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NFL Seattle @ Buffalo Chicago @ Tennessee Miami @ Arizona New Orleans @ Tampa Bay Fantasy Recap from Last Week/Look Forward to This Week NCAA Football Surprising rankings Cincinnati Bearcats no.6 3-0 Indiana Hoosiers no. 13 (2-0) Coastal Carolina (4-0) Beating opponents 161 to 64 PAC 12 back in play! Games coming up to watch FRIDAY - #9 BYU @ #21 Boise State #23 Michigan @ #13 Indiana #8 Florida VS #5 Georgia #14 Oklahoma State @ Kansas State #1 Clemson @ #4 Notre Dame MLS SOCCER Playoffs starting soon Top 8 from both divisions Eastern Philadelphia Union (13-4-5) Toronto FC (13-4-5) Columbus Crew SC (11-5-5) Orlando City SC (10-3-8) Western Portland Timbers (11-5-5) Sporting Kansas City (11-6-3) Seattle Sounders FC (10-5-5) Minnesota United FC (8-5-6) The 2020 MLS Cup Playoffs (branded as the 2020 Audi MLS Cup Playoffs for sponsorship reasons) The playoffs will begin on November 20 and conclude with MLS Cup 2020 on December 12

NBA Free agents Start to season - being debated. From reports - league is pushing to start in late December. Danny Green says some veterans wont play if it starts then. Revenue dropped 10% to $8.3 billion (report from ESPN). Still yet to be determined how that will impact the salary cap. TALK ABOUT LATER NOT TODAY - https://www.espn.com/nba/insider/story/_/id/30153524/nba-free-agent-rankings-25-best-players-2020 Anthony Davis Fed VanVleet Christian Wood Brandon Ingram Hassan Whiteside MLB Playoffs - https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29955449/2020-mlb-playoffs-schedules-postseason-bracket-analysis-updates LA Wins! Last wins 1988 (32 years ago) Kevin Cash pulling Snell on 70 pitches and 9ks Corey Seager wins MVP Kershaw gets his ring finally Can they repeat? Are they the favorites? NFL Only 1 unbeaten left Steelers (6-0) Surprises half way through season? Dolphins 3-3 Browns 5-2 Texans 1-6 Vikings 1-5 Falcons 1-6 Cardinals 5-2 Fantasy Recap from Last Week/Look Forward to This Week

NBA Congrats to the Lakers No surprise? MLB Playoffs - https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29955449/2020-mlb-playoffs-schedules-postseason-bracket-analysis-updates LA 1 - 1 TAMPA BAY RAYS Any surprises? Predictions NFL Standings through 6 weeks Miami to start Tua over Fitzmagic Dolphins 3-3 with losses to Patriots, bills, seahawks Wins against jags, 49ers, jets Fitz - 1,535 yrds - 10td - 7 int - 95 QBR Too early for Tua? LEVEON BELL? Unbeatens? Surprised? How far can they go? Pittsburgh Steelers (5-0) Tennessee Titans (5-0) Seattle Seahawks (5-0) Bills have lost their last 2 (4-2) NFC EAST Cowboys (2-4) (dak hurt) Eagles (1-4-1) Giants (1-5) Washington (1-5) GAMES THIS WEEK Pittsburgh (5-0) @ Tennessee (5-0) GB (4-1) @ Houston (1-5) Seattle (5-0) @ Arizona (4-2) KC (5-1) @ Denver (2-3) Tampa Bay (4-2) @ Las Vegas (3-2) Chicago (5-1) @ Rams (4-2) Fantasy Recap from Last Week/Look Forward to This Week

