Gambling culture? You betcha!
EVERYONE into the cesspool! Now ex-Giants David Tyree and Mathias Kiwanuka will co-host a sports betting program on MSG Network. Per the announcement:
“We are excited to expand the reach of the MSG Networks brand and further immerse our fans into the sports betting culture.”
Yeah, once immersed in that culture, you might try the front of the Garden to bed down at night — after a day of begging spare change.
➤ The UNLV sideline now features a flashing 700-pound faux slot machine that summons UNLV players to watch it pay off after every home-team touchdown.
“I wanted something that represented us,” head coach Marcus Arroyo explained.
Saturday, the debut of that slot machine generated divided interest among his players as UNLV lost to Utah State, 28-24, but three times gathered to play the slot machine.
➤ An NCAA “task force” has called for the elimination of standard academic testing for incoming Division I and II “student-athletes.”
Good idea. Not that barely literate athletes had trouble landing full college scholarships, but that proposal would remove all false pretense that recruits must be able to read and write to be enrolled in college, then matriculate until their eligibility has expired.
Of course, college presidents only have to pretend they had no idea — like ESPN/CBS/Jim Nantz-anointed Saint Roy Williams, the UNC basketball coach totally surprised that his players for years maintained eligibility by receiving A’s in nonexistent classes.
➤ Highly impeachable sources inform us that Roger Goodell will travel to England and Germany to sell “good investment” PSLs to the locals.
➤ The Jets and Giants have spawned a new customer reality. With PSL Stadium games emptying early, now you stay until they’re over in order to beat the traffic.
➤ Quality control: Seen scrolled throughout Rams-Giants on Fox was a promo for NFL.com, one prefaced with, “Football is back.” Week 6, and a preseason games message remained.
➤ Yadda, yadda, yadda. Rochester pen pal Pat Proietti sent a clip of a 37-1 2-year-old winning a harness stakes race at Woodbine in Toronto. The name of the winner? Bob Loblaw. Say it quickly — blah, blah, blah.