The Pi Brew
We’re back at it with an all new Morning Brew. The Philadelphia Union had a big playoff matchup on Sunday and unfortunately came up just a little short. Gardner Minshew and the Eagles beat the Jets and looked pretty good doing it. Major League Baseball is in a lockout. The College Football playoffs are set. We have this and so much more to cover this week, so let’s get to it. It’s Brew time!
The hype video
We always fight til the end, Philly, we got this! πͺ#DOOP pic.twitter.com/OQYAHQojXy
β x – PhilaUnion (@PhilaUnion) December 4, 2021
What an atmosphere
Incredible atmosphere at Subaru Park as @PhilaUnion and @NYCFC play for the Eastern Conference title today! // @Audi #MLSCupPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/QQMf2uoS2o
β Don Garber (@thesoccerdon) December 5, 2021
The scene was set
Cmon @PhilaUnion pic.twitter.com/qpO7Zbs2EH
β Fox PHL Gambler.com (@Sean_Brace) December 5, 2021
New York moves on
WE’RE GOING TO THE MLS CUP FINAL
WE’RE YOUR EASTERN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS
FOR. THE. CITY. pic.twitter.com/ZvMkIFP9sr
β New York City FC (@NYCFC) December 5, 2021
The Union fought
Even while missing 11 players due to Health and Safety protocols, the Philadelphia Union took the lead in the Eastern Conference final!
NYCFC would go onto equalize just two minutes later. pic.twitter.com/PVLvQdUNAi
β ESPN (@espn) December 5, 2021
The goal that ended it
TALLES MAGNO ON THE SPOT!#NYCFC jump in front LATE.#PHIvNYC // @Audi #MLSCupPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/kd6AiYospz
β Major League Soccer (@MLS) December 5, 2021
#DOOP
Union players getting a huge send off by River End. #DOOP pic.twitter.com/1bRfgx9Rks
β Larry Henry Jr (@lhenry019) December 5, 2021
Eagles take home the W
Flying into the bye week with a W!@UnibetUS | #FlyEaglesFly pic.twitter.com/tog1XDkwUn
β Philadelphia Eagles (@Eagles) December 5, 2021
Gardner Minshew got the call on Sunday
#Eagles QB Gardner Minshew arrives. No further caption necessary. pic.twitter.com/k7GmjRnADB
β Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) December 5, 2021
Minshew to Goedert
.@GardnerMinshew5 goes deep for his first TD with the @Eagles! #FlyEaglesFly
πΊ: #PHIvsNYJ on CBS
π±: NFL app pic.twitter.com/ruEPdqKZ3Lβ NFL (@NFL) December 5, 2021
Minshew to Goedert Part II
Another TD from Gardner Minshew to Dallas Goedert! #FlyEaglesFly pic.twitter.com/vbl7CJroGj
β PFF PHI Eagles (@PFF_Eagles) December 5, 2021
Mood after the Birds win
Mood pic.twitter.com/yLtFnCvtjB
β Devan Kaney (@Devan_Kaney) December 5, 2021
Big energy
You want to see how much this win and this moment meant to Gardner Minshew?
This is @GardnerMinshew5 after the game with an emotional moment with his dad, who tries to make it to every one of his games
π₯π₯β€οΈβ€οΈ pic.twitter.com/lxOtlBmYrzβ John Clark (@JClarkNBCS) December 5, 2021
How’d we do with our picks this week?
Eagles-Jets Week 13 Predictions and Best Bets – https://t.co/9FX75kgHtX
β Philly Influencer (@PHL_Influencer) December 3, 2021
MLB Lockout
Read a letter from the Commissioner: https://t.co/P4gRGSlfsu pic.twitter.com/zI40uGLTni
β MLB (@MLB) December 2, 2021
What the players want
Major League Baseball players want change, and union lawyer Bruce Meyer is fighting to deliver it. “The other side is not going to be happy with me.βhttps://t.co/6CNen0RIQO
β Evan Drellich (@EvanDrellich) November 28, 2021
This has been brewing
For anyone wondering how long this lockout has been in the offing β¦ wrote this five years ago today. https://t.co/GIfadFCLvt
β Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) December 2, 2021
News about balls
MLB used two different balls this year without telling clubs or players, per @BWDBWDBWD. Hugely fucked up, and a massive labor issue just as baseball is about to go to labor war: https://t.co/ygf6KVZ1ic
β Tim Marchman (@timmarchman) November 30, 2021
The Phillies finally made a move
The Phillies have signed right-handed reliever Corey Knebel to a one-year year contract, President of Baseball Operations David Dombrowski announced today.
