Never A Dull Moment
The Super Bowl halftime performers announced, Tom Brady’s dad has dad jokes and the NBA is 90% vaccinated so why the controversy?
Giving you something else to talk about besides how it’s still too hot to drink pumpkin spice lattes.
Spice up your life,
The Last Night’s Game Team
NFL (National Football League)
This season's Super Bowl halftime show is a millennial's dream come true. Yesterday, the NFL announced that Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige and Kendrick Lamar would headline the halftime show during Super Bowl LVI on February 13 at SoFi Stadium, home of the Los Angeles Rams and Chargers. MF'ERS DID NOT FORGET ABOUT DRE
Overtime
The Phoenix Mercury (WNBA - Women's National Basketball Association) are getting kicked out of their house ahead of Sunday's game three in their playoff series against the Las Vegas Aces. Last week the team was forced to seek another place to play because of a concert. The team has is forced out because the arena is hosting Disney On Ice instead. Surely, Minnie disapproves of sending six all-stars to play a professional league playoff game at a university basketball arena. HOW ABOUT A LITTLE RESPECT?
Sideline stat
You’ve read the headlines about the drama surrounding the NBA’s (National Basketball Association) goal to get the entire league vaccinated. Players like LeBron James got it, and others like Kyrie Irving don’t want it. Irving is in an interesting conundrum as players who play on teams based in San Francisco (Golden State Warriors), and New York (Nets and Knicks) must be vaccinated to play in their home arenas. Visiting teams are exempt. The NBA said they will not pay players for missed games if they “elect not to comply with local vaccination mandates.” The NBA said that more than 90% of its players had received the COVID vaccine. ARMED FOR BATTLE
*For reference, the WNBA is 99% vaccinated and the NFL is 93%.
Coaches’ corner
Tom Brady heads back to his old stomping grounds on Sunday when his defending Super Bowl Champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers (NFL) take on former head coach Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots. Brady has played down his return, especially after his dad's comments that he thought Tom felt "vindicated," leaving the Patriots and winning a Super Bowl with the Bucs. Brady's comedic response to his dad's comments included how his dad should know better at this point in his life, and Tom Jr. reserves the right to put him in a home against his will. DAD JOKES FOR DAY
What to watch
Things are getting exciting as we head into the last weekend of the MLB (Major League Baseball) regular season. There are four teams within one game of the American League Wild Card playoff spot - the New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Seattle Mariners and Toronto Blue Jays. BATTER UP
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