3 Up
1. John Lewis Statue - John Lewis was obviously a heckuva man. A statue is well deserved. However, removing and replacing a Confederate monument with Lewis makes it that special. Why do we honor so many confederates and leave true Americans with a significant impact on our country's history? Yeah, that was sort of rhetorical.
2. College Football 25 - So many people waited for it. The nostalgia is back and it's real. What makes the hype and aura even greater is that reports are the game is fun. I'm not sure I'll buy it, but I wouldn't be opposed to a return of an NCAA Basketball game. Hey EA, maybe revive the LIVE series with college basketball?
3. New Sports Interest - The Olympics always give us insight into sports that are uncommon to the mainstream fan. In a world of on-demand, it would be great to see so many of those athletes get support more frequently than every four years.
3 Down
1. Monkey Pox - So many of these diseases don't even sound real. Or, just seems like something that shouldn't be a reality in modern times. Yet, here we are. Monkey Pox, the latest emerging health crisis.
2. Hurricane Debby - Whenever it's hurricane season, it feels like lives will be destroyed. After Debby, we got an early glimpse of the devastation.
2a. Earthquake in LA - We keep hearing the West Coast is due for a major earthquake. Was that it? Hopefully, it was.
3. Matthew Perry's Assistants - The amount of people surrounding drugs, and supporting a celebrity who needed access is mind-boggling and scary. These assistants are unfortunately going to take the public relations hit for this mess, but the whole thing stinks.
Cover Photo
In Afghanistan's capital, shop windows display dazzling ball gowns and three-piece wedding suits—with the face of each mannequin covered. The morality police have asked stores to hide the mannequins' faces and photographs of models, according to a clothes seller in Kabul. #
Wakil Kohsar / AFP / Getty