Day 604

• FBS schools, in the last decade, paid out over half a billion dollars to settle out with former coaches.
• It does sound as if Odell Beckham Jr. and the Browns have negotiated his release from the Browns.  And his father is running victory laps on social media at the result!  Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.....  Let's see where he ends up.
• Major League Soccer is hiring a law firm to investigate a review of abuse claims regarding the Vancouver Whitecaps.
• In another story which should surprise no one...  A high school is reportedly appalled at sexual chants leveled against a female hockey goalie by opposing fans.  As a result, the students from the offending high school in Pennsylvania have been banned, by not only the venue but the state association, to attend any further high school hockey matches this season.  1.  This should extend to all sports.  2.  Some kids need to be fucking expelled.  In the same vein, is anyone, in this day and age, really surprised?  (Which see yesterday's news on the Barstool fucker...) 
• Shalane Flanagan is the subject of a human-interest sports story today.  The Salvadoran immigrant is about to set a Guinness World Record (as long as the evidence she provides is sufficient) -- the robotics worker was born with a broken neck, broken back, and both feet were broken.  If/when she completes the Los Angeles Marathon on Sunday, she will have completed 100 marathons (even with the limitations of the coronavirus blowing up the schedule AND that she's a DACA resident of the country, so all her marathons must be run in the United States) younger than any other person in history -- she will be 25 in February.  The current record is two weeks short of the 25th birthday.
• Aaron Rodgers is PISSED at the release of the information that he is unvaccinated.
• And he is officially blaming this on..  "Cancel Culture".  Listen, SHITHEAD...  You're probably one of the 6-8 people this league revolves around - you have a matchup this week with one of the others on that short list, and you pop positive for COVID.  You tell me if people aren't going to ask and then see if you are vaccinated or not?!?!?!????
• If I had mentioned this a positive test, word is now out that it is a false positive COVID test for Saquon Barkley of the Giants.
• Perhaps a precursor of more ominous news to come:  ESPN is shutting down ESPN Classic as of January 1st.