In Thursday's "First Call," we check out Mike Munchak's interview date in Denver, mistaken identities for Antonio Brown in the hippo mask and a sadly tame reaction from Henrik Lundqvist after the Penguins chased him.
Rocky Mountain Munchak?
Mike Munchak has his interview date in Denver. The Broncos reportedly will take a look at him for their vacant head coaching position on Friday.
That report comes from Paul Kuharsky of 104.5 FM in Tennessee.
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Ben Roethlisberger recently said on 93.7 FM that the one team he is really concerned about when it comes to a potential departure of Munchak is Denver. The current Steelers offensive line coach has some family ties out there.
Former Indianapolis Colts coach Chuck Pagano, Los Angeles Rams quarterbacks coach Zac Taylor, New England Patriots defensive coordinator Brian Flores and Chicago Bears defensive coordinator Vic Fangio are also reported candidates.
Bottom of the rabbit hole
If you didn't get enough of Antonio Brown skipping out on the Steelers and creating distractions, you got to see him singing and dancing in a hippo outfit on your television for Fox's "The Masked Singer."
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How much do you want to bet that A.B. loved doing that spot, until people guessed he was Odell Beckham Jr. or Allen Iverson?
I guess Brown hasn't grabbed enough headlines yet.
Here were some other guesses I saw on Twitter before anyone got to A.B.:
• Deion Sanders
• Terrell Owens
• Chris Paul
... and this one is gonna really hurt ...
• JuJu Smith-Schuster
Shhh. Don't tell Brown. He may throw a football at Ken Jeong.
That's no fun
Whenever the Penguins chase Henrik Lundqvist, I look forward to one of his classic "baby stuff" reactions.
We didn't get that last night after the Penguins blitzed the Rangers at Madison Square Garden. Lundqvist allowed six goals. Alexandar Georgiev let in one.
[embed width="350" height="450"] https://twitter.com/drosennhl/status/1080668134342836225 [/embed]
Then head coach David Quinn blamed himself for playing Lundqvist after two tough road games.
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Pfft. That's no fun. This is the kind of Lundqvist meltdown we know and love.
[embed width="350" height="450"] https://twitter.com/KidwellAlex/status/1080650099183751174 [/embed]
Yup. That's the King Henrik I remember.
First-world problems
Not gonna lie. I'd take 10 years off my life to have this problem just once.
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That's Blaise Meredith. He plays Division III ball at North Central College in Illinois.
Imagine living in a world where the worst thing that happened to you was that you were too tall, fast and athletic. So you jumped up and hit your face on the backboard.
Someday, I just wanna touch the bottom of the net.
