Day 663

• Jeremy Giambi, it has been determined, killed himself with a gunshot wound to the chest.
• In a continuing move for the banning of combat sports, Jermall Charlo, the WBC middleweight boxing champion, felony assault of a family member after a previous conviction in Texas.
• Yeah, let's just promote MORE mass brawls in college football, and then look down our noses when one happens, ESPN!!!  I was about to take a look at an off-season "what rules we would change" post from ESPN -- when the first bolded section headline read "Taunting is what makes college football great.", that's about the time the window gets closed.  If someone needs a reminder of what taunting gets you, put in a tape of Miami vs. Florida International one of these weeks.  
• One day after (Fuck) Rob Manfred said it would be catastrophic to lose any games this season...
• Red Sox pitcher Rich Hill told a Boston Sports Journal (it's paywalled) reporter that he doesn't think Manfred cares about anything but killing the game.