Welcome to Philly, Corey! pic.twitter.com/BCAyyM2xrB
β Philadelphia Phillies (@Phillies) December 1, 2021
Now would be a good time for Portland to trade us Dame Lillard
Statement from the Portland Trail Blazers pic.twitter.com/W9j4V3nNl2
β Portland Trail Blazers (@trailblazers) December 3, 2021
Why am I not surprised?
US intelligence community “struggled” to brief Trump in 2016, CIA review shows https://t.co/FyCkFci7kG pic.twitter.com/8NXorkU0Qq
β The Hill (@thehill) November 30, 2021
Well what do we have here, Tucker?
Reposting with more redaction: Lin Wood doxxed both Hunter Biden and Tucker Carlson’s contact info as of 2014. Yikes. pic.twitter.com/kL8FCGVkFj
β Mike Rothschild (@rothschildmd) December 3, 2021
This sounds about white coming from Boebert
NEW: Another video shows Lauren Boebert suggesting Ilhan Omar was a terrorist at an event in September.
“I said, well, lookey there, it’s the Jihad Squad…She doesn’t have a backpack, she wasn’t dropping it and running so we’re good,” Boebert said.https://t.co/q9CjClMjgF pic.twitter.com/yWcArnhFe9
β andrew kaczynski (@KFILE) November 30, 2021
This is what Conservative rhetoric leads to
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) plays a horrific death threat she received following Rep. Lauren Boebertβs (R-CO) recent Islamophobic attacks on her.
Warning: It’s incredibly graphic. pic.twitter.com/5PGODcaJOu
β The Recount (@therecount) November 30, 2021
DeSantis wants to establish his own Proud Boy Militia
Gov. Ron DeSantis traveled to Pensacola to announce his proposal for a state budget increase of more than $100 million to better fund the Florida National Guard and re-establish a Florida State Guard civilian volunteer force. https://t.co/JI1OoBMm4C
β PNJ (@pnj) December 2, 2021
Bob Dole has passed away
It is with heavy hearts we announce that Senator Robert Joseph Dole died early this morning in his sleep. At his death, at age 98, he had served the United States of America faithfully for 79 years. More information coming soon. #RememberingBobDole pic.twitter.com/57NtGfqtmL
β Elizabeth Dole Foundation (@DoleFoundation) December 5, 2021
The trial of Ghislaine Maxwell is under way
Ghislaine Maxwell’s criminal trial got under way, with a prosecutor saying the British socialite lured underage girls for the late financier Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse, while a defense lawyer urged jurors not to turn Maxwell into a scapegoat https://t.co/yFEZCBfxOU
β Reuters (@Reuters) November 30, 2021
“Jane” speaks about being introduced to the Pig Donald Trump
Jeffrey Epstein accuser “Jane,” who said that she was introduced to Trump when she was 14, finished testifying today in the sex-trafficking trial of Ghislaine Maxwell https://t.co/mKf23f6B6S
β Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) December 1, 2021
We are not a serious country
New: Dr Oz is expected to soon join PAs US Senate race. Perhaps as soon as this week according to PA Republicans familiar with his plans https://t.co/79SpJDZuVg
β Jonathan Tamari (@JonathanTamari) November 30, 2021
Sorry Jim, I prefer not to be lectured by guys that cover up sexual abuse
We can’t just ignore a lethal pandemic, Gym. It’s not like a wrestler being molested or something.
β Getting Tired of Ignorant People (@JonS253) December 2, 2021
Another week, another school shooting
Michigan prosecutors are charging a teen with terrorism in a deadly mass shooting at his high school. The unusual approach was made possible by a law enacted after the 9/11 attacks. https://t.co/fJS1opvqZr
β The Associated Press (@AP) December 2, 2021
This is insane
Hereβs the mom of Ethan Crumbly, the 15-yo who shot and killed a bunch of his classmates with a gun his father had bought on Black Fridayβ¦https://t.co/UqNDO7piAl
βMichigan Gunmanβs Parents Had Been Called Into School on Morning of Shootingβ pic.twitter.com/NUfxLNIaqL
β Joshua Holland (@JoshuaHol) December 1, 2021
CNN fires Chris Cuomo
Chris Cuomo fired from CNN over involvement with brother Andrew’s scandals https://t.co/wmmxU3CtoO pic.twitter.com/E38qC0ehKy
β New York Post (@nypost) December 4, 2021
Dave Portnoy vs Keith Olbermann
Dude wtf is wrong with you? https://t.co/x86nscPoX8
β Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) December 2, 2021
Dave is such a hero (insert blank stare)
Yes I deleted a tweet which I usually never do. Felt wrong letting Keith highjack a tragedy for his relevancy. Going to bed.
β Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) December 2, 2021
Proofread your headlines, tough guys
Keith Olbermann Uses a HS Kid’s Heroic Sacrifice as an Excuse to Launch an Attack on Barstool with the Worst Tweet of All Time. It Does Not Over as He Had Hoped. https://t.co/r7bUwXysl3 pic.twitter.com/CjoMqyPh8J
β Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) December 2, 2021
We remember Large Marge
Today would have been Large Marge’s 84th birthday… if it hadn’t been for that WRECK! π πhttps://t.co/kJ8BJgEgJ2 pic.twitter.com/x77Fe7GIx0
β Pee-wee Herman (@peeweeherman) December 5, 2021
Paper Mario
Adventure through the Mushroom Kingdom to save Princess Peach from Bowserβs clutches as a paper-thin version of Mario!
Paper Mario unfolds on #NintendoSwitch for #NintendoSwitchOnline + Expansion Pack members on 12/10! #Nintendo64 pic.twitter.com/2DIatjGtTU
β Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) December 3, 2021
Twitter has a new CEO
Twitter’s Parag Agrawal at 37 just became the youngest CEO in the S&P 500 β pushing Zuckerberg, born earlier in 1984, to second-youngest spot https://t.co/JhV8Rs9KmE
β Bloomberg (@business) November 30, 2021
Rihanna gets honored
Rihanna is honored as her home country’s National Hero π§‘
+ Barbados has become a republic after the island cut ties with the UK with superstar Rihanna in attendance
+ The country’s first act was to name Rihanna its National Hero
Read more: https://t.co/8N66NzHnlU pic.twitter.com/zgG7gazh3k
β Daily Mail Celebrity (@DailyMailCeleb) November 30, 2021
Apparently Olivia Rodrigo is a big deal
Olivia Rodrigo’s first single, βDrivers License,β set a one-day record on Spotify, with more than 15 million streams, then beat that number the next day en route to becoming the fastest song to surpass the 100 million mark https://t.co/48iFfzN1sp #Bloomberg50 via @BW
β Bloomberg (@business) December 2, 2021
Bizzy Bone is a mess
Wowwwwwww Bizzy what are you doing #Verzuz pic.twitter.com/uTjfZ6mOnL
β philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) December 3, 2021
Lil’ Wayne made an appearance at Verzuz
#VERZUZ in December be likeβ¦@therealjuicyj brings out @LilTunechi on #VERZUZ pic.twitter.com/DmjYiBcIFW
β VERZUZ (@verzuzonline) December 3, 2021
Uh oh
‘Concerning’ asteroid will break into Earth’s orbit in a week: NASA https://t.co/KrswAXRZoS pic.twitter.com/xcxLqwxQIM
β New York Post (@nypost) December 1, 2021
Looks like Austin Theory is getting the Vinny Mac rub
Somebody get @austintheory1 some πΏ … ’cause he’s watching #WWERaw with @VinceMcMahon tonight! pic.twitter.com/RE0kLObLy2
β WWE (@WWE) November 30, 2021
Lesnar vs Reigns at Day 1
Roman Reigns vs Brock Lesnar Set For WWE Day 1
https://t.co/1uxCGO2J4cβ Ringside News (@ringsidenews_) December 4, 2021
Brian Kelly leaves Notre Dame for LSU
The Search Is Over
Brian Kelly has been named the next LSU Football coach! pic.twitter.com/AaZBOE2koc
β LSU Football (@LSUfootball) November 30, 2021
Kelly’s move has people talking
Dan Wetzel nails it. Remember, college presidents run college sports, and this is the way they do business. The next time any coach, AD or president complains about NIL or the portalβ¦kindly shut up. Same goes for their constant lectures on integrity. https://t.co/Y4uF5BixJy
β Jay Bilas (@JayBilas) November 30, 2021
Notre Dame moves on
ππ§βπ¦ π’πππππππ.
Please join us in welcoming @Marcus_Freeman1 as the 30th head coach of Notre Dame Football!#GoIrish pic.twitter.com/PVaPuPhukp
β Notre Dame Football (@NDFootball) December 3, 2021
USC gets their guy
We got our guy.
Join us in welcoming @LincolnRiley and his family to Los Angeles!#FightOnβοΈ pic.twitter.com/CHnhzHRFT6
β USC Football (@USC_FB) November 29, 2021
What a fake slide
The Kenny Pickett Fake Slideβ’οΈ
Called by Pitt’s Bill Hillgrove π#H2P Β» @KennyPickett10 pic.twitter.com/GsUnptms84
β Pitt Football (@Pitt_FB) December 5, 2021
Tough ending for Oklahoma State
BAYLOR STOPS OKLAHOMA STATE ON 4TH DOWN π± pic.twitter.com/9JlKW4ZLrv
β SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) December 4, 2021
Bama takes down Georgia
ALABAMA TAKES DOWN NO. 1 GEORGIA TO REPEAT AS SEC CHAMPIONS!@AlabamaFTBL π pic.twitter.com/4OfYvDNouZ
β SEC Network (@SECNetwork) December 5, 2021
A great play on the road to the Big Ten Title for Michigan
This ball traveled in the air from the Michigan 19 to the Iowa 35 yard line. Unbelievable pass from a running back pic.twitter.com/SbP6g2ZQpH
β Up Bad Bean (@MJoeBean) December 5, 2021
Special moment
Heartbreaking, but special moment, to see the family of Oxford High shooting victim Tate Myre participate in the Michigan/Iowa coin toss pic.twitter.com/jjVPOcyRUX
β Gabriel Schray (@schrayguy) December 5, 2021
Unreal
Some things are meant to be. Michigan scores 42. Tate Myre wore 42. His family served as honorary captains tonight. #Michigan #GoBlue #Oxford pic.twitter.com/P21vBth5ms
β Jonathan Deutsch (@JonathanD_TV) December 5, 2021
Alabama vs Cinderella in one Playoff Matchup
Our @CFBPlayoff Semifinal at the 86th Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic is set!
No. #1 @AlabamaFTBL faces No. #4 @GoBearcatsFB on Friday, December 31 at @ATTStadium. #LikeNoOther | #RollTide | #Bearcats pic.twitter.com/69PVCSRzLz
β Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic (@CottonBowlGame) December 5, 2021
Michigan vs Georgia in the other Playoff game
No. 2 @UMichFootball. No. 3 @GeorgiaFootball.
See you on New Year’s Eve π#CFBPlayoff x #CapitalOneOrangeBowl pic.twitter.com/JUi0pyl5m5
β Capital One Orange Bowl (@OrangeBowl) December 5, 2021
They finally did it!
Good thing I’m already dead inside pic.twitter.com/XWZQh4sTQk
β Internet #BlackLivesMatter (@cjzero) December 5, 2021
Congrats to the Lions for their first win of the season
THE LIONS DID IT pic.twitter.com/Mqeq92R4wm
β NFL Memes (@NFL_Memes) December 5, 2021
From the f’n stands!
Fan view of Steph’s shot from the stands last night. π± π₯
(π₯: TikTok/ay0christian) pic.twitter.com/yUdoyC1eoi
β theScore (@theScore) December 5, 2021
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