Middle Hump Day of August, folks.Two down.
Two to go.We're 10 days away from our first real college football game.We've got NFL preseason action tomorrow.
Fantasy football drafts are about a week away from launching around this great country.There's a 6-way tie for the final wild card spot in the AL, and every single team is below .500.Don't you dare tell me things are slow on the sports calendar right now.
They're about to kick into HIGH gear.Let's roll.HERE IS HOW PAT MCAFEE HAS SURPASSED STEPHEN A SMITH AS THE FACE OF ESPN | BOBBY BURACKPat McAfee appears on the College GameDay show before a game between the Tennessee Volunteers and the Georgia Bulldogs at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tenn., on Sept.13, 2025.
(ISI Photos via Getty Images)Welcome to a Hump Day Nightcaps — the one where Pat McAfee sets the record straight on a nasty internet rumor involving a sacred college football tradition.Side note: Is ESPN over-serving us on McAfee? Folks are pissed at the latest development, but I'm not sure what the true pulse is.You'll see.What else? I've got Lindsey Vonn showing off the biceps as she works her way back from February's horrific knee injury, and a full spectrum of reader emails from Monday's 'Best Sports Movie' question on the heels of Hayden Panettiere's sudden death at just 36.Seems like most of you (correctly) agree with me that Remember the Titans is No.
1.Most.Not all.Grab you a soft ice cream for National Soft Ice Cream Day, and settle in for a Hump Day 'Cap!I know nobody is here for a history lesson on soft ice cream, but you're gonna get it anyway because we set a record yesterday in my Florida town for high temps (97!) and I'd like some ice cream right about now.Did you know that soft ice cream is actually a thing? True story.
From the AI bots who now run the internet:In 1934 on Memorial Day weekend in Hartsdale, New York, Tom Carvel had a flat tire.After pulling his ice cream truck into a parking lot, the businessman knew his product was ...