NFL News:

• The Hall of Fame has decided how they will dick around TO.
  • He will not be mentioned during the ceremony, and will mail him his gold jacket after the ceremony – presumably so he can’t wear it to his own ceremony at UT-Chattanooga.
    • “The focus,” Hall of Fame executive director Joe Horrigan said, “is on the guys who are here.”

• Kellen Winslow Jr. had his first pre-trial hearing Wednesday.
  • The prosecution’s case was weakened a tad when three women couldn’t identify Winslow as their attacker.
    • I’m not sure how it works in America, but in Canada identification isn’t mandatory in sexual assault cases due to the traumatic effects of the assault on the victim’s psyche & memory.
      • But since people like Mike Pence believes rape victims are whores who asked for it, who knows what an elected judge thinks.
  • His second hearing was today.
    • If a fourth victim can’t identify Winslow, according to Judge Florio it could be difficult for the prosecution to convince the presiding judge that enough evidence exists to justify taking the case to trial. If the victims are unable to identify the attacker at trial, it will be difficult to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

• Speaking of trials, Shady has hired a lawyer.
  • It’s Don Samuel – the lawyer who defended Ray Lewis after he totally didn’t watch a guy die in Atlanta back in 2000.
  • And the Bills are starting to prepare for life without him on the field, if he’s put on the Commissioner’s exempt list prior to the start of the season.
    • Which would actually make their lives easier, since they can’t suspend him yet without charges having been filed, lest they run afoul of the Collective Agreement & a case for constructive dismissal.

• Oh God – it doesn’t stop: Jacksonville Jaguars defensive lineman Marcell Dareus is being sued by two different women for sexual assault. Neither case has criminal charges attached.
  • One is from a woman who alleges he had sex with her while she was unconscious, and exposed her to a sexually transmitted disease.
    • It’s a civil case. She’s asking for $15000 in damages.
  • The second alleges she was also assaulted while unconscious in a hotel room rented during the National Championship game.
    • It’s also a civil case; no damage amount was listed.

You won’t have Beerguyrob to kick around for a while. I’ve been given time off from the #content mines and will be enjoying some North American time off until late-July. Then I’ll be back for a week before I’m off again, on a whisky tasting tour of Scotland for about half of August. By that time, training camps will be in full swing and we’ll be closer to the regular season football that we both love and loathe.

If you really miss me, feel free to go back & enjoy my magnum opus, World War G. I quite enjoyed putting that together, and if something ever happens to me I want that to be my legacy here.

Until then, Jā matane.

Tonight’s sports:

• CFL:
  • Stampeders vs. Redblacks – 7:30PM | TSN
• MLB:
  • Blue Jays at Red Sox – 7:00PM | Sportsnet / MLBN
• NBA Summer League:
  • Clippers vs. Lakers – 8:30PM | ESPN2
  • Hawks vs. Trail Blazers – 10:30PM | ESPN2
• NASCAR:
  • Camping World Truck Series: Buckle Up in Your Truck 225 – 7:30PM | FS1
• World Series of Poker:
  • 2018 Final Table Begins – 9:00PM | ESPN / TSN2

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