January 3, 2022 News and Notes

• It now appears that the Bills-Bengals game will not resume unless necessary.  It won't resume this week.  Week 18 is still on, no determination as to when Cincinnati plays Baltimore as of 1:30 PM Pacific.
• A working NCAA group wants the Division I basketball tournaments expanded to NINETY.
• It now appears as if Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) will NOT be the new Speaker of the House.  The current challenge candidate is Jim Jordan from Ohio, who received 19 votes (it may seem a small number, but remember that only FIVE Republicans are required to prevent a majority, a majority is required, and no other House business can be conducted -- even the swearing in!! -- until a Speaker is declared) on the second ballot, as of about noon Pacific.
• Jordan does not want the position, but many of the challengers in the Republican Party believe someone stronger than McCarthy needs to be Speaker.  I could see this going a significant period of time, and eventually I do see Boebert, Taylor-Greene, or Trump being nominated.   
• It is now official that a third failed vote against McCarthy will have been completed.  At least 15 of the first 299 Representatives (147 McCarthy, 137 united Democrats behind their candidate, Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY, and the new head of the Democratic caucus)) have voted for Jim Jordan in round three.  Word is Jordan might get 20 or so votes this round.
• It appears as if pedophile Matt Gaetz (MAGA PIG-FL) was the one who, against Jordan's wishes, nominated Jordan for the post.  Which will make it frighteningly interesting to see what happens if Jordan eventually becomes Speaker.  Does he refuse?  If so, then what?   
• The answer to that question may be a back-channel candidacy of Steve Scalise (R-LA).
• The final third vote was Jeffries 212, McCarthy 202, Jordan 20 (a Florida Rep defected on ballot 3).
• The House adjourned for the day afterward.
• Donovan Mitchell of the Cleveland Cavaliers scored 71 points last night in an overtime win for the Cavaliers over the Bulls.
• The entire Cavaliers team got notifications for PED tests today.   Coincidence?  I think not.   
• Mitchell also had 11 assists, aiding to account for 99 points in the game, the most since Chamberlain's 100-point (scored) game.
• US Soccer is investigating ex-USMNT manager Craig Berhalter -- someone dug up a 1991 incident at a party where he kicked his then-girlfriend.  They reconciled, married, and have four children, just recently celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary.
• So where's the investigation into UFC guru Dana White, whom, with his wife, got into an admitted too-much-to-drink physical spat over New Year's in Las Vegas?  Once the alcohol wore off and they came to their senses, they, too, reconciled.  He accepts his responsibility and does say there has never been a place to strike a woman.  His wife has also made a statement confirming a mutual situation in all of this.