Friday, October 8, 2021

Day 575

  • Eventually working on that "Why we can't shut the fuck up and enjoy the show...." post...
  • One other piece of evidence to that regard is that many bookies felt the Diamondbacks would do better this year than the Giants -- and, as a result, multiple books will lose seven figures each if the Giants win it all -- with at least one bettor looking at $300,000 and another at $200,000 for $1,000 bets, according to ESPN Chalk.
  • Thirteen female athletes at San Jose State have won a $1.6 million settlement from the campus -- and the job of the school's president, who resigned today -- because of sexual abuse by a trainer.  When are people going to learn you cannot have most men involved in women's sports in any freaking capacity???   
  • COVID breakout on the UConn football team.  Little is lost, it's one of the worst programs in the entire nation.   
  • Carey Price of the Canadiens is out for a month or so.  Substance abuse program.
  • And we now have a legal attempt to put out "Liberal Hunting License" -- the lawyers for Kyle Rittenhouse are actually claiming the legal right to hunt (making the rifle he had legal) on the streets of Kenosha when he shot and killed two people at a protest last year.  Here we go, fuckers...  
  • The NFL admits it...

  • And four more last weekend.  (The only difference between them and my Cliffhanger is that I use the final TWO MINUTES of the fourth quarter and overtime.)  A new NFL record of FIFTEEN GAMES, in FOUR WEEKS, decided in the last minute and/or in overtime with a score.
  • For the record, 2012 now has 14 games decided last minute and overtime.  2013:  Only one game in overtime (and another within the two minutes of regulation), so 13.  2003:  Two, for 13 total.  1997:  One, for 12 total.
  • And please note that even the NFL's OWN PR GUY calls the NFL the "Ultimate reality show."  (Hat-tip:  Brian Tuohy on his NFL Season page.)

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