Sports this 'n' that

Antonio Brown has fallen victim to the "disease of me".

Brown has now burned bridges in two NFL cities after being released by Oakland today, two days before the team's season opener. Whatever the reason is for his diva behavior, it threatens to permanently torpedo his future in the league. I'm not even sure if he'd be wanted in the CFL, which started play earlier this summer.

Agent Drew Rosenhaus couldn't be that stupid to let Brown play the spoiled brat card, but he should be familiar with the gimmick. After all, he also represented Hall of Famer Terrell Owens, another gifted player whose success in San Francisco gradually turned him into a diva everywhere else he played (Dallas, Philadelphia, New England).

It's just been reported that the Patriots, which also took in another problem child in Randy Moss, have signed Brown, who won't be able to play against the Steelers tomorrow. Chalk it up to the rich & greedy getting richer.

Brown, the son of local Arena Football icon "Touchdown" Eddie Brown, isn't making dad proud these days. His loss.
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The Mets activated infielder Jed Lowrie from the injured list today, so Mets Nation can finally relax. Problem is getting Lowrie, who'd missed the season with injuries, some playing time during the playoff push. He'd share 2nd base with Robinson Cano, 3rd base with Todd Frazier, and shortstop with Amed Rosario. Problem is, Luis Guillorme and Jeff McNeil can play those positions, too, and McNeil has proven capable in the outfield this season. For Mickey Callaway, it's a nice problem to have. For now.
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It's only the 2nd week of the college football season, but ESPN is not wasting any time with the ratings stunts.

Ahead of tonight's LSU-Texas game, future WWE Hall of Famer The Undertaker (Mark Calaway) made a guest appearance on College GameDay, which was on location on the Longhorns' campus in Austin. Calaway, a Houston native, swapped out, for a day on camera, his supernatural persona for the "American Bad Ass" look he rocked from 2000-3, and commenters on YouTube & Reddit both complained that his theme music should've reflected the 'Taker's "human" era, like maybe using the Jim Johnson-penned "You're Gonna Pay". Nah.

Considering WWE is loading their cards for Raw & Smackdown this week at Madison Square Garden, and Raw routinely gets spanked in the ratings this time of year by Monday Night Football, I wonder how Vince McMahon feels about this.