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Austin 3:15: Brewers on fire; NFLPA in shambles; WNBA shirts & CBA; NFL over/under release; Hornets are champs
No new Coldplay concert scandals to note, so over to baseball where the Brewers are dishing out the business to everyone in their path. Meanwhile, the WNBA and NFLPA are having some toxic moments, and more NFL news is happening by the day. You can almost hear the Sunday Night Football intro song in the background.
Austin Krueger
July 21, 2025
15 WEEKEND HEADLINES. 15 BOTTOM LINE THOUGHTS. 15 WORDS OR LESS.
Top Story
The Milwaukee Brewers make it 10 straight; tying the best record in ball.
1) At 59-40, fresh off sweeping the Dodgers, the Brewers are not to be taken lightly.
Sleep with one eye open 👁️
— Milwaukee Brewers (@Brewers)
11:36 PM • Jul 20, 2025
NFL
NFL over/under win totals release
2) Ravens, Bills, Eagles, and Chiefs lead at 11.5; Browns alone at the bottom at 4.5.
NFLPA is in shambles; Director Lloyd Howell and JC Tretter, who hired Howell, resign
3) Corruption, trash leadership, strip club “expenses,” and Tretter’s unconvincing victim card headlines the NFLPA’s mess.
Per the story: During this year's NFLPA summit on Feb. 21, Lloyd Howell accompanied two union employees to the Magic City strip club for an outing that included $2,426 in charges including cash withdrawals, ranging from $200 to $525, from a club ATM, sources and documents show.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter)
7:09 PM • Jul 18, 2025
JC Tretter explaining his decision to walk away from the NFL Players Association
— Jonathan Jones (@jjones9)
9:01 PM • Jul 20, 2025
Kansas City Chiefs secure George Karlaftis for 4 years, $93 million
4) 24.5 sacks in three seasons makes Karlaftis the 10th highest paid edge rusher per year.
Seahawks cut Noah Fant; freeing up almost $9 million
5) Fant has been good, just severely underutilized. They must love rookie Tight End Elijah Arroyo.
MLB
Tarik Skubal’s 11 Ks advance his Cy Young agenda
6) Tigers ace moves to 10-3, lowering his ERA to 2.23. This dude simply tosses filth.
The win gets the Tigers to 60 wins; the first team to the mark
7) After a decade of mostly suck, Detroit baseball is all the way back.
Eugenio Suarez can’t stop destroying baseballs; now sits at 35 homers
8) The MLB’s most coveted trade deadline piece has four home runs the last two days.
NBA
Lakers make roster moves; adding Marcus Smart
9) See ya never Jordan Goodwin and Shake Milton. Hello recently irrelevant, former DPOY Smart.
Speaking of.. Lakers GM Rob Pelinka is getting dragged through the coals
10) Deemed a lucky mf with zero creativity/know-how to finesse an offseason; fans aren’t happy.
Hornets make & win a championship before Embiid; winning 83-78 over the Kings
11) So what if it’s just Summer League. Still counts... Bring down the street lights Charlotte!
WNBA
Players rep “Pay Us What You Owe Us” shirts as WNBA talks get contentious
12) Players use All-Star game for CBA leverage; call out selfish, transparency-lacking owners. Get popcorn ready.
CBA debate: Case for paying players more
13) League popularity is booming; there’s stars and rivalries that pop; players deserve a larger share.
CBA debate: Case for not paying players more
14) Revenue, up. Profit, Down. Despite NBA subsidizing. Declaring losses = bad news for players. Messy finances...
What happened to the magic of All-Star games?
15) All-Star games across sports used to mean something. Despite WNBA booming, the bad product remains.
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