Sports this 'n' that

 The NFL Hall of Fame induction ceremony took place Saturday, airing on ESPN & NFL Network, with the former's Chris Berman as MC. Two Jets from different eras went in.

Joe Klecko was part of the NY Sack Exchange in the 80's, alongside Mark Gastineau, Marty Lyons, & Abdul Salaam. Darrelle Revis played the bulk of his career with Gang Green as a prolific defensive back whose end of the defensive formation was referred to as "Revis Island". Revis also played for New England, Tampa Bay, & Kansas City in an 11 year career. Revis was already enshrined in the Jets' Ring of Honor, as has Klecko, I do believe.

For what it's worth, Cleveland, which saw lineman Joe Thomas inducted, beat the Jets on Thursday, 21-16, in the Hall of Fame game.

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So the Chicago White Sox & Cleveland Guardians had a game Saturday afternoon, and an old school brawl broke out between Cleveland's Jose Ramirez and Chicago's Tim Anderson.

Photo courtesy Yahoo!.

It all started when Ramirez slid into 2nd base in a vain attempt to break up a double play, sliding in between the legs of Anderson. Ramirez took exception to an overly aggressive tag, and, well, they were ready to rumble.

Anderson did his best impression of a Chicago Blackhawks enforcer. Both players, along with Guardians manager Terry Francona (ejected for the 2nd straight game), 3rd base coach Mike Sarbaugh, and closer Emmanuel Clase, and White Sox manager Pedro Grifol, were ejected.

For what it's worth, Chicago won the game, 7-4.

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Saturday was a good night for the Paul brothers.

First, Logan had the opening match at Summerslam, and needed a set of brass knux supplied, reportedly, by one of his YouTube pals, to defeat Ricochet. Like, please!! The dude pinned Rey Mysterio clean as a sheet at Wrestlemania, then beat The Miz at Summerslam a few months later, but after losing to Roman Reigns and Seth Rolliins in his last two bouts, Paul, playing the villain, needs a foreign object against Ricochet?!?

Paul had the curtain jerker because he wanted to fly to Dallas to see brother Jake fight Nate Diaz, a bout Jake won via unanimous decision. Given that Summerslam swelled to nearly 5 hours, ending at 12:45 am this morning (ET), he's lucky.

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Also at Summerslam:

Japan's IYO SKY (formerly Io Shirai) cashed in her Money in The Bank briefcase after Bianca Belair had dethroned Asuka. Bayley used the briefcase to KO Auska and Charlotte Flair. IYO then weakened Belair with the case, before landing her signature moonsault to win the title.

I've long advocated banning the use of the briefcase as a predatory weapon, but does WWE listen? Nope.

Just weeks after reuniting, the Usos are fractured again, as Jimmy turned on brother Jey, helping Roman Reigns to another tainted title defense in a no-DQ Tribal Conflict match. It's all about prolonging the Bloodline soap opera for as long as is necessary at this point, as Reigns should've been stripped of the title a while ago because of persistent interference in his matches. That he's become a part-timer at this point, taking matches when he feels like it, a la Brock Lesnar, is a mistake.

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The US Women's National soccer team has been eliminated from the Women's World Cup, as today's match vs. Sweden has gone final. The Swedes won on penalty kicks after a scoreless draw through regulation and overtime.

You can bet a certain bloviator will whine about this.