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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Los Angeles Chargers have only themselves to blame for being winless to start this The losses coming by a combined five points doesn’t ease the stunning pain of being 0-2. The Chargers blew an 11-point lead Sunday in when Justin Herbert threw for 305 yards and two touchdowns, of the defense’s five sacks and Keenan Allen had 111 yards receiving and two TDs. “This is how the NFL works,” Chargers running back Joshua Kelley said. “If you’re not dialed in and locked in the whole game, that’s the difference between 0-2 and 2-0.” The Chargers (0-2) had the ball needing a touchdown to win at the end of regulation only to give up a that forced them to settle for Cameron Dicker’s third field goal. And all three of his field goals came on drives where Los Angeles was inside the Titans 12 or closer. They even won the coin toss to get the ball first in overtime. That’s when Herbert threw incomplete three straight times as the Chargers went three-and-out for only the third time all game. “Just didn’t execute, so it’s on us as an offense to be able to complete the ball,” Herbert said. “That’s on me as a quarterback to be able to complete the ball.” This is the fifth time since coach Brandon Staley’s tenure started in 2021 that the Chargers have lost after leading by 10 or more points. That’s tied for the second most in the NFL with only Baltimore (six) having more. “We’re doing a lot of good things out there,” Staley said. “The mistakes that we made out there, we can correct all of them. We’ve got a really good group in all three phases, and we just have to connect and really put together a complete performance.” The Chargers certainly have room for improvement. After giving up a league-worst 536 yards in losing to Miami in the opener, they held Tennessee to 341 yards. Yet the Titans held the ball for nearly 37 minutes despite Los Angeles having a slight edge in that category and a 14-10 lead at halftime. An offense that converted all three fourth downs was just 2 of 14 on third down, including that final chance in overtime when Herbert overthrew Josh Palmer down the left sideline. Herbert said they have to execute better as an offense. “Obviously, it’s not what we were hoping for, we are aiming to be higher and better than that,” Herbert said. “So that’s our responsibility as an offense to be better than that.” It didn’t help that a team that led the NFL in rushing with 234 yards in the opening loss to Miami didn’t have Austin Ekeler because of an injured ankle. The Chargers were held to 61 yards with Kelley leading the team with 39 yards on 13 carries. An last season, the Chargers aren’t discouraged yet despite now having lost four straight going back to the end of last season — by a combined nine points. Herbert said they know there’s a lot of football left. “Obviously, you never want to be in this position, but I know that we got the right guys in that locker room, we are going to stay together and stay tough and really get this thing going because it’s a long season,” Herbert said. — Terese M. Walker, AP Pro Sports Walker

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Brock Purdy passed for 206 yards and ran for an early touchdown, Deebo Samuel rushed for an 11-yard TD with 11:28 left and the San Francisco 49ers hung on for their ninth consecutive regular-season victory over the Los Angeles Rams, 30-23 Sunday. Christian McCaffrey rushed for 116 yards and a score for the 49ers (2-0), whose only loss to the Rams since December 2018 was in the NFC championship game in January 2022. Isaiah Oliver and Deommodore Lenoir intercepted passes by Matthew Stafford in the second half, finally allowing the 49ers to pull in front of their longtime rivals. The 49ers’ defense overcame a record-setting performance by rookie Puka Nacua, who caught 15 passes for 147 yards for Los Angeles (1-1). The fifth-round pick broke the NFL’s single-game record for receptions by a rookie, and he set a new overall league mark with 25 catches in the first two games of his career. Purdy went 17 for 25 with a handful of glaring mistakes in his first career game against the rebuilding Rams (1-1), who followed up by remaining competitive with their powerhouse opponent throughout the afternoon at SoFi Stadium. Purdy came through on fourth down at the Rams 1 on the final play before halftime, sneaking over the goal line to even the score 17-17. Stafford passed for 307 yards and threw a TD pass to Kyren Williams for Los Angeles. Williams also rushed for a touchdown and had 100 combined offensive yards in his first NFL start, but he caused a key interception when a pass ricocheted