Phil Mickelson made it into the headlines twice this past week for periphery golf headlines. Is there a connection between the two hot topics?

I’ll start off by saying I’m not a baseball purest and I am generally a fan of the wildcard. After many years of seeing my beloved Red Sox miss out on the playoffs even with a great record, the addition of an additional wild card was a welcome change. Like most fans, the fact that the extra wild card resulted in a one game playoff wasn’t exactly what I was hoping for. This year, the format may really cause a lot of fan bases to question the setup.

Upon finding out that Julian Edelman would start the 2018 season with a 4 game suspension, Patriot fans and haters all had something to say. Not being allowed to say much about the situation with the appeal’s process in play, Edelman penned the following apology onto his Instagram account.

As someone who does this for fun and makes a small amount of money from advertisers and Amazon purchases, I frequently can not write about topics as they come up during the week. Because of that I’m going to start something new where I give one sentence on some hot sports topics from the previous week. My plan is to do this each Saturday. Don’t worry, I’ll still bring you fresh takes as often as possible. I’ve also created a pretty cool website for you to check out. It’s called Time Out 4 Charity and has listings of all the upcoming charity events involving New England athletes from the past and present.

Have you heard enough about the supposed rift between Belichick and Brady? With Brady and Gronk set to practice at Gillette with their teammates for the next three days, you are sure to hear lots more. Here’s my quick theory to consider.