Episode 99: What is the Plural of Bundesliga? (fyi, its Bundesligen)

Blu and Geoff celebrate Independence Day with an episode of the history of sports on Holidays, from the Ashbourne Game, to Thanksgiving football, to baseball at the summer holidays, and beyond. And as usual in the summer, discuss some weather safety tips.Q&A form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc9jgf2tYd_EMuzlQoH_cn45nOcOwNgfrhDCzukpNRwQczOng/viewform?usp=headerSources:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Shrovetide_Footballhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFL_on_Christmas_Dayhttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA_Christmas_gameshttps://www.newspapers.com/image/541726326/?terms=%22baseball%22%20%22fourth%20of%20july%22&match=1https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/baseball-on-fourth-of-julyhttps://trinitonian.com/2021/12/02/a-brief-history-of-holiday-football/https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1876-11-30/ed-1/seq-1/?date1=1876&index=18&date2=1876&searchType=basic&state=&rows=20&proxtext=football&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange#words=footballhttps://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025925/1869-11-17/ed-1/seq-8/?date1=1869&index=3&date2=1870&searchType=basic&sort=date&sort=date&sort=date&state=&rows=20&proxtext=foot+ball&y=15&x=10&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=2&page=3#words=FOOT%2Bfoot%2Bball%2Bfoot-ballhttps://web.archive.org/web/20131207020242/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iaa/ivyleague/yale/opponents_records.php?teamid=2637https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_Lions#Thanksgiving_Day_traditionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_football_on_Thanksgiving#College_footballWebsite: ⁠https://feedyourmascot.squarespace.com⁠Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/feedyourmascot.bsky.socialInstagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/feedyourmascot/⁠Threads: @feedyourmascot Schrodinger's social network (Twitter): ⁠https://twitter.com/feedyourmascot/⁠ Copyright 2025 Feed Your Mascot LLC