Day 628

• Antonio Brown was finally cut by the Buccaneers middle of this week.
• Brown said he was too hurt to play, the coach told him to rub some dirt on it, and he told the coach to pound sand.
• And God help us fucking all:  Terrell Owens is offering his services???  Fuck all of us running!  
• The NHL can't get a firm restart in Canada, and one has to wonder if they ever will!
• There is actually the potential for an insane situation on Sunday night -- an American biscotto.  (A pre-arranged result by the teams to benefit both teams -- this usually occurs in soccer tournaments in the final round of group stages.)  If the Colts and Steelers both lose before the Chargers and Raiders take the field, then BOTH could get in with precisely a tie.  The Chargers would then take the #6 seed due to winning the first matchup.  Las Vegas would be the #7.
• The interim coach of the Raiders has tried to rule out that scenario -- but, really, wouldn't it be insane if the NFL season ended in a non-game biscotto like that?
• Jim Nantz is out for Week 18's broadcasts -- he's in COVID protocols.  No word I could find yet if a positive or a close contact.  And I still can't as of about 9:30 PM Pacific!   
• According to Sharp Football Analysis, there are 141 players on the NFL's COVID list as of tonight.
• Tomorrow's Big Ten men's basketball match between Michigan and Michigan State is off due to COVID.

COVID scoreboard of Men's D1 basketball this week:

• Sunday:  18 games scheduled, 7 called off.
• Monday:  37 scheduled, 9 called off
• Tuesday:  58 scheduled, 19 called off
• Wednesday:  59 scheduled, 18 called off
• Thursday:  57 scheduled, 15 called off
• Friday:  25 scheduled, 6 called off
• I don't have the want to count all the games on the weekend schedule, but Michigan-Michigan State now makes 27 games cancelled for tomorrow.
• And of the 24 games Sunday, 5 have already been called.

Yeah, we've got this under control...  /s

• Ironically, on a day when Rethuglipig idiots are trying to reverse the COVID vaccine requirements President Biden has set, two of the lawyers arguing against the mandates have COVID themselves!
• Wait, fuckers...  If I have this read correctly, would a decision to revoke the vaccine requirements also revoke the long-standing vaccination requirements of children before they enter school??  Welcome back, Whooping Cough.  Hello to Diptheria!!!   
• And, as a follow-up to the Square-Enix post, it appears GameStop is going headfirst into "blockchain games" and Bitcoin as well!!!