Sports this 'n' that

 You can't say I didn't warn you.

Looking at Sunday's Michigan-Houston game, the first half of a UFL doubleheader on ABC, there was no effort made in Detroit to disguise the fact that there were SO many empty seats. In the nightcap in San Antonio, the use of the lighting in certain areas of the Alamodome made sure those empty seats were hidden from view.

I don't have the attendance figures, but given that the Tigers are off to a solid start in baseball, more people are interested in seeing them than the Michigan Panthers at the moment, and those that remember the past failures of the XFL & USFL are certain to believe this iteration of the UFL will be no different.

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"Caitlinmania" has hit Saturday Night Live.

Caitlin Clark, the Iowa superstar expected to be the #1 draft pick in the WNBA draft tonight, appeared during the Weekend Update segment, which caught co-anchor Michael Che by surprise.

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After starting 0-5, the Mets have won three straight series, with Kansas City the latest victim on Sunday. A bloop single by Harrison Bader opened the door for 2 runs in the home 8th, and while Edwin Diaz gave up a solo homer to Vinny Pasquatino in the 9th, he was able to pick up his 3rd save, as the Mets escaped with a 2-1 win. Bethlehem graduate Matt Quatraro can be happy he won one game in this series, an 11-7 slugfest on Saturday.

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USAA and Fox NFL Sunday's resident lunkhead, Rob Gronkowski, threw out the 1st pitch prior to today's Patriots Day game between Boston & Cleveland, won by the Guardians. Gronkowski spiked the ball, thinking he'd scored a touchdown. I'm convinced he's not just putting on an act in those commercials......!

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I'm sure you've heard by now that the folks behind Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? have mounted a new version of the game, Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity?. No joke. Super Bowl hero Travis Kelce has been tapped to host the show, which will debut later this year, apparently, as a summer fill-in. One has to hope Kelce isn't another Peyton Manning as an MC. Manning's reboot of the College Bowl appears to have been dry-docked by NBC after 2 seasons.