Your “One Holiday Ends; Another Begins” Tuesday Evening Open Thread

NFL News:

• Suspensions!
  • Rams G Jamon Brown – two games for “violating the NFL Policy and Program for Substances of Abuse”.
  • Packers RB Aaron Jones – two games for substance violations.
    • stemming from “an early October 2017 arrest and marijuana-related charge, to which he pleaded no contest in February”.
  • Niners LB Reuben Foster – two games; as above.
    • stemming from “a weapons offense and a misdemeanor drug offense, both of which were resolved during the offseason”.

•  Inductions!
  • Terrell Owens will give his Hall of Fame speech at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, his alma mater.

• Injunctions!
  • The League has pushed for a summary judgement in the Colin Kaepernick collusion trial.
    • They are using the CBA to force an arbitrator to decide if he has made his case or not.
      • If not, the suit will be dismissed.
    • According to PFT, the NFL’s obvious goal in seeking summary judgment will be to force Kaepernick and his lawyer, Mark Geragos, to provide a preview of their trial plans by showing how the alleged evidence of collusion meshes with the applicable law to prove that a violation occurred.

• Seizures!
  • 108 fake Super Bowl rings, shipped from Hong Kong to Philadelphia.
    • CBP actually sent them to the NFL for verification, to make sure.

Tonight’s sports:

• MLB:
  • Mets at Blue Jays – 7:00PM | Sportsnet / MLBN
  • Angels at A’s – 10:00PM | Sportsnet1 / MLBN
• NBA Summer League:
  • Heat vs. Lakers – 9:00PM | ESPN2
• WWE:
  • Smackdown – 8:00PM | USA / Sportsnet360
    • “Team Hell No!” is back together, ICYMI

The 2018 Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest is Wednesday at noon ET, 9:00AM PT, likely on ESPN & TSN. ROMAN MOMENTS FOR BREAKFAST!