Day 658

• We have some bowl rearrangement:  The Arizona Bowl has been canceled, and the Sun Bowl has had Central Michigan move over to face Washington State.
• There's some chirping about the payout difference, but unless you think Central Michigan got Boise State to withdraw under spurious circumstances, stop that right now.
• FUCK YOU BARSTOOL AND EAT SHIT!  HA HA!!!!
• Last night, Greg Monroe played his first game of the season for the Minnesota Timberwolves.  He became, ALREADY, the 541st player to play in the NBA this season -- already a new league record for a season not 40% complete.
• Fan altercation in San Antonio with Utah's Jordan Clarkson.
• How much stake we put in this might be evident in several weeks (if the NFL playoffs take place at all, or nearly as scheduled...):  But there is some ESPN chirping that they may be setting up the Tom Bradys to fail.  Domonique Foxworth believes the injuries are making the Tom Bradys so thin that they have to count on a completely unreliable Antonio Brown to make another Super Bowl -- said today on a holiday edition of Get Up!  Just making note of this now, in case it happens later.   
• The NBA went over 100 cases on the COVID list -- and that's over SIX FULL ROSTERS -- yesterday.
• All of Monday's scheduled games got played, however.
• But now Oklahoma City's coach and star rookie are in the NBA protocols as well.
• In the NHL, still three of the four games scheduled for tonight are on as of 7:30 AM PST...
• ... but now four of Wednesday's eleven scheduled games are off, as is one of Friday's!
• Add two more cancellations to tonight's NCAA men's basketball slate.  That makes 13 for tonight.
• And two more by noon Pacific.  Make it 15.
• 32 additional men's games have already been called off for this week.
• Smoke Monday of Auburn (yes, that is his name) narrowly escaped a targeting call on a reversal in the bowl game today.  Had he been thrown out, it would've been the fourth time in three seasons he would be tossed for targeting.
• AND THEN HE GETS TOSSED ON A TARGETING CALL IN THE THIRD QUARTER ON AN INT!!!  No suspension, though -- today's his last game.  He enters the NFL Draft after.
• Guy was thrown out of each of the last two Georgia-Auburn games for targeting.  DQed in 2019 against Kent State.
• Add Carson Wentz to the over 100 people added to the COVID list in the last 24ish hours.  Unvaccinated and positive -- out for at least Sunday's showdown with the Raiders.
• Team USA is headed OUT of the World Junior Hockey Championships after two COVID positives on the team -- already forfeited to Switzerland.
• The 2021 AP Athlete of the Year: SHOHEI OHTANI.
• And, with less than six hours to go until kickoff:  The Holiday Bowl is CANCELLED.  UCLA COVID cases.  The SIXTH bowl game to be COVID-impacted, and we're just getting into the big boys.
• Bruce Arians, head coach of the Tom Bradys, positive for COVID.
• Make that five NHL games cancelled for tomorrow and three for New Year's Eve -- as of about 1:45 PM PST Tuesday.
• Nine Canadian-hosted NHL games will have to be postponed, due to COVID and attendance requirements.