It seems like you can't go more than a few hours lately without some news coming down the pike that gets sports fans talking. So without further ado, let's do some talking about them.
Perhaps the biggest news of Saturday, at least where Twitter was concerned, was the St. Louis Rams releasing Michael Sam.
There's a bunch of different aspects to this story, so let's take a few of them in order.
First off, yes, it's too bad Sam couldn't become the first openly gay player to take part in a regular-season NFL game. But that could still be the case.
Don't be surprised if you hear today about another team picking up the former Missouri Tiger off the waiver wire.
And also don't be surprised if he ends up right where he was Friday - as a St. Louis Ram. If no other NFL team wants to pick up the defensive lineman, the Rams can sign him after he's been on waivers for more than 24 hours.
I get the feeling the Rams wanted all along to keep Sam around, but on their practice squad where they can oversee his journey into becoming a legitimate NFL player.
There's enough upside to Sam, but he's just not quite ready to contribute on the field at this point. But give the Rams a year to have him work out with the club and get ready for the rigors of pro ball, and there's still a good chance he'll become a trailblazer in the league.
Keeping with the NFL theme, more than a few people brought up the suspension levied on San Francisco 49er (and another former Missouri Tiger) Aldon Smith on Friday.
The NFL suspended Smith for nine games for a series of off-the-field issues during the past couple years. And he should be extremely glad about that fact.
Why? Because if I was the NFL commissioner, I would have hit him a lot harder. Not that it probably would have stood up after an appeal to an arbitor, but I would have given him at least a year away from the game.
It may sound harsh when you look at his various issues, but when you add them all up, that's why I'd get a little bit tougher.
First up was a party in June of 2012 that led to three felony counts of illegal possession of an assault weapon. Not a great start to his time on the police blotter.
Follow that up with a DUI arrest last September. Again, a fairly common occurrence, but we're starting to see a pattern of trouble.
Then on April 13, he was arrested after allegedly making a bomb threat at Los Angeles International Airport.
Dumb? For sure.
Part of a trend of poor decisions? Definitely.
If Smith has not reformed, and he says he has, more trouble could be on the way. I'll bet the NFL hopes they've heard the last of him for a while. We'll see.
Moving on to baseball, it seems Kansas City Royals manager Ned Yost got under the skin of a few people this week when he said he wished more people were showing up with the team in the midst of a bid for their first postseason berth since 1985.
You know what? He's absolutely right.
Yes, Royals fans are long-suffering, not having had many teams worth going to the park to watch. But now they do. Why in the world are they staying away?
I get that it's going to be tough to draw fans to the park for a Monday night game that could run until well after 10 o'clock. But there will be plenty of time to crawl into bed early once November and December roll around (mostly because I don't think the Chiefs will be playing games of importance then, but that's a column for another time).
For now, Royals fans should get themselves to the park and enjoy the very thing they've been craving for almost 30 years - baseball games that matter.