NBA PLAYOFFS - (CHECK BEFORE RECORDING) https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/29647539/nba-playoffs-2020-schedules-news-odds-latest-updates FINALS! Lakers up 3-1 in series MLB Playoffs - https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29955449/2020-mlb-playoffs-schedules-postseason-bracket-analysis-updates First Round down Matchups in Divisional Round - CHECK STANDINGS. AL (best of 5) (1) Tampa Bay vs (5) Yankees (tied 1-1) (2) Oakland vs (6) Houston (Astros 2-0) NL (1) Dodgers vs (4) San Diego (LA 1-0) (2) Atlanta vs (6) Miami Marlins (ATL 1-0) Any surprises? Predictions NFL More players and teams having COVID-19 in the NFL Standings through 4 weeks Surprises? Positives Bills (trevor surprised) 4-0 on top of AFC East Cleveland Browns 3-1 (won 3 in a row) Seattle (4-0) Green Bay (4-0) Negatives Houston Texans (0-4) Firing Bill O’Brien NFC East (1-3 or 0-4 teams) Vikings at 1-3 Falcons 0-4 San Francisco Bottom of the NFC West Week 5 Games to Watch TB (3-1) @ Chicago (3-1) (thursday night) Buffalo (4-0) @ Tennessee (3-0) (if its played) Indianapolis (3-1) @ Cleveland (3-1) Las Vegas (2-2) @ Kansas City (4-0) Fantasy Recap from Last Week/Look Forward to This Week

NBA PLAYOFFS - (CHECK BEFORE RECORDING) https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/29647539/nba-playoffs-2020-schedules-news-odds-latest-updates Finals are set! Heat vs. Lakers. Schedule:  Game 1: 9/30 (Today!) Game 2: 10/2 Game 3: 10/4 Game 4: 10/6 Game 5 (if necessary): 10/9 Game 6 (if necessary): 10/11 Game 7 (if necessary): 10/13 What are we looking for? Well-rounded team (Heat) vs. Two Stars (Lakers) Shades of 2004 Pistons vs. Lakers  MLB Playoffs - starting up! (have Trevor speak more on this). Unique this year 16 teams - eight from each league Wildcard round - all games at home of higher seed. Best of 3. Divisional round - at neutral sites AL & NL Championship Series AL - in San Diego NL - in Arlington, Texas Matchups in Wildcard Round - CHECK STANDINGS. AL (1) Tampa Bay vs (8) Toronto (4) Cleveland vs (5) Yankees (3) Minnesota vs (6) Houston (2) Oakland vs (7) White Sox NL (1) Dodgers vs (8) Milwaukee (4) San Diego vs (5) St. Louis (3) Chicago vs (6) Miami (2) Atlanta vs (7) Cincinnati NFL Starting to see COVID-19 take a hit in the NFL Titans - Steelers game postponed this week Several players and team personnel tested positive Postponed to either Monday or Tuesday Vikings (Titans’ opponent last week) - no positive tests yet, but have kept practice facility closed. Scheduled to open back up on Thursday, game to remain on Sunday.  Takeaways from Week 3 Chiefs - big win over Baltimore! Falcons give up another big lead to Chicago. Bears - 3-0! Bills - get a big win over Rams. Seahawks - legitimate contender this year? 3-0 and just beat Dallas. Week 4 Games to Watch Chargers at Tampa Bay Minnesota at Houston NE at KC Buffalo at LV Noticeable injuries Michael Thomas, George Kittle - still questionable! Both returned to practice today. TB - Scotty Miller, Chris Godwin questionable and doubtful, respectively. Fantasy Recap from Last Week/Look Forward to This Week

