November 25, 2022 News and Notes

• Blogger's Note:  Blog interruption probably sometime next week.  Duration unknown but shouldn't be too much.  I'll gladly take this over the alternative.
• A Cliffhanger and two Last Chance Miss games -- all three games around or over 50 points -- for the John Madden Thanksgiving.  NFL was in a manipulative mood.   
• Facemask screwjob against the Lions?  Tune in to "After Further Review".
• Japanese corporate giant Dentsu, which landed the 2021 Olympics for Tokyo, now raided at the center of a massive corruption probe by the Japanese government.
• Haruyuki Takahashi, a former executive, has been arrested at least four times in the last year over these allegations.
• The allegations appear to surround bid-rigging for Olympic test events.
• And the beat goes on for the Lakers:  Patrick Beverley suspended three games for a flagrant shove in a game on Tuesday.  His status as a repeat offender aggravated the penalty.
• To give you the corporate reach of Nike:  Not one but TWO different college basketball holiday tournaments in honor of Phil Knight (the Invitational and the Legacy) held this weekend.
• Bryce Harper has undergone Tommy John surgery, and it appears it WILL cost him a significant portion of next season, even if he were just to DH.
• Several areas reporting a complete lack of people in line for Black Friday deals late on Thanksgiving, including news reports coming out of St. Louis and San Francisco.  Gee, you think the Republican wishes to destroy the economy have...  I don't know...  WORKED?