Call In Sick, The Champions League Is Back

…From the leading sports merch brand to...host a competitvie flag football game. Saquon, Christian, CeeDee, Maxx, Sauce, and Tom (yeah! That Tom!) are among the confirmed players. Oh yeah, fanatics can also just mean a person with lots of zeal. 

Swiss sportswear brand, On, has tapped Burna Boy to be “Clubhouse President” of their tennis-based “Clubhouse Nights” in NYC, Miami and Paris. You can call him POOCH for short (Prez of On’s Clubhouse). 

As a kid, Gronk’s parents had two rules for he and his brothers: No punching in the gonads (direct quote), and no hitting in the face. More on that, and other stuff about his life, in this Q&A. I’m sorry I said gonad in a newsletter.

WNBA girlfriends Natasha Cloud and Izzy Harrison have been hiding in plain sight, says Frankie De La Cretaz. You really just had to know where to look to see the signs. Not to brag, but I knew it years ago, too. I cheekily asked about it at All-Star in 2023. Ok, I’m bragging. 

Nike has been laying the soccer nostalgia on thick lately, and is showing no sign of stopping soon. The Swoosh announced it will be releasing an updated version of Barcelona’s iconic T90 jersey from its Champions League-winning 2005/06 season.