Mexico soccer player fined for sexist remarks

 Well, it is certainly not a slow news day. There are so many interesting things happening in and around the world of sports. I see that Aaron Rodgers started the new football season right where he left off. No, he's not with the NY Jets anymore, that ship has finally sunk. He's the new starting QB for the Pittsburgh Steelers and he immediately threw his first completion...to the wrong team. Rodgers did take the interception in stride saying, "I got it out of the way."

Outside the sports world the Tallahassee police are in the news for the arrest of a childhood legend. Chuck E. Cheese was arrested and placed in handcuffs. I saw the video which is incredible. Talk about a party those children will never forget. I could see if Chuck was trying to get away, but he just looked confused like all the six-year-olds around him. I understand the police have a very tough job, but aren't they supposed to use some kind of discretion. Oh, the video just gets worse and worse, they take off Chuck's head and slap handcuffs on him. 41-year-old Jermell Jones has been identified as the person wearing the costume. I'm guessing Santa should probably avoid the Tallahassee area because it's obvious the police won't give a damn about who you purport to be.

In the soccer world we have a player that's putting his foot in his mouth, repeatedly. Mexican Football Federation player Javier Hernandez was forced to apologize for the backlash he caused with his online statements. The Chivas striker has some pretty old school ideas when it comes to women.

One of his statements, "Women, you are failing, you are eradicating masculinity, making society hypersensitive. Don't be afraid to be women, to allow yourselves to be led by a man."

Last week in another post on Instagram he wrote, "You want a man to provide, but for you, cleaning is patriarchal oppression...interesting."

Hernandez used to have a low profile on social media until he began working with life coach Diego Dreyfus. Some speculate that this new persona is because of Dreyfus. 

After a fine from FMF and a criticism from the Mexican President, Hernandez apologized. "Thank you sincerely to everyone that has supported me, to whom with respect, have shared their perspectives with me and pushed me to be a better person. I deeply regret any confusion or discomfort my recent words have caused; It was never my intention to reduce, hurt, or divide."

Hernandez also stated, "As a father, a man, and a member of this community, my priority is to act with respect, humility, and responsibility. I'm listening, reflecting, and committed to expressing myself with greater clarity and sensitivity, especially with such sensitive topics."

That doesn't sound like a lawyer helped him with that statement, it sounds like his lawyer wrote the statement...allegedly. By the way he's right to apologize, he's trying to get in front of it before it runs him over...too late, oh so close.

The internet is written in ink; there is no delete button. How many athletes have to get burned before they realize once you hit send it's out there forever, someone following you is going to screenshot you being a moron. At least he's not trying to deny it which is the usual approach. 

What we should be asking him besides the apology is if he still feels like women should allow themselves to be led by a man? Is it 1925 or 2025? Dude, it's the woman's choice, you have no say how she decides to live her life. Now if some women desire to be led in their relationship that's still their choice. You can't go generalizing and putting all women in a box that's where you get into no man's land. When the Mexican President, who is a woman, starts chiming in, you may want to back away from the keyboard and maybe stop rolling with your boy Dreyfus if he's feeding you this garbage...allegedly.

Shohei Ohtani's 5th homerun in 5 games ties Dodgers Record

 The heat dome has arrived where I live. As of 8:00 am this morning it already feels like 80 degrees and by mid-afternoon we should hit triple digits. Take all the necessary precautions, you know, drink plenty of water, take plenty of breaks, and if you work outside call in...seriously, it's going to be that hot. No job is worth dying over. You know the famous saying, you can get another job, you can't get another you.

Enough about the weather, each day in the news I read articles, or I watch a sports report on tv and I say, 'oh that's interesting'. Today, I need to talk about something extraordinary that's happening in the NL West. In my last blog I talked about the freak of nature that is Dodgers pitcher Shohei Ohtani. I joked about him not being human because what he's currently doing is nothing short of amazing.

Ohtani hit his 5th homerun in five games this time against the Minnesota Twins helping his team win the game 4-3. While five homeruns is incredible, it happened last year when Aaron Judge accomplished the same feat with the New York Yankees. 

What makes Ohtani's accomplishment so amazing is that dude is a pitcher. He's amazing at offense and defense which is rare today right NBA? I've never seen so many 140 point games in a season but back to baseball, pitchers aren't typically expected to do much hitting. The manager usually tells them to go up there, take your three swings and sit down. If you want to help the team, bunt! Just don't destroy your shoulder or pitching arm.

In the National League, pitchers were required to bat each game they started but that changed in 2022. Now the teams can use a designated hitter just like the American League does. That's what makes Ohtani's feat so amazing...dude is better than most designated hitters! The average pitcher was like Bartolo Colon, excellent pitcher but dude has a grand total of 1 homerun his entire career. He was just supposed to go up, take his swings and get ready for the next inning. Instead, he created a viral moment by mashing one against the San Diego Padres. Viral because it isn't expected.

Remember Manny Ramirez of the Boston Red Sox? He was a savant at hitting homeruns like dude didn't look like he was even trying. It was a gift and today Juan Soto reminds me of Manny's style. Of course, Soto stabbed the Yankees in the back, but I digress.

There are better pitchers than Bartolo Colon but Colon had a decent career, he won a Cy Young award and had a 21-win season. There are better pitchers than Shohei Ohtani but before he got injured dude was pitching like Roger Clemens. 

The record is eight straight games with a homerun last accomplished by Ken Griffey Jr. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts when asked if Ohtani can match or beat the record said, "Well, I don't know that answer. I do know if he has the same approach that he's had the last week, that green monster is very short. So any fly ball that he hits will be a homer. So, he's just got to continue to have that same approach when we go to Boston, and then we'll see what happens."

So he's basically saying, Ohtani needs to wake up, kiss his wife, put on his uniform and we'll see what happens. Thanks Dave, yeah thanks for nothing...I'm just kidding I actually love Dave Roberts as a manager. Ohtani's next at bat will be tomorrow against the Boston Red Sox and pitches against them on Sunday. You know what they say, records are made to be broken so like the manager said, we'll see.

Dallas Cowboys linebacker wants his money and he wants it now

 July 23, 2025

We're approaching the end of July already and I feel like this year is on a time warp, the calendar is flying by us. Speaking of the middle of summer, you would think I'd be talking a little more baseball, and I'll get there eventually. I mean I have to talk about Shohei Ohtani, like someone make sure this dude is human...he just hit his fourth homerun in four games. Saying this guy is must watch and incredible would be an understatement and you'd think the Angels knew what they had before they traded him errr ok so dude was a free agent but the Angels should've opened the checkbook and not let a future legend get away. They did get a draft pick for him and unless that pick is Cy Young, the Angels took a huge L.

Another player that wants more money is Dallas Cowboys linebacker Micah Parsons. He's on the final year of his contract and wants to know why the Cowboys front office are dragging their feet on his extension. 

It is kind of jacked up that Jerry Jones and crew do this to just about all of their players when it comes time to pay up on a new contract. I side with the players most times especially in the NFL which offers team favored contracts meaning there's usually no guarantee you're going to get everything you signed for. I just wrote about that yesterday with the Bengals new defensive end.

Parsons spoke after finishing a team practice. "When you go around the league and you see these other teams taking care of their best guys, I seen TJ Watt gotten taken care of. Maxx Crosby got taken care of. Myles Garrett got taken care of, and he's got two years left on his deal. You see a lot of people in the league taken care of, and you wish you had that same type of energy."

He's right TJ just got a three-year $123 million extension and Garrett just received a four-year $160 million extension. Would it kill the general manager of the Cowboys to not have a disgruntled superstar just one off season? Every year the GM makes a star player want to explore their options around other franchises; it's a dangerous game. Who is this GM...oh yeah, it's Cowboys owner Jerry Jones. 

Parsons also said, "I've been pretty consistent. If they don't want me here, they don't want me here and I'll go about my business. Like I said, as far as I'm here under contract, I'll do what I have to perform at the highest level but at the end this is the business. Same way Jerry Jones, Stephen Jones and the other Jerry Jones take care of their family is the same way I need to take care of my family. I got three kids of my own, so we all need to take care of our own family at the end of the day."

It's Jerry's world and we're all just spectators. I remember when he strung Dak Prescott along before they gave him his extension. My point is despite how Parsons may feel, this is nothing new with the Cowboys, especially under Jerry's regime as the GM. Knowing how Jerry and crew operate I'm sure Parson's agent has been working the phones Jerry McGuire style trying to get something done last year because if you wait until your final year, you're at the team's mercy.

Bengals owner won't pay player to sit in jail

Well, the Cincinnati Bengals are in the news again. I just told you about how their QB Joe Burrows had his home burglarized for $300,000 and now the owner of the team is in the news. Mike Brown the team's owner, doesn't typically do interviews, it's usually once a year but he made it count this year with a blunt statement about a rookie's contract negotiations.

Shemar Stewart is a defensive end which is a great addition for the team. We all know Joe Burrow needs all the protection he can get. Stewart is a first-round draft pick so the dispute with the owner has nothing to do with his on-field ability, the Bengals are worried about what he's going to do after office hours. Stewart was offered a four-year, $19 million contract.

The problem is in the wording of the contract you see Stewart wants his money fully guaranteed meaning as soon as he signs the contract he's entitled to the full $19 million. The Bengals want to leave the contract how it is, meaning the team can void some of the guarantees if Stewart violates any NFL policies or if he breaks the law.

Brown said, "His agent wants it to be so that if he acted in a terrible fashion--this is all hypothetical--something that rises to the level of going to prison, that we would be on the line for the guarantees for the future years that haven't been paid. And our position is no, if that happens we're not going to be...we're not going to be paying someone who's sitting in jail. That's not what we're going to do."

Stewart and his agent haven't issued a response at the time of this report. Just when you thought an NFL owner couldn't be any more blunt than Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, the Bengals owner says hold my beer.

This is incredible, you have a team owner going on the record basically saying he has no faith his first round draft pick can stay out of trouble with the league or worse stay out of jail. In fact it sounds like Mike Brown's money is on Stewart violating some rules or possibly going to jail. It's not a matter of if but when right Mike...allegedly!

I thought team owners were smart, like highly educated trust fund babies errr I mean Harvard sophisticates. The owner's statement is certainly idiotic I mean even if that's how you truly feel, there's no benefit in sharing that with the media. The Bengals would've had a typical news day had they gone with the usual lie...you know, we can't guarantee your contract because you might get hurt. Nope, the owner decided to go nuclear with the he might go to jail blast.

I'm basically going to sit back with some popcorn and watch how the Bengals PR team tries to get out of this one. This can be misconstrued so many different ways, all of them negative. Now I know why Brown only does one interview a year, it's usually a mic drop moment...see you next year Mike.

Pawn show owner in hot water for selling Bengals QB's items

Are you ready for some football! Don't act like I'm the only one who grew up dancing to that song because the answer was always yes. One of the few things my stepdad and I bonded over. Rookies are already at the NFL training camps and the veterans are showing up this week. I hope the players have a good security system on their homes while they're away because athletes' homes have been targeted by robbers in a coordinated way. The robberies usually occur when the player is out of town for a road game.

Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce of the Kansas City Chiefs, Luca Doncic of the Los Angeles Lakers and Mike Conley of the Minnesota Timberwolves all have had their homes robbed. The latest victim, who was referred to as Athlete 5, was revealed to be Cincinnati Bengals QB Joe Burrows. Robbers stole $300,000 worth of cash, jewelry, and other items.

The robbers haven't been caught yet, but their boy Dimitry has. Dimitry Nezhinskiy owns a pawn shop in NYC. He has plead guilty to buying and selling luxury items stolen by a national burglary crew. He admitted purchasing stolen items including high end watches, jewelry, and handbags. He faces 5 years in prison and a $2.5 million fine, also, because he's from the country of Georgia, he faces deportation.

Joe Burrow is understandably shaken up. "I just get very uncomfortable. My life is very public, that comes with the job, but there's certain parts of your life that are yours. Your house is one of those." Burrow made the statement on the Netflix show Quarterback. On the show he also mentions canceling a replica Batmobile that is fully functional.

We all dream of winning the lottery and becoming an overnight millionaire. Then we think what we would do with all of that money. You gotta have one big splurge purchase and any millionaire could have a Ferrari or Rolls Royce or Bugatti...although at last check Bugatti's were going for $3 mil...Batmobile is collectable. Ever since the first Batman, which is the best sorry not sorry, and I'm talking about Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson's version. Ever since I saw that I wanted that car. Back to the den of thieves errr I mean corrupt pawn shop, dude will not only lose his business if convicted, he'll also be deported. What a moron but then again criminals aren't usually the brightest.