Sports this 'n' that

 "There's a right way, and a wrong way."---Oliver Hardy to Stan Laurel.

The "activists" of Direct Action Everywhere will never learn that important life lesson if they continue to pull stunts like last night during the Rams-Bills game.

You're not helping your cause by being stupid.

During the NBA playoffs, DAE repeatedly sent "activists" to disrupt games to call attention to animal abuses allegedly tied to Minnesota's outgoing owner, Glen Taylor, and Smithfield Farms. One idiot showed up during the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest on July 4, and got taken down by the eventual winner, Joey Chestnut.

Then, there was last night, as depicted above. Two women ran onto the field with smoke bombs, but of course were taken down, arrested, and removed from So-Fi Stadium. You'd think by now they'd learn that's not the smartest of moves, because for one thing, if they go on the field too early, they won't be seen on camera. DAE took credit for the stunt.

Here's an idea, morons. Instead of disrupting sports events to get attention, do the right thing. Book a press conference. You know who your "enemy" is, so confront him directly, as your company name suggests. You try another stunt during baseball's post-season next month, you're only going to lower your profile, instead of raise it.

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Add Bills-Rams. British music legend Ozzy Osbourne was advertised as the halftime entertainment in what might be one of his last public appearances as a resident of the US. Osbourne has talked about returning to his native England in recent days.

While NBC's Maria Taylor introduced Osbourne, he was in the middle of the concert, and Twitter blasted NBC for showing only 10 seconds of the concert before throwing it back to halftime highlights. Osbourne's latest solo album drops today, but whomever the jabroni at NBC is that decided to back out of the concert gets the Weasel ears.

Oh, by the way, the Bills rolled over the reigning Super Bowl champs, 31-10.

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To follow up on a report from Wednesday, All Elite Wrestling CEO/owner Tony Khan addressed the fallout from Sunday's All Out show at the start of Dynamite.

Three days after winning the trios titles, Kenny Omega and the Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) had the titles vacated by Khan, as the trio are serving a suspension of undetermined length. The Death Triangle (PAC, who already has AEW's equivalent of the Intercontinental title, & the Lucha Brothers, Fenix & Penta El Zero Miedo) defeated Orange Cassidy & the Best Friends to win the titles.

What isn't clear about CM Punk is if he's been suspended. What is clear is that he suffered a torn tricep muscle in the course of winning back the AEW title from Jon Moxley. Punk is gone until at least spring 2023. A tournament began to determine a new champion, with the semi-finals taking place at MVP Arena on September 14. The word in the media, though, is that many in AEW want Punk gone after turning into a locker room pariah after an injury-riddled comeback.

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For all the Yankees fans out there, it might be a better bet to have Aaron Judge break Roger Maris' team record for home runs before the 155th game is played. As memory serves, the schedule didn't expand to 162 games until after Maris set the standard in 1961. With 55 homers and counting, Judge has the team record for right handed sluggers, and needs 7 to pass Maris.