NFL Nuggets:
- The AAF might die as early as tomorrow.
- It comes down to the league wanting to use bottom-roster NFL players, but needs an agreement with the NFL, who needs agreement from the NFLPA to allow such a deal to go forward.
- Forbes is on board, writing a pressure-piece highlighting how recently overlooked guys are getting the second (or so) chance they need to try & work their way back towards the NFL, and lamenting why the NFLPA won’t get on board.
- For the union, it comes down to player protection, something the League’s majority owner overlooks when he describes his vision for the AAF:
- “If the players union is not going to give us young players, we can’t be a development league,” Dundon, who in February pledged to incrementally invest $250 million into the AAF, told USA Today.
- It comes down to the league wanting to use bottom-roster NFL players, but needs an agreement with the NFL, who needs agreement from the NFLPA to allow such a deal to go forward.
- Calling it “due diligence”, the Raiders are working out Kyler Murray in advance of the draft.
- When asked for comment, Derek Carr refused to open his door & instead blasted some Nick Cave.
- BIG BEN GO NO MORE ON RADIO!
- He is considering ending his local radio show, in part because his comments on that show had impact on the Steelers vis-a-vis Antonio Brown & Le’Veon Bell.
- A fact Mike Tomlin would likely appreciate.
- He is considering ending his local radio show, in part because his comments on that show had impact on the Steelers vis-a-vis Antonio Brown & Le’Veon Bell.
- Julio Jones is looking for a contract extension.
- Mostly because, thanks to when he signed + recent contracts to other upper echelon receivers, he has dropped to the 11th highest paid.
- Per ESPN, “Jones’ current average of $14.25 million per year is 11th among all receivers. Cleveland’s Odell Beckham Jr. tops the list at $18 million per year ($65 million guaranteed).”
- They speculate $20 million isn’t all that far-fetched, especially when you consider that “far” & “fetched” aren’t two words in the Matt Ryan throwing catalog.
- Per ESPN, “Jones’ current average of $14.25 million per year is 11th among all receivers. Cleveland’s Odell Beckham Jr. tops the list at $18 million per year ($65 million guaranteed).”
- Mostly because, thanks to when he signed + recent contracts to other upper echelon receivers, he has dropped to the 11th highest paid.
Duke’s immolation of most people’s brackets inspired plenty of people on Twitter yesterday, including one handsome former Major League umpire of note:
Man, Duke lost. Yankees lost. The Lakers shut down LeBron.
Tough time for Cowboys fans.
— Enrico Palazzo (@Enrico_Palazzo_) April 1, 2019
and got me to ask Low Commander to add another [DFO] original to the canon, which became the banner pic. I have attached it far & wide today to try & drum up page views.
Tonight’s sports:
- NHL:
- Capitals at Panthers – 7:00PM | Sportsnet
- Avalanche at Blues – 8:00PM | NBCSN
- Oilers at Vegas – 10:00PM | Sportsnet
- MLB:
- Cubs at Braves – 7:00PM | ESPN / TSN2
- Orioles at Blue Jays – 7:00PM | Sportsnet1
- Giants at Dodgers – 10:00PM | ESPN / TSN2
- NBA:
- Magic at Raptors – 7:30PM | TSN4
- Heat at Celtics – 7:30PM | NBATV
- NCAA:
- Men’s:
- CBI Basketball Tournament: (best of three)
- Finals Game 1: DePaul at South Florida – 7:00PM | ESPNU
- CBI Basketball Tournament: (best of three)
- Women’s:
- Women’s Basketball Tournament:
- Baylor vs. Iowa – 7:00PM | ESPN2 / TSN
- Notre Dame vs. Stanford – 9:00PM | ESPN2 / TSN
- Women’s Basketball Tournament:
- Men’s:
- WWE:
- Monday Night Raw – 8:00PM | USA / Sportsnet360
- It’s the last RAW before Wrestlemania this Sunday. This show will bring most of the rest of the card into shape.
