November 7, 2022 News and Notes

• Elon Musk has banned Kathy Griffin from Twitter for Griffin changing her name on her account to "Elon Musk".  Kathy, you've already dodged a literal criminal bullet ONCE with the bloody Trump head -- you best learn and fast that it's no longer what you do, but who you are and are not, that's going to matter in this country come about Wednesday!   
• Unique rigging moment in the NFL this week -- and I doubt this has ever happened at ANY SCORE, much less the exact score it has occurred at.  More in the Score Report later.
• A UFC fight on Saturday's Fight Night has triggered a betting integrity investigation due to suspicious betting patterns.  Oh gee...  I'd never have guessed...   
• The $75 million Houston World Series payout to Mattress Mack is a record for legal sports betting in the United States.
• But dwarfs to the almost $2,000,000,000 Powerball jackpot tonight.  Single payment on the current $1.9B jackpot is over $925,000,000.
• The Mets and Edlose Diaz -- 5 years, $102,000,000.  He will always be Edlose Diaz to me.  :)   
• The Argentinian Champions Trophy Final was abandoned yesterday and awarded to Racing Club 2-1 after a mass melee after a late extra-time header by Carlos Alcaraz sparked ten red cards (seven for Boca Juniors) in an extended celebration in front of Boca Juniors fans.
• The official, Facundo Tello, will be working the World Cup.
• The head coach of Indianapolis and two assistants from Carolina have all been fired Monday morning -- it's barely noon Eastern as I type this.