NCAA Football Upsets and Noteable games Noteable games being played this weekend #17 Miami vs #18 Louisville #14 UCF vs Georgia Tech (beat florida state last wk) Boston College vs Duke Upsets last weekend Kansas vs Coastal Carolina Kansas State vs Arkansas State Iowa State vs Louisiana The Big Ten conference has decided that they will start playing football on October 24th. Daily testing and strong confidence in the latest medical information has led them to this decision. Each team will attempt to play eight games in eight weeks, leaving no wiggle room during the coronavirus pandemic before the Big Ten championship game on Dec. 19. That date will also feature an extra cross-division game for each school, with seeded teams in each division squaring off. NBA PLAYOFFS - (CHECK BEFORE RECORDING) https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/29647539/nba-playoffs-2020-schedules-news-odds-latest-updates West CONFERENCE FINALS - (1) Lakers vs. (3) Denver Lakers - beat Rockets pretty easily (4-1) Have had six days off by the time the series starts Denver - another seven game series! Beat the Clippers 4-3. How much do they have left? Only two days off. Clippers - do they need to tweak their roster or just run it back? East CONFERENCE FINALS - (5) Miami leads (3) Boston 1-0 Miami won 117-114 (OT) in Game 1 Huge block by Bam Adebayo to seal the game! Miami - seems to get scoring from anywhere.  Jimmy Butler was third leading scorer, behind Goran Dragic and Jae Crowder. Boston Outside of Jayson Tatum, their big guys are struggling. Daniel Theis (4 pts in 35 minutes), other bench PFs and Cs didn’t score over three points.  NFL Any surprises after the first week? KC running game GB - came out strong! Any teams that look better than expected? Any teams looking worse than expected Week 2 Games to Watch Atlanta at Dallas Minnesota at Indianapolis Baltimore at Houston New England at Seattle Noticeable injuries

NCAA Football Starting Up Noteable games being played this weekend Kansas State vs Arkansas State No. 10 Notre Dame vs Duke Florida State at Georgia Tech Missouri State at No. 5 Oklahoma No. 1 Clemson at Wake Forest Coastal Carolina vs Kansas Baylor, TCU games getting postponed - what can we expect out of this year? Will we ever have a champion in football? NBA PLAYOFFS - (CHECK BEFORE RECORDING) https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/29647539/nba-playoffs-2020-schedules-news-odds-latest-updates West (1) Lakers lead (4) Houston, 2-1 Again, unpredictability of Rockets’ play style (game 1-they won by 15; have lost the last two by 8 and 10) Lebron - turning it on. Playing tonight!!! (2) Clippers lead (3) Denver, 3-1 Paul George -  afraid of his On/off switch. Needs to stay on! Seems to dictate the attitude of the team Game 5 on Friday. East (5) Miami beats (1) Milwaukee, 4-1 Giannis - a free agent in 2021. How will next season go? Does Milwaukee need a change at coach? Can they get another star? Miami - again, just a well rounded team (3) Boston and (2) Toronto tied, 3-3 Game 7 on Friday! NFL Season starting now basically BIG Kickoff tonight between Kansas City Chiefs and Houston Texans Some big games that we are looking forward to this weekend: Seattle @ Atlanta Green Bay @ Minnesota Tampa Bay @ New Orleans Dallas @ Los Angeles Rams Tennessee @ Denver (mon) Arizona at SF

NCAA Football Starting Up Few games this Saturday with smaller conferences starting Power 5 conferences starting Saturday September 12 What can we expect from this season? Postponements? Big 10 - still postponed. Talked about starting up in November. Does that make sense? Pac 12 - still postponed. Big 12 - 9+1 model. 9 conference and one non-conference. SEC - 10 game conference-only schedule. ACC - 10+1 model. 10 conference and one non-conference. Mark - speak on KCAC football season. Won’t take too long. NBA PLAYOFFS - (CHECK BEFORE RECORDING) https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/29647539/nba-playoffs-2020-schedules-news-odds-latest-updates First Round (5) OKC vs. (4) Houston - Tied 3-3 Westbrook is back. Is that good for the Rockets? (7 turnovers by him in game 6.) Ebbs and flows of the Rockets’ style of play. Game 7 tonight! Second Round East (1) Milwaukee vs. (5) Miami - Miami up 1-0 40 pt game from Jimmy Butler in Game 1 Giannis - needs to step up! 3rd Leading scorer in game 1. Game 2 going on now (2) Toronto vs. (3) Boston - Boston up 2-0 Boston - full team starting to step up! All starters scored 13+ pts in game 1. Game 2 - much closer (102-99). Can Toronto turn it around? West - yet to start. (2) Clippers vs. (3) Nuggets (1) Lakers vs. Houston/OKC winner. Fantasy Football around the corner, check out our YOUTUBE channel for some guides on drafts coming up as well as drafts we are a part of for some insight into who we like for this year's season.

