Hot coffee, cold takes: Wednesday Morning headlines for 9/2

Taking a quick look around the early morning headlines from the front and back pages of the Internet.

We have this deck outside of our apartment, and whenever the sun is out or it’s warm, I like to sit out there and get some work done. Being from Florida, naturally I hang without a shirt on. Suns out guns out, TOFTB, etc. As a result, the nickname “Florida Man” – given by a former neighbor – has kinda stuck. People cut their eyes and look with bewilderment, only further cementing the term.

Things get a little weird down in La Florida, but I never really noticed while living so close to the pin. Stray a little ways out, and it’s plain to see that the place is on its head. Nevertheless, sometimes you’ve gotta embrace the weird. Like the Good Doctor always said, “When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.” Chicagoans will embrace it soon enough.

On to the headlines.

May 18, 2015; Miami, FL, USA; Miami Marlins manager Dan Jennings before a game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Marlins Park. Mandatory Credit: Robert Mayer-USA TODAY Sports /

Marlins set to hire a new manager

Story: The Miami Marlins are reportedly set to hire a new manager with more experience than Dan Jennings, the team GM who took the bench after Mike Redmond was fired in May.

Cold Take: So what we’re to gather here is that a general manager who had never before managed at any level in baseball, yet took over a Major League Baseball team for near an entire season, couldn’t cut the mustard? Jeffery Loria runs such a clown show down in South Beach that its incredible MLB hasn’t given him the Marge Schott treatment. At least pretend you care about the fans. Thankfully people down in Miami have beaches and nice weather to fall back on. Between the Phillies, Braves and Marlins, the NL East is an absolute joke of teams building and waiting for next year or 2017. It’s sickening.

May 8, 2014; New York, NY, USA; A general view of a helmet and NFL shield logo before the start of the 2014 NFL Draft at Radio City Music Hall. Mandatory Credit: Adam Hunger-USA TODAY Sports /

Sony reportedly altered the script of Concussion

Story: Leaked emails, via hackers, have reportedly shown that Sony Pictures altered the script to its new CTE movie starring Will Smith so as not to make the NFL look unduly bad.

Cold Take: Somebody makes a movie about CTE and the NFL swoops in to bully them around and ensure the league doesn’t look like a bunch of Gladiatorial fools – this sounds familiar. Guess PBS is the only company in the country with the brass to stand up to The Shield (thanks to viewers like you). When Sheriff Goodell isn’t flooding the front pages by tying up the legal system with cases related to under-inflated footballs, his cronies are consulting on movies about brain damage. A solid illusionary play that even Penn and Teller would give it up for.

Considering the movie’s trailer shows Heinz Field, there’s no way Justin Strzelczyk or Terry Long aren’t discussed, right? Not that this needs to be a takedown film, but hopefully it accurately depicts the hazards of CTE and long list of NFL players who have been afflicted.

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Brian Cushing isn’t the best at spelling

Story: Brian Cushing didn’t know how to spell “opportunity” on the most recent episode of Hard Knocks and caught a ton of s–t from coach Bill O’Brien.

Cold Take: Everyone has their words. “Opposition” and “opinion” screwed me up for the longest time (double/single “p”); so did “restaurant.” I’m still hit or miss on “amateur.” Can’t hate on Cushing too much.

Also, the little red lines on word processors have made it so there’s less a need than ever to learn how to spell properly. Besides, the guy just runs into people for a living – what does he care about spelling?

Nov 10, 2013; Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Buffalo Bills running back Fred Jackson (22) carries the ball against the Pittsburgh Steelers during the fourth quarter at Heinz Field. The Pittsburgh Steelers won 23-10. Mandatory Credit: Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports /

Bills organization wasn’t unified in decision to cut Fred Jackson

Story: Buffalo Bills GM Doug Whaley may-or-may-not have “gone rogue” with his decision to cut veteran running back Fred Jackson. According to Jackson, Whaley is the one person in the organization with whom he didn’t get along with, and who never shot it straight.

Cold Take: There’s a team helmed by Rex Ryan and it has preseason drama regarding player personnel? Are all today’s headlines retread from 2013?

Given that the entire Bills’ running back stable has been hit with injuries throughout the preseason, there’s no way management was unified in handing Jackson his walking papers. At a position of attrition, the Bills cut a known commodity. Curious business practices indeed.

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Kermit the Frog has a new lady friend

Story: Kermit the Frog has a girlfriend not named Miss Piggy. The couple had a rough go of things and split up. The Internet is up in arms, and the world is upside-down.

Cold Take: Kermit certainly has a type, no? Some men like blondes, others dig brunettes. Ol’ Kermie just has a thang for the porcine variety. He also seems to be a Game of Thrones fan, because Denise up there sure looks a lot like Margaery Tyrell. Not too shabby, Mr. Green.

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