August 19, 2022 News and Note

• Well, if you need to know why the theme parks are so expensive, Six Flags' CEO has come out publicly and stated rates are going up, with the intention of pricing out families farming their teens out to the place to wreak havoc.  Can't say I blame him...  Really can't...   
• A Utah judge, two days after it was reported that a female athlete was investigated for winning by "too much", has thrown out the state's transgender athletes' ban.
• Vic Mignogna has lost the last of his appeals in Texas court, and now the paying has to begin.
• And it could even be worse -- the cross-appeal for the winners in the case, actress Monica Real and others, WON and that means the $125,000 could stiffly increase.
• Shortages in police staffing indicate there may be no Mardi Gras in New Orleans in 2023.
• The balls being used for the women's tournament in the US Open have been the subject of controversy, including statements by runaway World #1 Iga Swiatek.  And there may be merit:  The US Open is the only Grand Slam tournament which the women use different tennis balls than the men -- and, of the last seven US Open women's singles champs, five are first-time Slam winners!
• The Loire, the longest river in France, no longer exists.  European weather and climate have evaporated the entire river!
• Marcell Osuna of Cobb County got dinged with a DUI arrest this morning.
• CBS/Paramount will retain the rights of the UEFA Champions League tournament for the rest of the decade.  The six-year deal beats out Amazon for the honor.