Day 876

• Turns out I was wrong.  The jury in the Alex Jones situation gave 10X the damages in punitives -- he's on the hook for $45 million.
• If early indications at training camps are any precursor:  Helmet hits and fights could well be the order of the day in the NFL this season.  Safety caps on helmets being experimented with are having players do illegal helmet hits more, and a number of reports of players getting thrown out of practice or practice berations by coaches due to fights have hit the wire this week.
• Today is the annual Ocho Day on ESPN -- the offbeat day of offbeat sports inspired by the movie Dodge Ball and it's fictional ESPN 8.
• The major European soccer leagues begin play this weekend.