* Under New York City’s current (private employer) vaccination mandate, unvaccinated New York Yankees’ and New York Mets’ players will not be able to play in home games at Yankee Stadium or Citi Field. Reportedly, two Yankees remain unvaxxed. Reportedly, one is Aaron Judge, who has avoided answering direct questions directly.
*USF’s softball pitcher extraordinaire Georgina Corrick has already earned a B.A. in marine biology and is now pursuing a master’s in global sustainability. So, no, “student-athlete” doesn’t have to be an oxymoron—and that should include revenue sports too.
* The University of Minnesota’s Gable Stevenson won an Olympic gold medal in wrestling last year and has now won his third straight NCAA (heavyweight) title. The next step? Accomplished counterparts in football, basketball or baseball would be gearing up for the NFL, NBA or MLB. An uber-successful wrestler? The cartoonish sideshow known as WWE.
* The Bucs will undoubtedly be a better team with the return of GOAT-quarterback Tom Brady. We’re already seeing the ripple effects with personnel. But at some level, wouldn’t it be refreshingly classy to go out on top? Joe Namath and Willie Mays would likely agree.
* Tom Brady’s “final” TD pass (to Mike Evans) football sold on auction for more than half a million dollars. But now, oops, Brady has unretired. So it better not be his final TD pass.