off his hands in the third quarter, leading to Jake Moody’s go-ahead, 57-yard field goal. Along with Nacua’s second spectacular game, Tutu Atwell added seven catches for 77 yards for Los Angeles as both receivers stepped up again in Cooper Kupp’s absence. The 49ers are unbeaten after back-to-back road games to open the season, but they were tested in Inglewood. Los Angeles’ undertalented defense made several timely stops and forced San Francisco to settle for three field goals, including after both of the 49ers’ takeaways. McCaffrey made a 14-yard touchdown run to cap San Francisco’s opening drive. McCaffrey then made a 50-yard run on the final play of the first quarter, but the Rams kept it even with a responding drive ending in Williams’ first TD. Los Angeles went ahead 1:45 before halftime with an 88-yard drive ending in Williams’ TD run, but the Niners went 75 yards for Purdy’s fourth-down sneak for a 1-yard TD at the halftime gun. Purdy missed receivers on long throws at least three times, keeping the game close and frustrating the 49ers fans in attendance. But Williams gifted an interception to Oliver in the third quarter when Stafford’s pass hit the running back in the hands and popped high in the air. After kicking a field goal, the Niners went 74 yards for a score on their next drive, ending in Samuel’s sprint through two missed tackles. The Rams got the ball back with 5:29 left, but Stafford’s third-down throw into traffic was picked off by Lenoir. INJURIES/INACTIVES 49ers: CB Ambry Thomas injured his knee in the first half, but returned. … Lenoir was evaluated for a head injury and allowed to continue playing. Rams: RG Joseph Noteboom injured his shoulder in the second half. He had been wearing a brace on the shoulder in recent weeks. … RB Cam Akers was a healthy scratch after struggling to just 29 yards on 22 carries in the season opener. Akers was nearly traded last season after clashing with the coaching staff, only to stay when the Rams found no takers. UP NEXT 49ers: Home opener against the Giants on Thursday, Sept. 21. Rams: At Bengals on Monday, Sept. 25. — Greg Beacham, AP Sports Writer

Conventionally, 60 Minutes doesn't profile the same subject twice in two seasons. But convention doesn't intersect with Pro Football Hall of Famer Deion Sanders. Last fall, we met Sanders in Mississippi, where he was coaching Jackson State to prominence in a conference of Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Then, the man who calls himself Coach Prime high-stepped it to Boulder, to the University of Colorado, taking his blazingly singular style with him. There, he hasn't just awoken a dormant program; but has transformed it into the talk of college football, if not American sports. Sanders is revered. He is reviled. But his sudden impact is indisputable. For the second time, in two radically different environments, unapologetic as ever, he's shaken the sport like a snowglobe. Jon Wertheim: Are you the change agent? Are you the ultimate change agent– Deion Sanders: I-I make a difference. I truly make a difference. I make folks nervous, man. I get folks movin' in their seat. I get folks twiddlin' their thumbs. I get them thinkin' and second-guessin' theirself. You know — have you ever been so clean that you walked in, and somebody looked down at you, then they looked at themselves? They had to check themselves because you were so clean? I have that effect. Jon Wertheim: That's the vibe you're gettin– Deion Sanders: Yeah– no, no, I have that effect. (LAUGH) That was some good game right there, boy. God, that was good– This was the scene in the locker room two weekends ago, before the Colorado Buffaloes and their new coach, Deion Sanders, opened the season a 21-point underdog, at TCU. Colorado was fresh off a 1-11 season. TCU was fresh from playing in last season's national championship game. Deion Sanders With skill and will, the Buffaloes won, 45-42, behind their star quarterback, Shedeur Sanders. But the real focus—as ever—was on Shedeur's 56-year-old father. It was his first win as coach of a Power Five school, the highest level of college football. Jon Wertheim: Do you feel like you were underestimated? You come here, and it's, "I don't know if Coach Prime can win." You must have heard what some of these other coaches were sayin', both secretly and out loud— Deion Sanders: Tha– that's fear. Jon Wertheim: Fear. Deion Sanders: Yeah, that's fear. That's like, "Hey, man. Shoot, we don't wanna let that engine that could get goin' because if that engine that could get goin', he goin' start sayin', 'I think I can. I think I can.' And sooner or later, he gonna start sayin', 'I know I can. I know I can.' Then sooner or