Brad Pye’s National Sports Beat (9/13-9/19/18)

Stanford’s Coach David Shaw noticed something about JJ Arcega after watching him for the first time. He’s special, JJ Arcega-Whiteside is the son of two professional basketball players from Europe and was an all-state basketball player in South Carolina. So while he ultimately decided to focus on football, the Stanford wide receiver still takes advantage of his basketball roots. “He’s a basketball player,” quarterback K.J. Costello said. “He’s taking the ball off the rim.” And the beat continues.

Did you know that leaders in most offensive categories are held by Brooklyn Dodgers for the franchise? With the exception of on base percentages and slugging percentages.

Two of the best contending teams in the NFL are the Prescott Quarterbacked Dallas Cowboys and the Houston Texans led by Jordan Akins.

The Oakland Raiders no longer call Los Angeles home, amd they still hate the Rams as much. Their Monday Night battle wasn’t just a walk in the park. And the beat continues. (Jevone Moore/fi360)

It can be reported the Chargers can’t beat the KC Chiefs Reason; The Chiefs have better players. And the beat continues. (Robert Torrence/L.A. Sentinel)

There was pandemonium inside the Rose Bowl as UCLA’s Kazmeir Allen darted toward the end zone. The true freshman tailback could also hasten the Bruins’ rebuilding efforts under coach Chip Kelly if his blur of a college debut becomes a Saturday tradition. “You can coach a lot of things but there’s not much you can do to increase the speed aspect of it,” Kelly said, “so I knew we had to get faster.”

Sexual Scandals can be as expensive as sports scandals. If you don’t believe me ask CBS President Leslie Moonves who resigned in recent days. And the beat continues.

Serena Williams has a right to be mad as hell today after she was penalized by a referee three times in the US Open. Serena lost the U.S. Open Women’s Final against Naomi Osaka on Saturday. Williams went up to Ramos and could be heard saying, “Every time I play here I have problems… You owe me an apology. I have never cheated in my life…You’re attacking my character. You’ll never ever be on the same court as me for the rest of your career. You owe me an apology… don’t talk to me! How dare you insinuate that I was cheating?! You stole a point from me, you’re a thief too!”

The Stanford Cardinals stunk up the Trojans 17-3 in their Coliseum opener. USC was expected to blow out most of their opponents. Behind the closed doors the Trojans apparently didn’t do much shouting. (Carlos Gonzales/T.G.Sportstv1)

Just a thought: LeBron James had 37 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists, when the Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the host Brooklyn Nets 121-114 back in march. James became the third player to reach 2,000 points in a season for the 10th time, joining Karl Malone and Michael Jordan.

Cleveland ended its 17-game losing streak with a 21-21 tie against the Pittsburgh Steelers, who prevented the Browns from getting their first victory since 2016

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