Your “Good To Be Home” Tuesday Evening Open Thread

NFL Nuggets:

• Atlanta is the first “home” team named for the International Series.
  • By agreeing, it means the Falcons will get to host a Super Bowl sometime in the late 2020s.
  • No word on whether they will be playing in London or Mexico City, but based on Donald Trump’s frequent mentions of MS-13 & the South, perhaps San Salvador is in their future.

• Eight games into a three-year, $16.5 million contract, the Bengals have cut linebacker Preston Brown.
  • He had $4.8 million guaranteed, and will be worth $2.5 million in dead cap money each year for the next two.
  • I believe we all look forward to him finishing the season with the Patriots or Seahawks.

• Speaking of Seattle, Tyler Lockett is expected to make a full recovery from the leg injury he suffered Monday night.
  • “A serious bruise to the shin” is what it’s being called, with swelling having occured which forced the training staff to refer Lockett to the hospital for observation.
    • He wasn’t able to fly home with the team because of concern over whether the swelling might intensify due to the flight.
  • The Seahawks have a bye, and Lockett is expected to be re-evaluated in the middle of next week.

Well, WineWife & I decided to go away for the long weekend, and where we chose was not exactly “romantic” but “frigid”.

I will have a “Boots On The Ground” report soon, but it’s nice to know that my photo posting for Mom wasn’t totally ignored on the wider web.

Tonight’s sports:

• NHL:
  • Panthers at Bruins – 7:00PM | Sportsnet
  • Penguins at Rangers – 7:30PM | NBCSN
• NBA:
  • Pistons vs. Heat – 7:30PM | TSN
  • Knicks at Bulls – 8:00PM | Sportsnet1
  • Trail Blazers vs. Kings – 10:30 | TSN / NBATV
• NCAA:
  • Football:
    • Western Michigan at Ohio – 6:30PM | ESPN2
  • Basketball:
    • Creighton at Michigan – 6:30PM | FS1
    • Minnesota at Butler – 8:30PM | FS1
    • Memphis vs. Oregon – 9:00PM | ESPN / TSN5

Attending a game in the snow is fun. Driving home from that game in the snow on a highway filled with drunk Packers fans was decidedly not.