- Monday Night Raw – 8:00PM | USA / Sportsnet360
I hope you enjoyed April Fool’s Day. I returned to a classroom of broken windows, thanks to weekend vandals. NOT FUNNY!
They don’t like littering in that part of the country.
Look at all those meth labs.
It took the Padres 4 games to start looking like they aren’t a major league club, which is a lot later than usual.
So far I’ve realized the chicken broth I was using was 6 months expired and junked $10 worth of chicken thighs, burned myself twice, knocked a glass jar of pasta sauce on the ground which exploded and I won’t be eating dinner until 9. Apparently this is what happens when I decide to take a week off drinking.
You’ve been weaponized by Sunday Gravy. Congrats!
The good news is my attempt at wasabi orange chicken was a moderate success. It tastes great, but apparently I need to use more wasabi.
But seriously folks. Actually had a porktastic trip. Breakfast at Marina Del Rey upon arrival, met with old friends, flew solo to Dodgers opening day, hit Knott’s Berry Farm and the Aquarium of the Pacific, had actual taco stand burritos, and decided to skip the LA Kings ticket prices in favor of Guinness and shrimp salad at LA Live followed by a night at Synn, City of Industry’s finest tuition assistance establishment. Got the “see you soon” text from a woman I wasn’t sure liked me and the “we’re done, aren’t we?” text from a woman to whom I was ready to give that honest answer (while I was in the VIP room no less).
A very cleansing trip.
Tonight there’s gonna be a jailbreak, somewhere in this town…
That sounds like an AWESOME trip!
Didn’t get arrested.
“Mr. Siegfried, clean up in aisle two, please.”
I reckon ol’ Tony there headed right to the cereal aisle
Also, a goddamned expensive trip. Whooooo lawdy thassa lotta money.
The SoCal DFO crew can buy you some drinks to soften the blow on your next trip.
HTFYDB?!?
Just flew in from California, and boy are my arms tired.
So you’re saying, that when duke, unc, and Kentucky miss the final four is when….. pigs fly?
Airline food, amirite?
Also, WWE should take some of the unlimited budget they throw at their video editing crew and put it into some other part of their production at some point
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBjpfcxecJg
A few days late, but man yahoo graced us with this wonderful image
Ice Giants lose to New Jersey (boo!).
But a loss helps the tank. So…
WWE just promoted their main event at Wrestlemania by having Charlotte Flair, Becky Lynch, and Ronda Rousey beat eachother up, get put in handcuffs, and dragged out of the arena. It then had Rousey and Lynch kick fighting in the back of a cop car while handcuffed, until a window got kicked out, so the cosplay cops had to drag Lynch out of the car, and then Rousey managed to drive a cop car into another cop car while still cuffed from behind(?), got shoved back into the back seat, and then she stuck her head out and Charlotte ran past and kneed her in the face. Emmy moment imo.
https://video.twimg.com/tweet_video/D3HQgEtW4AEzggQ.mp4
I’ve had fever dreams that were more coherent.
Yakkety Sax’d
https://twitter.com/i/status/1112903841383628802
OK SO AS OF RIGHT THIS SECOND THE ORIOLES ARE TIED FOR FIRST IN THE AL EAST SO WHO WANTS SOME GOOD TICKETS AT A REALLY GOOD PRICE??????
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpGtBnVZLSk
Right where you want em.
/makes depressing hotel reservations in Baltimore for May and July
Seriously, doing it right now.
OK, you got him down 0-2 now, just throw him some junk.
THERE YA GO.
jeebus this fucking team is gonna give me a stroke.
A no hitter sure as fucking shit went to 6-5 in a goddamned hurry.
I told you they should have hired me as the new manager.
Low and inside, this dick can’t get around on an inside pitch.
Why does no one listen to me?
Maybe, I dunno.
No no no….
Orioles about to fuck this up. You don’t need to change pitching here FFS.
But they are.
OK, Jays have to score 3 runs in the bottom 9th.
Fuck ’em.