NFL News:
- The Giants have ended Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie’s suspension after one game.
- With the Seahawks coming to town, that makes sense, given the differences between Trevor Siemian & Russell Wilson.
- Roger Goodell & the Seahawks Doug Baldwin sent a joint letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee in support of the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2017.
- the Act “seeks reforms and targets enhanced mandatory minimums for prior drug felons, increases judicial discretion for sentencing, and reforms enhanced mandatory minimums and sentences”.
- The letter highlights player & team initiatives to work with law enforcement over the last two years, and emphasizes that “football and community are the twin pillars of the NFL”.
- In an act sure to anger most Jets fans, the League stated it chose not to review the game-ending touchdown by Derrick Henry last night.
- “According to a league spokesman, it was determined that a closer look wasn’t necessary.” Discretion exists where the play “will have no significant impact” on the outcome of the game.
- I’m sure Vegas loved that explanation, as the TD helped beat the +7.5 spread.
- “According to a league spokesman, it was determined that a closer look wasn’t necessary.” Discretion exists where the play “will have no significant impact” on the outcome of the game.
- NaVorro Bowman has signed with the Raiders, days after being cut by the 49ers.
- One-year, $3 million; given the Raiders injuries, he’s expected to start their next game.
- The sniping continues between the Packers & Vikings over the legality of the hit that ended Aaron Rodgers’ season.
- Mike McCarthy: quite angry.
- Mike Zimmer: talk to Mr. Winkles.
I tried to break down the Colin Kaepernick collusion case for discussion, but it flummoxes me.
Not the argument itself. I understand the allegation – that the owners have colluded together to prevent his employment. I’m old enough to remember the famous baseball collusion case back in the 80s – it eventually resulted in a $102 million payout for the wronged players. And I get the circumstantial evidence – that everyone but Danny Wuerffel has been signed to a backup contract this year; that’s owners have stated they fear public backlash; that Ray Lewis will sell a brother out. I giggled at tying the president into the whole thing, what with his tweets about influencing owners on things like the anthem and “sons of bitches” who kneel.
But, at this point, I’m just bored by all the noise. I hope he gets all his money, and I look forward to seeing him in an Alouettes uniform in the near future. But I’m giving the NFL the win here, because I just can’t be bothered to keep interest in a topic with complex legal intricacies, racial overtones and armchair patriots on Twitter who really enjoy using the N-word. I get enough of that with “Hope Clicks”.
Am I exercising “white privilege” because I can afford to choose to ignore this? Maybe. Am I a bad person because I’m lazy and/or refuse to be “woke”? No. I’m a bad person because I’m just a bad person; that I can live with.
I couldn’t think of anything else to include today after all that reading & self-loathing, so here’s a Tuesday kind of song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUKz2fvb6jY
Tonight’s sports:
- MLB:
- Game 3: Dodgers at Cubs – 9:00PM | TBS / Sportsnet
- NHL:
- Lightning at Devils – 7:30PM | NBCSN
- Buffalo at Vegas – 10:00PM | Sportsnet360
- NBA:
- Celtics at Cavaliers – 8:00PM | TNT / TSN
- Rockets at Warriors – 10:30PM | TNT / TSN
NBA season opens tonight. No word on if league officials agree with Charles Barkley about “faking it” for seven months until the inevitable Cavs-Warriors finals. It’s better than buying into the fallacy that the Patriots might not win the AFC East. PROVE ME WRONG, JAY CUTLER!
Part of me still is surprised he didn’t run with this to condone black on black violence. NFL should run with this?
Why do we have soldiers in Niger anyway?
How does LeBron look older than me? I have at least five years on him.
Hey I think these Dodgers might be pretty ok
So, he raised his hand to signal stuck in the ivy and played it? Well, worth a try.
YEAH! More instant replay!
For all you bagging on Puig, now you have to bag on Baez doing that while down 5 runs.
Can’t blame Puig. He’s gonna get paid…then suck for 7 years
We’ve all been bagging on Baez for hitting like shit all October
Did Walter stand in front of a nuclear reactor for too long? Guess the lung cancer didn’t get him, after all.
Drawing Bad
Scuba Steve, yes!
I will play you the song of my people.
Put a fucking pitch clock in baseball games. If I can see two basketball teams run up and down the court, each taking a shot after running a play in between pitches, or I can see a fan in the middle of an aisle go to the stairs and get death stares from 20 people they step over, then your game is taking too damn long.
The dark side of GIECO.
This Cubs game is rough but I can’t believe people at Wrigley were booing. What a bunch of assclowns
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IC3W1BiUjp0&ab_channel=mikeford
Yeah, a real shocker that Chicago baseball fans can be assholes.
As a Yinzer, I deserve all the scorn and torment I get. I try to be decent, especially around you lot, but, my family is just at bad as every story you’ve heard or read about. I get it. Again, I try not to be that Yinzer. It’s all just supposed to be entertainment, anyway.
All that said, FUCK THE SMALL BEARS.
No phobias or nightmares later in life, nope.
Evening lizard people. So, did anyone watch the giant robot fight? Because I’m gonna watch it now.
Wrong ethnicity
Chimney is clean now.
This LeBron costume was a bad idea.
“underwater afghan hound”
Bullshit that’s Cousin It.
The new Patton Oswalt special is pretty damn good.
I wonder what they hoped to accomplish with this. It’s too clever and overt, like whoever made it wanted to get fired.
Snoop Dog is a game show host?
I use similar cases for my field work. Never found a Christina Hendricks in of ’em, though. Closest I ever came was a Christina-Hendricks equivalent biomass of ants.
Jesus Christ. Dodgers pitcher batting with the bases loaded and the Cubs pitcher walks him on four pitches.
Nothing like a pitcher getting an RBI off a bases loaded four-pitch walk.
Booooooooooo
Yaaaaaaaaayyyyyy
Well that was a fun week where we thought the Oilers were good again.