Thursday, May 14, 2020

Day 64

  • NASCAR's ambitious relaunch begins Sunday, and has now expanded to five Southern states, and 19 total races in five weeks -- nine Cup, six Xfinity, three Truck Series races, and an ARCA race.
  • A message from someone near and dear to my heart -- and who has probably cheated death by cancer at least twice:

  • Tampa Bay ace Blake Snell refuses to play for any reduced salary -- which appears to be an owners' condition of there being a 2020 MLB season.  He claims to have the support of several others, and, though he understands the disgust, stands behind his comments.
  • James Harrison claimed to Barstool Sports that a 2010 hit to Mohammed Massquoi was followed by the giving of an envelope by coach Mike Tomlin.  (ESPN)  He was fined $75,000 for the hit, reduced to $50,000 -- and says he would've killed Massaquoi (who was knocked out of the game with a concussion) if he knew it would get that kind of a fine.  Art Rooney, the owner of the Steelers, obviously denies this -- the NFL has no comment.  Sean Payton thinks this will get swept under the rug...  ... and I think Payton is correct.   

  • University of Akron has cut men's cross-country and golf and women's tennis to try to stay in Division I. 
  • DeAndre Baker (New York Giants) and Quinton Dunbar (Seattle Seahawks) had arrest warrants issued for an armed robbery which allegedly happened at a party last night.  Four counts each of armed robbery and aggravated assault with a firearm.  Keep it up, fuckers, and there may be fewer people than you think missing the NFL if it can't play this fall...     
  • The owner of Italian football club Udinese does not believe Serie A should be started until Italy has passed the "critical phase". 
  • On the other hand, the CPBL in Taiwan will now allow 2000 fans to attend each game, will sell some concessions, and allow family members to sit next to each other. 
  • Olbermann: 


2 comments:

  1. With all the thuggery being allowed in the NFL, fixing games, and allowing the Patriots to exist (and get away with what they have been doing), I may not miss the league if it went away for a year or so.

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  2. Those arrest warrants did not do the NFL any favors in that regard. In fact, they could open the #NFLBoycott crowd into thinking this IS the true nature of many of the players, and decide to turn their backs on the League again.

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