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Posted on October 5, 2020

Weekly Update – Week of October 5, 2020 (COVID Week 30)

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Baseball: Postseason! 3 Dodgers deaths. 2 more deaths and a retirement.

Basketball: Lakers lead series 2-1. Hawks honor MLK with jersey. Rivers to the 76ers. NBA not break for the Olympics. WNBA Finals

Football-NCAAF: 8 Losses in Top 25 (2 in Top 10). VTech wins without 21 players. SMU student section ousted. Pac 12 schedule begins Nov 7. Monday Motivation: Don’t’ celebrate early.

Football-NFL: Newton has COVID. 2 MNF games tonight! Titans test positive. Punches thrown at Chargers/Giants game. HC Rivera coaches through chemo.

Golf: Sergio Garcia wins Sanderson.

Olympic Sports: Armstrong leads ‘Bike for Beirut’ tour. Jakobsen jaw surgery. Congress has power to dissolve USOPC BoD. London Marathon winners.

Tennis: Williams withdraws. Nadal and Djokovic still in.

Posted on September 28, 2020

Weekly Update – Week of September 28, 2020 (COVID Week 29)

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Baseball: MLB post season begins! Yankees take home AL batting and HR titles. Angels and Red Sox will have new GMs.

Basketball: NBA Finals are set: Lakers vs Heat. Beasley felony.

Football-NCAAF: 5 losses (2 shockers) in the Top 25. Pac 12 decides to play football (welcome to the club – you’re late). GA St postponed game on error. Georgia QB confusion. VTech still win down 23 players.

Football-NFL: Fun MNF tonight. 8 games were close (TD or less). Wilson sets TD record. Montana thwarts kidnapper.

Golf: Swafford takes Corales DR title.

Hockey: Stars won in 2OT to force Game 6 – plays tonight!

Olympic Sports: JPN PM vows to have Olympics but there are some changes. Alanphilippe and van der Breggen win Road World Championships. Ice skating coming back.

Tennis: French Open begins! Finals next week. Coco Gauff beats #9, Nadal returns to the clay, Serena all onto round 2.

Posted on September 21, 2020

Weekly Update – Week of September 21, 2020 (COVID Week 28)

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Baseball: Verlander needs Tommy John. Voit hits 21 HR. Gardenhire retires. 7 clinched playoff berths. Padres in playoffs for first time since 2006.

Basketball: Conference Finals. Greek Freak MVP (LeBron being whiny).

Football-NCAAF: 2 losses in Top 25. SEC joins play. Big 10 announces their schedule. D1 diversity pledge. Coach Deion Sanders. No game this week for UNC.

Football-NFL: Alllll the injuries. Dallas wins in upset. Brady gets his first Buc W.

Golf: DeChambeau wins US Open. Furyk goes 2 for 2 on Champions.

Hockey: Stanley Cup finals are on: Dallas Stars vs Tampa Bay Lightening

Olympic Sports: Tour de France’s SLO stunner. Duplantis breaks 26 year old WR. Chani banned. More Gymnastics abuse.

Posted on September 14, 2020

Weekly Update – Week of September 14, 2020 (COVID Week 27)

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Baseball: Mills throws 2nd no-hitter. Pujols gets #660 HR. Complaints on the Angels. Dickerson COVID positive?

Basketball: Conference Finals! Bucks and Giannis reaching extension? D’Antoni out of Houston. Lonzo changes agents.

Football-NCAAF: 1 loss in Top 25. Top 25 dropped schools not playing. Big 10 to vote soon on the possible return of football. More Opt outs.

Football-NFL: Week 1 is done. Mask mandated for coaches. Bell injured. Burrow hard on his debut. Mack out for the season.

Golf: Cink wins 7th PGA Tour title. Lee wins ANA major. US Open this week.

Olympic Sports: Cockroft breaks 4 WRs in 4 hours. TdF continues. ISL changes. Caster loses appeal. Ocasio out of AU.

Tennis: Thiem & Osaka are US Open champions.

Posted on September 8, 2020

Weekly Update – Week of September 8, 2020 (COVID Week 26)

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Baseball: MLB injuries. Lou Brock died. Baez not happy about video. Standings going into final month.

Basketball: NBA Quarterfinals. 10 guests allowed in bubble for conference finals. Greek Freak questionable for Game 5.

Football-NCAAF: 6 of the Top 25 teams playing this week! OSU/Tulsa postponed a week. #2 NFL Draft prospect sits out season (that his conference opted out of anyway). Social change plans tweeted by Trevor Lawrence.

Football-NFL: NFL Season starts on Thursday! Watson signed 2nd highest deal. Hopkins sets non-QB record. Plenty of other money talking. Mariota out for undisclosed injury. OBJ having a s***ty day.

Golf: DJ wins FedEx Cup – stays #1 in World.

Horse Racing: No triple crown this year. Authentic leads whole race despite late push by Tiz the Law

Olympic Sports: Tour de France update. Tokyo 2020 is a go. WRs broken in one hour run (M & W) and W half marathon. Table Tennis comes back in Nov for China. Kerri Walsh against masks.

Soccer: Ronaldo hits 100 goals. Messi staying at Barcelona.

Tennis: US Open drama! Djokovic hits judge in throat and gets DQ’d! Men’s side has no previous GS winner left. Women have Osaka and Williams still in. Finals this weekend.