later, he gonna start sayin', 'I did that.'" Deion Sanders transforming Colorado college football, bringing "Coach Prime" hype His Colorado debut drew national attention and monster TV ratings. Interest compounded last weekend, when the Buffaloes played before the biggest home crowd in 15 years and beat rival Nebraska. This weekend? Both Fox and ESPN dispatched their pregame shows, the Rock included, to Boulder. Then the Buffaloes rallied late to beat Colorado State in a double overtime thriller. Three games into the season, the foothills of the Rockies mark the unlikely epicenter of an entire sport. Jon Wertheim: What's this been like for you? (LAUGH) Rick George Rick George: It's– it's been– a lotta fun. Rick George, who hired Coach Prime, has been Colorado's athletic director for a decade. Rick George: It's great– for us to be able to bring this program back to relevancy. And we had failed in my previous nine years– ten years. Jon Wertheim: Fair to call this a bit of a hail Mary? (LAUGH) Rick George: It wasn't a hail Mary, but it was a moment in time for our– university and our athletic department that we were either gonna be relevant or we were gonna be irrelevant. It's early to quantify the full prime effect, but merchandise sales? Up 819% from last season. Instagram followers? Up more than tenfold. Season tickets? Sold out. Sanders might be the ideal coach for these shifting times in college football. Another son, Deion Jr., is part of the army of videographers filming the team nonstop for YouTube and an upcoming docuseries. Jon Wertheim: This team won one game last season. Deion Sanders: Uh-huh (AFFIRM). Jon Wertheim: Is that in a way– a point of appeal? Deion Sanders: God wouldn't relocate me to something that was successful. That don't make sense, do it? He had to find the most disappointing and the most difficult task. And this is what it was. And this is what it is. And I love that. This wasn't dissimilar to what he told us last year, that "God had called him collect" to come to Jackson State University and elevate, yes, the football program but also all HBCUs. Sanders with correspondent Jon Wertheim He stayed three seasons, but the same night last December that JSU won the conference championship, Sanders announced he was off to Colorado to climb another mountain. Jon Wertheim: You left Jackson State and you left quick. What did you tell those kids– Deion Sanders: No, I didn't leave quick. Jon Wertheim: –what– what did you tell those kids– Deion Sanders: I didn't (LAUGH) leave quick. Jon Wertheim: You were– Deion Sanders: I didn't leave quick. I left when I was supposed to leave. Jon Wertheim: Alright Deion Sanders: We finished. Most coaches get a new job and they leave expeditiously. I finished the task. Jon Wertheim: You say finished the task, was there– was there more work you could've done in Jackson, or– Deion Sanders: I think we did a tremendous job in Jackson. I think we laid down a tremendous blueprint. We tried to press Sanders on the circumstances surrounding his abandoning the mission at Jackson State. He's hinted the school's lack of forward-thinking may have factored in his decision. But on this topic, he was about as elusive as he was returning punts for touchdowns in the NFL. Jon Wertheim: What did you tell those kids when you left? Deion Sanders: Opportunity called. Sooner or later in life, there will be opportunity that knocks at your door. And at this juncture in my life, I felt like the opportunity for not only me, but for my kids as well, was tremendous. Not only did we take several kids from that team, three trainers, maybe 12 to 14 staffers. So we afforded to give people a tremendous opportunity here. The distance between Jackson and Boulder is a thousand miles and immeasurably further culturally. Sanders went from a city that is 83% Black to one that is 1% Black. From a place with a water crisis; to the kind of hipster college town where there's a shop devoted to kites. Jon Wertheim: What are your first impressions? Deion Sanders: Beautiful. Unbelievable. Just the whole peace and serenity of it all. I had never fathom comin' here. I ain't ever even vacation here, man. I ain't ever been skiin' or whatever you call it, snowboarding or whatever, all the stuff. You know – I ain't never been none of that. Jon Wertheim: You don't even fly fish. Deion Sanders: No, I don't. I fish, I'm fly while I fish, but I don't (laughter) fly fish. Still, he wasted no time ingratiating himself in the community, including a visit to Peggy Coppom, a 98-year-old Buffaloes superfan. Peggy Coppom: Are you Prime? Deion Sanders: That's what they call me. Peggy Coppom:Do I call you that or Deion? Deion: No, no, call me anything you