Day 531

• Jay Fabian, the director of the NASCAR Cup Series, has stepped aside.  Animal cruelty charges from an incident last month with his dog.
• The captain of the US Ryder Cup team (the Cup is next month) has told Brooks Koepka and Bryson The Sham Beau to knock it off.
• We may have the Little League World Series' superstar.  South Dakota's Gavin Weir threw a no-hitter today with 14 strikeouts.  It's his second Williamsport 2021 no-hitter -- the other one was combined.  It's his fourth no-hitter of the summer.  Out of 132 batters he has faced which can be tracked in this tournament, only 18 have successfully put a ball in play of any kind against him.
• New Mexico may have to go to rationing health care due to the rise in COVID.  You know, this was the shit we were trying to avoid -- and it's clear there are people who did not want this avoided.   
• The homophobic chants which have plagued Mexican matches in North America (and the sanction has been reduced for the March incidents down to one closed-door WC Qualifier) halted the MLS All-Star match vs. a Liga MX All-Star team by CONCACAF protocols within ten minutes of it starting.
• Once it resumed, the MLS team was able to win in penalties after a 1-1 draw.  It is the first All-Star win in five -- and also the first All-Star game which was not a preseason friendly for a top European side in opposition.
• This NFL season, the only media which will be allowed inside the locker rooms will be club-approved media, and a very limited number of that.
• Ah, vehicular manslaughter -- just what should be the job qualifications for the ATTORNEY GENERAL OF SOUTH DAKOTA, who is taking a plea deal to reduce his charges to misdemeanors for striking and killing a pedestrian last year.