January 7, 2023 News and Notes

• I ran out of popcorn.  Wah.
• The University of Connecticut has been forced to postpone a Big East matchup with DePaul.  The #5 women's basketball team in the country has only six available players, and the rules require seven.  Six players are now injured.
• They're going to have to replace one of the rims in Denver.  For the second time in a week, one of the two rims was somehow bent crooked, forcing the Nuggets game to be halted to fix it.
• Concordia University, a D3 school near Chicago, has suspended it's coach after a punishment workout a week ago, as a number of players missed curfew in California, sent five players to the hospital.  Two games scheduled this week have been postponed.
• A school shooting in Virginia injured a teacher.  The shooter was a six-year-old child.
• The shooting was intentional, seriously injured the teacher, and is the THIRD shooting in that school district in the last two years.
• JP Morgan has been brought in to help facilitate a possible sale of the WWE in the next 3-6 months, before the new television deals are put in.
• The Saudis are seen as a possible buyer.
• Historic statistic: With now-nearly-useless win (it did give them a week off next week as the #1 seed in the AFC) by the Chiefs over the Raiders, the San Francisco 49ers have a unique NFL record.  A perfect 0-16 for teams who play them, the week after that game.
• Sean McVay is going to reevaluate his position as head coach of the Rams after the worst season for a Super Bowl defending champion in history.  5-11 now.
• Both Detroit (re-turfing the field) and Indianapolis (a conflict with a national volleyball event) have refused to host the AFC title game if a neutral site is required.  Next up is probably Tennessee.  The New York Post is thinking Chicago.