LISTEN TO CHRIS SCHNEIDER’S RENEGADE RADIO SPORTS UPDATES AROUND :30-:40 PAST THE HOUR, FROM 6:30 AM TO 6:30 PM MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. CHRIS IS PLAYING PORTIONS OF HIS CLASSIC INTERVIEWS WITH SPORTS GREATS LIKE ROGER STAUBACH, LOU HOLTZ, BOBBY BOWDEN AND MANY OTHER LEGENDS AND HALL OF FAMERS IN THE SPORTS UPDATES!
IT IS A VERY BUSY WEEK FOR FISHING TOURNAMENTS ON THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS, 13 DIFFERENT OFFICIAL TOURNAMENTS ON THE SLATE FRIDAY THRU SUNDAY. GO TO THE MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL WEBSITE TO GET THE FULL LISTING ON WHEN AND WHERE.
SAINTS QB DREW BREES HAD A BAD WEEK. THE FUTURE NFL HALL OF FAMER WAS APPLAUDED BY MANY FOR STICKING UP FOR THE FLAG, SAYING HE WOULD NEVER SUPPORT PLAYERS WHO “DISRESPECT THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.” AFTER HARSH CRITICISM FROM SEVERAL PEOPLE, INCLUDING A TEAMMATE WHO SAID HE WAS “HURT BY BREES COMMENTS.” DREW HAS NOW ISSUED AN APOLOGY FOR HIS COMMENTS, SAYING IT “BREAKS MY HEART TO KNOW THE PAIN I HAVE CAUSED.”
THE NBA POWERS VOTED 29-1 THURSDAY TO RESUME THE NBA SEASON ON JULY 31ST. TWENTY TWO OF THE THIRTY TEAMS WILL FINISH OFF THE REGULAR SEASON, WITH ALL GAMES TO BE PLAYED IN ORLANDO. ONCE THEY CLOSE OUT THE REGULAR SEASON, THEY WILL MOVE INTO THE PLAYOFFS. THE POST SEASON WILL LAST UNTIL AS LATE AS OCTOBER 12TH. THE DRAFT IS SET FOR OCTOBER 15TH, THE DRAFT LOTTERY WILL BE AUGUST 25TH.
MLB OWNERS HAVE REJECTED THE PLAYERS UNIONS COUNTER-OFFER TO GET BACK ON THE FIELD. PLAYERS WANT MORE MONEY THAN THE OWNERS HAVE OFFERED. OWNERS SAY THEY WILL LOSE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS EVERY GAME PLAYING IN STADIUMS WITHOUT FANS, THE PLAYERS UNION DOES NOT BELIEVE THAT. THEY ARE NOW TALKING ABOUT SHORTENING THE SEASON TO 50 GAMES, LESS THAN 1/3 OF A NORMAL 162 GAME SCHEDULE.