Yankees Sizzling, Dodgers Fizzling & Trade Deadline Recap Highlight MLB. Are You Ready For Football As NFL Preseason Commences? Anyone Wrapped Up In Watching The Olympics?

The JAYREELZ Podcast

I’m honored to welcome in a new partnership to the podcast. Are you familiar with OLIPOP soda? Please go to www.drinkolipop.com, use promo code JAYREELZ for 15% off of your purchase. August is here, not only ushering in a new month, but the latest podcast as we get through this slow period in the sports calendar together. On deck: (4:58) As we usher in a new month, it’s still a relatively slow time in the sports news cycle as we’re five weeks from the NFL season commencing and college football a week prior to that. Baseball remains front and center with the dog days of August still to come. I’ll recap the teams that went all in up until the 6pm trade deadline on Tuesday. (i.e. Dodgers, Orioles & Marlins) Wait! The Marlins? That’s not a typo, people. I’ll peek at some of the other deals that could have an impact in the pennant race over the next two months. What a difference a week makes for the Yankees as they’ve turned their fortunes around with a five game winning streak, punctuated by a three game sweep in Philadelphia. Are they officially back? On the flip side, there’s the Dodgers. They’ve been reeling as their once huge division lead is now down to a handful. Will they turn it around? Are the Padres and Diamondbacks going to nip at LA’s heels for the remainder of the season? I’ll also tap in on the entire MLB landscape to see where we’re at with the division and wild card races. (33:44) Are you ready for some football, NFL fans? The preseason schedule kicks off tonight with the Hall of Fame game in Canton tonight. I’ll explain why I’m NOT interested in any of the games that are taking place this month. There were a couple of suspensions from players violating the league’s PED policy. Another player retirement. And an organization (the Bears) that doled out the largest contract in franchise history (WR DJ Moore) (39:39) There was an NBA re-signing as Jarrett Allen re-ups on a three year deal with the Cavaliers. Does this make them a team to be reckoned with in the East? Do I really care about Jayson Tatum’s omission from the first game of the Olympics for the US Men’s Basketball game? (41:21) We’re almost a week into the 2024 Summer Olympics. Simone Biles, who’s been dealing with a leg issue, comes up big to win a gold medal for the US Women’s Gymnastics Team. Besides that, it’s been mostly quiet. I’ll dive into why the Olympic Games haven’t done much for me to follow or even watch at this point. Will it change over the next ten days? Please subscribe, leave a rating and post a review on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Audacy, Amazon Music and iHeartRadio or wherever you get your podcasts. For daily shorts, weekly vlogs and then some, please subscribe to my YouTube channel at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMucZq-BQrUrpuQzQ-jYF7w If you'd like to contribute to the production of the podcast, please visit my Patreon page at: www.patreon.com/TheJAYREELZPodcast Many thanks for all of your love and support. Intro/outro music by Cyklonus. LINKS TO SUBSCRIBE, RATE & REVIEW: APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-jayreelz-podcast/id1354797894 SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/7jtCQwuPOg334jmZ0xiA2D?si=22c9a582ef7a4566 AUDACY: https://www.audacy.com/podcast/the-jayreelz-podcast-d9f50 iHEARTRADIO: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/256-the-jayreelz-podcast-43104270/ AMAZON MUSIC: https://www.amazon.com/The-JAYREELZ-Podcast/dp/B08K58SW24/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=the+jayreelz+podcast&qid=1606319520&sr=8-1