Money Moves
How “Friends” taught Dale Earnhardt Jr. a trick that saved his wife’s life, Kaley Cuoco makes a bid on an abused Olympic horse and Osaka steps up to help in Haiti.
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Like when the conversation turns to sports. Use that to lead into something you know so much more about, like travel or food.
Expert moves,
The Last Night’s Game Team
The More You Know
And they say chivalry is dead. Former NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Racing) driver and current host of the "Dale Jr. Download" podcast, Dale Earnhardt Jr., “saved his wife’s life” after she was stung by a jellyfish. He did exactly what you think. Yep, inspired likely by old wives’ tales and an episode of “Friends,” Dale Jr. shielded himself from other beachgoers and peed on his wife’s foot. To everyone’s surprise, the immense amount of pain stopped, and now he's a hero. NOW YOU KNOW
Overtime
After images of a German modern pentathlon coach punching their Olympic horse surfaced, actress and avid equestrian Kaley Cuoco, who is also married to a horse trainer, took to social media and offered to buy the horse and “give it the life it deserves.” German coach Kim Raisner was disqualified after hitting the horse on TV after it wouldn’t jump in the competition. SHE’S NOT HORSING AROUND
Sideline stat
Haiti was rocked by a 7.2 magnitude earthquake this weekend, leaving over 1,200 people dead as of this morning. The No. 2 tennis player in the world and social activist Naomi Osaka has pledged to donate her prize money from this week’s Western & Southern Open tennis tournament to relief efforts. Osaka's father, Leonard Francois, is a native of Haiti. DOING THE MOST GOOD
Coaches’ corner
Is it a sign of what’s to come? The Barclay’s Center, home to the Brooklyn Nets (NBA – National Basketball Association), is requiring all workers and fans in attendance to show proof of vaccination to enter the building. So far, no leagues are requiring players to be vaccinated, but the NBA’s Summer League required all non-vaccinated players to essentially remain in isolation. For the WNBA (Women’s National Basketball Association), 99 percent of the league is vaccinated, even without a league mandate. SOMETHING TO KEEP AN EYE ON
A Moment Like This
Ushering in a 3-day weekend with big things to start off the college football season, two tennis phenoms taking the court and football fashion.
Can we take a moment to recognize the extravaganza that is this weekend -- week one of college football and a three-day weekend?
We can barely contain ourselves,
The Last Night’s Game Team
PS : Make yourself armed and dangerous in week one of college football. First, we decoded the 2019 college football rankings for your perusal. Then, we’re helping you dress the part with our newest feature on what to wear to a football game.
College Football
Hold on to your hats because it’s week one in college football and it’s going to be a wild one. (5 things you need to know about the college football season) To celebrate playing in the first college football game 150 years ago, Rutgers will be wearing special uniforms to commemorate the anniversary. TAKING YOU WAY WAY BACK
Overtime
Love food and feel like it’s time to take on a new career? Pickswise, a sports betting website, is seeking an official NFL (National Football League) food tester, a person who will travel around the country, visiting football stadiums to find the “best signature dishes throughout the league.” DO THE JOB PERKS INCLUDE ANTACIDS?
Sideline stat
U.S. Women’s Soccer player Carli Lloyd is considering giving an NFL kicking career a shot in 2020. She nailed a 55-yard-field goal in Philadelphia Eagles practice and that piqued the interest of some teams. Hall of Famer Morten Anderson, one of two full-time placekickers ever inducted into the hall of fame, took to Twitter to offer his help. LEARNING FROM THE BEST
Coaches’ corner
He may be bruised and battered from his plane crash, but Dale Earnhardt Jr. will still be behind the wheel of a race car this weekend. Since he retired from NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing) in 2017, he’s been racing in one race a year for his own race team that competes in the second-tier XFINITY Series. AIN’T NOBODY GONNA HOLD ME DOWN
What to watch
15-year-old tennis sensation Coco Gauff is taking on another tennis phenom in #1 ranked Naomi Osaka, who beat her idol Serena Williams in last year’s U.S. Open. Gauff and Osaka will meet on the court at the U.S. Open on Saturday. LOVE-LOVE
It’s Freaking Friday
A fiery plane crash, who’s playing like a girl and who lost their sh*t on the tennis court.
Hallelujah!
That’s all folks,
The Last Night’s Game Team
NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing)
Former NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s plane caught on fire upon landing at a small airport in Tennessee yesterday. Luckily, Earnhardt, his wife Amy, their 1-year-old daughter, the family dog and the pilots all escaped without serious injuries. The racing family was in town for this weekend’s race at Bristol. The former driver will no longer be in the broadcast booth this weekend as he recovers with his family. TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT
Overtime
The Dallas Cowboys and Los Angeles Rams (NFL - National Football League) are saying aloha to Honolulu, Hawaii this weekend where they will play their preseason game. The Cowboys star running back, Ezekiel Elliott, continues to train in Cabo San Lucas while he holds out for a contract. Meanwhile, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is using gross and confusing analogies to describe contract negotiations. (For more on Mr. Jones and other wacky team owners, check out our five guys to know). HE SAID WHAT?
Sideline stat
They say diamonds are a girl’s best friend and in this case, it’s baseball diamonds. Maddy Freking is the starting second baseman (or woman) for her team from Coon Rapids-Andover, representing the Midwest region in the tournament. She is only the 19th female to ever play in the Little League World Series. PLAY LIKE A GIRL
Coaches’ corner
In an Olympic qualifying event, the assumed first and second place runners joined hands as they crossed the finish line as a show of unity and teamwork. The two were disqualified for violating the rule that states athletes must not "finish in a contrived tie situation where no effort to separate the finish times has been made." RULES WERE MEANT TO BE BROKEN
What to watch
The bad boy of tennis, Australian Nick Kyrgios had yet another melt down. You might remember his Wimbledon outburst from our five time sports imitated an episode of Real Housewives, but this time he destroyed a racket, used profanity to describe the chair referee and spit toward him. In addition to a significant fine, there could be a suspension looming for Kyrgios after this outburst. CLASSY