode focused on
Women’s World Hockey championship (hosted by Denmark)
The Gold Medal match saw Team Canada defeat Team USA [2-1]; International Ice Hockey Federation article: https://bit.ly/3QiRYzt
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US Open Women’s Tennis
Serena Williams lost to Australian, Ajla Tomljanovic in the 3rd round (7-5, 6-7, 6-1). She will be retiring from professional tennis as the 2nd all-time in major wins with 23, one behind Margaret Court with 24. Further details can be found in this CBS Sports article: https://bit.ly/3RuPYFk
Coco Gauff (18 years old) qualified for the quarterfinals. All Canadian singles players (men and women) are out of the US Open.
All scores and highlights can be found at the US Open.org website: https://www.usopen.org/index.html
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US College Football
Trending news is the playoff expansion and realignment will lead to “...more participation for our nation’s national championship tournament…”, said Mark Keenum, president of Mississippi State. More details included in this CBS Sports article | https://bit.ly/3epT27w
Selected highlights that Craig wanted to share from the weekend games (from 1 to 3 September 2022) included
Number 1 ranked Alabama Crimson Tide played Utah State Aggies and “roll-tide” over them [55-0]; ESPN highlights: https://bit.ly/3CYTxiY
In a close match, North Carolina State Wolfpack narrowly defeated East Carolina Pirates [21-20]; ESPN highlights: https://bit.ly/3AJOq3i
In another close match, the North Carolina Tarheels defeated Appalachian State Mountaineers [63-61]; ESPN highlights: https://bit.ly/3QhS3mX
Finally, Number 7 ranked Utah Utes lost to the Florida Gators in a close game [26-29]: ESPN highlights: https://bit.ly/3qct2in
All scores can be found on the NCAA.com website | https://bit.ly/3RnZjz2
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Major League Baseball (MLB)
Playoff format. This was a repeat for many but Craig walked me through the playoff format that will see an expansion of teams competing from 10 to 12 and replacing the single elimination Wild Card games with 4 best of htree Wild Card Series. Details can be found in this MLB article: https://atmlb.com/3Ql3EBQ
Albert Pujols hit his 695th home run. That leaves him currently in 5th place in history, which leaves him 1 behind A-Rod or Alex Rodriguez in 4th place with 696. MLB article: https://atmlb.com/3RofpJ8
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UFC Paris
Main Card (Heavy Weight): Cyril Gane def Tai Tuivasa (TKO, Round 3). MMA Fighting covered this story | https://bit.ly/3CSvKkO
Other matches. Total of 11 matches including 10 mens events and 1 womens (Stephanie Egger defeated Ailin Perez in the 2nd round | UFC website: https://bit.ly/3RsdNO2
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To learn more about Craig and his sports betting app, Streakers Gaming Inc, click on one or more of the following links:
Craig Weissenfels on LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/craig-weissenfels-1524215/
Streakers Gaming Inc website | https://streakers.ca
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