Sports this 'n' that

 Dana White has lost his mind.

The UFC boss is launching a new venture next month that already has him getting roasted.

You've heard of slapstick comedy? You've seen wrestlers and MMA fighters slapping each other. Some wise guy on YouTube wanted to give actor-rapper Will Smith credit after the now-infamous slap of Chris Rock at the Oscars earlier this year. Actually, if you want to do that, I'd go all the way back to the Three Stooges and other masters of slapstick comedy.

The Power Slap League is a 2 month competition series set to debut next month on TBS, airing in back of AEW Dynamite on Wednesday nights. Following is a primer on the project.

What White is hoping to do is piggyback on AEW and pick up some of their audience. There are separate division for men & women, weight classes, et al. I don't think so. I think White loses AEW's audience within 10 minutes of the opener.

Just sayin'.

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The Minnesota Vikings wrapped up the NFC North earlier today with a bonkers comeback from a 33-0 halftime deficit against visiting Indianapolis. Greg Joseph kicked the game winning field goal on the last play of overtime after the Vikings had come all the way back, and tied the game at 36 at the end of regulation. It goes into the record books as the biggest comeback in league history, and gives Minnesota their first division title in 5 years.

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On Smackdown last night, Damage CTRL (represented by IYO SKY & Dakota Kai) defended the women's tag titles vs. Liv Morgan & Tegan Nox. Near the end of the match, a woman in a hoodie attacked Nox, leading to SKY pinning Nox to retain. We'd later learn that China's Xia Li was the attacker, setting up a program with Nox.

What is amusing about all this is that there were some dimbulbs on social media who hoped or thought that former NXT women's champion Mandy Rose, fired two days earlier, made a sudden return, thinking the firing wasn't real. Wrong! Li has been starving for some match action as she's been "left on the bench" the last few months after her initial heel turn, and now has an opportunity. That's all it really is.

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We mentioned this over at Tri-City SportsBeat earlier, and it bears repeating here.

Former Siena men's basketball coach Louis Orr passed away earlier this week at 64. Orr, a Syracuse product, played his pro ball with the Knicks, among others, before beginning his coaching career in Loudonville with the Saints before going on to Seton Hall and Bowling Green. More recently, he served as an assistant to former teammate Patrick Ewing, now the head man at Georgetown.

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The Yankees added another ace pitcher in signing free agent Carlos Rodon (San Francisco) to a 6 year deal. Conversely, outfielder Andrew Benintendi was a summer rental, and heads back to the AL Central after signing a 5 year pact with the Chicago White Sox.