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Friday’s 6-pack
Over/under totals for TD passes thrown this season:
27.5— Carson Wentz
26.5— Kirk Cousins
22.5— Alex Smith
21.5— Patrick Mahomes
20.5— Case Keenum
3.5— Nick Foles
Quote of the Day
“Beth Bowlen Wallace is not the only Bowlen child who is expressing interest in becoming controlling owner. The trustees have informed Beth of their determination that she is not capable or qualified at this time. We will continue to follow Pat Bowlen’s long-standing succession plan for the future ownership of the Denver Broncos.”
From the trust of Broncos’ owner Pat Bowlen; this sounds like a mess
Friday’s quiz
Where did Warriors’ coach Steve Kerr play his college basketball?
Thursday’s quiz
Nevada coach Eric Musselman was once head coach of both Golden State and Sacramento.
Wednesday’s quiz
When Detroit Lions’ QB Matthew Stafford played HS ball in Texas, Clayton Kershaw was the center on their football team.
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Friday’s List of 13: Random stuff with the weekend here…….
13) Sports betting starts in Delaware Tuesday; a vote is scheduled in New Jersey for Thursday and when that passes, it’ll start in the Garden State soon after that.
12) In 1971, Nike changed its name from Blue Ribbon Sports to Nike; a college student named Carolyn Davidson designed the now-famous swoosh logo. She was paid $35 and a few shares of Nike stock for her artwork. She should’ve held out for more.
11) A televangelist from Louisiana says Jesus has asked his followers to buy a new private jet- this one costs a mere $54M. The guy already has three other jets. Oy.
10) Shohei Ohtani in day games: 4-0, 2.18, Angels won all five of his home starts.
Shohei Ohtani in night games: 0-1, 5.84, Angels lost two of his three road starts.
9) Former NFL coach Mike Martz will coach the San Diego team in the new AAF next spring, which means San Diego will score a lot of points and waste a lot of timeouts.
8) Joe Namath turned 75 years old this week; QB of the Jets who won Super Bowl III that made the AFL-NFL merger happen. Namath became a hideously overrated player because he won a title for a team in New York City- the playoff games he won that year were the only playoff games he ever won, but he also turned out to be a really nice guy who is always pleasant with fans and is a really good ambassador for the game.
7) There was an odd play early in the Phillies-Dodgers game Thursday; Mikael Franco tried to score from second on a single, the throw bounced away from the catcher, but Franco never touched home plate, in fact, he never came close to touching it.
No one said anything, the run scored and the game went on.
6) Carlos Torres was the ump for the Rays-A’s game Thursday; someone needs to tell him to call some damn strikes. He was squeezing both pitchers badly; the game is better if the ball is in play more. Get the hitters swinging the bat.
5) Baseball players get hurt a lot:
— Cardinals P Alex Reyes (lat strain) goes on the DL
— Clayton Kershaw will have an MRI on his back tomorrow.
4) St. John’s poached Auburn transfer Mustapha Heron; with the Big East expected to be a little down next winter, Red Storm could make some noise in conference for first time in a while.
3) Phillies 2, Dodgers 1— Bad news for LA; Clayton Kershaw’s back tightened up during this game and he’ll have an MRI on it.
2) Warriors 124, Cavaliers 114— Golden State wins Game 1 in OT, overcoming Lebron James’ 51 points— he also had 8 rebounds, 8 assists.
This game didn’t sell out in Oakland, which is surprising. Golden State won, which isn’t surprising.
1) JR Smith rebounded a missed free throw in a tie game with 0:04.7 left; instead of shooting the ball, he dribbled it out, thinking Cleveland was ahead by a point. Whoops.
Smith was -20 in his 38:00 on the court, the worst plus/minus of anyone in the game. In the 15:00 Smith sat out, the Cavaliers were +7.
A guy who has played 13 years in the NBA didn’t know the score of a tie game with 0:04.7 left. That not good, especially if you bet the under.
