August 20, 2023 News and Notes

• Newport Beach, CA police arrested Saints tight end Jimmy Graham for narcotics and obstruction.
• The Saints believe Graham had an epileptic episode.
• All six games of the emergency doubleheaders went off.
• Dodgers swept the Marlins after losing big Friday night (their first loss in 12 games) -- both Saturday games were 3-1.
• Second game was 2 hours and 5 minutes.
• San Diego was swept by Arizona -- 6-4 in the afternoon, 8-1 in the evening.
• Angels and the Rays split:  Angels won the opener 7-6, lost 18-4 to the Rays in the nightcap.
• Unbelievably, with what will be Tropical Storm Hilary bearing down on the LA area about at the time (I think I saw a 4:05 PM Pacific start), the NFL preseason game between the Saints and Chargers is still on (as of 10:30 PM Pacific Sat. night)!
• Nothing was mentioned of Cash Wheeler's arrest on AEW programming -- the match for London a week from today is still on.
• The CONCACAF Leagues Cup was won by Lionel Messi.
• Yeah, Inter Miami won in penalties in the final over Nashville, but this was men among boys.
• Messi, debuting for Inter Miami, scored in all seven games of the tournament, completely outclassing the MLS and Liga MX opposition.
• Spain is the women's soccer champion of the world for the next four years.  A 1-0 win on Sunday over European champions England to win the Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.