Welcome to our
very first episode
of KNSports with
Abigail and Arjun.
Sports are back,
and I don't know about you,
but I'm pretty excited.
Absolutely, Abigail.
It's been, what, a few months
since we've got some
sports action, although
I do have to admit
I was really getting deep into
the whole Marble Rally world.
The Minty Maniacs were
looking really dominant,
but the O'rangers
winning the high jump
really shifted
the power dynamics.
Check out a few
awesome highlights.
Announcer: And does!
 Forty point five.
[crowd roars]
 Ooh. Just by a hair.
Did I just watch a marble
high jump competition?
Yeah. Amazing, right?
Sure, Arjun. Any way,
sports are back
and they came with a ton
of new different things,
including cutout fans, bubbles,
social justice messaging,
and boycotting.
Let's get right into it.
I'm Arjun Ram.
And I'm Abigail Dove.
This is your
very first episode of
KNSports with
Abigail and Arjun.
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This has been a crazy month.
Of course, we can't
cover everything,
so here are a few top stories.
There were a ton of new
and interesting things.
One of those being social
justice messaging,
and all of that coming on
the heels of massive
anti-Black racism protests that
took place all over the world.
We saw players kneeling for the
national anthem in the NHL.
 The NBA and WNBA let players
 wear social justice messages
 on the back of their jerseys.
And the NFL, which is scheduled
to return on September 10th,
reversed its policies on
allowing player protests.
The Raptors showed up to Orlando
 with "Black Lives Matter"
 written on the
 side of their team bus.
Athletes are using
their platform
to continue to spread awareness
around this issue.
There was a strong player
response
to the shooting of a man
named Jacob Blake
by a police officer in
Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Arjun: The Milwaukee Bucks
 responded
 by refusing to play against
 the Orlando Magic on Wednesday
 night, boycotting their game.
The rest of the teams scheduled
 to play that day
 boycotted
 their games as well.
And the players of MLS,
MLB, and WNBA
also decided
to boycott their games.
And the NHL had a player
driven postponement
 on Thursday and Friday.
Most major sports games returned
on Saturday, August 29th.
Circling back to
the return of sports,
questions arose on fan
involvement.
Because of the pandemic,
no fans are allowed in stadiums.
The MLB decided to have
cardboard cutout fans
 while the NBA decided to have
 virtual fans in attendance.
Arjun: And the NHL
 took the no fan approach.
 Stadiums were full out empty.
It was an unusual experience for
all fans watching at home.
I guess no fan involvement
is something we're all
just going to have
to get used to.
Speaking of something
the Toronto Maple Leaf fans
are used to: the Toronto Maple
Leafs struggled to find
success in the postseason
getting knocked out
in the qualifying round by
the Columbus Blue Jackets.
And bad news for
Canadian fans.
Six out of the seven
Canadian teams
 qualified for the
 qualifying rounds,
 and only one team had made it
 through to the second round.
That team being
the Vancouver Canucks.
The Vancouver Canucks
are currently facing off
against the
Vegas Golden Knights
in the second round
of the NHL playoffs.
Moving along to the lone
Canadian team in the NBA.
Congrats to my boy Nick Nurse on
winning Head Coach of the Year
 for the Toronto Raptors.
 The Raptors posted the second
 best record in the league.
Great job, guys.
In PGA news, this month at the
Northern Trust Championship,
rookie Scottie Scheffler
posted a score of 59.
It has only been done
11 times before,
making him the 12th person to
add his name to this list.
Arjun, guess what the lowest
score on the PGA has been.
I don't know.
What's the lowest score?
58. So Scottie Scheffler
was definitely close.
I have some disappointing news
for you football fans out there.
The CFL has officially announced
it has cancelled its season.
This will be the first
time in 101 years
the Grey Cup won't be presented.
It's unprecedented stuff.
Unprecedented is a word I found
myself using a lot lately.
This was an August
to remember.
Speaking of remembering,
let's see how much
sports knowledge
you remember, Arjun.
It's time for our monthly quiz.
♪ ♪
Since this is our
first ever quiz,
let's break down how this
is going to work.
Each month, our producer Jamie
is going to prepare
a quiz for Abigail and I.
Whoever answers the questions
the fastest gets one point.
Each quiz will be
three questions.
So the pressure is on.
But the best part,
if Arjun loses,
I get to come up with
a penalty for him.
And I have to come up with
one for Abigail.
Once the stakes are set, we take
the quiz, and the winner,
they get to present the
Highlight of the Month.
That's right. We take each
Highlight of the Week
that you voted for
on our Instagram
and the one with
the most votes
becomes our Highlight
of the Month.
Arjun, I think I'm going to
enjoy watching you
do my penalties each month.
Don't get too overconfident,
Abigail.
I'm somewhat of a
sports quiz whiz.
Anyway, my penalty for Arjun
this month
is he has to have popcorn
dressed like a hot dog.
So put some relish, mustard,
and ketchup on that popcorn.
Ugh, OK.
And my penalty for you Abigail,
you have to eat toast with
relish and mayonnaise on top.
You know I don't
like relish.
All right,
let's get into it.
Producer Jamie,
show us what you got.
♪ ♪
[he claps once]
Jamaal Magloire.
[ding]
Let's go!
♪ ♪
[she claps once]
Wayne Gretzky.
[ding]
Yes!
♪ ♪
[she claps once]
Johnny Gaudreau.
[ding]
Yes!
Arjun, look.
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.
[she laughs]
What is this?
[she laughs]
OK, Arjun. It looks like you're
going to have to have popcorn
dressed like a hot dog with some
relish, mustard, and ketchup.
How's that looking?
No comment.
I'm going to introduce our
Highlight of the Month,
but first,
let's take a quick review
of our Highlight of the Week
winners.
We started off with OG Anunoby's
 nasty alleyoop slam.
Next up, we saw Auston Matthews
 get absolutely robbed
 by Joonas Korpisalo's
 glove save.
Week three winners saw the Blue
Jays blast seven home runs
to make an incredible comeback
against the Marlins.
Too bad it wasn't enough
as the Marlins won the game
in extra innings.
And finally, we saw
Giannis Antetokounmpo
pull off this nice spin move
and slam dunk against
the Orlando Magic.
Before we announce our
Highlight of the Month,
Arjun, how are you doing?
This might become a regular dish
for me, Abigail.
Pretty good.
OK, while Arjun
continues to suffer,
I guess he's supposed to suffer,
let me introduce to you
the Highlight of the Month.
They were all amazing,
but with the most votes,
OG Anunoby's nasty slam dunk
 is taking home our
 Highlight of the Month.
 What an amazing dunk, OG.
You know what?
That penalty wasn't as bad
as I thought it would be.
However, I think it's going to
come back to me later on.
Well, be sure to vote every Week
for our Highlight of the Week
on Instagram.
And be sure to tune in
at the end of each month
to see what highlight
takes home the crown.
All right.
That's been our first ever
episode of KNSports.
I'm Arjun Ram.
And I'm Abigail Dove.
This is KNSports
with Abigail and Arjun.
Both: Bye!
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