want. We good. Peggy Coppom:Well how about good lookin'? Deion Sanders: There you go. Peggy Coppom:That'll do? Okay. He was less embracing of the incumbent Colorado players. At the first team meeting in December, Sanders encouraged players to enter the transfer portal, an open market for athletes to find new schools. Deion Sanders at team meeting: I promise you it is my job to get rid of you. And make room for superior talent he planned to bring in. More than 50 players eventually transferred out. Jon Wertheim: You got here, and you didn't pull punches. You told some of these guys– Deion Sanders: Have I ever? You take a team that's won one game, and you fire the whole coachin' staff. So, who did the coaching staff recruit? The kids. So, the kids are just as much to blame as the coaching staff. And I came to the conclusion that a multitude of them couldn't help us get to where we wanted to go. Jon Wertheim: You told most of these guys the more you jump in, the more room you're gonna make. "Those of you we don't run off, we're gonna try to make you quit." Deion Sanders: Yeah– Jon Wertheim: You made it very clear. Deion Sanders: Yeah. Now, if you went for that, if you was– were able to let words run you off, you ain't for us because we're a old-school staff. We coach hard. We coach tough. We're disciplinarians. So, if you're allowing verbiage to run you off because you don't feel secure with your ability, you ain't for us. Jon Wertheim: If some kid said, "You know what? No. I'm stayin'. You're not gonna run me off with your words." Deion Sanders: Right. Stay. Jon Wertheim: So– Deion Sanders: Prove it. Jon Wertheim: I'm sure that your straight talk was appreciated by some. But– is this scorched-earth policy good for– for college football or for the kids? Deion Sanders: I think truth is good for kids. We're so busy lyin', we don't even recognize the truth no more in– in society. We want everybody to feel good. That's not– that's not the way life is. Now, it is my job to make sure I have what we need to win. That makes a lot of people feel good. Winning does– Jon Wertheim: W– I– I gotta push back on this. You're– you're– Deion Sanders: Well, push– Jon Wertheim: –a father of college athletes– Deion Sanders: Five, yes. Jon Wertheim: If they called you and say, "Hey, we got a new coach, and they're tellin' me to get in the transfer portal." Deion Sanders: I'd say, "Son, you must be h– y– you must not be doin' well." Jon Wertheim: That's what you'd say– Deion Sanders: "You– you must not be doin' well because you should be a asset and not a liability." I'm honest with my kids. His kids include Shedeur, the star quarterback, and Shilo, a starting safety. Shedeur Sanders, Jon Wertheim and Shilo Sanders Jon Wertheim: You guys have any idea that you were gonna be this good and capture the country the way you have? Shedeur Sanders: Yeah. Shilo Sanders: Of course… Jon Wertheim: You did? Shedeur Sanders: Yeah… Shilo Sanders: I mean, we both didn't come here, have our dad coachin' just to lose (laughs) A year ago to the day, we watched Shedeur, fling and zing touchdown passes at Jackson State. But there were questions about whether he could do the same against stiffer competition. Well, in his first two games at Colorado, he threw for nearly 1,000 yards, without an interception. Jon Wertheim: You were puttin' up big numbers at Jackson State. You're doin' it here against teams of the Big Ten… Shedeur Sanders: Yeah, the… Jon Wertheim: …Big 12. Shedeur Sanders: Yeah, it… Jon Wertheim: Must be gratifying. Shedeur Sanders: Yeah, no. These two games was the most yards I passed for my career. So it's just, it's just excitin' knownin' that, you know, it translatin' like on a bigger stage. I just feel better. He's also—and, again, welcome to today's college sports—translated his success into riches, thanks to NIL, name/image/likeness, income. So much so he drives a $190,000 Mercedes Maybach. And Shedeur might not even be the team's best player. Travis Hunter also followed Coach Prime from Jackson to Colorado. His coach lets him play offense and defense—virtually unheard of in the modern college game. Jon Wertheim: You've got two really good Heisman-quality players on this team. Deion Sanders: Yes. Jon Wertheim: Your son and Travis Hunter. Deion Sanders: Yes sir. Jon Wertheim: First half of the first game of the season, you're already publicly talking about Travis Hunter's Heisman chances. Who does that? Deion Sanders: A coach that loves his kids. A coach that understands that's what those kids desire. And I'm supposed to do that. That's what we told them when they were coming and choosing to play for us. My kids that play for me, they didn't choose a university. They