Tuesday, June 9, 2020

Ninety days of this now, and the "new reality" looks incrementally more ominous...

  • Calls for the NFL to be more open about the blackballing of Colin Kaepernick.  Some people in Seattle actually propose giving him a look.  Interesting thing:  That would give Seattle three Black quarterbacks who've started in the league.     
  • Well, we finally know where Fight Island is, and it will host UFC 251...  In the United Arab Emirates...  Oh shit.  I always had the feeling Fight Island was a precursor to that dystopian situation like Thunderdome.     
  • Bubba Wallace wants NASCAR to ban the Confederate flag.  
  • Some discussion of the 2020-21 NBA season.  The GM of the Atlanta Hawks told ESPN that he sees the season not starting (best case scenario with a second wave) until December 1, which would have some issues arising with the 2021 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
  • Botball has now decided to throw some donations toward Black Lives Matter.
  • And tonight's relaunch of live boxing (fanless) will include another incremental ominousness which has been discussed -- outside crowd noise.  Not FAKE crowd noise, mind you (that has also been discussed), but the use of the Hear Me Cheer app to create a crowd noise during the event.  Oof.     
  • One ROTFL moment:  The ring announcer for the ESPN card is at least 30 feet from the ring. 
  • The LPGA will, as well, be at least one major short this year:  Evian Championship cancelled.
  • Gary Player won a lawsuit over the branding of his name from his son's company.
  • PGA and Web.com relaunches will have a George Floyd tribute -- an appropriate tee-time to the incidents will be left unused for a moment of silence, and other things as well. 
  • ESPN and Top Rank added an "In Memoriam" ten-bell for many in the boxing community lost during the shutdown...  and the over 400,000 now killed by the coronavirus. 
  • Much like the UFC's return, Top Rank is putting on multiple cards in it's comeback.  Another one Thursday. 
  • Olbermann: 
  • And it sounds like Seattle is in chaos.  Thousands of protesters have seized the City Hall and are demanding the ouster of the Mayor.  Look out!  Here's the next battle of Civil War II.     

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