I just thought I'd put together a page of Cultural and Sports links (my inner 12 year old) that you may or may not know about. This is what the Internet was meant for. Not what it has turned out to be. But that is a rumination for another post. This is a beginning. I will add more as I find them. An attempt to get you to the most via the fewest links.
Note: What you find below are (with 1 or 2 possible exceptions) legitimate, non-copyright violation sites. Of course, sites like Youtube and Vimeo have an amazing amount of non-copyright, "bootleg" sites. I don't give those out to blog readers after one of my blogs was about 1/4 denuded within a week of its announcement it to a larger audience (and all I was doing was pointing). Well, that kind of stuff is just a "whack-a-mole" game, what I lost was all found again in a few months, and most of it had to do with an American sport (which is played with a foot and a ball) that is so poverty stricken that it can't allow its meager revenue stream (even in these times where revenue and profits have taken on a slightly different meaning than they had a short time ago) to be lessened by Youtube bootlegs.
Needless to say, if you are looking for something that I haven't pointed to, go to Youtube and search for it. Chances are that you might find it. Chances are also that it will be a copyright violation. Copyright violations are illegal.
Some day the world will realize that knowledge and information are more than commodities. Today is not that day, but perhaps a different consciousness about knowledge and information will be one of the few silver linings of the awful times we are now enduring.
One more note: Text that you will see via the below links (particularly the art museums and some of the music sites) will be in various languages. Most browsers, in their Settings, have a language section that allows you the option to have different languages translated into your language along with an option to Offer to Translate (Chrome, the setup should be similar in other browsers). As far as a mobile device goes, I use the Google Translate app. Not because it is necessarily better than other translators (machine translators are in a very crude stage of development). The trick is to translate Google (foreign language) into Google (insert your language here), and then into (insert your language here). Other translators may be better or worse. In any event, looking at annotated great works of art from the Prado (hundreds at least), on a mobile phone is, in my opinion... well, it's just my opinion.
Note also that many of the primers about the sports use metric system measurements. Here is a simple metric converter that you might want to set up in a separate tab. A time converter for Music performance times may also be useful.
Stay safe and enjoy.
Additions: I have begun to track present and upcoming performances in the Music and Theater sections (added April 18)
Music
New Resources: (see links below)
April 16. Deutsche Grammophone Moment Musical
April 17. Arte.tv Concert
April 18. Lincoln Center Jazz Comcerts
April 22: Timeout.com's "best theatre (ballet and Opera) to watch right now".
May 4: New York Philharmonic: NY Phil Plays On
May 4: Boston Symphony: BSO At Home
May 4: Philadelphia Orchestra: BeethovenNOW
Additions (see links below)
May 7: France Musique: Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps (Rite of Spring)
May 15: Metropolitan Opera Lineup for May 18-24
May 13: Jazz at Lincoln Center: May 13: The Abyssinian Mass--Jazz at Lincoln Center
May 14: New York Philharmonic: New York Phil Plays on: Yo Yo Ma plays Dvorak
Upcoming
May 16: Very Young Peoples Concerts @ Home: "Musical Conversations"
"live" feed begins at 10:00 am US Central Daylight Time
May 10: Boston Symphony Orchestra: Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5
France Musique
May 9: Les Cles de Orchestra par Jean Francois Zygel (The Key to the Orchestra): Messiaen. (Note: this is an audio "annotated" concert) (French)
May 12: Les Cles de Orchestra par Jean Francois Zygel (The Key to
the Orchestra): Saint-Saens: La Danse Macabre (Note: this is an
audio "annotated" concert) (French)
May 14: Les Cles de Orchestra par Jean Francois Zygel (The Key to
the Orchestra): Chastakovitch: Symphonie #9: (Note: this is an
audio "annotated" concert) (French)
Arte Concert:
May 12: Carmina Burama: Radio France Choir and Radio France Masters
May 14: Camille a la Salle Pleyel
May 14: Hope at Home on Tour: Katharina Thalbach und Christoph Israel From Berlin's Oldest Dance Hall: Clarchens Ballhaus
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Note: numbers listed are current as of April 4, 2020. Each company may have different rules about free performances. Some companies that I have looked at only provide the concert at the "live" time and provide no on demand service (which kind of defeats the whole purpose, doesn't it?). Some may require registration. Some may only be free in the sense that you get a free trial before a for fee subscription. Some may only be available to those with specific IP Country numbers. Etc., Etc. In some cases, the curator of the list is not clear about this. Read the rules of each that you are interested in--carefully. Hopefully, there will be so many links that you will find the ones that are actually free, with no strings attached.
Timeout.com's Timeout London list of "the best theatre (also ballet and opera) to watch right now." Great aggregation of online performances. Note: the key here is "right now." Use the time converter above, because many of these are live performances only. List appears to be kept current.
NPR Live Virtual Concerts: Multiple Genres. Arranged by date and time. Be careful here. Many of these are only available at the times and dates listed.
Grand Old Opry vie Circle All Access Youtube
May 10: Dustin Lynch, Trace Adkins, Blake Shelton, Glen Stefani.
Note: these performances appear to be available for one week only.
NPR (US National Public Radio) Youtube Jazz Night in America (46 concert videos, all more than 25 minutes)
Lincoln Center YouTube: From the Vault: Full Jazz concerts. 9 as of April 21. Most recent is at the bottom of the playlist. (Added April 17, 2020).
Latest: April 29: Concert Celebrating Ella Fitzgerald, the First Lady of Jazz (#10 on the playlist.). Note: Leonard Bernstein concert has been removed.
Added:
May 5: Skain's Domain: Wynton Marsalis interviews "rising star musicians" Emanual Wilkins, Cosimo Frbrizio, Alexa Tarantino, Riley Mulherkar, Sean Mason, Joe Block, and Jacob Melsha
May 6: Full Concert: Who is Joe Williams? A Family Concert
May 11: Skain's Domain: Wynton Marsalis Takes Questions from the Audience.
May 13: The Abyssinian Mass--Jazz at Lincoln Center
For best access use this link
Classic FM Many links to many companies (see above under NPR for caveats).
New York Metropolitan Opera Streams: Daily Schedule. The Met will be offering daily Opera's online until they reopen. Note that this link includes not only the video streams but also supplemental information including synopses and articles: Use the above link to go directly to the video stream.
Additions:
Note: Each "live" stream is presented at 6:30 pm US Central Daylight Time and remains available for on demand viewing until 5:30 pm the next day (Time Zone Converter)
May 15: Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor
May 16: Verdi’s Rigoletto
May 17: Verdi’s Nabucco
May 18: Mozart’s Idomeneo
May 19: Wagner’s Lohengrin
May 20: Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera
May 21: Puccini’s Turandot
May 22: Mozart’s Don Giovanni
May 23: Gounod’s Faust
May 24: Massenet’s Manon
For more information about each of these performances:
May 9: Metropolitan Opera Schedule for Week 9 May 11-17
May 15: Metropolitan Opera Schedule for Week 10 May 18-24
New York Philharmonic Youtube: NYPhil Plays On. "The New York Philharmonic exists to share the beauty and power of music with the public. We hope to get back to doing this through live concerts as soon as possible. In the meantime, welcome to NY Phil Plays On, in which we share performances via digital video and audio." At present (May 4) the playlist consists of 9 performances (Added May 4)
Additions:
May 7: Renee Fleming Sings Mozart and R. Strauss (1997)
May 14: New York Philharmonic: New York Phil Plays on: Yo Yo Ma plays Dvorak
Upcoming
May 16: Very Young Peoples Concerts @ Home: "Musical Conversations"
"live" feed begins at 10:00 am US Central Daylight Time (Time Zone Converter)
For best access for "live" feed and on demand additions use this link
For best access use this link
Boston Symphony Youtube: BSO At Home Presents. At present (May 4, there are two performances: (Added May 4)
Seiji Ozawa Conducts Mahler's 9th Symphony
Andris Nelsons Conducts Bartok, Mozart, and Ravel
May 10: Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5
For best access use this link
Philadelphia Orchestra Youtube: BeethovenNow. There will be series of online perfomances to celebrate Beethoven's 250th birthday. (Added May 4)
Symphonies 5 and 6
Additions:
Bolshoi Ballet Youtube (appears to change from week to week). Ballets appear to be available on demand for 24 hours. Check the YouTube site for new ballets. I was in error when I said the service ended on April 10th. Corrected April 15, 2020.
Upcoming Schedule: None listed at this time (May 13)
All performances begin at 11:00 am US Central Daylight Time (Time Zone Converter ). Use link above for on demand as well as "live".
France Musique (Public Radio) Youtube
Additions:
May 7: France Musique: Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps (Rite of Spring) (Note: this is an audio "annotated" "Keys to the Orchestra" with Jean-Francois Zygel (French)
May 9: Les Cles de Orchestra par Jean Francois Zygel (The Key to the Orchestra): Messiaen. (Note: this is an audio "annotated" concert) (French)
May 12: Les Cles de Orchestra par Jean Francois Zygel (The Key to
the Orchestra): Saint-Saens: La Danse Macabre (Note: this is an
audio "annotated" concert) (French)
May 14: Les Cles de Orchestra par Jean Francois Zygel (The Key to
the Orchestra) Chostakovitch (Note: this is an audio "annotated" concert) (French)
For best access use this link
Best of... ( playlists and 21 videos of more than 40 minutes--by Composer--Beethoven, Berlioz,, Mozart, and Rachmaninov. Note: this will take you to the Playlists. Scroll to “Le meilleur de la musique”. Corrected link April 15, 2020).
France Musique Playlist- A list of grand and epic classical orchestral symphonies that you should (re)discover post-haste! Article describing each of the 11 video symphonies that are embedded in it.
Deutsche Grammophone YouTube Moment Musical (scroll to the bottom of the playlist). “Bringing performers and audiences together today demands creative solutions. Deutsche Grammophone, in collaboration with Arte Concert, is set to launch a series of professional live stream and delayed relays of concerts given by members of DG’s family of artists at Berlin’s legendary Meistresaal”. It appears that 1 concert at a time is available. It is unknown at this time if it is only live or how long it is available on demand (Added April 17, 2020).
Additions:
May 15: Moment Musical: Session Six with Hera Hyesang Park and Sarah Tysman
"Listen today to the sixth episode with soprano Hera Hyesang Park and pianist Sarah Tysman performing a carefully curated selection of works by Purcell, Händel, Hahn and others at Meistersaal, Berlin."
Arte.tv Concert French/German TV. Multiple genres. Hundreds available. Note that concert availability may be limited by date and that these dates may vary. Note also that concert subtitles (opera) are usually limited to French and German. Look especially for “United We Stream”. Downloadable app. available at the site. (Added April 18, 2020). All United We Stream videos are available at the Arte Concert Youtube site (videos--see "United We Stream") or the "United We Stream" Playlist
All of the below additions can most easily be found at the Youtube videos link above:
Additions
April 16. Google Arts and Culture
Art Cyclopedia (Art Museums With an online Presence: hundreds of links all over the world. Many have significant online works.
AC Searches available by artist, genre, geography.
Google Arts and Culture: “Content from over 2000 leading museums and archives that have partnered with the provider. Moved from Music to Art and corrected address, April 15, 2020).
Theater
Additions:
April 22: Timeout.com's "best theatre to watch right now".
Timeout.com's Timeout London list of "the best theatre to watch right now." Great aggregation of online performances. Note: the key here is "right now." Use the time converter above, because many of these are live performances only. List appears to be kept current.
Note: Times given below are to the best of my ability. To be sure, check ahead of time. My computer gives me times in my timezone. That is the source of the times below.
National Theatre (UK)--1 free play per week at the moment.
May 14-May 21: Official Barber Shop Chronicles by Inua Ellams
For best access use this link
Upcoming:
May 21-May 27: Official Young Vic's A Streetcar Named Desire
For best access use this link
All "live" performances are at 1:00 US Central Daylight Time on the 1st date (Time Zone Converter)
The Shows Must Go On Youtube--Andrew Lloyd Webber. 1 per week, at 1:00 US Central Daylight Time. On demand for 48 hours.
May 15-17: Cats
Globe Theatre Shakespeare Youtube
May 11--: Macbeth
(Address above has been corrected so that it will automatically point to the current full video).
May 8-- The Two Noble Kinsman
May 18--The Winter's Tale
"livestream" begins at 1:00 US Central Daylight Time (Time Zone Converter)
For best access to all plays, "live" and on demand, use this link
Film
CUNY TV City Cinematheque: "The best in world cinema s showcased in City Cinematheque, CUNY TV's much-loved flagship weekend film series. Hosted by Professor Jerry Carlson and co-produced with the Department of Media and communication Arts of The City College, CUNY, each film is followed by lively discussion with scholars, film professionals and critics." (Added May 6) (See below for link).
Additions: (see below for links)
Openculture.com Free Films (over 1,100). Video quality varies. Most are in public domain.
Archive.org (Internet Archive; by any kind of filter you can imagine--in the thousands)
Library of Congress Over 7,000 films and videos; small Youtube selection; Selections from the National Film Registry; National Screening Room
National Film Board (Canada) Free films (around 4,000). This was a great collection when only a fraction of the films were available free of charge. This is an extraordinary act of generosity.
Additions:
NFB's picks of the Week (May 8-14) (Added May 15)
NFB's picks of the Week (May 15-21) (Added May 15)
NFB's picks of the Week (May 22-29) (Added May 22)
My Top Ten NFB Films of All Time (NFB Blog) In honor of National Film day in Canada, NFB's English and French Collection Curators Albert Ohayon and Marc St. Pierre have chosen their best 10 NFB films of all time. Each one is linked to in each blog post. One film you might want to check out is Nahani the 9th ranked English film. It's one of the most amazing 18 minutes you'll ever see.
English: Francais (Added April 25, 2020)
NFB Critically Acclaimed Channel: Links to 26 films that have received film festival awards
Thanhouser Company: 57 films (one of the first Film Production Companies in America)
Thanhouser Vimeo (considerably more than above, and you can see them full screen.
Mosfilm (Russia) Films with English subtitles Youtube (20 at present)
Addition
May 2: Mosfilm English Subtitled Film: They Fought for Their Country (1975, Directed by Sergei Bondarchuk)
Note: use "CC" and the the Gear icon to set subtitles to English or Spanish
CUNY TV City Cinematheque: The best in world cinema is showcased in City Cinematheque, CUNY TV's much-loved flagship weekend film series. Hosted by Professor Jerry Carlson and co-produced with the Department of Media and communication Arts of The City College, CUNY, each film is followed by lively discussion with scholars, film professionals and critics. Note that the films are not part of the programs. (Added May 6). As of May 6, there are 25 videos on the playlist.
Other selected CUNY TV Documentaries
May 12: Italics: Lockdown Tales from Italy
For best access go to this link
Shameless plug. I have done three blog posts that I point to films in that may be of interest.
Mr. Eisenstein, meet Mr. Gance (with links to more than 20 early silent Russian films and animation).
Berkeley and Pacific Film Archive: Fritz Lang and German Expressionist Film Festival (December 2018-February 2019) Links to 17 films.
Impressions: San Francisco Silent Film Festival: 2015 (Links to over 20 films.)
End of shameless plug
TV
New Resources:
April 19: KCET Los Angeles PBS short documentaries on Los Angeles
April 25: PBS Full Episodes (in ten topical areas) (US Only)
April 25: Archive of American Television Oral History: added link to latest updates.
April 25: Aljazeera English Youtube Documentaries (20 playlists, over 1,500)
April 25: NHK (Japanese Public Television English Language Documentaries)
April 28: France 3 Nouvelle Aquitaine Youtube Cap Sud-Ouest Documentaries
May 4: Museum of Classic Chicago Television
Archive of American Television Oral History (over 900 video interviews)
Latest Updates (Added April 25)
PBS Full Episodes (various) (Note: PBS streams are not available outside of the US): PBS offers selected full episodes of programs in the fields of
Arts and Music
Culture
Drama
Food
History
Home & How To
Indie Films
News & Public Affairs
Science & Nature
Frontline
(Added April 25)
PBS Nova Marathons (25 Nova's in 3 topics)
KCET (Los Angeles Public TV) Documentaries (at this time, 22 twenty-five minute documentaries mostly about various aspects of Los Angeles history and culture). (Added April 19).
Museum of Classic Chicago Television: "he Museum of Classic Chicago Television's primary mission is the preservation and display of off-air, early home videotape recordings (70s and early 80s, primarily) recorded off of any and all Chicago TV channels; footage which would likely be lost if not sought out and preserved digitally. Even though (mostly) short clips are displayed here, we preserve the entire broadcasts in our archives - the complete programs with breaks (or however much is present on the tape), for historical purposes." The archive contains over 4,700 video clips. (Added May 4)
Additions:
May 4: Excerpt from the documentary Allison, by Richard Myers, which examines the life and death of Allison B. Krause on the 50th Anniversary of the Kent State murders.
Al Jazeera English Documentaries Youtube (20 play lists, over 1,500, length varies). (Added April 25)
Additions:
Note: additions also be found with this link. (CTRL-F (or whatever your "find" key is: title)
May 8. Qatar Health Minister: Coronavirus Rate Not High But
Realistic
May 8: Was the US Involved in the Coup Attempt in Venezuela?
May 9: Coronavirus communicators: Path-breaking Pandemic
Journalism
May 9: Should big Money Give Poor Nations Debt Relief to Fight
Covid-19
May 9: Why is the US Removing Military Assets from Saudi Arabia?
May 10: Why is Uganda's Bobby Wine Singing About Coronavirus
May 10: Who Should Look After Migrant Workers Affected the
Pandemic?
May 10: UK's Johnson Delivers New Guidance in Covid-19 Speech
May 11: Coronavirus: What do Pregnant Women Need to know
May 11: Will the Global Tourism Industry Survive the Pandemic?
May 12: Coronavirus: How is China Faring Post-Lockdown?
May 12: Is Coronavirus Making it Harder to Treat Other Diseases?
May 13: America's Divided Democrats
May 13: How is Coronavirus Impacting America's Presidential Election
May 13: Will There Ever be Direct Talks Between Afgan Government and Taliban?
May 14: Vietnam's Cooking School of Hope
May 14: Will Working from Home Work?
May 15: Samantha Power: US is Pulling Away from it's Allies
NHK (Japanese Public TV) English Documentaries Youtube (various, on various topics--see time of video)
Current documentaries (note: check on demand ending dates, these vary). (Added April 25).
