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The Rundown: Sunshine and Summertime

Summer days are upon us and that means setting up poolside, frozen drinks and naps on the couch while watching sports. Although the true talent is doing all three at the same time.

 

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The Last Night’s Game Team  

NFL (National Football League)

  • Coincidence? Two days after a study was released that CTE was present in 99% of the brains of former NFL players, the Baltimore Ravens' John Urschel, 26, announced his retirement. Don’t worry, he has a backup plan. He’s currently a Ph.D. candidate in mathematics at MIT. You may also recognize his mathlete abilities from a headphone commercial where he schools fellow player JJ Watt. That’s a noggin full of knowledge to protect.

Soccer 

  • Because you’re worth it. “El Classico” is a rivalry game between some of soccer’s most popular teams, Barcelona and Real Madrid. The teams will bring their rivalry from Spain to Miami on Saturday night. No word if Real Madrid’s biggest star, Cristiano Ronaldo, will be playing but the Miami Dolphins owner has a private plane on standby just in case.
  • Victory! The U.S. Men’s National Team beat Jamaica in the Gold Cup finals on Wednesday night. This is puts them one step closer to their bid for the World Cup.

UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship)

  • Battle for the belt. Similar to a black Friday sale, a coveted belt is on the line. Champion Daniel Cormier will take on longtime rival, former champion Jon Jones this weekend. In 2014, they couldn’t wait to get to the octagon and resorted to blows in a Vegas hotel lobby.  

Overtime

  • What would a Friday be without puppies? Animal Planet announced it will be airing the Dog Bowl event as part of Road to Puppy Bowl XIV. The Puppy Bowl, featuring dogs from shelters, is synonymous with the Super Bowl. The shelters that the network works with wanted to showcase adoptable older dogs that often get overlooked in favor of a puppy. Age before beauty b#tches.

Sideline stat

  • Texas Rangers’ (MLB – Major League Baseball) Adrian Beltre is only four hits shy of 3,000 career hits, a feat only 31 players in baseball have ever accomplished. He looks to join the exclusive club this weekend in his home stadium.

Coaches’ corner

  • It is customary in baseball to tap your teammate on the head or slap their helmet when they do something good. (Because why not)? Adrian Beltre hates this tradition but something tells us him teammates will forego his wrath and do it anyway when he reaches his historic milestone (see above). It's all about tradition right?

The Rundown: 5 Things About The Guy You Need To Know - Aaron Judge

We’re knee deep in the baseball season and since it’s the only major professional sport happening right now, we thought we’d provide you an insight into one of this season’s superstars.

 

The guy everyone is talking about,

The Last Night’s Game Team

Five Things About The Guy You Need To Know - Aaron Judge

  1. Adopted by school teachers at birth, the New York Yankees’ rookie outfielder is a big deal, quite literally. He’s only 25 but is 6’7”and 282 lbs. He’s big enough to play on any professional football team.
  2. Sports experts and fans alike are going gaga for Judge. His jersey has been the top selling MLB (Major League Baseball) jersey since May.
  3. Baseball is synonymous with superstitions and Judge is no exception. He puts two pieces of Sugar Free Dubble Bubble gum in his mouth before his first at bat. If he gets a hit, he’ll keep the gum in. Another hit? The gum remains. He’ll keep that gum in until he makes an out. That’s some long-lasting flavor.
  4. He is known for absolutely crushing the ball. He won this year’s Home Run Derby and recently hit a home run so far that it almost went out of the stadium. It was so far that it couldn’t be tracked by Stat Cast, the system used to track the distance of home run balls.  
  5. He doesn’t take himself too seriously. Heading into the season Judge was relatively unknown, which is evidenced in this Tonight Show skit where he hilariously surprised fans. Now Judge has a special section in right field (where he plays) called “The Judge’s Chambers.” Fans in that section dress up in robes and cheer with foam gavels.

Overtime

  • NFL (National Football League) training camps are starting and just because you’re a macho football player, it doesn’t mean you can’t be a mama’s boy. Carolina Panthers rookie Curtis Samuel was dropped off at camp by his proud mother. Hopefully he wiped the lipstick off his cheek before talking to reporters.  

Sideline stat

  • According to a study released yesterday, 110 of 111 deceased NFL players’ brains had signs of CTE. The players' brains were donated by families of athletes who were suffering from some kind of issue or committed suicide. CTE is a degenerative brain disease caused by repetitive brain trauma and it can only be diagnosed from an autopsy.

Coaches’ corner

  • Dallas Cowboys’ (NFL) Lucky Whitehead was arrested in Virginia. When the team caught wind of the arrest, they promptly released him from the team. The only problem is, Whitehead was not in Virginia on the date in question. Even after the case of mistaken identity the Cowboys still elected to cut him. Dammed if you do, dammed if you don’t.
 

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