Day 574

• Mirroring a recent NFL bust, the Southern District of New York has announced a filing against 18 ex-NBA players now living in nine states for defrauding THEIR health and welfare process for former players!  This is just going to give the leagues impetus not to do this -- and fans the impetus to walk away completely!   
• After an Executive Board meeting, it is now believed that the NFLPA is dissatisfied with the CBA, and may, as a result, toss DeMaurice Smith as the head of the organization.
• Los Angeles is getting smart and has added it's name to vaccination mandates in San Francisco and in New York City.
• And don't look now, the Assholes are up 3-0 on the White Sox in Game 1 of the ALDS...  Was talking with my anonymous friend last night.  Now that the obvious setup is out of the way, do NOT underestimate Manfred pushing for a rematch with Houston and LA...  with the same result.   
  
• Terrelle Pryor under arrest for hitting a woman.  Surprise, surprise...  HIM AGAIN...   
• And Brian Tuohy needs to be educated:  Matt Amodio's "What's [answer]?" methodology on Jeopardy! is 110% completely (and revealed by the show weeks ago) LEGAL.  As long as the answer if phrased in the form of a question, the grammatical correctness of the question is no consideration.
• What IS a consideration is spelling in Final Jeopardy.  The only way you can misspell a Final Jeopardy answer and not be ruled wrong is if the misspelling does not change the pronunciation.  So, for tonight's FJ:  Spelling "biathlon" as "biathalon" WAS declared wrong, because the judges believe the three consonants in the correct spelling are pronounced with no vowel sound between them.  (The situation had no bearing on outcome nor placement.)
• Another $50,000ish night for Amodio as a result:  Another lockout win (his 18th in the 19 2021-22 shows) adds another $50,400 and makes the 37 day total (now half of Ken's winning streak) $1,467,801 -- meaning tomorrow could well be the time he gets to $1.5 million.
• Tomorrow night is also Fucktard Mike Richards' last night as Jeopardy! Executive Producer.  Michael Davies takes over for the shows Monday, which should give you an idea of how far in advance they tape.
• Now Evander Kane is being investigated for faking a vaccine card.  Are you SURE, NHL, that you can clear him from fixing games???