Your “Don’t Waste Your Words, They’re Just Lies” Thursday Evening Open Thread

NFL News: another very quite day. US sports seem to be avoiding getting in the NBA’s way.

• Someone had the bright idea to talk to Peyton Manning about Andrew Luck’s injury & missed year.
  • Especially while Peyton is golfing a pro-am at The Memorial with Tiger Woods
  • Manning advised that Luck will need to get lots of reps in in order to regain some semblance of “game shape”.
    • No word on if he was advised on how to get into Jim Irsay’s private stash.

• Kaep’s Kollusion Kase update!
  • Kaep’s lawyer, Mark Geragos, is claiming he has a corroborating witness who is able to testify about an active conspiracy to keep him out of the NFL.
    • the key will be evidence that football “people” think he (or Eric Reid) can positively contribute to a team’s success, but ownership has vetoed the move in collusion with other owners as retribution for his stance.

• JFF is officially a backup (for now) in Hamilton.
  • Head coach June Jones says last year’s starter, Jeremiah Masoli, “absolutely” remains the starter.
  • As Maestro reminded you, the CFL plays a two-game pre-season and an 18-game schedule.
    • Given CFL injury rates, it’s more than likely he’ll end up starting a couple of games by September.

Tonight’s sports:

• CFL Pre-Season:
  • Alouettes vs. Redblacks – 7:30PM | TSN2
•  NBA:
  • Cavaliers at Warriors – 9:00PM | ABC / TSN
    • 4th year in a row.

• MLB:
  • USA – only on MLBN
  • Canada:
    • Yankees at Orioles – 7:00PM | Sportsnet
    • Red Sox at Astros – 8:00PM | Sportsnet1
• Spelling bee:
  • Finals: Closing portion – 8:30PM | ESPN

No broadcast baseball in America? No spelling bee finals in Canada? WHY DO I EVEN HAVE CABLE?