Day 715

• Monday is the drop date for MLB.  If they have no deal by then, the season starts getting lopped.
• In the USWNT's 5-0 win over Iceland to win the annual SheBelieves Cup, the team wore wristbands in support of transgender youth, being targeted (probably for death) by two of the most asshole Republican governors out there (TX, FL), on top of the bitch in South Dakota and what SHE'S already done..  I do eventually plan to do a post on all the anti-trans shit going on in sports -- but I need to do it right.  It may need outside consultation.   
• Greg Norman, one of the biggest backers of a Saudi-led breakaway tour, blasted the PGA Tour today for "bullying" players away from the effort.
• Troy Aikman has left FOX' NFL broadcasts.
• None of the three other teams in Russia's "pod" of the UEFA World Cup Qualifiers will travel to Russia to play them.  Poland has to play them there first.  If Russia wins, they host the pod final as well.