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Scribe:  Lucy Osbourne

Email:  lucy@thethinkering.com

Peyton Manning former NFL quarterback has been retired now just over one year and the rumors are swirling.   Rumors of the Hall of Fame QB headed to the front office, or on the sidelines or even dipping his toe into politics were answered recently, here is what happened. 

Manning said during a recent interview, “I miss the camaraderie of teammates. … You do everything together. You practice together, you eat together, you sit in these team meetings together. And I miss the plane rides after a win.”

Scribe:  Samuel Otis

Email:  Samuel@thethinkering.com

Former Knicks head coach Derek Fisher in a recent podcast admitted the Matt Barnes fight effected his relationship with the Knickerbockers organization. 

Before his release he insisted that he was not responsible for what happened that caused him to miss a preseason practice.   He has now had a change of heart and taking responsibility saying hindsight is 20/20 and he understands the incident may have colored the way Phil Jackson president of the Knicks and the organization viewed him.

The good thing for Fisher is after he was fired from the organization the team continued to lose and points to the aged triangle offense as the only part of the team that hasn’t changed.  The former Laker guard is hoping to get the attention of team decision makers to offer him another stab at the top coaching job. 

Scribe:  N. Tru Bass

Email:  ntb@thethinkering.com

A dog meat processing plant in Goyang, South Korea has been shut down with the help of the Human Society International(HIS). Fifty-five dogs, have now been rescued from their cages some of them puppies have been transported to the United States.

Apparently, the owner of the farm had a change of heart and decided to end his contribution in the dog meat trade business.  The owner’s decision led in the intervention and after an agreement between he and the HIS the operation was successfully shut down.   HSI described the conditions of the dogs as haphazardous, described small cages and filthy conditions.  The rescue team said the facility was unlike anything they had seen before and said some of the animals didn’t have daylight or fresh air daily. 

Closing down this processing plant was part of HIS’s fight to end the dog meat trade in Asia.   

Scribe:  Lucy Osbourne

Email:  lucy@thethinkering.com

Tom Brady’s infamous sweaty Super Bowl LI jersey’s have been found in the possession of an international media member who has not been identified based on information from the NFL.

The announcement was made on Monday about the missing jerseys as well as a missing jersey from Super Bowl XLIX, were retrieved after an investigation led by the FBI, which should probably concentrate there focus on crimes against private citizen.  The shirts were found in Mexico and are now being authenticated by experts according to Houston’s Chief of Police Art Acevedo. 

Scribe:  Lucy Osbourne

Email:  lucy@thethinkeirng.com

Marshawn Lynch is being lured out of retirement, allegedly by the Oakland Raiders.  Lynch has enjoyed a single season of retirement and is 31-years-old and has 9,112 career rushing yards.  A successful return would place him in rarified space with some of the greats. 

A reputable source has dropped a dime on Lynches career opportunities.  He retired from the Seahawks at the close of the 2015 season averaging 4 yards per carry and pretty beat up body.  He is still under contract with the Seahawks and the club would have to decide to keep him, cut him, or trade him and any deal except keep him would clear the books for $9 million for the season.

If he decides to return it is predicted – his jersey would sell off the shelves providing he breaks 10,000 yards rushing. 

Scribe:  N. Tru Bass

Email: ntb@thethinkering.com

Floyd Mayweather announced that he was officially out of retirement and urged, Conor McGregor “make this sh** happen quickly.  Let’s get it on in June.  Mayweather, turned the world on its ear when he retired at 49-0, winning championship belts in five separate categories. 

He has recently pushed to get into the ring with UFC Champion Connor McGregor in a boxing match he recently said, “You’re the B side, I’m the A side. We’re not here to cry about money. I’m tired of all this crying about money and talking about you want to fight. You blowing smoke up everybody’s ass. If you want to fight, sign the paperwork, let’s do it.”

Floyd also admitted that part of this is to call what he perceives as a bluff from the Irishman, meaning we shouldn’t even get our hops up according to recent reports. 

Scribe:  Samuel Otis

Email:  samuel@thethinkering.com

The LA Lakers now have the second worst record among the 30 teams that make the National Basketball Association.  While they are in rebuild mode, they are not going anywhere fast. 

The Phoenix Suns unwound the Lakers their conference mates on Thursday night 122-110 with D’Angelo Russell knocking down 28 points.   The loss leaves the Lakers with a winning percentage of .308 – and a record of 20-45, not impressive for a legendary franchise.

Coach Luke Walton said, “I think teams feel like when they play us right now, that we’re kind of a soft team, that they can come in and get their offensive numbers against us.”

Interestingly, Byron Scott said the same thing two years ago. 

Just recently, Magic Johnson got the call to head Basketball Operations, with the promise to bring change to the organization.  

Scribe:  Samuel Otis

Email:  Samuel@thethinkering.com

2015 New York Jets MVP Receiver Brandon Marshall, has signed a new contract with the team across time the New York Giants.  Second year man Sterling Shepard and the miracle man Odell Beckham, Jr. will be joined by the good hands man Marshall. 

The 32-year-old has repeatedly requested to be traded and the Jets has granted his request while saving themselves $7.5 million against their salary cap. 

While Marshall has a banner 2015 season he had a setback year in 2016, making only 59 catches, three touchdowns and 788 yards.  

Scribe:  N. Tru Bass

Email:  ntb@thethinkering.com

Dr. Jerry Buss built and empire with the Lakers franchise that’s envied around the world.  Recently the team has been divded as Jeanie Buss the daughter of the late Dr. Buss was appointed by him to be the operational manager of the company, began to make major changes. 

She hired Ervin “Magic” Johnson as the President of Basketball Operations, and fired her brother Jim Buss who is also a co-owner as Lakers Executive VP of Basketball Operations.  Jim Buss, had a horrible time managing operations, allowing the team to amass several of the worst seasonal records in franchise history.  When Ms. Buss demoted him he decided along with his brother Jim to sue his sister forcing her out of the operations chair, but she is now fighting back. 

Scribe:  Samuel Otis

Email:  samuel@thethinkering.com

The New York Knicks took a loss on Sunday in a contest with the former world champions Golden State Warriors 105-112.  In a different twist of events an announcement was made declaring for the first half there would be no multimedia available so that the live fans could experience the game in its purest form. 

Coach Steve Kerr of the Warriors said of the unusual quite, “you sort of take it for granted.” He continued, “It was weird.  It was really weird.” Other teams might now employ the silent first half strategy, due to the Warriors low scoring first half on Sunday. 

Steph Curry, warmed up a bit in the second half and closed the game with a game high of 31 points.