I must admit that I am struggling with the coverage of the Olympics in Tokyo. SU saw that the USA Men’s Basketball team was playing France on Sunday morning, so I figured I would check that out. NBC? Nope. The 2 NBC Sports stations that I found on cable? Nada. USA Network? Negative. I suppose I could have gone to the Peacock site and maybe watched it there but this is men’s basketball. I discovered later – and I assumed this – that NBC wanted to show the game in prime time on Sunday afternoon. The problem is that with media, you can track scores and updates in real time. SU says show it in real time on one of the other NBC networks to reward fans who want to watch it live.

Now, not that this was high quality basketball. SU does get that this year’s team of NBA players is missing some of the top stars – Curry, LeBron, AD, Kawi Leonard, Harden – but it should be good enough to win these games against countries who only have a handful of lesser NBA players. This group may in fact go on to win the gold medal anyway. SU says it’s actually good for the spectator who would prefer to watch a contested game vs. a blowout. Coach Greg Popovich is already getting blasted in the media for being an underachiever in coaching international teams for the US. Seems odd. SU predicts this team will come together as the tournament progresses and will still come away with the gold medal.

Unfortunately, the Yankee games are on when they are supposed to be. The Boston series was interesting. They could have been swept and they could have won 3 of 4. Winning one game is about right for this year’s team which always falls short in some category in most games. The Division title is officially out of the question now as they will not catch both Boston and Tampa Bay. Not even close. And the Wild Card, while still possible, seems like a big lift for this team of misfits. As a lifelong fan, I cannot just turn them off completely but it is a hard watch. SU must note that the YES Network crew of Kay, Cone and O’Neill have stopped talking and must be under orders to stop being so negative. You watch Stanton come up with RISP over and over again and it’s not like he puts the ball in play and gets robbed. He just strikes out over and over again. With so many players out, this was his time to be the man. His numbers vs. Boston this year: 7 for 45 (.156) and 21 strikeouts. Cashman really needs to find a way to move him but SU can’t picture any team wanting to take on his salary length, size and limited mobility.

The next 5 days will be interesting for Brian Cashman who needs to decide if he should unload his major pieces for prospects.

The Mets added Rich Hill – a solid pick-up as they need starters – and no doubt Steve Cohen is not done yet. They will be the team to watch in NY down the stretch as the Yankees fade from view.