Boycotts due to demonstrations surrounding the shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha (in Wisconsin - close to Milwaukee). A couple different ways to look at it Don’t want to be an escape like sports usually is. They want people to talk about the issue! Is it really sticking it to the system that needs changing? What other options are there? MLB Tatis still doing crazy things Ran into left field to catch a ball Tatis stats (as of 8/26) .301 avg 12 HRs (leading MLB) 29 RBI (leading MLB) 6 SB (top 5) Betts playing up to the money Betts stats (as of 8/26) .293 avg 11 HRs (tied 2nd) 24 RBI (top 10) 5 SB NL Leader - Los Angeles Dodgers - (record 22-9) Oakland Athletics - (record 21-10) NBA PLAYOFFS - https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/29647539/nba-playoffs-2020-schedules-news-odds-latest-updates No game 5s today! All boycotted Matchups - CHECK BEFORE RECORDING. East (1) Milwaukee vs. (8) Orlando - Milwaukee leads 3-1 (2) Toronto vs. (7) Brooklyn - Toronto WON 4-0 Toronto Looking great (won by an average of 21 pts) Norman Powell (avg 18pts) Fred VanFleet (avg 22pts) Pascal Siakam (avg 21 pts)  Serge Ibaka 20+ pts and 10+ rebs (3) Boston vs. (6) Philadelphia - Boston WON 4-0 Kemba walker (avg 24 pts) Jayson Tatum (avg 27 pts) Embiid (avg 31 pts and 12 Reb) Can Embiid get any help? (simmons healthy regular season (16.4 pts - 7.8 Reb - 8 asts) Brett Brown - 76ers coach, fired. (4) Indiana vs. (5) Miami - Miami won 4-0 Dragic leading scorer 22.8 pts per game Jimmy Butler 19.8 pts per game Nate McMilan (Pacers coach) - fired today! West (1) Lakers vs. (8) Portland - Lakers 3-1 (2) Clippers vs. (7) Dallas - Clippers 3-2 Luka Paul George - finally came to life in Game 5. (3) Denver vs. (6) Utah - Utah up 3-2 (4) Houston vs. (5) OKC - Tied 2-2 Next round Celtics-Raptors: supposed to start on Thursday! May be boycotted. OTHER TOPICS Lionel Messi leaving Barcelona! Wants to leave for free but clause saying he could has expired by this point.  Could be a €700 million release cause (over $800 million!) Extension of season due to COVID: does that impact when the clause expired?

MLB Tatis 3-0 Grand Slam Swing Do we have a problem with it? “Unwritten rules” in baseball NBA PLAYOFFS Matchups - CHECK BEFORE RECORDING. SOME GAMES TODAY. East (1) Milwaukee vs. (8) Orlando - Tied 1-1 (2) Toronto vs. (7) Brooklyn - Toronto up 3-0 Played earlier today, Raptors won 117-92 (3) Boston vs. (6) Philadelphia - Boston up 2-0 Playing right now. CHECK SCORE Ben Simmons injury - partial dislocation of kneecap. How far can 76ers go without him? (4) Indiana vs. (5) Miami - Miami up 2-0 West (1) Lakers vs. (8) Portland - Tied 1-1 (2) Clippers vs. (7) Dallas - Tied 1-1 Porzingis ejection (3) Denver vs. (6) Utah - Utah up 2-1 Played today, Utah won 124-87 (4) Houston vs. (5) OKC - Houston up 2-0 Westbrook - strained right quad. “No timetable” for his return. OTHER TOPICS NBA start for next season - likely getting pushed back. Adam Silver - “...Dec. 1, now that we're working through this season, is feeling a little bit early to me.” to Rachel Nichols before the draft lottery Want to get fans back in arenas Don’t want a bubble again NBA Players Union - told players to plan on start of free agency being pushed back (planned to start Oct. 18).

