August 16, 2022 News and Notes

• Well, in the same way we talk about the Dodgers the one way (won Monday after losing Sunday, 13 of 14, 16 of 18, 24 of 29, 33-6 since July 1...), the Yankees are going the OTHER DIRECTION....
• 22 consecutive innings without a run of any kind.  Lost 5 out of 6, 10 of 12, 14 of 20, 16 of 25...  And they are STILL 28 over .500 and 10 up on Tampa and Toronto.
• Now 1 run in 31 innings, and another loss to the Rays tonight.
• I discussed earlier about Tiger Woods and the impact of him refusing the Saudi advances of the LIV Tour -- now he wants to talk to the rest of the PGA Tour on how to better fight the sportswashing upstarts.
• A confidential financial settlement between the 76ers and Ben Simmons finally closes the door on his tumultuous end with the team before they traded him to Brooklyn.
• Source states that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will sign Carl Nassib to a contract.  An OLB injury in the first preseason game will probably move Nassib into a rotational role with the team.  Head coach Todd Bowles has previously praised Nassib on his work ethic and all the other things good for a football player, according to reports.
• The Little League World Series begins Wednesday.
• Leaks on the NBA schedule for next season continue -- the NBA is apparently not scheduling any games for Election Night.  Sadly, probably a very good idea.
• GEDO, YOU COWARD!  The seven-way tie scenario for Group D in the G1 was averted.
• The semifinals are set:  Tama Tonga upset Jay White to win Group B and will face Kazuchka Okada in one semifinal.  It was White's only defeat of the tournament.
• El Phantasmo at least did his half of the mega-tie, and sent Will Ospreay to the semifinals.  He will face Tetsuya Naito, who defeated Zack Sabre, Jr., with EVIL besting Hirooki Goto to keep Goto out of a three-way tie scenario.  Those matches are tonight.
• Crystal Palace's Joachim Andersen has been given death threats for being headbutted by Liverpool's Darwin Nunez.  So he's supposed to just take shit because it's LIVERPOOL, gotcha.  Fucking morons.