- Medina Spirit, the racehorse disqualified for drugs after finishing first in the 2021 Kentucky Derby, has died after a workout. He was 3. (Duh, if it's THIS YEAR'S Derby, the horse has to be 3 until January 1st, writer!!!) (Thanks to my anonymous friend for pointing it out.)
- Miami has become the latest college football program to fire and hire a head coach.
- The United States will send a team to the Beijing Winter Olympics. They will NOT, however, send a diplomatic contingent. The Opening Ceremony, as if NBC isn't starting airing ads already, is only 59 days away.
- One of the world Olympic curling qualifiers in the Netherlands has had it's coverage limited... because one of the local sponsors of the event is an online sex shop. (Inside the Games)
- Tomorrow night is the annual SI Awards, including the announcement of the 2021 Sportsperson of the Year. No finalists list has been announced for SI's largest award.
- At least one preannouncement: The Muhammad Ali Legacy Award from SI will be given, this year, to Billie Jean King.
- And a second: Zaila Avant-Garde is the Sportskid of the Year. I know I heard this name, just trying to recall where... looks it up Ah yes, the first African-American to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee, and holds several world records in basketball dribbling.
- And the 2021 Time Person of the Year has had it's announcement moved to December 13th, one week from today.
An online readers' poll indicates the probable shortlist of finalists:
- Jair Bolsonaro, President of Brazil
- President Biden
- Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, one of the threads by which the Democratic majority in the Senate hangs perilously.
- Fucking Ye.
- And they won't let me scroll further without creating an account... Boo.
Boo.
- Oh boy, is tonight's game gonna be fun. Flurries, 35, and 30-50 MPH winds. HAVE FUN!!!
- Ah yes, the ESPN sideline reporter's voice sounds "WHY THE FUCK AM I OUT HERE?" bitchy! :)
- The opening kickoff of the game was so wind-aided, it flew out of the field, wide of the net, and into the crowd. Oh boy...
- Putting this in the Daily for emphasis if Buffalo wins this game: This is the kind of call I'm looking for if the league is going away from Brady vs. Belichick: 3rd down, 3rd quarter. Josh Allen of Buffalo rolling out after almost being sacked in the pocket, reaches, is then shoved out of bounds by #41 of New England. The replay shows they not only screwed up the spot, marking Allen a yard short instead of a yard past the line, but then they tack on 15 on #41 when it is clear Allen is still in bounds, the shove is two hands to the shoulder, and the play should've still been live!!
- The drive ended with a Buffalo field goal -- apparently, you can kick at one end of the stadium.
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