College sports postponing sports Trevor - Opinion Mark - No opinion (Don’t get fired!) - will provide examples of what KCAC and NAIA are doing. NAIA - governs 20 conferences around the country (Also have the Association of Independent Institutions) Has given conferences autonomy to make decision on if they will play in the fall - KCAC is. Have postponed fall championships to spring, will still allow conferences to compete in fall if they so choose. Practice and start of games - pushed back roughly two weeks. KCAC Has declared intent to return play in the fall. Football - has an altered schedule, allowing for play in the fall, makeup days, and potential games in the spring. NBA Playoffs starting soon Western Conference - playoff picture becoming a little clearer. 7 teams set, still a race for the eighth seed. Portland - currently in 8th seed. Damian Lillard - playing out of his mind! Memphis, Phoenix, San Antonio still alive! (All 0.5 games back) Memphis - would be fun to see their young core get some experience in the playoffs! Injuries to Jaren Jackson Jr. (torn meniscus) and Justice Winslow (hip) hurt those chances. Phoenix - 7-0 in seeding games! Eliminated - New Orleans, Sacramento. Eastern Conference - set. Aug 14 - last day of regular play. At least one play in game (8 vs. 9) on Aug. 15, another on Aug 16 if necessary. Games being played Thursday will determine 8 and 9 seeds (team “on the bubble” aren’t scheduled to play on Aug 14) MLB Discussions A’s - Astros Brawl Fallout Ramon Laureano (A’s) - suspended six games. He is appealing it. Alex Cintron (Astros’ hitting coach) - suspended 20 games. Provoked Laureano. Division Leaders as of Today (Check before recording) - over a ¼ of the way through the season AL East - Yankees AL Central - Minnesota AL West - Oakland NL East - Miami and Atlanta tied NL Central - Chicago Cubs NL West - Colorado

NBA Starts Up https://www.google.com/search?q=nba&oq=nba&aqs=chrome..69i57j46j0l4j69i61j69i60.567j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#sie=lg;/g/11h0yj414v;3;/m/05jvx;st;fp;1;; Stand out teams West - Lakers (51-15) 6.5 West - Top 7 have clinched playoff East - Bucks (54-14) East - Top 6 have clinched playoff Bubble teams West - Grizzlies , Trail Blazers, Spurs, Pelicans, Suns, Kings East -  Nets, Magic. (Basically set) Wizards - still playing, but not involved in the playoff picture. Front runners right now? Lakers and Bucks MLB St. Louis Players get covid Notable Injuries Soroka (torn Achiles) Ohtani - Done pitching for the year (Grade 1-2 strain of the flexor pronator mass in pitching arms) 4-6 weeks before being able to pitch. Osuna (Tommy John surgery) Real Quick - Update on Hockey! 24 Team Playoff 12 teams in Toronto (East) and 12 in Edmonton (West) Top 4 Teams in each conference - play round robin for seeding. Other 8 teams on each side (5-12 seeds) play best of five series for who will make it to the “official” playoffs Started Aug 1; official Stanley Cup playoffs start Aug. 11. Seattle Kraken - just a great name for an expansion team.  Rock part of investment group that buys XFL for 15M

In this episode we talk about Baseball and how we think it is going so far. We also discuss the Joe Kelly suspension. We then shift to the NBA and talk some NBA games. Then top it off with some NFL news about some players that have decided to opt out of the year. Follow our Twitter: https://twitter.com/SlackersSports

This episode we start off with a fun game where Mark tries to guess who the players are based on stats. After that we discuss a few of the best sports video games. Then finish off with opening day and MLB talk.

In this episode we break down how the MLB is going to work with only a 60 game season. We also talk about who we think will benefit and who we think will have a chance to win it all. We also discuss MLS coming back for the "MLS is Back" tournament and what it will look like. As well as, some thoughts on how the MLS is handling the covid situation. We discuss the NBA coming back and some potential teams that could make a run. Also discuss some free agents coming up and how the end of the season will look. We discuss the NFL as well highlighting the contracts of Patrick Mahomes and Chris Jones. Also discuss our excitement for a possible KC Chiefs dynasty.