THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW

• The Nielsen TV ratings company is going to start measuring the amount of chatter a show gets on Facebook.
• Well, they were going to do a skit in the Opening Ceremony of the Olympics Gisele Bundchen would appear to be robbed by a black boy. It's been cut because it is "too racist."
• There's a good chance that both softball and baseball will return to the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo.
• So far, Australia's Olympic Team is having the worst luck in Rio. There has been a string of unfortunate incidents. Most recently, their women's water polo team has been quarantined after teammates got sick in Rome.
• That'll be Michael Phelps carrying the flag during the Opening Ceremony tomorrow night.
• A Japanese gymnast attending the Rio games got hooked on Pokemon Go and racked up at $5,000 phone bill playing the game. Oops.
• Seahawks coach Pete Carroll says it was the book, "The Road to Character" by David Brooks that helped define who he is.
• Ryan Lewis (of Macklemore fame) is selling his Seattle waterfront mansion for $9.45 million, if you're interested.
• There's talk that the New York Yankees could release Alex Rodriguez before season's end -- even with a guaranteed $21 million owed him for next season.
• Scientists at the Imperial College of London say the height of the average American male -- which once ranked in the top 10 worldwide -- has plummeted to 37th.
• There's a mumps outbreak in New York on Long Island.
• Starz is reportedly developing a superhero themed drama featuring 50 Cent.
• Las Vegas has set the odds of Tiger Woods winning the 2017 Masters at 66-to-1.
• Free Wi-Fi kiosks in New York City are reportedly being used by people so they can watch Internet porn.
• Vice-president Joe Biden officiated his first wedding, involving two of his staffers.