The Match is Back
What happened: Tom Brady will reunite with a rejuvenated Phil Mickelson to play against Aaron Rodgers/Bryson DeChambeau in the fourth edition of ‘The Match’ on July 6.
Brady and Mickelson played against Tiger Woods and Peyton Manning in May 2020, and that event raised $20 million to help communities most impacted by COVID-19. It also averaged 5.8 million viewers, which at the time was the largest golf audience ever on cable.
Brady, who defeated Rodgers’ Packers in the NFC Championship Game last season before winning the Super Bowl, has already started trash talking (see below). Bryson responded with “you will feel just as deflated as those balls were in the AFC Championship game.”
Why it’s important: Is there anything better than these golf matches? I’m not a huge golf fan, but I loved watching last May’s match with Tiger and Peyton—if you remember, that event was one of the first live sporting events to take place in the beginning of the pandemic. One reason these events are awesome is because the athletes are fully mic’d up—every word they speak is heard by the audience. This has the effect of feeling like you know the athletes on a personal level and could one day be friends with them. I want other sports to adopt this model: who wouldn’t watch a 2-2 football game with LeBron, Kevin Durant, Pat Mahomes and Brady?
Ten-Second Runoff
Classic New York hospitality as Knicks fans chanted “Trae is balding” at Trae Young during the Knicks Game 2 win.
1st overall pick Trevor Lawrence won’t be so complimentary of new Jaguars TE Tim Tebow when Tebow inevitably takes over as starting QB (joking, but also not joking).
Former Mets Manager Mickey Callaway has been fired by the Angels and banned until at least the end of 2022 after an investigation into his alleged sexual misconduct.
A-Rod is evil after all. It was widely believed that when Alex Rodriguez’s ownership group purchased the Minnesota Timberwolves the team would be required to remain in Minny. However, in a lawsuit by the second largest shareholder of the franchise, it was revealed that the agreement contained no such provision.
Tattletale. After a St. Louis Cardinals pitcher was ejected for what the umpire thought was some funky pitching substance, manager Mike Shlidt went off claiming pitchers cheat all the time.
There are some crazy rumors flying about Donald Trump basically bribing a Pennsylvania senator not to investigate the Patriots in connection with the 2008 Spygate scandal.
Titans star receiver AJ Brown is trying to recruit Julio Jones to Tennessee, but he needs to work on his sales pitch—he’s not willing to give up his #11 jersey, the same number that Julio wears.
Yankees pitcher Corey Kluber, who threw a no-hitter last week, is headed to the injured list. The amount of injuries in baseball this year is really hurting my 1st place fantasy baseball team (did you know I’m in first place in my fantasy baseball league? I’m very proud, if you can’t tell).
Paul Pierce parlaying his firing at ESPN into a cryptocurrency ad is the content I didn’t know I need.
76ers fans are salty for dumping popcorn on Russell Westbrook.
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