Day 523

• The Tim Tebow boondoggle is over again.  Cut by the Jaguars.  If this guy weren't such a flaming Conservative religious nut, he wouldn't get half the chances he's gotten.   
• The NHL will be putting ads on their uniforms, starting the 2022 season.
• A reporter's question at least temporarily put an end to a press conference by Naomi Osaka before the Western and Southern Open.  They smell blood in the water -- they want to end this woman's career, and they may well succeed!!   
• Chris Braswell has a very vested interest now at doing well at Alabama.  He has signed the team's first cobranding deal under NIL -- at least a T-shirt now, and who knows what when he gets off redshirt...
• The Dixie wildfires have the University of Nevada (at Reno) practicing at Stanford because there's too much smoke heading over Reno.
• The college football polls, to no one's surprise, have Alabama a sizable #1.  Last I saw, they were about 5-2 in many sportsbooks to win the CFP title.
• Stefanos Tsitsipas has said be will not get the vaccine until the men's tennis tour makes it mandatory to do so.  Which should be happening in about 3...  2...  1...   
• Another step toward the abolition of football -- Brett Favre, who's brain has probably been nailed into submission himself, now states that kids below 14 should not be playing football.
• Gov. Greg Abbott, who has been one of the most vocal critics of mask mandates in America, the Governor of Texas, is now positive for the coronavirus.  DIE MOTHERFUCKER, DIE MOTHERFUCKER, DIE...   
• Four Texas school districts have been closed due to COVID outbreaks.
• Elsewhere in Texas, a parent has been arrested for ripping off the mask of a teacher in an altercation.
• The Las Vegas Raiders are going even further than some other teams.  Come with proof of vaccine or get shot on sight!!  [site]  Basically, you either already have the shot and produce proof, or they will give you one as a condition of attendance!
• LA County has issued mask mandates for large outdoor venues - meaning you gotta mask up if you're going to Dodger Stadium, SoFi Stadium, etc.