The Rush: Serena’s Grand Slam quest on hold after Wimbledon cancelation
Serena Williams’ quest to obtain the most Grand Slam titles is in jeopardy after the cancelation of Wimbledon 2020. In the NFL, the construction of SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles continues, even after a worker tested positive for COVID-19. The New Orleans Saints unorthodox methods are on full display after Sean Payton sent some surprising tweets and the team floated a unique potential NFL Draft “war room” location. PLUS the Bengals’ “new mascot” takes on a pop culture phenomenon and after seven years, the Dodgers will be widely broadcast on TV in L.A. If there’s ever baseball again, that is…
Video Transcript
- --and likely broke a few bones on that, bit he is right back. I can't stress enough how much this Olympic team misses the absence of Simone Biles. This is really quite amateurish. I've just never seen something like this. [AUDIO OUT] --has done it! He's done it!
JARED QUAY: Serena gonna have plenty more time to practice. Yesterday the All England Club announced that for the first time since World War II, Wimbledon will be canceled. The news is a huge blow to her chase of the Grand Slam record.
She only needs one more to tie Margaret Court. But she'll almost be 39 at this year's US Open, assuming there is one. So for now, if you want to watch a tennis champ doing their thing, this is all we got.
Meanwhile, the NFL continues to exist in an alternate universe. Here in LA, the only thing still happening is the construction of SoFi by Stadium, even though one of their workers tested positive for COVID-19. As for the draft, Goodell insists that it's kicking off April 23, which means teams are going to need to get crafty.
No team more than the saints Owner Gayle Benson also owns a brewing company in New Orleans. And apparently that's where the teammates set up their war room, at a socially responsible distance of course.
Things are just different in the Big Easy. Hell, last weekend their coach tweeted out his own damn playbook, which is like the opposite of Spygate I guess. Maybe there's a genius to his madness.
- Be quiet. I'm answering the question.
JARED QUAY: In the least craziest thing to happen in the NFL yesterday, the Bengals introduced a new mascot. All right, it was April Fool's joke. But still, when you're that bad, can you play jokes? If you're a Dodgers fan, there's good news. For the past seven years, most of LA couldn't watch the team because of a cable dispute.
- Boo!
JARED QUAY: But yesterday, the blackout ended. But the bad news is, you still can't watch 'em because of that damn Ronan. Now, a lot has happened in the seven years since you saw your boys, so let me catch you up real quick. Your team made the World Series, but lost to the Astros because they were cheating.
Then you made it back the next year, but lost to the Red Sox. But guess what, they were cheating too. Then last year, you didn't make the World Series. But maybe you should've cheated, 'cause it seems like that's what everybody's doing.
Then you went and got the best player from the team that was cheating you. And he was good, but we don't know if he gonna be good without cheating. So we gonna see. His name Mookie Betts, which is possibly the coolest name in sports.
You name me one Mookie that ain't athletic, and I'll show you a Mookie that's not athletic. But truth, you can't do that. You can do that. Y'all cut the show before this, but I'm gonna still rant.