France 3 Nouvelle Aquitaine Youtube Cap Sud-Ouest Documentaries (French)
Cap Sud-Oest: "Magnificent and unusual images from a new angle thanks to the on-board camera of a drone. The Cap Sud Ouest program sets out to discover a remarkable site in the great South-West: from Poitou-Charentes to Languedoc-Roussillon, from Aquitaine to Limousin via the Midi-Pyrénées". Around 100 videos at present, all approximately 25 minutes. A great way to see the sites of South-West France. (Added April 28)
Additions
The Pays Basque Documentary listed on April 28 has been removed.
May 6: Enquetes de Region: Comment Reussir la Sortie du Confinenment? (Google Translate: Region Surveys: How to Get Out of Containment. (French Language documentary).
Cap Sud-Ouest
May 10: Landes Gaves et Adour (French)
Other:
May 14: Disputandum: l'agriculture Face au Coronavirus (French)
Americana
New Resources:
April 22: Digital Library of America
April 22: Smithsonian Library: Worldwide Library and Archival Exhibitions
April 22: New York Public Library Online Exhibitions
April 22: St. Louis Public Library Online Exhibitions and Digital Collections
Library of Congress Digital Collections (a thumbnail "illustrated" social history)
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture Civil Rights Project
8 oral history interviews (as of April 11, 2020) ranging from 45 minutes to 4 hours.
Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian Tribal Festivals.
Because there is such a great quantity of these festivals, the quickest way for you to find them is to go to the NMAI Youtube Playlists and CTRL-F (or whatever your "Find" key is). Then type in the name of the Festival. Then (for Windows, "Down Arrow" to get to each festival. Then click on "View Full Playlist" to get the entire listing for that festival. Use the browser back arrow to get back to the Playlist page. There are 19 playlists and 156 videos at this time, most over 20 minutes.
Tribal and Cultural Festivals
Cherokee Days 2014--2019 (6 playlists--86 videos) ,
Hawi'ian Cultural Festival/Celebration 2013--17,19 (6p, 33v) search "Haw"
Kaypi Peru (2019,17) (2p, 12v)
Blackfeet Tribal Festival (2019) (1p, 3v)
Hopi Tribal Festival (2018) (1p, 9v)
Great Inka Road Solstice Day Festival/Family Day Celebration (2015, 2017) (2p, 10v)
Lumbee Festival (2017) (1p, 3v)
Smithsonan National Museum of American History National Woven Coverlet Project (6 interviews, 2 demos)
Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum: 5 Stokely Carmichael Lectures (1972--Howard University) Video and audio quality varies.
These are not organized into a play list so scroll to them or CTRL-F "Stokely"
Smithsonian American Museum of Natural History: Outbreaks: Epidemics in a Connected World (Outbreak Training Videos (8 videos--mostly illustrated lecture format) (address corrected April14, 2020)
Digital Public Library of America: "DPLA connects people to the riches held within America’s libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural heritage institutions. All of the materials found through DPLA—photographs, books, maps, news footage, oral histories, personal letters, museum objects, artwork, government documents, and so much more—are free and immediately available in digital format. The cultural institutions participating in DPLA represent the richness and diversity of America itself, from the smallest local history museum to our nation’s largest cultural institutions." Links to over 37 million digital artifacts, 40 digital "partners." Browse by subject. 32 Exhibitions available at this time (Added April 22, 2020).
Smithsonian Libraries Library and Archival Exhibitions. Search or browse list of over 7,000 online exhibitions from around the world (multiple languages). The browse function can be found in the "advanced search". (Added April 22, 2020).
Chicago History Museum Online Exhibitions (If this address doesn't point you to the exhibitions, scroll down the page until you get to them). The only one of these exhibitions I am familiar with was one I wrote about in the October 11, 1996 Scout Report, when it first opened. It was, and still is one of the best single of the Internet I have seen. Note how few of the SR addresses work (including the one I wrote about this exhibit) after over 20 years. You can find most of them at Archive.org (The Wayback Machine). Simply type in the address.
12 web-based Exhibitions: (lall 12 are linked to above)
Sweet Home Chicago: Blues and African American Life;
A Wheel with a View;
The Great Chicago Fire and the Web of Memory;
Chicago--Law and Disorder;
The Dramas of Haymarket;
A House Divided;
Ride Around Chicago;
Lincoln at 200;
Chicago 00;
Touring Chicago's Culinary History;
Chicago and the Great War;
Charles James: Genius Deconstructed
New York Public Library Online Exhibitions: 61 at present. (Added April 22, 2020
St. Louis Public Library Online Exhibitions and Digital Collections: 9 exhibits and and 35 Digital Collections at this time. (Added April 22, 2020)
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Sports
Note: There are many links below that link to "this link". Each of them link to different pages.
UPCOMING LIVE: May 8-May 18: Note: all of the below listed matches will be available on demand after the "live"showing and can be accessed at "the listing". They are also listed below under their respective sports, along with the new on demand videos for the week of May 8-14.
STICK AND BALL:
Baseball
"Plumb the Depths of MLB Team Youtubes
May 15: Chicago White Sox Youtube
2005 ALCS Game 2: Anaheim Angels v Chicago White Sox
"live" stream begins at 7:00 pm (Time Zone Converter)
For best access use this link
Lawn Tennis
May 17: Australian Open: 2012 Men's Semi-Final: Djokovic v Murray
"live" stream begins at 5:00 am US Central Daylight Time (Time Zone Converter)
For best access for both "live" and on demand later use this link
May 17: Wimbledon: 2008 Men's 4th Round: Murray v Gasquet
"live" feed begins at 10:00 am US Central Daylight Time (Time Zone Converter)
For best access for "live" feed and on demand use this link
May 17: US Open; 2010 Women's Semi-Final: Clisters v V. Williams
"live" feed begins at 12:00 pm US Central Daylight Time (Time Zone Converter)
For best access for "live feed and on demand use this link
Table Tennis
May 16: Best of 2016 China Open: Fan Zhendong v Ma Long
May 17: Best of 2018 Women's China Open: Wang Manyu v Ding Ning
"live" stream begins at 7:00 am US Central Daylight Time (Time Zone Converter)
For best access for "live" stream and on demand after use this link
Quiniela Jai Alai from Magic City Florida (through November 2020)
This is one of the few live sports going on in the world at this time. See below under Stick and Ball for more information.
Thursday and Friday 12:00pm and 4:00pm
Saturday: 4:00 pm
Sunday: 12:00pm
All times are US Central Standard Time (Time Zone Converter)
All matches are available on demand at this link
GLADIATOR (TEAM)
Association Football (Soccer)
#WorldCupAtHome
May 16: 2014: Brazil v Columbia
May 17: 2018: France v Croatia
"live" stream begins at 11:00 am US Central Daylight Time (Time Zone Converter)
For best access to "live" and on demand additions use this link
Rugby League
May 17: SL Rewind (English Super League)
1999: Leeds Rhinos v Castleford Tigers
"live" stream begins at 9:00 am US Central Daylight Time (Time Zone Converter)
For best access to "live" and later on demand use this link
GLADIATOR (INDIVIDUAL)
French Fencing Federation (FEE)
May 16: 2018: Challenge SNCF Reseau: Individual Competition
May 17: 2018: Challenge SNCF Reseau: Team Competition
"live" stream for each begins at 10:00 am US Central Daylight Time (Time Zone Converter)
For best "live" stream and on demand access use this link
NET AND BALL
Basketball
May 16: 2019-20: NBA Best 75 Blocks
"live" feed begins at 10:00 am US Central Daylight Time (Time Zone Converter)
For best access to the "live" stream and on demand additions use this link
Team Handball:
Ehf TV Youtube
May 16: 2016 Women's EHF Semi-Final 2: Bucharesti v Vardar
"live" stream begins at 11:00 am US Central Daylight Time (Time Zone Converter)
May 17: 2016 Women's EHF 3rd Place Match
"live" stream begins at 8:00 am US Central Daylight Time (Time Zone Converter)
For best access to all "live" streams and on demand use this link
SELECTED WINTER SPORTS
Figure Skating:
May 16: 2017 ISU World Championship Men's Short Program
May 17: 2017 ISU World Championship Men's Free Skating
May 18: 2017 ISU World Championship Exhibition Gala.
All "live" streams begin at 5:00 am US Central Daylight Time (Time Zone Converter)
For best access to all "live" or on demand use this link
OTHER
Gymnastics:
International Gymnastics Federation (FIG)
May 16: 2019: FIG World Championships: Rhythmic Gymnastics Ball Final
"live" stream begins at 1:00 pm US Central Daylight Time (Time Zone Converter)
For best access use this link
Olympics:
May 16: 1996: Rhythmic Gymnastics Group All Around Final
May 17: 2000: Women's Basketball Final: Australia v US
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Updates:
Added a new section on selected Winter Sports (Nordic and Alpine skiing, (8 sports total); skating (4 sports) and curling on April 18.
This section links mostly to full game/match videos. All Ninh explain videos below run run between 3 and 5 minutes.
STICK AND BALL
Baseball
New Resources:
April 13. Baseball Digest has opened its complete archive (going back to 1942) to the public without fee through sometime in July. Free registration required.
May 2: World Baseball Softball Confederation (Added May 2, 2020). See links below.
May 4: Plumb the Depths of MLB Team Youtube sites for classic games . See below
May 5: #MLBAtHome (Added May 5). See below
Additions (see links below)
April 25: October 5, 1980--Final White Sox game of 1980--complete game--Harry Carey and Jim Piersall, Harry sings 7th inning stretch, Minnie Minoso's final at bat.
May 1. My new blog (Steve Carlton and the 1972 Philadelphia Phillies--the Greatest Pitching Performance in Baseball History--Game by Game, Batter by Batter) (Updated through Carlton's April 29 start against San Diego.
Ninh explains baseball
MLB Vault 161 classic full game videos--a season's worth of games. Including 39 World Series, 22 League Championship games, 20 All Star Games, 7 no hitters/perfect games, 13 history making games.
#MLBAtHome (MLB Youtube). MLB has added this section to its excellent Youtube site. MLB has been adding classic games to this list since April and the total is nearing 50 and counting. Access is easiest through either the Video listings or the playlist. (Added May 5).
Additions
May 6: 1993 All Star Game--Camden Yards, Baltimore
May 7: 1991: World Series Game 7: Atlanta Braves v Minnesota Twins
May 8: Cutch (Andrew McCutcheon) goes off at Home: April 7, 2018:
Los Angeles Dodgers v San Francisco Giants
May 9: 2019 World Series Game 1: October 22, 2019: Washington Nationals v Houston Astros
May 10; 2004 World Series Game 4: October 27, 2004: Boston Red Sox
v St. Louis Cardinals
May 12: Felix Hernandez' Perfect Game: August 15, 2012: Tampa Bay Rays v Seattle Mariners
May 14: 1978 AL East Playoff: New York Yankees v Boston Red Sox
For best access use this link
May 14: Pedro Martinez Takes Perfect Game Into Extras: June 3, 1995: Montreal Expos v San Diego Padres (Martinez becomes only the 2nd pitcher to take a perfect game into extra innings. Like the first, Harvey Haddix in 1959, he lost the game.
Plumb the Depths of MLB Team Youtube sites for classic games (Added Each MLB team has a Youtube site. Many, but not all of them have provided full game videos for classic games. Here is how to find out. Go to Youtube and search "Chicago White Sox Youtube", "New York Yankees Youtube", etc. Make sure to enter the official team name. High in the retrieval, (but not always first) will be your team's Youtube with the team icon. Click on that and browse the "videos" or "playlist" section. Let the title and time of the video be your guide. From this point on, I will point to new full game videos as they become available. There is some duplication between this and the MLB vault, but there are a lot of videos that are not there. I hope you find great games for your team. I did for my two teams. Good luck. (added May 4)
Additions:
May 6: Kansas City Royals Youtube: Game 1 of the 1980 ALCS: New York Yankees at Kansas City Royals
May 7: Washington Nationals Youtube:
Game 7 2019 World Series
Nationals Victory Parade
For best access use this link
May 7: Chicago White Sox Youtube
Tom Seaver's 300th Win (August 4, 1985 v New York Yankees at New York)
For best access use this link
May 7: Pittsburgh Pirates Youtube:
1979 World Series Game 7: Pittsburgh Pirates v Baltimore Orioles
For best access use this link
May 4: Arizona Diamondbacks Youtube: Randy Johnson Pitches a Perfect Game: May 18, 2004: Arizona Diamondbacks v Atlanta Braves
For best access use this link
May 10: Baltimore Orioles Youtube: Birdland Playback: (Chris)Hoiles
Seals the Win Against the Mariners with a Grand Slam Walkoff: May 17, 1996
May 15: Birdland Playback: Wilkerson Makes History in Anaheim (Stevie Wilkerson pitches 16th inning of 10-8 Orioles win and becomes 1st position player in MLB history to record a save.
For best access use to both this link
Chicago White Sox Youtube:
May 11: The Blackout Game: Game 163: September 30: 2008 Playoff Game: Minnesota Twins v Chicago White Sox
May 15: Chicago White Sox Youtube
2005 ALCS Game 2: Anaheim Angels v Chicago White Sox
For best access for "live" stream or on demand for both use this link
May 10: Cincinnati Reds Youtube:
Clinchmas: 2010: Reds Clinch NL Central Title: September 28:
Houston Astros v Cincinnati Reds
Votto's Epic Mother's Day: 2012: May 13 Washington Nationals v
Cincinnati Reds
For best access use this link
May 9: Kansas City Royals Youtube:
Game 2: 1980 ALCS: Kansas City Royals v New York Yankees
May 15: 1980
Game 3: 1980 ALCS: New York Yankees v Kansas City Royals
For best access use this link
Milwaukee Brewers Classic and Mother's Day Marathon (Source for All--Milwaukee Brewers Facebook)
Brewers Classics
September 23, 2011: Brewers Clinch NL Central Division Championship: Florida Marlins v Milwaukee Brewers
October 7, 2011: Game 5, NL Division Series: Arizona Diamondbacks v Milwaukee Brewers
Mother's Day Marathon
May 14, 2006: Bill Hall sends 'em home happy: New York Mets v Milwaukee Brewers
May 14, 2017: Hernan Perez and Manny Pina are the heros as Brewers knock Jacob de Grom around. New York Mets v Milwaukee Brewers.
May 13, 2018: Freddie Peralta makes his debut. Milwaukee Brewers v Colorado Rockies.
Miscellaneous:
NCAA Championships (in various sports)
May 8: 2019 College Baseball World Series Finals: Game 3:
Vanderbilt v Michigan
Classic Baseball on the Radio (It's out there, just Google it). 279 full game audio broadcasts, by decade, team, broadcaster. Includes over 100 post season games. Use "playlists" for best organization.
Additions:
May 11: October 3, 1972: Boston Red Sox v Detroit Tigers (for "all
the marbles" Detroit leads AL East by 1 game, with 2 to play)
May 11: This Day in Baseball: 1969: San Francisco Giants v Chicago Cubs
May 11: This Day in Baseball: 1977: Minnesota Twins v Detroit Tigers
May 12: This Day in Baseball: 1977: Detroit Tigers v Milwaukee Brewers
May 13: This Day in Baseball: 1969: Atlanta Braves v New York Mets
MLB full game replay of ALL games for 2018-2019 (no blackouts). For a limited time, MLB is offering complete replays for all of the 2018 and 2019 season (including post-season). Find the pull down calendar and back track by month. The calendar is set for today's date. Free registration may be required. This is a very generous offer by MLB. Their NFL and NHL brethren (see below) should take note. When this offer will end is unknown.
Museum of Classic Chicago Television Full Game Broadcasts
Chicago White Sox (70-89) v California Angels (65-94), October 5,1980. I was hoping this would be Harry Caray's final White Sox broadcast. Close but no cigar. He left the White Sox after the 1981 season. But this is still a notable broadcast because
A) It is a full game broadcast done by Harry Caray and Jim Piersall, one of the most eccentric and entertaining broadcaster-analyst combinations in Major League Baseball history.
B) Minnie Minoso played in his last MLB game, thus joining Nick Altrock, a White Sox pitcher who beat the Cubs Mordecai Brown in the Game 1 of the 1906 World Series, as the only 2 players in MLB history to play in 5 decades.
C) The White Sox' 1980 home uniforms. They speak for themselves.
D) A full game in (mostly empty--8,795) Old Comiskey Park (1) (2). And you'll see two Hall of Famers, rookie Harold Baines and Caray.
Harry sings the last "Take me out to the ballgame" of the year.
Minnie Minoso's final at bat.
(Museum of Classic Chicago Television "Fuzzymemories.tv Youtube) (Added April 25.)
Additions:
May 15: June 21, 1980: Detroit Tigers v Chicago White Sox (complete game broadcast from pregame show to post game wrap up). Harry Caray and Jimmy Piersall on the call. Harry broacasts from the Center Field Bleachers. This game was played the day after Tiger outfielder, the late Al Cowens, who had his jaw broken by a fastball from the late Ed Farmer fastball the previous year, hit a ground ball to shortstop, and instead of running, charged the mound and attacked Farmer, whose back was turned, watching the play. Cowens did not accompany the team to Chicago for the rest of the year, as there was an arrest warrant for assault waiting for him. Cowens and Farmer talked it over later and Farmer dropped the charges. I attended the game, in which the incident ocurred in the 11th inning. I told the friend I was with to forget about following the ball should Cowens hit it. Watch Cowens, I said. On this occasion I was correct, and have been seen as a baseball sage by this dear friend ever since.
SABR Biography Program (5,100 biographies, players, executives, broadcasters, games, ball parks...)
May 8: #44 Live from Earth x Kumpelnest 3000
May 9: UWS Global #19 Analog Room-Dubai
May 9: UWS Global #20 Distillery/Leipzig
May 10: #45: Festaal Kreuzberg x Higher Grounds
May 11: #46: Astra Kulturhaus x BCC
May 13: UWS Global #21 NRW
May 13: UWS Global #22 NRW
May 13: #47: Fiese Remise x Mala Junta
May 14: #48: Home Again x Baldon
May 15: #49: Fernwerk
Arte Concert
May 12: Carmina Burama: Radio France Choir and Radio France Masters
May 14: Hope at Home on Tour: Katharina Thalbach und Christoph Israel From Berlin's Oldest Dance Hall: Clarchens Ballhaus
May 9: UWS Global #19 Analog Room-Dubai
May 9: UWS Global #20 Distillery/Leipzig
May 10: #45: Festaal Kreuzberg x Higher Grounds
May 11: #46: Astra Kulturhaus x BCC
May 13: UWS Global #21 NRW
May 13: UWS Global #22 NRW
May 13: #47: Fiese Remise x Mala Junta
May 14: #48: Home Again x Baldon
May 15: #49: Fernwerk
Arte Concert
May 12: Carmina Burama: Radio France Choir and Radio France Masters
May 14: Hope at Home on Tour: Katharina Thalbach und Christoph Israel From Berlin's Oldest Dance Hall: Clarchens Ballhaus
Art
Additions
April 16. Google Arts and Culture
Art Cyclopedia (Art Museums With an online Presence: hundreds of links all over the world. Many have significant online works.
