10/20/2021 Cleaning Out the Sports Junk Drawer

Commissioner Goodell isn’t as unaccountable as an ordinary MLB umpire is.
A tie is as good as a draw, Revs.
Did the NHL schedule makers think the Ringling Brothers Circus was in town?
Thankfully it’s still baseball season, so these football losses doesn’t count yet. Whew!
For all you fans of the orange leather, as we embark on another NBA season, be sure to throw “Cattles On Causeway” a twitter follow. @CausewayPodcast
You can’t complain about about the refs when Mac Jones only goes two-point-two innings!
The on the PUP thus ineliglble to play malingering malcontent cornerback would have saved the game, caller.
Can they finally arrest Pete Rose now for killing Ray Fosse?
We’re hearing a certain pizza heir is single!
Cakes are cooking for Dave Krieg, Razor Ramon, Billy Zabka, Chantel Tremitiere, John Krasinski, and Candice Swanepoel.
A Touch & Rich syndication deal? Zoinks!
I for one can’t believe Hank Steinbrenner is just sitting there and letting this happen to his team!
Here for the trade convention?
Essentially: Baker Mayfield still has a chance to play the following week. But Sunday to Thursday was just too fast. Now he’ll focus on rehab and tightening up the shoulder.
Jerry Thornton still cares more than YOU.
Hey NBC Sports Boston, as the great Bob Ryan once said, what’s the fascination with Chris Forsberg?
Green Line Reminder: Shuttle buses replace B Branch service between Kenmore and Babcock St, Mon – Thurs, beginning at 8:45 PM through the end of service. Also: Shuttle buses replace D Branch service between Brookline Village and Riverside, Mon – Thurs, beginning at 8:45 PM through the end of service. More: http://MBTA.com/alerts/subway

Hey gang, this week’s Phrase that Pays is, “Sure it was a bad call BUT…”
UConn football with the dub!
Well, you can make a big impression or go through life unseen
You might wind up restricted and over seventeen
It’s so hard to be careful, so easy to be led
Somewhere beyond the pavement, you’ll find the living dead
We’re all behind you, Anita. So to speak.
Media superstardom still somehow eludes Owen Pence.
Puppet Show
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Chicago Sky Victory Parade
Tampa Lightning placed Nikita Kucherov on Long Term Injured Reserve today. The move gives Tampa Bay an additional $9,500,000 in their LTI Salary Relief pool.
What are the Boston Mayoral candidates stances on dog racing?
Do you think imposter syndrome (fake dynasty variant) contributed to Lane Johnson’s depression?
No one chuckles like Gene Hackman.
Please do not explain a baseball game to me that I literally just watched live at Fenway!
Ben Volin’s ‘Lets go Barves’ has the cadence of an inside joke. Sorrey!
Honk if you remember when Dan Shaughnessy was still selling ‘The Curse of Babe Ruth’ books.
This upcoming week, I’ll be investing in @iluvtacos0822‘s OnlyFans.
I may have my facts wrong, but I don’t think the Red Sox have lost an ALCS since the time the ‘chicken & waffles’ scandal led to John Farrell resigning back in 2015.
Frank Caliendo? He’s no Rich Little.
All pretend business owners should rent office space for a month. Think of the selfie opportunities!
Nothing says “sports gambling” like Patton Oswalt.
Maybe don’t be a junkie?
See, it’s funny because he’s not from Waltham but Carrabis is pretending he is. Buy a $35 T-shirt.
Cam is now vaccinated. Good job. Good effort.
Can you believe how out of touch college football twitter is? Going crazy about some no-defense game between two random teams, Texas and Oklahoma, while ignoring the tense Harvard-Cornell game, where Harvard’s undefeated season is on the line.
This postseason really has been an Earl Weaver wet dream.
Best Bet for the weekend: bringing two sweaters to The Head of the Charles Regatta; one to wear, and another to tie loosely around your neck.

Material from interviews, wire services, Twitter, Facebook, other writers, league and team sources, Bill Kristol, BSMW poster Irregular Brian and #the15 were used in this column. Better not forget it on your shopping list –
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