A writer for Axios took Blade Urban Air Mobility’s helicopter service from Manhattan to JFK Airport to see how it compares to an UBER. The trip — five minutes in the air, and 20 minutes to curbside at the terminal — cost $195 compared to a one hour and 13 minute trip midday in an Uber, for $111.

Meet George Jetson….

Read more at axios.

His lawyers are working on a plea deal after he was diagnosed with transient schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression and anxiety.

I dunno, ole deerhead seemed pretty sane on Jan 6.

Read more at reuters.

A shooting at Pat’s King of Steaks in Philadelphia left one man dead and one charged with murder after the two men fought about their respective football teams.

The argument should have been that both teams suck.

Read more at 6abc.

Instead of sending police to respond to emergencies that concerned mental health issues, NYC sent behavior health specialists for a month. The data showed that more people got help that month, and fewer were hospitalized. The pilot program called B-Heard (Behavioral Mental Health Assistance Response Division) showed promising early results.

Read more at insider.com.

The rumor is the Longhorns and the Sooners are ditching the Big 12 and heading to the SEC beginning in 2022. Each team would have to pay up to $80 million to the Big 12 in penalties for leaving. They’ll make that cash up with parking passes so it’s not really a big deal.

Read more at CBS Sports.

So according to Vegas, the word is Aaron Rodgers is going to “retire” this week before Wednesday. Westgate has “closed all its NFC North markets, including projected wins, playoff odds, divisional odds and weekly lines for the four division teams.” Other books are also not taking any Packers related action as well. Yet Rodgers and Davante Adams posted the same picture on their social media the other night – of Jordan and Scottie Pippen. So, in short, no one really knows what’s going on.

Read more at PFT.

Both Aaron Rodgers and Davante Adams shared the same image to their IG story 👀 @brgridiron pic.twitter.com/y7NvymhsA7

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) July 24, 2021

Why don’t athletes want to be the flag carrier? Well, the short answer is, it’s really heavy and they have a big week and want to focus on their events rather than wait in the heat for hours to hold a big stick.

Do we even need flags in 2021? How bout a meme?

Read more at ESPN

Logan Paul went on a rant that it’s not enough to not be racist, but you HAVE to be anti-racist. Next he has to vow to only fight Proud Boys on PPV’s.

Watch the full clip on Twitter.

We missed the boat on Logan Paul going full Kendi.

He states “you HAVE to be anti-racist”, if you don’t think “white privilege exists” you are “fu**ing blind”.

He suggests America is incapable of treating humans equally & influencers should help “reverse engineer” the system. pic.twitter.com/p9oF1fB0YC

— Mythinformed MKE (@MythinformedMKE) July 23, 2021

Twitter called our teams Ralph Lauren yachting outfits preppy and pretentious.

Yeah, like the USA.

Read more at NY Post.

SOCIETY HAS PROGRESSED PAST THE NEED FOR RALPH LAUREN DESIGNING THE USA TEAM TO LOOK LIKE IVY LEAGUE SUPERVILLAINS pic.twitter.com/FQHum9aB9X

— FENDI 💛 (@jemapelleFENDI) July 23, 2021

The Team USA Ralph Lauren outfits look like they’re meeting at the Yacht Club for brandy after a hard day of watching their trust fund grow. pic.twitter.com/6HYVljTLzx

— JSWilliams1962 (@jswtreeman) July 23, 2021

Why do the Team USA outfits look like they'd report you to HR for cursing pic.twitter.com/ZjsBKcFAGb

— Molly Mulshine (@mollymulshine) July 23, 2021

Team USA's 'preppy' and 'pretentious' outfits ripped on Twitter https://t.co/D42HvjlW5P pic.twitter.com/L4bHVgLwIf

— New York Post (@nypost) July 23, 2021

Ralph Lauren’s Team USA Olympic outfits are giving off major Thurston Howell vibes. pic.twitter.com/SQVC3qr5pk

— Christine Pelosi (@sfpelosi) July 23, 2021

so many cool american designers that could create the team usa outfits for the opening ceremony and we’re still stuck with preppy ralph lauren blazers

— 𝕒𝕝𝕖𝕩 𝕡𝕠𝕡𝕤 (@snapcrackl_POPS) July 23, 2021

Assistant Coach Rick Dennings will be out of a job for refusing to get vaccinated according to a statement released by the team on Friday. But they are in talks with Dennings to try to keep him on board.

Let him go. The Vikings have never won a Super Bowl. Everyones dispensable.

Read more at ESPN

After leaving ESPN over a controversy concerning a leaked phone call where her co-worker talked about Maria working the NBA finals over her because of ESPN’s “diversity issues” Taylor has resurfaced working for NBC.

This seems like a giant step down.

Read more at deadline.com.

….from Brady’s 2015 inspirational speech to the New England Patriots.

That pregame speech every Bucaneer is raving about was recycled from 2015 in New England

If you’re going to steal, might as well steal from yourself.

Read more at barstool sports.

We knew Nick Jonas cracked his ribs earlier this year but we didn’t know how. Turns out the injury happened during a BMX accident filming an NBC special “Olympic Dreams Featuring Jonas Brothers.

He ripped off Stanley. Now you gotta pay for it.

Read more at Decider.

In an article written for The Hollywood Reporter, Kareem says we shouldn’t be demanding perfection from our sports stars, we should admire their perseverance and when they struggle with mental health issues, we can learn from their coping skills.

But what if they lose?

Read more at hollywoodreporters

A person who attended Kanye’s listening party in Atlanta posted a picture of the prices at the concession stand that included a $40 dollar hot dog and $35 dollar bag of kettle corn, among other overpriced items. For that kinda cash you’d expect to be sitting in the nosebleed seats watching the Jets lose.

Read the menu on Twitter.

I know you fucking lying. #DONDA pic.twitter.com/HgkA5J05Lu

— Lula D. (@iRunWithLula) July 23, 2021

The two were found to have permitted, and contributed to an intolerable work environment” at Manhattan restaurants like Babbo, Lupa, and Del Posto. Workers were subject to unwanted sexual advances, and sexually explicit comments from their coworkers frequently.

Who would ever think pasta could cause this much trouble?

Read more at NBC News.

Former Big Brother winner Mike Boogie will have to pay his former co-star Will Kirby $23,219 plus 10 percent interest after being found guilty of stalking Kirby. He also owes Kirby’s attorney $20,745.

Chill town aint so chill anymore.

Read more at TMZ

We said Free Britney, not free Titney.

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You’ve been bombarded with ads for the new film, Old, and now the reviews are beginning to be published. Please let Mr. Glass show up at the end.

Read more at Digg.

The porn site Stripchat is offering any gold medal winning Olympian and a free cam show. Finally, something actually motivating. Fuck a Wheaties box.

Read more at barstoolsports.

The San Francisco Chronicle found a man who texts with his dead fiance – but it’s just an AI simulation of her created through Project December, which is powered by the algorithm GPT-3. So Black Mirror has hit the trifecta if you count robot cop dogs and Peloton bikes.

Read more at the San Francisco Chronicle.

A person in Japan took video footage of the Olympics drone performance from outside the stadium. This is either really cool or horrifying depending on your beliefs on humanity versus robots in the future.

Watch the video on Twitter.

1800 drones starting their formation to form a shiny globe as part of the Tokyo 2020 olympics opening ceremony #tokyo2020 #drones pic.twitter.com/aRCkmpCW0d

— Hendrik (@Hendrikxjp) July 23, 2021

everything