AC Searches available by artist, genre, geography.
Google Arts and Culture: “Content from over 2000 leading museums and archives that have partnered with the provider. Moved from Music to Art and corrected address, April 15, 2020).
Theater
Additions:
April 22: Timeout.com's "best theatre to watch right now".
Timeout.com's Timeout London list of "the best theatre to watch right now." Great aggregation of online performances. Note: the key here is "right now." Use the time converter above, because many of these are live performances only. List appears to be kept current.
Note: Times given below are to the best of my ability. To be sure, check ahead of time. My computer gives me times in my timezone. That is the source of the times below.
National Theatre (UK)--1 free play per week at the moment.
May 14-May 21: Official Barber Shop Chronicles by Inua Ellams
For best access use this link
Upcoming:
May 21-May 27: Official Young Vic's A Streetcar Named Desire
For best access use this link
All "live" performances are at 1:00 US Central Daylight Time on the 1st date (Time Zone Converter)
The Shows Must Go On Youtube--Andrew Lloyd Webber. 1 per week, at 1:00 US Central Daylight Time. On demand for 48 hours.
May 15-17: Cats
Globe Theatre Shakespeare Youtube
May 11--: Macbeth
(Address above has been corrected so that it will automatically point to the current full video).
May 8-- The Two Noble Kinsman
May 18--The Winter's Tale
"livestream" begins at 1:00 US Central Daylight Time (Time Zone Converter)
For best access to all plays, "live" and on demand, use this link
Film
CUNY TV City Cinematheque: "The best in world cinema s showcased in City Cinematheque, CUNY TV's much-loved flagship weekend film series. Hosted by Professor Jerry Carlson and co-produced with the Department of Media and communication Arts of The City College, CUNY, each film is followed by lively discussion with scholars, film professionals and critics." (Added May 6) (See below for link).
Additions: (see below for links)
Openculture.com Free Films (over 1,100). Video quality varies. Most are in public domain.
Archive.org (Internet Archive; by any kind of filter you can imagine--in the thousands)
Library of Congress Over 7,000 films and videos; small Youtube selection; Selections from the National Film Registry; National Screening Room
National Film Board (Canada) Free films (around 4,000). This was a great collection when only a fraction of the films were available free of charge. This is an extraordinary act of generosity.
Additions:
NFB's picks of the Week (May 8-14) (Added May 15)
NFB's picks of the Week (May 15-21) (Added May 15)
NFB's picks of the Week (May 22-29) (Added May 22)
My Top Ten NFB Films of All Time (NFB Blog) In honor of National Film day in Canada, NFB's English and French Collection Curators Albert Ohayon and Marc St. Pierre have chosen their best 10 NFB films of all time. Each one is linked to in each blog post. One film you might want to check out is Nahani the 9th ranked English film. It's one of the most amazing 18 minutes you'll ever see.
English: Francais (Added April 25, 2020)
NFB Critically Acclaimed Channel: Links to 26 films that have received film festival awards
Thanhouser Company: 57 films (one of the first Film Production Companies in America)
Thanhouser Vimeo (considerably more than above, and you can see them full screen.
Mosfilm (Russia) Films with English subtitles Youtube (20 at present)
Addition
May 2: Mosfilm English Subtitled Film: They Fought for Their Country (1975, Directed by Sergei Bondarchuk)
Note: use "CC" and the the Gear icon to set subtitles to English or Spanish
CUNY TV City Cinematheque: The best in world cinema is showcased in City Cinematheque, CUNY TV's much-loved flagship weekend film series. Hosted by Professor Jerry Carlson and co-produced with the Department of Media and communication Arts of The City College, CUNY, each film is followed by lively discussion with scholars, film professionals and critics. Note that the films are not part of the programs. (Added May 6). As of May 6, there are 25 videos on the playlist.
Other selected CUNY TV Documentaries
May 12: Italics: Lockdown Tales from Italy
For best access go to this link
Shameless plug. I have done three blog posts that I point to films in that may be of interest.
Mr. Eisenstein, meet Mr. Gance (with links to more than 20 early silent Russian films and animation).
Berkeley and Pacific Film Archive: Fritz Lang and German Expressionist Film Festival (December 2018-February 2019) Links to 17 films.
Impressions: San Francisco Silent Film Festival: 2015 (Links to over 20 films.)
End of shameless plug
TV
New Resources:
April 19: KCET Los Angeles PBS short documentaries on Los Angeles
April 25: PBS Full Episodes (in ten topical areas) (US Only)
April 25: Archive of American Television Oral History: added link to latest updates.
April 25: Aljazeera English Youtube Documentaries (20 playlists, over 1,500)
April 25: NHK (Japanese Public Television English Language Documentaries)
April 28: France 3 Nouvelle Aquitaine Youtube Cap Sud-Ouest Documentaries
May 4: Museum of Classic Chicago Television
Archive of American Television Oral History (over 900 video interviews)
Latest Updates (Added April 25)
PBS Full Episodes (various) (Note: PBS streams are not available outside of the US): PBS offers selected full episodes of programs in the fields of
Arts and Music
Culture
Drama
Food
History
Home & How To
Indie Films
News & Public Affairs
Science & Nature
Frontline
(Added April 25)
PBS Nova Marathons (25 Nova's in 3 topics)
KCET (Los Angeles Public TV) Documentaries (at this time, 22 twenty-five minute documentaries mostly about various aspects of Los Angeles history and culture). (Added April 19).
Museum of Classic Chicago Television: "he Museum of Classic Chicago Television's primary mission is the preservation and display of off-air, early home videotape recordings (70s and early 80s, primarily) recorded off of any and all Chicago TV channels; footage which would likely be lost if not sought out and preserved digitally. Even though (mostly) short clips are displayed here, we preserve the entire broadcasts in our archives - the complete programs with breaks (or however much is present on the tape), for historical purposes." The archive contains over 4,700 video clips. (Added May 4)
Additions:
May 4: Excerpt from the documentary Allison, by Richard Myers, which examines the life and death of Allison B. Krause on the 50th Anniversary of the Kent State murders.
Additions:
Note: additions also be found with this link. (CTRL-F (or whatever your "find" key is: title)
Realistic
May 8: Was the US Involved in the Coup Attempt in Venezuela?
May 9: Coronavirus communicators: Path-breaking Pandemic
Journalism
May 9: Should big Money Give Poor Nations Debt Relief to Fight
Covid-19
May 9: Why is the US Removing Military Assets from Saudi Arabia?
May 10: Why is Uganda's Bobby Wine Singing About Coronavirus
May 10: Who Should Look After Migrant Workers Affected the
Pandemic?
May 10: UK's Johnson Delivers New Guidance in Covid-19 Speech
May 11: Coronavirus: What do Pregnant Women Need to know
May 11: Will the Global Tourism Industry Survive the Pandemic?
May 12: Coronavirus: How is China Faring Post-Lockdown?
May 12: Is Coronavirus Making it Harder to Treat Other Diseases?
May 13: America's Divided Democrats
May 13: How is Coronavirus Impacting America's Presidential Election
May 13: Will There Ever be Direct Talks Between Afgan Government and Taliban?
May 14: Vietnam's Cooking School of Hope
May 14: Will Working from Home Work?
May 15: Samantha Power: US is Pulling Away from it's Allies
Note: additions also be found with this link. (CTRL-F (or whatever your "find" key is: title)
NHK (Japanese Public TV) English Documentaries Youtube (various, on various topics--see time of video)
Current documentaries (note: check on demand ending dates, these vary). (Added April 25).
France 3 Nouvelle Aquitaine Youtube Cap Sud-Ouest Documentaries (French)
Cap Sud-Oest: "Magnificent and unusual images from a new angle thanks to the on-board camera of a drone. The Cap Sud Ouest program sets out to discover a remarkable site in the great South-West: from Poitou-Charentes to Languedoc-Roussillon, from Aquitaine to Limousin via the Midi-Pyrénées". Around 100 videos at present, all approximately 25 minutes. A great way to see the sites of South-West France. (Added April 28)
Additions
The Pays Basque Documentary listed on April 28 has been removed.
May 6: Enquetes de Region: Comment Reussir la Sortie du Confinenment? (Google Translate: Region Surveys: How to Get Out of Containment. (French Language documentary).
Cap Sud-Ouest
May 10: Landes Gaves et Adour (French)
Other:
May 14: Disputandum: l'agriculture Face au Coronavirus (French)
Americana
New Resources:
April 22: Digital Library of America
April 22: Smithsonian Library: Worldwide Library and Archival Exhibitions
April 22: New York Public Library Online Exhibitions
April 22: St. Louis Public Library Online Exhibitions and Digital Collections
Library of Congress Digital Collections (a thumbnail "illustrated" social history)
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture Civil Rights Project
8 oral history interviews (as of April 11, 2020) ranging from 45 minutes to 4 hours.
Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian Tribal Festivals.
Because there is such a great quantity of these festivals, the quickest way for you to find them is to go to the NMAI Youtube Playlists and CTRL-F (or whatever your "Find" key is). Then type in the name of the Festival. Then (for Windows, "Down Arrow" to get to each festival. Then click on "View Full Playlist" to get the entire listing for that festival. Use the browser back arrow to get back to the Playlist page. There are 19 playlists and 156 videos at this time, most over 20 minutes.
Tribal and Cultural Festivals
Cherokee Days 2014--2019 (6 playlists--86 videos) ,
Hawi'ian Cultural Festival/Celebration 2013--17,19 (6p, 33v) search "Haw"
Kaypi Peru (2019,17) (2p, 12v)
Blackfeet Tribal Festival (2019) (1p, 3v)
Hopi Tribal Festival (2018) (1p, 9v)
Great Inka Road Solstice Day Festival/Family Day Celebration (2015, 2017) (2p, 10v)
Lumbee Festival (2017) (1p, 3v)
Smithsonan National Museum of American History National Woven Coverlet Project (6 interviews, 2 demos)
Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum: 5 Stokely Carmichael Lectures (1972--Howard University) Video and audio quality varies.
These are not organized into a play list so scroll to them or CTRL-F "Stokely"
Smithsonian American Museum of Natural History: Outbreaks: Epidemics in a Connected World (Outbreak Training Videos (8 videos--mostly illustrated lecture format) (address corrected April14, 2020)
Digital Public Library of America: "DPLA connects people to the riches held within America’s libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural heritage institutions. All of the materials found through DPLA—photographs, books, maps, news footage, oral histories, personal letters, museum objects, artwork, government documents, and so much more—are free and immediately available in digital format. The cultural institutions participating in DPLA represent the richness and diversity of America itself, from the smallest local history museum to our nation’s largest cultural institutions." Links to over 37 million digital artifacts, 40 digital "partners." Browse by subject. 32 Exhibitions available at this time (Added April 22, 2020).
Smithsonian Libraries Library and Archival Exhibitions. Search or browse list of over 7,000 online exhibitions from around the world (multiple languages). The browse function can be found in the "advanced search". (Added April 22, 2020).
12 web-based Exhibitions: (lall 12 are linked to above)
Sweet Home Chicago: Blues and African American Life;
A Wheel with a View;
The Great Chicago Fire and the Web of Memory;
Chicago--Law and Disorder;
The Dramas of Haymarket;
A House Divided;
Ride Around Chicago;
Lincoln at 200;
Chicago 00;
Touring Chicago's Culinary History;
Chicago and the Great War;
Charles James: Genius Deconstructed
New York Public Library Online Exhibitions: 61 at present. (Added April 22, 2020
St. Louis Public Library Online Exhibitions and Digital Collections: 9 exhibits and and 35 Digital Collections at this time. (Added April 22, 2020)
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Sports
Note: There are many links below that link to "this link". Each of them link to different pages.
UPCOMING LIVE: May 8-May 18: Note: all of the below listed matches will be available on demand after the "live"showing and can be accessed at "the listing". They are also listed below under their respective sports, along with the new on demand videos for the week of May 8-14.
STICK AND BALL:
Baseball
"Plumb the Depths of MLB Team Youtubes
May 15: Chicago White Sox Youtube
2005 ALCS Game 2: Anaheim Angels v Chicago White Sox
"live" stream begins at 7:00 pm (Time Zone Converter)
For best access use this link
Lawn Tennis
May 17: Australian Open: 2012 Men's Semi-Final: Djokovic v Murray
"live" stream begins at 5:00 am US Central Daylight Time (Time Zone Converter)
For best access for both "live" and on demand later use this link
May 17: Wimbledon: 2008 Men's 4th Round: Murray v Gasquet
"live" feed begins at 10:00 am US Central Daylight Time (Time Zone Converter)
For best access for "live" feed and on demand use this link
May 17: US Open; 2010 Women's Semi-Final: Clisters v V. Williams
"live" feed begins at 12:00 pm US Central Daylight Time (Time Zone Converter)
For best access for "live feed and on demand use this link
Table Tennis
May 16: Best of 2016 China Open: Fan Zhendong v Ma Long
May 17: Best of 2018 Women's China Open: Wang Manyu v Ding Ning
"live" stream begins at 7:00 am US Central Daylight Time (Time Zone Converter)
For best access for "live" stream and on demand after use this link
Quiniela Jai Alai from Magic City Florida (through November 2020)
This is one of the few live sports going on in the world at this time. See below under Stick and Ball for more information.
Thursday and Friday 12:00pm and 4:00pm
Saturday: 4:00 pm
Sunday: 12:00pm
All times are US Central Standard Time (Time Zone Converter)
All matches are available on demand at this link
Association Football (Soccer)
#WorldCupAtHome
May 16: 2014: Brazil v Columbia
May 17: 2018: France v Croatia
"live" stream begins at 11:00 am US Central Daylight Time (Time Zone Converter)
For best access to "live" and on demand additions use this link
Rugby League
May 17: SL Rewind (English Super League)
1999: Leeds Rhinos v Castleford Tigers
"live" stream begins at 9:00 am US Central Daylight Time (Time Zone Converter)
For best access to "live" and later on demand use this link
GLADIATOR (INDIVIDUAL)
French Fencing Federation (FEE)
May 16: 2018: Challenge SNCF Reseau: Individual Competition
May 17: 2018: Challenge SNCF Reseau: Team Competition
"live" stream for each begins at 10:00 am US Central Daylight Time (Time Zone Converter)
For best "live" stream and on demand access use this link
NET AND BALL
Basketball
May 16: 2019-20: NBA Best 75 Blocks
"live" feed begins at 10:00 am US Central Daylight Time (Time Zone Converter)
For best access to the "live" stream and on demand additions use this link
Team Handball:
Ehf TV Youtube
May 16: 2016 Women's EHF Semi-Final 2: Bucharesti v Vardar
"live" stream begins at 11:00 am US Central Daylight Time (Time Zone Converter)
May 17: 2016 Women's EHF 3rd Place Match
"live" stream begins at 8:00 am US Central Daylight Time (Time Zone Converter)
For best access to all "live" streams and on demand use this link
SELECTED WINTER SPORTS
Figure Skating:
May 16: 2017 ISU World Championship Men's Short Program
May 17: 2017 ISU World Championship Men's Free Skating
May 18: 2017 ISU World Championship Exhibition Gala.
All "live" streams begin at 5:00 am US Central Daylight Time (Time Zone Converter)
For best access to all "live" or on demand use this link
OTHER
Gymnastics:
International Gymnastics Federation (FIG)
May 16: 2019: FIG World Championships: Rhythmic Gymnastics Ball Final
"live" stream begins at 1:00 pm US Central Daylight Time (Time Zone Converter)
For best access use this link
Water Sports (Swimming/Diving/Synchronized Swimming/Water Polo)
Water Polo
May 21: 2011 International Water Sports Federation (FINA) Final: Italy v Serbia.
"live" stream begins at 10:00 am US Central Daylight Time (Time Zone Converter)
For best access use this link
Olympics:
May 16: 1996: Rhythmic Gymnastics Group All Around Final
May 17: 2000: Women's Basketball Final: Australia v US
"live" stream begins at 10:00 am US Central Daylight Time (Time Zone Converter)
For all the above, be access, live or on demand is through this link==========================
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Updates:
Added a new section on selected Winter Sports (Nordic and Alpine skiing, (8 sports total); skating (4 sports) and curling on April 18.
This section links mostly to full game/match videos. All Ninh explain videos below run run between 3 and 5 minutes.
STICK AND BALL
Baseball
New Resources:
April 13. Baseball Digest has opened its complete archive (going back to 1942) to the public without fee through sometime in July. Free registration required.
May 2: World Baseball Softball Confederation (Added May 2, 2020). See links below.
May 4: Plumb the Depths of MLB Team Youtube sites for classic games . See below
May 5: #MLBAtHome (Added May 5). See below
Additions (see links below)
April 25: October 5, 1980--Final White Sox game of 1980--complete game--Harry Carey and Jim Piersall, Harry sings 7th inning stretch, Minnie Minoso's final at bat.
May 1. My new blog (Steve Carlton and the 1972 Philadelphia Phillies--the Greatest Pitching Performance in Baseball History--Game by Game, Batter by Batter) (Updated through Carlton's April 29 start against San Diego.
Ninh explains baseball
MLB Vault 161 classic full game videos--a season's worth of games. Including 39 World Series, 22 League Championship games, 20 All Star Games, 7 no hitters/perfect games, 13 history making games.
#MLBAtHome (MLB Youtube). MLB has added this section to its excellent Youtube site. MLB has been adding classic games to this list since April and the total is nearing 50 and counting. Access is easiest through either the Video listings or the playlist. (Added May 5).
