Posted on August 1, 2022

Weekly Update – August 1, 2022

Weekly Update

Baseball-MLB: Detmers immaculate inning. Debuts.

Basketball: OG GOAT Russell dies. Steph needs to stick to bball.

Football: Football is coming. Watson suspended for 6 games. Cowboys most valued sports franchise.

Golf: Finau wins again. Stenson wins LIV. Bubba to the LIV. Barley is not.

Olympic Sports: Commonwealth Games. Women’s TdF.

Soccer: ENG > GER for Women’s Euro Championship

Baseball:

Angels Ried Detmers accomplished an ‘immaculate inning’ against the Rangers on Sunday. He is the first pitcher in 7 years to record an immaculate inning and a no-hitter in the same season. The Astros had 2 immaculate innings in the same game against the Texas team to make a record 3 against in one season. The Rangers got the last laugh on Sunday though, winning 5-2 against the Angels.
- #GFHint: An immaculate inning is 3 KOs in 9 pitches.
The Padres might finally be able to close out a game with the best closer in the league acquired from the Brewers on Monday. Josh Hader made the move in a trade for 4 players including a closer.
Debuts after injury:
- Mariners RHP Luis Castillo will be back for the game vs the Yankees on Wednesday. Castillo wasn’t injured but he was just acquired from the Reds on Friday. The Mariners are hoping to make the playoffs (for a wild card spot) for the first time since 2001.
- Mets Jacob deGrom is set to return for the Mets against the Nationals on Tuesday. He has been out with multiple injuries (forearm tightness, sprained elbow, stress reaction in scapula). He has not pitched since 7/7/21.

Bill Russell, Celtics 11x NBA Hall of Famer, dies at 88. At University of SF, Russell won 2 straight NCAA championships and 55 consecutive wins. He spent 13 years with the Celtics and went to the championship final 12xs, winning 11xs. The last 2 titles were while he was serving as player and coach. He was the first Black coach in the NBA. Before Michael Jordon, Bill Russell was considered the best NBA player of all time. He is tied for the most titles all time (across all sports). He was a team player and social justice leader.
Steph Curry should stick to basketball. He threw out the first pitch at the A’s game vs the Astros. However it went a little off and he has been trolled since.

Deshaun Watson has been suspended for 6 games (remember he is the Browns QB now) in a result of the ‘violating the league’s personal conduct policy.’ That means he will be able to play the weekend of Oct 23^rd for their game vs the Ravens. 25 women filed civil lawsuits against the former-Texans QB saying he sexually assaulted or at least conducted inappropriate activities during massages.
The Dallas Cowboys is the most valuable sports franchise, valued at $7.64Bn. The Dallas team is only $630MM over 2^nd place occupied by the Yankees. 16 NFL teams along with 4 NBA and 3 MLB teams were valued over $4Bn. The least? Bengals at $2.84Bn.
Deebo Samuel has signed a deal with the 49ers for $73MM for 3 years with $58MM guaranteed.

It’s August which means College football is coming! Although there are only 11 games the first week of football, it’s only 26 days away.

Tony Finau won again on the PGA Tour. No this isn’t just left on the weekly update from a previous week, he seriously won again! He is the first player to win consecutive tournaments in 3 years. Finau won with a score of -26, a tournament record to win by 5 shots. This was his 4^th PGA Tour title and 3^rd victory in 11 months. Contributing to the victory, Finau hit 66 of 72 greens in regulation! That’s hard to beat. This victory moves Finau into 7^th in the FedEx Cup with the final event of the regular season this week.

Henrik Stenson, after joining LIV last week, won the Bedminster event and thus took home $4.3MM. Luke Donald will take over as Ryder Cup captain for Team Europe.

Someone who is not going to LIV, Charles Barkley. It was rumored that he was approached after Feherty went over to the new tour. However he said he will retire at Turner/TNT. Bubba Watson is joining the LIV.

