Sarni's Scrolls: Boulder is center of CFB universe
By Jim Sarni
No. 18 Colorado hosts Colorado St. at 10 p.m. on ESPN, and, of course, "College Game Day" is there. But so is Fox's "Big Noon Kickoff." The interest in Deion Sanders and his team is so high that ESPN is airing both "First Take" and "The Pat McAfee Show" from there on Friday.
The Buffaloes, favored by three touchdowns, will win easily on Saturday, but then the schedule gets tough -- at Oregon (Sept. 23), USC (Sept. 30).
It's a crummy college football Saturday. No Top 25 matchups, although No. 5 USC is the only team with a bye week. Too many large point spreads. But, like pizza, any college football is good college football.
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Major League Baseball is going virtual. MLB announced that it will host the first regular-season game at its virtual ballpark when the Tampa Bay Rays host the Los Angeles Angels on Sept. 20. Grill your own hot dogs.
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Why the NFL likes Amazon... The median age of Thursday Night Football viewers is 47, eight years younger than the NFL's linear average.
Amazon is enhancing TNF telecasts with AI-driven features such as blitz predictions and when it makes sense to go for it on 4th down.
Monday Night Football doubleheader duties: Chris Fowler, Louis Riddick and Dan Orlovsky on Saints-Panthers; Joe Buck and Troy Aikman on Browns-Steelers.
Sunday's big games: Jim Nantz and Tony Romo on Jets-Cowboys... Kevin Burkhart and Greg Olsen on Seahawks-Lions... Ian Eagle and Charles Davis on Chiefs-Jags.
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Atlanta may attract 70,000 for Saturday's match against Inter Miami and Messi.
Former South Florida Sun-Sentinel sports columnist Mike Mayo reinvented himself as a food critic and now headlines "Mike Mayo's Lunchbox," a popular daily streaming video podcast on the South Florida Live network. Local sports talk show legend Jeff "Defo" DeForrest and Mike "Lubie" Lubitz are co-hosts. They talk food, sports and gambling.
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The NHL is open to an Atlanta revival as it looks beyond 32 teams. Key consideration: a local developer is planning a mixed-use project, which includes an 18,000-seat, hockey-capable arena.
"60 Minutes" will expand to 90 minutes on some Sundays when CBS an NFL doubleheader, starting Oct. 8.
What's the happiest city in the U.S.? Wallet Hub ran the numbers and declares it's Fremont, Calif., followed by San Jose, Calif., Madison, Wisc., and Overland Park, Kan.
Taste the future. Coke's latest flavor is Y3000, a new limited edition flavor, co-created by AI.
Jim Sarni, BC Class of '69, is a former sportswriter for The Boston Globe and the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. He resides in Fort Lauderdale and watches a lot of television.