Additions
May 6: 1993 All Star Game--Camden Yards, Baltimore
May 7: 1991: World Series Game 7: Atlanta Braves v Minnesota Twins
May 8: Cutch (Andrew McCutcheon) goes off at Home: April 7, 2018:
Los Angeles Dodgers v San Francisco Giants
May 9: 2019 World Series Game 1: October 22, 2019: Washington Nationals v Houston Astros
May 10; 2004 World Series Game 4: October 27, 2004: Boston Red Sox
v St. Louis Cardinals
May 12: Felix Hernandez' Perfect Game: August 15, 2012: Tampa Bay Rays v Seattle Mariners
May 14: 1978 AL East Playoff: New York Yankees v Boston Red Sox
For best access use this link
May 14: Pedro Martinez Takes Perfect Game Into Extras: June 3, 1995: Montreal Expos v San Diego Padres (Martinez becomes only the 2nd pitcher to take a perfect game into extra innings. Like the first, Harvey Haddix in 1959, he lost the game.
Additions:
May 6: Kansas City Royals Youtube: Game 1 of the 1980 ALCS: New York Yankees at Kansas City Royals
May 7: Washington Nationals Youtube:
Game 7 2019 World Series
Nationals Victory Parade
For best access use this link
May 7: Chicago White Sox Youtube
Tom Seaver's 300th Win (August 4, 1985 v New York Yankees at New York)
For best access use this link
May 7: Pittsburgh Pirates Youtube:
1979 World Series Game 7: Pittsburgh Pirates v Baltimore Orioles
For best access use this link
May 4: Arizona Diamondbacks Youtube: Randy Johnson Pitches a Perfect Game: May 18, 2004: Arizona Diamondbacks v Atlanta Braves
For best access use this link
May 10: Baltimore Orioles Youtube: Birdland Playback: (Chris)Hoiles
Seals the Win Against the Mariners with a Grand Slam Walkoff: May 17, 1996
May 15: Birdland Playback: Wilkerson Makes History in Anaheim (Stevie Wilkerson pitches 16th inning of 10-8 Orioles win and becomes 1st position player in MLB history to record a save.
For best access use to both this link
Chicago White Sox Youtube:
May 11: The Blackout Game: Game 163: September 30: 2008 Playoff Game: Minnesota Twins v Chicago White Sox
May 15: Chicago White Sox Youtube
2005 ALCS Game 2: Anaheim Angels v Chicago White Sox
For best access for "live" stream or on demand for both use this link
May 10: Cincinnati Reds Youtube:
Clinchmas: 2010: Reds Clinch NL Central Title: September 28:
Houston Astros v Cincinnati Reds
Votto's Epic Mother's Day: 2012: May 13 Washington Nationals v
Cincinnati Reds
For best access use this link
May 9: Kansas City Royals Youtube:
Game 2: 1980 ALCS: Kansas City Royals v New York Yankees
May 15: 1980
Game 3: 1980 ALCS: New York Yankees v Kansas City Royals
For best access use this link
Milwaukee Brewers Classic and Mother's Day Marathon (Source for All--Milwaukee Brewers Facebook)
Brewers Classics
September 23, 2011: Brewers Clinch NL Central Division Championship: Florida Marlins v Milwaukee Brewers
October 7, 2011: Game 5, NL Division Series: Arizona Diamondbacks v Milwaukee Brewers
Mother's Day Marathon
May 14, 2006: Bill Hall sends 'em home happy: New York Mets v Milwaukee Brewers
May 14, 2017: Hernan Perez and Manny Pina are the heros as Brewers knock Jacob de Grom around. New York Mets v Milwaukee Brewers.
May 13, 2018: Freddie Peralta makes his debut. Milwaukee Brewers v Colorado Rockies.
May 9: Minnesota Twins Youtube:
Johan Santana Strikes Out 17: August 19, 2007: Texas Rangers v
Minnesota Twins
May 15: 1987 World Series--Game 1: St. Louis Cardinals v Minnesota Twins
For best access use this link
May 13: New York Mets Youtube: 1986 Post Season Recap
May 15: 1999 NLCS Game 5: Atlanta Braves v New York Mets. Mets prevail in 15 innings to keep the series alive.
For best access use this link
May 8: San Francisco Giants Youtube:
Freak 15: Tim Lincecum strikes out 15 batters: July 27, 2009: Pittsburgh Pirates v San Francisco Giants
May 15: Bochy's 2,000th win. September 18, 2019: San Francisco Giants v Boston Red Sox
Johan Santana Strikes Out 17: August 19, 2007: Texas Rangers v
Minnesota Twins
May 15: 1987 World Series--Game 1: St. Louis Cardinals v Minnesota Twins
For best access use this link
May 13: New York Mets Youtube: 1986 Post Season Recap
May 15: 1999 NLCS Game 5: Atlanta Braves v New York Mets. Mets prevail in 15 innings to keep the series alive.
For best access use this link
May 8: San Francisco Giants Youtube:
Freak 15: Tim Lincecum strikes out 15 batters: July 27, 2009: Pittsburgh Pirates v San Francisco Giants
May 15: Bochy's 2,000th win. September 18, 2019: San Francisco Giants v Boston Red Sox
For best access use this link
Miscellaneous:
NCAA Championships (in various sports)
May 8: 2019 College Baseball World Series Finals: Game 3:
Vanderbilt v Michigan
Classic Baseball on the Radio (It's out there, just Google it). 279 full game audio broadcasts, by decade, team, broadcaster. Includes over 100 post season games. Use "playlists" for best organization.
Additions:
May 11: October 3, 1972: Boston Red Sox v Detroit Tigers (for "all
the marbles" Detroit leads AL East by 1 game, with 2 to play)
May 11: This Day in Baseball: 1969: San Francisco Giants v Chicago Cubs
May 11: This Day in Baseball: 1977: Minnesota Twins v Detroit Tigers
May 12: This Day in Baseball: 1977: Detroit Tigers v Milwaukee Brewers
May 13: This Day in Baseball: 1969: Atlanta Braves v New York Mets
MLB full game replay of ALL games for 2018-2019 (no blackouts). For a limited time, MLB is offering complete replays for all of the 2018 and 2019 season (including post-season). Find the pull down calendar and back track by month. The calendar is set for today's date. Free registration may be required. This is a very generous offer by MLB. Their NFL and NHL brethren (see below) should take note. When this offer will end is unknown.
Museum of Classic Chicago Television Full Game Broadcasts
Chicago White Sox (70-89) v California Angels (65-94), October 5,1980. I was hoping this would be Harry Caray's final White Sox broadcast. Close but no cigar. He left the White Sox after the 1981 season. But this is still a notable broadcast because
A) It is a full game broadcast done by Harry Caray and Jim Piersall, one of the most eccentric and entertaining broadcaster-analyst combinations in Major League Baseball history.
B) Minnie Minoso played in his last MLB game, thus joining Nick Altrock, a White Sox pitcher who beat the Cubs Mordecai Brown in the Game 1 of the 1906 World Series, as the only 2 players in MLB history to play in 5 decades.
C) The White Sox' 1980 home uniforms. They speak for themselves.
D) A full game in (mostly empty--8,795) Old Comiskey Park (1) (2). And you'll see two Hall of Famers, rookie Harold Baines and Caray.
Harry sings the last "Take me out to the ballgame" of the year.
Minnie Minoso's final at bat.
(Museum of Classic Chicago Television "Fuzzymemories.tv Youtube) (Added April 25.)
Additions:
May 15: June 21, 1980: Detroit Tigers v Chicago White Sox (complete game broadcast from pregame show to post game wrap up). Harry Caray and Jimmy Piersall on the call. Harry broacasts from the Center Field Bleachers. This game was played the day after Tiger outfielder, the late Al Cowens, who had his jaw broken by a fastball from the late Ed Farmer fastball the previous year, hit a ground ball to shortstop, and instead of running, charged the mound and attacked Farmer, whose back was turned, watching the play. Cowens did not accompany the team to Chicago for the rest of the year, as there was an arrest warrant for assault waiting for him. Cowens and Farmer talked it over later and Farmer dropped the charges. I attended the game, in which the incident ocurred in the 11th inning. I told the friend I was with to forget about following the ball should Cowens hit it. Watch Cowens, I said. On this occasion I was correct, and have been seen as a baseball sage by this dear friend ever since.
SABR Biography Program (5,100 biographies, players, executives, broadcasters, games, ball parks...)
Baseball Digest opens it’s entire archive, going back to 1942, for free. Free registration is required and the archive will be available until some point in July. Added April 13, 2020, courtesy of my first sports buddy at college. Thanks very much. Baseball Digest Archives registration
World Baseball Softball Confederation:
"Headquartered in Pully, Switzerland — the Olympic Capital — the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) is the world governing body for baseball and softball. WBSC has 211 National Federation and Associate Members in 138 countries and territories across Asia, Africa, Americas, Europe and Oceania, which represent a united baseball/softball sports movement that encompasses over 65 million athletes and attracts approximately 150 million fans to stadiums worldwide annually." (Added May 2, 2020)
WBSC Provides playlists of the following:
Game Time Classics (both baseball and softball--over 45 full game videos 2016-2020)
2019 WBSC Premier 12
Baseball Europe/Africa 2020 Olympic Qualifier
WBSC Under 18 2019 World Cup (full game and highlights, let the length of the videos be your guide
All playlists can be found at this link
Additions
May 2: Premier 12 2019 Semi-Final: Australia v Japan
May 7: 2019 Under 18 Baseball World Cup: Australia v US
May 9: 2016 Under 23 Baseball World Cup: Mexico v Japan
May 10: 2015 Premier 12 Bronze Medal game: Mexico v Japan
May 12: 2016 Women's Baseball World Cup: Chinese Taipei v Venezuela
May 14: 2015 Premier 12 Championship Game: Korea v US
For best access use this link
Shameless Plug:
Steve Carlton and the 1972 Philadelphia Phillies--the Greatest Pitching Performance in Baseball History--Game by Game, Batter by Batter
I have begun a new blog post that will look at Hall of Fame pitcher Steve Carlton's 1972 season for the Philadelphia Phillies (27-10 on a team that finished 59-97). It will cover his season start by start and will include game stories, links to newspaper articles when available, condensed scorecards that give a snapshot as to how and where each batter fared against Carlton. The blog will be done in "real time."
May 4: Carlton's 5th Start against Bill Singer and the Los Angeles Dodgers . Next start is in Philadelphia on May 7 against San Francisco.
Softball: Fast pitch (12 inch)/Slow pitch (12 inch)/No Glove (16 inch--a Chicago specialty)
Fast Pitch
Ninh explains Softball
Women: National Pro Fastpitch selected Chicago Bandits games via Chicago Bandits Youtube (also includes several high school games
Mens: Intenational Softball Congress Youtube full games from 2009, 2016, 2018 and 2019 World Tournaments.
New Resource:
World Baseball Softball Confederation (added May 2)
WBSC Provides playlists of the following:
Game Time Classics (both baseball and softball--over 45 full game videos 2016-2020)
2020 U-18 Men's (fastpitch) Softball World Cup--Full games and Opening Ceremony
2019 Under 17 Women's Softball Pan American Championship
2019 Softball Asia/Oceanic Olympic Qualifier
All playlists can be found at this link
Additions:
May 2: 2013 Men's (fastpitch) Softball World Championship: Venezuela v Australia
May 3: 2014 Women's Softball World Championship: US v Australia
May 6: 2018 Women's World Softball Championship: Japan v Canada
May 7: 2019 Men's (fastpitch) Softball World Championship: Venezuela v Denmark
May 10: 2019 Women's Americas Olympic Qualifier: Cuba v Brazil
May 11: 2013 Men's (Fastpitch) Softball Cup: Canada v Venezuela
May 13: 2018 Women's Softball World Cup: Italy v Mexico
May 15: 2019 Men's (Fastpitch) Softball World Championship: US v Australia
For best access use this link
NCAA Championships (in various sports)
May 6: NCAA 1992 Women's College World Series Championship Game: UCLA v Arizona
May 7: 2019 NCAA Women's Softball Final Game 2: UCLA v Oklahoma
May 8: 2019 Women's Softball Championships: Arizona v Washington
May 11: 2018 Women's Softball Championships Super Regional: Washington v Alabama
May 11: 2016 Women's Softball Championships Semi-Final: Auburn v Florida State
May 12: 2019 Women's Softball Championships Super Regional: Florida v Tennessee
May 12: 2005 Women's Softball Championships: Texas v Arizona (Legendary Cat Osterman Ks 19 in a 1-0 11 inning game).
May 12: 1992 Women's Softball Championships Roundtable: UCLA v Arizona. Players and coaches discuss the game as you watch it.
May 13: 2016 Women's Softball Championships: Auburn v Oklahoma
May 13: 2016 Women's Softball Championships: Oklahoma v Alabama
May 13: 2013 Women's Softball Championships: Florida v Nebraska
May 13: 2016 Women's Softball Championships: Georgia v
Florida State
May 14: 2018 Women's Softball Championships: Florida State v Washington
May 15: 2001 Women's Softball Championships: Arizona v California
May 15: 2016 Women's Softball Championships: Oklahoma v Michigan
May 15: 2016 Women's Softball Championships: Regional: Jacksonville State v Oregon
For best access use this link
Slow Pitch
USSSA (United States Specialty Sports Association) Slow Pitch Rules and Bylaws (.pdf format, 88p.)
Slow Pitch Border Battle Youtube (USA v USA Futures--2018)
No Glove
16 Inch Softball Rules (Campus Recreation, University of Illinois-Champaign- Urbana
SSA Broadcasts Youtube: 50th Annual No Glove National Championship:
45's v Dynasty
Cricket
New Resource:
Cricket Australia Youtube Live Flashback (see link below)
Ninh explains--cricket
Vanuatu Exhibition Cricket Matches Vanuatu Cricket Facebook April 25, 2020 (the only "live" cricket matches in the world) (women's and men's) (Added April 25)
Cricket Australia Live Flashback Youtube has begun posting full match videos of One Day Internationals and T20 matches, along with single day's play from Test matches. The playlist contains the following thus far. (Added May 6).
Australia v New Zealand 1997 (ODI-50 overs per side--600 pitches, about the length of a baseball doubleheader)
Amazing Adelaide, Day 5, 2nd Test, 2006-07. England collapses in about an hour. The day takes about 520 pitches (a little less than a baseball doubleheader) The match took a little less than 440 overs (about 2,640 pitches, between 9 and 10 baseball games. It took 1,910 minutes, about 10 1/2 3 hour baseball games.
England lost its last 9 wickets in 43 overs on the 5th day (258 pitches, less than 1 baseball game), to lose a match they had once led by 551 runs. An astonishing feat.
Australia v India 2006-7 ODI tri-series match 7
Australia v South Africa 1st T20 (20 overs per side--240 pitches, about the length of 1 baseball game)
May 10: Cricket Australia Live Flashback:
2009: 3rd Test v South Africa. Full replay of the final day. The two best teams in the world at the time are playing this match for the World Championship (based on the rankings system at the time). Australia makes a "generous" declaration (close their innings with only 4 "outs" in order to give them time to get the 10 outs they need to win, but also leaving South Africa with a chance to win needing 376 runs. But you can also "save" a match by not making 10 outs, in which case it would be a draw. So many kinds of tension can go into this scenario. And this match, which featured over 2,460 deliveries (pitches), came down to the last 12. Would Australia win, South Africa win, or the two teams draw? Watch a full replay of the last day's play and find out.
For best access use this link
T20 Cricket (120 "pitches"--20 overs) per side--about as long as a baseball game)
West Indies v Ireland, 1st T20, 2nd T20 (starts at 49:00), 3rd T20
West Indies Cricket--WI v England 1st Test Match 2019 Tour (full match video--the only full match video I have seen on the Internet) (4 days--equivalent of 8 baseball games). Matches are scheduled for 5 days, but this one ended in 4.
West Indies v England: 2019 Tour 4th ODI (One Day International) (300 "pitches"--50 overs per side, about the equivalent of 2 baseball games. (Added April 22, 2020).
Highlights of the entire tour (3 Test matches, 5 One Day Internationals, 3 T20 matches, equivalent of about 35-40 baseball games.
Full match videos of the West Indies Championship (Domestic 4 day matches) (6 selected matches--29 days). About the equivalent of 45-50 baseball games.
Full match videos of entire Domestic One Day (50 overs--300 pitches a side) competition. (43 matches). About the equivalent of 85 baseball games
April 25: West Indies Women: 2018 South Africa Tour of West Indies: 3 One Day Internationals and 3 T20s (equivalent of 9 baseball games)
April 25: West Indies Women: 2019 Australia Tour of West Indies: 3 One Day Internationals and 2 T20s (equivalent of 8 baseball games)--Highlights also included in the playlist (Added April 25)
April 25: West Indies Women: 2019 India Tour of West Indies (3rd One Day International and 5 T20s (equivalent of 7 baseball games) (1st One Day Internatonal Highlights--WI wins by 1 run)
Additions:
May 8: 2019: West Indies Under 19s v England Under 19s 1st ODI (One Day International--50 overs (300 "pitches") per side--about the length of 2 baseball games.
For best access use this link
Pesapallo--Finnish Baseball
Additions (see below for links)
April 23 2020: 1 match each from Satkoman Jymy's 1990 and 1997 Championship seasons.
May 14: May 5, 2009: Satkoman (Satkomo) Jymy v Hyvikaan (Hyvinka)Takho
Opening Day of the 2009 season.
Ninh explains--Pesapallo
Satkoman Jymy (Satkomo Roar) Youtube Throwback. (SJ is re-living its 1990 and 1997 championship seasons with selected full match videos from those years.
September 14, 1997: SJ v Kiteen Pallo (Kitee baseball club) (3rd match of Championship Series.
July 25, 1990: SJ v Siilenjarven Pesis (Siilenjarvi Ball Club)
Both are available from SK Youtube (Added April 22, 2020)
Superpesis (Finland Professional League) Youtube has several matches from the 2013 Professional Men's and Women's Indoor season. Matches are between 2 and 3 hours long.
Note: City links are to articles in English. Team links are to Finnish language sites (use translate.google.com)
Women's Final:
Porin Peskarhut (Nest Bears) (Pori) v Lapuan Virkia (?) (Lapua)
Men's Final:
Satkoman Jymy (Roar) (Satkomo) v Vimpelin Veto (Bet--stadium was financed by a lottery) (Vimpeli) Played at Joensuu
Additions:
May 14: May 5, 2009: Satkoman (Satkomo) Jymy v Hyvikaan (Hyvinka) Takho. Opening Day of the 2009 season. This is part of a new series from the Satkoman Jymy Youtube site called "Throwback Thursday." This match was played at a neutral site in Helsinki.
