* Record for the Tampa Bay ages: The Rays home-attendance record is 45,369—dating back to the franchise’s 1998 debut. That won’t change.
* It’s been more than a decade (2011-12) since the USF men’s basketball team made the NCAA tourney. That could change this season as the Bulls recently won their 11th in a row (over FAU) before a sold-out, packed (10,659) house at the Yuengling Center. Go, Bulls.
* The Super Parity Bowl: Where else in football would the championship game feature teams (Kansas City and San Francisco) with a combined 11 losses?
* Sobering sign of the times: MLB now needs—and has—a Joint Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault & Child Abuse Policy. As Wander Franco well knows.