chose me. That's a difference. Coaches have chosen to join Sanders as well. The staff he overhauled and upgraded includes former head coaches and former coordinators from schools like Alabama. Jon Wertheim: Now that you're a Power Five guy, who's the best coach in college football today? Deion Sanders: Let me see– let me see a mirror so I can look at it. (LAUGHTER) Jon Wertheim: You feel that. Deion Sanders: What– you think I'm gonna sit up here and tell you somebody else? You– you think– you think that's the way I operate? That somebody else got that on me? But I tell you this, I love and I adore and I respect and every time I do a commercial with Coach Saban, it's a gift. Just sitting in his presence and hearing him and– and throwing something else out there so I can hear his viewpoint on it. Because he's forgotten more things than I may ever accomplish. So I'm a student looking up to this wonderful teacher saying, "Just– just– just throw me a crumb of what you know." For all the bling and bluster, there is some humility, and the current mania may die down a bit as Colorado faces a welter of tougher opponents the rest of the season. But Deion Sanders has invigorated a campus, a program, an entire sport. And, damn, if he hasn't made it fun. Produced by Draggan Mihailovich. Associate producer, Emily Cameron. Broadcast associate, Elizabeth Germino. Edited by Matthew Lev. 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Skepta confessed he hadn’t eaten in more than a day at a preview of his Mains collection in his Soho studio. It was a little over 24 hours before the artist presented his debut LFW show in the Art Deco confines of London’s Banking Hall, and he was feeling nervous. “I’m feeding off butterflies,” he said, stretching out on a bench surrounded by samples, while his head of design, Mikey Pearce, added rivets to a pair of leather shorts in one corner, and siblings Oscar and Emilia Boateng tried on looks in an impromptu casting in the other. There’s a lot riding on the reboot of Mains for the British grime star, currently enjoying a new side hustle as a house music DJ in Ibiza, though he insists he’s already achieved his goals for the label. These included securing a magazine cover (he wore Mains on the cover of , the style supplement of the ); nailing a cult product (he claims the caps he designed, which will go on sale exclusively at Dover Street Market on Sunday, have prompted numerous inquiries since they debuted); and concocting an iconic campaign photograph (they shot the campaign in New York last week and he’s pretty sure they nailed it). A quick recap: Skepta founded Mains in 2017 with support from a major sportswear brand. When that relationship ended, he spent a year or so wrestling back sole control, then negotiated a new deal with Puma. The German sports brand is providing production assistance, and he’s collaborated with them on a sneaker. But the embroidery comes from his own deft hand. He whipped out a sample with the M of the Mains logo traced in beads and rhinestones. “This took me, like, two days. For me, creativity is attention to detail, patience, and library digging,” he said. “I don’t restrict my talent to one thing.” Besides, he used to make his own clothes when he was a kid. The collection was inspired by things Skepta wants to wear now, spliced with some Miami references, influenced by a recent trip. He describes his style as “hood luxury.” He explained: “No matter how nice I think I am, I walk into a room and people look at me and they’re like, ‘You’re that guy from the streets.’ Doesn’t matter what I do. So I like to elevate—tracksuit with a shirt and tie.” Other things he’s feeling right now: ’90s-style leather pants, baggy embroidered indigo denim dungarees, school-uniform-style sweaters and shorts, white bouclé wool suits with a sportswear attitude. The denim and leather looks chimed best with the audience at this show, held on a giant Astroturf tennis court in the middle of Banking Hall. His friends were out in force to support: His former girlfriend Naomi Campbell sat front row, just down from Givenchy creative director Matthew Williams and designer Ozwald Boateng, musicians Stormzy and Little Simz, and broadcaster Louis Theroux. But the best ensemble had to go to Alton Mason on the runway, showing off his Naomi-inspired strut in a slouchy suit with Puma sneakers, a metal-tipped umbrella clutched dramatically to his chest. The Mains team would do well to lean further into that jazzy vibe next season. Still, as Skepta wisely put it, this show was more of a mood setter: “We’re just trying to make a great brand, so that if people say the word , it’s a nice feeling. Don’t want to run too fast.”

