Day 358

• Sam Dyson will be spending a second consecutive season out of the majors, banned for all of 2021 due to domestic violence.  (CORRECTION, thanks to my anonymous friend...)
• Recent furor in Ireland with racer Gordon Elliott for a picture of him sitting on a dead horse.  Banned for a year (must serve at least six months now) for bringing the sport into disrepute, fined 15,000 Euros.
• In another step toward his leaving Kansas, the investigation at LSU being revealed about Les Miles actually DID suggest him being fired from LSU in 2013.  So why was he allowed four more seasons?   
• And it looks like he IS gone.  Didn't come to work today, and Yahoo's Pete Thamel believes it would be an upset the level of Alabama losing to Kansas that he stays to make the season.
• Thamel asks the same question I do -- see italicized above.
• And there he goes.  As of about 8 Central, Les Miles was officially put on leave by the University of Kansas.
• To show how much the lessers are really worth in the NFL, the Washington Football Team released Alex Smith today.
• Five more COVID positives in MLB...
• ... and the Astros have eight pitchers now in the COVID protocols.  You REALLY THINK there's going to be a full season...  
• Part two, same thought:  California has set out the guidelines under which outdoor sporting events can have fans and theme parks can reopen -- all subject to the present "tier" of the state.
• Some NBA fans do not understand it's All Star Weekend this weekend.  Hilarity ensues.
• And two examples that it looks like the party may be over in Utah, for whatever reason.  First, the Jazz All-Stars were some of the last players picked by the two captains for the All-Star Game on Sunday.  Second, some significant chirping in Salt Lake City about the officials the last several games.  27-9, but have lost 3 of 4 and 4 of 7 into the break.
• Another sex predator in the pro wrestling indie scene -- looks like Synergy Pro Wrestling in New Jersey is done because of a sex offender in the ranks.
• Mark Pavelich has passed away at 63 -- he was on the gold-medal winning Miracle On Ice team in Lake Placid in 1980 -- assisted on the famous Eruzione goal.
• Eighteen women (16 former employees and 2 current) have detailed a toxic culture of sexual harassment at the Golf Channel.