Your “Maybe That’s Why The Chargers Left?” Wednesday Evening Open Thread

NFL News:

• The Bill Simmons Media Group has lost its president due to sexual harassment claims.
  • Eric Weinberger, a former executive at NFL Network, has been accused of sending “several nude pictures of himself and sexually explicit texts” to Jami Cantor, who is currently suing the Network.
    • It’s unclear if this is the same lawsuit that also brought down Donovan McNabb and Eric Davis.
  • At this point, it’s got to be pretty well understood in the 21st Century that saying – out loud – that a woman was “put on earth to pleasure me,” is not going to sound the way you meant it when said out loud in a court room
    • Then ‘allegedly’ pressing a crotch against a woman’s shoulder and asking her to touch it just guarantees a future legal defeat.
  • In conclusion:

• In other news, the Bill Simmons Group has leadership that goes beyond Bill Simmons simply yelling “I NEED 10,000 WORDS ON HOW GOODELL’S FUCKING THE PATS AGAIN!”

• Marshawn Lynch reworked his contract to help the Raiders & new teammate Doug Martin.
  • It lowered Lynch’s base salary against the cap, but gave him more guaranteed money on the season.
  • It also hopefully gets us closer to the long-anticipated DFO spinoff serial “All About That Action”, starring Beastmode & The Muscle Hamster.

• Apparently, the Colts tried to trade into the #1 overall pick, but the Browns weren’t interested.
  • The sticking point appears to be the Jets being unwilling to part with a future first-round pick, which actually makes sense on both sides.
    • The Browns absolutely should demand it, given their current prime location.
    • The Jets absolutely should keep all their #1s because they will need them.

Finally, get those medical cards out if you’re going to San Diego, because you can now get your medicine courtesy of “Real Wellness by Ricky Williams”.

• Quoting from NBC7 in San Diego,
  • RW has six cannabis-based wellness products derived from Williams’ own formulations that can be incorporated into daily health routines.
    • “It’s a dream come true for me to merge my passion for healing and my fascination with plant medicines with my entrepreneurial spirit. Cannabis has played an important part in my healing journey, and I feel a responsibility to share what I have learned in the process,” said Williams, RW’s founder and brand leader.
  • RW’s product line is available at 11 dispensaries in San Diego.

Tonight’s sports:

• NHL:
  • Habs at Penguins – 7:00PM | Sportsnet
  • Bruins at Blues – 8:00PM | NBCSN
  • Ducks at Flames – 9:30PM | Sportsnet360
• NBA:
  • Raptors at Cavaliers – 7:00PM | ESPN / Sportsnet1
  • Wizards at Spurs – 9:30PM | ESPN / Sportsnet1
• NCAA:
  • NIT Basketball Tournament:
    • OK State vs. Western Kentucky – 7:00PM | ESPN2
    • St. Mary’s vs. Utah – 9:00PM | ESPN2

That’s it for me this week. Hippo’s got you covered for all your bracket/GAMBLOR related viewing until Sunday night. CAN YOU BET ON IF THE LOYOLA NUN DIES?