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Friday, January 14, 2022

2021 Recap in Pictures


Memorable happenings of the past year...
Wilson replaces Spalding as official NBA game ball...
This beautiful photo of Luka seemingly bowing to Dirk...
LaMelo became youngest player to have a triple-double (a record that would be broken)
Weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz earned the Philippines its first Olympic gold...
...becoming a household name in the process
Carlo Paalam, Eumir Marcial, and Nesthy Petecio also earned medals in boxing, making Tokyo 2022 the Philippines' most successful Olympic campaign yet
Margielyn Didal didn't win a medal, but she became a darling for her good vibes
Valentina Acosta turned heads
South Africa's Tatjana Schoenmaker notably wore a "soli Deo gloria" cap; won gold and set a world record in 200 m breast stroke
Qatar's Mutaz Essa Barshim and Italy's Gianmarco Tamberi decided to share a gold medal in high jump
Ugas beat Pacquiao; Pacquiao announced his retirement from the sport soon afterward
LeBron doppelganger
Staples Center was renamed into Crypto.com Arena
Lewis Hamilton became the first F1 racer to win 100 races
He lost the championship, however, to Max Verstappen during the thrilling season finale
Hamilton got knighted, though
MLB pulled off a successful "Field of Dreams" game
Logan Paul vs. Floyd Mayweather
For its 75th anniversary...
...the NBA released an official Top 75 (76, because of a tie) Players of All Time list...
...which was pretty flawed and unsatisfactory (I probably should have written about my displeasure)
GOAT Brady led the Bucs to a Super Bowl title
RK-Bro
Let's go, Brandon!
Biden's Afghanistan fiasco
The Taliban returned to power
Kabul International Airport chaos
The Taliban mocked the iconic US Marines photo on Iwo Jima
The storming of the US Capitol on Jan. 6
Bison Man
"Walis Tambo" Man
Ridiculous "amen, awomen" prayer during the opening of the 117th US Congress
Palestinian rockets attacked Israel; Iron Dome once again awed
AFP plane crash in Sulu, 50 dead
Alec Baldwin accidentally killed Halyna Hutchins with a prop gun during the production of Rust
Gabby Petito case
Christine Dacera case
Travis Scott concert crowd crush
Lil Nas X's Satan Shoes
Six-day Suez Canal blockage by Ever Given ship
Duterte's last SONA clocked for 2 hours and 46 minutes
Maginhawa Community Pantry
Inspiring other community pantries to pop out all around the country
Including one in my hometown, Legazpi City
Bicol International Airport started operations
GameStop short squeeze was spearheaded by the subreddit r/wallstreetbets
BSP replaced ice delivery employee Adonis Buemie's 50k worth of life savings that had been damaged by termites

Maria Ressa became the first Filipino Nobel laureate
Karen Davila-Lyca same birthday meme
Traumatized Mr. Incredible meme
8-year-old accidentally spent 100,000 pesos on games
Ez Mil's "Panalo"
Israeli archaeologists discover new Dead Sea Scrolls for first time in 60 years
Diver discovered a 900-year-old crusader sword off Israel's coast
Parker Solar Probe became the first spacecraft to enter the Sun's corona
Facebook rebranded into Meta
William Shatner became the oldest man to travel to space
Disney Channel shut down in Southeast Asia
Kim Kardashian's outfit during the Met Gala
Blue's Clues 25th anniversary; Steve's return
Nas Daily-Whang Od controversy
Controversial and disgusting (but hilarious) Belo ad
Gawker's surprise return
Jollibee fried towel
Josh Swain organized a mock fight among other guys of the same name...
Hence, the Josh Fight a.k.a. Battle of the Joshes
Amazon buys MGM for 9 billion
The rise of the NFTs; Beeple's "Everydays: The First 5000 Days" is sold for $69 million
'Disaster Girl' meme NFT is sold for $500,000
Abducted 4-year-old Cleo Smith was recovered after 18 days

In memoriam...
Keiko Nobumoto
Betty White
John Madden
Anne Rice
James Michael Tyler
Colin Powell
Norm MacDonald
Mahal
Ed Asner
Sonny Chiba
Una Stubbs
Thea White
Wally Gonzales
Kentaro Miura
John McAfee
Ned Beatty
Kevin Clark
Samuel E. Wright
Ricky Lo
Shunsuke Kikuchi
Michael Collins
Victor Wood
DMX
Prince Philip
Claire dela Fuente
Elgin Baylor
Yaphet Kotto
Lou Ottens
Carman
Rush Limbaugh
Gen the Corgi
Eli Soriano
Christopher Plummer
Marion Ramsey
Hank Aaron
Noynoy Aquino
Larry King

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