The LIV Tour is not going away. They jut announced they will be back next year and there are some changes. There will be 14 events, a major step up from the 8 they had this year. The teams will also be franchised and set for the season will be competing for $405MM in purses (up from $255MM this year). Where the 14 events will be has not been announced yet but the LIV has come out to say that they ‘wouldn’t conflict with the 4 majors, major team events or heritage tournaments’. The LIV will also add tournaments to it’s LIV Golf International Series which is its partnership with the Asian Tour, meant to give amateurs a place to develop.
In retaliation, the PGA Tour announced it’s 2022/23 regular season schedule with 44 tournaments and a record $428MM in prize money. This will be the last wrap around season. Another change is that the top 70 players will qualify for the first FedEx Cup playoff event, followed by 50 then 30.

The Commonwealth Games is in full swing. These are like the Olympics, held once every 4 years, but only involve the countries that were overseen by England, 72 countries as of this year’s games. The games include 23 sports including 7 parasports. The Games run through Monday Aug 8^th.
- Emma McKeon has won her 11^th gold – the most ever of any athlete at the CWG. She won the 50m Free to set the record.
- 15 year old CAN Summer McIntosh won the 400m IM. She is the 1^st CAN swimmer to win 2 golds at a single CWGs.
- In juxtaposition to that, GBR Adam Peaty was upset in the 100m Breast. Now this was his first final since Tokyo, missing Worlds due to a broken foot. ENG James Wilby won the gold.

The women’s Tour de France is over and NED Annemiek van Vleuten won in the final stage by 30 seconds. She came up from 8^th to take the yellow jersey on Saturday’s 2^nd to last stage.

Mon 8/1
- Red Sox at Astros @ 7pm on ESPN
  - Eovaldi vs Garcia
Tues 8/2
- Dodgers at Giants @ 8:45pm on TBS
  - Anderson vs Wood
Thurs 8/4
- Rays at Tigers @ 6:10pm on FS1
  - Springs vs Hutchison
Sat 8/6
- Marlins at Cubs @ 1:20pm on FS1
  - Lopez vs Sampson
- Reds at Brewers – or – Yankees at Cardinals @ 6:15pm on Fox
Sun 8/7
- Astros at Guardians @ 11:05am on Peacock
  - Garcia vs McKenzie
- Padres at Dodgers @ 6pm on ESPN
  - Darvish vs Anderson

Thurs 8/4
- LPGA: AIG Women’s Open – Round 1 @ 5am on USA
- Wyndham Championship – Round 1 @ 1pm on Golf Channel
Fri 8/5
- LPGA: AIG Women’s Open – Round 2 @ 5am on USA
- Wyndham Championship – Round 2 @ 1pm on Golf Channel
Sat 8/6
- LPGA: AIG Women’s Open – Round 3
  - @ 7am on USA
  - @ 11am on NBC
- Wyndham Championship – Round 3
  - @ 12pm on Golf Channel
  - @ 2pm on CBS
Sun 8/7
- LPGA: AIG Women’s Open – Final Round
  - @ 7am on USA
  - @ 11am on NBC
- Wyndham Championship – Final Round
  - @ 12pm on Golf Channel
  - @ 2pm on CBS

Tues 8/2
- Beach Volleyball: AVP Pro Hermosa Open @ 7pm on FS1
Sat 8/6
- Swimming @ 2pm on NBC
- Gymnastics: US Classic – Salt Lake City Highlights @ 3pm on NBC

Wed 8/3
- La Liga: Juarez vs Altetico San Luis @ 6:55pm on FS1
- Leagues Cup: LA Galaxy vs Guadalajara @ 7:30pm on ESPN
- Leagues Cup: LAFC vs America @ 10:15pm on ESPN
Fri 8/5
- Premier League: Crystal Palace vs Arsenal @ 2pm on USA
Sat 8/6
- Bundesliga: Borussia Dortmund vs Bayer Leverkusen @ 11am on ABC
- Premier League: Everton vs Chelsea @ 11:30am on USA
- MLS: Atlanta vs Seattle Sounders @ 2pm on ABC
- La Liga: Monterrey vs Leon @ 7pm on FS1
- La Liga: Santos Laguna vs Cruz Azul @ 9pm on FS1

Coming up this month: FedEx Cup playoffs (golf) 8/11, College football returns 8/27, US Open (tennis) 8/29