Over/under totals for TD passes thrown this season:
27.5— Carson Wentz
26.5— Kirk Cousins
22.5— Alex Smith
21.5— Patrick Mahomes
20.5— Case Keenum
3.5— Nick Foles
Quote of the Day
“Beth Bowlen Wallace is not the only Bowlen child who is expressing interest in becoming controlling owner. The trustees have informed Beth of their determination that she is not capable or qualified at this time. We will continue to follow Pat Bowlen’s long-standing succession plan for the future ownership of the Denver Broncos.”
From the trust of Broncos’ owner Pat Bowlen; this sounds like a mess
Friday’s quiz
Where did Warriors’ coach Steve Kerr play his college basketball?
Thursday’s quiz
Nevada coach Eric Musselman was once head coach of both Golden State and Sacramento.
Wednesday’s quiz
When Detroit Lions’ QB Matthew Stafford played HS ball in Texas, Clayton Kershaw was the center on their football team.
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Friday’s List of 13: Random stuff with the weekend here…….
13) Sports betting starts in Delaware Tuesday; a vote is scheduled in New Jersey for Thursday and when that passes, it’ll start in the Garden State soon after that.
12) In 1971, Nike changed its name from Blue Ribbon Sports to Nike; a college student named Carolyn Davidson designed the now-famous swoosh logo. She was paid $35 and a few shares of Nike stock for her artwork. She should’ve held out for more.
11) A televangelist from Louisiana says Jesus has asked his followers to buy a new private jet- this one costs a mere $54M. The guy already has three other jets. Oy.
10) Shohei Ohtani in day games: 4-0, 2.18, Angels won all five of his home starts.
Shohei Ohtani in night games: 0-1, 5.84, Angels lost two of his three road starts.
9) Former NFL coach Mike Martz will coach the San Diego team in the new AAF next spring, which means San Diego will score a lot of points and waste a lot of timeouts.
8) Joe Namath turned 75 years old this week; QB of the Jets who won Super Bowl III that made the AFL-NFL merger happen. Namath became a hideously overrated player because he won a title for a team in New York City- the playoff games he won that year were the only playoff games he ever won, but he also turned out to be a really nice guy who is always pleasant with fans and is a really good ambassador for the game.
7) There was an odd play early in the Phillies-Dodgers game Thursday; Mikael Franco tried to score from second on a single, the throw bounced away from the catcher, but Franco never touched home plate, in fact, he never came close to touching it.
No one said anything, the run scored and the game went on.
6) Carlos Torres was the ump for the Rays-A’s game Thursday; someone needs to tell him to call some damn strikes. He was squeezing both pitchers badly; the game is better if the ball is in play more. Get the hitters swinging the bat.
5) Baseball players get hurt a lot:
— Cardinals P Alex Reyes (lat strain) goes on the DL
— Clayton Kershaw will have an MRI on his back tomorrow.
4) St. John’s poached Auburn transfer Mustapha Heron; with the Big East expected to be a little down next winter, Red Storm could make some noise in conference for first time in a while.
3) Phillies 2, Dodgers 1— Bad news for LA; Clayton Kershaw’s back tightened up during this game and he’ll have an MRI on it.
2) Warriors 124, Cavaliers 114— Golden State wins Game 1 in OT, overcoming Lebron James’ 51 points— he also had 8 rebounds, 8 assists.
This game didn’t sell out in Oakland, which is surprising. Golden State won, which isn’t surprising.
1) JR Smith rebounded a missed free throw in a tie game with 0:04.7 left; instead of shooting the ball, he dribbled it out, thinking Cleveland was ahead by a point. Whoops.
Smith was -20 in his 38:00 on the court, the worst plus/minus of anyone in the game. In the 15:00 Smith sat out, the Cavaliers were +7.
A guy who has played 13 years in the NBA didn’t know the score of a tie game with 0:04.7 left. That not good, especially if you bet the under.
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