Новости за 08.08.2018

...if we haven’t already.

It’s been a dumb week, friends. But here’s some audio #content for you!

Topics:

• PROGRAMMING NOTES — you’re about to get more PAPN, whether you like it or not!
• Dumb Urban Meyer stuff — when statements are reviewed by lawyers and not PR folks, coaches the ways in which this fall could play out)
• Dumb Baylor stuff — past-tense stupid, figuring out who to punish, shout out to Matt Rhule for getting a nuke-proof contract (~31:20)
• Dumb UNC suspensions ... Читать дальше...

Want more of Jason Brown’s Pirates? He did chill out a bit toward the end of Season 3, so this time around might be more enjoyable.

Tiger returns to the PGA, the major where the paradigm of his on-course career changed.

Change is coming to college basketball, but what does it really mean?

The FBI’s investigation into corruption throughout college basketball has now resulted in tangible changes throughout the sport. On Wednesday, the NCAA announced it has accepted recommendations from the Condoleezza Rice-led Commission on College Basketball aimed at cleaning up college hoops.

The NCAA’s mission was to “minimize the leverage of harmful outside influences” while also giving players more freedom and flexibility. Читать дальше...

The NCAA wants rule-breakers to be punished like law-breakers. The goal, as ever, is to stop players from getting paid.

College basketball’s “second season” is going to look dramatically different moving forward.

The NBA will release opening week, Christmas Day and Martin Luther King Jr. Day schedules on Wednesday.

Chris Herrmann is still at large. And he’s coming for you.

Chris Herrmann is a backup catcher who was previously known for having a name filled with double “r”s, double “n”s, and an “m,” which meant it was possible to get him confused with Chris Hernrram, Chris Herrnnam, and Chris Hemmarm, at least in print. But now he has a different claim to fame: He’s coming for your beans.

In the ninth inning of Tuesday’s game, Herrmann hit a foul ball that almost guaranteed that Cameron Maybin, Jr. Читать дальше...

Don’t @ me.

For 30 years, the Madden series has consistently been one of the most recognizable sports video games. There are many factors for this, from iconic coach and sportscaster John Madden gracing the cover for many years, to Madden reaching an exclusivity rights deal with the NFL.

While I can go on about that for years, that’s not what this post is about. Today I decided to go through as many Maddens as I can to create my perfect Madden. You might disagree with this list and that’s fine. Читать дальше...

Philly has had some seriously bad luck when it comes to rookies and injuries.

There’s one sure candidate, which is down from the past, and a whole lot of unknowns.

Bellerive is wet, soggy, burnt-out, pedestrian, and designed by Robert Trent Jones. None of that will preclude a fun, awesome major championship in St. Louis — a city off golf’s beaten path.

What a magnificent man.

Bartolo Colon is a beautiful, majestic, unicorn of a man who can do no wrong — and on Tuesday night he had a water bath, courtesy of his teammates after he became the all-time win leader among Latin-born pitchers.

It’s rare that a single photo encapsulates a player’s legacy so perfectly — but here we are. It got me thinking: How many amazing photos of a wet, spendiferous Bartolo do we have, including last night? Читать дальше...

The Las Vegas Aces in the WNBA are the latest in a 100 year history of forfeits.

Someone’s going to lose to a team that’s allowed 22 fewer scholarships. Who will it be?

This is a lot of burger.

Incredibly bizarre stadium food is normally the dominion of MLB, but the Arizona Cardinals are laying down the gauntlet ahead of the NFL season with their “Gridiron Burger Challenge.”

Who's hungry? pic.twitter.com/LxbgpSqgGM

It’s a seven pound burger, and if challengers are able to finish it in under an hour they’ll get a free Cardinals jersey and a featured spot on the team’s video board.

Now... Читать дальше...

Miz tries to be a chef and fails, and Maryse eats all the truffle pasta in Los Angeles.

Baker Mayfield and Saquon Barkley will battle it out (kind of) in a Thursday night preseason showdown.

“Fun” and “good” aren’t necessarily synonymous, but minus depth concerns, Matt Luke’s Rebels could be both.

Dustin Johnson leads the way as chalk at the sportsbooks over Rory McIlroy and Justin Thomas as they prepare to hit the links at the major tournament this week.

We all know preseason football can be a bit of an eyesore, but there are actually a few interesting storylines to follow this year! No, really.

Tiger is back at the PGA for the first time in three years and facing a wave of young talent that all seem tailored for this Bellerive test.

They continue to be baseball’s best friendship.

Felix Hernandez and Adrian Beltre continue to be baseball’s best friendship. Whether it’s Felix trying to rub Beltre’s head even though he knows he doesn’t like it or many other mess-arounds, their “rivalry” is constantly entertaining and never fails to offer laughs.

This time, the laughs were literal. During Tuesday night’s Rangers-Mariners face off, Hernandez faced Beltre at the plate and absolutely ruined him with a strike three curveball. Читать дальше...

Houston came so close to winning the West last year, and now it seems they’ve gotten worse.