Day 578

• Hoo boy...  Would not be surprised if that series Houston-Chicago doesn't get QUITE SPICY.  Not only did you have the Grandal play last night, but now we've got sign-stealing accusations again -- the White Sox are claiming that, at least at the Houston park, the Assholes are stealing signs again.  There is no word, however, from the White Sox as to exactly how it is being done.  Perhaps fortunately, the weather has put a halt to the series for today, Game 3 has been rescheduled for tomorrow!   
• AND STOP ME IF YOU'VE HEARD THIS SONG BEFORE...  Former UFC star Chuck Liddell, domestic violence arrest.  WILL SOMEONE PLEASE investigate that entire outfit sometime this damn millenium?!?!??  
• AND STOP ME IF YOU'VE HEARD THIS SONG BEFORE...  An argument over Alabama college football -- the loss to Texas A&M -- led to an argument between two men in Bessember, AL (suburb of Birmingham), one shot and killed in the argument.  "THEY DON'T LOVE ALABAMA!!!  *BLAM!*    
• Anti-vaxxer Kyrie Irving has been banned from home games until he changes his stance.
• Brandon Sutter of the Vancouver Canucks is out long-term due to lingering aftereffects of COVID -- the NHL season starts tomorrow.
• It appears as if the Raiders will have to fire Gruden or the NFL will step in -- the NFL has sent MORE e-mails to the team, almost demanding they can his ass.  ... or you will see more refball like what happened on Sunday against Da Bears!!   
• If this is 2011, Gruden would've just been fired from Tampa, and he created a Fired Football Coaches Association -- a think-tank. Well, that would probably explain why he felt the ability to go off like he did -- but he's about to get fired again.  And, this time, BLACKBALLED.   
• And, during the Monday night game, the NFL got it's wish:  Gruden has been FIRED (MNF and ESPN saying "parting ways", but who are we fooling here??), he and the Raiders are parting ways at this point.
• And now reports are that there was homophobic commentary in the emails as well.  With the NFL's first out gay active-roster player on the team, I can see how reports came out that Gruden was losing the locker room...   
• I'm getting a real vibe here that Jace Peterson is going to be this year's Kelly Olynyk -- and it's going to be just as intentional.  Dodgers lose 1-0, as, for the fourth game in five in these playoffs, they really get nothing started.  The Dodger pitching has been quite good enough, thank you, but the Muncy injury might be the final straw which breaks the back, and that goes back probably to Olynyk eliminating the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2015 from any real chance of winning the championship.  On the other hand, they WERE 3-1 down to the Barfs in Arlington.