Are The Astros Serious Contenders In AL? Aaron Judge IS Your AL MVP! When Will The Aiyuk, CeeDee & Haason Reddick Drama End? NBA Leaks ‘Cup’ Schedule? UFC DuPlessis-Adresanya Matchup

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. There may not be a lot of action in the sports universe, but whatever’s out there, you know I got you covered as I’ll get into all of the latest and greatest. On deck: (2:47) As we get through this tedious sports month, MLB is always on its game as it carries us through August. What do you say about the Houston Astros? Winners of eight straight as the hottest team in the sport. Are they serious contenders in the American League? How about Yankees slugger Aaron Judge? He hit the 300th home run of his career last night. Has he wrapped up the AL MVP with six plus weeks to go? I’ll bring you up to date on some separation in both the AL/NL wild card races, what division races are still in tact and who’s running away to a pennant? (34:01) With the second week of NFL preseason games on deck, there’s been some off field contract drama to unpack. Especially the Brandon Aiyuk saga in San Francisco. The front office said they want to keep the wideout, but also have a trade in place with the Pittsburgh Steelers? Do you want your player to stay? Why is there a trade package built as a backup? I have to add my two cents to this, as well as, the latest with Haason Reddick backing out of his word to report, where he’s holding out for a new contract from the New York Jets. Then Cowboys WR CeeDee Lamb is also waiting to sign on the dotted line toward a new deal. When will all three sign and report as expected before the season commences three weeks from today? Also, Matthew Judon gets traded from New England to Atlanta for a third round pick. And Vikings rookie, JJ McCarthy is out for the 2024 having to repair a torn meniscus in his knee. (43:57) The NBA will release the 2024-25 schedule today. What possessed them to leak the NBA Cup schedule, starting on November 12 with Klay Thompson first visit to Golden State as a member of the Dallas Mavericks? Could someone please explain why? (48:15) UFC 305 will take place in Australia with a middleweight title at stake. I’ll discuss the main event between Dricus DuPlessis vs. Israel Adresanya, which should be a bitter battle come Saturday night in the US and Sunday afternoon down under. 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