NFL vets coach girls' flag football In California, girls' flag football is now an official varsity sport. And one team has two famous 49ers on the coaching staff. CBS Bay Area's Vern Glenn reports.

As one announcer puts it in the last moments of this finale, “When you go seven games, that’s one of the classics,” and that’s exactly what we get to see: the highlights from all seven games of the 1984 NBA Finals. It feels kind of like a clip show but with dramatized moments in basketball rather than a collection of cuts from the live broadcast. Still, there’s some solid acting and story mixed in. Jeanie Buss’ arc for the season comes to a nice close, and Claire Rothman (Gabby Hoffman) gets more to do than we’ve seen from her throughout this batch of episodes. It’s a decent outing all in all. Let’s break it down. We’ve come full circle, back to that first scene of this season’s , where Celtics fans chase the Lakers down as they’re boarding their bus and pelt it with garbage, sore because the Celts lost Game 1. Magic Johnson puts his headphones on, and we hear what he hears and see what he sees: breezy hip hop, his teammates smiling and laughing all around him, high on their win. Pat Riley interrupts him to say “great game,” and to caution him about getting too cocky moving into the next one. But Magic brushes it off, saying, “Coach. I appreciate the words. I do. But you don’t gotta worry about me.” Then he freezes in Game 2, and Boston wins it in overtime. Before Game 3, Magic gets a pep talk from Jerry West, who reassures him that he’s far from selfish as a player. In fact, he has, “a way of making everybody love to play the game,” but he needs to do be better about involving “no-names” on the court, like Celtic Bill Russell did and West never could. That sparks enough joy in Magic to allow for a Laker win in Game 3, with Magic setting a record 21 assists. Larry Bird is pissed off, though (of course), and gives his famous rant to the press about the Celtics having “played like sissies,” and how they would need “12 heart transplants” to play right. He walks, bare assed, away from the reporters in the locker room, and his team is all fired up and angry like him now. "What Is And What Should Never Be" "What Is And What Should Never Be" season 2 episode 7 Influenced by Bird, Kevin McHale is mad enough to do something dirty in Game 4. (Laker fans hate McHale to this day for that one, and his heel turn is handled well.) Bird has just yelled at him on the court, then we get a closeup of his face, and you hoop heads know what coming next, don’t you? It’s the Kurt Rambis clothesline. The blow is shown in slo-mo as Rambis goes down. We see the guilt register on McHale’s face, but Bird tells him, “apologize and I’ll break your fucking neck,” then he breaks the fourth wall and says, “we got ’em.” Now the Lakers are forced into playing Celtics-style, aggro ball; they’re in their heads. And Riley gets upset enough to rage out in the physician’s office, smashing bottles of (probably important) medical stuff before snatching a cig from the doctor’s desk and giving the guys a little speech about how everyone needs to keep their cool against the Celtics. They all probably could have used a “Believe” sign, to be honest. It doesn’t help that Game 5—“The Steambath Game” at the Boston Garden—is so damn hot. It was a balmy temp in Boston that day, but with no AC inside the arena and all those dang bodies in there, it was extra sweaty in the Garden—94 degrees! And boy does Red Auerbach get to be the cartoon villain in this one, smoking cigars on the sidelines like he’s . We see him scheming with the janitor about turning the Lakers’ water back on—but only the hot water—something the real Auerbach was rumored to have done, while simultaneously providing his Celtics with plenty of ice, cold towels, and three uniform changes to keep them comfy. Another thing that actually happened: Some poor ref passed out from the heat. And now seems like a good time to talk about this whole Buss/Auerbach dichotomy. Auerbach’s methods are shady at times, and his players and fans remain quick to leap into a brawl, but they’re nothing if not consistent in their approach. Auerbach tells Buss that the Celtics’ secret is the culture they’ve created (i.e. being a bunch of jerks). By contrast, Buss seems kinder, but what does he really offer? Big, well-meaning promises to players and people in his life who he can’t always keep—like Honey, who’s currently suing him for alimony. And