{"id":23962,"date":"2020-08-03T07:44:49","date_gmt":"2020-08-03T12:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=23962"},"modified":"2020-08-03T07:44:49","modified_gmt":"2020-08-03T12:44:49","slug":"monday-update-119","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/03\/monday-update-119\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Memphis Grizzlies take the national stage tonight, playing the New Orleans Pelicans in a Ja vs. Zion extravaganza on ESPN at 5:30. The Grizzlies will need this win after suffering a second close loss yesterday afternoon to the San Antonio Spurs. With 6 seeding games remaining, the Grizzlies still hold eighth place in the Western Conference, with the Spurs 2 games back, the Portland Trail Blazers 2.5 games back, and tonight&#8217;s opponent the Pelicans and the Sacramento Kings 3.5 games back.<\/p>\n<p>The Grizzlies didn&#8217;t win yesterday, but they scored more than 99 points, and that matters.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Squad hit 99 points so show this post for a free <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tacobell?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@tacobell<\/a> Chalupa w\/ purchase of a large drink, at participating locations. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ChalupaChallenge?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ChalupaChallenge<\/a><br \/>\nDetails: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zqmBloMYlw\">https:\/\/t.co\/zqmBloMYlw<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bdMvtrbVph\">pic.twitter.com\/bdMvtrbVph<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Memphis Grizzlies (@memgrizz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/memgrizz\/status\/1290058379298250753?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 2, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I noticed something&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/grizzlies\/news\/grizzlies-announce-broadcast-schedule-for-2019-20-nba-season-restart-200717\">&#8220;all games televised on the (Fox Sports Southeast) network will also be available on the Fox Sports GO app.&#8221;<\/a> I will have to give that a try after I was unable to stream FSSE on my laptop for yesterday&#8217;s game.<\/p>\n<p>Other game of interest tonight: San Antonio at Philadephia, 7 PM, no national TV. We badly need the 76ers to win this one.<\/p>\n<p>Tin Roof on Beale Street is hosting a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/292585361859859\">Grizzlies Watch Party<\/a> tonight at 5:30. $15 buckets of beers, and specials on chicken tender platters and wing platters.<\/p>\n<p>BUT WAIT&#8230; NBA games run two and a half hours, three hours if there&#8217;s overtime, as there has been in both Grizzlies seeding games thus far. Don&#8217;t you know that if you linger at a restaurant for more than two hours, you can get COVID-19? Wonder how they&#8217;re going to manage that?<\/p>\n<p>Let me use this to point out an opportunity for those who do catering, or for limited-service restaurants who might want a lifeline via starting a catering arm&#8230; if the health directive remains in place, no one is going to be able to go out and watch an NFL game at a restaurant this fall. The games are simply too long to fit the directive&#8217;s time window. Therefore, there are going to be a LOT of house parties on Sundays the next four months. Most limited-service restaurants had wings and tenders and other football food on their menus already&#8230; could be a way to get some revenue coming in.<\/p>\n<p>As for college football, the American Athletic Conference <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/texas-sports-nation\/college\/article\/American-Athletic-Conference-8-conference-15449733.php\">still plans to play a slate of 8 conference games<\/a> this year, as well as whatever non-conference games the Gods of Football (i.e. the Power Five conferences) will allow.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/memphis.justmy.com\/view-post\/635\">Rizzo&#8217;s by Michael Patrick is back open<\/a> following a week&#8217;s closure. They will do lunch Wednesday-Friday 11-2 going forward.<\/p>\n<p>Pyramid Wines on A.W. Willis has some new stuff in stock:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">INVIVO X SJP!! Each wine in the @invivoxsjp, SJP collection was made to a unique blend created by Sarah Jessica Parker and the fellas at Invivo. Combine New York sass, the world\u2019s best wine regions and New Zealand winemaking know-how and boom <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Wine_Spectator?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@wine_spectator<\/a> gave it 90 points <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/00WZDrxY35\">pic.twitter.com\/00WZDrxY35<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pyramid Wine and Spirits (@PyramidWine) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PyramidWine\/status\/1289891210681700352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 2, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a fun nickname meme:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/nickname.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-23963\" src=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/nickname.jpg?resize=500%2C432\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/nickname.jpg?resize=500%2C432 500w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/nickname.jpg?resize=300%2C259 300w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/nickname.jpg?w=720 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 85vw, 500px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump&#8217;s birthday is June 14.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wreg.com\/news\/riverside-drive-reopens-after-being-closed-for-months\/\">Riverside Drive is open again.<\/a> Only on weekdays though.<\/p>\n<p>Chicken Piccata and seared ahi tuna are the entree choices for the <a href=\"https:\/\/paulettes.net\/specials\/monday-night-special\">$19.95 3-course dinner<\/a> at Paulette&#8217;s tonight.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it for now. Go Grizz and I&#8217;ll be back tomorrow with more news.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Memphis Grizzlies take the national stage tonight, playing the New Orleans Pelicans in a Ja vs. Zion extravaganza on ESPN at 5:30. The Grizzlies will need this win after suffering a second close loss yesterday afternoon to the San Antonio Spurs. 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