Mets Season Defining Road Trip? Joey Votto Retirement. Is He A Hall Of Famer? NFL Rookie QB’s To Start. What About Caleb/D. Maye? College Kicks Off Saturday. Jannik Sinner Avoids Suspension
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Still in the muck of this sports dead zone, but that’ll keep me on my toes as I conclude the week with another fun filled podcast. On deck:
(2:42) Just a little housekeeping as I released the latest vlog for my YouTube channel (@JAYREELZ) with Part 2, Escape To Florida: Miami! It’s not just a vlog, it’s a MOVIE, with lots of interesting stuff documented, including me visiting the former Marlins Park to watch Mets-Marlins in person. Plus, my friendly reminder to visit OLIPOP to get your discount on a healthy sods for your gut. Please see above.
(5:17) Baseball hasn’t changed much in the days since the last podcast. The most intriguing story coming out of yesterday is the Mets huge win over the Orioles to take the series before heading out West, in what I believe, is a make or break road trip. Four games in San Diego, followed by three in Arizona, two teams ahead of them in the Wild Card chase. I’ll talk about some critical injuries to key players on teams looking to punch their ticket to October, (Braves Austin Riley, Orioles Zach Eflin, Yankees Luis Gil) and some anticipated returns, (Astros Justin Verlander and Dodgers Yoshinobu Yamamoto). I’ll peek at the latest playoff picture, the upcoming weekend schedule and the retirement of Reds 1B Joey Votto.
(30:08) The NFL will conclude their preseason schedule this weekend as we stand by for Week 1 just two weeks from Sunday. I’ll get into the rookie QB’s that have been anointed starters (I.e. Commanders Jayden Daniels & Broncos Bo Nix) What about Bears Caleb Williams and Patriots Drake Maye? Then you have the Tua Tagovailoa-Brian Flores feud that was revealed this week. Did Tua do the right thing to address this with the media? How about how Brian Flores handled this?
(37:38) College football commences on Saturday as Florida State will play Georgia Tech, but the season in earnest starts on August 31st. Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz and his assistant both receive a one game suspension for violating recruitment protocol with QB Cade McNamara.
(41:26) Some sad news in the NBA as longtime Warriors fixture in the organization as a player, coach and executive, Al Attles dies at the age of 87,
(43:39) There was a trade in the NHL as Patrik Laine wanted out of Columbus and got shipped to Montreal for a defenseman. Was that where Laine wanted to go?
(45:35) The final Grand Slam of tennis will take place on Monday. Thankfully, Jannik Sinner will NOT be suspended for testing positive TWICE for a steroid. How he was able to avoid time off? Speaking of Sinner, if he were to get to a final and win, he’ll have Carlos Alcaraz on his side of the draw, with Novak Djokovic standing in his way to win the US Open? I’ll have more on this when we reconvene on Monday’s podcast.
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