It’s holiday party time and you’re going to rock the small talk.
You can have your cake and eat it too,
The Last Night’s Game Team
College Football
Hold onto your hats, it’s officially bowl season in college football. We now know who will play in the Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl and the Cheribundi Boca Raton Bowl but most importantly, we know the four teams that will battle it out in the playoffs. Only four teams have a chance to play for the national championship and this year it’s LSU (#1) vs. Oklahoma (#4) and Ohio State (#2) vs. Clemson (#3) in the playoffs. The teams will take the field on December 28. The aforementioned bowl games start on December 20. CURRENTLY EATING OUT OF A CEREAL BOWL
Overtime
The Kansas City Chiefs (NFL - National Football League) had a rough start to their Sunday. They almost had to forfeit their game against the New England Patriots because they had no equipment. Their gear went to New Jersey instead of Massachusetts. The gear made it just in time for the game. Then the Chiefs went on to defeat the Patriots at home, where they haven’t lost in 21 games. The Chiefs clinched their division. SOMEONE IS IN BIG TROUBLE
Sideline stat
The World Anti-Doping Agency has banned Russia from all major sporting events for four years. They won’t be able to compete in the 2020 and 2022 Olympics or the 2022 World Cup (soccer) in Qatar. Russian athletes who can prove they were untainted by the doping scandal can compete under a neutral flag. (At the 2018 Winter Olympics, 168 Russian athletes competed under a neutral flag). Russia’s sentence is part of a long list of suspensions in recent years for state-sponsored doping programs. CHEATERS NEVER PROSPER
Coaches’ corner
Last week the Fort Myers Miracle minor league baseball team (MLB – Major League Baseball) changed their name to the Mighty Mussels. Minor league baseball teams have been changing their names (or not changing them in the case of the Grand Junction Chubs) to garner attention and of course, put butts in seats. MLB.com came up with a quiz to see if you could tell the difference between real minor league teams and team names they made up. LET’S GO SEA UNICORNS! (REALLY)
