Day 316

• Detroit Mercy has called off it's women's basketball season, now at least the third D1 college to do so -- this one, however, on account of an abusive coach (AnneMarie Gilbert, who, among the problems, actually told her players that if they actually tried to be students, they were not taking the athletic program seriously.  Door.  Ass.  Way Out.   (Yahoo)
• Gilbert was hired after last season.
• The costs of having a reputation...  Draymond Green was ejected last night for profanity as the Warriors were defeated at home by the New York Knicks.  However, the yelling was at a teammate for not paying attention on a turnover.  Coach Steve Kerr has admitted, upon further review, that the ejection is an admitted mistake.  Though I still maintain there's a reason that the Warriors have been semi-broken up, and I do think the league is responsible for it, because they didn't like how the team represented the NBA as champions.  
• Washington-Milwaukee and Memphis-Portland have both been called for tonight in the NBA.
• The four Washington Capitals in violation of the NHL COVID protocols are out four games each.
• And the legends keep falling.  We lost Hank Aaron today...
• Former Packers GM Ted Thompson passed away two days ago, just after turning 67.
• Latest word on the Super Bowl is about 1/4 capacity in Tampa, about 22,000 -- and 1/3 of those will be vaccinated health-care workers.  JUST A FUCKING THIRD?!?!?!?!?!???  EVERY DAMN PERSON IN THE STANDS SHOULD BE A VACCINATED HEALTH CARE WORKER -- ALL EXPENSES PAID!   
• And the first casualty of the pandemic-based sports reality in sports networks is in -- NBC Sports Network has about one year left, and will probably be shut down at the end of the calendar year, if not sooner.  If the Tokyo Olympics do get scrapped, think far sooner.  
• And that should do it for the AFC Championship unless Mahomes almost literally falls over:  He's out of the protocol and playing Sunday.  Still 55-45, if that, on the NFC game.