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.
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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
