Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick has quickly become the toast of the NFL. Accounting for nine touchdowns during Tampa Bay's 2-0 start to the season, the Ivy League graduate is playing the best football of his career.
He also has a unique look to go with it.
St. Pete Brewing Company in Florida has decided to name an India Pale Ale after the beloved figure.
It's named Fitzmagic Double IPA. Because, why the heck not?
"We here at the brewery believe that a man that passes for four touchdowns and 400 yards in the first two games of the season deserves a beer named after him," the brewery wrote on its Facebook page.
Lost and found
The Boston Red Sox have not clinched this year's American League East division championship, but a banner marking the accomplishment has already been accidentally unveiled.
Friends Louie Iacuzzi, James Amaral and Randy Baldasarri tell WFXT-TV they were out for coffee in Somerville, Mass., on Monday morning when they spotted something in the road.
As they peeled off the brown paper wrapping, they thought it was jerseys. The men, all Red Sox fans, were stunned to find out it was the American League East division title banner.
A Red Sox spokesman tells the station the banner apparently fell off a vendor's delivery truck.
A better bettor
For one New Jersey bettor, the Denver Broncos were a long shot too good to be true.
New Jersey bookmaker FanDuel declined to honor a $110 bet on the Broncos on Sunday that would have paid more than $82,000, due to an error in the oddsmaking process, the company said.
"The wager in question involved an obvious pricing error inadvertently generated by our in-game pricing system," a FanDuel spokesman said in a statement.
The bettor, who identified himself as Anthony Prince, placed the wager over the counter at the sportsbook at the Meadowlands Racetrack with Denver trailing the Oakland Raiders 19-17 late in the fourth quarter.
After quarterback Case Keenum completed a pass to the Oakland 18-yard line, putting the Broncos in comfortable field goal range, FanDuel attempted to update the live betting odds to reflect Denver as a -600 favorite. However, according to the company, an error in the live-odds feed caused the Broncos to be posted as 750-1 (+75,000) underdogs to win the game.
Prince went to the counter, bet on the Broncos at the erroneous 750-1 odds and received a ticket that showed a potential payout of $82,610. At the correct odds of -600, he would have won a net $18.35.
Denver kicker Brandon McManus hit the 36-yard winning field goal with 10 seconds to play, giving the Broncos a 20-19 victory, but when Prince went to the counter, he was told the bet would not be paid out at the 750-1 odds.
FanDuel instead offered to pay him around $500 and give him tickets to three New York Giants games. Prince declined to take FanDuel's offer and said that he planned to hire an attorney.
"They said their system had a glitch in it and they're not obligated to pay for glitches," Prince told television station News 12 New Jersey.
Sports quiz
What college program does Brandon McManus hold the record for career points?
Sports answer
Temple
Sports on 09/20/2018