The one and only Tom Brady announced his return to the NFL for another shot at the Super Bowl and one final swansong. Back at home, the Annabel Neasham-trained Zaaki shone in the All-Star Mile at Flemington on Saturday. Find out more in this week’s Top Roasts, Toasts of the Day countdown!
Top Roasts
3 – NFL – The GOAT returns, Tom Brady comes out of retirement
“The MLB lockout lasted longer than Tom Brady’s retirement.”
– Bleacher Report, Twitter
ICYMI, the GOAT is back with the greatest quarterback in NFL history, Tom Brady coming out of retirement to rejoin the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for next season.
After retiring at the end of last season, Brady has only been in retirement for 40 days and as pointed out by the Bleacher Report on Twitter, the 99-day MLB lockout has lasted longer than Brady’s 40 days in retirement!
The MLB lockout lasted longer than Tom Brady’s retirement pic.twitter.com/y9JtVxXRMz
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) March 14, 2022
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2 – UFC – Paddy’s fight with Facebook CEO, post-fight pizza
“I’d rather be fat and happy than ripped. These people who are ripped all year round are not happy, I don’t care what they say.”
– Paddy Pimblett
There’s little doubt UFC lightweight fighter Paddy Pimblett is the UFC’s latest cult hero and his antics at UFC Fight Night London will be hard to top.
Angered by his social media accounts being shut down on Facebook and Instagram, Pimblett called out Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg for a fight in a bizzare post-fight speech.
"Who do I want to fight? Mark Zuckerberg," Pimblett said.
"Lad I'm going to punch your head in. I'm sick of you lad, you know what I mean."
The enigmatic Englishman later scoffed down a piece of pizza at his post-fight media conference.
“I’d rather be fat and happy than ripped,’’ the 27-year-old said.
That post-fight pizza hits different
[ @TheUFCBaddy | #UFCLondon ] pic.twitter.com/KS9QEViAW8
— UFC (@ufc) March 19, 2022
Backed up the
[ @TheUFCBaddy | @MeatballMolly | #UFCLondon ] pic.twitter.com/2xpihawr1B
— UFC (@ufc) March 20, 2022
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1 – Racing – Zaaki’s perfect track assessment
“Zaaki assessing the track before tomorrow’s All-Star Mile.”
– Annabel Neasham Racing, Twitter
Before his stellar run in Saturday’s All-Star Mile at Flemington, champion 7YO bay Zaaki was spotted assessing the condition of the track ahead of the lucrative $5 million race.
Who needs a trainer or jockey when you can do your own track form?!
Zaaki assessing the track before tomorrow’s @allstarmile ✨ pic.twitter.com/B2r2RxKmpG
— Annabel Neasham Racing (@ANeashamRacing) March 18, 2022
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Top Toasts
4 – Football – Liverpool blank the Gunners
Arsenal were on fire in the Premier League with 5 wins in a row and 9 wins in 11 but it all came crashing down at the Emirates when Liverpool blanked the Gunners 2-0.
Diogo Jota and Roberto Firmino fired home goals for the visitors while world class goal-keeper Alisson pulled off an almighty save to keep the Gunners scoreless for the first time since a 0-0 draw with Burnley back in January.
DioGOAL JOTA ⚽️
A brilliant ball by Thiago. Class finish by Jota. Ramsdale beaten.
Watch LIVE | https://t.co/J7mWF9cfld#PL #OptusSport pic.twitter.com/dMku6KnBgC
— Optus Sport (@OptusSport) March 16, 2022
Alisson made a MASSIVE stop to deny Arsenal at 0-0
It's huge. It's world class. It could help Liverpool to another Premier League title.
But today it ensures the Reds keep another clean sheet #PL #OptusSport pic.twitter.com/xQveTJAlyV
— Optus Sport (@OptusSport) March 17, 2022
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3 – UFC – Tom Aspinall ties active UFC finish streak
UFC heavyweight fighter Tom Aspinall’s win over Alexander Volkov via a round 1 sub at UFC Fight Night London saw him tie an active UFC finish streak record held by Aussie Tai ‘Bam Bam’ Tuivasa.
Aspinall and Bam Bam now have the equal longest active UFC finish streak at five.
The HW division has a serious problem on it's hands #UFCLondon pic.twitter.com/puNuF0Kcn2
— UFC (@ufc) March 19, 2022
2 – NBA – The King reigns supreme
The LA Lakers’ tweet summed it up perfectly.
“The First. The Only. The King,” the Lakers tweeted.
NBA’s undisputed king, LeBron James became the first player in NBA history to notch the phenomenal mark of 10,000 points, 10,000 rebounds and 10,000 assists.
LeBron, who recently recorded two 50-point games, is certainly not finished yet as his incredible career shows no signs of abating.
The first. The only.
The King. pic.twitter.com/tEKrpIlu7e
— Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) March 14, 2022
The King LeBron James recently banked two 50-point games prompting some to suggest he’s better than Chicago Bulls NBA legend Michael Jordan.
Is LeBron greater than Air Jordan? pic.twitter.com/Rn7KYzn7RP
— Unibet Australia (@UNIBETAustralia) March 15, 2022
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1 – Racing – Fireburn fires up in Slipper, Zaaki shines in All-Star Mile
The Gary Portelli-trained Fireburn upstaged her stablemate Sejardan to take out the $5 million Golden Slipper at Rosehill on Saturday.
The talented 2YO filly, who has now won 4 races in a row, beat home Best Of Bordeaux and Ciaron Maher’s Coolangatta at the juicy price of 12.00.
Fireburn STORMS HOME to win the $5 MILLION GOLDEN SLIPPER!
It's a win for @GaryPortelli and @brentonavdulla! pic.twitter.com/cDMmpzfIyy
— 7HorseRacing (@7horseracing) March 19, 2022
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Meanwhile, south of the border, it was all about Zaaki, Annabel Neasham and golden girl Jamie Kah.
The trio combined to take out the $5 million All-Star Mile at Flemington as Zaaki justified his pre-race favourtism with a dominant eye-catching run in Melbourne.
ZAAKI IS AN ALL-STAR MILE WINNER!
What a win by Jamie Kah! pic.twitter.com/LR8JGOsjWb
— 7HorseRacing (@7horseracing) March 19, 2022
Zaaki and J Kah.
Just beautiful to watch. pic.twitter.com/yjq5JBZTLc
— 7HorseRacing (@7horseracing) March 19, 2022
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