the collapse of this promise can cause others to fall. Should he end up paying this $100 million to Honey, which is what she’s seeking, this could topple the Lakers’ franchise. As Rothman says, she, his employee, wouldn’t be allowed to run “a high school gym” if this organization were to crumble in disgrace. “Fuck you, Jerry!” she screams for all to hear as she leaves his office, and it’s justified. Will he learn? We don’t know. Jeanie kind of scoops him up and saves him in the end, and brings him to Game 6 with her. While Magic, Cookie, and Buss seem a bit lost this episode, unsure about the promises they’ve made and how equipped they are to keep them (to their partners, to win championships, etc.), Jeanie has stepped into her power and gone full Barbiecore Buss in pink powersuits. Even her former boss Rothman has to give it up for her “new look.” We first see her after she has given her boyfriend, L.A. Kings defenseman Jay Wells, confidential salary information that has allowed him to negotiate a 20-percent increase. When Claire confronts her about this, she argues that it wins them “goodwill from the athletes” to know what other players make, which is “in the interest of California sports.” She knows what she believes now as well as how she wants to present herself. Jeanie has also grown in the way that she responds to her old man. We see this as she attends Game 6 with her dad not to gauge her place in his life, whether she registers as visible or invisible to him in any given moment, but because it’s important to her to rally him from his heartbreak and legal woes to go together. She self-advocates during a heart-to-heart with him, sharing her feelings and disappointments: “When you bought the team, it was the most exciting thing that ever happened to me, because it meant I got to spend time with you.” She also evokes this series’ well-worn photo device, telling Buss, “you want the picture in the frame, to pick it up when it’s convenient for you, and to put us down when it’s uncomfortable.” Later, as she chats with Rothman in Buss’ office, she’s the one to pick up and put down a photo of her family. She can help them on her terms now and draw better boundaries. Toward the end of the episode, Jeanie sits in Buss’ chair and says to Claire that she thinks that she could do his job. (“Can you imagine? A woman owner?” they wonder.) As we know, she will. And from the looks of things, she’ll provide a bit more stability than her pa is capable of bringing the team. As Jeanie’s finding herself and repairing her relationship with her dad ahead of Game 6, poor Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is fighting off a severe migraine. They visually translate this, which is a cool artistic choice, but a cruel reminder for migraine sufferers of the awful crap we go through. (This reminds me of how migraineur Jeff Tweedy of Wilco decided to try to create one in audio form at the end of the song “ ”; I can’t bear to listen to it.) KAJ yells at everyone to be quiet, ice pack on his head; we’ve just heard in a news-report voiceover that he had vomited and received fluids intravenously earlier that day. (That’s the dream, honestly. I would love an IV when I’m down with a migraine.) Is this the first depiction of a migraine that I’ve seen in a show? Have there been others? It’s at least the first depiction of a magical migraine that I’ve seen. “When I’m in pain like this, I take it out on punk-ass white boys,” Kareem tells Magic, and they win, tying the series three-three. This really happened! Now I’m wondering why I’ve never done anything that cool when I’m in pain like that, besides, I guess, navigate L.A. traffic with blurred vision. In Game 7, the Lakers come back for a bit, but in the end, they fall just short. “Boy does it hurt when you know it’s not gonna be your ring.” Buss gives the camera a look as the Celtics are declared the champions, and the Lakers punch out fans who had stormed the floor to attack them. The punch Rambis threw resulted in a lawsuit, though the fan who filed it later admitted to having egged him on. Led Zeppelin plays us out with “What Is And What Should Never Be,” the fitting title of this finale, with the lyrics: “You will be mine/ By taking our time.” And the Lakers will win against the Celtics eventually. (But will we get to it in the run of this show? That’s the big question). This episode, and season, ends with Magic sitting, clothed in full uniform, beneath a running shower (a moment Johnson himself described in his book ). But can’t go out like that, can it? They’ve gotta give this thing another season. Stray observations