Lawn Tennis
Additions: (see links below)
May 10: Australian Open: 2009 Men's Final: Nadal v Federer
May 10: Wimbledon: 1999 Women's Quarter-Final: Graf v V. Williams
May 9: WTA: Undated: Singapore Doubles Final: Hingis-Mirza v Muguruza-Suarez
May 14: US Open: 2006 Final: Federer v Roddick
UPCOMING
May 17: Australian Open: 2012 Men's Semi-Final: Djokovic v Murray
May 17: US Open: 2010 Women's Semi-Final: Clisters v V. Williams
May 17: Wimbledon: 2008 Men's 4th Round: Murray v Gasquet
Women's (WTA) Youtube: 86 full match videos at present (added 16 matches) (added April 23, 2020) For the ones added in the last two weeks see the dates in this listing.
Additions:
May 2: WTA 2015 Singapore Final: Radwanska v Kvitova
May 9: WTA: Undated: Singapore Doubles Final: Hingis-Mirza v
Muguruza-Suarez
For best access use this link
Men's (ATP) Youtube: Unfortunately offers no full matches. But a plethora of highlights going back to 2015
Top 50 rallies and shots of the 2010's (Added April 23, 2020)
Wimbledon Youtube Full matches (3 men's 2 women's at present) Full matches are labeled.
Additions
May 3: Wimbledon: 2014 Men's Final: Federer v Djokovic
May 10: Wimbledon: 1999 Women's Quarter-Final: Graf v V. Williams
For best access use this link)
Upcoming:
May 17: Wimbledon: 2008 Men's 4th Round: Murray v Gasquet
"live" feed begins at 10:00 am US Central Daylight Time (Time Zone Converter)
For best access for "live" feed and on demand use this link
Longest tennis match in history (Wimbledon, 2010) John Isner v Nicolas Mahoot: 11 hour 22 minute video (Wimbledon Youtube)
US Open Youtube:
Women's Full match Finals: 2012-2019 (Address corrected April 15, 2020).
Men's Full match Finals: 7 full match finals between 2009 and 2019
Men's selected 2019 Full matches (7) (added 2 matches) (Added April 23, 2020).
For all full match videos added in the last two weeks see the dates in this listing.
Additions:
May 3: US Open: Women's 2014 4th Round: Sharapova v Wozniaki
May 7: May 7: US Open: Women's 2007 Semi-Final: V. Williams v Henin
May 10: US Open: 2004 Quarterfinal: Federer v Agassi
May 14: US Open: 2006 Men's Final: Federer v Roddick
For best access use this link
Upcoming:
May 17: US Open; 2010 Women's Semi-Final: Clisters v V. Williams
"live" feed begins at 12:00 pm US Central Daylight Time (Time Zone Converter)
For best access for "live feed and on demand use this link
Australian Open Youtube. AO has begun to add full matches to it's AO Classics playlist. The first is the 2005 Men's Semifinal between Federer and Safin. More are coming. Full matches are identified by the length of the video. (Added April 23, 2020)
Additions:
May 3: Austalian Open AO Classic Youtube: 2000 Men's Semi-Final
Agassi v Sampras
May 10: Australian Open: 2009 Men's Final: Nadal v Federer
For best use this link
Upcoming:
May 17: Australian Open: 2012 Men's Semi-Final: Djokovic v Murray
"live" stream begins at 5:00 am US Central Daylight Time (Time Zone Converter)
For best access for both "live" and on demand later use this link
Roland Garros (French Open) Youtube. No full matches that I could find. Maybe you can.
Oh, and, for those of you who can't sleep at night for the answer to the question, "What men (women's data is not easily obtainable) had the best match records in the Open Era (1968-Present), not most Tournament wins, I have the answer in a Blogpost that gives a listing of the top 5 winning percentages each year, the top 10 all time winning percentages, all over 90% winning percentages, and several Streak lists, as well as players' home country and age.
Men's Professional Tennis Records Top Won-Loss Records 1968-2020
There. Now you know.
Real Tennis--the ancestor of modern tennis, evolved from "Jeu de Paume" (handball). Origins in "France" 700-800 years ago. Now mostly English.
Real Tennis 101--Andrew Stewart, CEO, Queens Club, London. History of the sport, ball making, how the game is played
Real Tennis Tutorial--Club Pro at QC
Real Tennis Explained--by a tour guide who plays the game
Great tutorials.
Queen's Club Youtube: 2018 Real Tennis World Championship (Entire Tournament 4 or 5 matches)
Platform Tennis
American Platform Tennis Association Rules and Etiquette of Platform Tennis
APTA Platform Tennis--check it out Youtube
Paddle Tennis TV (Youtube) various recent individual and multiple match files
Padel
Additions: (see links below
April 25: World Padel Tour: 2017 Coruna Open: Lamperdi-Moyano v
Allemendi-Quiles
April 30 Buenos Aires Padel Master 2016: Jardim-Stupaczuk v Sanchez-Diaz
This is Padel (Youtube)
World Padel Tour 2020 Cervezas Victoria (Marbella) Tournament (men's and women's Final)
Additions:
May 11: World Padel Tour Seleccion 2018 Granada Open Semi-Final: Gutierrez-
Stupaczuk v Lebron-Diaz
For best access use this link
Frontenis (developed in Latin America) 3 wall Tennis with a hard rubber ball
Additions:
April 25: Frontenis: 2019 Individual Club Espana Final 201 Official Master
Pro Youtube: Turi v Chikis
Rules of Frontenis (Wikipedia)
Federation International de Pelota Vasca 10th Under 22 World Championships (Blog post from my Basque Pelota blog); Men's and Women's semi-finals and finals--6 matches)
April 25: Frontenis: 2019 Individual Club Espana Final 201 Official Master
Pro Youtube: Turi v Chikis
Golf
Additions: (see links below)
May 2: US Women's Open Classic Finishes: 2018
May 3: US Men's Open Classic Finishes: 2016
May 4: US Men's Open Classic Finishes: 2018
May 6: A US Open Decade: The 1960s
May 6: British Open Final Round in Full: Ernie Els: 2012
May 7: US Men's Open Classic Finishes: 2019
May 9: A US Open Decade: 1970s
May 11: A US Open Decade: 1980s
May 11: PGA: 2012 PGA Championship: Rory McIlroy's Final Round, shot by shot.
May 12: British Open: 2000 Tiger Woods Final Round in Full
Masters Youtube (Final round from 52 Master's Tournaments back to 1968)
(added 2019 Final Round) (added April 23, 2020)
US Open USGA Youtube
Winning moment from every US Open 1950-2019
US Women's Open Classic Finishes (added 6). There are now 7 (added April 23, 2020)
US Open Men's Classic Finishes (9) (Added April 26, 2020)
Additions:
May 2: US Women's Open Classic Finishes: 2018
May 3: US Men's Open Classic Finishes: 2016
May 4: US Men's Open Classic Finishes: 2018
May 6: A US Open Decade: The 1960s
May 7: US Men's Open Classic Finishes: 2019
May 9: A US Open Decade: 1970s
May 11: A US Open Decade: 1980s
May 15: A US Open Decade: 1990s
For best access use this link
PGA (Professional Golfer's Association) Youtube--PGA Title
Every Shot collection (15) players' every shot of one round, one player every shot of the entire tournament (2019) and one player every shot of one round (2018)
Additions:
May 11: PGA: 2012 PGA Championship: Rory McIlroy's Final Round, shot by shot.
For best access use this link
British Open (The Open Youtube)
Winning moments, a decade at the Open (2010-2019)
Additions:
May 9: British Open Final Round in Full: Ernie Els: 2012
May 12: British Open Final Round in Full: Tiger Woods: 2000
For best access to all videos use this listing
Match Play
US Golf Association Match Play Rules
PGA Youtube Full Replay of 2018 Ryder Cup match play: Fowler-Johnson v Rose-Stenson
PGA of Australia Youtube (livestreams from various tournaments 2017-2019)(Address corrected April 15, 2020).
Basque Stick and ball
Toute Sur La Pelote Basque Youtube (hundreds in various stick and ball sports, sports are named in the titles, then just watch--particularly strong in the various Pala and Paleta [bat] modalities)
Others: Specialty:
Cesta Punta (Jai Alai) (basket) (1) ,(2), (3), (4) and (5)--(for #5, Upper right corner--Buscar: "Zesta Punta" and you will get 14 days of Jai Alai--1 or 2 matches each along with a link to the documentary film "Jai Alai Blues--Spanish— for a version with English subtitles); 5 different listings with over 100 matches; crash helmet sport
Outdoors--(2018 Federation de Francaise Pelota Basque Championnat de France "Poussins")
Additions:
Cesta Punta (Jai Alai)
May 7: First "Modern" World Championship--1991 (Gernika)
Semi-Final: Jauregi-Arenburu v Remen-Elortza
Final: Remen-Elortza v Mendi-Elordui
May 9: 1992 World Championship Semi-fnals: (Gernika)
Txikito-Arkarazo v Inclan-Aranburu
Remen-Retolaza v Cachin-Marmuyet
For best access use this link (Blog Post fom my Basque Pelota Updates Blog
Additional Resource:
Magic City (Florida) Quiniela (pari-mutual betting) Jai Alai
Beginning May 1:
Note: this is a specialized type of Jai alai played with a hard rubber ball an a half sized court. For some purists of Jai Alai, this is not seen as "real" Jai Alai. However, it is the only live Jai Alai taking place at this time: Magic City started their season May 1st. There are 6 performances (what a set of matches or races is always called in a pari-mutual sport) a week: Thursday and Friday 12:00pm and 4pm US Eastern Daylight Time, Saturday: 4pm, and Sunday 12:00pm (Time Zone Converter). Each performance consists of 9 games, each game contested between 8 players, numbered as in a horse race. 1v2. Season is set to run through the end of November at this time (added May 2). The season is set to play without fans in the arena.
Spectacular 7 Singles Explained
Spectacular 9 Singles Explained
Jai Alai Channel Youtube, all performances live and/or on demand.
Cesta Punta's ancestor: Joko Garbi--Indoors (2016 Championnat de France A);
Outdoors (2018 CdF "A--summer--listen to the announcer sing out the score--a Basque tradition), crash helmet sport
Remonte ("Raquet" is a longer, firmer "basket" than Cesta Punta, hard ball, 56 meter court. crash helmet sport)
2020 Masters Singles Final 2020: Barrenetxea IV v Urriza
2019 Doubles Championship: Urriza-Larranaga v Matxin III-Barrenetxea IV
This is a blog post from my Basque Pelota Updates Blog. Scroll down to "Final". At the bottom of the post there are links to Final results in this Tournament going back to 1943. For 2016-2018 there are links to 8 full match videos. For 2011-2015 there are links to video highlights.
Xare Noizbait/Hazparne Facebook ("Net") Complete 2020 Masters de Xare Tour (16 matches). This is raquetball on steriods. 95 foot by 30 by 28 court. 5 walls and a rock hard pelota. A crash helmet sport.
Pasaka Basque match from 2017--"Artua" means "holding in the glove too long"--scored like tennis. best 13 of 25 games (most ancient of "basket sport". This was the quarter-final of a regional Federation Francaise de Pelota competition). I covered this match in my Basque Pelota blog.
Laxoa (basket sport on a very big "court-field", 5 players per side, singing announcer--scored like tennis--see Pasaka above): 2019 Laxoa Final
Raquetball
Ninh explains raquetball
International Raquetball Federation Youtube
International Raquetball Tour Youtube
Ladies Professional Raquetball Tour Youtube
More than 100 full match videos, mostly organized by tournament
Additions:
May 2: 1992 Racquetball Junior Nationals-Girls 18 Final: Isanogle v Bussell
May 2: 1991 International Cup World Challenge Singles: USA v Canada
May 11: 1992 World Championship Singles Final: Stupp v Gould
May 12: 2014 Ektelon Pro Am Singles Final: Longoria v Rajsich
For best access use this link
Squash
Additions: (see below for links)
Added 4 full match videos between April 18-23
May 6: Squash on the Mic: Women's 2019 Manchester Open: Evans v
Perry (Players comment as they view the match
May 7: Squash Greatest Battles: 2016 British Open Women's:Semi-
Final: Gohar v Serme
Ninh explains squash
Final: Gohar v Serme
Ninh explains squash
PSA Squash TV Youtube (added 4 full match videos in the last week) (Added April 23, 2020)
2019-20 PSA Men's World Championship Day 1 Livestream
2019 Women's World Championship 5 days of livestream
Additions:
May 6: Squash on the Mic: Women's 2019 Manchester Open: Evans v
Perry (Players comment as they view the match)
May 7: Squash Greatest Battles: 2016 British Open Women's Semi-
Final: Gohar v Serme
PSA Rewind:
May 9: 2019 Women's Manchester Open: El Tayeb v Massaro
May 10: 2019 Women's Manchester Open: Evans v El Tayeb
For best access use this link
Rackets--Squash on steriods. An incredibly hard ball and no crash helmets. A sport that began in debtor's prisons, and Dickens referred to in Pickwick Papers.
Tennis & Rackets Association--All you need to know about this amazing sport.
Alastair Gourley Youtube Full match videos from major tournaments from 2015-2020, men's and women's
Badminton
Additions: (see link below)
April 23: Added 6 "Total Recall" classic matches.
May 8: "Total Recall": 1996 Thomas Cup: 1st Singles Final: Indonesia v Denmark
May 12: "Total Recall" 2020 Indonesia Masters: Men's Singles Final:
Indonesia (Sinisuka) v Denmark (Antonsen)
May 13: "Total Recall": 2018 All England Open: Women's Doubles Final
May 13: "Total Recall": 1995 Sudirman Cup: Men's Singles Final
May 14: "Total Recall": The 90s: 1995 World Championships: Mixed Doubles Final
May 15: "Total Recall": The 90s: 1996 Uber Cup: First Singles Final
Badminton TV Youtube (view playlists, full matches can be discerned by the time of the video.
Additions:
May 8: "Total Recall": 1996 Thomas Cup: 1st Singles Final: Indonesia v Denmark
May 12: "Total Recall"" 2020 Indonesia Masters: Men's Singles Final
Indonesia (Ginting) v Denmark (Antonsen)
May 13: "Total Recall": 2018 All England Open: Women's Doubles Final
May 13: "Total Recall": 1995 Sudirman Cup: Men's Singles Final
May 14: "Total Recall": The 90s: 1995 World Championships: Mixed Doubles Final
May 15: "Total Recall": The 90s: 1996 Uber Cup: First Singles Final
For best access for all use this link
Ninh explains table tennis
International Table Tennis Federation Youtube (created playlists; right arrow--Tournaments listed as "live" cover, it appears, the entire tournament, full matches.
Additions:
April 23: Added 5 full matches from 2008, 2014, 2017, and 2018 between April 19-24. They can be accessed from this listing.
Additions:
May 5: Best of the 2019 Hong Kong Open: Zhu Yu v Timo Boll
May 8: Best of the 2018 Hong Kong Open: Kasuhiro Yoshimura v Cho
Seungmin
May 9: Best of the Women's 2019 Hong Long Open: Wang Yidi v Mima
Ito
May 10: Best of 2019 Hong Kong Open: Lin Gaoyuan v Harimoto
May 11: Best of 2019 China Open: Ma Long v Wang Liqin
May 12: Best of China Open 2016: Ma Long v Zhang Jike
May 13: Best of 2019 Women's China Open: Mima Ito v Ding Ning
May 14: Best of 2017 China Open: Ovcharov v Boll
May 15: Best of 2014 China Open: Ma Long v Xu Xin
Best access for all from this listing
Upcoming:
May 16: Best of 2016 China Open: Fan Zhendong v Ma Long
May 17: Best of 2018 Women's China Open: Wang Manyu v Ding Ning
"live" stream begins at 7:00 am US Central Daylight Time (Time Zone Converter)
For best access use this link
Ice Hockey
New Resource: (See link below)
April 29: International Ice Hockey Federation
NHL: None (non-copyright violation) that I could find. But there may be some out there. See for yourself.
International Ice Hockey Federation Youtube: Several world championships. Full match videos are named. Featuring 62 full match videos fro matches from the 2019 World Championships (Final: Canada v Finland--at the top of the playlist) (Added April 29)
Additions:
May 2: 2009 World Championship Final: Russia v Canada
May 6: 2010 World Championship Final: Russia v Czech Republic
May 9: 2011 World Championship Final: Sweden v Finland
May 9: 2012 World Championship Final: Russia v Slovakia
May 13: 2013: World Championship Final: Switzerland v Sweden
For best access use this link
NCAA Championships (Various Sports)
May 6: 2009 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Regionals: Vermont v Air Force
For best access use this link
Field Hockey
Ninh explains field hockey
NCAA Youtube 2019 NCAA Women's Field Hockey Tournament: 6 matches including the Final
International Hockey Federation (FIH) Youtube: 35 full match videos from the 2018 Women's World Championship Competition.
2018 Asia Cup Competition: 20 full match videos, including India v Pakistan Final (at the bottom of the playlist)
Lacrosse
Additions:
April 23: LAX Network Youtube Rewind: 2019 Women's Under 19 World Championship Final: US v Canada
Ninh explains Lacrosse
LAX Network Youtube: Penn State #2 v Cornell #5 (March 9, 2020)
LAX Network Youtube Johns Hopkins v Penn State (2019 Big 10 Championship)
LAX Network Youtube: 2019 US Lacrosse Women's Fall Classic: Team USA v University of Virginia
LAX Network Youtube World Lacrosse Rewind: 2019 Women's Lacrosse Under 19 World Championship Final (US v Canada) (Added April 23)
LFF.com Major League Lacrosse Classic Games (2001-2018)
LFF.com Archived Lacrosse Games back to 2016 (Pro, College, High School)
Gaelic Hurling
Ninh explains Gaelic Hurling (Youtube: 4 minutes)
Gaelic Athletic Association Youtube
Additions:
April 9-23: 9 matches were added. The list now includes 10 All Ireland Senior Hurling Finals: 1990, 1991, 1994, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2013
April 26: 1991 Munster SHC Final: Cork v Tipperary
Additions:
May 6: 1977 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Final: Cork v Wexford
May 8: 2016 All-Ireland SHC Semi-Final: Galway v Tipperary
May 15: 2009 League Final: Kilkenny v Tipperary (commentary in Gaelic)
For best access use this link
Bandy
Ninh explains Bandy
2015 World Bandy Championships (2015 World Bandy Championship Youtube)
17 matches, including 3 US matches.
2018 World Bandy Championships (Erofi Arena, Kabarovsk Russia (1) (2) (3) Youtube) 15 matches, including 5 US matches.
Bowling (10 pin/9 pin/lawn (not exactly stick and ball)/duckpin/candlepin
Ninh explains 10 pin bowling
Bexar Bowling: How 9 pin bowling works (played mostly in Texas)
World Nine Pin Bowling Association rules (in English and German)
Ninh explains lawn bowling
World Bowls Tour (lawn bowling) basics of the game
What is duckpin bowling? (HowcastSportsFitness Youtube)
Ninh explains candlepin bowling
10 pin: NCAA Youtube (2019 NCAA women's championship final: Stephen F. Austin v Vanderbilt.]
Professional Bowlers Association Youtube National telecasts back to 2010
9 pin: 2014 World 9 pin championship (men's and women's final)
Lawn bowling: World Bowls Tour Youtube ("Just" 2020 Indoor world championship) (8 days of indoor lawn bowling)
Lawn bowling: Bowls Scotland Youtube 2019 (Day 1) (Day 2)
Results: "Gents" "Ladies" for Tournament (corrected April 23. Youtube playlists were not current).
Duckpin: Duckpin TV Youtube 2020 Eastern Classic. Multiple games, sometimes followed simultaneously on split screens, from 5 different "episodes".
For a better view of just how difficult this game is, see the 1985 Duckpin Challenge.
Candlepin: Alley Chat Youtube: Alley Chat Classics from WCVB Channel 5 "Stars and Strikes" (Boston) (113 classic matches going back to 1989, men's and women's)
Pool/Snooker/Billiards
Additions: (see links below)
April 26: The World Snooker Tour has added a playlist: Crucible Gold: a compilation of match video and analysis on various championship finals. An excellent way to learn the sport.
Ninh explains straight pool
Ninh explains 9 ball pool
Ninh explains 8 ball pool
Ninh explains snooker
How billiards is played (World Billiards Youtube)
Cue Sports International Youtube Various types of Pool (hundreds of matches)
World Snooker Tour Youtube No full matches that I could find but if you roll the mouse over any title that's longer than 10 minutes and says "decider" you will get to see the 19th frame (a match that goes the limit, the "bottom of the ninth" as it were. The one's I've seen are pretty interesting.
The World Snooker Tour Youtube site has added a playlist: Crucible Gold: a compilation of match video and analysis on various championship finals. An excellent way to learn the sport. (Added April 26)
Additions:
May 2: Crucible Gold: Episode 15: 2017 Final
May 3: Crucible Gold Episode 16: 2018 Final
May 4: Crucible Gold: Episode 16: 2019 Final
May 11: Classic Frames: 2018 Shootout Final
May 12: Classic Frames 2017: O'Sullivan v Liang
May 13: Classic Frames: 2017 China Championship: O'Sullivan v
Brecel
May 14: Classic Frames 2018 Masters R1: Selby v Williams
May 15: Classic Frames: 2018 Northern Ireland Open: Selby v O'Sullivan
For best access to Classic Frames use this link
World Billiards Youtube: 2019 World Championship. Final: Kothari (defending champion) v Gilchrist
Session 1: (2 hours)
Session 2; (2 hours) (also contains a "scotch doubles" match after the session)
Session 3: (1 hour) followed by a 40 minute closing ceremony. (This form of felt table play is analogous to Test Cricket, as far as I can tell). There is much, much more at the site.
GLADIATOR TEAM AND INDIVIDUAL SPORTS
Team
American (Gridiron) Football
Ninh explains gridiron football
(NFL--Pro and NCAA--College): To my knowledge the NFL has never provided a single free full game video for any game in the entire history of the league. Know that bootleg videos are copyright violations. Ditto for NCAA college football
Note: The NFL Legal Department, in its infinite wisdom, has forced Dave Volski to remove his collection of compilations of NFL music and video. Actually, what he has created is original content in itself, but how would you react to a threat from the NFL Legal Department? Once again, the No Fun League has protected it's product (mostly over 30 years old product) at a time when that league is in such dire financial straits that it must go after creators of original product (Volski never made a dime in the 6 years he put up the channel and has gotten nearly 8,500 subscribers). And once again the NFL proves that it will give nothing, absolutely nothing, away for free. A great lesson about this sports league at this time.
Enjoy Volski's work while you can. He is taking everything down as of May 18.
Addition:
May 4: NFL Films: Don Shula (1930-2020) Leads the '72 Dolphins on the GREATEST Season Ever (21:44)
Also, I do have a narrative history blog of the NFL, AAFC, AFL, from 1933-1967 that you might be interested in.
Canadian Football
New Resource:
CFL Global (added April 30) (see link below)
Ninh explains Canadian Football
Ninh explains the difference between American (Gridiron) and Canadian Football
CFL has begun showing the best 10 games of the 2019 season. These games are condensed down to 40 minutes: Hence the title: "CFL Game in 40."
May 7: Week 3: British Columbia v Calgary
May 14: Week 8: Winnipeg Blue Bombers v Toronto Argonauts
For best access use this link
CFL Global Youtube has provided full match videos of the entire 2015 Post Season: 2 Divisional Semi-finals, 2 Divisional Finals, and the Grey Cup Game: Ottawa v Edmonton (added April 30)
Australian (Aussie) Rules Football
Ninh explains Aussie Rules Football
Fox Footy Youtube (11 matches from 2016--matches can be identified by the time on the video)
Association Football (Soccer)
Additions:
April 11-23:In the last two weeks 9 World Cup full match videos have been added.
Ninh explains Association Football
Ninh explains the offside rule
FIFA Youtube (19 full match videos from World Cups going back to 1986 at present (April 23). Many more to come.
Additions:
April 11-23: 9 Full match videos of World Cup matches 9 (#11-19 on the playlist) have been added.
Additions: (See below for links)
May 2: 1990: West Germany v Netherlands
May 3: 2018: Belgium v Japan
May 4: 2019 Women's: France v Brazil
May 8: 1997: Brazil v Ghana
May 9: 1998: France v Croatia
May 10: 2018: Brazil v Belgium
May 11: 2015: US v Japan (Women's)
May 15: 2005: Mexico v Peru
Upcoming:
May 16: 2014: Brazil v Columbia
May 17: 2018: France v Croatia
"live" stream begins at 11:00 am US Central Daylight Time (Time Zone Converter)
For best access to "live" and on demand additions use this link
Ice Football (just for fun): Association Football on ice in bowling shoes. Games last 9 minutes.
Ninh explains ice football
MySpass.com Youtube FC Koln v HSV (extended highlights)
Zorb Football: Association Football on ice in a bubble.
Idea is the same as IF, but a different impediment.
Demonstration game from 2016 (Ice Time TV Youtube)
Rugby
Ninh explains Rugby Union
Ninh explains Rugby League
Ninh explains Rugby 7s
Ninh explains the difference between RU and RL : best short explanation of this topic I have seen.
Ninh explains the difference between RU and RL scrums (note: he uses an unnecessary expletive gesture in this video--please ignore, as the explanation is excellent).
Rugby Union
Additions:
April 23. 13 Rugby Union World Cup Matches, including 2 women's finals. Covers 2019 back to 1995.
International Rugby Union Youtube Rugby Union World Cup Matches (13 matches including 1 women's final--2017 (England v New Zealand). Matches cover from 2019 back to 1995. (Added April 23)
Additions:
May 3: 2019 World Cup Semi-Final "England v New Zealand: Upset of the Century
May 8: 2007 Rugby World Cup : South Africa v Tonga
May 9: 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup: England v France
May 11: 2015 Rugby World Cup: Georgia v Namibia
May 15: 2003 Rugby World Cup: England v Wales
For best access to "live" streams and on demand additions use this link.
Rugby 7s
Additions
May 6: HSBC Cape Town Sevens 2019:
Ireland v Australia; England v Scotland
May 13: 2019 Women's Dubai Sevens:
New Zealand v France; Japan v Brazil
For best access use this link
Rugby League (for links see below)
Additions:
May 3: 2013 Grand Final: Roosters v Sea Eagles (NRL)
May 8: 1992: Round 22: Wally Lewis' Final Game: Seagulls v Panthers (Australian NRL)
May 9: 2003: Round 10: Manly Sea Eagles v Parametta Eels (Australian NRL)
May 10: 1997: Grand Final: Knights v Manly Sea Eagles (Australian NRL)
May 14: 2015: SL Rewind (English Super League) Wakefield Trinity Wildcats v Bradford Bulls: Million Pound Game
Upcoming:
May 17: 1999: SL Rewind (English Super League) Leeds Rhinos v Castleford Tigers
Upcoming:
May 17: 1999: SL Rewind (English Super League) Leeds Rhinos v Castleford Tigers
Belfred Superleague Youtube recent classics, so far they've been adding 2 per week. Identified by "SL Rewind".
Additions
May 1: SL Rewind: 2010 Playoff Semi-Final:
St. Helens v Huddersfield
May 7: Wigan v Hull FC
For best access use "Belfred Superleague Youtube" link above
May 14: SL Rewind: 2015: Wakefield Trinity Wildcats v Bradford Bulls: Million Pound Game
For best access use this link
Upcoming:
May 17: SL Rewind (English Super League)
1999: Leeds Rhinos v Castleford Tigers
"live" stream begins at 9:00 am US Central Daylight Time (Time Zone Converter)
For best access to "live" and later on demand use this link
May 14: SL Rewind: 2015: Wakefield Trinity Wildcats v Bradford Bulls: Million Pound Game
For best access use this link
Upcoming:
May 17: SL Rewind (English Super League)
1999: Leeds Rhinos v Castleford Tigers
"live" stream begins at 9:00 am US Central Daylight Time (Time Zone Converter)
For best access to "live" and later on demand use this link
Australia National Rugby League Youtube Full match videos. NRL has gernerously made available a playlist of 21 full match videos (and growing), including 2 State of Origin matches (1994 and 2005) and 2 Grand Finals (2005 and 2015). NRL is, quite simply, the best Rugby League on the planet. (Added April 23).
Additions: for best access to all additions use the NRL link above.
May 1: 1994 Major Semi-Final: Bulldogs v Raiders
May 2: 1988 Round 1: Sea Eagles v Broncos (Bundaberg Classic)
May 3: 2013 Grand Final: Roosters v Sea Eagles
May 6: 2002 EISS Super (State of) Origin Classic: New South Wales v Queensland
May 7: 2008 Semi-Final: Broncos v Storm
May 8: 1992: Round 22: Wally Lewis' Final Game: Seagulls v Panthers (Australian NRL)
May 9: 2003: Round 10: Manly Sea Eagles v Parametta Eels (Australian NRL)
May 10: 1997: Grand Final: Knights v Manly Sea Eagles (Australian NRL)
6 Men's matches (see times on video): Includes New Zealand's famous victory over Australia in the 2008 Rugby League World Cup Final. (Link corrected April 23).
Gaelic Football
Ninh explains Gaelic Football
Gaelic Athletic Association Youtube (Commentary in Gaelic or English)
Additions:
May 3: 2004 All Ireland Quarter Final: Fermanagh v Armagh
May 10: 2003 All-Ireland SFC Final: Armagh v Tyrone
May 13: 2008 All-Ireland SFC Quarter-Final: Kerry v Galway
For best access is use this link
Florentine Calcio Storico
Ninh explains Calcio Storico
Calcio Storico Story: a documentary about the sport split into 9 parts of about 7 minutes each (Italian) (added April 29)
Kabaddi
Ninh explains Kabaddi
Bsports Pakistan Youtube--Kabaddi World Cup 2020 (16 matches, including semi-finals) Note: these are circle Kabaddi matches contested outside)
2020 World Cup Final--Pakistan v India (highlights)
Individual
Wrestling
Freestyle Wrestling
Additions:
April 23: New playlists for 2 International and 5 National competitions, featuring Dave Schultz, Kurt Angle, and Rulon Gardner.
Ninh explains freestyle wrestling
USA Wrestling Youtube: 2019 Senior Nationals US Olympic Trials Qualifier: 848 matches: men's and women's
World Wrestling Youtube: 2019 Senior World Championship Competition: 387 men's matches
Men's Final: 97 KG (214 pounds) Abdulradhid Sadulaev (Sports Illustrated) (Russia) v Sharif Sharifov (Azerbaijan) (Sadulaev is the best freestyle wrestler in the world). Added an interview with Sadulaev (April 27). Set subtitles on.
Various other championships with innumerable matches (mens and womens)
United World Wrestling: 2020 Matteo Pellicone Rankings Tournament web site, January 2020, Rome: Results with links to videos, by weight class (mens and womens)
World Wrestling Youtube: 2020 MPR
Mens (115 matches)
World Wrestling Youtube 2020 MPR
Women's (180 matches)
New playlists have been created or updated for the following: Note: Greco-Roman matches may be interspersed with Free Style
1989 World Cup (USA v Russia) (10 matches)
1995 World Championships (6 matches, including 1 Kurt Angle match)
1997 US Open Finals (15 matches)
1998 US Open Finals (8 matches, including 2 women's and 1 Rulon Gardner)
1999 US Open Finals (7 matches, including 1 women's)
2000 US Open Finals (8 matches)
2001 US Open Finals (8 matches, including 1 Rulon Gardner)
1995 World Cup: US (Dave Schultz) v Russia (Rasoul Katinavasov)
(added April 23)
Addition:
May 14: 2006 US Open Finals (7 matches)
US Collegiate Wrestling
Ninh explains US Collegiate Wrestling
NCAA Youtube: NCAA 2019 Wrestling Finals (all weights), also, Dan Gable's 1970 championship match and Brock Lesner's 2000 Championship and Cael Sanderson's 2001 Championship (29 total matches)
Addition:
May 14: NCAA 2010 133 pound Championhip Final: Ness v Dennis
Greco-Roman Wrestling
Ninh explains Greco-Roman Wrestling
United World Wrestling : 2020 Matteo Pellicone Rankings Tournament web site, January 2020, Rome: Results with links to videos, by weight
World Wrestling Youtube 2020 MPR: 137 matches
NBC (US National Broacasting Corporation) Sports: Greatest upset of all time: 2000 Sydney Olympics: 130 Kg (286 pounds)
Rulon Gardner (USA) v Aleksandr Karelin (Russia). Karelin (1)--short article (2)--short video
had not lost a match in 13 years. This was his last match. He is universally recognized as the greatest Greco-Roman wrestler of all times.
Japanese Professional Sumo Wrestling
Additions:
April 25: Chris Sumo Youtube: Great commentary and insight in every post. A must subscribe. (See additions to the site below)
Ninh explains Sumo Wrestling
NHK (Japanese National Public Television) Youtube "Bout of the Day" from the latest (Haru--Spring--March) basho (Tournament). There are 6 basho a year (in the odd numbered months), 21 matches a day for 15 days, 315 matches per Tournament. May 2020 Tournament has been canceled. The site seems to keep the bout of the day only until the next basho.
NHK complete highlights (on demand during and for about 2 weeks after the Tournament will always be at this address. For now, there is a 5 minute highlight package that contains 10 full matches from the March Tournament, including the Champion's last 3 matches--1 of which was the Final, a Tournament deciding match between the 2 best wrestlers in the world: Yokozuna Kakuryu and Grand Champion Hakuho, who won his 44th basho, 12 more than anyone else in the modern history of the sport, which goes back to 1909. The sport has been professionalized since 1640. There have been 72 Yokozuna (highest rank) since 1750.
Note that I have linked the two Rikishi (wrestlers) to their personal pages in the magnificent Sumo Reference, by far the best sports statistics site (goes back to 1750) that I have seen in any sport. The reason for that is that there is a hint on these pages as to how to find a good deal more video. From each of these 2 links, there are 3 ways to find videos. Because of the source, I cannot tell you how. You'll have to figure it out yourself. But when you do, you will unlock a key to much more.
Chris Sumo Youtube: Chris "Sumo" is a "Sumo writer, reporter, and commentator. He does not do match videos. He provides English commentary and has a vast knowledge of the sport. He sometimes editorializes, sometimes translates from Wrestlers' autobiographies or the fan magazines, explains controversies (of which there are many), scouts up and coming talent (the one part of the blog where he does provide match videos, videos he creates himself). It is an amazing blog, and one of the best ways for a "newbie" to get the inside story, as well as learn the sport as a sport and as part of Japanese culture. A must subscribe for anyone interested in the sport. (Added April 23).
All of the updates below can be found at the link above.
Additions:
May 4: May 2020 Sumo Cancelled
May 4; Hakuho, Enho, Kakuryu react to May cancellation
May 11: Trump's Trophy, Takakeisho's Knee and Calamatous Judging--May 2019 Remembered
May 13: In Memoriam: Shobushi Kanji (1991-2020). The first professional athlete to succumb to Covid-19
May 14: The Shobushi Story
Additions:
April 28: I have attempted to do the rankings in English, with March Ranking and May Ranking for Makuuchi (Top Tier) and Junyo (2nd Tier). Also each Rikishi's record and rank going back to July 2019.
Professional Wrestling
We all know Pro Wrestling's little secret. It has been a little secret for at least 90 or so years. However, the show has gone on, it was the 1st Television sports spectacular in the 1950s, and was a passion of my maternal grandfather, who passed it on to my brother, who passed it on to me. So...
Chicago Film Archive Youtube: Over 100 matches from the 1950s and 1960s
Some of the best
(1--video)--Haystacks Calhoun v Buddy Rogers--1961--an NWA (National Wrestling Alliance) Championship match
(2--video)--Vern Gagne v Dick Afflis (Dick the Bruiser--undated--also an NWA Championship match).
(3)--video Vern Gagne v Lou Thesz--undated--also an NWA Championship match (two of the great "scientific" wrestlers of the 50s-70s. I saw a rematch between the two about 10-15 years after this one)
(4)--video) George Wagner (Gorgeous Gorge) v Hans Schnabel
Boxing:
Additions: (see below for links)
May 2: Top Rank "On This Day" 2009
Ninh explains Boxing
Top Rank Free Fights Youtube (12 at present, more to come)
Additions:
May 2: Top Rank "On This Day" 2009: Manny Pacquiao v Ricky Hatton
May 12: Top Rank Boxing Free Fight on This Day:2018: Vasily Lomachenko v Jorge Linares (Lomachenko becomes World Champion in 3 weight divisions within 12 fights.
For best access use this link
Sky Sports Youtube (restricted by IP number) (over 100 fights and counting)
Sword Sports (Fencing/Kendo)
New Resource:
French Fencing Federation (FFE) (see links below) (added May 15)
Ninh explains Fencing
Ninh explains Kendo
Fencing (International Fencing Federation--FIE--Youtube)
Sabre: Mens Grand Prix of Montreal 2020 Finals (men)
Foil: Grand Prix of Torino 2020 Finals (women and men)
Epee: Grand Prix of Budapest 2020 Finals (women and men)
French Fencing Federation (FEE) Youtube: 100s of matches on 42 playlists at present, going back from 2020-2016 (French Language)
Additions:
May 14: 1996 Challenge UAP Massalia: Final: France v Germany
For best access use this link
Upcoming:
May 16: 2018: Challenge SNCF Reseau: Individual Competition
May 17: 2018: Challenge SNCF Reseau: Team Competition
"live" stream for each begins at 10:00 am US Central Daylight Time (Time Zone Converter)
For best "live" stream and on demand access use this link
Kendo
All Japan Kendo Federation Youtube 2019 Championship (more than 65 matches)
Final: Kunitomo v Matzuzaki
KendoWorld Magazine Youtube: (Same 2019 Championship Final, different angles, also slow motion replays of the scoring).
Other matches from the 67th (2019) Championship (I haven't checked to see if they have slow motion replay of the scoring, but if they do, it is certainly worth your while to watch these, as the scoring happens so quickly that is is easy to miss.
Mixed Martial Arts
Additions:
April 17-23: Belator MMA has added 10 matches.
Ninh explains mixed martial arts
Bellator MMA Youtube Full Fights Playlist (177 matches) 10 matches added (added April 23). See Euroseries 1 and 2 (2019) at the top of the playlist.
Additions:
May 10: Bellator 224: Budd v Rubin and the rest of the "card"
May 12: Bellator 219: Awad v Girtz and the rest of the "card"
May 15: Bellator 218: Sanchez v Karakhanyan and the rest of the "card"
For best access use this link
Bo Taoshi
Additions:
April 26: Al Jazeera English Documentary (Witness--Japan's War Game--2016) added explanatory section
Ninh explains Bo Taoshi
2016 Al Jazeera Youtube Documentary: Witness--Japan's War Game (25:55)
Amazing Japon TV Youtube 2014 Semi-finals (Green v Red) and Blue v Orange) and Final (no spoiler)
Medieval MMA (Knights Fighting)
Ninh explains Medieval MMA
Three recent MMMA matches from M1 Global World Youtube
Roller Derby--Banked Track Professional "Classic" and Flat Track Roller Derby
Ninh explains roller derby
Rules of Banked Track Roller Derby (see Professional Wrestling above) (see Wikipedia History of Roller Derby article for more information)
Banked Track had professional "Teams" composed of women's and men's units. They alternated from 1 period to the next. The sport began in the 1930s and flourished in the 60s and 70s with the advent of TV promotions. It died a slow death after the 1970s.
Banked Track:
Mudshank Youtube: Brooklyn Red Devils v San Francisco Bay Area Bombers, 1973 (full match split into 9 videos--I assume to claim "Fair Use" for copyright claims, as "Jerry" Seltzer was still alive when these videos were uploaded. Note: in Part 1 of the video there is an address that you can send away to to get a copy of "Roller Derby Rules". As soon as I receive mine, I will digitize and upload it.
Flat Track:
WFTDA (Women's Flat Track Derby Association) Youtube 2019 International WFTDA Championships (13 matches)
Final: Gotham (New York) v Rose City (Portland)
Additions
May 11: Upon Review: 2019 Playoffs--Game 10: Minnesota All Stars v
Ann Arbor Brawlstars (game review with commentary from 3 players from each team)
For best access use this link
Balls and Nets
Basketball
New Resource:
International Basketball Federation (Added April 30)
Additions (see below for links)
#NBATogetherLive Classics
May 9: 50th Anniversary: Knicks Capture Their First NBA Title: Game 7 NBA Finals: Los Angeles Lakers v New York Knickerbockers
May 9: The Answer Drops 54 PTS To Lead Sixers: 2000-01 Game 2
Eastern Conference Semi-Finals: Toronto Raptors v Philadelphia
76ers
May 11: Splash Bros. Combine for 62 Pt Night:2015-16 Western
Conference Semi-Finals Game 5: Portland Trail Blazers v Golden
State Warriors
May 12: McCollum's CLUTCH Game 7 Performance Leads Portland: 2018
-19 Western Conference Semi-Finals: Portland Trail Blazers v Denver Nuggets
May 13: Conley & Gasol Lead the Way in OT Thriller: 2012-13 Western Conference Semi-Finals Game 4: Oklahoma City Thunder v Memphis Grizzlies
May 14: LaBron and Wade Lead Huge Comeback: 2013-2014 Eastern Conference Semi-Finals Game 5: Brooklyn Nets v Miami Heat
May 15: Top Two in the East Collide: 2018-19 Eastern Conference Final Game 1: Toronto Raptors v Milwaukee Bucks
NCAA March Madness:
May 13: 2005 Elite Eight: Louisville v West Virginia
FIBA:
May 8: 2007 FIBA AmeriCup: US v Brazil
May 9: 2019 FIBA World Cup: Argentina v Serbia
May 10; 2019 FIBA World Cup: Australia v Lithuania
May 11: 2005 FIBA AsiaCup: China v Lebanon
May 12: 2003 Eurobasket Final: Lithuania v Spain
May 13: 2017 FIBA AmeriCup: Canada v Argentina
May 14: 2010 FIBA World Cup: US v Angola
May 14: 2011 FIBA EuroBasket Semi-Final: Spain v North Macedonia
International Basketball Federation Rule Differences: FIBA-NBA-NCAA
NBA TogetherLive Classics Youtube (34 games going back to 1995) 24 have been added since April 11 (Added April 23)
Additions:
May 9: #NBATogetherLive "On This Day":50th Anniversary: Knicks Capture Their First: 1970 NBA Title: Game 7 NBA Finals: Los Angeles Lakers v New York Knickerbockers
May 9: #NBATogetherLive "On This Day": The Answer Drops 54 PTS To Lead Sixers: 2000-2001 Game 2 Eastern Conference Semi-Finals: Toronto Raptors v Philadelphia 76ers
May 11: #NBATogetherLive "On This Day": Splash Bros. Combine for 62 Pt Night:2015-16 Western Conference Semi-Finals Game 5: Portland Trail Blazers v Golden State Warriors
May 12: #NBATogetherLive "On This Day": McCollum's CLUTCH Game 7 Performance Leads Portland: 2018
-19 Western Conference Semi-Finals: Portland Trail Blazers v Denver Nuggets
May 13: #NBATogetherLive "On This Day": Conley & Gasol Lead the Way in OT Thriller: 2012-13 Western Conference Semi-Finals Game 4: Oklahoma City Thunder v Memphis Grizzlies
May 14: LaBron and Wade Lead Huge Comeback: 2013-2014 Eastern Conference Semi-Finals Game 5: Brooklyn Nets v Miami Heat
May 15: Top Two in the East Collide: 2018-19 Eastern Conference Final Game 1: Toronto Raptors v Milwaukee Bucks
May 16: 2019-20: Best 75 Blocks
"live" feed begins at 10:00 am US Central Daylight Time (Time Zone Converter)
For best access to the "live" stream and on demand additions use this link
NCAA March Madness Classics (NCAA Youtube) 77 games and counting. 10 games have been added in the last 2 weeks (#1-10 on the playlist). Included 1976 Indiana v Michigan Final. (Added April 23).
Added:
May 5: 2010 NCAA Tournament: BYU v Florida
May 6: 2019 NCAA Tournament: Auburn v New Mexico
May 13: 2005 Elite Eight: Louisville v West Virginia
For best access use this link
International Basketball Federation (IBF) Youtube. (Added April 30)
"FIBA, the International Basketball Federation, is the world governing body for basketball. Founded by eight nations in 1932, we now bring together 213 National Basketball Federations from all over the world. A non-profit making organization, our mission is to develop and promote the game of basketball, uniting the wider basketball community, which counts more than 450 million players and fans. We organize and oversee international competitions including the FIBA Basketball World Cup, the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup and the Olympic Tournaments." IBF provides hundreds of full game videos.
2021 FIBA Asia Cup Qualifiers (10 full games), scroll and let the video times be your guide
2019 FIBA World Cup (92 games)
Final: Argentina v Spain
Additions:
May 8: 2007 FIBA AmeriCup: US v Brazil
May 9: 2019 FIBA World Cup: Argentina v Serbia
May 10; 2019 FIBA World Cup: Australia v Lithuania
May 11: 2005 FIBA AsiaCup: China v Lebanon
May 12: 2003 Eurobasket Final: Lithuania v Spain
May 13: 2017 FIBA AmeriCup: Canada v Argentina
May 14: 2010 FIBA World Cup: US v Angola
May 14: 2011 FIBA EuroBasket Semi-Final: Spain v North Macedonia
For best access to all use this link
Miscellaneous
May 5: 2017 International University Sports Federation (FISU) Summer
Uiversiade Final: USA v Lithuania
May 7: 2019 FISU Women's Final: US v Australia
For best access to these additions use this link
Netball
Ninh explains Netball
International Netball Federation Youtube: 2019 Vitality World Cup (60 matches)
Final: Australia v New Zealand
Slamball (Basketball on Flubber) (not sure if this sport is still played in an organized fashion)
Ninh explains Slamball
Slamball Youtube (Series 1, 2015): 10 games
Final: Diablos v Rumble
Hoop Takraw ("Shooting Baskets" without hands)
Rules of Hoop Takraw (1 team shoots for 30 minutes, then another team--point system discussed--see section 9
Diamond Documentary Sport Youtube: 2019 Southeast Asia Games Hoop Takraw Finals. Cambodia's 2nd Place Performance (450 points). Philippines won the competition with 670 points. Note: the rules appeared to be set for 25 minute shoot rather than the 30 listed in the rules. Watch closely. Scoreboard is back left.
Volleyball
New resource added:
International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) (see below)
Ninh explains Volleyball
NCAA Youtube: Women's Volleyball 2019 National Semi-Finals and Final (along with other matches)
Additions:
May 7: 2018 Men's Volleyball Final: Long Beach State v UCLA
May 7: 2019 Women's Beach Final: UCLA v USC
May 7: 1982 Women's Final: Hawaii v USC
May 11: 2016 NCAA Women's Volleyball Championships: Second Round: Creighton v Kansas
May 11: 2005 NCAA Men's Volleyball Championship Final: Pepperdine v UCLA
May 12: 2009 NCAA Men's Volleyball Championship Final: UC Irvine v USC
May 12: 2004 NCAA Men's Volleyball Championship Final: Brigham Young University v Long Beach State
May 13: 2018 NCAA Women's Beach Volleyball Final: UCLA v Hawaii
May 15: 2019 NCAA Women's Beach Volleyball Final: UCLA v LSU
May 15: 2019 NCAA Women's Volleyball Championship: 2nd Round: Minnesota v Creighton
For best access use this link
New Resource:
Volleyball World Youtube: International Volleball Federation (FIVB) (added May 15)
Full match archive consisting of two playlists and 67 full matches (men and women) as of May 15.
Southeast Asia Games Youtube: Men's 2019 Men's Championship Match--Philippines v Indonesia
Sepak Takraw (Volleyball without hands)
Additions:
April 23: International Sepak Takraw Federation Youtube. Over 40 matches going back to 2017.
Ninh explains Sepak Takraw
Laws of the game: (International Sepak Takraw Federation) (.pdf format, 19p.) (added April 23)
Indonesia News Youtube: 2019 Southeast Asia Games: Malaysia v Indonesia)
International Sepak Takraw Federation (ISTAF) Youtube (over 40 matches going back to 2017 (added April 23).
Added:
May 2: Undated 2nd and 3rd sets of a Final: Indonesia v Malaysia
For best access use this link
Team Handball
New Resources:
International Handball Federation Youtube (Added April 26)
European Handball Federation (Added May 3): The other source I was using was a bootleg source. Apologies for the error.
Ninh explains team handball
International Handball Federation Youtube: 21 matches from the 2019 Men's North American and Caribbean Championships. (Added April 26)
Final: US v Cuba
Additions:
May 1: 2017: 2nd International Men's Emerging Nations Championship
Opening Ceremonies
May 1: 2017: 2nd IMEN:
Turkey v Albania
Bulgaria v Azerbaijan
Cypress v Andorra
Luxemburg v Malta
For best access use this link
European Handball Federation Youtube: EHF TV Youtube offers "Re-live": a selection of rebroadcasts of recent matches. As of April 30, 23 matches are available, including 3 Women's and 2 Men's Finals.
2014 Women's EHF Euro Final: Norway v Spain
Additions:
May 5: 2014 EHF Euro 2014 Men's Semi Final (Denmark v Croatia)
May 6: 2014 EHF Euro 2014 Men's Final: France v Denmark.
May 12: 2012 European Handball Federation Women's Championships
Semi-Final: Norway v Hungary
May 13: 2012 European Handball Federation Women's Championships: Final: Norway v Montenegro
For best access to all use this link
ehfTV Youtube (also a part of EHF) offers, as of May 3, a selection of 26 matches, including Men's, Women's, and Wheelchair Handball.
May 8: 2016 Velux EHF Semi-Final: KS Vive Tauron Kielce v Paris
Saint Germain
May 9: 2016 Velux EHF Semi-Final: THW Kiel v MVM Vezprem
May 10: 2016 Velux EHF Third Place Match
May 10: 2016 Velux EHF Final
May 15: 2016 Women's EFH Semi-Final 1: Buducnost v Gyor
For best access use this link.
Upcoming:
May 16: 2016 Women's EHF Semi-Final 2: Bucharesti v Vardar
"live" stream begins at 11:00 am US Central Daylight Time (Time Zone Converter)
May 17: 2016 Women's EHF 3rd Place Match
"live" stream begins at 8:00 am US Central Daylight Time (Time Zone Converter)
For best access to all "live" streams and on demand use this link
Korfball (not exactly a net and ball sport, as there is no net, but is a mixed gender sport, one of only two I have found--see Quiddich below)
Additions:
April 23: 2 2020 Tournaments added, 38 matches
Ninh explains korfball
IKF (International Korfball Federation) Youtube: 2019 World Championship (71 matches) (link corrected April 23)
Final (Belgium v Netherlands)
IKF (International Korfball Federation) Youtube 2020 Europa Shield (18 matches)
Final: Bec Korfball Club v CK Val Paradis/Assessoria (#1 on the playlist) (Added April 23)
IKF (International Korball Federation) Youtube 2020 Europa Cup (20 matches)
Final: KV Fortuna v Kon Kwik KC (#1 on the playlist) (#1 on the playlist (Added April 23)
Tekball
Ninh explains Tekball
FITEQ (Federation International de Tekball) Youtube
Tekball World 2019 World Championships
Men's Doubles Final: Hungary v Montenegro
Mixed Doubles: Hungary v Brazil
Men's Singles Final: Hungary v Poland
NEW SPORT
Spikeball Roundnet (360 degree volleyball with an 8 inch high, 36 inch diameter round net that is parallel to the ground (floor) and a 12 inch ball. Doubles, same sex or co-ed). (Added May 5).
Official Rules (Spikeball Roundnet Association, .pdf format, 14p.)
Some examples of high level play
Spikeball Roundnet Youtube
2019 Lancaster (Pennsylvania) Invitational (ESPN via SR Youtube)
For best access use this link
Miscellaneous Ball or Pelota games
New Sports:
April 16. Valencian Pelota (5 sports)
April 18. US Handball (3 courts; 4 modalities)
May 6: Gaelic Hand ball (3 courts, 4 modalities)
Basque Pelota Handball
Hegoalde--South Basque--Spain
Mano--Hand--2 wall (front and side), 110 ft long court. Played to 22.
Fronton TV YouTube (over 100 matches, going back as to 2010--most are 2018-2019)
EITB Mano Finals: On the top right "Buscar" "Pilota Eskuz Finalak". Over 50 finals in all 3 forms of the sport, going back to about 2000. The "Gure Bideoteka" (Our Library) matches mixed in with the retrieval are links to other notable matches.
2019 4 1/2 Final (half court Mano)
Ezkurdia v Altuna III
2019 Singles Final
Urrutikoetxea v Irribarria
2018-19 Doubles Final
Elezkano II-Rezusta v Irribarria-Zabaleta
Notable women's matches: On the top right "Buscar" "Pilota: Emakumezkoak" for links to between 10 and 15 notable women's matches.
Iparralde--North Basque--France
Main Nue (naked hand)--5 walls, 95 foot court
Pilota Ttiki Youtube
100s of full match videos going back to 2017
Esku Pilota Youtube
About 50 matches between 2016 and 2017 (scroll down past the "imgs" to get to the full matches. You will be able to tell by the times.
Federation Francaise de Pelota Basque Championnat de France Elite Pro "A" 2020 Singles Final:
Ducassou v Guichandut
2019 Masters de Bayonne Final
P. Larralde-Bilbao v Ospital-Ducassou
Valencian Pilota
Additions: (see below for link)
May 2: 2000: EiC 15th President's Trophy Final: Team Alvaro (red v
Team Grau (Blue)
Galotxa
May 11: July 20, 2002: XXVII Trophu Corte Ingles (English Court Trophy: Aire Interim Godoletta (red) v Christaleria Victor Borboto (blue)
Escalia i Corda
May 11: March 14, 2010: XXIII Cucuit Bancaixa 2nd Final: Genovese II-Salva-Nacho (red) v Pedro-Javi-Ornate II (blue) Galotxa
There are two basic differences between Valencian and Basque Pelota.
Additions: (see below for link)
May 2: 2000: EiC 15th President's Trophy Final: Team Alvaro (red v
Team Grau (Blue)
Galotxa
May 11: July 20, 2002: XXVII Trophu Corte Ingles (English Court Trophy: Aire Interim Godoletta (red) v Christaleria Victor Borboto (blue)
Escalia i Corda
May 11: March 14, 2010: XXIII Cucuit Bancaixa 2nd Final: Genovese II-Salva-Nacho (red) v Pedro-Javi-Ornate II (blue) Galotxa
There are two basic differences between Valencian and Basque Pelota.
1. There are no implements used in VC. All VC sports are played with the naked hand
2. All but one Valencian sports are direct sports, that is, the opponents face each other, indoors on a Trinquet court that is between 50 and 60 meters (55-65 yards) long, or on a street (or Triquet built to emulate a street) that can be up to 80 meters (87 yards long). All Valencian pilota sports are scored like tennis, 4 points to win, and the winning team must win by 2 (most sports are played with 2-5 players on a team). They are played to a specified number of games, rather than in sets (EiC is best 8 of 15, Raspall is best 5 out of 9, etc.).
Some sports are played with a net, others with a demarcation line between the teams. and others are territorial, with the offense trying to get as close to the defense’s end before trying to blast the pilota by them.
Two of the sports (Escala I Corda (Stairs and Rope) and Raspall (Scrape—watch and see why) are played professionally.
Valencian Pilota Wikipedia (a great article that covers all you need to know)
For an excellent primer in Catalan, see Pilota Didactica.
Modalities (Llargues, Galotxa, Escalia I Corda, Raspall, and Fronto are the main ones)
Detailed descriptions with accompanying videos of matches in the modality described
Pilota for Dummies (3 part animated video that explains things in a way that you will undertand without any knowledge of Catalan).
A Punt (Valencian Public TV) YouTube
Over 300 matches covering all modalities that go from the a final league match played before the shutdown due to caronavirus back to 2010. One of the best sports video libraries I have seen. (Added April 15, 2020).
Added 4 classic matches (see the above address) (3 EiC, 1 Raspall) (January 29, 2010, June 4, 2010, 1999 Singles Raspall final (Featuring Waldo--Waldo Vila Gilabert--winner of 21 Raspall Championships and the best player in the history of the game), and March 14, 1993. BTW, there are many Waldo matches at the above address. I learned about Raspall, arguably the most brutal of all hand and ball sports, watching him play. (Added April 23)
Escalia i Corda
Additions:
May 2: 2000: EiC 15th President's Trophy Final: Team Alvaro (red v
Team Grau (Blue)
Galotxa
May 11: July 20, 2002: XXVII Trophu Corte Ingles (English Court Trophy: Aire Interim Godoletta (red) v Christaleria Victor Borboto (blue)
Escalia i Corda
May 11: March 14, 2010: XXIII Cucuit Bancaixa 2nd Final: Genovese II-Salva-Nacho (red) v Pedro-Javi-Ornate II (blue)
For all, use the A Punt link above
US Handball 4 wall/3wall/1wall/Big Ball (a raquetball rather than a handball is used).
Ninh Explains Gaelic and US Handball (Added May 6)
New Resource:
World Pro Handball Youtube Playlists (see below) (added April 29)
4 wall rule book
1 wall rule book
US Handball Association Youtube: Links over 100 4 wall, 3 wall and 1 wall matches going back to 1967.
4 wall
2019 USHA Women's Classic Final: Moler v Davis
2019 USHA Men's National 4 Wall Final: Brady v Mulkerrins
2019 USHA Men's Collegiate National Final: Stoffel v Riordan
3 wall
2019 USHA Men's National 3 Wall Final: Lenning v Montijo
1 wall
2017 USHA Men's National Doubles 1 Wall Final:
Gonzalez-J. Bastidas v Polanco-Schneider
Game 1; Game 2; Tie Breaker
Tie break was truncated early. Final result
Big Ball
2017 USHA Men's National 4 Wall Big Ball Final: Duenas v Velazquez
Additions:
May 15: 2019 3-wall Nationals: Montijo v Canales
For best access use this link
World Pro Handball Youtube Playlists (Added April 29)
WPH provides several playlists with multiple full matches from several Tournaments in the last 5 years. Included are
2019 New Orleans LTE (9 matches)
2019 Tuscon LTE (2 matches)
2019 WPH Race SFO (16 matches--Men and Women)
2019 NYAC Race (6 matches)
2019 Race Atlanta (16 matches)
2019 Race Montana (4 matches)
2018 R48 Pro Atlanta (10 Matches)
2018 WPH NYAC Race (15 matches)
2017 Atlanta Race (20 matches)
2014 Tuscon Memorial (15 Matches)
2014 US Open (13 Matches)
NEW SPORT:
May 6: Gaelic Handball (1 wall, 40-20 4 wall, 60-30 4 wall)
Ninh Explains Gaelic and US Handball (Added May 6)
Gaelic Althletic Association Youtube provides several recent finals in all disciplines (let the video titles and times guide you).
Skiing:
Nordic:
Biathlon/Nordic Combined/Ski Jumping/Cross Country Skiing/Cross Country Cross
Biathlon (cross country skiing mixed with target shooting)
International Biathlon Union:
About Biathlon
IBU's winter season runs from November to March. Many of the circuit's championships are broadcast and available online at the site. Look for "Replay" in the title of the video for full replays.
International Ski Fedreation (IFS) sanctioned competitions
Nordic Combined (combines ski jumping with cross country skiing)
Rules of Nordic Combined (IFS)
FIS Youtube: 2020 Junior and under 23 World Ski Championships (Men's, Women's, Mixed).
Additions:
#ClassicsLive:
May 11:2011-12 Val de Fieme--Gundersen LH
For best access use this link
FIS Youtube
Men's winning jumps (11 2019-2020 competitions)
Women's winning jumps (6 2019-2020 competitions)
Cross Country Skiing
International University Sports Federation
FISU Youtube:
Winter Universiade 30 kilometer Men's Mass Start
Winter Universiade 15 kilometer Women's Mass Start
Cross Country Cross (Sprint with obstacles)
Olympic Youtube: 2016 Lillehammer Youth Olympic Games competition, Mens and Womens
Alpine
FIS Alpine Youtube (Slalom, Giant Slalom, Downhill)
Men's 2019-2020 Winning and Podium Runs (14 races)
Women's 2019-2020 Winning and Podium Runs (13 races)
Additions:
May 8: 2012-13 FIS Alpine Women's Slalom
For best access use this link
Snowboard Cross
Olympic Youtube: 2016 Lillehammer Youth Olympic Games competition, Women's and Men's
Skating
Figure Skating/Ice Dancing/Synchorized Skating/Speed Skating
Additions: (see links below)
Figure Skating
May 10: 2017 ISU World Championship Pairs Short Program
May 11: 2017 ISU World Championship Pairs Free Skating
May 12: 2017 ISU World Championship Women's Short Program
May 13: 2017 ISU World Championship Women's Free Skating
May 14: 2017 ISU World Championship Short Dance
May 15: 2017 ISU World Championship Free Dance
May 16: 2017 ISU World Championship Men's Short Program
May 17: 2017 ISU World Championship Men's Free Skating
May 18: 2017 ISU World Championship Exhibition Gala.
International Skating Union Figure Skating Rules and Regulations (.pdf format, 153p.)
International Skating Union Speed Skating Rules and Regulations (.pdf format, 84p.)
ISU Youtube: Large collection of videos from the 2019 Figure Skating/Ice Dancing/Synchronized Skating World Championships. Videos were uploaded in mid-April 2020. Some competitions will be premiered shortly. Men's and Women's, short programs and free skating. Below those you will find videos of various competitions from the 2020 World Cup speed skating circuit, including several full days of races. This is an extraordinary act of generosity by ISU, greatly appreciated by skating fans everywhere. (Link corrected April 23, 2020)
Additions:
For best access to all "live" or on demand of the additions, use this link
Upcoming:
Figure Skating
May 10: 2017 ISU World Championship Pairs Short Program
May 11: 2017 ISU World Championship Pairs Free Skating
May 12: 2017 ISU World Championship Women's Short Program
May 13: 2017 ISU World Championship Women's Free Skating
May 14: 2017 ISU World Championship Short Dance
May 15: 2017 ISU World Championship Free Dance
May 16: 2017 ISU World Championship Men's Short Program
May 17: 2017 ISU World Championship Men's Free Skating
May 18: 2017 ISU World Championship Exhibition Gala.
"live "streams begin at 5:00 am US Central Daylight Time (Time Zone Converter)
For best access to "live stream" or on demand after follow this link
Curling
Ninh explains Curling
Curling: a two minute guide (World Curling TV Youtube). Guide is available in 9 languages
World Curling TV Youtube 227 videos including (men's and women' matches) beginning with 17 matches (including the Finals) from the World Junior Curling Championships in 2020 and going back to 2012.
Other
Additions:
April 19. Olympic Youtube channel full replays
April 19. Selected Water Sports (swimming, diving, water polo)
Athletics (Track and Field) (see below for links)
Additions:
May 1: World Athletics 2019 Men's Decathlon Day 2
May 2: World Athletics 2019 Women's Javelin Final
May 3: World Athletics 2019 Men's Hammer Throw Final
May 3: THE ULTIMATE GARDEN CLASH: POLE VAULT EDITION: A LIVE EVENT WITH MAXIMUM SOCIAL DISTANCING: THEIR GARDENS: REYNAUD LAVILLENIE IN CLERMONT-FERROND, FRANCE, SAM KENDRICKS IN OXFORD MISSISSIPPI, AND MONDO DUPLANTIS, IN LAFAYETTE LOUISIANA
More information about this competition (World Athletics News Release)
NCAA Championshps
May 8: 2017 NCAA Track and Field Championships: Oregon Women's Relay 4x400 Record.
May 8: 2014 NCAA Track and Field Championships: Auburn's Lawi Lalang's Outdoor 5000m NCAA Meet Record
May 12: 2017 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships: Women's
3000 meter final
May 12: 2018 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships: Men's 200
meter final: Elijah Hall (NCAA Record)
May 12: 2013 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships:
3000m Final: Lawi LaLang (NCAA Record)
May 13: 2018 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships: Men's 400
meter final: Michael Norman (NCAA Record)
May 13: 2018 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships: Men's 400 meter final: Michael Norman (NCAA Record)
World Athletics
May 4: 2019 World Athletics Championship: Women's Marathon
May 6: 2019 World Athletics Championship: Men's Marathon
May 7: 2019 World Athletics Championship: Women's 20K Race walk
May 8: 2019 World Athletics Championships: Men's 20K Race Walk
May 9: 2019 World Athletics Championships: Men's and Women's 50K Race Walk
May 9: 2019 World Athletics Men's 4x400 Relay Final
May 10: 2019 World Athletics Championships: Mixed 4x400 Relay Final:
May 11: 2019 World Athletics Championships: Men's and Women's 4x400 Relay Finals
NCAA Championships (Various)
May 7: 2019 Men's Division 1 Cross Country Championship
May 7: 2019 Women's Division 1 Cross Country Championship
May 8: 2017 NCAA Track and Field Championships: Oregon Women's Relay 4x400 Record.
May 8: 2014 NCAA Track and Field Championships: Auburn's Lawi Lalang's Outdoor 5000m NCAA Meet Record
May 12: 2017 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships: Women's
3000 meter final
May 12: 2018 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships: Men's 200
meter final: Elijah Hall (NCAA Record)
May 12: 2013 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships:
3000m Final: Lawi LaLang (NCAA Record)
May 13: 2018 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships: Men's 400
meter final: Michael Norman (NCAA Record)
May 13: 2013 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships: Men's Mile Final: Lawi LaLang (NCAA Record)
For best access use this link
World Athletics (formerly known as International Amateur Athletic Federation
/International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF)
Our Sport (click on each individualMevent for more information on basics of that event. 18 running; 4 jumping, 5 throwing, 2 combined, 2 walking, Cross Country, Mountain running, and Ultra Running
WA rules and regulations
World Athletics Youtube 2019 World Championships. An ongoing "watch party" of events. 35 finals and counting. Added 15 events between April 17 and 23. (Added April 23).
Additions:
May 1: World Athletics 2019 Men's Decathlon Day 2
May 2: World Athletics 2019 Women's Javelin Final
May 3: World Athletics 2019 Men's Hammer Throw Final
May 8: 2019 World Athletics Championships: Men's 20K Race Walk
May 9: 2019 World Athletics Championships: Men's and Women's 50K Race Walk
May 9: 2019 World Athletics Men's 4x400 Relay Final
May 10: 2019 World Athletics Championships: Mixed 4x400 Relay Final:
May 11: 2019 World Athletics Championships: Men's and Women's 4x400 Relay Finals
For best access to additions use this link
For future "live" showings, all begin at 2:00pm US Central Daylight Time (Time Zone Converter)
For best access for all, "live" and on demand use this link)For links to upcoming watch parties follow this link and look for "premiers."
Gymnastics
Federation International de Gymnastique: click on "Disciplines" then on the indivudual disciplines for men and women. This will link you to a short Youtube video about each (presentation, on the right side of each page, as well as information about the apparatus and elements of program:
Men's artistic: 6 events
Women's artistic: 4 events
Rhythmic: 5 events
Trampoline and Tumbling: 4 events
Acrobatic
Aerobic
Parkour (forthcoming)
World Championship playbacks (FIG Youtube)(seems to be ongoing, 6 at present, hopefully more to come) 2019 men's and women's World Championship all-around finals, 2017 men's all-around final.
Additions:
May 2: 2019 World Championship Rhythmic Gymnastics WHC Ribbon
Final
May 6: FIG 2019 World Championship Rhythmic Gymnastics Clubs Final
May 9: 2019 Women's Synchro Trampoline Final
May 13: 2018 Women's World Championships Aerobic Dance Final
For best access use this link
Upcoming
May 16: 2019: FIG World Championships: Rhythmic Gymnastics Ball Final
"live" stream begins at 1:00 pm US Central Daylight Time (Time Zone Converter)
For best access use this link
For best access use this link
Upcoming
May 16: 2019: FIG World Championships: Rhythmic Gymnastics Ball Final
"live" stream begins at 1:00 pm US Central Daylight Time (Time Zone Converter)
For best access use this link
Water Sports: (Swimming/Diving/Water Polo)
Rules of swimming, diving, water polo (Federation Internationale de Natation--FINA)
Ninh explains Water Polo
FINA Youtube covered the entire 2019 World Masters Championships in all three sports: Scroll to or CTRL-F (or whatever your "find" key is) "re-live". If you scroll further down you will find complete coverage of the 2017 World Master's Championships as well. The full video list contains hundreds of highlights in all three sports covering competitions from 2020 back to at least 2014.
Additions:
May 2: 2013 FINA World Championships Water Polo Final: Hungary v
Montenegro
May 9: 2019 FINA World Championships: Artistic Swimming--Team Free
Final
For best access to "live" or on demand use this link
Upcoming:
Miscellaneous
International University Sports Federation (FISU)
Additions:
May 9: 2019 Summer Universiade Men's Water Polo Final: Italy v US
May 9: 2013 Summer Universiade Men's Water Polo Final: Hungary v
Russia
May 12: 2019 Summer Universiade Women's Water Polo Final: Italy v
Hungary
May 14: 2013 Summer Universiade Women's Water Polo Final: Russia v Hungary
For best access use this link
OlympicsAdditions:
May 2: 2013 FINA World Championships Water Polo Final: Hungary v
Montenegro
May 9: 2019 FINA World Championships: Artistic Swimming--Team Free
Final
For best access to "live" or on demand use this link
Upcoming:
May 21: 2011 FINA Water Polo Final: Italy v Serbia.
"live" stream begins at 10:00 am US Central Daylight Time (Time Zone Converter)
For best access use this link
International University Sports Federation (FISU)
Additions:
May 9: 2019 Summer Universiade Men's Water Polo Final: Italy v US
May 9: 2013 Summer Universiade Men's Water Polo Final: Hungary v
Russia
May 12: 2019 Summer Universiade Women's Water Polo Final: Italy v
Hungary
May 14: 2013 Summer Universiade Women's Water Polo Final: Russia v Hungary
For best access use this link
Additions
April 23: Upcoming Olympic replays
Olympic Youtube Full Replays
Olympic Channel Youtube has been offering full replays of various finals and semi-finals in both Summer and Winter Games, along with selected opening ceremonies, going back to 1996. There are 26 videos at present, with new ones being added on a regular basis. (Added April 19).
Additions
May 9: 2008: Rhythmic Gymnastics Individual All Around Final
May 10: 2000: Women's Volleyball Final: Cuba v Russia
May 11: 1998: Nagano Opening Ceremony (full video)
May 12: 2016: Men's Badminton Finals: China v Malaysia
May 13: 2008: Men's Marathon Swimming
May 14: 2018: Men's Snowboard: Big Air Finals
May 15: 1988: Greg Luganis' 3 Meter Spring Board Diving Comeback
May 15: 2000: Men's Swimming: 4x100 Freestyle Final
Upcoming:May 10: 2000: Women's Volleyball Final: Cuba v Russia
May 11: 1998: Nagano Opening Ceremony (full video)
May 12: 2016: Men's Badminton Finals: China v Malaysia
May 13: 2008: Men's Marathon Swimming
May 14: 2018: Men's Snowboard: Big Air Finals
May 15: 1988: Greg Luganis' 3 Meter Spring Board Diving Comeback
May 15: 2000: Men's Swimming: 4x100 Freestyle Final
May 16: 1996: Rhythmic Gymnastics Group All Around Final
May 17: 2000: Women's Basketball Final: Australia v US
"live" stream begin at 10:00 am US Central Daylight Time (Time Zone Converter)
For all the above, easiest access, live or on demand is through this link Scottish Highland Games
Ninh explains Scottish Highland Games
Rogue Fitness Documentary Film: Stoneland (45:57). A look into the culture of SHG in general and the "Stone Sports" in particular
Braemar MediaYoutube 2019 Stonehaven Highland Games--Caber Toss
Braemar Media Youtube 2019 Donald Dinney Games--Stones Challenge
Braemar Media Youtube 2019 Donald Dinney Games--Donna Moore--Dinney Stones--733 pounds
Basque Herri Kirolak (Rural Games)
EITB (Basque TV Network) Urrezko Aizkora Txapelketa (Gold Axe Championship)--February 2020 (Youth level) stone lifting and wood chopping
EITB--Tug o War--Men's and Women's (March 2020)
Disk Sports
Disk Golf
Ninh explains Disk Golf
Professional Disk Golf Association Youtube Full round coverage (35 videos)
Women's Final: Birkus, C. Allen. Salonas, J. Allen
Men's Final: McBeth, Heimberg, Anthon, Keegan
Both of these matches are at the top of the playlist for the entire course. They comprise four videos, which is why I am not linking to them directly. (Link corrected April 23).
Disk Olympics
World Flying Disk Federation listing of the 11 disciplines with links to rules for each.
WFDF Youtube 2019 World Overall Flying Disk Championship (mostly highlights)
1 full discipline competition: Freestyle Finals
Ultimate Disk
Ninh explains Ultimate Disk
WFDF Youtube 2019 All Africa Ultimate Championships (10 matches)
Final: UCT Flying Tigers v Ghost Ultimate
Professional: American Ultimate Disk League Youtube
San Jose v Seattle (April 6, 2019)
Women's Match: Eurostars v Madison Heist (August 27, 2019)
2017 AUDL Final: San Francisco v Toronto
Quidditch
2018 World Cup Final—US v Belgium
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valencian_pilota
