Day 831

• And now you can add Brooks Koepka to the list.  He's gone to the LIV.
• Abraham Ancer is joining him.
• As of those two, LIV has now officially signed eight of the top 50 in the world.
• A scheduled call between Brittany Griner and her wife for Griner's birthday was shitcanned by the Russians.  The world better be ready:  The next time you see Griner in the USA, it'll be in a pine box.   
• The Yankees are becoming prohibitive favorites for the World Series (+450 right now at most US books):  They got to 50 wins last night (first team in the majors to do so), Gerritt Cole taking a no-hitter into the 8th -- the third such deep run into a no-hitter within a week in baseball.
• Only one other team in the AL even has FORTY wins -- Houston with 41.  Yankees are 8 1/2 up for the best record in the AL.
• The Mets have 45 wins, the Padres 42.
• And the Braves just got off a 14-game winning streak, just in time for an injury streak to bring the Dodgers back to Earth.
• Oliver Luck and Vince McMahon have settled the lawsuit surrounding the COVID-based end of XFL v.2.
• In an effort to quiet the matter before football itself can be put on trial, at least 20 of the lawsuits against DeShaun Watson are either at or heading to settlement.
• Mayim Bialik has tested positive for COVID -- and she's immunocompromised as well.
• It appears William Hill and Caesars have merged sportsbooks for the American operations.
• Brett Tuggle, a former Fleetwood Mac member, has died at the age of 70.