July 13, 2023 News and Notes

• Panama eliminates the United States from the Gold Cup.  Penalties after a 1-1 draw.
• Panama will play Mexico in the final.
• Jamaica and the United States will rematch, but for third place.
• ESPY Awards:
• Male Athlete, Best Team, NFL Player:  Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs.  
• Female Athlete:  Mikaela Shiffrin
• College Men:  Caleb Williams, USC Football
• College Women:  Caitlin Clark, Women's College Basketball Iowa
• Disabled Athlete:  Zach Miller, snowboarder
• Breakthrough:  Angel Reese, Women's College Basketball LSU
• Comeback:  Jamal Murray, Denver Nuggets.  A year down with an ACL.
• Championship Performance:  Leo Messi, World Cup
• Play:  Justin Jefferson, super (magnet) catch vs. Buffalo.
• Record-Breaker:  LeBron James and the NBA scoring record.
• MLB:  Shohei Ohtani
• NFL:  Connor McDavid
• NBA:  Nikola Jocic
• WNBA:  A'Ja Wilson, Las Vegas
• Boxer:  Claressa Shields
• UFC:  Jon Jones
• Golfer:  Scottie Scheffler
• Tennis:  Novak Djokovic
• Driver:  Max Verstappen
• Muhammad Ali Humanitarian:  Jrue Holiday and his wife Lauren.  At the restart of the NBA in 2020, Jrue set up the Social Justice Impact Fund for African-American nonprofits.
• Pat McAfee used the opening monologue to blast Skip Bayless' beliefs on the playoff implications of the cancellation of the Damar Hamlin game.  You think that the game was cancelled, when even games like when Ryan Shazier was permanently paralyzed were allowed to continue, tells you something?   
• The SAG-AFTRA strike is officially on.  Hollywood is now completely shut down.  And people are going to find out how little both the writers AND the actors are going to be needed in an AI-driven entertainment industry.  (Speaking of AI with the news point above...)