Sports this 'n' that

Team USA hadn't lost a game in international play in basketball since 2006. Australia's national team had dropped 66 in a row to Team USA. Not exactly the Harlem Globetrotters and the Washington Generals, which is more theatre than sport, anyway, but you wondered if the tide would eventually turn for either side.

It has.

Australia, led by Patty (short for Patrick) Mills of the San Antonio Spurs, who scored 30 points, upset Team USA earlier. Spurs coach Gregg Popovich is coaching Team USA, too, and he might have conflicting emotions about one of his own NBA players tagging an "L" on his ledger.
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College football is back. While America's Line only lists two games on their sheet for today, coincidentally the two games being nationally televised, there are more games. As I write, Colgate and Villanova have just started their game.

Locally, RPI, UAlbany, et al, don't start for another two weeks, so take a deep breath.
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New England Patriots QB Tom Brady is caught in a Catch 22 scenario not entirely of his own making.

Brady, you see, filed a trademark application for the name, "Tom Terrific", recently. Of course, Mets fans began squawking, because in New York, "Tom Terrific" means Hall of Fame pitcher Tom Seaver.

And to a generation or two of "baby boomers", there's this guy:



Brady has admitted that he wanted the trademark so that no one else could use it to describe him. There are Patriots marks across the country who think Brady, with 6 Super Bowls, is the greatest of all time. Not at this desk, but that's for another time.

However, New York fans can rest easy. Brady was denied the trademark. He does have the option to appeal, but for someone who also admitted he doesn't like the name, hence the reason for the application, I don't think he'll bother.
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It's Players' Weekend in Major League Baseball. From what I saw last night, home teams might be better served leaving the colors intact on their uniforms.

The Mets & Dodgers, for example, made it difficult for fans to read the numbers and fancy nicknames (save for Mets ace Jacob deGrom), as the colors were, well, bleached out for the weekend. Thank God for high definition cameras.

Oh, by the way, the Mets & Dodgers both lost (to Atlanta & the Yankees, respectively). Karma, anyone?