Sports this 'n' that

 Bronny James' NBA career could be over sooner than anyone thinks.

The 2nd generation player, who played alongside his father, LeBron, with the Lakers last season, had a cardiac event earlier this week while working out at his alma mater, USC, his 2nd heart scare. At such a young age, James may need to think about his future, and whether or not continuing to play is actually worth the risk.

The news of the cardiac event brought back painful reminders of Hank Gathers & Len Bias back in the day.

Just sayin'.

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The NFL season officially opens Thursday with a NFC East showdown between the defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles and the Dallas Cowboys (NBC/Peacock, 8 pm). Then, for the 2nd straight year, the NFL will host a game in Brazil, this one airing on YouTube, involving the Kansas City Chiefs.

YouTube reached out to ESPN's Jason Kelce, brother of the Chiefs' Travis, about calling the game. ESPN said no, that ain't happening.

It's understandable. ESPN has a policy regarding their announcers working elsewhere, though it probably doesn't apply to their college announcers, since Kirk Herbstreit calls Thursday Night Football for Amazon alongside Al Michaels. With Travis having recently popped the question to singer Taylor Swift, the fear is that YouTube wants to address that during the game, and, ESPN would rather have Jason address that on Monday Night Countdown when it returns September 8. Can't blame them for that.

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After getting swept by the Mets earlier this week, the Philadelphia Phillies took it out on Atlanta Thursday night, powered by a 4 homer night for the National League's HR leader, Kyle Schwarber, who was shackled by the Mets in New York.

After losing to Miami Thursday, the Mets saw the Phillies-Braves score, and were like, yeah, we can do that, too.

So they did, to the tune of a 19-9 beatdown Friday night, making rookie Jonah Tong a winner in his big league debut. Both sides went to position players on the mound late, though the Mets, after catcher Luis Torrens homered, had him start the 9th. Torrens went 1/3 of an inning, giving up 4 runs, creating the final margin, before Ryne Stanek slammed the door shut.

Now, it's the Marlins' turn for revenge---maybe---today at 4 pm (WCWN for the 518, WPIX in NYC).

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Today, ESPN says goodbye to College GameDay analyst Lee Corso, who was the subject of a special earlier this month. One last mascot head. One last go-round with the panel before settling into retirement. The program begins at 9 am (ET).