It’s the moment you’ve been waiting for – Friday. So, slap on those yoga pants and your Zoom friendly top, and let’s get to it.
Working for the weekend,
The Last Night’s Game Team
College Football
As the college football season winds down, we have one game that earns the respect of all football fans, Army vs. Navy. Typically, the matchup between the two teams gets its own weekend without any other teams playing but not this year. The game has been moved to West Point (home of Army) for the first time since 1943. The two teams played during two World Wars so COVID is not going to stop them. Army is clearly the better football team this year but this is a great game of respect. The teams’ fellow cadets will be in the stands cheering them on. A SIGHT TO SEE
Overtime
If you've been wondering where former NFL (National Football League) quarterback Colin Kaepernick is, you can find him in the freezer section on a Ben & Jerry’s ice cream pint. The partnership between the two is providing another platform for discussion around social injustice over a bowl of ice cream. Change The Whirled is caramel with fudge chips and swirls of graham crackers and chocolate cookies. (It’s also non-dairy). ONE SPOONFUL AT A TIME
Sideline stat
Outside of the Super Bowl, one of the most prestigious awards in the NFL is the Walter Payton Man Of The Year Award, awarded to the player who has shown outstanding dedication to community service while representing excellence on the field. The nominees, one from each team, will each receive a $40,000 donation to their charity of choice and the winner, who will be announced before the Super Bowl, will receive an additional $250,000 donation to a charity. PAY IT FORWARD
Coaches’ corner
We always love it when politics comes at us with something we might be able to talk about without setting the room on fire. You may have heard that President-Elect Joe Biden has selected Rep. Cedric Richmond as a senior adviser but did you know Richmond’s nickname is the "Babe Ruth of Congress?" He earned that nickname not for eating hot dogs and slamming Coca-Cola in the dugout but for his prowess during the charity Congressional Baseball Games. Richmond has quite an impressive baseball resume, playing in college and he is by far the best pitcher and hitter on the field, racking up stats that impress even the biggest sports fan. HOW ‘BOUT THEM APPLES?
What to watch
Saturday is the MLS (Major League Soccer) Championship Game between the Seattle Sounders (named after the Puget Sound) and the Columbus Crew (named after, well, hmm…they like teamwork? The rumors about the name range from because they’re a union town to it was a fan vote to they like 2 Live Crew). The Crew are slight favorites to win but two of their star players were not medically cleared to play. And if you want to sound in the know, it’s “MLS,” not “the MLS.” LEARN SOMETHING NEW EVERYDAY
