Sports this 'n' that

 After a lackluster start, Arizona State dumped football coach Herman Edwards about a week and a half ago, and now, there are rumors that opposing teams were tipped to Edwards' game plans----by his own staff!

Yahoo! is reporting that school officials, if not also Edwards' assistants, were looking to get rid of Edwards, a star linebacker with Philadelphia back in the day (remember Joe Pisarcik's fumble at the Meadowlands?) before coaching the Jests. The reporting implies the race card was a factor. If Edwards doesn't land another coaching job in college or the pros, broadcasting seems like the only remaining option.

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There is much wrangling over this weekend's Braves-Mets series at Truist Park, outside of Atlanta, due to Hurricane Ian, due to hit Florida tomorrow, and everyone assumes it'll make its way to Georgia soon after. One game separates the Mets from the 2nd place Braves in the NL East, and people are suggesting a neutral site, one that neither team has played this year, rather than move the series to Citi Field, although there is precedent for the Braves to assume the role of home team if they do that. With the playoffs more than a week away, MLB needs to make a decision, and quickly.

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The Giants were hoping to remain unbeaten after last night's game with Dallas, but it was not to be.

Instead, Big Blue is tied for 2nd with the Cowboys, a game behind unbeaten Philadelphia. Shame on you if you slept on Dallas QB Cooper Rush, who is filling in for Dak Prescott.

Under the bright lights of Monday Night Football, Rush brought the Cowboys back after the Giants had taken a 3rd quarter lead. So much for the talk of trading for a veteran starter until Prescott comes back. Until the next Cowboys loss, and, then, the whining starts again.

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Lost amidst everything else in the 1st 3 weeks of the season is the fact that Miami sits atop the AFC East at 3-0. There will be a pool on when people start invoking comparisons to the 1972 team, the only team to go a full season undefeated. Granted, there are three more regular season games than there were 50 years ago, but you can bet the surviving members of the 1972 team are rooting for today's Dolphins.