When Tom Brady left the New England Patriots and signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, taking party boy tight end/detergent salesman Rob Gronkowski with him in the process, the question was whether or not Brady, nearing the end of his career, could prove he was not a system quarterback. We won't know for sure until the season starts, if at all, in the fall.
With the NFL penalizing New England for taping a Cincinnati Bengals practice last season by taking away one draft pick for next year, plus $1.1 million, Bill Belichick, not satisfied with 2nd year pro Jarrett Stidham and career understudy Brian Hoyer as his options at QB, brought in ex-Carolina QB and yogurt salesman Cam Newton on a 1 year, incentive laden contract on Sunday.
Newton, who won a national title at Auburn, and was the league MVP in 2015, is one of those read-option QB's, like Kansas City's Patrick Mahomes, that the Patriots hate to face. The question now becomes, can Newton be adjusted to the Patriot Way? Stay tuned.
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This is just too rich.
Yahoo! reports this morning that Iran has asked Interpol, based in Paris, to issue a warrant to detain President Trump and certain unnamed American officials in connection with the assassination of General Qasem Soleimani back in January. Mind you, this is not an arrest warrant, but intended to detain the President while Interpol investigates the charges being brought forward.
40 years ago, the detention of several Americans as hostages in Iran was in the news every night until Ronald Reagan negotiated the release of the hostages shortly after taking office as President in 1981. Now, it is Iran seeking justice.
Karma can be, well, you know.....!
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Former Impact World & women's champion Tessa Blanchard is drawing fresh interest from WWE.
The 3rd generation star, currently in Mexico with her fiance, Daga, was stripped of the Impact World title last week, as we previously reported, and despite reports of past bullying of other women that surfaced around the time she won the title in January, which would make her toxic to Ring of Honor and AEW, as they're cleaning up on inappropriate behaviors (and AEW employs Tessa's Hall of Fame father, Tully, as a manager), but common sense suggests that since she'd also seemingly burned her bridge with WWE a couple of years ago, given what's been reported, WWE would not be interested.
However, there's this thing about being a daughter of one of the Four Horsemen that appeals to Vince McMahon, who's never shied away from controversy. I think the talk has started because Charlotte Flair (Ashley Fleihr), recovering from recent surgery, is on the shelf for the summer, and Vince wants another high profile name in the women's division. You know what they say. Controversy creates cash.
A few days ago, I figured Tessa would join Tully at AEW, largely for the same reasons (name value in particular), but if Vince is willing to spend more money than Tony Khan to get her....!
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The comics industry lost another legend last week when artist Joe Sinnott passed away at 93.
Sinnott inked pencillers Jack Kirby, John Buscema, Keith Pollard, John Byrne, Rich Bucker, and Bill Sienkiewicz on Fantastic Four during the 60's, 70's, and early 80's, until Byrne returned to pencil and ink the series in the mid-80's. Sinnott also worked on other Marvel titles, and did the occasional pencil job as well. Sinnott became a regular at local conventions in recent years, enabling him to connect with fans past & present.
Rest in peace.
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