January 12, 2023 News and Notes

• Bob Fescoe, a Kansas City radio host, says he's been told by "NFL sources" that this year's proposed neutral-site AFC Championship Game between the Chiefs and Bills is a test run for making the arrangement permanent.
• And the announcement today is that, if the game is necessary, it will be held in Atlanta.
• Former ESPN reporter Allison Williams and producer Beth Faber are suing Disney and ESPN -- they claim they had religious objections to the COVID vaccines and were denied the waivers.
• 1979 Heisman winner Charles White of USC has passed away.  Cancer at 64.
• Damar Hamlin is now raising money through T-shirts, etc. for the Cincinnati Trauma Center -- giving back to those who saved his life.
• A Madden 23 celebration is being deleted because of current sensibilities.  The celebration where the ball-carrier scoring falls to the ground and is fake-CPR'd is being removed from the game.
• As of 2 AM Eastern Time Thursday of last year's AGDQ:  $1,072,055.
• This year?  $831,137.  About a 24% or $240,000 difference.
• Kevin Harvick is retiring at the end of the next NASCAR season.
• Derek Carr IS officially done in Vegas.
• So is Trevor Bauer in LA.  Officially released today.
• Speaking of Vegas, investigation into an MMA coach and his ties to an offshore sportsbook.  He has been suspended from MMA as part of a large-scale investigation into his gambling ties and a betting scandal in the UFC.