The Rundown: A Winning Combination
It’s Friday and National Junk Food day – a stellar duo if we do say so ourselves. Now if only Last Night’s Game delivered coffee alongside your morning read.
Now that’s a winning combination,
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Tour de France
- A force to be reckoned with. The Tour's defending champion Chris Froome is hanging onto the overall lead in this grueling race. With three stages left, the race ends Sunday, he appears to have his fourth title in five years all but locked up. Ever wonder how taxing the race is on a rider's body? Check out this photo. Eww.
PGA (Professional Golfers' Association)
- Swinging in the rain. It’s day two of The Open in England. (The Open – also known as The British Open - is the third of four Major tournaments in golf). The tournament is currently being led by three Americans who will have to brave the Irish Sea’s elements to win.
College Football
- Just plain wrong. After six questionable seasons at Ole Miss, head football coach Hugh Freeze has resigned. A U.S.A. Today investigation revealed that the coach’s phone records featured a plethora of calls on a school-issued phone to a number associated with an escort service. The university promptly escorted him out.
Overtime
- Sports Illustrated released its list of the Fashionable 50 in sports. The NBA (National Basketball Association) MVP, Oklahoma City Thunder’s Russell Westbrook, also claimed the title of fashion MVP for his eccentric dressing. Tom Brady, Misty Copeland and Serena Williams are a few of the other athletes at the top of the list.
Speaking of fashion, check out our Five Things You Never Knew About Baseball Uniforms to impress the best this weekend.
Sideline stat
- The Houston Rockets (NBA) are for sale. Leslie Alexander bought the team in 1993 for $85 million. Forbes estimates the team’s value at $1.65 billion, the eighth most valuable NBA franchise. Shall we all pool our money?
Coaches’ corner
- There was no way to avoid the coverage of yesterday’s parole hearing for OJ Simpson . (Spoiler alert: he was granted parole). What you may not have heard is that he’ll be walking out of prison with some cash in his pocket. His NFL (National Football League) pension, which is protected by state law, has reached close to $600,000 during his stint in prison. Here’s how the math works.
The Rundown: Weekend Preview Edition - Twerking for the Weekend
The decisions on Sunday are going to be tough – Wine or martini? White after Labor Day? Emmys or football? No matter your choice, we have what you need to know to join the weekend’s sports conversation.
And the Emmy goes to,
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PS - This Friday’s tailgate treat comes to us from Garnish Salt’s Chef Kate. Her delightful Gameday Guacamole goes great with any sport or the Emmys.
NCAA football (College)
- Duking it out. Two football powerhouses face off this weekend when Ohio State (#3) heads to Norman, OK to play University of Oklahoma Sooners (#14). This is a must-win game for the Sooners to stay in the playoff picture.
- Well done Wildcats. University of Arizona is traveling to the Aloha State to play the University of Hawaii. Arizona’s uniforms will honor the U.S.S. Arizona which was sunk during the attack on Pearl Harbor. The teams will honor survivors from the ship at halftime.
- Enemy territory. Top dog University of Alabama (#1) heads to Oxford, MS to take on Ole Miss (#19 - University of Mississippi). Ole Miss has beaten a mighty Alabama team twice in the past two years.
For a complete listing of game times, click here.
NFL (National Football League)
- No Fun League. Unlike the gift of his presence, Houston Texans’ DeAndre Hopkins received an actual gift from Kanye West. Adidas and West gave him “Yeezy cleats” for the home opener last week. After the game, Hopkins received a gift from the NFL – a $6,000 fine for violating uniform policy. When asked if he would wear them again Hopkins said “only if Kanye pays the fine.” Fine then.
- Betting on the house. Moving the Oakland Raiders to Las Vegas is becoming more of a reality. The Southern Nevada Tourism Infrastructure Committee voted unanimously to approve a hotel tax to help build a 65,000 seat domed stadium for the team. Bonus – UNLV (University of Nevada- Las Vegas) will also play their home games there. Head over to Vegas to contribute to the Raiders…at least someone wins when you lose.
Click here for this weekend's NFL scheudle.
NHL (National Hockey League)
- The World Cup of Hockey begins this weekend with eight teams competing in Toronto. Over the next two weeks the teams will battle for the title of "Best in the World." For more information and for games times, here you go.
Overtime
- Continuing the campaign to change the name to the No Fun League (NFL), Pittsburgh Steelers’ Antonio Brown was fined for his post-touchdown celebration he calls “boomin” (aka twerking). Brown is no stranger to dancing in public; he made it to the semifinals in a previous season of Dancing with the Stars.
Sideline stat
- Sunday’s F1 (Formula One) race comes to us all the way from Singapore. The two-man battle for the overall points lead between teammates Lewis Hamilton (ahead by two points) and Nico Rosberg, could be decided at this iconic night race. The overall points title has been won on this track in four out of the last five years.
Coaches’ corner
- The team with the best record in baseball, Chicago Cubs, clinched the National League Central Division for the first time since 2008. They are the first team to clinch a playoff spot. We’re guessing a lot of Chicagoans will be calling in sick this morning with the celebration flu.
Reminder – MLB has two leagues (National League and American League) and each of those have three divisions (West, East and Central). MLB playoffs begin on October 4th and of course we’ll bring you all you need to know.