Scout’s Overview
📡 🚨 Weekly Sports Radar: Wiffle Ball

Invented in 1953 by David N. Mullany in Connecticut, Wiffle Ball was designed to be played in small spaces with a lightweight perforated plastic ball and a skinny yellow bat. The unique ball design allows for wild curveballs and unpredictable movement, making it a game of skill and fun, even in tight backyard spaces.

They’ve even gone big on events—MLW hosted the Wiffle Ball World Series at AT&T Stadium in 2024 and Mercedes-Benz Stadium in 2023.

🏋 Athlete of the week: Hanna-Riikka Sallinen

Hanna-Riikka Sallinen was a Finnish ice hockey legend who won multiple Olympic and World Championship medals AND also played bandy.

Fun Fact: She also played Rinkball. And also played Pesäpallo. And also played Field hockey. Insane stuff.

🏟️ Venue of the week: Žalgiris Arena

Žalgiris Arena is the largest indoor arena in the Baltics, located in Kaunas, Lithuania, and serves as the home of BC Žalgiris.

Fun Fact: During floods, the arena's underground parking lot can be intentionally filled with water to prevent damage to the city.

🧤 Fit Check: Metro Magic “Light Moxie” Jersey

Mimicking the baseball uniforms, MLW Wiffle Ball has done an excellent job with their jerseys, adding a playful touch to them while keeping a pretty sleek design.

From the bench
🗞️ In case you were injured:

• Lamine Yamal, a 17-year-old football star has ALREADY played 100 professional games. What are they feeding these kids?!

• 3 fights broke out in the first 30 seconds of the 4 nations game between the USA and Canada. I wonder why.

• Nabil Bentaleb, a football player, scored a goal in his first game back after suffering a cardiac arrest last year. Gotta admire his dedication.

🎯 In over-time:

• Our true athlete of the week: A cat ran onto the court during a tennis match

• Super-superfan: An American football fan travelled to the UK to watch 4 professional football matches in just 48 hours

📊 Analyst’s corner:

This was a week of running records, as three insane track records were broken:

• Jacob Kiplimo completed a half marathon in just 57 minutes, breaking the world record by 48 seconds

• Grant Fisher broke the world indoor 5,000m record by 6 seconds

• Jacob Ingebrigtsen broke the indoor mile record by under 1 second, just 5 days after Yared Nuguse broke it

It really is a game of fine margins.

🏆 Sports Calendar

• 2025 UEC European Track Championships (Track Cycling) (12 – 16 Feb)

• 2025 Rally Sweden (Rallying) (13 – 16 Feb)

• 2025 Jeddah ePrix (Formula racing) (14 – 15 Feb)

• 2025 FIL Asian Luge Championship (15 – 16 Feb)

• 2025 ITTF-Oceania Cup (Table Tennis) (15 – 16 Feb)

• 2025 4 Nations Face-Off (Ice hockey) (12 – 20 Feb)

• Biathlon World Championships 2025 (12 – 23 Feb)

• 2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup (Football) (12 Feb – 1 Mar)

• 2025 World Indoor Rowing Championships (15 – 23 Feb)

• 2025 European Indoor Archery Championships (17 – 23 Feb)