1. If you like to have the f-word mixed in with your sports analysis, then you will enjoy this clip of NBC’s Morgan Pressel breaking down a shot from Brooke Henderson during Olympic action on Friday.
Morgan Pressel throwing in the F word in commentary?! Can't say I dislike it pic.twitter.com/apINV8Zbji
— Ryan Ballengee (@RyanBallengee) August 9, 2024
2. Here are the five NBA Christmas Day games that will go against Chiefs-Steelers (1 p.m. ET) and Ravens-Texans (4:30 p.m. ET) on Netflix.
NBA Christmas Day games for the 2024-25 season, per sources:
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) August 9, 2024
🎄Spurs at Knicks
🎄Timberwolves at Mavericks
🎄76ers at Celtics
🎄Lakers at Warriors
🎄Nuggets at Suns
3. There was a wild ending in Seattle on Thursday night when the Mariners, down 3–1 to the Tigers with two outs in the bottom of the ninth, won on a Mitch Haniger bases-clearing double that got past a diving Ryan Vilade in right field.
Seattle’s Adam Goldsmith had the call on Root Sports and it was ELECTRIC.
THE @MARINERS WALK IT OFF 😮 pic.twitter.com/nU6E0gGgtt
— MLB (@MLB) August 9, 2024
4. This needs to become a real sport televised by ESPN. Who wouldn’t watch?
Can’t wait to have @CodyRhodes on the SI MEDIA PODCAST again to have a full discussion about his post-retirement plan to gain 75-100 pounds. pic.twitter.com/RLPb0YeGhb
— Jimmy Traina (@JimmyTraina) August 9, 2024
6. This week’s episode of SI Media With Jimmy Traina is an all–Traina Thoughts edition with Sal Licata from WFAN radio and SNY TV in New York.
Among the topics discussed on the podcast: The shocking news that Charles Barkley will not retire or join ESPN, NBC or Amazon and remain with TNT after the network loses the NBA; the debut of the new NFL kickoff rule; the news that Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are working on a movie about Hulk Hogan taking down Gawker and Deadspin; reaction to my interview with CM Punk from the previous week; the recent booking issues between SiriusXM’s Chris “Mad Dog” Russo and NBC’s Mike Tirico and much more.
You can listen to the SI Media With Jimmy Traina below or on Apple and Spotify.
You can also watch SI Media With Jimmy Traina on Sports Illustrated‘s YouTube channel.
7. RANDOM VIDEO OF THE DAY: It was 25 years ago today that we saw one of the best debuts in WWE history when Chris Jericho showed up on Monday Night Raw to interrupt The Rock.
Be sure to catch up on past editions of Traina Thoughts and check out the Sports Illustrated Media Podcast hosted by Jimmy Traina on Apple, Spotify or Google. You can also follow Jimmy on Twitter and Instagram.
This article was originally published on www.si.com as Who Would’ve Thought Olympic Women’s Golf Would Give Us a Solid Broadcaster F-Bomb?.
