Thursday’s Mashup: Asante Samuel shares bizarre stories from Patriot days

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THURSDAY’S BROADCAST HIGHLIGHTS:NBA: Sixers at Celtics, 8 p.m. (NBCSB, TNT)NHL: Bruins at Lightning, 7 p.m. (NESN)

AROUND THE WEB: 

--Pretty sure the old saying goes, “Two-thirds of the Earth is covered by water, the rest is covered by Asante Samuel.”

Either way, the former Patriots defensive back has been vocal on Twitter about the NFL 100 All-Time Team. He hasn’t exactly been pleased with the results.

Samuel has also shared some old stories, like when he “once talked (expletive) to a person from the media every day he stepped on the field to do his job because I didn’t like what he wrote about me.”

--Gerrit Cole got his money, so did Stephen Strasburg. That meant it was time for Anthony Rendon to get his. This time, the Angels were the ones who forked over the cash.

Anthony Rendon got seven years and $245 million from the Angels, source tells ESPN.

— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) December 12, 2019

Mike Trout was fairly satisfied with the news:

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— Mike Trout (@MikeTrout) December 12, 2019

Maybe now the Angels can actually make a run at the postseason. (Still have to do something about that pitching staff.)

--Aron Baynes had an amazing start to 2019-20. He was looking like the best center in the entire NBA.

All that is forgotten now, thanks to Ja Morant:

Baynes update: Ja put him in a bodybag. pic.twitter.com/EQhMNxTIWI

— Nick Friar (@Nick_Friar) December 12, 2019

What’s worse for the Celtics: Memphis won the game.

QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Of course that is a factor. But I think the key things are the new information that we have — that information we obviously already had. I think the issue is what information do we have from this incident." --Roger Goodell on the Patriots’ history of videotaping and how it will impact their punishment for the latest incident.