Let us pray that the next truly good news for the Broncos will begin with these words: Let the Caleb Williams watch begin. You got a better idea? Broncos coach Sean Payton obviously does not. After blowing an 18-point lead and losing to Washington 35-33 on Sunday, the Broncos’ next destination is Tank City. With no realistic chance of making the NFL playoffs, it’s time to start dreaming about plucking Williams from the USC roster to finally begin the rebuilding process Denver has delayed for far too long. “We’ve got to keep our foot on their neck,” lamented Denver cornerback Pat Surtain II. The Broncos need to blow it up and start over. Two games into the Payton era, we can either concentrate on Williams wearing a Denver uniform as the team’s new starting quarterback next season, or wallow in the stench of this orange-and-blue dumpster fire. “We have to be better than that, and that starts with me,” Payton said. After reviewing the videotape of a debacle that dropped Denver’s record to 0-2, Payton needs to look himself in the mirror and ask hard questions: How long will it be before he gets fed up with Wilson’s costly turnovers and inability to break the huddle in a timely fashion before benching the Broncos’ $245 million mistake? If Denver waited at least 16 games too long to fire Vance Joseph as head coach in 2018, is it too early to replace him as defensive coordinator after ruining the reputation of a Broncos defense faster than you can say “Is Sam Howell really Tom Brady 2.0?” If our old pal Nathaniel Hackett did one of the worst coaching jobs in league history, what is Payton’s excuse for wasting the biggest lead Denver has blown at home since 1995? The one man inside Empower Field at Mile High who could defend Broncos receiver Marvin Mims Jr., who had two receptions for 113 yards and a touchdown on only two targets, wore a visor on the Denver sideline. You mean to tell me Payton has a play sheet bigger than the menu at Cheesecake Factory and he can’t find Mims’ name on it more than twice? The Broncos scored a touchdown in each of the three possessions that Wilson and his teammates took the field for at the outset of the game, a feat that even Peyton Manning never pulled off at his best with the Broncos. But after building a 21-3 lead with one second more than nine minutes remaining in the second quarter, the offense inexplicably fizzled until a Hail Mary prayer was answered on the final play of the fourth quarter. In the aftermath, Payton’s frustration with Wilson was so palpable I thought he might spit. Payton cited his quarterback’s fumble in the second quarter as the momentum-turning moment and was so miffed with Wilson’s dawdling getting the Broncos to the line of scrimmage with the play call he threatened to shackle Wilson with a decoder wristband going forward. I’m not certain if Payton has the patience to make this relationship with Wilson work. Rather than force the issue, maybe Denver should get on the telephone to the New York Jets and offer to reunite DangeRuss with Hackett in exchange for two tickets to Madame Tussauds and a slice of Junior’s cheesecake. Can a Denver defense that surrendered 299 yards and two touchdown passes to Howell in his first road start in the NFL really be considered elite? “Yes, definitely,” Surtain told me. “We’ve got the right pieces, the right tools, the right scheme. We’ve just got to find a way … because where there’s a way, there’s a will.” And that’s precisely the problem. There’s no easy way out of this mess for this franchise, which has overvalued its talent for too long. Maybe the Broncos can’t find the will to win because they can’t see enough talent to make them believe. Surtain is a keeper with Hall of Fame potential. But outside of him, who on this Denver roster should truly be considered untouchable? I’ll give you safety Justin Simmons as a good answer, but Pro Bowl talent is in short supply elsewhere in the Broncos locker room. This team has nothing meaningful to play for in the present, as the analytics remind us a team that starts the season 0-2 has roughly the same chance of catching lightning in an old bottle of Fresca as making the playoffs. The quickest way to a brighter future is finding at least another dozen losses on the schedule, which could be the winning ticket to drafting Williams. Huddle up, Broncos Country. And chant it with me: