Sports - Brad Pye, Jr.

Los Angeles, CA-- Notes, quotes and things picked on the run from coast-to-coast and all the stops in between and beyond.

The new kids and oldsters who will be counted in 2017 in NFL play are the Dallas Cowboys’ Dak Prescott, Minnesota Vikings’ Teddy Bridgewater, Indianapolis Colts’ Andrew Luck, Tampa Bucs’ Jameis Winston, Ryan Tannell-Hill, Carolina Panthers’ Cam Newton, Oakland Raiders’ Derek Carr, Tennessee’s Marcus Mariota, New England Patriots, Arizona Cardinals’ Carson Palmer, Cleveland Browns’­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­_____, Seattle Seahawks’ Russell Wilson, Kansas Chief’s Alex Smith, New Orleans Drew Brees, New York Giant Eli Manning, Detriot Lions’s Stanford Matthews, San Diego Chargers’ Phillip Rivers and Robert Griffin III, et al.

The latest on the proposed release of O.J. Simpson to his friend Tom Scotto in Florida. O.J.will live in a four bedroom rented house with Scotto. The people have no problem with O.J. living in Florida. The Nevada is expected to receive O.J.’s release parole papers as soon as Oct. 1,

Scotto says he was bombarded media requests as soon as Thursday’s hearing date’ Scotto claims he received 108 missed calls and 168 text messages. He added: “This is a big deal. Come October, it’s big, big deal!”

USC’ Heisman Trophy Nominee Sam Darnold, UCLA’s Josh Rosen, Stanford’s Coach David Shaw, Washington State Coach, Oregon’s Willie Jarggett et al. The Cleveland Browns passed on Clemson’s Deshaun Watson and selected Notre Dame’s DeShone Kizer. Coach Hue Jackson believes he has his QB of the future,

And the beat counties!

Coach James Franklin had a 9-1 record until Penn State lost to USC in the Rose Bowl. Franklin says it like it didn’t happen, because scores will not count on this year’s ledger.

Check This! Stanford’s David Shaw is the highest paid coach in the Pac-12. Shaw is No. 19 at roughly $29 million per year. SEC and Big 10 coaches earn $125 million from their own network or $8-million per school.

The last year the Big 10 paid an average of $35- million to each school, The SEC paid each university $40.5 million a season.

And the beat continues!

QB Russell Wilson will have to work his magic, if the Seattle Seahawks hopes to collect another championship. The same will have to, if Dak Prescott expects to make it to another Super Bowl.

Coach Marvin Lewis enters his exit season with the Cincinnati Bengals, after his 15th year on the job. Fifteen years is a long, long time for holding onto an NFL post. Isn’t Lewis the dean of NFL coaches of color?

Arizona’s incoming highly touted freshman football player My-King Johnson admits he’s gay, There are other gay football players, but they just aren’t telling the world.

Antoine Walker had it all as a Kentucky all-American and a top Boston Celtics, more flashy cars than he could count on one hand, bad real estate and brought along with the people he grew up with and carried them all straight to the poverty line. Thank God, Walker bounced back to the top. Now all his dreams have come true.

And life is good again.

Check This! Stanford’s head coach David Shaw on USC’s QB Sam Darnold, “I think they got the best quarterback in the nation.”

Here is the latest word from the lips of Carolina Panthers’ QB Cam Newton: “That’s my edge. You don’t expect a Lion not to roar. Do not expect me to stay planted in the pocket.”

Dusty Baker’s Washington Nationals hit six homeruns in six at bats. This was the sixth time this had happened in MLB history.

Addiction is still on the menu of ex-Lakers star Lamar Odom. The 37-year old ex-Lakers can still switch reels.

The unbeaten 49-0 Floyd Mayweather, Jr. is virtually everybody’s choice to whip UFC champion Conor McGregor on Aug. 26 in Las Vegas at the T-Mobil Arena.

Not me! No one has beaten Mayweather, Jr.

For the record Mayweather hasn’t scored a knockout in his last six outings.

The Olympic Games will be coming to L.A for the third time in 2028.

This is the end!

Brad Pye Jr, can be reached at switchreel@aol.com